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CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Position vacancies
Two graduate students honored for achievements
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
Cal Poly has selected two high-ac hiev
ing students to receive the Outstanding
Graduate Student Award and the Out
standing Thesis Award.
Scott Sacchetti, a College of Engineer
ing graduate, was named the Outstanding
Graduate Student for 2000, and Maurice
Pitesky, a College of Agriculture gradu
ate, was honored with the Outstanding
Thesis Award .
The Outstanding Graduate Student
Award is given for overall accomplish
ments including academic and creative
achievement, scholarly and professional
potential, and serv ice to the community.
For the Outstanding Thesis Award,
nominees are judged on the quality of the
thesis alone. Criteria include originality,
depth, complexity of the methodology,
and contribution to the field of research.
Sacchetti earned a Master of Arts de
gree in industrial and technical studies
with an almost straight-A average. He
earned a bachelor 's degree in industrial
engineering from Cal Poly in 1999.
He is a member of Alpha Pi Mu, an
industrial engineering honors society, and
Omego Rho, an operations research soci
ety. He has been a Week of Welcome
counselor to incoming freshmen students,
opportunities for state staff and manage
ment positions, you can:
• Check the Human Resources and
Employment Equity Web site at www.calpoly.
edu, under Employment Opportunities;
• Come to the HREE office, Adm. 110,
and view the posted positions;
• Call the HREE Job Line at ext. 6-1533.
For a listing of new openings, check The
Tribune's Sunday edition.
Please note that applications for job
openings must be received in the Human
Resources and Employment Equity office,
Adm. 110, by 5 p.m. on the closing date.
Envelopes postmarked by the deadline
are no longer accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE at ext. 6-2237.
FACULTY Candidates are asked to contact
the appropriate department office at the
phone number listed for more information
or to request an application. Additional
information and qualifications for each
position may also be obtained online at
http://www.acatlemic-personnel.calpoly.edu.
Please submit all application materials to
the department head/c hair unless otherwise
specified in the ad. Rank and salary are
commensurate with qualifications and ex
perience (and time base where applicable),
unless otherwise stated.
#13007: Full-time Counselor (SSP
AR I or SSP-AR II -Temporary nine
month appointment), Counseling Services
(ext. 6-2511 ). Closing date : Aug. 21. 0
••• Outstanding Seniors
Continued from page 4
Parents' gift to benefit
modern languages lab
Willy and Yreni Borner of Cupertino
recently donated stock valued at more
than $8,000 to benefit the Modern Lan
guages and Literatures Laboratory.
"The hardware in this new lab is
funded by a Ca l Poly Plan grant, and the
Somers ' donation wi ll enable us to get
the lab up and running as soon as pos
sib le," said Bianca Rosenthal, chair of
the department.
The Borners are the parents of student
Nicole Borner, who recently completed a
minor in German .
According to Lab Project Director John
Thompson, "The lab is dedicated to the
study of world languages and cultures. The
lab replaces our traditional tape recorder
and headphone language laboratory." 0
has vo lunteered extensively for Campus
Crusade, and has performed with the
Orchesis dance company.
Sacchetti co-founded an Internet com
pany, Stock of the Month, which includes
Web design, stock promotion, public rela
tions and a banner exchange program.
Pitesky won the Outstanding Thesis
Award for his paper "Microbial Eco logy
of Milk Powder Production Using Termi
nal Restriction Fragment-PCR (TRFP)
and the Development of a Rapid PCR
Assay for the Detection of Mesophilic
Bacilli Endospores in Milk Powder."
Dairy Science Professor Rafael Jimenez
Flores, chair ofPitesky's thesis commit
tee, said, "Pitesky's thesis was exceptional
in its technical and experimental aspects
and in presentation and significance."
Pitesky, whose undergraduate degree
is from UCLA, earned a master 's in
agriculture with a specialization in
dairy products technology. He is work
ing as a research scientist at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
The finalists and winners for both
awards were honored at a reception at
the end of spring quarter, and the win
ners of the awards were honored at
Spring Commencement.
• Community Service- Kara Bishop,
accounting.
College of Engineering
• Academic Excellence - Linda Haug,
industrial engineering.
• College Contribution - Terry Ott,
computer science.
• University Contribution - Nee!
lshwar Murarka, computer science.
• Community Service- Frank Achuff,
civil engineering.
College of Liberal Arts
• Academic Excellence- Hannah
Chase, Engli sh, Nicholas Shantar, phi
losophy, and Brandy Wagner, English.
• College Contribution - Sally Lord,
political science.
• University Contributi on- Lisa
Barnicoat, political science, and Anne
Marie Devine, speech communication.
• Community Service- Matia
Magoulias, political sc ience.
College of Science and Mathematics
• Academic Excellence - Matthew
Regoli, biochemistry.
• College Contribution - Cynth ia
Mihora, biochemistry.
• University Contribution - Paul
Werner, biochemistry and microbiology.
• Community Service- Emily Ramos,
mathematics. 0
••• CSU programs
Con tinued from page 1
make important progress toward a longer
term so lution .
Cal Poly, the CSU and the State of
California owe them and Gov. Davis a
special debt of gratitude." Baker also
thanked the many advocates for this ini
tiative among Cal Poly's industry partners
and a lumni , noting that " their help this
year was vital to the success of this
important initiative." 0
10 a.m. July 26 is CPR deadline
... for the Aug. 2 Cal Poly Report.
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ort
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 54, No. 39 • July 19, 2000
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Gov. Davis approves
funds for 'strategic'
CSU programs
In his June 30 budget message,
Gov. Gray Davis approved
$10 million to enhance quality and
set the stage for further enro llment
growth in five California State
University programs he called
critical to meeting the state's science
and technology workforce needs :
agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering
and nursing.
Davis requested that the CSU
invest the funds in "one-time expen
ditures, such as instructional
equipment, that will enhance the
effectiveness and, therefore, the en
rollment in these programs."
In his budget message, Davis
encouraged the CSU to continue to
look within its overall budget to
identify the resources required to
achieve and sustain long-term enroll
ment growth in these programs.
In a letter to Davis, earlier in the
week, CSU Chancellor Charles
Reed observed that "re-examination
of marginal cost funding methodol
ogy is the best long-term strategy
for addressing funding needs at
the CSU ."
President Baker said of the
governor's budget action, "Thi s sig
nals clearly the governor's recog
nition of the need for the CSU to
develop a long-term budget strategy
to address the state's increasingly
critical workforce needs in higher
cost professional , scientific and
technical disciplines."
Noting the critical leadership role
played in the Legislature by Sen .
Jack O'Connell and Assembly Mem
ber Sarah Reyes, Baker said, "Their
clear understanding of the need to
expand access to these fields by
California students has enabled us to
Continued on page 6
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On hand to receive Unocal 's $5.6 million donation are (leji to right) President Baker; County
Supervisor Peg Pinard, and Unocal Vice President .for Real Estate, Remediation Services and
Mining Operations Mark Smith.
Unocal donates S5.& million to Science and tlath's Ell
The Unocal Corp. has given $5.6
million to the College of Science and
Mathematic 's Environmental Biotechnol
ogy Institute (EBI).
The donation is one of the most sig
nificant cash gifts in the university 's
history. It enhances the public-private
pa rtnership fostered by Unocal and Cal
Poly through the EBI, a collaborative
research project aimed at developing
"e nvironmentally sensitive" technology
to aid petroleum companies in restoring
contaminated sites.
Unocal helped launch the EBl in late
1996 with a $1.3 million grant.
The $5.6 million donation is earmarked
for a number of specific EBI projects. A
capital project to construct facilitie s for
the .EBI within the university's anticipated
new science and mathematics building
wi ll receive $2 million .
Another portion of the gift, $1 million ,
will endow the Unocal Chair for Envi
ronmental Studies. This is the second
such endowment established at the uni
versity and in the College of Science
and Mathematics.
Microbiology professor and re
nowned scient ist Raul Cano will occupy
the chair. Ca no , a pioneer in the study
of ancient bacteria and a specia list in
pal eobiology and molecular evolution,
heads research at the EBI. He directs a
team of eight faculty members and more
than 30 students conducting resea rch at
Unocal's Guadalupe oil field , exploring
ways to improve a technology known
as bioremediation.
The Unocal gift identifies $1.1 mil
lion in funds that could be used for
another endowed chair or other di scre
tionary uses consistent with the overall
Unoca l gift. Additionally, Unocal will
renew its grant for services with EBI
totaling $1.5 million over three years to
fund continued research at th e
Guadalupe oil field .
President Baker sa id the EBI " is an
extraordinary example of the kind of part
nership between the university, industry
and community needed to apply the power
of sc ience to pressing social, economic
and environmental issues. "
Commenting on Cano's selection to
occupy the I.Jnocal Chair for Environmen
tal Studies, Baker said, " Dr. Cano is
recognized internationally for hi s accom
plishments in research and in teaching
and for combining the two in creative and
exciting ways. We look forward to contin
ued great contributions to research and
teaching from both Dr. Cano and EBI."
CAL PO LY REPORT, JU LY 19, 2000
High school students
study energy at Cal Poly
Seventy-five selected high school and
community college students and teachers
from San Luis Obispo County, Santa
Maria and Bakersfield learned about the
energy industry this summer in a special
program at Cal Poly.
And it was free for all participants:
Texaco and Enron Wind Corp. paid
all costs.
The first two sessions of the second
annual Mechanica l Engineering Energy
Institute met in June. The final session
was last week.
With class presentations, lab experi
ments, a field trip - the first was to
Texaco 's Kern River oil field at Bakers
field -and other activities, students and
teachers learned about the current state
and future of energy sources, conservation
and use. The week covered fossil fuel,
geothermal energy, fuel cells and photo
voltaics as well as solar, wind and
hydrogen energy.
