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Anne Frank Tree Planted at Sonoma State, April 14, 2013, San Francisco Chronicle
Posted by Jean Wasp on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:55 AM
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SSU Student Helps Set Up Telemedicine Site in Haiti
Sonoma State University student Michelle Kavata recently returned from Haiti, where she helped set up a virtual doctor's office in a rural area of the developing nation--and received college credit for doing so.
DREAMers Club Helps Undocumented Students Succeed in College
Navigating college for the first time can present several challenges for the average student. For the 148 undocumented students at Sonoma State University, those challenges are even harder says Griselda Madrigal, president of Sonoma State's DREAMers Club.
Professor's Photography Highlights Changing Rural Landscape
When Polaroid decided to stop making its trademark instant-developing film in 2008, the company destroyed nearly all of its factories. Sonoma State University environmental history professor Laura A. Watt has latched on to the iconic Polaroid style to express another side of her art. Her work is featured in a solo exhibition, "The Evolving Landscape of Point Reyes," at Prince Gallery in Petaluma Oct. 7-Nov. 8.
New Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra Director Has Big Plans For Inaugural Season
The world-class music halls at Sonoma State University will soon be filled by the sound of a student symphony orchestra. Sonoma State has hired a tenure-track music professor to direct the Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra, which performs in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.
Alexander Kahn joined the music faculty this semester, and students are already enrolled in the university's first official symphony orchestra. Kahn holds a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and a Graduate Performance Diploma in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Institute at John's Hopkins University. He was most recently a tenured professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.
SSU Students Learn More Than Just Math at Thai University
How was your summer? Well, for two Sonoma State University math students and math professor Martha Shott, it was international. They spent the summer, or six weeks of it, at least, in Thailand with the the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program.
Shott worked with eight students, including SSU math majors Travis Hayes and Ericka Chavez, in a faculty mentor capacity while students studied with faculty at Chiang Mai University, situated in Northern Thailand in Chiang Mai, a city of 150,000.
Beetles Still Yielding New Discoveries for Biology Professor
Sonoma State biology professor Nathan Rank visits Bishop so often, "it's almost like a second home," he says, speaking on a spotty cell phone connection from the eastern California mountain town of Bishop. He's been spending summers surrounded by breathtaking scenery of the Sierra Nevada since 1984 studying the montane leaf beetle, and will continue to do so for the next three years thanks to a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
"We are looking at how genetic differentiations within populations might help survive a really wet or dry year." He adds, "Since this year is extremely dry year, we are making sure to document the populations very carefully."
Ensuring Success For Migrant Students
For students across the nation, graduating from high school is a celebratory achievement. This task is made much more difficult for children of migrant farm workers and low-income families with no knowledge in guiding their kids to obtain higher education. To counteract the disadvantages facing migrant students, Sonoma State University has created a program modeled after the California Mini-Corps program called the Migrant Education Advisor Program (MEAP).
Seawolf Scholars Helps Foster Youth Navigate College
"My mom passed away a week before my freshman year of high school, and I knew that education would be my fallback," says Chris Villedo, a freshman sociology major at Sonoma State University. "So the next four years I really focused on my education." He says Seawolf Scholars, a foster youth assistance program started last semester, has already helped guide him through financial aid, register for classes and navigate complex paperwork and registration requirements. "Having programs like this on campus helps students be more confident about what they want to do in college," says Villedo.
May is National Foster Care Month, and Sonoma State University's new Seawolf Scholars program is helping former foster youth navigate the new and turbulent world of college life.
SSU Technician Shoots Giant Laser at the Moon
More than four decades may have passed since man has set foot on the moon, but last year Sonoma State University equipment technician Steve Anderson shot a giant laser at it.
Working in conjunction with a local Sonoma County laser light show studio, Anderson created a 100-Watt laser projector, over 20,000 times more powerful than a typical handheld laser. Anderson demonstrated the laser as part of a visual display the night before the launch of the Orion Spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on December 5, and participated in the Holidays in Space events later that month.
SSU Professor on the Cutting Edge of Wearable Technology
The Apple Watch is the latest gadget in the wearable technology game, but it's not the first, or certainly the last, wireless communication device that will live on our bodies. Sonoma State University engineering science professor Haider Khaleel says the revenue of the wearable technology field is estimated to be $28 billion over the next five years.
"I have been amazed by these wearable electronics since they emerged about 14 years ago," says Khaleel, who specializes in wearable technology and published a textbook on the subject last year.
Two Student Films Selected For Prestigious Cannes Film Fest
Sonoma State University senior Alex Bretow was working on the set of a new Steve Jobs biography film when he got the email on March 16: "Congratulations, you've been officially accepted into the Cannes CMF program!" Says Bretow, "I literally ran outside and was jumping up and down."
When the producer/director called his filmmaking partner and fellow SSU student, writer/producer Mary-Madison Baldo, she had a similar reaction "I literally screamed," she says. "I was home for spring break, so I tripped up the stairs yelling, 'Mom!' She came out of her bedroom in a panic because she thought that I had hurt myself or something."
Both are appropriate reactions to finding out you've had not one, but two films selected for the most prestigious film festival in the world this May.
Society For Women Engineers Club Aims to Close Gender Gap
Women represent 24 percent of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce in the United States, a figure that's risen only 3 percent since 1993 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. But a new club at Sonoma State University is working to close the gender gap.
"We already have an electrical engineering club, which is geared toward the boys," says Alyssa Afa'ese, electrical engineering major and president of SSU's new Society For Women Engineers club. "Women are underrepresented in our major, so we wanted to start and organization where women can work together."
The club began in fall 2014 and is working to inspire young women at Sonoma State to pursue their interest in engineering science. Afa'ese believes many women are apprehensive about joining the engineering department because of its low percentage of female students.
