fyi - News for the Campus Community fyi is the official faculty-staff newsletter for the Santa Clara University community. It is designed to keep faculty and staff informed about campus news and information. It is compiled, written and published by the Office of Marketing and Communications.
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Enzie Lagattuta's (Career Center) advice to college students on how to make the most of internships was featured on Washington Post's blog Campus Overload.
A groundbreaking report about hundreds of cases of prosecutorial misconduct in California over the least decade, released by SCU’s Northern California Innocence Project, made headlines in more than a dozen papers, websites, TV and blogs including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, ABA Journal, National Law Journal and KGO-TV. The reports quoted or cited Cookie Ridolfi (NCIP) and NCIP visiting research fellow Maurice Possley.
James Lai (Political Science) spoke with Associated Press about the rise of racial issues in a Southern California town in which a longtime Latina officeholder is running against a Vietnamese rival. The story ran in more than 130 publications or websites across the country, including FoxNews.com, the Sacramento Bee, Denver Post, and Forbes and USA Today online.
Leon Panetta's visit and talk on national security and the law made ABC7's 11 p.m. news.
Santa Clara University’s job fair (Career Center) was the location for a story on student employment prospects on ABC7, in a story that also quoted Alexander Field (Economics).
James Cottrill (Political Science) was a political analyst on NBC Bay Area for the first gubernatorial debate. Cottrill was also quoted by Bay City News wire service on the difficulties for the next governor to get past the political gridlock in Sacramento.
Pedro Hernandez-Ramos (Education) was featured in AeroMexico's Escala Magazine blog as a Mexican-Americans in Silicon Valley and a leader who's investigating the relationship between new technologies and education.
Thomas Plante (Psychology) was interviewed on ABC7 about the secret webcasting of a Rutgers University student that may have led to his suicide. Plante also continues to blog regularly for Psychology Today. His most recent posts tackled happiness, altruism, and ethics.
The Engineering School's new certificate program in renewable energy was mentioned in AJCU Higher Ed News.
Media continued to reach out to SCU Law professors on the legal issues behind California’s first lethal injection case in nearly five years. Ellen Kreitzberg (law) spoke to NBC Bay Area, CBS TV, KCBS radio and KLIV radio as well as the San Francisco Chronicle and the Associated Press about the ever-changing story. The AP story ran in more than 65 publications.
Eric Goldman (Law) spoke to KRON4 about the Rutgers tragedy, and was widely noted for having spurred online document sharing company Scribd to improve privacy protections by changing to an opt-in model. He also appeared in numerous Florida papers discussing a crime stemming from a Craigslist ad. He was quoted in MediaPost, ZDNet, and elsewhere on a variety of high-tech law cases including the admission into evidence of a defendant’s deleted Facebook postings.
Stephen Diamond’s (Law) comments to Associated Press about HP’s hiring of SAP’s former leader appeared in more than 200 papers and websites across the country.
The dedication of the new Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., Student Activity Center was the subject of a feature story on the front of the San Jose Mercury News local section, as well as running in numerous other local papers.
Alexander Field’s (Economics) work on productivity during the Depression was mentioned in the Economist magazine.
News of SCU’s 14% endowment growth was featured in the San Jose Mercury News and several affiliated newspapers.
Gerald Uelmen (Law) spoke to the San Jose Mercury News about concerns for the future of the state’s judiciary should Meg Whitman be elected governor, for a story run in numerous affiliated papers. He also spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about former California Jerry Brown’s statements about the late, liberal Supreme Court justice Rose Bird and to the Sacramento Bee and Wall Street Journal about the marijuana-legalization measure Prop. 19.
Marc Bousquet (English) blogged in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the hypocrisy of nonprofit higher education, the rise of teacher-led schools and NBC's special programming called Education Nation.
Ed Steinman (Law) spoke to the San Jose Mercury News about legal maneuvers in the Los Gatos murder-for-hire trial. The story ran in several local papers.
Freshman Diane Keng (Leavey) was featured in a Wall Street Journal article giving advice to young workers on how to maintain a positive image to employers.
Kyle Graham (Law) spoke to ABC about a case in which a man with Egyptian and Muslim heritage was tracked via GPS by the FBI.
