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CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
ltedia check-out center
opens in Erhart Ag
Media Distribution Services (MDS)
has opened another location where fac
ulty and staff can check out multimedia
and audiovisual equipment. The new Me
dia Resource Center is open from 8 am to
5 pm Monday through Friday in Erhart
Ag Building Room 125.
At the new center, MDS staff mem
bers can advise departments that are con
sidering buying multimedia equipment.
An appointment is necessary.
The original Media Resource Center
is still open on the first floor in the Edu
cation Building.
To make an appointment for a consul
tation, call ext. 6-6765. 0
Correction
In an article in last week's Cal Poly
Report announcing a wine appreciation
event, we incorrectly identified Ken Yolk
as a 1981 food science graduate. Yolk is
actually a fruit science graduate. 0
Engineering student
wins inventor contest
Aeronautical engineering senior Zach
Hoisington gave flight to an idea that
may literally change the shape and im
prove the safety of paragliding- and his
achievement made him a winner in the
BFGoodrich National Collegiate Inven
tor Program.
Hoisington designed, built, and tested
a "variable surface area parafoil" (V
SAP). The device improves the perfor
mance and stabi lity of a parafoil, a
special type of powered parachute that
looks like a wing. The V -SAP allows
paragliders to change the surface area of
the wing in flight so that they can glide
to a safe landing even after traveling at
high speeds. On a larger scale, parafoils
have potential applications for airplanes ,
military uses, and space travel.
The BFGoodrich award is the second
honor Hoisington has received for his
parafoil design. He also won first place
at the American Institute of Aeronautics
& Astronautics (AIAA) Region VI Stu
dent Conference. 0
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Informa
tion can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web (address:
www. calpoly.edu; click on ''General Information").
FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building, job
line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation applications
must be received (not just postmarked) by 5
pm of the closing date. (No faxes. )
IT Support Specialist, California Specialized
Training Institute ($15 .03-$19.55/hr.) Provide
and support Novel NetWare server LAN/WAN and
assist in supporting services to CSTI operations.
Requirements: Hi gh school or equivalent, prefer
ably with courses in information technology or
related specialized training and one year experi
ence in computer operations and system manage
ment functions on a Lotus Notes networked
environment. College level courses, specialized
training, or trade school involving information
systems and/or computer networks may subst itute
for the basic experience requirement. Understand
ing of data processing systems , basic accounting/
budgeting and registrar applicat ions, Microsoft
Office applications, Lotu s Notes, desktop publish
ing applications, computer operations, computer
software tools and utilities, PC/LAN hardware and
software. Must be able to lift at least forty pounds
and to attend offsite conferences, training classes
for disaster respon se and to work overtime or
schedules shifted to off- hours , as needed to ac
commodate computer system tasks. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Research Assistant, Biology Department
($1 ,980-2,575/mo.) Support the activities of the
Environmental Biotechnology Institute in its ongo
ing research in the area of microbiology, molecular
diagnostics, genome ana lysis, and evolutionary
biology. Requirements: Bachelor 's degree in mi
crobiology, molecular biology, or biochemistry or
an appropriate field of science, or completion of
two years of college course work in the indicated
disciplines and two years of experience as a labo
ratory technician , or equivalent combination of
experience and education . Knowledge of labora
tory and research methods, use of scientific meth
ods in conducting research and knowledge of
library search techniques. Must have ora l and writ
ten communication ski ll s. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Catering Service Assistant Supervisor, Cam
pus Dining Catering ($9.22 to I 1.99/hr.) Variable
schedule involving day, evening, and weekend
work assignments as dictated by catered event
schedule. Assist catering supervisor with planning,
directing and leading the service and execution of
events. Requirements: High school degree or
equivalent with a minimum of two years food ser
vice experience including one year of catering
experience, and one year supervisory experience.
Must be able to establish and maintain good work
ing relationships with production staff and custom
ers; operate standard serving equipment and
veh icles with automatic and standard transmis
sions; and lift 50 lbs. Must have a valid California
driver's license, and a driving record acceptable to
our insurance company underwriters. Closing date:
Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Department Secretary, Campus Dining
($2,039-2,652/mo.) Under supervision of customer
service manager, provides secretarial support to
department director and associate director. Re
quirements: High school or equivalent with mini
mum of three years ' secretarial experience. Must
be able to type 60 wpm, operate a calculator by
touch, operate a computer and answer mu lti-line
telephone system. Skill s to perform complex secre
tarial duties with accuracy and speed. Working
knowledge of Windows95/0ffice 97 preferred.
Mu st have good verbal and written commun ication
skills. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Payroll Supervisor ($2,606-3 ,388/mo.) Re
spons ible for performing and supervising all tasks
having to do with the processing of payroll includ
ing all related remittances and reports. Require
ments: High school or equivalent and four years
progressively responsible experience in keeping ,
reviewing and correcting detailed numerical or
financial records including two current years di
rectly involved with the processing of payroll.
Accounting experience highly desirable. Minimum
one year supervisory experience required. Must
have ability to independently select and consis
tently apply policies and procedures according to
available guidelines. Knowledge of Kronos time
keeping system, PeopleSoft HR/PR software and
PERS system and reporting is preferred. Must have
the ability to review detailed records or tran sac
tions and identify errors. Ten key, computer liter
ate, Word and Excel preferred. Must have good
oral and written communications ski ll s. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Associated Students Inc. is accepting
applications for the following position(s).
Complete position descriptions and applications
are available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F, 8 am - 5 pm,
ext. 6-1281. All applications must be received by
5 pm of the listed closing date. AA/ED.
Director, Recreational Sports
(Administrator 1). Salary commensurate with
experience (range $I 908-$4620/mo.) The Recre
ational Sports director is a full-time management
position responsible for establi shing, maintaining,
and supervising all recreational programs on the
Cal Poly campus. This includes the use of the Rec
reation Center, recreation facilities, fields, and
pools . Master 's degree. Five years of progressively
responsible professional student services work
including five years of university recreational
sports management experience. Knowledge of
public and business administration including orga
ni zational , fiscal, perso nnel , and budgetary man
agement. Closing date: Open until filled. Review
of applications wi ll begin Nov. 2. D
PAGE4
DATELINE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter Building):
"Craftmakers '98," through Oct. 24.
Daily 11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "Peter Meller: Andante
Allegro Rubato," through Dec. 6.
Artist's reception: Saturday, Oct. 10,
5 pm. Tuesday-Friday 10 am-4 pm;
Wednesday until 7 pm; Saturday,
Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, Odober 1
Speaker: David Hafemeister (Physics),
"India, Pakistan and the Test Ban,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Friday, October 2
Volleyball: UOP, Rec Center Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Women's Soccer: Utah State, Mustang
Stadium, 7 pm. ($)
Speaker, Play: Patricia Troxel (English)
will give a pre-performance talk at 7 pm
in PAC's Philips Hall before "Much
Ado About Nothing" plays in the Cal
Poly Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
Saturday, October 3
Parents' Appreciation Day: Call Student
Affairs for information: ext. 6-6553.
Football: UC Davis, Mustang Stadium,
6 pm. ($)
Volleyball: Long Beach State, Rec Center
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Sunday, October 4
Women's Soccer: U. of North Texas,
Mustang Stadium, I pm. ($)
Tuesday, October &
Learn-at-Lunch: Connie Moxness
(PG&E), "How to Manage Your Boss,"
Staff Dining Room, noon.
Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: Delmar Dingus (Soil Science),
"Learn by Doing on the Savannahs in
East Africa: A Case Study in Agricul
ture Development," Staff Dining
Room, noon.
Thursday, October 8
Speaker: Todd Rigg, Shanti Cavanaugh,
Colleen Marlow, and James Hartshorn
(Physics students), "Summer Research,"
Science E-45, l1 am.
Meeting: Pacific Rim Group, Math and
Home Economics 221, 11 am. D
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 4 • September 30, 1998
New GE program approved by President Baker
Students attending Cal Poly in fall
quarter 2001 will be greeted by a revised
General Education Program designed to
prepare them for citizenship in the 21st
century. On Sept. 3, President Baker and
Provost Paul Zingg approved the stan
dards for "GE 2001."
The Academic Senate laid the founda
tion for the new program in spring 1997
by creating a new template and gover
nance model for General Education. Two
objectives guided the effort: to reduce
from 79 to 72 the number of units re
quired, and to convert all courses to
four units.
The new template achieves both ob
jectives. Students will take three courses
in communications, four courses in sci
ence and mathematics, four courses in
the arts and humanities, five courses in
the social sciences, one technology elec
tive and one additional elective.
New associate VP named
Rick Ellison from the University of
Colorado at Boulder has been named as
sociate vice president for university ad
vancement. Ellison, who served as the
director of development for Boulder's
College of Business and Administration,
will begin his duties Monday, Oct. 5.
Ellison succeeds Dean Bruno, who
left in January to serve as vice president
of advancement at St. Bonaventure Uni
versity in New York. 0
Htlll-'-t- kMt ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by 10 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles, suggestions, and
questions to polynews@polymail.
You may fax items to ext. 6-6533. D
A separate template was developed
for engineering students, who will take
three courses in communications, seven
courses in science and mathematics, four
courses in the arts and humanities, and
four courses in the social sciences.
The new governance model estab
li shes a committee structure consisting of
a General Education Committee (respon
sible for issues of policy) and three area
committees (one for communications,
arts and humanities, one for science,
math and technology, and one for the so
cial and behavioral sciences).
The plan also created the position of
director for the new program. English
professor John Harrington is serving in
that capacity.
The standards approved by President
Baker and Provost Zingg were developed
by the GE and area committees last year,
with the Academic Senate approving the
program 38-2 during spring quarter. The
new standards are available on the Gen
eral Education home page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-acadprog/gened/.
During this academic year, depart
ments will develop courses to meet the
standards for the new program. Ques
tions should be addressed to the General
Education Program at ext. 6-2228 or by
e-mail to gened@polymail.calpoly.edu. 0
Chancellor Reed's talk
available on Web
Faculty and staff who were unable to
hear CSU Chancellor Reed's Fall Con
ference keynote address can watch it on
the President's Office Website at http://
www.president.calpoly.edu. The presen
tation can be accessed from a link within
the welcome text on the home page of
the Web site.
