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BULLETIN JANUARY 20, 2011 VOLUME 54 NUMBER 09 EVENTS: PRESIDENT EIBECK TO HOST CAMPUS SAFETY TOWN HALL In response to concern regarding crimes that occurred near the Stockton campus shortly before winter break, the University’s leadership team is formulating a de- tailed Safety Action Plan to help the University maintain its excellent on-campus safety record and help prevent crime in the places near campus where students, faculty and staff live and recreate. President Pamela A. Eibeck will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Campus Safety from 4:30–5:30 pm on Monday, January 24 in the DeRosa University Cen- ter ballroom to discuss the plan with the Pacific community, get feedback and hear any ideas and proposals for actions the University may take to increase the safety of our community. All Stockton faculty, staff and students are invited and encour- aged to participate. e town hall will feature a brief presentation by Director of Public Safety Mike Belcher, including tips for enhancing personal safety. A representative from the Stockton Police Department will also be present. Chief Belcher and Vice President Elizabeth Griego will present the ideas in the Action Plan for improving safety. Following their presentations, there will be time allotted for discussion, questions and feedback. “FORECLOSURE USA” Exhibition, January 18 – February 16 Reynolds Art Gallery Artist’s Talk and Reception, January 21 • 6 pm Jeannette Powell Art Center, Room 209 San Francisco photographer Kirk Crippens’ photographic chronicle of the home foreclosure crisis of 2008-2009, with a particular focus on Stockton. Gallery hours Mon.–Fri. 9 am to 4:30 pm. Free. CONSERVATORY EVENTS RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES January 20 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon; and Sonia Leong, piano; with guest Dave Wells January 22 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall Igor Veligan, violin/viola, with guest pianist Natsuki Fukasawa PI KAPPA LAMBDA COLLOQUIUM January 28 • 2 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall The featured speakers are Courtney McDonald and Keith Hatschek. Free and open to the public. RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES January 28 • 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall Frank Wiens, piano January 30 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall Burr Phillips, bass-baritone; and Margaret Perry, piano “SOUNDIMAGESOUND 8” INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC AND VIDEO February 3 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall A concert of surround sound music and video. Robert Coburn, Director. PRESIDENT’S OFFICE HOURS President Pamela A. Eibeck will hold office hours for students on January 25 and February 8 from 4:30 – 6 pm. No appointment is necessary. She will also be interviewed on KPAC on at 7 pm on February 1 on the campus safety plan and will be joined by Mike Belcher, director of Public Safety. PACIFIC STUDENT RECEIVES FULBRIGHT GRANT Pacific student Stephen Lee ’12 was notified in December that he received a prestigious Fulbright- Hays Group Project Abroad Program grant. e grant provides $10,000 to help pay for expenses while Lee is enrolled in the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Study Center’s Intensive Chinese Language and Culture program in Taipei for the spring 2011 semester. Lee has been studying at Reitaku University in Japan and will transfer to Taiwan in February. He is majoring in business administration, with an emphasis on accounting and international business, and in Asian language studies, with an emphasis on Japanese and Chinese. e grant is part of the Fulbright-Hays Act, which provides funding for four overseas study programs for college students each year through the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to promote diplomacy and cultural awareness through international education. Events continued on back Stephen Lee ’12

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N JANUARY 20, 2011

VOLUME 54

NUMBER 09

EVENTS:

PRESIDENT EIBECK TO HOST

CAMPUS SAFETY TOWN HALLIn response to concern regarding crimes that occurred near the Stockton campus shortly before winter break, the University’s leadership team is formulating a de-tailed Safety Action Plan to help the University maintain its excellent on-campus safety record and help prevent crime in the places near campus where students, faculty and staff live and recreate.

President Pamela A. Eibeck will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Campus Safety from 4:30–5:30 pm on Monday, January 24 in the DeRosa University Cen-ter ballroom to discuss the plan with the Pacific community, get feedback and hear any ideas and proposals for actions the University may take to increase the safety of our community. All Stockton faculty, staff and students are invited and encour-aged to participate.

The town hall will feature a brief presentation by Director of Public Safety Mike Belcher, including tips for enhancing personal safety. A representative from the Stockton Police Department will also be present. Chief Belcher and Vice President Elizabeth Griego will present the ideas in the Action Plan for improving safety. Following their presentations, there will be time allotted for discussion, questions and feedback.