For more information call Mechanical
Engineering Professor and program director
Masoud Mehdizadeh at ext. 6-1345. D
Staff members needed for
Cal Poly Plan Committee
State, Foundation and ASI staff mem
bers are needed to fill three vacancies on
the Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee for
2000-2001.
The Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
was not included in the June 21 Cal Poly
Report article announcing vacancies
and seeking members - for three other
committees: the Campus Fee Advisory
Committee, the Status of Women Com
mittee and the Substance Use and Abuse
Advisory Committee.
An appointment committee, chaired by
Director of Human Resources and Em
ployment Equity Anna McDona ld, will
screen applications and forward recom
mendations to President Baker.
Candidates must have satisfactory job
performance evaluations, have their
supervisor 's endorsement, be a permanent
or probationary employee, submit a brief
statement of interest, and complete the
application that appears on page 4.
Fax materials to ext. 6-5483 or deliver
to HREE, Adm. 11 0, by Ju ly 28.
For information about the committees,
call Darcy Adams at ext. 6-2472. D
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Dean from Northern Colorado selected dean of UCTE
Bonnie Konopak, longtime teacher and
current dean of the College of Education
at the University of Northern Colorado,
has been selected dean
of the University Center
for Teacher Education.
Konopak , appointed by
Provost Zingg, will be
gin her assignment in
September. She succeeds
Susan Roper.
Bonnie Konopak
As dean of the UCTE,
she will be responsible
for all aspects of teacher education and
related programs , including building
relationships with public schools and
providing a focus and direction for major
initiatives related to teacher education.
"Bonnie Konopak's long and varied
career as an exemplary teacher and
effective administrator augurs well for
building the kinds of collaborative bridges
- both internally and externally - so
necessary to a successful teacher educa
tion program," Zingg said.
"She has the solid understanding and
requisite experience to achieve the mission
and goals of the UCTE and to strengthen its
record of service and distinction."
After teaching 13 years at the elemen
tary, secondary and community college
levels, Konopak earned a doctorate in
educational psychology from UC Santa
Barbara in 1984.
She worked as an assistant professor
and then as an associate professor in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
at Louisiana State University from 1984
to 1994. During her last four years at the
Baton Rouge campus she also served as
associate dean of the College of Education.
From 1994 to 1999 she served as
department chair and professor in the
University of Oklahoma ' s Department
of Instructional Leadership and Aca
demic Curricu lum , where she taught
undergraduate and graduate courses in
teacher education and literacy education
and research.
In her current position , Konopak is
responsible for seven units with more than
80 full-time faculty members. She also
serves as director of teacher education for
the university, which encompasses more
than 20 initial and advanced credentialing
programs in four co ll eges.
Konopak thinks that, to be effective, an
academic administrator must acknowledge
that education is "first and foremost a
human endeavor."
"In particular, such people recognize
that an institution's success rests largely
on the extent to which members of the
professional community - faculty, staff,
administrators, students, school partners
and others interested in the educational
enterprise - are inspired to devote their
energies, talents and passions to the pur
suit of a mission and goals in which they
share common beliefs," she said.
She earned a bachelor's degree in U.S.
history and geography in 1970 and a
master's degree in education in 1974, both
from UCLA. D
Aeronautical Engineering
now Aerospace Engineering
Enrollment period extended
for long-term care program
The Aeronautical Engineering Depart
ment has changed its name to Aerospace
Engineering to better represent the widened
focus and strength in both aeronautical and
astronautical engineering.
Over the last decade, the rapid growth
in the space industry along with students '
increasing interest in satellites, launch
vehicles and other space systems spurred
development of an astronautics curricu
lum and concentration in the department.
The name change received over
whelming endorsement from both the
department's faculty and the Industrial
Advisory Board. D
The long-term care program managed
by CaiPERS has extended the period for
accepting new applications. Applications
wi ll be accepted through Ju ly 31.
The program is available to employees,
spouses, parents, and parents- in-law, whether
they live in California or out of state.
The CalPERS Long-Term Care Pro
gram offers three different plans, each
tailored to meet the needs of the indi
vidual member. In addition to nursing
home care, some of the plans also cover
home care, and care in an assisted-living
facility with optiona l inJlation protection
and Medi-Ca l asset protection.
For a n app lication kit, call the PERS
Long-Term Care Program at (800) 338-2244. D
PAGE 2
GrC students win prizes
in book design contest
Two graphic communciation seniors
took top honors in the annual Bookbuilders
West student book-design competition.
Amber Barrow and Meghan McCulloch
Kelly took first and second prize, respect
ively. Barrow won a $1 ,500 scho lar
ship, and McCulloch-Kelly received a
$1,000 scholars'hip .
"Typically the scholarship committee
only awards one scholarship," said
Graphic Communication Professor Patrick
Munroe. "This year, the members felt that
Cal Poly's entries were exceptional , so
they awarded two. As a matter of fact, this
is the ninth time in the past 15 years that
Cal Poly has won this top award."
Munroe taught the class from which the
winning entries came. For the project, he
selects a classic text, such as one by
Shakespeare, that the students must rede
sign, demonstrating the technical
knowledge that would be necessary to
actually reproduce the book. D
Cal Poly organic produce
available to 'subscribers'
Community members can now enjoy
the summer 's bounty of fresh , organic
vegetables grown at the Cal Poly Student
Experimental Farm by becoming "sub
scribers" to the farm .
The organic vegetable enterprise's new
marketing plan , known as community
supported agriculture, allows subscribers
to pay a one-time, up-front fee in return
for a box of organic produce every week
through Sept. 4, the end of harvest season .
A typical box might contain tomatoes,
lettuce, zucchini , chard , kale, basil, pep
pers and flowers.
" Community-supported agriculture
programs are popu lar across the nation ,"
according to Cal Poly Crop Science Pro
fessor John Phi ll ips, "and we are excited
to be starting one on campus."
The cost is $10 for each week remain
ing unti l the end of the season.
Members pick up their produce at the
Student Experimental Farm between 4 and
7 p.m. Mondays or Thursdays.
For more information and an application
form, e-mailjphillip@calpoly. edu or call
Farm Manager Terry Hooker, 544-8744. D
Cal Poly Arts season highlights include the Mos cow Festival Ballet pe1jorming "Swan Lake."
Cal Poly Arts season opens Sept. 20
Rock legends Jackson Browne and
David Crosby, contemporary music 's Randy
Newman, the traditional Celtic band The
Chieftains, the Moscow Festival Ballet's
"Swan Lake," and the national touring
Broadway musicals "Jekyll and Hyde" and
"Chicago" are among the more than three
dozen events offered in Cal Poly Arts '
2000-200 I series, to run Sept. 20-May 16.
The season's musical highlights include
solo pianist George Winston, mezzo-so
prano Frederica von Stade, the Russian
National Orchestra, blues guitarist Buddy
Guy, bluegrass master Doc Watson, and the
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with conductor
and jazz soloist Bobby McFerrin.
Events range from the pageantry and
music of Britain's Black Watch to the clas
sic comic romance of"Cyrano de Bergerac"
and the exuberance of the musical "Annie."
Gravity is defied by the spectacular
formations of Aeros' Romanian Olympic
gymnasts and the Chinese acrobats per
forming with the New Shanghai Circus.
Family shows include singer-songwriter
Red Grammer, "master of the unusual"
Michel Lauziere, and blacklight puppet
theater stagings of"The Very Hungry Cater
pillar" and "The Very Quiet <:;ricket."
International music and dance will be
seen in performances by Ladysmith Black
Mambazo, Tish Hinojosa, Tambours du
Bronx, Paco de Lucia, Bale Folclorico da
Bahia and Taraf de Haidouks.
Jazz and blues lovers will appreciate
appearances by Mingus Big Band, Beach
front Property and the Don Byron Sextet.
And classical music aficionados will
welcome the Berlin Radio Choir, Rubio
String Quartet, Falla Guitar Trio, and the
Cal Poly Music Department's Annual
Baroque concert.
Under the New Directions series, Cal
Poly Arts will present the Gay and Les
bian Comedy Night and Internet
consultant Omar Wasow will present a
state-of-the-art multimedia lecture.
Dates, descriptions of the performances
and prices are included in the Cal Poly
Arts season brochure, available at the
Performing Arts ticket office.
Season subscription tickets - tickets
to at least four events - are on sale and
qualify for a 10 percent discount. When
buying season tickets to eight or more
events, patrons save 15 percent.
Subscribers re~eive advance seating
priority, early notification of special
added performances, and other benefits.
Order a subscription by Aug. 9 and
receive advance ticket purchasing privi
leges to the Sept. 7 Jackson Browne
David Crosby concert (a benefit for the
Friends of Lois Capps Committee). Special
subscriber seats are limited, so advance
purchase is based on ticket availability.
Single tickets - tickets to fewer than
four events - go on sale Sept. 5.
For more information, call or stop by
the Performing Arts Ticket Office be
tween I 0 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays,
I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. To order by
phone, call ext. 6-2787 ; to order by fax,
dial 6-6088.
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Celebration of life
planned for Wilson
A celebration of the life of Harold 0.
Wilson, retired administrative vice presi
dent who died May 6, is planned for
family and friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug.
26 in San Luis Obispo.
Wilson was a committed Cal Poly em
ployee at both the San Luis Obispo
campus and the Voorhis campus at San
Dimas, now known as Cal Poly Pomona,
for nearly 40 years.
Memorial scholarships have been set
up in his name at both campuses. Contri
butions can be made to the San Luis
Obispo campus by sending a check, pay
able to the Ca l Poly Foundation, to the
Foundation Business Office.