SSU Grad Student Brings New Life to Biology Specimens
At 70, Sonoma State University graduate biology student Nicole Karres doesn't need another career. But in 1996 her natural curiosity got the best of her, and after careers in the medical corps in the Army and as a graphic designer at a fortune 500 company, she started what would be a 20-year journey to both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a field of study that was brand new to her.
Particularly grateful are the jarred fish, amphibian and reptile specimens she has taken to cleaning and re-preserving for future researchers like herself.
SSU Geology Students Study Prehistoric Life in the Canadian Rockies
Twelve hearty souls from the SSU geology department took a six-day field trip in early September to the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta to explore the world-renown Burgess Shale, a UNESCO world heritage site widely lauded as the most important fossil locality in the world.
This field trip ran in conjunction with the upper level Geology elective course, GEL321: Burgess Shale Paleontology, a class taught since 2003 by paleontologist Matt James.
The fossils of Burgess Shale were discovered in 1909 during construction of the Trans-Canadian Railway. These 505-million-year-old fossils, remnants of creatures that once lived in a shallow sea, are the best record of the period of time after the appearance of modern hard-shelled multicellular animals and have proved pivotal to the study of paleontology. They are located in the majestic Canadian Rockies on the eastern border of British Columbia, surrounded by stunningly beautiful mountains shaped by numerous glaciers--in short, a geologist's heaven!
Sophomore Year Experience Creates A Culture of Curiosity to Smooth Transition for Second Year Students
Class selection and academic resources are changing for first and second year students at Sonoma State University with the introduction of the voluntary Sophomore Year Experience Program (SYE).
This program, designed to help freshman transition to their sophomore year and prepare for the remainder of their college careers, began last year as a pilot program and is now expanding further among the university this year.
SSU Professor Helps Bring LGBT History to Light With Groundbreaking Report
Since May 2013, Romesburg has steered a rigorous effort to recommend revisions of the California K-12 History - Social Science Framework.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, he and two co-editors released the groundbreaking report: Making the Framework FAIR: California History-Social Science Framework Proposed LGBT Revisions Related to the FAIR Education Act.
"Students can only truly understand families, communities, social practices, and politics, by understanding how they shaped and were shaped by same-sex relations and gender diversity--and how this changed over time," he says.
SSU's Children's School: Where the Environment is the Teacher
Some children harvest raspberries as others care for chickens that inhabit the outdoor area that surrounds the school. Pears and other fruits growing in the garden are ready to be plucked soon.Sponsored by the Associated Students, the Children's School offers a one-of-a-kind learning experience for children ages one to five years old, for low income families, and for SSU students and faculty
74 Seawolves Earn All-Academic Honors as Athlete-Scholars
Research Matters: Provost Funds 29 Projects for Student, Faculty Teams
Student research, scholarship and creative activity capitalize on the strength of the faculty and add currency to students' educational experience, says Provost Andrew Rogerson. Aiming to strengthen the major opportunities that undergraduate students at SSU have for compelling research, Rogerson funded 29 grants for faculty-student teams this semester.
Nu Beta Mu - Bringing Business to Black Students
Kristal Raheem is very passionate about promoting social justice and serving her community.
After witnessing her friends and peers drop out of school, she wanted to create an organization that would help students stay at SSU and earn a degree.
Myrna Goodman - On the Frontlines of Holocaust Education
Emerita Professor Myrna Goodman, Sociology, has spent 17 years as a Holocaust and genocide scholar including serving as Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide at SSU.
The issues confronting educators today are essentially the same as they were when she first began teaching about the Holocaust and genocide in 1997.
Special Collections - Treasures from the North Bay's History
Looking for an exciting way to explore Sonoma County history? Then the University Library's Special Collections is the place to start. With thousands of unique primary materials, there are treasures on every aspect of North Bay history. With many items available online, you can start exploring from home.
The best place to start is with the collection materials from Sonoma County's famed historian Gaye LeBaron. The Gaye LeBaron Collection includes a truly eclectic range of items from letters to clippings to photographs, and more, organized into over 800 topics, many of which can be viewed online.
Lauren Morimoto - Reframing Diversity
Kinesiology professor Lauren Morimoto has been named Director of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence at SSU. She applied for the position to reframe conversations about diversity - rather than something SSU "has" to do, as something SSU wants to do. Diversity promotes academic excellence and positive learning experiences for students in- and out- of underrepresented groups, she says.
Q&A With Mo Phillips: Loving Every Minute at SSU
Mo Phillips says she wakes up every day grateful she works at SSU.
Since 2000, Phillips has served as SSU's Associate Director of Student Development, prior to her current position she was a Residential Life Coordinator of Zinfandel Village from 1997 until taking her most current position.
As an Associate Director of Student Development she is responsible for supervising the Residential Life Coordinators who manage the continuing-student villages, which include Beaujolais, Tuscany, and Sauvignon East.
North Bay Math Project: Solving A Great Math Problem Regionally
If 300 Northern California math teachers were supported by the North Bay Mathematics Project (NBMP) in summer 2013, how many K-12 students have benefitted from the Project's work over the past 10 years?
Mark Utarid - SSU Key Master
Tucked away in the back of the Facilities Department is the campus lock shop and the man who holds the keys to the kingdom that is Sonoma State--Mark Utarid.
Judging by the decorated workspace it is easy to see that Mark is definitely a fan of both cars and basketball. Cards of former players are neatly adhered to his desk and images of speeding cars fill the majority of empty wall space.
Although Mark has made this space his own, work is also done around the clock. Mark is in and out, sometimes making 10 to 15 service calls a day as a locksmith for Sonoma State's Facilities/Lock Shop Department. At times he has made up to 50 service calls in a single day.