“FORECLOSURE USA”Exhibition, January 18 – February 16Reynolds Art Gallery

Artist’s Talk and Reception, January 21 • 6 pmJeannette Powell Art Center, Room 209

San Francisco photographer Kirk Crippens’ photographic chronicle of the home foreclosure crisis of 2008-2009, with a particular focus on Stockton. Gallery hours Mon.–Fri. 9 am to 4:30 pm. Free.

CONSERVATORY EVENTS• RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES January 20 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall

Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon; and Sonia Leong, piano; with guest Dave Wells

January 22 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall

Igor Veligan, violin/viola, with guest pianist Natsuki Fukasawa

• PI KAPPA LAMBDA COLLOQUIUM January 28 • 2 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

The featured speakers are Courtney McDonald and Keith Hatschek. Free and open to the public.

• RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES January 28 • 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Frank Wiens, piano

January 30 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall

Burr Phillips, bass-baritone; and Margaret Perry, piano

• “SOUNDIMAGESOUND 8” INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC AND VIDEO

February 3 • 7:30 pm Recital Hall

A concert of surround sound music and video. Robert Coburn, Director.

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE HOURS

President Pamela A. Eibeck will hold office hours for students on January 25 and February 8 from 4:30 – 6 pm. No appointment is necessary. She will also be interviewed on KPAC on at 7 pm on February 1 on the campus safety plan and will be joined by Mike Belcher, director of Public Safety.

PACIFIC STUDENT RECEIVES FULBRIGHT GRANT

Pacific student Stephen Lee ’12 was notified in December that he received a prestigious Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Program grant. The grant provides $10,000 to help pay for expenses while Lee is enrolled in the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Study Center’s Intensive Chinese Language and Culture program in Taipei for the spring 2011 semester.

Lee has been studying at Reitaku University in Japan and will transfer to Taiwan in February. He is majoring in business administration, with an emphasis on accounting and international business, and in Asian language studies, with an emphasis on Japanese and Chinese.

The grant is part of the Fulbright-Hays Act, which provides funding for four overseas study programs for college students each year through the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to promote diplomacy and cultural awareness through international education.

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Ken Albala, History, presented “Experiential Research in Culinary History: Reconstructing 16th century Techniques” at Les modes de caisson alimentaire du feu originel à la vaposaveur in Tours, France; “Beams and Bones, Architecture and Cuisine” at Food: Convergence and Divergence in Brussels, Belgium; and “In toto corde vestro in ieiunio et in fletu et in planctu: The role of public humiliation and fasting in early modern disaster” at the American Historical Association Boston, Mass.

Raquel Aldana, Miriam Cherry, Frank Gevurtz,

Brian Landsberg and Rachael Salcido, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, comprised a panel at the 2010 Society of American Law Teachers conference on Teaching in a Transformative Age in Honolulu, Hawaii. Each addressed a topic related to “Localizing the Global: Social Justice, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Perspectives in U.S. Legal Education: The Pacific McGeorge Experience.” Aldana spoke on “Teaching Environmental Justice in Guatemala: Lesson from The Marlín Mine.” Gevurtz presented on “Using Comparative and Transnational Corporate Law to Teach Corporate Social Responsibility.” Landsberg spoke on “Promoting Social Justice Values and Reflective Legal Practice in Chinese Law Schools.”

Jenny Darlington-Person, Stephanie Thompson,

Monica Sharum and Hether Macfarlane, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, were panelists at a Legal Writing Institute workshop for current and prospective legal writing instructors at Santa Clara University School of Law. Darlington-Person was on a “Nuts and Bolts” panel. Thompson, Sharum and Macfarlane were on the “Teaching Legal Research and Citation” roundtable, and Macfarlane also served on a “Thinking Forward” panel.

Tom Gede, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, co-wrote the article “The States as Trespassers in a Federal-Tribal Relationship: A Historical Critique of Tribal-State Compacting under IGRA,” which appears in the Arizona State Law Journal.

Paul Glassman, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, chaired the planning group and moderated the American Dental Association’s (ADA) National Coalition Consensus Conference: Oral Health of Vulnerable Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities in Washington, D.C. The event goal was to build consensus among a multi-disciplinary group of dental professionals on how to best provide dental care to older adults and persons with disabilities.

Todd Davenport, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Staci Stevens,

Pacific Fatigue Laboratory; and Katie Baroni ’11,

Mark Van Ness, and Chris Snell, Sport Sciences, had their article “Diagnostic accuracy of symptoms characterising chronic fatigue syndrome” published in the international journal Disability and Rehabilitation.