For information about the location
of the celebration, call Diane Hull at
543-5434, Linda Wilson , 543-2247, Bruce
Wilson in Monterey at (831) 375-9593 or
Lynn Wilson in Riverside, (909) 359-1085. D
San Luis Obispo resident
creates music endowment
Alice Parks Nelson of San Luis Obispo
recently donated real estate valued at
$80,000 to establish the Alice Parks
Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment
Fund in the Music Department.
"The fund will be used for a wide vari
ety of purposes not usually available
through normal funding," said Music De
partment Chair Cl if Swanson. "It will
fund such things as private lessons for
non-majors , master c lasses, and other
activities that enrich the orchestral oppor
tunities at Ca l Poly."
"Mrs. Nelson has been a generous
friend and supporter of the Music Depart-.
ment for many years," Swanson said. "S he
has been a major figure in the musical
history of San Luis Obispo."
Nelson is one of the founders of the
San Luis Obispo Symphony and prime
force behind the annual Alice Nelson
Music Competition. D
ttacCarley appointed
Art MacCarley has been appointed to
a three-year term as director of the
Computer E ng ineering Program , effec
tive fall quarter.
MacCarley has been teaching at Ca l
Poly since 1988. D
U. Va. administrator to lead-Extended Studies
Dennis R. Parks , associate dean of
continuing education at the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville, has been se
lected dean of extended
studies and will begin his
new duties in September.
Parks was appointed by
Provost Zingg after a na
tionwide search. Parks
succeeds Harry Sharp,
longtime Cal Poly faculty
member and administrator
Dennis R. Parks who most recently served
as senior university asso
ciate dean of extended university
programs and services.
Parks wi II oversee the Extended
University Programs and Services
area, which principally includes the
offices of Extended Education and
Conference Services.
Zingg said he looks forward to a
smooth transition for Parks, "whose wide
ranging experience in developing
innovative programs for adult students is
just one asset that will give Cal Poly an
edge in the ever-developing field of con
tinuing education.
"Dennis Parks shares the same
vision, mission and goals of other key
administrators at Cal Poly," Zingg
said. "His 17 years of experience in
continuing education will go a long
way toward strengtheni ng and expand
ing the university 's extended learning
and continuing education programs ."
Parks will be charged with leading major
program initiatives, creating more oppor
tunities for colleges to expand extended
learning programs to the polytechnic profes
sions of agriculture, architecture, business
and eng ineering, and facilitating the
university 's plans for year-round operations.
He wi ll also work to stimulate cooperative
ventures with colleges, community organi
zations and industry.
After earning a doctorate in higher
education admin istration from the Uni
versity of Virginia in 1982, Parks was
appointed director and assistant profes
sor at Capita l University's Cleveland
Center. While there, he managed the
adult degree program , established on
site certificate programs , and noncredit
corporate training programs.
From 1987 to 1990 Parks served
as associate dean and associate profes
sor of education at the Lake Erie
College in Plainesville, Ohio , where
he was responsible for the college's
graduate and undergraduate business ,
education and adult-learner programs ,
including the MBA and Executive
MBA programs.
He directed the Continuing Education
program at the University of Virginia's
Lynchburg Center from 1990 to 1993.
In 1993 Parks moved to Virginia's
main campus to serve as senior director
for continuing education program devel
opment and director of statewide and
national professional development pro
grams for educators.
ln 1997 he was promoted to his cur
rent position as Virginia 's associate
dean for continuing education. Parks led
the team that developed the School of
Continuing and Profess ional Studies
G lobal Academic Village, the Uni
versity of Virginia's online distance
learning initiative.
He also played a major role in devel
oping and approving a Bachelor of
Interdisciplinary Studies degree program,
the university's first part-time undergradu
ate degree program for adults.
Parks earned a bachelor 's degree in
political science from Baldwin-Wallace
Co ll ege in Ohio in 1975 and a master 's
degree in student personnel administra
tion from Kent State University in Ohio
in 1977. D
Learn to locate funding sources online
The Grants Development Office has
scheduled two hands-on training sessions
- one for today - for faculty and admin
istrative staff members to learn how to
locate funding sources on lin e through the
Web-based service called SP IN (Spon
sored Programs Information Network).
SPIN and its e-mai l notification ser
vice, SMARTS, are avai lab le free to the
faculty and staff at http://www.infoed.org
(select Access lnfOffice).
The first class is from 3:30 to 4:30p.m .
today (Ju ly 19) in the Air Conditioning
Buidling, Room I 05-D.
The class wi ll be offered again on July
28, same time and place.
Each session will be limited to I 0
people. To reserve space, call Grants De
ve lopment at ext. 6-2982 or e-mai l
jostrye@calpoly.edu. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
27 graduates named Outstanding Seniors
Seeing Red
Singer-songwriter Red Grammer opens
the Cal Poly Arts 2000-2001 season
Sept. 20 in the Pe1jorming Arts Cente1~
Billed as a Family Event, the show is
designed for children and adults alike.
Cal Poly recognized 27 graduates as
1999-2000 Outstanding Seniors during
Spring Commencement ceremonies.
The six colleges selected students in four
categories: academic excellence, contribu
tion to the college, contribution to the uni
versity, and community service. The stu
dents, their majors and hometowns are listed
under their respective academic colleges:
College of Agriculture
• Academic Exce ll ence- David E.
Fudurich, environmental horticultural
sc 1ence.
• College Contribution- Coll een M.
Walsh, agricultural sc ience.
• University Contribution - John J.
Moffatt, agricu ltural business.
• Community Service - Joseph D.
Si lva, agricultural science.
College of Architecture
and Environmental Design
• Academic Excellence - Jo Jackson,
landscape architecture.
• Coll ege Contribution - Adam Lewis
Eng, construction management.
• Uni versity Contribution - Carrie
Elizabeth Loarie, city and regional
planning.
• Community Service - Jason Jones,
city and regional planning.
College of Business
• Academ ic Excellence - Carisa
Marcelle Haynes, management.
• Co ll ege Contribution - Keala
Anderson, industrial technology.
• University Contribution - Tara M.
McDonough , economics.
Continued on page 6
Campus Standing Committees Staff Interest Survey and Application Form
Name:
Department:
Position:
Department Extension: _______________
Supervisor:
Department/Division Head:
Status:
0 State
0 Foundation
OASI
Please indicate the Campus Standing Committee you are interested in serving on:
0 Campus Fee Advisory Committee
0 Status of Women Committee
0 Substance Use and Abuse Advisory Committee
0 Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
Statement of Interest: Please attach a sheet stating your reasons for wanting to serve on the committee selected above and any
applicable experience or background that may apply.
Endorsements:
Supervisor's Signature:
Date:
Department/Division Head Signature:
Date:
Return to: Darcy Adams, Human Resources and Employment Equity, Administration Building, Room 110
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PAGE4
CAL PO LY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
High school students
study energy at Cal Poly
Seventy-five selected high school and
community college students and teachers
from San Luis Obispo County, Santa
Maria and Bakersfield learned about the
energy industry this summer in a special
program at Cal Poly.
And it was free for all participants:
Texaco and Enron Wind Corp. paid
all costs.
The first two sessions of the second
annual Mechanica l Engineering Energy
Institute met in June. The final session
was last week.
With class presentations, lab experi
ments, a field trip - the first was to
Texaco 's Kern River oil field at Bakers
field -and other activities, students and
teachers learned about the current state
and future of energy sources, conservation
and use. The week covered fossil fuel,
geothermal energy, fuel cells and photo
voltaics as well as solar, wind and
hydrogen energy.
For more information call Mechanical
Engineering Professor and program director
Masoud Mehdizadeh at ext. 6-1345. D
Staff members needed for
Cal Poly Plan Committee
State, Foundation and ASI staff mem
bers are needed to fill three vacancies on
the Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee for
2000-2001.
The Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
was not included in the June 21 Cal Poly
Report article announcing vacancies
and seeking members - for three other
committees: the Campus Fee Advisory
Committee, the Status of Women Com
mittee and the Substance Use and Abuse
Advisory Committee.
An appointment committee, chaired by
Director of Human Resources and Em
ployment Equity Anna McDona ld, will
screen applications and forward recom
mendations to President Baker.
Candidates must have satisfactory job
performance evaluations, have their
supervisor 's endorsement, be a permanent
or probationary employee, submit a brief
statement of interest, and complete the
application that appears on page 4.
Fax materials to ext. 6-5483 or deliver
to HREE, Adm. 11 0, by Ju ly 28.
For information about the committees,
call Darcy Adams at ext. 6-2472. D
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Dean from Northern Colorado selected dean of UCTE
Bonnie Konopak, longtime teacher and
current dean of the College of Education
at the University of Northern Colorado,
has been selected dean
of the University Center
for Teacher Education.
Konopak , appointed by
Provost Zingg, will be
gin her assignment in
September. She succeeds
Susan Roper.
Bonnie Konopak
As dean of the UCTE,
she will be responsible
for all aspects of teacher education and
related programs , including building
relationships with public schools and
providing a focus and direction for major
initiatives related to teacher education.
"Bonnie Konopak's long and varied
career as an exemplary teacher and
effective administrator augurs well for
building the kinds of collaborative bridges
- both internally and externally - so
necessary to a successful teacher educa
tion program," Zingg said.
"She has the solid understanding and
requisite experience to achieve the mission
and goals of the UCTE and to strengthen its
record of service and distinction."
After teaching 13 years at the elemen
tary, secondary and community college
levels, Konopak earned a doctorate in
educational psychology from UC Santa
Barbara in 1984.
She worked as an assistant professor
and then as an associate professor in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
at Louisiana State University from 1984
to 1994. During her last four years at the
Baton Rouge campus she also served as
associate dean of the College of Education.
From 1994 to 1999 she served as
department chair and professor in the
University of Oklahoma ' s Department
of Instructional Leadership and Aca
demic Curricu lum , where she taught
undergraduate and graduate courses in
teacher education and literacy education
and research.