An oped by Bill Sundstrom (Economics) opposing Prop. 23 and its aim of repealing California global-warming laws, appeared in the blog Triple Pundit.
Here’s a sampling of the hundreds of mentions of SCU in the media in the past two weeks. The first part of the link is a list; the full text is below the list.
***NOTE: Use EXTREME CAUTION before printing the linked information, as it will be dozens of pages!! ***
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Santa Clara University received an award for Civic Engagement from The Washington Center at their Academic Affairs luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4.
Mark Aschheim (Civil Engineering) had a paper accepted for publication: Aschheim, M., Gil-Martín, L. M., and Hernández-Montes, E. “Proportioning of Reinforced Concrete Column Sections,” Engineering Structures.
Ruth Cook (Education) has received $195,994 fromt he U.S. Department of Education to support "Preparing Special Educators to be Leaders in the Imploementation of Effective Techniques for Supporting Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders."
John Farnsworth (English and Environmental Studies Institute) had a chapter entitled “When University Presidents Become Tree-Huggers: A Report from the Field” published in The Climate Neutral Campus Report, which was sent out to every University president and provost in the country.
Nam Ling (Computer Engineering) was renewed as a guest professor (for three years) for Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China, at a special ceremony held on their campus in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 8. He also met and discussed with their Vice President Wenjun Zhang as well as their faculty and students to further the collaboration under the MOU between SCU and SJTU. He delivered a seminar, "The Next Generation of Video Compression," on the same day to SJTU faculty and students.
Ed Maurer (Civil Engineering) has a new publication: Maurere, E.P., L.D. Brekke, and T. Pruitt, 2010, "Contrasting lumped and distributed hydrology models for estimating climate change impacts on California watersheds." Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA).
Godfrey Mungal (Engineering) was a panelist at the Stanford University Future Faculty Leadership Seminar to 200 graduate students and Post-Docs on the life of a faculty member at a Jesuit University.
Tokunbo Ogunfunmi (Electrical Engineering) was an invited member on a proposal technical review panel for the Directorate of Engineering, National Science Foundation.
Sarah Kate Wilson (Electrical Engineering), Kodzovi Acolatse, and Yeheskel Bar-Ness had a paper accepted for publication, "Novel Techniques Single Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization for Optical Wireless Communications," in the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Advances in Single Carrier Block Modulation with Frequency Domain Processing.
Toshishige Yamada (Center for Nanostructures) has been invited to serve on the symposium committee for the 39th Electronic Materials Symposium (EMS). The EMS is an annual inter-disciplinary conference that presenta a broad spectrum of expert views on problems at the intersection of electronic materials and devices. It will be held at Techmart Network Meeting Center in Santa Clara in April.
Yuling Yan (Bioengineering) was invited to speak at an International Forum held in Suzhou, China in July. The topic of the forum focused on "Nano-Biology and Nano-Medicine for Health and Environment." She was also invited to visit Maebashi Institute of Technology in Gunma, Japan last summer. She gave a research seminar to the faculty and students in the Department of Systems Biological Engineering and initiated a collaborative research project with a faculty member there to develop robot devices for power assistance in the nursing and health care areas. Finally, Yan and her post-doctoral fellow Gan Du presented their research work entitled "An improved optical lock-in detection method for contrast-enhanced imaging in living cells" at the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology, held in Chengdu, China in June.
More grants, awards, and publications will appear in the next edition of fyi.
More grants, awards, and publications will appear in the next edition of fyi.
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They’re young, smart, and diverse, and they’re ready to begin the next challenging chapter of their lives. On Sept. 20, some 1,300 freshman students began their college career at Santa Clara University, one of the top universities in the country, according U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, and Forbes.
For the fourth year in a row, SCU experienced a record number of applications totaling 11,788, an increase of 15 percent from the year before. Of the applicants, 7,100 came from California alone.
SCU’s Class of 2014 come from diverse backgrounds and a strong academic standing. Of the 1,316 students who were admitted, 60 percent are from California and 37.4 percent are from 36 states, including Hawaii, New York, and Texas. International students make 2.6 percent and come from China, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe to name a few. Read more.
Watch a slideshow from move-in weekend and Sunday mass.