Minhchau Dinh ’12, Environmental Studies and Pacific Legal Scholars Program, and Zhou Xiaojing, English and Ethnic Studies, respectively, presented “A Brief Overview of Southeast Asian American History and Experience: Educational Dispari-ties and Unjust Deportation Laws” and “Bridg-ing Gaps in a Southeast Asian Community’s Socialization through Sustainable Outreach Projects” on the panel “Socialization of Southeast Asian Refugees in California” at the 97th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association in San Francisco.

Dennis O. Flynn, Economics, and Arturo Giráldez, Modern Languages and Literature and School of International Studies, had their article “Wiedergeboren: Ursprunge der Globalisierung im 16. Jarhundert. Asiatisch bzw. Globale versus europeische Dynamiken” published in the German journal Jahrbuch fur Eruopaische Uberseegeschichte.

Michael Malloy, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, delivered the paper “Wounded Tigers: Responses to Financial Crisis in a Permeable World,” at the 30th Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Law Teachers in Limerick, Ireland. He also lectured on “U.S. Responses to the Financial Crisis,” at the Charterhouse Cam-pus of Queen Mary University of London, in an appearance sponsored by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies.

Ahmed Kanna, School of International Studies, had his book “Dubai, The City as Corporation,” published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Daniel Kasser, Visual Arts, has an exhibit of photographs and sculpture titled “Artifacts of Technology” at Southern Oregon University’s Thorndike Gallery from January 4–28. Part of Kasser’s “Western Technosites” series, the pieces are inspired by his research, interactions and sentiments about the history and spirit of the Western landscape, its changing cultures and environments and the mythologies that have shaped and defined it.

Michele Finerty, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, had his article “Leaders of the Pack: Law Librarians and the Advancement of Animal Law” appear in AALL Spectrum, the magazine of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Adam Kaye, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, coauthored the chapters: “SAMe,” “Beta-sitosterol” and “Beta- Androstrione” for the textbook “Essence of Anesthesia Practice” edited by Roizen. Kaye’s coauthored article “Intraoperative Pulseless Electrical Activity and Acute Cardiogenic Shock After Administration of Phenylephrine, Epinephrine, and Ketamine” was featured the Ochsner Journal. Kaye also coauthored “Anticoagulants: newer ones, mechanisms, and perioperative updates” for the MD Consults Review.

Avery Leiberman, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, had his review of the book “Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview” published in the Journal of Prosthodontics.

George Lewis, Sociology, has had curricular materials for his Social Research Methods course selected by the American Sociological Association for digital publication in their Teaching, Resources and Innovations Library (TRAILS) for Sociology online series.

John Myers, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, spoke on the topic of expert witnesses at a training workshop for Sacramento Child Advocates’ attorneys and social workers in Sacramento.

Paul Paton, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, had his article, “Honest Services Fraud: What’s Next for Corporate Crime?” appear in The Lawyers Weekly In-House Counsel magazine.

Jianhua Ren, Chemistry, and Kiran Kumar Morishetti, postdoctoral fellow, had their paper “Generation and Characterization of Distonic Dehydrophen-oxide Radical Anions under Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionizations” published in the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. The paper was coauthored with Prabhakar Sripadi and Vairamani Mariappanadar of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology.

François Rose, Conservatory of Music, in collaboration with Jaroslaw Kapuscinski of Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and the Japanese ensemble Reigakusha, has launched the first comprehensive website on gagaku music: ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/gagaku.

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ARTHUR A. DUGONI SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY RECEIVES AWARD FOR VISION

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Gies Foundation selected Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry as the winner of the 2011 Gies Award for Outstanding Vision — Academic Dental Institution. The award will be presented at the ADEA Annual Session and Exhibition in San Diego in March.

Named after dental education pioneer, William J. Gies, PhD, the Awards annually recognize individuals and organizations for contributions to global oral health and education initiatives. The winners exemplify dedication to the highest standards of vision, innovation and achievement in dental education, research and leadership.

The recognition comes as a result of the Dugoni School of Dentistry’s commitment to vision and excellence in many areas, including; the school’s curriculum enhancements through the Pacific Dental Helix Curriculum, its student leadership and community involvement, commitment to faculty development, new international partnerships, the implementation of its strategic plan and recent focus on new facilities.

In addition to the school’s recognition, Diarmuid (Derry) Shanley, former associate dean for global affairs at the Dugoni School of Dentistry, will receive the Gies Award for Achievement — Dental Educator. Among his accomplishments, Shanley served 20 years as dean at Trinity College in Dublin and played a leadership role in the creation of the International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations.