In her current position , Konopak is
responsible for seven units with more than
80 full-time faculty members. She also
serves as director of teacher education for
the university, which encompasses more
than 20 initial and advanced credentialing
programs in four co ll eges.
Konopak thinks that, to be effective, an
academic administrator must acknowledge
that education is "first and foremost a
human endeavor."
"In particular, such people recognize
that an institution's success rests largely
on the extent to which members of the
professional community - faculty, staff,
administrators, students, school partners
and others interested in the educational
enterprise - are inspired to devote their
energies, talents and passions to the pur
suit of a mission and goals in which they
share common beliefs," she said.
She earned a bachelor's degree in U.S.
history and geography in 1970 and a
master's degree in education in 1974, both
from UCLA. D
Aeronautical Engineering
now Aerospace Engineering
Enrollment period extended
for long-term care program
The Aeronautical Engineering Depart
ment has changed its name to Aerospace
Engineering to better represent the widened
focus and strength in both aeronautical and
astronautical engineering.
Over the last decade, the rapid growth
in the space industry along with students '
increasing interest in satellites, launch
vehicles and other space systems spurred
development of an astronautics curricu
lum and concentration in the department.
The name change received over
whelming endorsement from both the
department's faculty and the Industrial
Advisory Board. D
The long-term care program managed
by CaiPERS has extended the period for
accepting new applications. Applications
wi ll be accepted through Ju ly 31.
The program is available to employees,
spouses, parents, and parents- in-law, whether
they live in California or out of state.
The CalPERS Long-Term Care Pro
gram offers three different plans, each
tailored to meet the needs of the indi
vidual member. In addition to nursing
home care, some of the plans also cover
home care, and care in an assisted-living
facility with optiona l inJlation protection
and Medi-Ca l asset protection.
For a n app lication kit, call the PERS
Long-Term Care Program at (800) 338-2244. D
PAGE 2
GrC students win prizes
in book design contest
Two graphic communciation seniors
took top honors in the annual Bookbuilders
West student book-design competition.
Amber Barrow and Meghan McCulloch
Kelly took first and second prize, respect
ively. Barrow won a $1 ,500 scho lar
ship, and McCulloch-Kelly received a
$1,000 scholars'hip .
"Typically the scholarship committee
only awards one scholarship," said
Graphic Communication Professor Patrick
Munroe. "This year, the members felt that
Cal Poly's entries were exceptional , so
they awarded two. As a matter of fact, this
is the ninth time in the past 15 years that
Cal Poly has won this top award."
Munroe taught the class from which the
winning entries came. For the project, he
selects a classic text, such as one by
Shakespeare, that the students must rede
sign, demonstrating the technical
knowledge that would be necessary to
actually reproduce the book. D
Cal Poly organic produce
available to 'subscribers'
Community members can now enjoy
the summer 's bounty of fresh , organic
vegetables grown at the Cal Poly Student
Experimental Farm by becoming "sub
scribers" to the farm .
The organic vegetable enterprise's new
marketing plan , known as community
supported agriculture, allows subscribers
to pay a one-time, up-front fee in return
for a box of organic produce every week
through Sept. 4, the end of harvest season .
A typical box might contain tomatoes,
lettuce, zucchini , chard , kale, basil, pep
pers and flowers.
" Community-supported agriculture
programs are popu lar across the nation ,"
according to Cal Poly Crop Science Pro
fessor John Phi ll ips, "and we are excited
to be starting one on campus."
The cost is $10 for each week remain
ing unti l the end of the season.
Members pick up their produce at the
Student Experimental Farm between 4 and
7 p.m. Mondays or Thursdays.
For more information and an application
form, e-mailjphillip@calpoly. edu or call
Farm Manager Terry Hooker, 544-8744. D
Cal Poly Arts season highlights include the Mos cow Festival Ballet pe1jorming "Swan Lake."
Cal Poly Arts season opens Sept. 20
Rock legends Jackson Browne and
David Crosby, contemporary music 's Randy
Newman, the traditional Celtic band The
Chieftains, the Moscow Festival Ballet's
"Swan Lake," and the national touring
Broadway musicals "Jekyll and Hyde" and
"Chicago" are among the more than three
dozen events offered in Cal Poly Arts '
2000-200 I series, to run Sept. 20-May 16.
The season's musical highlights include
solo pianist George Winston, mezzo-so
prano Frederica von Stade, the Russian
National Orchestra, blues guitarist Buddy
Guy, bluegrass master Doc Watson, and the
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with conductor
and jazz soloist Bobby McFerrin.
Events range from the pageantry and
music of Britain's Black Watch to the clas
sic comic romance of"Cyrano de Bergerac"
and the exuberance of the musical "Annie."
Gravity is defied by the spectacular
formations of Aeros' Romanian Olympic
gymnasts and the Chinese acrobats per
forming with the New Shanghai Circus.
Family shows include singer-songwriter
Red Grammer, "master of the unusual"
Michel Lauziere, and blacklight puppet
theater stagings of"The Very Hungry Cater
pillar" and "The Very Quiet <:;ricket."
International music and dance will be
seen in performances by Ladysmith Black
Mambazo, Tish Hinojosa, Tambours du
Bronx, Paco de Lucia, Bale Folclorico da
Bahia and Taraf de Haidouks.
Jazz and blues lovers will appreciate
appearances by Mingus Big Band, Beach
front Property and the Don Byron Sextet.
And classical music aficionados will
welcome the Berlin Radio Choir, Rubio
String Quartet, Falla Guitar Trio, and the
Cal Poly Music Department's Annual
Baroque concert.
Under the New Directions series, Cal
Poly Arts will present the Gay and Les
bian Comedy Night and Internet
consultant Omar Wasow will present a
state-of-the-art multimedia lecture.
Dates, descriptions of the performances
and prices are included in the Cal Poly
Arts season brochure, available at the
Performing Arts ticket office.
Season subscription tickets - tickets
to at least four events - are on sale and
qualify for a 10 percent discount. When
buying season tickets to eight or more
events, patrons save 15 percent.
Subscribers re~eive advance seating
priority, early notification of special
added performances, and other benefits.
Order a subscription by Aug. 9 and
receive advance ticket purchasing privi
leges to the Sept. 7 Jackson Browne
David Crosby concert (a benefit for the
Friends of Lois Capps Committee). Special
subscriber seats are limited, so advance
purchase is based on ticket availability.
Single tickets - tickets to fewer than
four events - go on sale Sept. 5.
For more information, call or stop by
the Performing Arts Ticket Office be
tween I 0 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays,
I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. To order by
phone, call ext. 6-2787 ; to order by fax,
dial 6-6088.
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Position vacancies
Two graduate students honored for achievements
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
Cal Poly has selected two high-ac hiev
ing students to receive the Outstanding
Graduate Student Award and the Out
standing Thesis Award.
Scott Sacchetti, a College of Engineer
ing graduate, was named the Outstanding
Graduate Student for 2000, and Maurice
Pitesky, a College of Agriculture gradu
ate, was honored with the Outstanding
Thesis Award .
The Outstanding Graduate Student
Award is given for overall accomplish
ments including academic and creative
achievement, scholarly and professional
potential, and serv ice to the community.
For the Outstanding Thesis Award,
nominees are judged on the quality of the
thesis alone. Criteria include originality,
depth, complexity of the methodology,
and contribution to the field of research.
Sacchetti earned a Master of Arts de
gree in industrial and technical studies
with an almost straight-A average. He
earned a bachelor 's degree in industrial
engineering from Cal Poly in 1999.
He is a member of Alpha Pi Mu, an
industrial engineering honors society, and
Omego Rho, an operations research soci
ety. He has been a Week of Welcome
counselor to incoming freshmen students,
opportunities for state staff and manage
ment positions, you can:
• Check the Human Resources and
Employment Equity Web site at www.calpoly.
edu, under Employment Opportunities;
• Come to the HREE office, Adm. 110,
and view the posted positions;
• Call the HREE Job Line at ext. 6-1533.
For a listing of new openings, check The
Tribune's Sunday edition.
Please note that applications for job
openings must be received in the Human
Resources and Employment Equity office,
Adm. 110, by 5 p.m. on the closing date.
Envelopes postmarked by the deadline
are no longer accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE at ext. 6-2237.
FACULTY Candidates are asked to contact
the appropriate department office at the
phone number listed for more information
or to request an application. Additional
information and qualifications for each
position may also be obtained online at
http://www.acatlemic-personnel.calpoly.edu.
Please submit all application materials to
the department head/c hair unless otherwise
specified in the ad. Rank and salary are
commensurate with qualifications and ex
perience (and time base where applicable),
unless otherwise stated.
#13007: Full-time Counselor (SSP
AR I or SSP-AR II -Temporary nine
month appointment), Counseling Services
(ext. 6-2511 ). Closing date : Aug. 21. 0
••• Outstanding Seniors
Continued from page 4
Parents' gift to benefit
modern languages lab
Willy and Yreni Borner of Cupertino
recently donated stock valued at more
than $8,000 to benefit the Modern Lan
guages and Literatures Laboratory.
"The hardware in this new lab is
funded by a Ca l Poly Plan grant, and the
Somers ' donation wi ll enable us to get
the lab up and running as soon as pos
sib le," said Bianca Rosenthal, chair of
the department.
The Borners are the parents of student
Nicole Borner, who recently completed a
minor in German .
According to Lab Project Director John
Thompson, "The lab is dedicated to the
study of world languages and cultures. The
lab replaces our traditional tape recorder
and headphone language laboratory." 0
has vo lunteered extensively for Campus
Crusade, and has performed with the
Orchesis dance company.
Sacchetti co-founded an Internet com
pany, Stock of the Month, which includes
Web design, stock promotion, public rela
tions and a banner exchange program.