John Michael Vincent Coralde: Dreams of Helping His Native Land
A young man who is using his struggles with poverty in his native country to help his people, has been selected one of the 23 recipients of the California State University Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement. He is a graduate of Elsie Allen High School in Santa Rosa, CA.
Pacific War Memorial
The new Pacific War Memorial installation at Sonoma State University's Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove is designed to remember those victims, to educate and inform general public opinion on the history of the war in the Pacific, 1931-1945, and to offer a measure of peace and reconciliation for survivors of those atrocities and families of victims.
Gentleman Farmer Heading Associated Students This Year
Newly elected Associated Students President, Mac Hart, has big plans for Sonoma State University. Now entering his senior year at SSU, he was elected in Spring 2013. His running mate, Anthony Gallino, was elected as Executive Vice President.
Hart plans to improve upon the accountability of the Associated Students. He is dismayed by the disconnect between student representatives and the student body that elected them in the first place. Moving forward, he is also hoping to improve communication between student run organizations, as several overlap at with shared visions or goals.
Arts & Lectures
SSU Recital Series Showcases Music Faculty
Sonoma State University trumpet instructor Dave Len Scott dons his most comfortable shoes when he plays John Coltrane's iconic "Giant Steps" with pianist Ken Cook in Schroeder Hall at Sonoma State's Green Music Center Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Scott's performance is part of the university's faculty recital series, which runs Feb. 21 through April 3.
Actress Mira Sorvino Speaks at Sonoma State About Human Trafficking
Academy Award winning actress Mira Sorvino, a United Nations and Amnesty International ambassador in the fight against human trafficking, is the keynote speaker in this year's H. Andrea Neves and Barton Evans Social Justice Lecture Series at Sonoma State University. She speaks Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.
One Great City Guitar Duo Concert Features Protégés of Sergio Assad
One Great City, featuring two protégés of Sergio Assad and hailed as rising stars of the San Francisco chamber music scene, perform a duo classical guitar recital at Sonoma State University Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Schroeder Hall at the Green Music Center.
'Peanuts at Work' Panel Discussion Brings Cartoonists to SSU Library
The Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center's 15th Anniversary continues with "Peanuts at Work," a panel discussion featuring cartoonists and archivists from the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa on Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. in the Special Collections Department at the Sonoma State University Library.
SSU Jazz Forum Features Michael Blake, Billy Hart and Others
The spring 2016 Sonoma State University Jazz Forum features saxophonist Michael Blake, Cuban bandleader Alberto Faya, drummer Billy Hart and many others. The Jazz Forum is a unique performance/master class designed to expose jazz majors and guests to a wide variety of jazz styles. Guest musicians perform their music with commentary in a relaxed atmosphere. Performances are on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in GMC 1029 and free of charge unless otherwise noted. Parking is $5-$8 on campus. See http://www.sonoma.edu/music/concert_calendar/jazzforums_s16.html for more information.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Lecture Series Focuses on 'The Good Life'
The spring 2016 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute lecture series at Sonoma State University features professors giving talks around the theme "The Good Life." This series is presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and the University Library in celebration of the 15th anniversaries of OLLI and the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center. Attendees are invited to bring lunch and enjoy the presentations.
Music Department Concert Series Includes Guests Michael Blake, Alberto Faya and Others
Sonoma State University Music Department performances for the spring 2016 semester include a joint concerts with SSU jazz ensembles and acclaimed saxophonist Michael Blake, as well as Latin band and hot club ensembles with Cuban vocalist and bandleader Alberto Faya. The season also includes a production of "Into the Woods" and student and faculty ensembles.
Spring 2016 Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series
The spring 2016 Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series features cautionary tales of international genocide throughout history, survivor stories, and visiting lecturers from around the nation. Lectures are on Tuesdays, 4-6 p.m. in Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall at Sonoma State unless otherwise noted.
SSU Hosts 32nd Annual 'Art From the Heart' Silent Auction
Sonoma State University's Art From the Heart party and silent auction is an exciting evening of art, food, fine wine, and music that has become one of the longest continually-held fundraising events in the area and a "must" for novice and seasoned collectors alike. The 32nd annual reception and silent auction is Saturday, Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m. in the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University.
Sonoma Film Institute Spring 2016 Schedule Includes Documentaries, Classics and New Films from Around the World
The Sonoma Film Institute's spring schedule includes fantastic films from around the world, including Cuba, Poland, Italy, India and more. Classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird" and new films like "The Pearl Button" are screened in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall at Sonoma State University on Fridays and Sundays. Suggested ticket donation is $5, parking on campus is $5-$8. For more information visit www.sonoma.edu/sfi or call 707.664.2606.
Inaugural SSU Symphony Orchestra Performance Receives Standing Ovation
The inaugural performance of the Sonoma State University Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 11 brought a standing ovation for the orchestra, it's director Alexander Kahn and featured soloist and faculty pianist Marilyn Thompson.
SSU Symphony Orchestra Takes Weill Hall Stage for Inaugural Performance Dec. 11
Taking the first steps toward building a resident student orchestra befitting the glorious concert hall it will call home, the Sonoma State University Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural performance on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Weill Hall at the university's Green Music Center.
Film Professor Discusses Bollywood at History Museum of Sonoma County
Sonoma State University professor Ajay Gehlawat is speaking at the History Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa on Dec. 10 in conjunction with the Smithsonian's traveling exhibition, "Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation."
Free, One-Night-Only Theater Performance with The Imaginists in Weill Hall Nov. 19
The Department of Chicano and Latino Studies (CALS) at Sonoma State University presents a free, one-night-only theatrical performance of "La Carpa Americana (The American Tent)," an original work by Santa Rosa theater company The Imaginists, in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Students Bring Veterans' Stories to the Stage
Some of their stories are harrowing and heroic; others, in comparison, may feel relatively ordinary. But all detail service to their country. After interviewing more than 20 veterans of the United States military, Sonoma State University students are giving a performance of these veterans' stories in "America at War" on Monday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. in Schroeder Hall at the university's Green Music Center.