ROBERT TREZIA HONORED WITH CAVANAUGH DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

The Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry community awarded Robert Trezia the third-annual Cava-naugh Distinguished Service Award during a reception at the school on December 9.

Trezia, the school’s clinic business manager, was acknowledged for his years of service and dedication to the dental school community. He oversees patient services, cashiers, billing/collection and the school’s CARE clinic. He also interacts with patients on a daily basis, serves as a member of numerous commit-tees and workgroups, and is highly involved with Project Homeless Connect.

“Robert has a very positive outlook that is infectious to those around him,” said Dr. Richard Fredekind, professor and associate dean for Clinical Services. “ He truly helps to shape and maintain the culture of humanism here at the Dugoni School of Dentistry.”

The Cavanaugh Distinguished Service Award is funded by an endowment established by Vice Presi-dent for Finance Patrick Cavanaugh and his wife Janita to recognize staff members from the Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco campuses for exceptional accomplishments, leadership, innovation and service to the university community. Awards are presented to Stockton staff members at the annual staff appreciation luncheon in May.

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Center for Special Care was awarded a $767,042 two-year grant from the California Department of Public Health. The contract will involve forming partnerships with the California Primary Care Association, the UCSF Center for the Health Professions and the Center for Oral Health (formerly the Dental Health Foundation). It also will help fund several additional sites for the Virtual Dental Home project, now in its second year of operation.

University of the Pacific is receiving a grant of $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to support DeltaFusion, a five-week immersion experience in puppetry and theatre that celebrates the area’s diversity and community.

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Richard Fredekind, Patrick Cavanaugh, Robert Trezia and Dr. Nader Nadershahi

Brett DeBoer, Visual Arts, and Cathie McClellan, Theatre Arts, are the primary administrators for the project, which brings together students, artists, civic and academic leaders, cultural institutions and neighborhood groups. Participants will use large-scale puppets and story-telling techniques to craft the story centered around the history of the Delta, Stockton and San Joaquin County. Master puppeteers from In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis will be brought in to lead the work-shop. Pacific Theatre and Visual Arts faculty will lead classes on mask making, costuming and set/float making. DeltaFusion will take place during Summer 2011, culminating with a parade and performance on July 23.

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FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOPS TARGET UNDERREPRESENTED YOUTH

DENTAL SERVICES PROVIDED CELEBRATING NATIONAL CHILDREN’S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH

The University will hold its 8th Annual Bilingual Financial Aid and College Awareness Workshop from 9 am to 12:30 pm on Sunday, January 30, in the Alex G. Spanos Center. Pacific will also hold its first African-American Financial Aid and College Awareness Day from 9 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, February 5, in the Don and Karen DeRosa University Center. Both events are free and open to the public, regardless of race or ethnicity.

The events aim to boost the number of underrep-resented youth on college campuses. Of the 1.56

million bachelor’s degrees earned in 2008, only 7.9 percent of the recipients were Hispanic and 9.8 percent were black, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet nearly 72 percent of those who earned degrees were white.

The Bilingual Financial Aid workshop will include both English and Spanish sessions that cover financial aid, high school graduation require-ments, preparing for college and campus life, among other topics, and Spanish-speaking counselors will be available, and childcare will be provided. Sessions are geared to the 6th through the 12th grades. The event is co-sponsored by Pacific and the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber. Other sponsors include A.G. Spanos Companies, AT&T, La Tricolor 100.9 FM radio station and San Joaquin County Worknet.

The African-American Financial Aid workshop will also include sessions on financial aid, college and university admissions processes, campus life and college preparation, and

Hundreds of children from low-income families throughout Northern California will receive oral health education and free dental screenings this February thanks to the dedication of students and faculty at Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. Through events in San Francisco, Union City and Stockton, students, faculty and volunteers from the dental community are collaborating to make a difference in the lives of local families.

As part of National Children’s Dental Health Month, the dental school’s Union City Dental Care Center will host Give Kids A Smile® on February 5. Along with the Southern Alameda County Dental Society, nearly 80 dental professionals, residents, auxiliary staff and other volunteers will provide free screenings and procedures such as fillings and extractions to children. Kids and parents will also receive oral hygiene instructions, toothbrushes and toothpaste. The event, which also features family entertainment, will be held from 9 am to 1 pm at the Union City Dental Care Center at 1203 J Street in Union City. For more information, call 510.782.5442.