Pitesky won the Outstanding Thesis
Award for his paper "Microbial Eco logy
of Milk Powder Production Using Termi
nal Restriction Fragment-PCR (TRFP)
and the Development of a Rapid PCR
Assay for the Detection of Mesophilic
Bacilli Endospores in Milk Powder."
Dairy Science Professor Rafael Jimenez
Flores, chair ofPitesky's thesis commit
tee, said, "Pitesky's thesis was exceptional
in its technical and experimental aspects
and in presentation and significance."
Pitesky, whose undergraduate degree
is from UCLA, earned a master 's in
agriculture with a specialization in
dairy products technology. He is work
ing as a research scientist at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
The finalists and winners for both
awards were honored at a reception at
the end of spring quarter, and the win
ners of the awards were honored at
Spring Commencement.
• Community Service- Kara Bishop,
accounting.
College of Engineering
• Academic Excellence - Linda Haug,
industrial engineering.
• College Contribution - Terry Ott,
computer science.
• University Contribution - Nee!
lshwar Murarka, computer science.
• Community Service- Frank Achuff,
civil engineering.
College of Liberal Arts
• Academic Excellence- Hannah
Chase, Engli sh, Nicholas Shantar, phi
losophy, and Brandy Wagner, English.
• College Contribution - Sally Lord,
political science.
• University Contributi on- Lisa
Barnicoat, political science, and Anne
Marie Devine, speech communication.
• Community Service- Matia
Magoulias, political sc ience.
College of Science and Mathematics
• Academic Excellence - Matthew
Regoli, biochemistry.
• College Contribution - Cynth ia
Mihora, biochemistry.
• University Contribution - Paul
Werner, biochemistry and microbiology.
• Community Service- Emily Ramos,
mathematics. 0
••• CSU programs
Con tinued from page 1
make important progress toward a longer
term so lution .
Cal Poly, the CSU and the State of
California owe them and Gov. Davis a
special debt of gratitude." Baker also
thanked the many advocates for this ini
tiative among Cal Poly's industry partners
and a lumni , noting that " their help this
year was vital to the success of this
important initiative." 0
10 a.m. July 26 is CPR deadline
... for the Aug. 2 Cal Poly Report.
PAGE 6
ort
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 54, No. 39 • July 19, 2000
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Gov. Davis approves
funds for 'strategic'
CSU programs
In his June 30 budget message,
Gov. Gray Davis approved
$10 million to enhance quality and
set the stage for further enro llment
growth in five California State
University programs he called
critical to meeting the state's science
and technology workforce needs :
agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering
and nursing.
Davis requested that the CSU
invest the funds in "one-time expen
ditures, such as instructional
equipment, that will enhance the
effectiveness and, therefore, the en
rollment in these programs."
In his budget message, Davis
encouraged the CSU to continue to
look within its overall budget to
identify the resources required to
achieve and sustain long-term enroll
ment growth in these programs.
In a letter to Davis, earlier in the
week, CSU Chancellor Charles
Reed observed that "re-examination
of marginal cost funding methodol
ogy is the best long-term strategy
for addressing funding needs at
the CSU ."
President Baker said of the
governor's budget action, "Thi s sig
nals clearly the governor's recog
nition of the need for the CSU to
develop a long-term budget strategy
to address the state's increasingly
critical workforce needs in higher
cost professional , scientific and
technical disciplines."
Noting the critical leadership role
played in the Legislature by Sen .
Jack O'Connell and Assembly Mem
ber Sarah Reyes, Baker said, "Their
clear understanding of the need to
expand access to these fields by
California students has enabled us to
Continued on page 6
Jul~ li. 2\)()4)
_
(:a\ Poh
On hand to receive Unocal 's $5.6 million donation are (leji to right) President Baker; County
Supervisor Peg Pinard, and Unocal Vice President .for Real Estate, Remediation Services and
Mining Operations Mark Smith.
Unocal donates S5.& million to Science and tlath's Ell
The Unocal Corp. has given $5.6
million to the College of Science and
Mathematic 's Environmental Biotechnol
ogy Institute (EBI).
The donation is one of the most sig
nificant cash gifts in the university 's
history. It enhances the public-private
pa rtnership fostered by Unocal and Cal
Poly through the EBI, a collaborative
research project aimed at developing
"e nvironmentally sensitive" technology
to aid petroleum companies in restoring
contaminated sites.
Unocal helped launch the EBl in late
1996 with a $1.3 million grant.
The $5.6 million donation is earmarked
for a number of specific EBI projects. A
capital project to construct facilitie s for
the .EBI within the university's anticipated
new science and mathematics building
wi ll receive $2 million .
Another portion of the gift, $1 million ,
will endow the Unocal Chair for Envi
ronmental Studies. This is the second
such endowment established at the uni
versity and in the College of Science
and Mathematics.
Microbiology professor and re
nowned scient ist Raul Cano will occupy
the chair. Ca no , a pioneer in the study
of ancient bacteria and a specia list in
pal eobiology and molecular evolution,
heads research at the EBI. He directs a
team of eight faculty members and more
than 30 students conducting resea rch at
Unocal's Guadalupe oil field , exploring
ways to improve a technology known
as bioremediation.
The Unocal gift identifies $1.1 mil
lion in funds that could be used for
another endowed chair or other di scre
tionary uses consistent with the overall
Unoca l gift. Additionally, Unocal will
renew its grant for services with EBI
totaling $1.5 million over three years to
fund continued research at th e
Guadalupe oil field .
President Baker sa id the EBI " is an
extraordinary example of the kind of part
nership between the university, industry
and community needed to apply the power
of sc ience to pressing social, economic
and environmental issues. "
Commenting on Cano's selection to
occupy the I.Jnocal Chair for Environmen
tal Studies, Baker said, " Dr. Cano is
recognized internationally for hi s accom
plishments in research and in teaching
and for combining the two in creative and
exciting ways. We look forward to contin
ued great contributions to research and
teaching from both Dr. Cano and EBI."
Position vacancies
Two graduate students honored for achievements
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
Cal Poly has selected two high-ac hiev
ing students to receive the Outstanding
Graduate Student Award and the Out
standing Thesis Award.
Scott Sacchetti, a College of Engineer
ing graduate, was named the Outstanding
Graduate Student for 2000, and Maurice
Pitesky, a College of Agriculture gradu
ate, was honored with the Outstanding
Thesis Award .
The Outstanding Graduate Student
Award is given for overall accomplish
ments including academic and creative
achievement, scholarly and professional
potential, and serv ice to the community.
For the Outstanding Thesis Award,
nominees are judged on the quality of the
thesis alone. Criteria include originality,
depth, complexity of the methodology,
and contribution to the field of research.
Sacchetti earned a Master of Arts de
gree in industrial and technical studies
with an almost straight-A average. He
earned a bachelor 's degree in industrial
engineering from Cal Poly in 1999.
He is a member of Alpha Pi Mu, an
industrial engineering honors society, and
Omego Rho, an operations research soci
ety. He has been a Week of Welcome
counselor to incoming freshmen students,
opportunities for state staff and manage
ment positions, you can:
• Check the Human Resources and
Employment Equity Web site at www.calpoly.
edu, under Employment Opportunities;
• Come to the HREE office, Adm. 110,
and view the posted positions;
• Call the HREE Job Line at ext. 6-1533.
For a listing of new openings, check The
Tribune's Sunday edition.
Please note that applications for job
openings must be received in the Human
Resources and Employment Equity office,
Adm. 110, by 5 p.m. on the closing date.
Envelopes postmarked by the deadline
are no longer accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE at ext. 6-2237.
FACULTY Candidates are asked to contact
the appropriate department office at the
phone number listed for more information
or to request an application. Additional
information and qualifications for each
position may also be obtained online at
http://www.acatlemic-personnel.calpoly.edu.
Please submit all application materials to
the department head/c hair unless otherwise
specified in the ad. Rank and salary are
commensurate with qualifications and ex
perience (and time base where applicable),
unless otherwise stated.
#13007: Full-time Counselor (SSP
AR I or SSP-AR II -Temporary nine
month appointment), Counseling Services
(ext. 6-2511 ). Closing date : Aug. 21. 0
••• Outstanding Seniors
Continued from page 4
Parents' gift to benefit
modern languages lab
Willy and Yreni Borner of Cupertino
recently donated stock valued at more
than $8,000 to benefit the Modern Lan
guages and Literatures Laboratory.
"The hardware in this new lab is
funded by a Ca l Poly Plan grant, and the
Somers ' donation wi ll enable us to get
the lab up and running as soon as pos
sib le," said Bianca Rosenthal, chair of
the department.
The Borners are the parents of student
Nicole Borner, who recently completed a
minor in German .
According to Lab Project Director John
Thompson, "The lab is dedicated to the
study of world languages and cultures. The
lab replaces our traditional tape recorder
and headphone language laboratory." 0
has vo lunteered extensively for Campus
Crusade, and has performed with the
Orchesis dance company.
Sacchetti co-founded an Internet com
pany, Stock of the Month, which includes
Web design, stock promotion, public rela
tions and a banner exchange program.
Pitesky won the Outstanding Thesis
Award for his paper "Microbial Eco logy
of Milk Powder Production Using Termi
nal Restriction Fragment-PCR (TRFP)
and the Development of a Rapid PCR
Assay for the Detection of Mesophilic
Bacilli Endospores in Milk Powder."
Dairy Science Professor Rafael Jimenez
Flores, chair ofPitesky's thesis commit
tee, said, "Pitesky's thesis was exceptional
in its technical and experimental aspects
and in presentation and significance."
Pitesky, whose undergraduate degree
is from UCLA, earned a master 's in
agriculture with a specialization in
dairy products technology. He is work
ing as a research scientist at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
The finalists and winners for both
awards were honored at a reception at
the end of spring quarter, and the win
ners of the awards were honored at
Spring Commencement.