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Anyone who was around campus this summer couldn’t miss the bulldozers, cranes, and construction signs posted almost everywhere. The University looked like one major construction zone with renovations and repairs taking place in more than a dozen buildings.
Aside from Benson Memorial Center’s Marketplace and The Bronco, Swig Hall had one of the most dramatic changes with new rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. The basement also boasts a new dance practice room, additional laundry room, recreational area, conference rooms, and even a theatre. As Joe Sugg and Don Akerland from University Operations put it, everything but the concrete was replaced, including the heating, plumbing, and data lines.
Work is also wrapping up at the Mission Church, where crews have been repairing plaster erosion and some minor water damage. Crews removed multiple layers of plaster and paint atop the concrete surface. They also added two new restrooms near the south side of the structure.
Donohoe Alumni House will surely be the next building to take the spotlight when renovations are complete at the end of this quarter. Workers are reinforcing the masonry building with steel beams to support walls and attach the floors and roofs to the exterior walls. The floor plan will also drastically change with more enclosed office space, conference rooms, large meeting rooms, and a living room for guests. A new entrance, expanded bathrooms, and the addition of elevators will also make the building compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Other improvements on campus include:
- School of Law – new student lounge, a multipurpose room, a new admissions office
- School of Engineering – a new computer lab and research space
- Jesuit School of Theology – roof repairs, electrical upgrades, and safety upgrades
- Walsh and McLaughlin halls – new service desks, sinks, cabinets, and carpeting
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A lot has changed since Santa Clara University opened its School of Law in 1911. Back then, fewer than 15 men— all of them white— registered for classes. Now, enrollment tops 900, with women accounting for 48 percent of students, and the entire law school among the 10 most diverse in the nation.
“In the past century, we have also become a school of national prominence. During our first 50 years, we were focused on meeting the needs of the region. Over time our reputation has grown along with that of Silicon Valley. Even today, more than a third of the judges in the county are our alumni,” notes Senior Assistant Dean Julia Yaffee.
Content has evolved with the times as well. In the early 20th century, high tech was still science fiction. Privacy concerns centered on issues such as a “peeping Tom” looking in your window, not your e-mail account. Property was tangible, not intellectual.
What has remained constant is the school’s commitment to social justice. “The Jesuit mission includes such a strong commitment to social justice, that it has certainly pervaded the law school and its student body from the beginning,” says Gerald Uelmen, professor and former dean of the School of Law.
Last year, law school students provided more than 11,000 hours of legal pro bono work, according to Yaffee.
Several events are being planned to celebrate the centennial, beginning with a special convocation in Mayer Theater at 5 p.m. on Oct. 18.
Professor Uelmen is orchestrating a dramatic reenactment of the 1912 “trial of the century” of Clarence Darrow for bribing jurors. More details will be released as they become available, including the location and date as well as the names of the legal all-stars who will be participating.
For more information about centennial events as well as historic photos of the School of Law, visit the website.
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As he embarks on his third school year since joining the University, Santa Clara University President Michael Engh, S.J., described the changes, challenges, and opportunities ahead for the University community.
Speaking at the President’s Convocation in the Mission Church on Sept. 14, Engh cited the University’s strategic plan as a top project that is consuming administrators’ time and is expected to lead to changes throughout the University. “We are about ready to launch the ship” by sending the plan to trustees next month, he said.
He described the plan as being based on several goals including excellence in Jesuit education, engagement with Silicon Valley, global understanding, justice and sustainability, and support for the academic community. Engh expects to see greater support for faculty exchanges, research, and study abroad, and he said officials will continue to attempt to recruit diverse students, especially those who have the background to take advantage of SCU’s unique offerings. After the address, a recognition event was held to honor the following faculty:
- Brian McNelis (Chemistry and Biochemistry) – Louis and Dorina Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence
- Hersh Shefrin (Finance) – University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship
- Michelle Oberman (Law) – University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship
- Daniel Lewis (Computer Engineering) – Brutocao Award for Curriculum Innovation
- Betty Young (Physics) – Faculty Senate Professor
- Ruth Davis (Computer Engineering) – President of the Faculty Senate
The President’s Special Recognition Award recipients are:
- Leslie Gray (Environmental Studies Institute)
- Allen Hammond (Law)
- Timothy Hight (Mechanical Engineering)
- Alejandro Garcia-Rivera (Jesuit School of Theology)
The following faculty were recognized for 25 years of service:
- Gerdenio “Sonny” Manuel, S.J. (Jesuit Community)
- Edward McQuarrie (Marketing)
- Peter Minowitz (Political Science)
- Mahmudur Rahman (Electrical Engineering)
- Paul Soukup, S.J. (Communication)
- Nancy Wait-Kromm (Music)
- Sally Wood (Electrical Engineering)
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Daryn Baker (Biology) – The Nancy Keil Service Excellence Award
In recognition of having established a well-deserved reputation for sustained excellence and initiative in providing technical or administrative support service, and for consistently approaching ones responsibilities with a professionalism that demonstrates dedication to the welfare of students and others and that leads by example.