More Than Math: Art Gallery Brings Together Three Bay Area Artists for 'Linear Equations'
Sonoma State University Art Gallery's new exhibition, "Linear Equations," brings together three Bay Area artists whose work shares an affinity for line in both two and three dimensions. The exhibit opens Nov. 5 with a reception for the artists, Mari Andrews, Marc Katano and Sabine Reckewell, 5-7 p.m. and will remain on view through Dec. 13.
Poet, Physicist and Psychoanalyst Discuss Metaphor in Art Gallery Seminar
Sonoma State University professor Anne Goldman hosts an interdisciplinary seminar about the role of metaphor in daily life on Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. in the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State. "Metaphorical Thinking: A Conversation across Disciplines," draws upon expertise across a wide range of schools, with a poet, physicist and psychoanalyst each discussing how they use metaphor in their respective fields.
Halloween Event for All Ages Features 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'
Sonoma State University is hosting a Halloween concert and movie screening for all ages. "Phantoms and Fugues" features a screening (by special arrangement with Jean Schulz) of the holiday classic "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" on Oct. 31 at 6:30 p.m. in Schroeder Hall at Sonoma State's Green Music Center.
World Fusion Group Las Cafeteras Plays Free Concert in Weill Hall
Pounding Afro-Mexican rhythms, stomping zapateado dancing and uplifting stories of everyday people searching for love and fighting for justice grace Weill Hall at Sonoma State University when Los Angeles world fusion group Las Cafeteras plays a free concert on October 27.
SSU Physics and Astronomy Public Viewing Night Shows Planetary Nebulae in Night Sky
The Sonoma State University Physics and Astronomy department invites all to attend this week's public viewing night entitled Planetary Nebulae: Nature's Watercolors. The program is 8:00-10:00 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the SSU observatory.
Social Sciences Brown Bag Lecture Series Features SSU Professors
The Brown Bag Lecture Series returns to Sonoma State University this fall, featuring a selection of speakers from the School of Social Sciences. Those interested are invited to pack a lunch, as lectures are from noon to 1 p.m. in Stevenson 2011.
The Fall 2015 Biology Colloquium Shares New Findings
The Sonoma State University fall Biology Colloquium entices listeners with new information about ourselves and the ecosystems that surround us. The lectures cover a wide array of subjects, including urban lake restoration, responses of crabs to ocean acidification, and aging. SSU anthropology professor Dr. Karin Jaffe completes the series on Dec. 8 with a talk on university-zoo collaborative research.
Environmental Forum Gives Insight on Local Topics and Beyond
The Environmental Forum returns to Sonoma State University this fall to discuss the shared challenges faced by our community. Lectures include local topics like Cotati's new SMART train station, as well as broad ones, like the concept of wilderness in society. The series culminates on Dec. 10 when student and faculty leaders will discuss how to get involved with sustainability at SSU.
Pastoral Poets to Read in 'Writers at Sonoma' Series
Weeding, harvesting and watering sounds more like farm living than the life of a poet, but those two lives intersected at Southern Wisconsin's "Poetry Farm" in the mid-2000s, where scribes worked the land to tune out distractions of the Internet or urban world. On Oct. 6, Lisa Fishman and Richard Meier, two contemporary poets who were leaders of the farm, read at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University.
Jewish Music Series Features Wide Array of Artists
Sonoma State University's new Jewish Music Series features local and international talents, showcasing music that reflects the broad spectrum of the Jewish experience including classical and folk songs, Yiddish theater, Eastern European Klezmer, Jewish-influenced classical works, and songs about social justice from American religious communities.
Film Professor Speaks at SF Asian Art Museum
Sonoma State University professor Ajay Gehlawat is giving a talk about the Indian film industry for the Society for Asian Art in San Francisco. The society's fall 2015 Arts of Asia series, "Asia's Storied Traditions," explores narrative usage in Asian art, including how myths, legends, histories and moral precepts have been transmitted through visual means.
War and Peace Lecture Series Highlights Current Events and Global Conflicts
The War and Peace series offers insights on a multitude of current issues through film, lecture, and panel discussion. The series is free and open to the public.
The Fall 2015 Ethics, Law, and Society Forum
Founded in 2012, the Center for Ethics, Law, and Society addresses moral and legal issues that arise in the ever modernizing world. Philosopher Peter Singer, of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, is just one of many distinguished speakers featured. The Forum aims to engage with the community on multiple issues, including artificial intelligence, water challenges, and more. The lectures conclude on Nov. 17 with a panel of experts discussing the future of the legal profession.
All lectures are on Tuesdays from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Stevenson 1002. This series of events is produced with the generous support of SSU Instructionally Related Activities and St. Joseph Health-Sonoma County. For more information call (707) 664 3280 or visit https://www.sonoma.edu/philosophy/cels/. Each event is free and open to the public, parking is $5-$8 on campus.
Feminist Lecture Series 2015
The fall 2015 Feminist Lecture Series, presented by the Women's and Gender Studies Department, is held Thursdays from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Stevenson 1002. A number of topics and themes will be explored under the common lens of activism. Each week offers speakers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, from filmmakers to political directors. The series is made possible through the Women's and Gender Studies Department and the SSU Instructionally Related Activities Program. For more information call (707) 664-2840, or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/wgs/. Lectures are free and open to all, parking is $5-$8 on campus.
Computer Science Colloquium 2015
The 43rd Computer Science Colloquium Series returns this fall, offering insights on virtual reality, web encryption, and more. The lectures are Thursdays at noon in Salazar 2016. The series is supported by the SSU Instructionally Related Activities Fund, as well as the generous donations of friends of SSU Computer Science Department. Call (707) 664-2667 for more information, or visit http://www.cs.sonoma.edu. Lectures are free to attend, parking is $5-$8 on campus.