• Community Service- Kara Bishop,
accounting.
College of Engineering
• Academic Excellence - Linda Haug,
industrial engineering.
• College Contribution - Terry Ott,
computer science.
• University Contribution - Nee!
lshwar Murarka, computer science.
• Community Service- Frank Achuff,
civil engineering.
College of Liberal Arts
• Academic Excellence- Hannah
Chase, Engli sh, Nicholas Shantar, phi
losophy, and Brandy Wagner, English.
• College Contribution - Sally Lord,
political science.
• University Contributi on- Lisa
Barnicoat, political science, and Anne
Marie Devine, speech communication.
• Community Service- Matia
Magoulias, political sc ience.
College of Science and Mathematics
• Academic Excellence - Matthew
Regoli, biochemistry.
• College Contribution - Cynth ia
Mihora, biochemistry.
• University Contribution - Paul
Werner, biochemistry and microbiology.
• Community Service- Emily Ramos,
mathematics. 0
••• CSU programs
Con tinued from page 1
make important progress toward a longer
term so lution .
Cal Poly, the CSU and the State of
California owe them and Gov. Davis a
special debt of gratitude." Baker also
thanked the many advocates for this ini
tiative among Cal Poly's industry partners
and a lumni , noting that " their help this
year was vital to the success of this
important initiative." 0
10 a.m. July 26 is CPR deadline
... for the Aug. 2 Cal Poly Report.
PAGE 6
ort
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 54, No. 39 • July 19, 2000
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Gov. Davis approves
funds for 'strategic'
CSU programs
In his June 30 budget message,
Gov. Gray Davis approved
$10 million to enhance quality and
set the stage for further enro llment
growth in five California State
University programs he called
critical to meeting the state's science
and technology workforce needs :
agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering
and nursing.
Davis requested that the CSU
invest the funds in "one-time expen
ditures, such as instructional
equipment, that will enhance the
effectiveness and, therefore, the en
rollment in these programs."
In his budget message, Davis
encouraged the CSU to continue to
look within its overall budget to
identify the resources required to
achieve and sustain long-term enroll
ment growth in these programs.
In a letter to Davis, earlier in the
week, CSU Chancellor Charles
Reed observed that "re-examination
of marginal cost funding methodol
ogy is the best long-term strategy
for addressing funding needs at
the CSU ."
President Baker said of the
governor's budget action, "Thi s sig
nals clearly the governor's recog
nition of the need for the CSU to
develop a long-term budget strategy
to address the state's increasingly
critical workforce needs in higher
cost professional , scientific and
technical disciplines."
Noting the critical leadership role
played in the Legislature by Sen .
Jack O'Connell and Assembly Mem
ber Sarah Reyes, Baker said, "Their
clear understanding of the need to
expand access to these fields by
California students has enabled us to
Continued on page 6
Jul~ li. 2\)()4)
_
(:a\ Poh
On hand to receive Unocal 's $5.6 million donation are (leji to right) President Baker; County
Supervisor Peg Pinard, and Unocal Vice President .for Real Estate, Remediation Services and
Mining Operations Mark Smith.
Unocal donates S5.& million to Science and tlath's Ell
The Unocal Corp. has given $5.6
million to the College of Science and
Mathematic 's Environmental Biotechnol
ogy Institute (EBI).
The donation is one of the most sig
nificant cash gifts in the university 's
history. It enhances the public-private
pa rtnership fostered by Unocal and Cal
Poly through the EBI, a collaborative
research project aimed at developing
"e nvironmentally sensitive" technology
to aid petroleum companies in restoring
contaminated sites.
Unocal helped launch the EBl in late
1996 with a $1.3 million grant.
The $5.6 million donation is earmarked
for a number of specific EBI projects. A
capital project to construct facilitie s for
the .EBI within the university's anticipated
new science and mathematics building
wi ll receive $2 million .
Another portion of the gift, $1 million ,
will endow the Unocal Chair for Envi
ronmental Studies. This is the second
such endowment established at the uni
versity and in the College of Science
and Mathematics.
Microbiology professor and re
nowned scient ist Raul Cano will occupy
the chair. Ca no , a pioneer in the study
of ancient bacteria and a specia list in
pal eobiology and molecular evolution,
heads research at the EBI. He directs a
team of eight faculty members and more
than 30 students conducting resea rch at
Unocal's Guadalupe oil field , exploring
ways to improve a technology known
as bioremediation.
The Unocal gift identifies $1.1 mil
lion in funds that could be used for
another endowed chair or other di scre
tionary uses consistent with the overall
Unoca l gift. Additionally, Unocal will
renew its grant for services with EBI
totaling $1.5 million over three years to
fund continued research at th e
Guadalupe oil field .
President Baker sa id the EBI " is an
extraordinary example of the kind of part
nership between the university, industry
and community needed to apply the power
of sc ience to pressing social, economic
and environmental issues. "
Commenting on Cano's selection to
occupy the I.Jnocal Chair for Environmen
tal Studies, Baker said, " Dr. Cano is
recognized internationally for hi s accom
plishments in research and in teaching
and for combining the two in creative and
exciting ways. We look forward to contin
ued great contributions to research and
teaching from both Dr. Cano and EBI."
CAL PO LY REPORT, JU LY 19, 2000
High school students
study energy at Cal Poly
Seventy-five selected high school and
community college students and teachers
from San Luis Obispo County, Santa
Maria and Bakersfield learned about the
energy industry this summer in a special
program at Cal Poly.
And it was free for all participants:
Texaco and Enron Wind Corp. paid
all costs.
The first two sessions of the second
annual Mechanica l Engineering Energy
Institute met in June. The final session
was last week.
With class presentations, lab experi
ments, a field trip - the first was to
Texaco 's Kern River oil field at Bakers
field -and other activities, students and
teachers learned about the current state
and future of energy sources, conservation
and use. The week covered fossil fuel,
geothermal energy, fuel cells and photo
voltaics as well as solar, wind and
hydrogen energy.
For more information call Mechanical
Engineering Professor and program director
Masoud Mehdizadeh at ext. 6-1345. D
Staff members needed for
Cal Poly Plan Committee
State, Foundation and ASI staff mem
bers are needed to fill three vacancies on
the Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee for
2000-2001.
The Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
was not included in the June 21 Cal Poly
Report article announcing vacancies
and seeking members - for three other
committees: the Campus Fee Advisory
Committee, the Status of Women Com
mittee and the Substance Use and Abuse
Advisory Committee.
An appointment committee, chaired by
Director of Human Resources and Em
ployment Equity Anna McDona ld, will
screen applications and forward recom
mendations to President Baker.
Candidates must have satisfactory job
performance evaluations, have their
supervisor 's endorsement, be a permanent
or probationary employee, submit a brief
statement of interest, and complete the
application that appears on page 4.
Fax materials to ext. 6-5483 or deliver
to HREE, Adm. 11 0, by Ju ly 28.
For information about the committees,
call Darcy Adams at ext. 6-2472. D
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Dean from Northern Colorado selected dean of UCTE
Bonnie Konopak, longtime teacher and
current dean of the College of Education
at the University of Northern Colorado,
has been selected dean
of the University Center
for Teacher Education.
Konopak , appointed by
Provost Zingg, will be
gin her assignment in
September. She succeeds
Susan Roper.
Bonnie Konopak
As dean of the UCTE,
she will be responsible
for all aspects of teacher education and
related programs , including building
relationships with public schools and
providing a focus and direction for major
initiatives related to teacher education.
"Bonnie Konopak's long and varied
career as an exemplary teacher and
effective administrator augurs well for
building the kinds of collaborative bridges
- both internally and externally - so
necessary to a successful teacher educa
tion program," Zingg said.
"She has the solid understanding and
requisite experience to achieve the mission
and goals of the UCTE and to strengthen its
record of service and distinction."
After teaching 13 years at the elemen
tary, secondary and community college
levels, Konopak earned a doctorate in
educational psychology from UC Santa
Barbara in 1984.
She worked as an assistant professor
and then as an associate professor in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
at Louisiana State University from 1984
to 1994. During her last four years at the
Baton Rouge campus she also served as
associate dean of the College of Education.
From 1994 to 1999 she served as
department chair and professor in the
University of Oklahoma ' s Department
of Instructional Leadership and Aca
demic Curricu lum , where she taught
undergraduate and graduate courses in
teacher education and literacy education
and research.
In her current position , Konopak is
responsible for seven units with more than
80 full-time faculty members. She also
serves as director of teacher education for
the university, which encompasses more
than 20 initial and advanced credentialing
programs in four co ll eges.
Konopak thinks that, to be effective, an
academic administrator must acknowledge
that education is "first and foremost a
human endeavor."
"In particular, such people recognize
that an institution's success rests largely
on the extent to which members of the
professional community - faculty, staff,
administrators, students, school partners
and others interested in the educational
enterprise - are inspired to devote their
energies, talents and passions to the pur
suit of a mission and goals in which they
share common beliefs," she said.
She earned a bachelor's degree in U.S.
history and geography in 1970 and a
master's degree in education in 1974, both
from UCLA. D
Aeronautical Engineering
now Aerospace Engineering
Enrollment period extended
for long-term care program
The Aeronautical Engineering Depart
ment has changed its name to Aerospace
Engineering to better represent the widened
focus and strength in both aeronautical and
astronautical engineering.
Over the last decade, the rapid growth
in the space industry along with students '
increasing interest in satellites, launch
vehicles and other space systems spurred
development of an astronautics curricu
lum and concentration in the department.
The name change received over
whelming endorsement from both the
department's faculty and the Industrial
Advisory Board. D
The long-term care program managed
by CaiPERS has extended the period for
accepting new applications. Applications
wi ll be accepted through Ju ly 31.