Larry Nelson (Philosophy) – Dr. David E. Logothetti Teaching Award
In recognition of having established among colleagues and students a well-deserved reputation for an energetic, engaging, and effective teaching style, and having demonstrated the ability to motivate other teachers and learners.
Barbara Molony (History) – Professor Joseph Bayma, S.J., Scholarship Award
In recognition of having established among colleagues and students a well-deserved reputation for productive, meaningful, and rigorous scholarly or creative work, and for having demonstrated the ability to motivate other scholars or artists, teachers, and learners.
Phyllis Brown (Undergraduate Studies; Core Curriculum; English) – Dr. John B. Drahmann Advising Award
In recognition of having established among colleagues and students a well-deserved reputation for extraordinary dedication to student welfare through wise, informed, effective, and caring counsel, and having demonstrated the ability to motivate other teachers and learners.
Angel Islas (Biology) – Bernard Hubbard, S.J., Creative Collaboration Award
In recognition of having established a well-deserved reputation for excellence in educating students by including them in professional research projects or creative activity, thereby transcending traditional teaching models to reach the heart of the research and creative process and, in this collaboration, for having inspired other scholars and artists.
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As many of you know already, single tickets are sold out for the Leon Panetta lecture on Friday, Oct. 8. A few series tickets remain.
In order for more people to share in this experience, 125 free overflow tickets will be available for remote viewing in the St. Clare Room of the Learning Commons, Technology Center, and Library. Even though the overflow tickets are free, you must have a ticket to attend. The tickets are available at President's Speaker Series ticket website. You also can view the Panetta lecture, starting at 8 p.m., on LINC-TV, the campus cable channel. Please let the students know.
If you purchase one of the $50 series tickets available to staff, faculty, students, and Osher members, you will be guaranteed seating not only for Panetta, but also for Dame Rosalyn Higgins of the International Court of Justice and for David Drummond ’85 of Google. More information is available at President Speaker Series website.
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Familiar faces will be seen on campus the weekend of Oct. 8–10 as alumni converge for the second annual Grand Reunion Weekend to remember their college experiences, reconnect with old friends, and renew their ties with the University. Thirteen undergraduate classes, from the class of 1950 to our most recent graduates, will come together to celebrate.
Some of the Grand Reunion events include a 5K run through campus the morning of Oct. 9, a homecoming picnic at noon, special dinner gatherings in the evening, and the dedication of the newest building on campus—the Paul L. Locatelli Student Activity Center—on Oct. 10.
“The weekend’s many activities, including tours, talks, and receptions, will help renew a sense of University pride among the faculty, staff, students, and alumni,” says Michael Engh, S.J., president of SCU. “I invite you to attend the activities during the weekend, as your participation will enrich the reunion experience for all.”
Shuttles to and from nearby hotels will be available to prevent potential parking problems. For more information about the Grand Reunion, visit the Alumni Association's website.
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Santa Clara University presents The Mexican Revolution in the Arts this fall to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.
The Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose is collaborating with Santa Clara University, San Jose State University, National Hispanic University, and History San Jose to educate the public about the beginning of the struggle of Mexico independence and Mexico's international relations.
A series of events will take place Oct. 12 to Nov. 10. at Santa Clara University. They are:
Opening Reception
Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m.
St. Clare Room and Multicultural Reading Area at University Library and Learning Commons
The History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920
Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m.