In addition, the What's New page on
the Cal Poly site lists a news item about
Fall Conference that highlights the
chancell or's address and provides a link
to the on-line presentation as well. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
Hafemeister to talk on
test ban treaty Oct. 1
Rideshare Week
Set for Oct. 5-9
International expert
to talk on assessment
London Study Program
accepting applications
College of Ag to host
Food Safety Symposium
Jazz legend Jarreau
to play Oct. 30
Physics professor David Hafemeister
will talk about "India, Pakistan and the
Test Ban Treaty" as the first Physics De
partment Colloquium of fall quarter on
Thursday, Oct. 1.
The talk, from 11 am to noon in the
Science Building, Room E-45, will explore
how the May 1998 nuclear explosions by
India and Pakistan clouded the prospects
for a comprehensive test ban treaty.
(CTBT) and dimmed the future of the two
tiered nonproliferation treaty.
Hafemeister will describe the technical
routes the two countries took to develop
and test their bombs and how diplomatic
efforts to stop the process failed.
By a vote of 158 to 3 (India, Bhutan
and Libya opposed), the UN accepted the
CTBT for signature, and already 150
nations have signed it.
Hafemeister will explore technical
questions of yield, reliability, cheating
and detection that cloud the chances for
full ratification. D
Commuter Services encourages all
faculty, staff, and students to use alterna
tive transportation to get to campus dur
ing California Rideshare Week, Monday
through Friday, Oct. 5-9.
Those who pledge to not drive alone
for even one day will be eligible to win
prizes awarded by the university, the
county and the state.
Pledge forms are being sent to all fac
ulty and staff. They may also be picked
up at Public Safety Services or the ride
share booth in the UU Plaza on Tuesday
and Friday of Rideshare Week. Stop by
the booth from 10:30 am to 1:30pm for
give-aways and information.
Last year Cal Poly was recognized as
the employer with the most rideshare
pledges in the county, surpassing for the
first time PG&E and San Luis Obispo
city and county employees.
For information on bus service,
vanpool availability, carpool matching,
or biking and walking assistance, contact
Commuter Services at ext. 6-6680 or
stop by the Rideshare Week booth in the
UUPlaza.
To be eligible for prizes, you must
return a pledge card to Commuter Ser
vices or fax it to ext. 6-5051 by 5 pm Fri
day, Oct. 9. D
To help prepare for a new General
Education Program (see article on page
1), the GE committee has invited inter
nationally known expert Trudy Banta to
talk about how assessment can help Cal
Poly achieve the goals of the new program.
Banta's talk, "Assessing Student
Learning in General Education," is
scheduled for 4 pm Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the UU's San Luis Lounge.
Banta is vice chancellor for plan
ning and institutional improvement at
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis. She has also served as
the director of the Center for Assess
ment Research and Development and
professor of education at the Univer
sity of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Banta's recent publications include
"Making a Difference: Outcomes of a
Decade of Assessment in Higher Educa
tion" and "Assessment in Practice:
Putting Principles to Work on College
Campuses." She is also the founding
editor of Assessment Update.
In 1990 Banta was appointed by the
U.S. Secretary of Education to the
Special Study Panel on Education
Indicators. She has developed and
coordinated more than 20 national and
international conferences on
assessment and has given numerous
addresses worldwide. D
The London Study Program is accept
ing faculty applications for teaching in
London in fall 1999 or spring 2000.
Screening for both quarters will
be conducted this fall through a
single committee.
Although the curricular emphasis has
been on general education courses in his
tory, literature and the arts, the program
encourages and supports participation
from teachers in the professional areas
also. To date, about one-fourth of the
London faculty members have come
from colleges outside Liberal Arts. Last
year participating professors included
some from the colleges of engineering,
business and agriculture.
Primary emphasis in the selection pro
cess is to choose a faculty that offers the
courses needed by the students. Final
selection is determined by student course
selection. Although faculty development
is an important element of the London
program, the program is driven by the
curriculum needs of the students.
The London campus is located in the
academic heart of the Bloomsbury dis
trict, within two blocks of the
British Museum.
Applications have been sent to all
dean's offices and are also available
in the Global Affairs office, Room 108,
in the Math and Home Economics Build
ing. They must be submitted in duplicate
by Friday, Oct. 30, for departmental ap
proval, then forwarded via the appli
cant's dean to the London Study
Program's faculty screening committee,
in care of program director John
Snetsinger.
For information, call Snetsinger in the
Global Affairs office at ext. 6-5969. D
Leading authorities from the private and
academic sectors will be joined by Califor
nia Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman
for a Food Safety Symposium at Cal Poly
during San Luis Obispo County's Agricul
ture Appreciation Week in October.
Designed as an interactive event deal
ing with current food-safety issues and
policy, the conference is open to the pub
lic and scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12. It
kicks off a week of agriculture-related
activities throughout the county.
"Our speakers are statewide industry
experts on food safety who will explain
how quality-assurance programs are af
fecting the food industry and how the
food industry is complying and respond
ing to those rules and regulations," said
Mark Shelton, associate dean of Cal
Poly's College of Agriculture.
The symposium is geared toward both
the agriculturalist and the consumer,
Shelton said. General topics will include
regulations and quality assurance for
various commodities, the Food and Drug
Administration, the animal industry, and
fresh fruit and vegetable councils. A vari
ety of panels will hold Q&A sessions.
For information or reservations, call
the College of Agriculture at ext. 6-2161. D
Jazz vocalist and five-time Grammy
winner AI Jarreau will visit the Central
Coast for the first time when he performs
a benefit concert at 8 pm Friday, Oct. 30,
in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit
San Luis Obispo County's Partnership
for the Children and Youth Outreach for
the Performing Arts Center organizations.
Jarreau's unique vocal style and inno
vative musical expressions have made
him one of today 's most critically ac
claimed performers. To commemorate his
20 years of success, Jarreau has released
his first-ever compilation album, "Best of
Al Jarreau."
Tickets for the concert are $36 to $46
and can be bought at the Performing Arts
Center Ticket Office from 10 am to 6 pm
weekdays and from 10 am to 4 pm Satur
days . To order by phone, call 6-ARTS
(ext. 6-2787). D
Global Affairs continues
Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Global Affairs office is continu
ing its Brown Bag Lunch Series with two
speakers during fall quarter. The series
highlights faculty members involved in
international endeavors.
Soil Science professor Delmar Dingus
will give the first presentation Wednes
day, Oct. 7, on "Learn by Doing on the
Savannahs in East Africa: A Case Study
in Agriculture Development."
Wayne Montgomery, reference librar
ian, will talk on "Academic Libraries in
Thailand and Vietnam: Making Friends
and Touring" on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Both talks will be from noon to 1 pm
in the Staff Dining Room. D
Travel safety workshop
planned for Oct. 2&
Faculty, staff and students who are
planning international travel are invited
to a workshop on international travel
safety from 2 to 4 pm Monday, Oct. 26,
in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by the
Global Affairs office, will be in UU 220.
For more information call Barbara Andre
at ext. 6-5837. D
'tlanage Your Boss'
first program in series
A talk by PG&E organizational trainer
Connie Moxness on "How to Manage
Your Boss" will kick off fall quarter's
Learn-at-Lunch speaker series on Oct. 6.
Four presentations are scheduled at
noon on Tuesdays in the staff dining room.
Other programs are:
• Oct. 20- "How to Live Longer and
Better," Doug Bing, a marriage, family
and child counselor and program coordi
nator at Hospice.
• Nov. 3- "The Impact of Alcohol
and Other Drugs on Household Set
tings," Bud Beecher, a counselor in pri
vate practice.
• Nov. 17 - "When Bad Things Hap
pen to Good Parents," Jean DeCosta, co
ordinator, Employee Assistance Program.
The series, sponsored by the Em
ployee Assistance Program, is open to
employees and their families. D
Pacific Rim Group
to meet Oct. 8
The Pacific Rim Group will show
slides taken during last spring's Thailand
Study program at its first fall quarter
meeting at 11 am Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the Math and Home Economics Build
ing, Room 221.
Faculty, staff and students are invited.
Plans for the spring 1999 Thailand and
the fall 1999 Japan Study/Internship pro
grams will be discussed.
The meeting will include discussion
of the reorganization of the Pacific Rim
Group, and participants will have an op
portunity to meet visiting scholars from
Thailand currently enrolled in courses
offered through the University Center for
Teacher Education. D
PAGE 2
Faculty, staff can be
deleted from directory
Each year ASI produces a Student
Directory listing the names of all students,
including staff and faculty members who
are taking classes. The directory is made
available to all students, staff and faculty.
Staff and faculty members who do not
wish to have personal information such as
their address, phone number and major
included in the directory must complete the
Omission Form available in the ASI Busi
ness Office, UU 212, by Friday, Oct. 16. D
Cat program to hold
adoption, raffle
The Cal Poly cat program has kittens
and adult cats available for adoption for
free. The cats are tested for leukemia,
spayed or neutered, and receive their
shots for a year, all for free.
Raffle tickets to help pay veterinary
expenses and shelter costs will be sold
through October. Tickets cost $1 each or
six for $5 .
Prizes include dinner and an overnight
stay at the Inn at Morro Bay, a basket of
treats with a cactus and succulent ar
rangement plus tickets to a show at the
Performing Arts Center, artwork donated
by local artists Kristin Soto and Dave
Mills, a plant from the Environmental
Horticultural Science Department, and
haircuts from the Fairchild Salon in San
Luis Obispo.
The prize drawing will be at noon
Monday, Nov. 2. For adoption details or
raffle tickets, call Edie Griffin-Shaw at
ext. 6-5220 or Geri Bolivar at 6-2321. D
Rec Sports offers
fitness classes
ASI Recreational Sports is offering
fall quarter fitness classes in step, power
pacing, body sculpting, cardio box, and
yoga, as well as athletic and water work
outs and martial arts instruction.
For information on schedules, cost and
registration, call ext. 6-1366 or stop by
the Recreation Center. D
Vacation/sick leave
sought for Stan Smith
Employees are being asked to donate
sick leave or vacation credits on behalf
of Stan Smith, building service engineer
in Facility Services. Smith must take a
considerable amount of time off from
work, and donations of either sick leave
or vacation credits will help him remain
in full-pay status during his leave.
To donate leave credit, contact solici
tation coordinator Anita Biggs, Facility
Services, at ext. 6-2321 or via e-mail for
the Catastrophic Leave Donation form .
Eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total of sick leave and va
cation credit per fiscal year in increments
of one hour or more. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
Hafemeister to talk on
test ban treaty Oct. 1
Rideshare Week
Set for Oct. 5-9
International expert
to talk on assessment
London Study Program
accepting applications
College of Ag to host
Food Safety Symposium
Jazz legend Jarreau
to play Oct. 30
Physics professor David Hafemeister
will talk about "India, Pakistan and the
Test Ban Treaty" as the first Physics De
partment Colloquium of fall quarter on
Thursday, Oct. 1.
The talk, from 11 am to noon in the
Science Building, Room E-45, will explore
how the May 1998 nuclear explosions by
India and Pakistan clouded the prospects
for a comprehensive test ban treaty.
(CTBT) and dimmed the future of the two
tiered nonproliferation treaty.
Hafemeister will describe the technical
routes the two countries took to develop
and test their bombs and how diplomatic
efforts to stop the process failed.
By a vote of 158 to 3 (India, Bhutan
and Libya opposed), the UN accepted the
CTBT for signature, and already 150
nations have signed it.
Hafemeister will explore technical
questions of yield, reliability, cheating
and detection that cloud the chances for
full ratification. D
Commuter Services encourages all
faculty, staff, and students to use alterna
tive transportation to get to campus dur
ing California Rideshare Week, Monday
through Friday, Oct. 5-9.
Those who pledge to not drive alone
for even one day will be eligible to win
prizes awarded by the university, the
county and the state.
Pledge forms are being sent to all fac
ulty and staff. They may also be picked
up at Public Safety Services or the ride
share booth in the UU Plaza on Tuesday
and Friday of Rideshare Week. Stop by
the booth from 10:30 am to 1:30pm for
give-aways and information.
Last year Cal Poly was recognized as
the employer with the most rideshare
pledges in the county, surpassing for the
first time PG&E and San Luis Obispo
city and county employees.
For information on bus service,
vanpool availability, carpool matching,
or biking and walking assistance, contact
Commuter Services at ext. 6-6680 or
stop by the Rideshare Week booth in the
UUPlaza.
To be eligible for prizes, you must
return a pledge card to Commuter Ser
vices or fax it to ext. 6-5051 by 5 pm Fri
day, Oct. 9. D
To help prepare for a new General
Education Program (see article on page
1), the GE committee has invited inter
nationally known expert Trudy Banta to
talk about how assessment can help Cal
Poly achieve the goals of the new program.
Banta's talk, "Assessing Student
Learning in General Education," is
scheduled for 4 pm Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the UU's San Luis Lounge.
Banta is vice chancellor for plan
ning and institutional improvement at
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis. She has also served as
the director of the Center for Assess
ment Research and Development and
professor of education at the Univer
sity of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Banta's recent publications include
"Making a Difference: Outcomes of a
Decade of Assessment in Higher Educa
tion" and "Assessment in Practice:
Putting Principles to Work on College
Campuses." She is also the founding
editor of Assessment Update.
In 1990 Banta was appointed by the
U.S. Secretary of Education to the
Special Study Panel on Education
Indicators. She has developed and
coordinated more than 20 national and
international conferences on
assessment and has given numerous
addresses worldwide. D
The London Study Program is accept
ing faculty applications for teaching in
London in fall 1999 or spring 2000.
Screening for both quarters will
be conducted this fall through a
single committee.
Although the curricular emphasis has
been on general education courses in his
tory, literature and the arts, the program
encourages and supports participation
from teachers in the professional areas
also. To date, about one-fourth of the
London faculty members have come
from colleges outside Liberal Arts. Last
year participating professors included
some from the colleges of engineering,
business and agriculture.
Primary emphasis in the selection pro
cess is to choose a faculty that offers the
courses needed by the students. Final
selection is determined by student course
selection. Although faculty development
is an important element of the London
program, the program is driven by the
curriculum needs of the students.
The London campus is located in the
academic heart of the Bloomsbury dis
trict, within two blocks of the
British Museum.
Applications have been sent to all
dean's offices and are also available
in the Global Affairs office, Room 108,
in the Math and Home Economics Build
ing. They must be submitted in duplicate
by Friday, Oct. 30, for departmental ap
proval, then forwarded via the appli
cant's dean to the London Study
Program's faculty screening committee,
in care of program director John
Snetsinger.
For information, call Snetsinger in the
Global Affairs office at ext. 6-5969. D
Leading authorities from the private and
academic sectors will be joined by Califor
nia Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman
for a Food Safety Symposium at Cal Poly
during San Luis Obispo County's Agricul
ture Appreciation Week in October.
Designed as an interactive event deal
ing with current food-safety issues and
policy, the conference is open to the pub
lic and scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12. It
kicks off a week of agriculture-related
activities throughout the county.
"Our speakers are statewide industry
experts on food safety who will explain
how quality-assurance programs are af
fecting the food industry and how the
food industry is complying and respond
ing to those rules and regulations," said
Mark Shelton, associate dean of Cal
Poly's College of Agriculture.
The symposium is geared toward both
the agriculturalist and the consumer,
Shelton said. General topics will include
regulations and quality assurance for
various commodities, the Food and Drug
Administration, the animal industry, and
fresh fruit and vegetable councils. A vari
ety of panels will hold Q&A sessions.
For information or reservations, call
the College of Agriculture at ext. 6-2161. D
Jazz vocalist and five-time Grammy
winner AI Jarreau will visit the Central
Coast for the first time when he performs
a benefit concert at 8 pm Friday, Oct. 30,
in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit
San Luis Obispo County's Partnership
for the Children and Youth Outreach for
the Performing Arts Center organizations.
Jarreau's unique vocal style and inno
vative musical expressions have made
him one of today 's most critically ac
claimed performers. To commemorate his
20 years of success, Jarreau has released
his first-ever compilation album, "Best of
Al Jarreau."
Tickets for the concert are $36 to $46
and can be bought at the Performing Arts
Center Ticket Office from 10 am to 6 pm
weekdays and from 10 am to 4 pm Satur
days . To order by phone, call 6-ARTS
(ext. 6-2787). D
Global Affairs continues
Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Global Affairs office is continu
ing its Brown Bag Lunch Series with two
speakers during fall quarter. The series
highlights faculty members involved in
international endeavors.
Soil Science professor Delmar Dingus
will give the first presentation Wednes
day, Oct. 7, on "Learn by Doing on the
Savannahs in East Africa: A Case Study
in Agriculture Development."
Wayne Montgomery, reference librar
ian, will talk on "Academic Libraries in
Thailand and Vietnam: Making Friends
and Touring" on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Both talks will be from noon to 1 pm
in the Staff Dining Room. D
Travel safety workshop
planned for Oct. 2&
Faculty, staff and students who are
planning international travel are invited
to a workshop on international travel
safety from 2 to 4 pm Monday, Oct. 26,
in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by the
Global Affairs office, will be in UU 220.
For more information call Barbara Andre
at ext. 6-5837. D
'tlanage Your Boss'
first program in series
A talk by PG&E organizational trainer
Connie Moxness on "How to Manage
Your Boss" will kick off fall quarter's
Learn-at-Lunch speaker series on Oct. 6.
Four presentations are scheduled at
noon on Tuesdays in the staff dining room.
Other programs are:
• Oct. 20- "How to Live Longer and
Better," Doug Bing, a marriage, family
and child counselor and program coordi
nator at Hospice.
• Nov. 3- "The Impact of Alcohol
and Other Drugs on Household Set
tings," Bud Beecher, a counselor in pri
vate practice.
• Nov. 17 - "When Bad Things Hap
pen to Good Parents," Jean DeCosta, co
ordinator, Employee Assistance Program.
The series, sponsored by the Em
ployee Assistance Program, is open to
employees and their families. D
Pacific Rim Group
to meet Oct. 8
The Pacific Rim Group will show
slides taken during last spring's Thailand
Study program at its first fall quarter
meeting at 11 am Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the Math and Home Economics Build
ing, Room 221.
Faculty, staff and students are invited.
Plans for the spring 1999 Thailand and
the fall 1999 Japan Study/Internship pro
grams will be discussed.
The meeting will include discussion
of the reorganization of the Pacific Rim
Group, and participants will have an op
portunity to meet visiting scholars from
Thailand currently enrolled in courses
offered through the University Center for
Teacher Education. D
PAGE 2
Faculty, staff can be
deleted from directory
Each year ASI produces a Student
Directory listing the names of all students,
including staff and faculty members who
are taking classes. The directory is made
available to all students, staff and faculty.
Staff and faculty members who do not
wish to have personal information such as
their address, phone number and major
included in the directory must complete the
Omission Form available in the ASI Busi
ness Office, UU 212, by Friday, Oct. 16. D
Cat program to hold
adoption, raffle
The Cal Poly cat program has kittens
and adult cats available for adoption for
free. The cats are tested for leukemia,
spayed or neutered, and receive their
shots for a year, all for free.
Raffle tickets to help pay veterinary
expenses and shelter costs will be sold
through October. Tickets cost $1 each or
six for $5 .
Prizes include dinner and an overnight
stay at the Inn at Morro Bay, a basket of
treats with a cactus and succulent ar
rangement plus tickets to a show at the
Performing Arts Center, artwork donated
by local artists Kristin Soto and Dave
Mills, a plant from the Environmental
Horticultural Science Department, and
haircuts from the Fairchild Salon in San
Luis Obispo.
The prize drawing will be at noon
Monday, Nov. 2. For adoption details or
raffle tickets, call Edie Griffin-Shaw at
ext. 6-5220 or Geri Bolivar at 6-2321. D
Rec Sports offers
fitness classes
ASI Recreational Sports is offering
fall quarter fitness classes in step, power
pacing, body sculpting, cardio box, and
yoga, as well as athletic and water work
outs and martial arts instruction.
For information on schedules, cost and
registration, call ext. 6-1366 or stop by
the Recreation Center. D
Vacation/sick leave
sought for Stan Smith
Employees are being asked to donate
sick leave or vacation credits on behalf
of Stan Smith, building service engineer
in Facility Services. Smith must take a
considerable amount of time off from
work, and donations of either sick leave
or vacation credits will help him remain
in full-pay status during his leave.
To donate leave credit, contact solici
tation coordinator Anita Biggs, Facility
Services, at ext. 6-2321 or via e-mail for
the Catastrophic Leave Donation form .
Eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total of sick leave and va
cation credit per fiscal year in increments
of one hour or more. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
ltedia check-out center
opens in Erhart Ag
Media Distribution Services (MDS)
has opened another location where fac
ulty and staff can check out multimedia
and audiovisual equipment. The new Me
dia Resource Center is open from 8 am to
5 pm Monday through Friday in Erhart
Ag Building Room 125.
At the new center, MDS staff mem
bers can advise departments that are con
sidering buying multimedia equipment.
An appointment is necessary.
The original Media Resource Center
is still open on the first floor in the Edu
cation Building.
To make an appointment for a consul
tation, call ext. 6-6765. 0
Correction
In an article in last week's Cal Poly
Report announcing a wine appreciation
event, we incorrectly identified Ken Yolk
as a 1981 food science graduate. Yolk is
actually a fruit science graduate. 0
Engineering student
wins inventor contest
Aeronautical engineering senior Zach
Hoisington gave flight to an idea that
may literally change the shape and im
prove the safety of paragliding- and his
achievement made him a winner in the
BFGoodrich National Collegiate Inven
tor Program.
Hoisington designed, built, and tested
a "variable surface area parafoil" (V
SAP). The device improves the perfor
mance and stabi lity of a parafoil, a
special type of powered parachute that
looks like a wing. The V -SAP allows
paragliders to change the surface area of
the wing in flight so that they can glide
to a safe landing even after traveling at
high speeds. On a larger scale, parafoils
have potential applications for airplanes ,
military uses, and space travel.
The BFGoodrich award is the second
honor Hoisington has received for his
parafoil design. He also won first place
at the American Institute of Aeronautics
& Astronautics (AIAA) Region VI Stu
dent Conference. 0
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Informa
tion can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web (address:
www. calpoly.edu; click on ''General Information").
FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building, job
line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation applications
must be received (not just postmarked) by 5
pm of the closing date. (No faxes. )
IT Support Specialist, California Specialized
Training Institute ($15 .03-$19.55/hr.) Provide
and support Novel NetWare server LAN/WAN and
assist in supporting services to CSTI operations.
Requirements: Hi gh school or equivalent, prefer
ably with courses in information technology or
related specialized training and one year experi
ence in computer operations and system manage
ment functions on a Lotus Notes networked
environment. College level courses, specialized
training, or trade school involving information
systems and/or computer networks may subst itute
for the basic experience requirement. Understand
ing of data processing systems , basic accounting/
budgeting and registrar applicat ions, Microsoft
Office applications, Lotu s Notes, desktop publish
ing applications, computer operations, computer
software tools and utilities, PC/LAN hardware and
software. Must be able to lift at least forty pounds
and to attend offsite conferences, training classes
for disaster respon se and to work overtime or
schedules shifted to off- hours , as needed to ac
commodate computer system tasks. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Research Assistant, Biology Department
($1 ,980-2,575/mo.) Support the activities of the
Environmental Biotechnology Institute in its ongo
ing research in the area of microbiology, molecular
diagnostics, genome ana lysis, and evolutionary
biology. Requirements: Bachelor 's degree in mi
crobiology, molecular biology, or biochemistry or
an appropriate field of science, or completion of
two years of college course work in the indicated
disciplines and two years of experience as a labo
ratory technician , or equivalent combination of
experience and education . Knowledge of labora
tory and research methods, use of scientific meth
ods in conducting research and knowledge of
library search techniques. Must have ora l and writ
ten communication ski ll s. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Catering Service Assistant Supervisor, Cam
pus Dining Catering ($9.22 to I 1.99/hr.) Variable
schedule involving day, evening, and weekend
work assignments as dictated by catered event
schedule. Assist catering supervisor with planning,
directing and leading the service and execution of
events. Requirements: High school degree or
equivalent with a minimum of two years food ser
vice experience including one year of catering
experience, and one year supervisory experience.
Must be able to establish and maintain good work
ing relationships with production staff and custom
ers; operate standard serving equipment and
veh icles with automatic and standard transmis
sions; and lift 50 lbs. Must have a valid California
driver's license, and a driving record acceptable to
our insurance company underwriters. Closing date:
Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Department Secretary, Campus Dining
($2,039-2,652/mo.) Under supervision of customer
service manager, provides secretarial support to
department director and associate director. Re
quirements: High school or equivalent with mini
mum of three years ' secretarial experience. Must
be able to type 60 wpm, operate a calculator by
touch, operate a computer and answer mu lti-line
telephone system. Skill s to perform complex secre
tarial duties with accuracy and speed. Working
knowledge of Windows95/0ffice 97 preferred.
Mu st have good verbal and written commun ication
skills. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Payroll Supervisor ($2,606-3 ,388/mo.) Re
spons ible for performing and supervising all tasks
having to do with the processing of payroll includ
ing all related remittances and reports. Require
ments: High school or equivalent and four years
progressively responsible experience in keeping ,
reviewing and correcting detailed numerical or
financial records including two current years di
rectly involved with the processing of payroll.
Accounting experience highly desirable. Minimum
one year supervisory experience required. Must
have ability to independently select and consis
tently apply policies and procedures according to
available guidelines. Knowledge of Kronos time
keeping system, PeopleSoft HR/PR software and
PERS system and reporting is preferred. Must have
the ability to review detailed records or tran sac
tions and identify errors. Ten key, computer liter
ate, Word and Excel preferred. Must have good
oral and written communications ski ll s. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Associated Students Inc. is accepting
applications for the following position(s).
Complete position descriptions and applications
are available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F, 8 am - 5 pm,
ext. 6-1281. All applications must be received by
5 pm of the listed closing date. AA/ED.
Director, Recreational Sports
(Administrator 1). Salary commensurate with
experience (range $I 908-$4620/mo.) The Recre
ational Sports director is a full-time management
position responsible for establi shing, maintaining,
and supervising all recreational programs on the
Cal Poly campus. This includes the use of the Rec
reation Center, recreation facilities, fields, and
pools . Master 's degree. Five years of progressively
responsible professional student services work
including five years of university recreational
sports management experience. Knowledge of
public and business administration including orga
ni zational , fiscal, perso nnel , and budgetary man
agement. Closing date: Open until filled. Review
of applications wi ll begin Nov. 2. D
PAGE4
DATELINE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter Building):
"Craftmakers '98," through Oct. 24.
Daily 11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "Peter Meller: Andante
Allegro Rubato," through Dec. 6.
Artist's reception: Saturday, Oct. 10,
5 pm. Tuesday-Friday 10 am-4 pm;
Wednesday until 7 pm; Saturday,
Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, Odober 1
Speaker: David Hafemeister (Physics),
"India, Pakistan and the Test Ban,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Friday, October 2
Volleyball: UOP, Rec Center Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Women's Soccer: Utah State, Mustang
Stadium, 7 pm. ($)
Speaker, Play: Patricia Troxel (English)
will give a pre-performance talk at 7 pm
in PAC's Philips Hall before "Much
Ado About Nothing" plays in the Cal
Poly Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
Saturday, October 3
Parents' Appreciation Day: Call Student
Affairs for information: ext. 6-6553.
Football: UC Davis, Mustang Stadium,
6 pm. ($)
Volleyball: Long Beach State, Rec Center
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Sunday, October 4
Women's Soccer: U. of North Texas,
Mustang Stadium, I pm. ($)
Tuesday, October &
Learn-at-Lunch: Connie Moxness
(PG&E), "How to Manage Your Boss,"
Staff Dining Room, noon.
Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: Delmar Dingus (Soil Science),
"Learn by Doing on the Savannahs in
East Africa: A Case Study in Agricul
ture Development," Staff Dining
Room, noon.
Thursday, October 8
Speaker: Todd Rigg, Shanti Cavanaugh,
Colleen Marlow, and James Hartshorn
(Physics students), "Summer Research,"
Science E-45, l1 am.
Meeting: Pacific Rim Group, Math and
Home Economics 221, 11 am. D
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 4 • September 30, 1998
New GE program approved by President Baker
Students attending Cal Poly in fall
quarter 2001 will be greeted by a revised
General Education Program designed to
prepare them for citizenship in the 21st
century. On Sept. 3, President Baker and
Provost Paul Zingg approved the stan
dards for "GE 2001."
The Academic Senate laid the founda
tion for the new program in spring 1997
by creating a new template and gover
nance model for General Education. Two
objectives guided the effort: to reduce
from 79 to 72 the number of units re
quired, and to convert all courses to
four units.
The new template achieves both ob
jectives. Students will take three courses
in communications, four courses in sci
ence and mathematics, four courses in
the arts and humanities, five courses in
the social sciences, one technology elec
tive and one additional elective.
New associate VP named
Rick Ellison from the University of
Colorado at Boulder has been named as
sociate vice president for university ad
vancement. Ellison, who served as the
director of development for Boulder's
College of Business and Administration,
will begin his duties Monday, Oct. 5.
Ellison succeeds Dean Bruno, who
left in January to serve as vice president
of advancement at St. Bonaventure Uni
versity in New York. 0
Htlll-'-t- kMt ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by 10 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles, suggestions, and
questions to polynews@polymail.
You may fax items to ext. 6-6533. D
A separate template was developed
for engineering students, who will take
three courses in communications, seven
courses in science and mathematics, four
courses in the arts and humanities, and
four courses in the social sciences.
The new governance model estab
li shes a committee structure consisting of
a General Education Committee (respon
sible for issues of policy) and three area
committees (one for communications,
arts and humanities, one for science,
math and technology, and one for the so
cial and behavioral sciences).
The plan also created the position of
director for the new program. English
professor John Harrington is serving in
that capacity.
The standards approved by President
Baker and Provost Zingg were developed
by the GE and area committees last year,
with the Academic Senate approving the
program 38-2 during spring quarter. The
new standards are available on the Gen
eral Education home page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-acadprog/gened/.
During this academic year, depart
ments will develop courses to meet the
standards for the new program. Ques
tions should be addressed to the General
Education Program at ext. 6-2228 or by
e-mail to gened@polymail.calpoly.edu. 0
Chancellor Reed's talk
available on Web
Faculty and staff who were unable to
hear CSU Chancellor Reed's Fall Con
ference keynote address can watch it on
the President's Office Website at http://
www.president.calpoly.edu. The presen
tation can be accessed from a link within
the welcome text on the home page of
the Web site.
In addition, the What's New page on
the Cal Poly site lists a news item about
Fall Conference that highlights the
chancell or's address and provides a link
to the on-line presentation as well. 0
ltedia check-out center
opens in Erhart Ag
Media Distribution Services (MDS)
has opened another location where fac
ulty and staff can check out multimedia
and audiovisual equipment. The new Me
dia Resource Center is open from 8 am to
5 pm Monday through Friday in Erhart
Ag Building Room 125.
