| Chair: Kent Baxter | Compiled by: RosaMaria Chacon |
Announcements
Dr. Shane Frehlich, Faculty President and Professor of Kinesiology, passed away Friday Sept 4th after his long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (as noted earlier in the President’s announcement). A memorial service–a celebration of his life will be held October 30th at 4:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.
The first of the season Graduate Reading Series this Friday September 11th at 7:00 p.m. Brett Hymes, Jesse Clemens, and Emilio Sotelo will be reading for us. Always a good time with refreshments!
CSUN’s Sustainability Day will be Tuesday Oct 20th 9:30-2 pm in the USU Northridge Center. “Building Resilience” is this year’s theme. Help the planet sustain herself–she needs us!
I find the Professional and Personal Development Calendar for 2015-2016 particularly useful. In addition to yoga and Walkability Wednesdays, one can learn about the Benefits and Wellness Fair September 22nd 9-11 a.m. (in case you want to ask questions about your health benefits, etc). There are CalPers Seminars to plan for retirement (See Bob Noreen and Beverly Rousseau below for the other benefits of retirement)–two Seminars on Sept 24th. And for the personal direct touch, there are one on one CalPers benefit consultations in addition to workshops on Living in Earthquake Country and Dealing with the stress of living in earthquake country and those other miscellaneous stresses. Check it out: http://www.csun.edu/development/training
Reminders
Tomorrow September 11th is the last day for students to add a class with a permission number and the last day for students to drop a class on the portal (without signatures).
From September 14 — September 18th at 4 p.m. students must use the 4th week Change of Schedule Petition for Undergraduates (available on CSUN website). They will need your signature and the Associate Chair’s signature (either Kent or RosaMaria). For your Convenience: If you will not be available to approve or deny and sign due to lateness of student request or your schedule, you can email both Kent and RosaMaria and give us permission to either approve or deny for you and sign in your place. It is important to send your email to both of us since we can’t anticipate which one of us the student will visit (depending on our office hours). Our hours are as follows: Kent Mon 12:30-2, Wed 12:30-2, Thurs 2:30-3:30; RosaMaria Tues 1:45-4:45, Wed 1:40-3:50, and Thurs 10-12:20. Please do not email Jackie about 4th week changes because she must forward them to Kent and RosaMaria (thus causing a delay). If you have a question about these changes, please email RosaMaria or Kent.
Opportunities
Submit your work to the Northridge Review! 5 poems or 5000 words max for other genres–Deadline September 25th Online Submission http://thenorthridgereview.submittable.com/submit
Sheena Malhotra, Special Assistant to the Dean, encourages us to apply for the Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program due September 30th by 5:00 p.m. It takes a little work to apply for that course release or grant support for student assistants or travel but it always brings a smile to our face when we get one. Apply if you can.
The Beck Grant 5 Gears Program Faculty Learning Community is also accepting applications until September 16th by Noon. $1000. Stipend
Jennifer Lee is working with AGSE on what graduate students want to learn outside of the classroom. She is looking for volunteers to help with the Career Opportunities and Professional Development Workshop Series. Email Jennifer to let her know how you can help.
Achievements
Asking if there is life after retirement, Bob Noreen, former Department Chair, responds: I’ve traveled to 65 countries, continue to supervise ETS scoring, was appointed by the U.S. State Department to a panel that reviews Common Core Curriculum initial test assessments, review the assessments of the four vendors who provide the exams and now plans to review K12 educational standards. Better than a rocking chair, Bob asserts!
Beverly Rousseau, who retired from CSUN last year, is not using the rocking chair either. She just published Inside Stories, a book of short stories (using her pen name Jo Rousseau).
Linda Rader Overman published her essay “Adiós Margarita Cansino, Hello Rita Hayworth” in Starbodies and the Erotics of Suffering. Both titles sound intriguing!
Correction from last issue: Nikki Eschen-Solis teaches at CSUN. It is Alex, her wife, who teaches at ELAC.
until another Thursday ~