Cominsky Receives $20,000 Wang Family Excellence Award
Sonoma State University physics and astronomy professor Lynn Cominsky has received the $20,000 Wang Family Excellence Award for her extraordinary commitment to student achievement and exemplary contributions in her fields.
Physics and Astronomy Professor Lynn Cominsky Receives Two Awards
Sonoma State University physics and astronomy professor Lynn Cominsky has received awards from two professional societies for her work in bringing STEM education to K-12 and college classrooms.
HR Specialist Receives Award for Case Study
Planning for the Girls on the Run 5k charity event resulted in $2k for Sonoma State Human Resources Specialist Erin Rock.
Rock, an alumna of SSU's Masters in Business Administration program ('15) received the "Best Student-Authored Case Award" and a $2,000 prize at the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) conference in Orlando, Florida earlier this month. Her case study and instructor's manual, Girls on the Run Sonoma County: Volunteers, True Strategic Assets, focuses on strategies to support Girls on the Run Sonoma County, a non-profit organization that helps girls develop life skills through conversation-based lessons and running games.
President Armiñana Receives North Bay Leadership Council Legacy Leadership Award
Sonoma State University president Dr. Ruben Armiñana was honored Friday with the North Bay Leadership Council's Murray Legacy Leadership Award, prompting the crowd of hundreds to erupt with applause in standing ovation at the annual award luncheon in Santa Rosa.
Susan Wandling Recognized for Fighting High School Dropout Rate
Sonoma State University staff member Susan Wandling was recognized last month as an American Graduate Champion by KRCB public broadcasting for her work with schools to lower the high school dropout rate in Sonoma County.
SSU Professor Releases New Civil Rights Journal
A Sonoma State University professor has released volume one of the Journal of Civil and Human Rights, a first of its kind academic publication surrounding the freedom struggles of modern U.S. history.
Wine Business Professor Liz Thach Honored with Excellence in Education Award
Sonoma State University wine business professor Liz Thach, MW, is this year's recipient of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education award.
"It's a tremendous honor to be recognized by peers, colleagues, and associates," said Thach. "I spent years as an executive at Fortune 500 companies and there's no greater validation than doing right by my students. They put forward a high level of effort and excellence each day, and I share this award with them."
Biology Student Earns Second Place in CSU Research Competition
Sonoma State University biology master's student Michelle Ferraro took home second place (and a $250 prize) in the graduate division for biological sciences at the 29th annual CSU Student Research Competition, held May 1-2 at CSU San Bernardino, for her presentation titled "Evaluating Optimal Foraging Theory in a Free-Roaming Marine Predator."
The competition featured over 250 participants from all 23 CSU campuses. Undergraduate and graduate students competed in separate divisions by discipline. Ferraro is mentored by biology professor Dan Crocker.
Sonoma State Professors Receive Excellence in Scholarship Awards
Sonoma State University professors Lynn Cominsky and Suzanne Rivoire have earned the university's Excellence in Scholarship awards for their dedication to academic excellence.
Provost Andrew Rogerson presented the awards at Sonoma State's University Research Symposium on April 15. "When students collaborate with faculty on research, they learn first-hand how experts solve practical problems. Their teachers become role models, mentors and guides for continuous lifelong learning," he said. "This is the classic teacher-scholar model that we value so highly at Sonoma State. Both Lynn Cominsky and Suzanne Rivoire exemplify this ideal and are well deserving of recognition."
Student Activist Honored by ACLU
The Sonoma County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has selected Sonoma State University senior Sandy Espino-Valenciano to receive the Mario Savio Student Activist Award.
Espino-Valenciano, a psychology major at Sonoma State, is a volunteer and consultant with the North Bay Immigrant Youth Union where she has advocated for the implementation of the Trust Act and Assembly Bill 60, which requires driver's licenses to be issued to undocumented individuals in California. She has also led community forums as resources for immigrants applying for driver's licenses.
Model United Nations Wins 10th Award in Five Years
A group of 24 Sonoma State University students earned a third place delegation award at the National Model United Nations Conference last week in New York City.
The students, led by political science professor Cynthia Boaz, participated in the program with more than 4,000 students from 400 universities across the globe. This year, Sonoma State represented Nigeria, which presented a variety of difficulties because of the nation's controversial politics and ongoing national issues. The team handled it well, earning Sonoma State's 10th award in the past five years.
Geology Professor Publishes Definitive Geologic Maps of Marin County
After more than 20 years of research, Sonoma State University geology professor David Bero has published detailed maps of Ring Mountain and the Tiburon Peninsula. He presented these new maps as the featured speaker of the SSU Geology Club's lecture series on February 19.
Geologists around the world are known for their love of the outdoors, and Bero, who has been lecturing at Sonoma State for the past eight years, is no exception. He has spent nearly every weekend during the past 20 years hiking the trails and enjoying the sweeping vistas of his native Marin County. But unlike day hikers gazing at the panoramic ocean views, Bero's focus is on the rocks beneath him.
SSU Professor Earns Third Gourmand Book Award
Sonoma State University wine business professor Dr. Liz Thach has earned her third Gourmand World Cookbooks award since 2007.
"Call of the Vine: Exploring 10 famous vineyards of Napa and Sonoma" took the title for the Women and Wine Book category in the United States and will via for the title of best in the world at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Yantai, China in June.
"This award feels different than the others," says Thach."It's not dry business text, it's a story," she says, admitting that this award came as a surprise. "This book is more personal. I put a lot of heart and soul into it."
Student Group Recognized at Biotech Conference for Parkinson's Glove
Four undergraduate SSU students were honored at a California State University biotechnology symposium in Santa Clara this week for their work on a new device to help those suffering with Parkinson's Disease.