Students, faculty and staff in Stockton will screen and treat children at a separate Give Kids A Smile® event that same day. Volunteer dentists from the San Joaquin Dental Society will join students and staff to provide screenings, treatment, education and entertainment. The event will be held from 9 am to 3 pm at the Chan Family Health Sciences Learning Center.

At the dental school’s Hutto Patterson Pediatric Dental Clinic in San Francisco, free dental screenings will be offered throughout the month of February. With a pre-booked appointment, children from birth to age 14 will receive a free visual exam, learn oral health tips and receive a dental gift bag with toothbrush. Appointments may be made by calling 415.929.6550.

Throughout January and February, the Pacific Dental Care Clinic in Stockton, in collaboration with Lincoln Unified School district, will bus about 400 children to campus for free visual examinations and fluoride varnishes. Any children who have visible decay or exhibit symptoms and do not have a primary dentist will be offered a return appointment for treatment at no cost. This is the third annual event with Lincoln Unified Schools.

information for parents. Students in grades 9 through 12 are welcome.

Participants will be able to apply for federal financial aid at both events, with financial aid officers available for questions or assistance. For information on the Bilingual Financial Aid workshop, contact the Latino Community Out-reach office at 209.946.7705. For information on the African-American Financial Aid workshop, contact Arturo Ocampo at [email protected] or 209.946.2099.

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WELCOME TO PACIFIC

Malik Rahman to Head

Information Technology

Malik Rahman has been appointed as the University’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and will begin on February 1. As Pacific’s CIO, Rahman will provide technology vision and leadership in the development and implementation of the University-wide information technology programs. He also will lead the University in strategic planning for technology, oversee expansion of Pacific’s information systems, and have overall responsibility for computing in support of research and for incorporating technology into education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Rahman was unanimously selected from a strong pool of applicants by a committee representing all three campuses. He comes to Pacific from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C., where he is the CIO and associate vice president for Information Technology Services. Under his leadership, Central Piedmont Community College won recognition from the Center for Digital Education among top-ranked colleges for technological innovation. Rahman also served on a statewide commission to select new Enterprise Resource Planning systems for all 58 state colleges in North Carolina and currently serves on Google’s Customer Advisory Board for Higher Education.

Elizabeth Sica is the new administrative assistant II in the Pharmacy Practice, Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Program, at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Leanna Neves-Bogetti is the new assistant director of Housing and Greek Life in Student Life.

John McClimans is the new electronic commu-nications specialist in Marketing and University Communications.

January Foronda is a program assessment specialist in Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Jaclyn Long is a new administrative assistant II in University Development.

NOTABLE CHANGES

Sarah Higgins is now the manager for marketing, communications and continuing education for the External Relations Department in the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Dua Moua is now the marketing communications assistant for the External Relations Department in the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

January Foronda is the program assessment spe-cialist for the Office of Academic Affairs in the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

STUDENT LIFE OFFICES MOVE TO MCCAFFREY CENTER

Renovations in McCaffrey Center facilities on the second floor that used to house the Summit cafeteria, and on the first floor adjacent to the Grove grocery were completed at the end of the fall semester. The Educational Resource Center and a number of Student Life offices have now relocated to the McCaffrey Center. Telephone extensions remain the same.

Second floor: Housing and Greek Life and the Career Resources Center

First floor: the Community Involvement Program (CIP), SUCCESS, the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities, the Office of Student Leadership Development, and the Educational Resource Center, including Tutorial Services and the Math Lab.

PACIFICANS IN THE COMMUNITYCITIZENSHIP FAIR HELPS 194 FUTURE AMERICANS

On November 13, 194 immigrant attendees of Pacific McGeorge’s 2nd Annual Citizenship Fair were assisted on their path to American citizenship by volunteer staff, faculty and students. Professor Raquel Aldana, director of Pacific McGeorge’s Inter-American Program; Blake Nordahl, immigration law professor; and Dorothy Landsberg, director of clinical studies, were the primary organizers of the event, with Professors Kathleen Benton, Kathleen Friedrich and Jennifer Gibson serving as supervising attorneys. Assemblyman David Jones, incoming California Insurance Commissioner, was among the speakers. Major co-sponsors of the Citizenship Fair included Univision/Telefutura, NALEO Educational Fund, the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County, and several law student organizations.

STAGG AWARDS TO HONOR THREE ALUMNI

Pacific Athletics will honor distinguished alumni Karen Jacobsen ’83 ’86, Will Keim ’75, ’80 and Fred Miller ’53 at the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award of Merit Recognition Luncheon on Saturday, January 29. Tickets are still available for the event by contacting Pam Nogare at 209.946.3945.