Williman Room at Benson Memorial Center
The Novels of the Mexican Revolution
Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 5 p.m.
Williman Room at Benson Memorial Center
Music at Noon
Wednesday, Oct. 27 at noon
Recital Hall at Music and Dance Building
Musical Tribute to the Mexican Revolution
Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.
Recital Hall at Music and Dance Building
The Storm That Swept Mexico
Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.
Recital Hall at Music and Dance Building
To learn more about each event at SCU, visit Santa Clara's website. For a complete list of events taking place at other venues, visit the website of the Consulate General of Mexico in San Jose.
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The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University will kick off an exciting exhibition season this fall with Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native California, which opens on Saturday, Oct. 2.
Like the state itself, California Natives are remarkably diverse with more than 300 languages and distinct geographical centers shaping communities, traditions, ideologies, and ceremonies. Sing Me Your Story brings together California Native artists and poets in a powerful traveling exhibition. Based on the publication from Heyday Books, The Dirt Is Red Here: Art and Poetry from Native California, this exhibition explores Native stories, songs, and dance through painting, poetry, basketry, jewelry, printmaking, photography, and sculpture.
“Sing Me Your Story is a call to California Native artists and poets to share their cultural knowledge and life experience; leading all of us to understand how culture, history, ancestry, and story have shaped each of us—Native and non-Native,” says exhibition curator Theresa Harlan. Read more.
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The upcoming performing arts season on campus “envelops a blend of the old, the new, and the up-and-coming at a great value for patrons,” says Butch Coyne, director of the Center of Performing Arts.
“The nice thing about a university performing arts program is that it’s a very eclectic season—there’s a lot of choice,” Coyne says. “We encourage you to pick and choose.”
The complete offerings are too numerous to delineate here, but some highlights include a 200th birthday celebration of classical composer Robert Schumann on Friday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. This concert will include a preconcert lecture, as well as selections from Schumann’s piano, vocal, and instrumental compositions.
Pianist and Professor of Music Teresa McCollough proves there is more than one way to play a piano during Musical Mavericks on Friday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. She and several students will perform simultaneously on the same piano creating melodies using not only fingers on the keyboard, but mallets on other parts of the instrument (including the body of the instrument), string wire wrapped around individual piano strings, and other inventive techniques. “This is something you don’t see very often,” Coyne notes. “It’s part of Teresa’s exploration of new music and new music works.”
Shakespeare’s Macbeth will grace the stage of the Mayer Theatre Nov. 5–13 under the nimble direction of Frederick Tollini, S.J. “We are very excited about Fr. Tollini doing Macbeth for us this year. He always brings a new eye, a crispness, to Shakespeare,” Coyne says.
The dance season—which opened with Migrations, the innovative traveling dance that crisscrossed campus the end of September—includes the Fall Dance Festival on Oct. 16 and 17, featuring choreography from senior dance majors, as well as the Choreographer’s Gallery on Dec. 2 and 3, in which choreography students combine all genres of dance to present an array of distinct, original performances
For more information about these and the rest of the season, visit CPA’s website or call 408-554-4015. This year, tickets will be available online as well as by phone or in person at the box office.
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1st Annual SCU Staff and Faculty Art Show
Friday, Oct. 1 – Monday, Dec. 13
University Library, 2nd Floor
Twitter, an Insider’s View: Alexander Macgillivray, General Counsel, Twitter
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 7–8 p.m. (presentation); 8–8:30 p.m. (reception)
St. Clare Room, Learning Commons
Mass of the Holy Spirit
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 12–1 p.m.
Mission Church
Ethics at Noon: “Ethics, Lobbying, and How the Laws of California are Really Made”
Friday, Oct. 8 at noon - 1 p.m.
Wiegand Room, Arts and Sciences Building
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Three scholastic programs at SCU recently received prominent attention: Last summer’s Hispanic Institute (JST) was featured on page one of National Catholic Reporter, in a story that highlighted the complexities of serving the needs of Hispanic Catholics. The Sports Law Forum, an all-day conference sponsored by SCU Law and SCU Athletics, was featured in an AP story that ran in a half-dozen locations including ESPN.com, Hockey News, and the Winston-Salem Journal. And the business school’s entrepreneur-building program, the California Program for Entrepreneurship (CIE) was the subject of a story on KTVU, Channel 2.