The team presented a prototype for what they call "PD Analytics," a low-cost device that can quantify tremors associated with Parkinson's Disease. The project aims to monitor and record the tremors of an individual Parkinson's Disease sufferer to allow for adjustment of medication accordingly in real time. To do this, they've constructed a glove capable of measuring intensity and frequency of tremors--the idea being that it can be emailed to a doctor right away. Though other universities are working on similar projects, what sets SSU's apart is its simplicity and low cost.
SSU English Professor's Poetry Named Standout Collection for 2014
SSU English professor Gillian Conoley continues to impress her peers, the latest instance coming from "Peace," a volume listed as one of the top standout poetry collections of 2014 by the Academy of American Poets.
This follows the 2013 honor of being included in W.W. Norton's Postmodern American Poetry Anthology (2nd edition) that celebrated the works of renowned poets Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Amira Baraka, Charles Olson, and Barbara Guest.
Cominsky Honored with Women in Aerospace Award
She is one of six women in the nation selected for their devotion to the advancement of women in aerospace and for their significant contributions to the field.
Cominsky was nominated by Dr. Hashima Hasan of the NASA headquarters and was chosen for her "excellent leadership and sustained dedication to aerospace education and for her tenacious advocacy for girls and young women in aerospace."
Cominsky will be honored along with other award recipients in Arlington, VA at the Ritz Carton Pentagon City Hotel at a reception dinner and ceremony on Oct. 29.
Autism Support Group Honored for Dedicated Service to Children, Families
The Psychology department at SSU has earned two community recognition awards for its Collaborative Autism Training Support Program (CATS) which works with local families whose children are diagnosed with autism.
On Oct. 27, CATS will receive one of fifteen merit awards given by the City of Santa Rosa at a 7 p.m. ceremony in the city council chambers.
This summer, the United Cerebral Palsy Association and the Cypress School of Autism and Behavioral Services presented their own honors to the program because of the efforts of countless SSU students and some faculty members dedicated to assisting these children and their families.
The CATS program, developed in 2005 by psychology professor Lorna Catford, blends the academics and classroom work that psychology students complete at SSU with the hands-on training and service-learning experience those students need in future career settings.
GIOVANNI LAMANNA: "Music is my way to touch the souls of others"
Recognizing his musical talent at a young age, Giovanni Lamanna's mother enrolled him in lessons and encouraged him to follow his passion despite her struggles battling life-threatening systemic mastocytosis.
Giovanni completed his bachelor's in music education in spring 2014 at Sonoma State University with a 3.61 GPA and will continue his education in the credential program at Sonoma State beginning fall 2014.
"Music is my universal language, a way to express feelings and touch the souls of others," said Lamanna.
Bloom Wins Award for Work on Women and Crime
Criminal Justice professor Barbara Bloom was honored with the Meda Chesney Lind Award by the Western Criminology Society this year for her leadership in the field of gender-responsive criminal justice approaches.
Her colleague Barbara Owen was a co-recipient of the award. The award recognizes "significant contributions to scholarship or activism on the intersection of women and crime."
Guzmán Earns Mario Savio Student Activist Award From ACLU
SSU Junior Jesús Guzmán has received the ACLU of Sonoma County's 2014 Mario Savio Student Activist Award at ceremonies recently. Guzmán is an accomplished student and a dedicated social justice activist. He is currently serving as the lead organizer and program manager for the Graton Day Labor Center.
Born in Mexico, he arrived in the United States as a one-year-old and grew up on a small dairy farm in Sonoma County, as the son of a domestic worker and dairyman.
Over the last few years, he founded the DREAM Alliance of Sonoma County and has been organizing with other immigrant youth to increase access to financial aid, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and fighting to end deportations.
Sociology Senior Wins CSU Student Research Competition for Black Student Experience at SSU
Kristal Raheem, senior in Sociology, won first place at the recent CSU Student Research Competition in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Undergraduate category. The award was given for the presentation of her senior project: The Experience: An Analysis of the Retention and Graduation Rate of Black Students at Sonoma State University.
Working with her Sociology program mentor, Assistant Professor Sheila Katz, Raheem assessed the retention and graduation rates of Black students and conducted interviews with a group of black alumni and current students. Raheem is also a McNair NoGAP scholar.
She competed against other outstanding undergraduate students from the other 22 campuses of the CSU at the 28th annual event at CSU East Bay, May 2-3.
Estes Teaching In Germany About American Civil Rights Movement
Steve Estes, professor of history, has been awarded a German Teaching Fellowship for the summer of 2014 by the Organization of American Historians. He will be teaching a course on the American Civil Rights Movement at the Universität Tübingen in June and July. The fellowship is funded by the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation. While in Germany, Estes will also be lecturing at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Erfurt.
Robert Train Receives Mayers Fellowship for "Inventing Spanish in Multilingual California"
Robert Train (Modern Languages & Literatures) has recently been awarded a 2014-15 Mayers Fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA.
This highly competitive and prestigious grant award will allow Train to conduct research on his book project entitled Inventing Spanish in Multilingual California, 1769-1849: Global and local practices of language and education using the Huntington's rare books and archival documents.
CANDEL Alumni Present Research at Northern California Educational Leadership Forum
CANDEL CSU Ed.D. Directors from northern California include (left to right) Dr. Carlos Nevarez, Ed.D. Director Sacramento State; Dr. Viki Montera, Ed.D. Co-Director, SSU Dr. Jose Lopez, Ed. D. Director, CalState East Bay; Dr. Katherine McKenzie, Ed.D. Director, CSU Stanislaus, Dr. Robert Gabriner, Ed.D. Director, San Francisco State.