At the new center, MDS staff mem
bers can advise departments that are con
sidering buying multimedia equipment.
An appointment is necessary.
The original Media Resource Center
is still open on the first floor in the Edu
cation Building.
To make an appointment for a consul
tation, call ext. 6-6765. 0
Correction
In an article in last week's Cal Poly
Report announcing a wine appreciation
event, we incorrectly identified Ken Yolk
as a 1981 food science graduate. Yolk is
actually a fruit science graduate. 0
Engineering student
wins inventor contest
Aeronautical engineering senior Zach
Hoisington gave flight to an idea that
may literally change the shape and im
prove the safety of paragliding- and his
achievement made him a winner in the
BFGoodrich National Collegiate Inven
tor Program.
Hoisington designed, built, and tested
a "variable surface area parafoil" (V
SAP). The device improves the perfor
mance and stabi lity of a parafoil, a
special type of powered parachute that
looks like a wing. The V -SAP allows
paragliders to change the surface area of
the wing in flight so that they can glide
to a safe landing even after traveling at
high speeds. On a larger scale, parafoils
have potential applications for airplanes ,
military uses, and space travel.
The BFGoodrich award is the second
honor Hoisington has received for his
parafoil design. He also won first place
at the American Institute of Aeronautics
& Astronautics (AIAA) Region VI Stu
dent Conference. 0
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Informa
tion can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web (address:
www. calpoly.edu; click on ''General Information").
FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building, job
line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation applications
must be received (not just postmarked) by 5
pm of the closing date. (No faxes. )
IT Support Specialist, California Specialized
Training Institute ($15 .03-$19.55/hr.) Provide
and support Novel NetWare server LAN/WAN and
assist in supporting services to CSTI operations.
Requirements: Hi gh school or equivalent, prefer
ably with courses in information technology or
related specialized training and one year experi
ence in computer operations and system manage
ment functions on a Lotus Notes networked
environment. College level courses, specialized
training, or trade school involving information
systems and/or computer networks may subst itute
for the basic experience requirement. Understand
ing of data processing systems , basic accounting/
budgeting and registrar applicat ions, Microsoft
Office applications, Lotu s Notes, desktop publish
ing applications, computer operations, computer
software tools and utilities, PC/LAN hardware and
software. Must be able to lift at least forty pounds
and to attend offsite conferences, training classes
for disaster respon se and to work overtime or
schedules shifted to off- hours , as needed to ac
commodate computer system tasks. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Research Assistant, Biology Department
($1 ,980-2,575/mo.) Support the activities of the
Environmental Biotechnology Institute in its ongo
ing research in the area of microbiology, molecular
diagnostics, genome ana lysis, and evolutionary
biology. Requirements: Bachelor 's degree in mi
crobiology, molecular biology, or biochemistry or
an appropriate field of science, or completion of
two years of college course work in the indicated
disciplines and two years of experience as a labo
ratory technician , or equivalent combination of
experience and education . Knowledge of labora
tory and research methods, use of scientific meth
ods in conducting research and knowledge of
library search techniques. Must have ora l and writ
ten communication ski ll s. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Catering Service Assistant Supervisor, Cam
pus Dining Catering ($9.22 to I 1.99/hr.) Variable
schedule involving day, evening, and weekend
work assignments as dictated by catered event
schedule. Assist catering supervisor with planning,
directing and leading the service and execution of
events. Requirements: High school degree or
equivalent with a minimum of two years food ser
vice experience including one year of catering
experience, and one year supervisory experience.
Must be able to establish and maintain good work
ing relationships with production staff and custom
ers; operate standard serving equipment and
veh icles with automatic and standard transmis
sions; and lift 50 lbs. Must have a valid California
driver's license, and a driving record acceptable to
our insurance company underwriters. Closing date:
Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Department Secretary, Campus Dining
($2,039-2,652/mo.) Under supervision of customer
service manager, provides secretarial support to
department director and associate director. Re
quirements: High school or equivalent with mini
mum of three years ' secretarial experience. Must
be able to type 60 wpm, operate a calculator by
touch, operate a computer and answer mu lti-line
telephone system. Skill s to perform complex secre
tarial duties with accuracy and speed. Working
knowledge of Windows95/0ffice 97 preferred.
Mu st have good verbal and written commun ication
skills. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Payroll Supervisor ($2,606-3 ,388/mo.) Re
spons ible for performing and supervising all tasks
having to do with the processing of payroll includ
ing all related remittances and reports. Require
ments: High school or equivalent and four years
progressively responsible experience in keeping ,
reviewing and correcting detailed numerical or
financial records including two current years di
rectly involved with the processing of payroll.
Accounting experience highly desirable. Minimum
one year supervisory experience required. Must
have ability to independently select and consis
tently apply policies and procedures according to
available guidelines. Knowledge of Kronos time
keeping system, PeopleSoft HR/PR software and
PERS system and reporting is preferred. Must have
the ability to review detailed records or tran sac
tions and identify errors. Ten key, computer liter
ate, Word and Excel preferred. Must have good
oral and written communications ski ll s. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Associated Students Inc. is accepting
applications for the following position(s).
Complete position descriptions and applications
are available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F, 8 am - 5 pm,
ext. 6-1281. All applications must be received by
5 pm of the listed closing date. AA/ED.
Director, Recreational Sports
(Administrator 1). Salary commensurate with
experience (range $I 908-$4620/mo.) The Recre
ational Sports director is a full-time management
position responsible for establi shing, maintaining,
and supervising all recreational programs on the
Cal Poly campus. This includes the use of the Rec
reation Center, recreation facilities, fields, and
pools . Master 's degree. Five years of progressively
responsible professional student services work
including five years of university recreational
sports management experience. Knowledge of
public and business administration including orga
ni zational , fiscal, perso nnel , and budgetary man
agement. Closing date: Open until filled. Review
of applications wi ll begin Nov. 2. D
PAGE4
DATELINE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter Building):
"Craftmakers '98," through Oct. 24.
Daily 11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "Peter Meller: Andante
Allegro Rubato," through Dec. 6.
Artist's reception: Saturday, Oct. 10,
5 pm. Tuesday-Friday 10 am-4 pm;
Wednesday until 7 pm; Saturday,
Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, Odober 1
Speaker: David Hafemeister (Physics),
"India, Pakistan and the Test Ban,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Friday, October 2
Volleyball: UOP, Rec Center Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Women's Soccer: Utah State, Mustang
Stadium, 7 pm. ($)
Speaker, Play: Patricia Troxel (English)
will give a pre-performance talk at 7 pm
in PAC's Philips Hall before "Much
Ado About Nothing" plays in the Cal
Poly Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
Saturday, October 3
Parents' Appreciation Day: Call Student
Affairs for information: ext. 6-6553.
Football: UC Davis, Mustang Stadium,
6 pm. ($)
Volleyball: Long Beach State, Rec Center
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Sunday, October 4
Women's Soccer: U. of North Texas,
Mustang Stadium, I pm. ($)
Tuesday, October &
Learn-at-Lunch: Connie Moxness
(PG&E), "How to Manage Your Boss,"
Staff Dining Room, noon.
Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: Delmar Dingus (Soil Science),
"Learn by Doing on the Savannahs in
East Africa: A Case Study in Agricul
ture Development," Staff Dining
Room, noon.
Thursday, October 8
Speaker: Todd Rigg, Shanti Cavanaugh,
Colleen Marlow, and James Hartshorn
(Physics students), "Summer Research,"
Science E-45, l1 am.
Meeting: Pacific Rim Group, Math and
Home Economics 221, 11 am. D
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 4 • September 30, 1998
New GE program approved by President Baker
Students attending Cal Poly in fall
quarter 2001 will be greeted by a revised
General Education Program designed to
prepare them for citizenship in the 21st
century. On Sept. 3, President Baker and
Provost Paul Zingg approved the stan
dards for "GE 2001."
The Academic Senate laid the founda
tion for the new program in spring 1997
by creating a new template and gover
nance model for General Education. Two
objectives guided the effort: to reduce
from 79 to 72 the number of units re
quired, and to convert all courses to
four units.
The new template achieves both ob
jectives. Students will take three courses
in communications, four courses in sci
ence and mathematics, four courses in
the arts and humanities, five courses in
the social sciences, one technology elec
tive and one additional elective.
New associate VP named
Rick Ellison from the University of
Colorado at Boulder has been named as
sociate vice president for university ad
vancement. Ellison, who served as the
director of development for Boulder's
College of Business and Administration,
will begin his duties Monday, Oct. 5.
Ellison succeeds Dean Bruno, who
left in January to serve as vice president
of advancement at St. Bonaventure Uni
versity in New York. 0
Htlll-'-t- kMt ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by 10 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles, suggestions, and
questions to polynews@polymail.
You may fax items to ext. 6-6533. D
A separate template was developed
for engineering students, who will take
three courses in communications, seven
courses in science and mathematics, four
courses in the arts and humanities, and
four courses in the social sciences.
The new governance model estab
li shes a committee structure consisting of
a General Education Committee (respon
sible for issues of policy) and three area
committees (one for communications,
arts and humanities, one for science,
math and technology, and one for the so
cial and behavioral sciences).
The plan also created the position of
director for the new program. English
professor John Harrington is serving in
that capacity.
The standards approved by President
Baker and Provost Zingg were developed
by the GE and area committees last year,
with the Academic Senate approving the
program 38-2 during spring quarter. The
new standards are available on the Gen
eral Education home page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-acadprog/gened/.
During this academic year, depart
ments will develop courses to meet the
standards for the new program. Ques
tions should be addressed to the General
Education Program at ext. 6-2228 or by
e-mail to gened@polymail.calpoly.edu. 0
Chancellor Reed's talk
available on Web
Faculty and staff who were unable to
hear CSU Chancellor Reed's Fall Con
ference keynote address can watch it on
the President's Office Website at http://
www.president.calpoly.edu. The presen
tation can be accessed from a link within
the welcome text on the home page of
the Web site.