Nancy Unger (History) was interviewed on KGO-TV and in the San Francisco Chronicle about the contradictions of Meg Whitman’s support for Prop. 23, the ballot initiative that would roll back California’s law requiring carbon-emission reductions.
News that SCU President Michael Engh will join the Silicon Valley Leadership Group was featured in nearly a dozen business journals around the country.
Juan Velasco (English) was a guest on KQED's Forum to discuss the bicentennial of Mexico's independence and 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. Velasco, Ramon Chacon (History) and Francisco Jimenez (Languages and Literature) were also noted in the San Jose Mercury News for their contributions to local celebrations of the Mexican revolution.
Santa Clara University sophomore Laura Snowden was interviewed on KGO Radio about her mission to raise awareness in the Gulf Coast region to help Hurricane Katrina victims who still haven't been able to rebuild five years after the devastating storm.
An oped by Farid Senzai (Political Science) about the U.S. needing to encourage Middle East peace was carried by more than a dozen newspapers across the U.S.
Death-penalty expert Ellen Kreitzberg (Law) was in high demand for commentary after a federal judge declined to halt California’s first death by lethal injection in nearly five years. She was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Recorder and the Daily Journal, and appeared on all local news stations over the weekend including the CBS5 Morning show.
Deep Gulasekaram (Law) appeared on the CBS5 Morning Show discussing the failure of Congress to repeal the federal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law.
Tyler Ochoa (Law) talked to KQED’s news reporters about the HP-Oracle battle over Mark Hurd.
Margaret Russell (Law) was quoted in a widely reprinted New York Times story about Craigslist’s decision to end its “adult services” classified ads.
Judy Nadler (Markkula) was quoted in New York’s Newsday, the Arizona Republic, and the Compton Bulletin about various government-ethics scandals.
Gary Macy (Religious Studies) was quoted in the St. Petersburg Times about why relics like those of Catholic saint Don Bosco, are revered.
A San Jose Mercury News story about the impact of the recession on those over age 50 featured quotes from Tom Plante (Psychology) and was carried by more than a dozen other publications.
An oped by Buford Barr (Marketing) about how students can maximize their college years appeared in BusinessWeek. Barr also appeared on ABC7 discussing a new ad campaign aimed at deterring people from eating at McDonalds.
Meir Statman (Finance) appeared on PBS to discuss how investment personalities are formed and was quoted in the Wall Street Journal about investment risk.
Hersh Shefrin (Finance) talked to the Seattle Times about the importance of corporate “tone at the top.”
Santa Clara University's sustainability efforts were profiled in EDU Tech Magazine, published in India.
In addition to being quoted in dozens of stories about a variety of high-tech law issues, Eric Goldman (Law) spoke to the Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News, KGO-TV, about Hewlett Packard’s attempts to block former CEO Mark Hurd from joining Oracle, to BusinessWeek about a new California law outlawing Web imposters, and to the Wall Street Journal about Craigslist’s adult-services policies.
Here’s a sampling of the hundreds of mentions of SCU in the media in the past two weeks. The first part of the link is a list; the full text is below the list.
***NOTE: Use EXTREME CAUTION before printing the linked information, as it will be dozens of pages!! ***
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Chris Kitts (Mechanical Engineering) has been re-appointed for a 3 year term as an engineering research affiliate of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), which provides him with access to MBARI facilities/resources and grants him Principal Investigator status with the organization.
Ellen Kreitzberg (Law) will be receiving the 2010 Friend of the Public Defender Award at a dinner celebrating the 45th anniversary of the public defender office “in recognition of the generous support of the indigent accused and the constitutional right to counsel.”
Dan Lewis (Computer Engineering) received the Brutocao Family Foundation Award for Curriculum Innovation. This award recognizes faculty who have improved the quality of education at Santa Clara University through significant innovations in pedagogy or curriculum development—particularly when those innovations affect a significant number of students—and who have exhibited general excellence in teaching.