Faculty, students, and alumni of the Sonoma State and UC Davis joint Capital Area North Doctorate in Educational Leadership (CANDEL) program participated in and presented research at the first annual Northern California Educational Leadership Research Symposium this semester.
The symposium was sponsored by a consortium of five California State University Educational Leadership Doctoral Programs in Northern California: CSU Sacramento, CSU Stanislaus, CSU East Bay, Sonoma State University / UC Davis and San Francisco State University.
SSU Delegation Wins International Model UN Awards for Fourth Straight Year
SSU's Model UN cohort brought back another round of awards from the National Model United Nations simulation held in New York City. This year they served as the Cuban delegation.
Sonoma State University Model United Nations class has received three awards at the recently concluded National Model United Nations simulation held in New York City, says advisor Professor Cynthia Boaz
"We can all be very proud of our SSU student delegation," said Boaz, who heads the UN class for SSU. "These students have worked together since September to create a real-life diplomatic delegation that was officially recognized for their abilities, preparedness and dedication."
SSU students were this year selected to represent Cuba, which brought extra diplomatic challenges given the nature of world geopolitics. The delegation met with the Cuban Permanent Mission to the UN in preparation for their presentations, and spoke with Cuban representatives about policies and current issues.
Tom Jacobsen Named To Prestigious College of Certified Planner Fellows
The American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) has inducted Sonoma State University professor Thomas Jacobson, J.D., AICP, of Rohnert Park into the elite membership of AICP's College of Fellows at a black-tie ceremony recently. The event was held in conjunction with the American Planning Association's (APA) 2014 National Planning Conference in Atlanta.
"The AICP College of Fellows recognizes planners who have made exceptional contributions to their communities and to the planning profession," said AICP President Lee Brown, F AICP. "They represent the vanguard of the profession, demonstrating outstanding achievements and excellence whether through professional practice, planning research, teaching and mentoring, or community service and leadership," he added.
Smith Studies High Elevation Tectonics with NSF Grant
Professor Michael E. Smith of the Geology department is currently working with $86,000 with funding until 2016 from the National Science Foundation to pursue a research project exploring "Paleogeographic record of contractional to extensional tectonics in the Cordilleran hinterland, Nevada."
The project seeks to investigate the sedimentary record of the processes that formed and destroyed an Andes-like mountainous plateau and system of high altitude lakes in the location of present day Nevada.
The projects results will improve the understanding of the formation and destruction of high elevation regions worldwide, and give geologists and paleoclimate scientists more accurate input data to constrain their models for mountain formation and climate change in the past.
Paul Draper Named First Director of Sustainability at SSU
Paul Draper, Theatre Arts & Dance, has been named the first Director of Sustainability at SSU after the successful implementation of Water Works (www.sonoma.edu/waterworks) across the campus last year.
He will also chair the Sustainability Executive Committee, which was formed by Academic Senate action and approved by President Ruben Armiñana last spring. This position is a two-year assignment.
Sonoma State University Student Wins Trip to French Wine Country
Last Friday night, Sonoma State wine business student Cooper Niswonger placed first in the final round of a wine competition in San Francisco and won a fully paid trip to Beaune, France.


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You will need:
- 1.5 yards solid white (or other background fabric)
- 3/4 yard of red prints or scraps
- 3/4 yard green prints or scraps
- about two yards of fabric for the back
- 3/4 yard of solid red for binding
- Cut (18) 5" x 7" rectangles from green prints
- Cut (18) 5" x 7" rectangles from red prints
- Cut (36) 5" x 7" rectangles from solid white
- Cut (4) 8.5" x 12.5" rectangles from solid white
- Cut (4) 8.5" x 6.5" rectangles from solid white
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2. So you should now have a total of 72 finished half-square rectangles. Again, following the instructions from the MQG's tutorial, make those 72 units into 18 diamond blocks.
Lay out your completed diamond blocks as shown above. The first three rows are staggered, followed by a row that isn't staggered, followed by two more staggered rows. The 8.5" x 12.5" white pieces go in each corner, and the 8.5" x 6.5" pieces are in the second row in from each side, at the top and bottom.
Once I completed the top, I decided to baste the skirt before trimming it into an octagon shape. (I figured it would be easier to baste while the skirt was still square, but I didn't want to spend time quilting areas that would eventually be trimmed off. So trimming after basting but before quilting was my solution—but you could really trim at any point in the process.) To create the octagon, measure along the edges of the basted skirt, 16.25" from each corner, and make a mark.
Then lay your ruler diagonally across the corner, from mark to mark, and trim. Voila, it's an octagon! Oh, and save the corner pieces that you cut off—they're great for practicing your FMQ!
Once the circle was traced, I used a ruler and my rotary cutter to cut right down the center seam of the quilt, starting at the top edge and stopping once you've cut into the traced circle.
Then I used my scissors to cut out the center hole.
Looks more like a tree skirt now, right?
11. To bind around the odd angles of the octagon, I used this tutorial by Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures. It's more or less the same concept as binding 90-degree corners. Once you've gone around the octagon, keep going down one of the long cut edges, around the inner circle and back up the other cut edge, right back to where you started, like a normal square quilt.
The Intrepid Thread is sending one lucky winner an FQ bundle of the entire "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" line by Creative Thursday. How adorable are those little cardinals?? Just leave a comment on this post telling me how you would celebrate Christmas ... in July. Margaritas? Trip to the beach? Lying in the hammock all day? : ) (THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.)
Oh, and just in case you don't win that lovely bundle, Manda of Manda Made Quilts is hosting a Christmas in July Charm Swap and needs about 15 more swappers. Sounds like a good way to get a variety of holiday prints—all the details are here.
Now, off to the pool! : )
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Delaware Electric Cooperative announced that it will sponsor an all expense paid trip for three high school juniors to attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour June 16-20 in Washington, D.C.