The program is available to employees,
spouses, parents, and parents- in-law, whether
they live in California or out of state.
The CalPERS Long-Term Care Pro
gram offers three different plans, each
tailored to meet the needs of the indi
vidual member. In addition to nursing
home care, some of the plans also cover
home care, and care in an assisted-living
facility with optiona l inJlation protection
and Medi-Ca l asset protection.
For a n app lication kit, call the PERS
Long-Term Care Program at (800) 338-2244. D
PAGE 2
GrC students win prizes
in book design contest
Two graphic communciation seniors
took top honors in the annual Bookbuilders
West student book-design competition.
Amber Barrow and Meghan McCulloch
Kelly took first and second prize, respect
ively. Barrow won a $1 ,500 scho lar
ship, and McCulloch-Kelly received a
$1,000 scholars'hip .
"Typically the scholarship committee
only awards one scholarship," said
Graphic Communication Professor Patrick
Munroe. "This year, the members felt that
Cal Poly's entries were exceptional , so
they awarded two. As a matter of fact, this
is the ninth time in the past 15 years that
Cal Poly has won this top award."
Munroe taught the class from which the
winning entries came. For the project, he
selects a classic text, such as one by
Shakespeare, that the students must rede
sign, demonstrating the technical
knowledge that would be necessary to
actually reproduce the book. D
Cal Poly organic produce
available to 'subscribers'
Community members can now enjoy
the summer 's bounty of fresh , organic
vegetables grown at the Cal Poly Student
Experimental Farm by becoming "sub
scribers" to the farm .
The organic vegetable enterprise's new
marketing plan , known as community
supported agriculture, allows subscribers
to pay a one-time, up-front fee in return
for a box of organic produce every week
through Sept. 4, the end of harvest season .
A typical box might contain tomatoes,
lettuce, zucchini , chard , kale, basil, pep
pers and flowers.
" Community-supported agriculture
programs are popu lar across the nation ,"
according to Cal Poly Crop Science Pro
fessor John Phi ll ips, "and we are excited
to be starting one on campus."
The cost is $10 for each week remain
ing unti l the end of the season.
Members pick up their produce at the
Student Experimental Farm between 4 and
7 p.m. Mondays or Thursdays.
For more information and an application
form, e-mailjphillip@calpoly. edu or call
Farm Manager Terry Hooker, 544-8744. D
Cal Poly Arts season highlights include the Mos cow Festival Ballet pe1jorming "Swan Lake."
Cal Poly Arts season opens Sept. 20
Rock legends Jackson Browne and
David Crosby, contemporary music 's Randy
Newman, the traditional Celtic band The
Chieftains, the Moscow Festival Ballet's
"Swan Lake," and the national touring
Broadway musicals "Jekyll and Hyde" and
"Chicago" are among the more than three
dozen events offered in Cal Poly Arts '
2000-200 I series, to run Sept. 20-May 16.
The season's musical highlights include
solo pianist George Winston, mezzo-so
prano Frederica von Stade, the Russian
National Orchestra, blues guitarist Buddy
Guy, bluegrass master Doc Watson, and the
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with conductor
and jazz soloist Bobby McFerrin.
Events range from the pageantry and
music of Britain's Black Watch to the clas
sic comic romance of"Cyrano de Bergerac"
and the exuberance of the musical "Annie."
Gravity is defied by the spectacular
formations of Aeros' Romanian Olympic
gymnasts and the Chinese acrobats per
forming with the New Shanghai Circus.
Family shows include singer-songwriter
Red Grammer, "master of the unusual"
Michel Lauziere, and blacklight puppet
theater stagings of"The Very Hungry Cater
pillar" and "The Very Quiet <:;ricket."
International music and dance will be
seen in performances by Ladysmith Black
Mambazo, Tish Hinojosa, Tambours du
Bronx, Paco de Lucia, Bale Folclorico da
Bahia and Taraf de Haidouks.
Jazz and blues lovers will appreciate
appearances by Mingus Big Band, Beach
front Property and the Don Byron Sextet.
And classical music aficionados will
welcome the Berlin Radio Choir, Rubio
String Quartet, Falla Guitar Trio, and the
Cal Poly Music Department's Annual
Baroque concert.
Under the New Directions series, Cal
Poly Arts will present the Gay and Les
bian Comedy Night and Internet
consultant Omar Wasow will present a
state-of-the-art multimedia lecture.
Dates, descriptions of the performances
and prices are included in the Cal Poly
Arts season brochure, available at the
Performing Arts ticket office.
Season subscription tickets - tickets
to at least four events - are on sale and
qualify for a 10 percent discount. When
buying season tickets to eight or more
events, patrons save 15 percent.
Subscribers re~eive advance seating
priority, early notification of special
added performances, and other benefits.
Order a subscription by Aug. 9 and
receive advance ticket purchasing privi
leges to the Sept. 7 Jackson Browne
David Crosby concert (a benefit for the
Friends of Lois Capps Committee). Special
subscriber seats are limited, so advance
purchase is based on ticket availability.
Single tickets - tickets to fewer than
four events - go on sale Sept. 5.
For more information, call or stop by
the Performing Arts Ticket Office be
tween I 0 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays,
I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. To order by
phone, call ext. 6-2787 ; to order by fax,
dial 6-6088.
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Celebration of life
planned for Wilson
A celebration of the life of Harold 0.
Wilson, retired administrative vice presi
dent who died May 6, is planned for
family and friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug.
26 in San Luis Obispo.
Wilson was a committed Cal Poly em
ployee at both the San Luis Obispo
campus and the Voorhis campus at San
Dimas, now known as Cal Poly Pomona,
for nearly 40 years.
Memorial scholarships have been set
up in his name at both campuses. Contri
butions can be made to the San Luis
Obispo campus by sending a check, pay
able to the Ca l Poly Foundation, to the
Foundation Business Office.
For information about the location
of the celebration, call Diane Hull at
543-5434, Linda Wilson , 543-2247, Bruce
Wilson in Monterey at (831) 375-9593 or
Lynn Wilson in Riverside, (909) 359-1085. D
San Luis Obispo resident
creates music endowment
Alice Parks Nelson of San Luis Obispo
recently donated real estate valued at
$80,000 to establish the Alice Parks
Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment
Fund in the Music Department.
"The fund will be used for a wide vari
ety of purposes not usually available
through normal funding," said Music De
partment Chair Cl if Swanson. "It will
fund such things as private lessons for
non-majors , master c lasses, and other
activities that enrich the orchestral oppor
tunities at Ca l Poly."
"Mrs. Nelson has been a generous
friend and supporter of the Music Depart-.
ment for many years," Swanson said. "S he
has been a major figure in the musical
history of San Luis Obispo."
Nelson is one of the founders of the
San Luis Obispo Symphony and prime
force behind the annual Alice Nelson
Music Competition. D
ttacCarley appointed
Art MacCarley has been appointed to
a three-year term as director of the
Computer E ng ineering Program , effec
tive fall quarter.
MacCarley has been teaching at Ca l
Poly since 1988. D
U. Va. administrator to lead-Extended Studies
Dennis R. Parks , associate dean of
continuing education at the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville, has been se
lected dean of extended
studies and will begin his
new duties in September.
Parks was appointed by
Provost Zingg after a na
tionwide search. Parks
succeeds Harry Sharp,
longtime Cal Poly faculty
member and administrator
Dennis R. Parks who most recently served
as senior university asso
ciate dean of extended university
programs and services.
Parks wi II oversee the Extended
University Programs and Services
area, which principally includes the
offices of Extended Education and
Conference Services.
Zingg said he looks forward to a
smooth transition for Parks, "whose wide
ranging experience in developing
innovative programs for adult students is
just one asset that will give Cal Poly an
edge in the ever-developing field of con
tinuing education.
"Dennis Parks shares the same
vision, mission and goals of other key
administrators at Cal Poly," Zingg
said. "His 17 years of experience in
continuing education will go a long
way toward strengtheni ng and expand
ing the university 's extended learning
and continuing education programs ."
Parks will be charged with leading major
program initiatives, creating more oppor
tunities for colleges to expand extended
learning programs to the polytechnic profes
sions of agriculture, architecture, business
and eng ineering, and facilitating the
university 's plans for year-round operations.
He wi ll also work to stimulate cooperative
ventures with colleges, community organi
zations and industry.
After earning a doctorate in higher
education admin istration from the Uni
versity of Virginia in 1982, Parks was
appointed director and assistant profes
sor at Capita l University's Cleveland
Center. While there, he managed the
adult degree program , established on
site certificate programs , and noncredit
corporate training programs.
From 1987 to 1990 Parks served
as associate dean and associate profes
sor of education at the Lake Erie
College in Plainesville, Ohio , where
he was responsible for the college's
graduate and undergraduate business ,
education and adult-learner programs ,
including the MBA and Executive
MBA programs.
He directed the Continuing Education
program at the University of Virginia's
Lynchburg Center from 1990 to 1993.
In 1993 Parks moved to Virginia's
main campus to serve as senior director
for continuing education program devel
opment and director of statewide and
national professional development pro
grams for educators.
ln 1997 he was promoted to his cur
rent position as Virginia 's associate
dean for continuing education. Parks led
the team that developed the School of
Continuing and Profess ional Studies
G lobal Academic Village, the Uni
versity of Virginia's online distance
learning initiative.
He also played a major role in devel
oping and approving a Bachelor of
Interdisciplinary Studies degree program,
the university's first part-time undergradu
ate degree program for adults.