Dan Lewis and Ruth Davis (Computer Engineering) have received a new NSF grant of $380,928 for: Daniel W. Lewis, Craig Blackburn, Pedro F. Hernandez-Ramos, Ruth E. Davis, "Special Project: Expanding the Impact of Computer Science in Silicon Valley High Schools and Facilitating Adoption of the ECS Curriculum Elsewhere."
Ed Maurer (Civil Engineering) had a paper published: Maurer, E. P., Hidalgo, H. G., Das, T., Dettinger, M. D., and Cayan, D. R., 2010 “The utility of daily large-scale climate data in the assessment of climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California,” Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1125-1138, doi:10.5194/hess-14-1125-2010.
Thomas Plante (Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education/Psychology) was a guest speaker at Menlo College in Dr. Leslie Sekerka’s Business Ethics class on Sept. 15.
Terry Shoup (Mechanical Engineering) was presented with a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in appreciation for his outstanding service to the ASME community at the Santa Clara Valley Section’s Industry Honors Dinner in June. At this event, Santa Clara University was also honored for its support and sponsorship of Santa Clara Valley Section activities.
Dennis Smolarski, S.J. (Mathematics/Computer Science) has a new book out on worship, Eucharist and American Culture: Liturgy, Unity, and Individualism. It was officially released on Sept. 1.
Sally Wood (Electrical Engineering) presented research and participated in the Network Measurement and Management Workshop in Montreal, Quebec and was a panelist at an NSF panel review in Arlington, VA in August.
Thirteen SCU faculty and staff participated as “Mighty Broncos” in the annual Pacific Grove Triathlon. The SCU team was affiliated with Team and Training the fundraising arm of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and raised over $12,000, bringing their fund raising contribution to over $95,000 in three years. Members of the Mighty Broncos Tri Team who participated in the Olympic/Sprint Triathlon were:
· Diane Barrera (Undergraduate Admissions) – Second in her Sprint division
· Michelle Burnham (Admissions) – First with her team in the Olympic relay division
· David Cajigas (University Finance)
· Lindsey Cromwell (Sustainability)
· Dee Crosby (Executive Development Center)
· Lester Deanes (Student Life)
· Jonna Delgado (Human Resources)
· Betsy Fiel (Office of the Registrar)
· Harry Fong (University Finance)
· Debbie Hirsch (EEO and Diversity)
· Nick Kurns (Executive Development Center)
· Jim Rowan (Information Technology)
· Christine Woodward (Engineering ) – Competed in the 5K
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Open layout, dozens of skylights, and television screens. They’re the latest features of the newly remodeled Benson Memorial Center, which has been closed all summer.
Step inside, and you’ll see Market Square is now Marketplace, and walls that once separated The Bronco have been torn down so that crowding will no longer be an issue. Other changes include suspended ceiling fans, cushioned banquette seating, and cash registers at all food stations, rather than at a centralized location. The most important feature, of course, is the food. Marketplace will feature:
· California Deli – made-to-order and grab-n-go sandwiches, deli meats, and sides;
· Farmer’s Pantry – large salad bar area, bread and breakfast bars, and fruit/vegetable area;
· Saute – chef display cooking-to-order area under a large copper hood in the center of the facility;
· The Bistro – traditional international cuisine, crepes, panini, and a carving station; and
· La Parrilla – taqueria offering quesadillas, taco salads, and specialties.
At The Bronco, you’ll find:
· Tailgater’s – grill specialties as well as burgers, fries, and standard game fair;
· 540 Pizza and More – pizza, calzones, lasagna, and other baked casseroles;
· Quench – gelato bar, aquas frescas, freshly brewed teas, as well as beer and wine (late night service only)
The Bronco will be open at 11:00 a.m. during the week, as well both Saturday and Sunday nights.
The first official meal will be served to students on Saturday, Sept. 18. However, faculty and staff are invited to a soft opening of the facility on Sept. 16 and 17. Dining Services will provide times shortly. A grand opening event will follow on Sept. 23 at 4 p.m.
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Santa Clara University begins a busy and impressive year, after making three of the country’s most well-known college lists.
In its annual ranking, “America’s Best Colleges 2011,” U.S. News & World Report ranked SCU second overall among 115 master’s universities in the West. SCU’s average undergraduate graduation rate, 85 percent, was the third highest in the country among 572 national master’s level universities. Read more.