More than 1,500 students representing more than 40 states will attend. Students will tour Washington, D.C. while learning about the history of the United States and the electric co-op movement. To participate in this program, students must be high school juniors and their parent(s) or guardian(s) must receive their electric service from Delaware Electric Cooperative.
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4-1/2 Inch Hinges Collection Emtek Square Corner 4.5" x 4.5" Steel Plain Bearing Mortise Hinge - Pair
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Asterisk quilt. November was my last month in Do. Good Stitches (at least for a while), and it was also my month as quilter. I asked the ladies of the Love Circle to make asterisk blocks in warm oranges and pinks and cool grays and whites—a color palette inspired by a winter sunset. Here are all the blocks I received, all together, looking fabulous! I just need to make my own blocks (I'm making four) and then I can get it pieced. I had considered adding sashing, but now that I see them all together, I'm really digging the haphazard feel. It really does look like a winter sunset in quilt form, doesn't it?
Ongoing projects:
Solids quilt. Made some really good progress here, even though I was using The Hulk! Wish I could show it to you, but not yet.
• Hexy swap mini
• Gen X Quilters' Charmed Prints QA
• Halloween quilt
• Farmer's Wife QA
• Skill Builder QA
• Figgy Pudding quilt
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And the Wall came tumbling down
More than two decades after it was toppled, the Wall that once divided Berlin has almost completely disappeared. But it is not forgotten. The memory of the historic concrete border lives on in Berlin. We retrace its path.
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There's no stopping this Trabbi. It bursts through the Wall to freedom without sustaining a single scratch. Unstoppable it may be, but over the years graffiti almost destroyed it. That's one reason why Birgit Kinder is repainting the Trabbi in the East Side Gallery – for the fifth time. Surrounded by tourists and a Japanese television crew, she's been touching up her painting on the concrete wall on Mühlenstraße since the early morning.
Nineteen years ago, artists from all over the world painted their euphoria onto what remained of the fallen Wall and created the East Side Gallery, the longest open-air gallery in the world.
The Wall's demise also marked the start of Birgit Kinder's career as an artist. In 1983, she moved from her native Gehren, in Thuringia, to East Berlin, working there for the railroad company and attending art classes in the evening.
When she heard the news about the Wall, she said to herself, "This is my chance. All the walls are gray now," Ms. Kinder recalls today. She first painted the Trabi picture in July 1990. "I felt I had to get everything off my chest. We were so sick of being cooped up, of the general drabness," she explains.
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On the trail of the Berlin Wall
Symbol of division, symbol of unity: After the Wall was erected, Brandenburg Gate was suddenly in the middle of no man's land, where it remained closed to the citizens of East and West Germany alike for the following 28 years. On December 22, 1989, shortly after the fall of the Wall, the gate was reopened and underwent extensive renovation work. It now stands at the heart of the reunified capital, a short distance away from the Reichstag and Chancellery buildings.
Go, Trabbi, go: Images of Birgit Kinder's painting of the GDR's iconic little car bursting through the Berlin Wall went all around the world. She first painted it in July 1990, using her own car as a model. The section of Wall with the Trabbi painting still exists today as the East Side Gallery, but the artist has meanwhile had to repaint or touch up her famous work four times because it was constantly being obliterated by graffiti.
Just a wall like any other today , but for 20 long years, the relatively low rampart was patrolled by armed East German border guards and virtually insurmountable. It was not until November 1989 that the soldiers merely looked on as their so-called "anti-fascist rampart" was stormed and climbed by Germans from both states.
Monuments and museums recall the Wall
Only in a few places are fragments of the Berlin Wall still preserved today. The rampart had torn apart what belonged together, even caused deaths – and that is why people wanted it to disappear quickly after its demise. Yet in many places around the city, the Wall has left its traces. This six-kilometer strip of paving stones runs like a scar through the German capital.
A familiar scene from movies and television: During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie was the most important border crossing between West and East Berlin, frequented equally by agents and diplomats. Today, a perfect reenactment of history is staged here providing tourists with a great photo opportunity. Actors in uniform are even employed to pose for snapshots.
"Know history so it will not repeat itself": The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße in Berlin-Mitte is less spectacular but more dignified and earnest reminder of the "antifascist rampart" and its victims. An extension to the memorial is scheduled for completion by 2011.
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In 1990, 188 artists from 21 countries created the longest open-air gallery in the world on a 1.3-kilometer stretch of the Berlin Wall. This summer, they restored their original paintings and added a coat of protective sealant. Admission free.
East Side Gallery, Mühlenstraße, Tel. +49-30/251 71 59, www.eastsidegallery-berlin.com
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The Berlin Wall Memorial shows the Wall's true scale. Its Documentation Center retraces the Wall's construction and the Chapel of Reconciliation holds four weekly memorial services for victims.
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, Bernauer Straße 111, Tel. +49-30/467 98 66 66, www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de
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Jürgen Litfin has turned a former watchtower near Humboldthafen dock into a small museum and memorial for his brother and all other victims of the Wall.
Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin, Kieler Straße 2, Tel. +49-163/379 72 90, www.gedenkstaetteguenterlitfin.de
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The museum is not exactly bright and modern, admittedly, but the exhibits are well worth a visit. A hot-air balloon, a powered kite and a mini-submarine are among the unusual means of escape displayed.
Mauermuseum Friedrichstraße 43–45, Tel. +49-30/253 72 50, www.mauermuseum.de
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Delaware's farmers' markets sold nearly two million in fresh produce and other goods this season, a new record for the growing community-run market program, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture.
The 29 markets sold $1.96 million worth of goods during the 2012 season, with produce making up 57 percent of the total sales, or $1.1 million. This year also saw the launch of a pilot project offering electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card transactions at two markets, allowing families to purchase local produce and food items as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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