The Amos Alonzo Stagg Award of Merit was established in 1981. It recognizes alumni who participated in Pacific athletics as students and have gone on to achieve distinction in their lives, demonstrating the integrity, dedication, idealism and team spirit that Mr. Stagg personified and to which Pacific is dedicated.

Keim played baseball at Pacific and is a well-known public speaker. He is the founder of The Character Institute 2003, which empowers individuals and organizations to be more productive, operate in concert with personal

and organizational values and beliefs, and make character-driven decisions in daily life.

Jacobsen played basketball and volleyball at Pacific, and earned her law degree from Pacific McGeorge School of Law. During her distinguished 24-year legal career, Jacobsen has handled the defense in a wide variety of complex legal matters.

Miller was awarded varsity letters at Pacific in football, track, tennis and rugby. After graduating, he was commissioned as an officer in the Navy and served in Korea. Later, Miller played professional football for the Washington Redskins and went on to become director of athletics at Arizona State University, Long Beach State University and San Diego State University.

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The Bulletin is published twice a month during the academic year. Editor: Sheri Grimes, Graphic Design: Kärri Johnson. The next issue will be published February 2. Submissions are due January 31. All Bulletin submissions are subject to review and may be edited for length and content. Every effort will be made to include submissions that are received on time, as space allows. Send submissions to: [email protected] or call 209.946.2311.

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Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry was featured on the American Dental Education Assocation Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education website in the “Campus Spotlight” feature, which lauded the school for encouraging high levels of student involvement and innovation.

Cindy Lyon, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, is the new chair of the California Dental Association (CDA) Foundation for 2011. The CDA Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the CDA, which seeks to improve oral health for the underserved Californians through programs, grants, scholarships and training.

Alice van Ommeren ’10, Benerd School of Education, received the Captain Charles Weber award from the Stockton Cultural Heritage Board. The award honors individuals who have authored or edited works on Stockton, completed extraordinary volunteer work or have furthered the understanding of Stockton’s cultural past. Ommeren’s book “Stockton in Vintage Postcards” features hundreds of historic postcards.

Sarah George ’11, history; Silvia Guzman ’12,

history; and Caelan Urquhart ’13, business, have been selected to attend the U.S. Naval Academy Leadership Conference from January 30 to February 2 in Annapolis, Md. The Academy hosts the leadership conference each year, bringing together undergraduate student and military personnel from across the country. Following the conference, which features keynote speaker General Motors CEO Daniel F. Akerson, the students will speak at a Pacific Alumni reception at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C.

Ryan Redondo, coach for Men’s Tennis and director of Tennis, was chosen as the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) National Northern California Coach for the Winter Nationals in December in Scottsdale, Ariz. Redondo represented the USTA as coach for the best Boys 16 Northern California players. Players selected to compete in the Championships are considered the top ranked players in all of the Northern California section.

Svenja Englehardt ’10, Women’s Volleyball, was named the American Volleyball Scouting Report (AVSR) Global Player of the Year for the 2010 season. Engelhardt received AVSA Global Player of the Week honors three times during her career. For the season, Engelhardt put together one of the finest single-season campaign’s in Pacific program history to lead the Tigers to a 19–11 overall finish. Her 4.38 kills per game average ranked No. 16 in the country while ranking No. 1 among Big West attackers. For the year, Engelhardt posted a career-high 573 points for an average of 4.4 points per game, tying for the 16th best total in all of Division I volleyball. Engelhardt was also named to the AVCA All-Region team and a First Team All-Big West member for her play during the 2010 season. She finished her career among Pacific’s all-time greatest players as she posted 1,386 career kills — No. 9 in Pacific’s record books. Her 175 career aces ranks No. 2 on Pacific’s all-time aces list while her 0.45 ace per game total tied for the all-time best per game average among Pacific servers.

HONORABLE MENTION February 4 • 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Live performances of acoustic instruments, computer and video with guest artists from France, Brazil and New York.

• VOICE MASTER CLASS February 4 • 3:30 pm Recital Hall

Malcom Mackenzie, Baritone. Free.

• RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES February 5 • 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Patricia Shands, clarinet; Igor Veligan, violin/viola; with guest pianist Natsuki Fukasawa.

• SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE February 6 • 2:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Matt Tropman on euphonium and the UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble. Eric Hammer, director.

Unless otherwise indicated, Conservatory tickets are $8 general admission; $5 seniors; and children under 12 and students with ID, free.

FIND OUT MORE AT EVENTS.PACIFIC.EDU

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