The University jumped to No. 115 in Forbes’ “America’s Best Colleges” list for 2010. In the previous year, SCU was ranked 150, and in 2008, the year of Forbes’ inaugural edition, it was 318. Read more.
The Princeton Review’s annual guidebook, “The Best 373 Colleges,” featured SCU, recognizing it for its academic program and Catholic values.
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Santa Clara University School of Law recently welcomed an academically strong first-year class that is also diverse in experiences, ethnicity, and interests.
The 247 full-time and 82 part-time students who began taking classes August 16 hail from 29 states and 14 foreign countries including China, Estonia, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Uzbekistan. They attended 131 different undergraduate schools, and 34 of them already have advanced degrees—including 10 Ph.D.s.
Last year’s trend toward younger first-year students continued this year—with full-time students again having a median age of 24, versus 25 three years ago. Part-time students (who tend to be working professionals) have a median age of 25, down from 27 last year and 29 four years ago.
More than 4,900 people applied to Santa Clara Law this year, the strongest level of interest since 2004. The class encompasses a diverse range of backgrounds, including students who have worked as opera singers, horse trainers, and kickboxing instructors, and some who have graduated from culinary school. Read more.
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Some 40 people joined Santa Clara University’s faculty this academic year. They gathered at the Jesuit Residence on Sept. 13 for a reception and dinner, which were attended by SCU President Michael Engh, S.J., School of Engineering Dean Godfrey Mungal, and Interim Provost Don Dodson, to name a few.
The new faculty members and their departments are:
Christopher Bacon, Assistant Professor – Environmental Studies
Frank Barone, Lecturer – Engineering Management
Olin Bjork, Lecturer – English
Justin Boren, Acting Assistant Professor – Communication
Ye Cai, Acting Assistant Professor – Finance
Socorro Castañeda-Liles, Acting Assistant Professor – Religious Studies
Alan Clinton, Lecturer – English
Chellana Dinsmore, Lecturer – Theatre and Dance
Melissa Donegan, Lecturer – English
Michael Flynn, Legal Analysis, Research and Writing Instructor – Law
Josh Hayes, Lecturer – Philosophy
Anthony Hazard, Postdoctoral Fellow – History
Julie Hughes, Lecturer – Art and Art History
Courtney Huizar, Legal Analysis, Research and Writing Instructor – Law
Sanjay Jain, Assistant Professor, Management
Christopher Kamrath, Lecturer – English
Sikandar Khatri, Postdoctoral Fellow – Civil Engineering
Michael King, Lecturer – English
Rita Kohli, Postdoctoral Fellow – Liberal Studies
Michael Lasley, Lecturer – English
Peter Lech, Lecturer – Classics
Lori Lee, Lecturer – Chemistry and Biochemistry
George Mohler, Assistant Professor – Mathematics and Computer Science
Courtney Mohler, Postdoctoral Fellow – Theatre and Dance
Tonya Nilsson, Lecturer – English
Lee Panich, Lecturer – Anthropology
Kim Parnell, Lecturer – Mechanical Engineering
Nikki Pope, Teaching Scholar – Law
Terrence Queenan, Lecturer – Education
Kirsten Read, Lecturer – Psychology
Michael Schadeck, Acting Assistant Professor – Education
Jason Schlude, Lecturer – Classics
Ravi Shanmugam, Assistant Professor – Marketing
Arunima Sinha, Acting Assistant Professor – Economics
Daniel Strickland, Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Turkeltaub, Assistant Professor – Classics
Jaume Villanueva, Acting Assistant Professor – Management
Juliet Wiersema, Lecturer – Art and Art History
Christina Zanfagna, Lecturer – Music
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This year’s President’s Speaker Series, co-sponsored by the School of Law, showcases individuals who investigate issues at the intersection of law and national security, human rights, and technology.
Leon Panetta ’60, J.D. ’63
October 8 at 8 p.m.
Mayer Theatre
Rosalyn Higgins
February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Mission Church
David C. Drummond ’85
April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Mayer Theatre
General admission tickets are $25 each and $60 for the series; tickets for faculty, staff, and members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute are $20 each and $50 for the series; and SCU student tickets are free, but student seats are limited.
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