In addition, the What's New page on
the Cal Poly site lists a news item about
Fall Conference that highlights the
chancell or's address and provides a link
to the on-line presentation as well. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
Hafemeister to talk on
test ban treaty Oct. 1
Rideshare Week
Set for Oct. 5-9
International expert
to talk on assessment
London Study Program
accepting applications
College of Ag to host
Food Safety Symposium
Jazz legend Jarreau
to play Oct. 30
Physics professor David Hafemeister
will talk about "India, Pakistan and the
Test Ban Treaty" as the first Physics De
partment Colloquium of fall quarter on
Thursday, Oct. 1.
The talk, from 11 am to noon in the
Science Building, Room E-45, will explore
how the May 1998 nuclear explosions by
India and Pakistan clouded the prospects
for a comprehensive test ban treaty.
(CTBT) and dimmed the future of the two
tiered nonproliferation treaty.
Hafemeister will describe the technical
routes the two countries took to develop
and test their bombs and how diplomatic
efforts to stop the process failed.
By a vote of 158 to 3 (India, Bhutan
and Libya opposed), the UN accepted the
CTBT for signature, and already 150
nations have signed it.
Hafemeister will explore technical
questions of yield, reliability, cheating
and detection that cloud the chances for
full ratification. D
Commuter Services encourages all
faculty, staff, and students to use alterna
tive transportation to get to campus dur
ing California Rideshare Week, Monday
through Friday, Oct. 5-9.
Those who pledge to not drive alone
for even one day will be eligible to win
prizes awarded by the university, the
county and the state.
Pledge forms are being sent to all fac
ulty and staff. They may also be picked
up at Public Safety Services or the ride
share booth in the UU Plaza on Tuesday
and Friday of Rideshare Week. Stop by
the booth from 10:30 am to 1:30pm for
give-aways and information.
Last year Cal Poly was recognized as
the employer with the most rideshare
pledges in the county, surpassing for the
first time PG&E and San Luis Obispo
city and county employees.
For information on bus service,
vanpool availability, carpool matching,
or biking and walking assistance, contact
Commuter Services at ext. 6-6680 or
stop by the Rideshare Week booth in the
UUPlaza.
To be eligible for prizes, you must
return a pledge card to Commuter Ser
vices or fax it to ext. 6-5051 by 5 pm Fri
day, Oct. 9. D
To help prepare for a new General
Education Program (see article on page
1), the GE committee has invited inter
nationally known expert Trudy Banta to
talk about how assessment can help Cal
Poly achieve the goals of the new program.
Banta's talk, "Assessing Student
Learning in General Education," is
scheduled for 4 pm Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the UU's San Luis Lounge.
Banta is vice chancellor for plan
ning and institutional improvement at
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis. She has also served as
the director of the Center for Assess
ment Research and Development and
professor of education at the Univer
sity of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Banta's recent publications include
"Making a Difference: Outcomes of a
Decade of Assessment in Higher Educa
tion" and "Assessment in Practice:
Putting Principles to Work on College
Campuses." She is also the founding
editor of Assessment Update.
In 1990 Banta was appointed by the
U.S. Secretary of Education to the
Special Study Panel on Education
Indicators. She has developed and
coordinated more than 20 national and
international conferences on
assessment and has given numerous
addresses worldwide. D
The London Study Program is accept
ing faculty applications for teaching in
London in fall 1999 or spring 2000.
Screening for both quarters will
be conducted this fall through a
single committee.
Although the curricular emphasis has
been on general education courses in his
tory, literature and the arts, the program
encourages and supports participation
from teachers in the professional areas
also. To date, about one-fourth of the
London faculty members have come
from colleges outside Liberal Arts. Last
year participating professors included
some from the colleges of engineering,
business and agriculture.
Primary emphasis in the selection pro
cess is to choose a faculty that offers the
courses needed by the students. Final
selection is determined by student course
selection. Although faculty development
is an important element of the London
program, the program is driven by the
curriculum needs of the students.
The London campus is located in the
academic heart of the Bloomsbury dis
trict, within two blocks of the
British Museum.
Applications have been sent to all
dean's offices and are also available
in the Global Affairs office, Room 108,
in the Math and Home Economics Build
ing. They must be submitted in duplicate
by Friday, Oct. 30, for departmental ap
proval, then forwarded via the appli
cant's dean to the London Study
Program's faculty screening committee,
in care of program director John
Snetsinger.
For information, call Snetsinger in the
Global Affairs office at ext. 6-5969. D
Leading authorities from the private and
academic sectors will be joined by Califor
nia Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman
for a Food Safety Symposium at Cal Poly
during San Luis Obispo County's Agricul
ture Appreciation Week in October.
Designed as an interactive event deal
ing with current food-safety issues and
policy, the conference is open to the pub
lic and scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12. It
kicks off a week of agriculture-related
activities throughout the county.
"Our speakers are statewide industry
experts on food safety who will explain
how quality-assurance programs are af
fecting the food industry and how the
food industry is complying and respond
ing to those rules and regulations," said
Mark Shelton, associate dean of Cal
Poly's College of Agriculture.
The symposium is geared toward both
the agriculturalist and the consumer,
Shelton said. General topics will include
regulations and quality assurance for
various commodities, the Food and Drug
Administration, the animal industry, and
fresh fruit and vegetable councils. A vari
ety of panels will hold Q&A sessions.
For information or reservations, call
the College of Agriculture at ext. 6-2161. D
Jazz vocalist and five-time Grammy
winner AI Jarreau will visit the Central
Coast for the first time when he performs
a benefit concert at 8 pm Friday, Oct. 30,
in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit
San Luis Obispo County's Partnership
for the Children and Youth Outreach for
the Performing Arts Center organizations.
Jarreau's unique vocal style and inno
vative musical expressions have made
him one of today 's most critically ac
claimed performers. To commemorate his
20 years of success, Jarreau has released
his first-ever compilation album, "Best of
Al Jarreau."
Tickets for the concert are $36 to $46
and can be bought at the Performing Arts
Center Ticket Office from 10 am to 6 pm
weekdays and from 10 am to 4 pm Satur
days . To order by phone, call 6-ARTS
(ext. 6-2787). D
Global Affairs continues
Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Global Affairs office is continu
ing its Brown Bag Lunch Series with two
speakers during fall quarter. The series
highlights faculty members involved in
international endeavors.
Soil Science professor Delmar Dingus
will give the first presentation Wednes
day, Oct. 7, on "Learn by Doing on the
Savannahs in East Africa: A Case Study
in Agriculture Development."
Wayne Montgomery, reference librar
ian, will talk on "Academic Libraries in
Thailand and Vietnam: Making Friends
and Touring" on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Both talks will be from noon to 1 pm
in the Staff Dining Room. D
Travel safety workshop
planned for Oct. 2&
Faculty, staff and students who are
planning international travel are invited
to a workshop on international travel
safety from 2 to 4 pm Monday, Oct. 26,
in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by the
Global Affairs office, will be in UU 220.
For more information call Barbara Andre
at ext. 6-5837. D
'tlanage Your Boss'
first program in series
A talk by PG&E organizational trainer
Connie Moxness on "How to Manage
Your Boss" will kick off fall quarter's
Learn-at-Lunch speaker series on Oct. 6.
Four presentations are scheduled at
noon on Tuesdays in the staff dining room.
Other programs are:
• Oct. 20- "How to Live Longer and
Better," Doug Bing, a marriage, family
and child counselor and program coordi
nator at Hospice.
• Nov. 3- "The Impact of Alcohol
and Other Drugs on Household Set
tings," Bud Beecher, a counselor in pri
vate practice.
• Nov. 17 - "When Bad Things Hap
pen to Good Parents," Jean DeCosta, co
ordinator, Employee Assistance Program.
The series, sponsored by the Em
ployee Assistance Program, is open to
employees and their families. D
Pacific Rim Group
to meet Oct. 8
The Pacific Rim Group will show
slides taken during last spring's Thailand
Study program at its first fall quarter
meeting at 11 am Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the Math and Home Economics Build
ing, Room 221.
Faculty, staff and students are invited.
Plans for the spring 1999 Thailand and
the fall 1999 Japan Study/Internship pro
grams will be discussed.
The meeting will include discussion
of the reorganization of the Pacific Rim
Group, and participants will have an op
portunity to meet visiting scholars from
Thailand currently enrolled in courses
offered through the University Center for
Teacher Education. D
PAGE 2
Faculty, staff can be
deleted from directory
Each year ASI produces a Student
Directory listing the names of all students,
including staff and faculty members who
are taking classes. The directory is made
available to all students, staff and faculty.
Staff and faculty members who do not
wish to have personal information such as
their address, phone number and major
included in the directory must complete the
Omission Form available in the ASI Busi
ness Office, UU 212, by Friday, Oct. 16. D
Cat program to hold
adoption, raffle
The Cal Poly cat program has kittens
and adult cats available for adoption for
free. The cats are tested for leukemia,
spayed or neutered, and receive their
shots for a year, all for free.
Raffle tickets to help pay veterinary
expenses and shelter costs will be sold
through October. Tickets cost $1 each or
six for $5 .
Prizes include dinner and an overnight
stay at the Inn at Morro Bay, a basket of
treats with a cactus and succulent ar
rangement plus tickets to a show at the
Performing Arts Center, artwork donated
by local artists Kristin Soto and Dave
Mills, a plant from the Environmental
Horticultural Science Department, and
haircuts from the Fairchild Salon in San
Luis Obispo.
The prize drawing will be at noon
Monday, Nov. 2. For adoption details or
raffle tickets, call Edie Griffin-Shaw at
ext. 6-5220 or Geri Bolivar at 6-2321. D
Rec Sports offers
fitness classes
ASI Recreational Sports is offering
fall quarter fitness classes in step, power
pacing, body sculpting, cardio box, and
yoga, as well as athletic and water work
outs and martial arts instruction.
For information on schedules, cost and
registration, call ext. 6-1366 or stop by
the Recreation Center. D
Vacation/sick leave
sought for Stan Smith
Employees are being asked to donate
sick leave or vacation credits on behalf
of Stan Smith, building service engineer
in Facility Services. Smith must take a
considerable amount of time off from
work, and donations of either sick leave
or vacation credits will help him remain
in full-pay status during his leave.
To donate leave credit, contact solici
tation coordinator Anita Biggs, Facility
Services, at ext. 6-2321 or via e-mail for
the Catastrophic Leave Donation form .
Eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total of sick leave and va
cation credit per fiscal year in increments
of one hour or more. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
Hafemeister to talk on
test ban treaty Oct. 1
Rideshare Week
Set for Oct. 5-9
International expert
to talk on assessment
London Study Program
accepting applications
College of Ag to host
Food Safety Symposium
Jazz legend Jarreau
to play Oct. 30
Physics professor David Hafemeister
will talk about "India, Pakistan and the
Test Ban Treaty" as the first Physics De
partment Colloquium of fall quarter on
Thursday, Oct. 1.
The talk, from 11 am to noon in the
Science Building, Room E-45, will explore
how the May 1998 nuclear explosions by
India and Pakistan clouded the prospects
for a comprehensive test ban treaty.
(CTBT) and dimmed the future of the two
tiered nonproliferation treaty.
Hafemeister will describe the technical
routes the two countries took to develop
and test their bombs and how diplomatic
efforts to stop the process failed.
By a vote of 158 to 3 (India, Bhutan
and Libya opposed), the UN accepted the
CTBT for signature, and already 150
nations have signed it.
Hafemeister will explore technical
questions of yield, reliability, cheating
and detection that cloud the chances for
full ratification. D
Commuter Services encourages all
faculty, staff, and students to use alterna
tive transportation to get to campus dur
ing California Rideshare Week, Monday
through Friday, Oct. 5-9.
Those who pledge to not drive alone
for even one day will be eligible to win
prizes awarded by the university, the
county and the state.
Pledge forms are being sent to all fac
ulty and staff. They may also be picked
up at Public Safety Services or the ride
share booth in the UU Plaza on Tuesday
and Friday of Rideshare Week. Stop by
the booth from 10:30 am to 1:30pm for
give-aways and information.
Last year Cal Poly was recognized as
the employer with the most rideshare
pledges in the county, surpassing for the
first time PG&E and San Luis Obispo
city and county employees.
For information on bus service,
vanpool availability, carpool matching,
or biking and walking assistance, contact
Commuter Services at ext. 6-6680 or
stop by the Rideshare Week booth in the
UUPlaza.
To be eligible for prizes, you must
return a pledge card to Commuter Ser
vices or fax it to ext. 6-5051 by 5 pm Fri
day, Oct. 9. D
To help prepare for a new General
Education Program (see article on page
1), the GE committee has invited inter
nationally known expert Trudy Banta to
talk about how assessment can help Cal
Poly achieve the goals of the new program.
Banta's talk, "Assessing Student
Learning in General Education," is
scheduled for 4 pm Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the UU's San Luis Lounge.
Banta is vice chancellor for plan
ning and institutional improvement at
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis. She has also served as
the director of the Center for Assess
ment Research and Development and
professor of education at the Univer
sity of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Banta's recent publications include
"Making a Difference: Outcomes of a
Decade of Assessment in Higher Educa
tion" and "Assessment in Practice:
Putting Principles to Work on College
Campuses." She is also the founding
editor of Assessment Update.
In 1990 Banta was appointed by the
U.S. Secretary of Education to the
Special Study Panel on Education
Indicators. She has developed and
coordinated more than 20 national and
international conferences on
assessment and has given numerous
addresses worldwide. D
The London Study Program is accept
ing faculty applications for teaching in
London in fall 1999 or spring 2000.
Screening for both quarters will
be conducted this fall through a
single committee.
Although the curricular emphasis has
been on general education courses in his
tory, literature and the arts, the program
encourages and supports participation
from teachers in the professional areas
also. To date, about one-fourth of the
London faculty members have come
from colleges outside Liberal Arts. Last
year participating professors included
some from the colleges of engineering,
business and agriculture.
Primary emphasis in the selection pro
cess is to choose a faculty that offers the
courses needed by the students. Final
selection is determined by student course
selection. Although faculty development
is an important element of the London
program, the program is driven by the
curriculum needs of the students.
The London campus is located in the
academic heart of the Bloomsbury dis
trict, within two blocks of the
British Museum.
Applications have been sent to all
dean's offices and are also available
in the Global Affairs office, Room 108,
in the Math and Home Economics Build
ing. They must be submitted in duplicate
by Friday, Oct. 30, for departmental ap
proval, then forwarded via the appli
cant's dean to the London Study
Program's faculty screening committee,
in care of program director John
Snetsinger.
For information, call Snetsinger in the
Global Affairs office at ext. 6-5969. D
Leading authorities from the private and
academic sectors will be joined by Califor
nia Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman
for a Food Safety Symposium at Cal Poly
during San Luis Obispo County's Agricul
ture Appreciation Week in October.
Designed as an interactive event deal
ing with current food-safety issues and
policy, the conference is open to the pub
lic and scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12. It
kicks off a week of agriculture-related
activities throughout the county.
"Our speakers are statewide industry
experts on food safety who will explain
how quality-assurance programs are af
fecting the food industry and how the
food industry is complying and respond
ing to those rules and regulations," said
Mark Shelton, associate dean of Cal
Poly's College of Agriculture.
The symposium is geared toward both
the agriculturalist and the consumer,
Shelton said. General topics will include
regulations and quality assurance for
various commodities, the Food and Drug
Administration, the animal industry, and
fresh fruit and vegetable councils. A vari
ety of panels will hold Q&A sessions.
For information or reservations, call
the College of Agriculture at ext. 6-2161. D
Jazz vocalist and five-time Grammy
winner AI Jarreau will visit the Central
Coast for the first time when he performs
a benefit concert at 8 pm Friday, Oct. 30,
in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit
San Luis Obispo County's Partnership
for the Children and Youth Outreach for
the Performing Arts Center organizations.
Jarreau's unique vocal style and inno
vative musical expressions have made
him one of today 's most critically ac
claimed performers. To commemorate his
20 years of success, Jarreau has released
his first-ever compilation album, "Best of
Al Jarreau."
Tickets for the concert are $36 to $46
and can be bought at the Performing Arts
Center Ticket Office from 10 am to 6 pm
weekdays and from 10 am to 4 pm Satur
days . To order by phone, call 6-ARTS
(ext. 6-2787). D
Global Affairs continues
Brown Bag Lunch Series
The Global Affairs office is continu
ing its Brown Bag Lunch Series with two
speakers during fall quarter. The series
highlights faculty members involved in
international endeavors.
Soil Science professor Delmar Dingus
will give the first presentation Wednes
day, Oct. 7, on "Learn by Doing on the
Savannahs in East Africa: A Case Study
in Agriculture Development."
Wayne Montgomery, reference librar
ian, will talk on "Academic Libraries in
Thailand and Vietnam: Making Friends
and Touring" on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Both talks will be from noon to 1 pm
in the Staff Dining Room. D
Travel safety workshop
planned for Oct. 2&
Faculty, staff and students who are
planning international travel are invited
to a workshop on international travel
safety from 2 to 4 pm Monday, Oct. 26,
in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by the
Global Affairs office, will be in UU 220.
For more information call Barbara Andre
at ext. 6-5837. D
'tlanage Your Boss'
first program in series
A talk by PG&E organizational trainer
Connie Moxness on "How to Manage
Your Boss" will kick off fall quarter's
Learn-at-Lunch speaker series on Oct. 6.
Four presentations are scheduled at
noon on Tuesdays in the staff dining room.
Other programs are:
• Oct. 20- "How to Live Longer and
Better," Doug Bing, a marriage, family
and child counselor and program coordi
nator at Hospice.
• Nov. 3- "The Impact of Alcohol
and Other Drugs on Household Set
tings," Bud Beecher, a counselor in pri
vate practice.
• Nov. 17 - "When Bad Things Hap
pen to Good Parents," Jean DeCosta, co
ordinator, Employee Assistance Program.
The series, sponsored by the Em
ployee Assistance Program, is open to
employees and their families. D
Pacific Rim Group
to meet Oct. 8
The Pacific Rim Group will show
slides taken during last spring's Thailand
Study program at its first fall quarter
meeting at 11 am Thursday, Oct. 8, in
the Math and Home Economics Build
ing, Room 221.
Faculty, staff and students are invited.
Plans for the spring 1999 Thailand and
the fall 1999 Japan Study/Internship pro
grams will be discussed.
The meeting will include discussion
of the reorganization of the Pacific Rim
Group, and participants will have an op
portunity to meet visiting scholars from
Thailand currently enrolled in courses
offered through the University Center for
Teacher Education. D
PAGE 2
Faculty, staff can be
deleted from directory
Each year ASI produces a Student
Directory listing the names of all students,
including staff and faculty members who
are taking classes. The directory is made
available to all students, staff and faculty.
Staff and faculty members who do not
wish to have personal information such as
their address, phone number and major
included in the directory must complete the
Omission Form available in the ASI Busi
ness Office, UU 212, by Friday, Oct. 16. D
Cat program to hold
adoption, raffle
The Cal Poly cat program has kittens
and adult cats available for adoption for
free. The cats are tested for leukemia,
spayed or neutered, and receive their
shots for a year, all for free.
Raffle tickets to help pay veterinary
expenses and shelter costs will be sold
through October. Tickets cost $1 each or
six for $5 .
Prizes include dinner and an overnight
stay at the Inn at Morro Bay, a basket of
treats with a cactus and succulent ar
rangement plus tickets to a show at the
Performing Arts Center, artwork donated
by local artists Kristin Soto and Dave
Mills, a plant from the Environmental
Horticultural Science Department, and
haircuts from the Fairchild Salon in San
Luis Obispo.
The prize drawing will be at noon
Monday, Nov. 2. For adoption details or
raffle tickets, call Edie Griffin-Shaw at
ext. 6-5220 or Geri Bolivar at 6-2321. D
Rec Sports offers
fitness classes
ASI Recreational Sports is offering
fall quarter fitness classes in step, power
pacing, body sculpting, cardio box, and
yoga, as well as athletic and water work
outs and martial arts instruction.
For information on schedules, cost and
registration, call ext. 6-1366 or stop by
the Recreation Center. D
Vacation/sick leave
sought for Stan Smith
Employees are being asked to donate
sick leave or vacation credits on behalf
of Stan Smith, building service engineer
in Facility Services. Smith must take a
considerable amount of time off from
work, and donations of either sick leave
or vacation credits will help him remain
in full-pay status during his leave.
To donate leave credit, contact solici
tation coordinator Anita Biggs, Facility
Services, at ext. 6-2321 or via e-mail for
the Catastrophic Leave Donation form .
Eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total of sick leave and va
cation credit per fiscal year in increments
of one hour or more. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
ltedia check-out center
opens in Erhart Ag
Media Distribution Services (MDS)
has opened another location where fac
ulty and staff can check out multimedia
and audiovisual equipment. The new Me
dia Resource Center is open from 8 am to
5 pm Monday through Friday in Erhart
Ag Building Room 125.
At the new center, MDS staff mem
bers can advise departments that are con
sidering buying multimedia equipment.
An appointment is necessary.
The original Media Resource Center
is still open on the first floor in the Edu
cation Building.
To make an appointment for a consul
tation, call ext. 6-6765. 0
Correction
In an article in last week's Cal Poly
Report announcing a wine appreciation
event, we incorrectly identified Ken Yolk
as a 1981 food science graduate. Yolk is
actually a fruit science graduate. 0
Engineering student
wins inventor contest
Aeronautical engineering senior Zach
Hoisington gave flight to an idea that
may literally change the shape and im
prove the safety of paragliding- and his
achievement made him a winner in the
BFGoodrich National Collegiate Inven
tor Program.
Hoisington designed, built, and tested
a "variable surface area parafoil" (V
SAP). The device improves the perfor
mance and stabi lity of a parafoil, a
special type of powered parachute that
looks like a wing. The V -SAP allows
paragliders to change the surface area of
the wing in flight so that they can glide
to a safe landing even after traveling at
high speeds. On a larger scale, parafoils
have potential applications for airplanes ,
military uses, and space travel.
The BFGoodrich award is the second
honor Hoisington has received for his
parafoil design. He also won first place
at the American Institute of Aeronautics
& Astronautics (AIAA) Region VI Stu
dent Conference. 0
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Informa
tion can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web (address:
www. calpoly.edu; click on ''General Information").
FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building, job
line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation applications
must be received (not just postmarked) by 5
pm of the closing date. (No faxes. )
IT Support Specialist, California Specialized
Training Institute ($15 .03-$19.55/hr.) Provide
and support Novel NetWare server LAN/WAN and
assist in supporting services to CSTI operations.
Requirements: Hi gh school or equivalent, prefer
ably with courses in information technology or
related specialized training and one year experi
ence in computer operations and system manage
ment functions on a Lotus Notes networked
environment. College level courses, specialized
training, or trade school involving information
systems and/or computer networks may subst itute
for the basic experience requirement. Understand
ing of data processing systems , basic accounting/
budgeting and registrar applicat ions, Microsoft
Office applications, Lotu s Notes, desktop publish
ing applications, computer operations, computer
software tools and utilities, PC/LAN hardware and
software. Must be able to lift at least forty pounds
and to attend offsite conferences, training classes
for disaster respon se and to work overtime or
schedules shifted to off- hours , as needed to ac
commodate computer system tasks. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Research Assistant, Biology Department
($1 ,980-2,575/mo.) Support the activities of the
Environmental Biotechnology Institute in its ongo
ing research in the area of microbiology, molecular
diagnostics, genome ana lysis, and evolutionary
biology. Requirements: Bachelor 's degree in mi
crobiology, molecular biology, or biochemistry or
an appropriate field of science, or completion of
two years of college course work in the indicated
disciplines and two years of experience as a labo
ratory technician , or equivalent combination of
experience and education . Knowledge of labora
tory and research methods, use of scientific meth
ods in conducting research and knowledge of
library search techniques. Must have ora l and writ
ten communication ski ll s. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Catering Service Assistant Supervisor, Cam
pus Dining Catering ($9.22 to I 1.99/hr.) Variable
schedule involving day, evening, and weekend
work assignments as dictated by catered event
schedule. Assist catering supervisor with planning,
directing and leading the service and execution of
events. Requirements: High school degree or
equivalent with a minimum of two years food ser
vice experience including one year of catering
experience, and one year supervisory experience.
Must be able to establish and maintain good work
ing relationships with production staff and custom
ers; operate standard serving equipment and
veh icles with automatic and standard transmis
sions; and lift 50 lbs. Must have a valid California
driver's license, and a driving record acceptable to
our insurance company underwriters. Closing date:
Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Department Secretary, Campus Dining
($2,039-2,652/mo.) Under supervision of customer
service manager, provides secretarial support to
department director and associate director. Re
quirements: High school or equivalent with mini
mum of three years ' secretarial experience. Must
be able to type 60 wpm, operate a calculator by
touch, operate a computer and answer mu lti-line
telephone system. Skill s to perform complex secre
tarial duties with accuracy and speed. Working
knowledge of Windows95/0ffice 97 preferred.
Mu st have good verbal and written commun ication
skills. Closing date: Oct. 9.
Readvertisement:
Payroll Supervisor ($2,606-3 ,388/mo.) Re
spons ible for performing and supervising all tasks
having to do with the processing of payroll includ
ing all related remittances and reports. Require
ments: High school or equivalent and four years
progressively responsible experience in keeping ,
reviewing and correcting detailed numerical or
financial records including two current years di
rectly involved with the processing of payroll.
Accounting experience highly desirable. Minimum
one year supervisory experience required. Must
have ability to independently select and consis
tently apply policies and procedures according to
available guidelines. Knowledge of Kronos time
keeping system, PeopleSoft HR/PR software and
PERS system and reporting is preferred. Must have
the ability to review detailed records or tran sac
tions and identify errors. Ten key, computer liter
ate, Word and Excel preferred. Must have good
oral and written communications ski ll s. Closing
date: Oct. 9.
Associated Students Inc. is accepting
applications for the following position(s).
Complete position descriptions and applications
are available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F, 8 am - 5 pm,
ext. 6-1281. All applications must be received by
5 pm of the listed closing date. AA/ED.
Director, Recreational Sports
(Administrator 1). Salary commensurate with
experience (range $I 908-$4620/mo.) The Recre
ational Sports director is a full-time management
position responsible for establi shing, maintaining,
and supervising all recreational programs on the
Cal Poly campus. This includes the use of the Rec
reation Center, recreation facilities, fields, and
pools . Master 's degree. Five years of progressively
responsible professional student services work
including five years of university recreational
sports management experience. Knowledge of
public and business administration including orga
ni zational , fiscal, perso nnel , and budgetary man
agement. Closing date: Open until filled. Review
of applications wi ll begin Nov. 2. D
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DATELINE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter Building):
"Craftmakers '98," through Oct. 24.
Daily 11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "Peter Meller: Andante
Allegro Rubato," through Dec. 6.
Artist's reception: Saturday, Oct. 10,
5 pm. Tuesday-Friday 10 am-4 pm;
Wednesday until 7 pm; Saturday,
Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, Odober 1
Speaker: David Hafemeister (Physics),
"India, Pakistan and the Test Ban,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Friday, October 2
Volleyball: UOP, Rec Center Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Women's Soccer: Utah State, Mustang
Stadium, 7 pm. ($)
Speaker, Play: Patricia Troxel (English)
will give a pre-performance talk at 7 pm
in PAC's Philips Hall before "Much
Ado About Nothing" plays in the Cal
Poly Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
Saturday, October 3
Parents' Appreciation Day: Call Student
Affairs for information: ext. 6-6553.
Football: UC Davis, Mustang Stadium,
6 pm. ($)
Volleyball: Long Beach State, Rec Center
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Sunday, October 4
Women's Soccer: U. of North Texas,
Mustang Stadium, I pm. ($)
Tuesday, October &
Learn-at-Lunch: Connie Moxness
(PG&E), "How to Manage Your Boss,"
Staff Dining Room, noon.
Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: Delmar Dingus (Soil Science),
"Learn by Doing on the Savannahs in
East Africa: A Case Study in Agricul
ture Development," Staff Dining
Room, noon.
Thursday, October 8
Speaker: Todd Rigg, Shanti Cavanaugh,
Colleen Marlow, and James Hartshorn
(Physics students), "Summer Research,"
Science E-45, l1 am.
Meeting: Pacific Rim Group, Math and
Home Economics 221, 11 am. D
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 4 • September 30, 1998
New GE program approved by President Baker
Students attending Cal Poly in fall
quarter 2001 will be greeted by a revised
General Education Program designed to
prepare them for citizenship in the 21st
century. On Sept. 3, President Baker and
Provost Paul Zingg approved the stan
dards for "GE 2001."
The Academic Senate laid the founda
tion for the new program in spring 1997
by creating a new template and gover
nance model for General Education. Two
objectives guided the effort: to reduce
from 79 to 72 the number of units re
quired, and to convert all courses to
four units.
The new template achieves both ob
jectives. Students will take three courses
in communications, four courses in sci
ence and mathematics, four courses in
the arts and humanities, five courses in
the social sciences, one technology elec
tive and one additional elective.
New associate VP named
Rick Ellison from the University of
Colorado at Boulder has been named as
sociate vice president for university ad
vancement. Ellison, who served as the
director of development for Boulder's
College of Business and Administration,
will begin his duties Monday, Oct. 5.
Ellison succeeds Dean Bruno, who
left in January to serve as vice president
of advancement at St. Bonaventure Uni
versity in New York. 0
Htlll-'-t- kMt ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by 10 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles, suggestions, and
questions to polynews@polymail.
You may fax items to ext. 6-6533. D
A separate template was developed
for engineering students, who will take
three courses in communications, seven
courses in science and mathematics, four
courses in the arts and humanities, and
four courses in the social sciences.
The new governance model estab
li shes a committee structure consisting of
a General Education Committee (respon
sible for issues of policy) and three area
committees (one for communications,
arts and humanities, one for science,
math and technology, and one for the so
cial and behavioral sciences).
The plan also created the position of
director for the new program. English
professor John Harrington is serving in
that capacity.
The standards approved by President
Baker and Provost Zingg were developed
by the GE and area committees last year,
with the Academic Senate approving the
program 38-2 during spring quarter. The
new standards are available on the Gen
eral Education home page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-acadprog/gened/.
During this academic year, depart
ments will develop courses to meet the
standards for the new program. Ques
tions should be addressed to the General
Education Program at ext. 6-2228 or by
e-mail to gened@polymail.calpoly.edu. 0
Chancellor Reed's talk
available on Web
Faculty and staff who were unable to
hear CSU Chancellor Reed's Fall Con
ference keynote address can watch it on
the President's Office Website at http://
www.president.calpoly.edu. The presen
tation can be accessed from a link within
the welcome text on the home page of
the Web site.
In addition, the What's New page on
the Cal Poly site lists a news item about
Fall Conference that highlights the
chancell or's address and provides a link
to the on-line presentation as well. 0
Media of