Parks earned a bachelor 's degree in
political science from Baldwin-Wallace
Co ll ege in Ohio in 1975 and a master 's
degree in student personnel administra
tion from Kent State University in Ohio
in 1977. D
Learn to locate funding sources online
The Grants Development Office has
scheduled two hands-on training sessions
- one for today - for faculty and admin
istrative staff members to learn how to
locate funding sources on lin e through the
Web-based service called SP IN (Spon
sored Programs Information Network).
SPIN and its e-mai l notification ser
vice, SMARTS, are avai lab le free to the
faculty and staff at http://www.infoed.org
(select Access lnfOffice).
The first class is from 3:30 to 4:30p.m .
today (Ju ly 19) in the Air Conditioning
Buidling, Room I 05-D.
The class wi ll be offered again on July
28, same time and place.
Each session will be limited to I 0
people. To reserve space, call Grants De
ve lopment at ext. 6-2982 or e-mai l
jostrye@calpoly.edu. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
27 graduates named Outstanding Seniors
Seeing Red
Singer-songwriter Red Grammer opens
the Cal Poly Arts 2000-2001 season
Sept. 20 in the Pe1jorming Arts Cente1~
Billed as a Family Event, the show is
designed for children and adults alike.
Cal Poly recognized 27 graduates as
1999-2000 Outstanding Seniors during
Spring Commencement ceremonies.
The six colleges selected students in four
categories: academic excellence, contribu
tion to the college, contribution to the uni
versity, and community service. The stu
dents, their majors and hometowns are listed
under their respective academic colleges:
College of Agriculture
• Academic Exce ll ence- David E.
Fudurich, environmental horticultural
sc 1ence.
• College Contribution- Coll een M.
Walsh, agricultural sc ience.
• University Contribution - John J.
Moffatt, agricu ltural business.
• Community Service - Joseph D.
Si lva, agricultural science.
College of Architecture
and Environmental Design
• Academic Excellence - Jo Jackson,
landscape architecture.
• Coll ege Contribution - Adam Lewis
Eng, construction management.
• Uni versity Contribution - Carrie
Elizabeth Loarie, city and regional
planning.
• Community Service - Jason Jones,
city and regional planning.
College of Business
• Academ ic Excellence - Carisa
Marcelle Haynes, management.
• Co ll ege Contribution - Keala
Anderson, industrial technology.
• University Contribution - Tara M.
McDonough , economics.
Continued on page 6
Campus Standing Committees Staff Interest Survey and Application Form
Name:
Department:
Position:
Department Extension: _______________
Supervisor:
Department/Division Head:
Status:
0 State
0 Foundation
OASI
Please indicate the Campus Standing Committee you are interested in serving on:
0 Campus Fee Advisory Committee
0 Status of Women Committee
0 Substance Use and Abuse Advisory Committee
0 Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
Statement of Interest: Please attach a sheet stating your reasons for wanting to serve on the committee selected above and any
applicable experience or background that may apply.
Endorsements:
Supervisor's Signature:
Date:
Department/Division Head Signature:
Date:
Return to: Darcy Adams, Human Resources and Employment Equity, Administration Building, Room 110
For Review Committee Use Only
Date of Review: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Application Status: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __
Committee Assignment:
Committee Chair Signature:
Staff Member Notified : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Date:
PAGE4
CAL PO LY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
High school students
study energy at Cal Poly
Seventy-five selected high school and
community college students and teachers
from San Luis Obispo County, Santa
Maria and Bakersfield learned about the
energy industry this summer in a special
program at Cal Poly.
And it was free for all participants:
Texaco and Enron Wind Corp. paid
all costs.
The first two sessions of the second
annual Mechanica l Engineering Energy
Institute met in June. The final session
was last week.
With class presentations, lab experi
ments, a field trip - the first was to
Texaco 's Kern River oil field at Bakers
field -and other activities, students and
teachers learned about the current state
and future of energy sources, conservation
and use. The week covered fossil fuel,
geothermal energy, fuel cells and photo
voltaics as well as solar, wind and
hydrogen energy.
For more information call Mechanical
Engineering Professor and program director
Masoud Mehdizadeh at ext. 6-1345. D
Staff members needed for
Cal Poly Plan Committee
State, Foundation and ASI staff mem
bers are needed to fill three vacancies on
the Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee for
2000-2001.
The Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
was not included in the June 21 Cal Poly
Report article announcing vacancies
and seeking members - for three other
committees: the Campus Fee Advisory
Committee, the Status of Women Com
mittee and the Substance Use and Abuse
Advisory Committee.
An appointment committee, chaired by
Director of Human Resources and Em
ployment Equity Anna McDona ld, will
screen applications and forward recom
mendations to President Baker.
Candidates must have satisfactory job
performance evaluations, have their
supervisor 's endorsement, be a permanent
or probationary employee, submit a brief
statement of interest, and complete the
application that appears on page 4.
Fax materials to ext. 6-5483 or deliver
to HREE, Adm. 11 0, by Ju ly 28.
For information about the committees,
call Darcy Adams at ext. 6-2472. D
CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Dean from Northern Colorado selected dean of UCTE
Bonnie Konopak, longtime teacher and
current dean of the College of Education
at the University of Northern Colorado,
has been selected dean
of the University Center
for Teacher Education.
Konopak , appointed by
Provost Zingg, will be
gin her assignment in
September. She succeeds
Susan Roper.
Bonnie Konopak
As dean of the UCTE,
she will be responsible
for all aspects of teacher education and
related programs , including building
relationships with public schools and
providing a focus and direction for major
initiatives related to teacher education.
"Bonnie Konopak's long and varied
career as an exemplary teacher and
effective administrator augurs well for
building the kinds of collaborative bridges
- both internally and externally - so
necessary to a successful teacher educa
tion program," Zingg said.
"She has the solid understanding and
requisite experience to achieve the mission
and goals of the UCTE and to strengthen its
record of service and distinction."
After teaching 13 years at the elemen
tary, secondary and community college
levels, Konopak earned a doctorate in
educational psychology from UC Santa
Barbara in 1984.
She worked as an assistant professor
and then as an associate professor in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
at Louisiana State University from 1984
to 1994. During her last four years at the
Baton Rouge campus she also served as
associate dean of the College of Education.
From 1994 to 1999 she served as
department chair and professor in the
University of Oklahoma ' s Department
of Instructional Leadership and Aca
demic Curricu lum , where she taught
undergraduate and graduate courses in
teacher education and literacy education
and research.
In her current position , Konopak is
responsible for seven units with more than
80 full-time faculty members. She also
serves as director of teacher education for
the university, which encompasses more
than 20 initial and advanced credentialing
programs in four co ll eges.
Konopak thinks that, to be effective, an
academic administrator must acknowledge
that education is "first and foremost a
human endeavor."
"In particular, such people recognize
that an institution's success rests largely
on the extent to which members of the
professional community - faculty, staff,
administrators, students, school partners
and others interested in the educational
enterprise - are inspired to devote their
energies, talents and passions to the pur
suit of a mission and goals in which they
share common beliefs," she said.
She earned a bachelor's degree in U.S.
history and geography in 1970 and a
master's degree in education in 1974, both
from UCLA. D
Aeronautical Engineering
now Aerospace Engineering
Enrollment period extended
for long-term care program
The Aeronautical Engineering Depart
ment has changed its name to Aerospace
Engineering to better represent the widened
focus and strength in both aeronautical and
astronautical engineering.
Over the last decade, the rapid growth
in the space industry along with students '
increasing interest in satellites, launch
vehicles and other space systems spurred
development of an astronautics curricu
lum and concentration in the department.
The name change received over
whelming endorsement from both the
department's faculty and the Industrial
Advisory Board. D
The long-term care program managed
by CaiPERS has extended the period for
accepting new applications. Applications
wi ll be accepted through Ju ly 31.
The program is available to employees,
spouses, parents, and parents- in-law, whether
they live in California or out of state.
The CalPERS Long-Term Care Pro
gram offers three different plans, each
tailored to meet the needs of the indi
vidual member. In addition to nursing
home care, some of the plans also cover
home care, and care in an assisted-living
facility with optiona l inJlation protection
and Medi-Ca l asset protection.
For a n app lication kit, call the PERS
Long-Term Care Program at (800) 338-2244. D
PAGE 2
GrC students win prizes
in book design contest
Two graphic communciation seniors
took top honors in the annual Bookbuilders
West student book-design competition.
Amber Barrow and Meghan McCulloch
Kelly took first and second prize, respect
ively. Barrow won a $1 ,500 scho lar
ship, and McCulloch-Kelly received a
$1,000 scholars'hip .
"Typically the scholarship committee
only awards one scholarship," said
Graphic Communication Professor Patrick
Munroe. "This year, the members felt that
Cal Poly's entries were exceptional , so
they awarded two. As a matter of fact, this
is the ninth time in the past 15 years that
Cal Poly has won this top award."
Munroe taught the class from which the
winning entries came. For the project, he
selects a classic text, such as one by
Shakespeare, that the students must rede
sign, demonstrating the technical
knowledge that would be necessary to
actually reproduce the book. D
Cal Poly organic produce
available to 'subscribers'
Community members can now enjoy
the summer 's bounty of fresh , organic
vegetables grown at the Cal Poly Student
Experimental Farm by becoming "sub
scribers" to the farm .
The organic vegetable enterprise's new
marketing plan , known as community
supported agriculture, allows subscribers
to pay a one-time, up-front fee in return
for a box of organic produce every week
through Sept. 4, the end of harvest season .
A typical box might contain tomatoes,
lettuce, zucchini , chard , kale, basil, pep
pers and flowers.
" Community-supported agriculture
programs are popu lar across the nation ,"
according to Cal Poly Crop Science Pro
fessor John Phi ll ips, "and we are excited
to be starting one on campus."
The cost is $10 for each week remain
ing unti l the end of the season.
Members pick up their produce at the
Student Experimental Farm between 4 and
7 p.m. Mondays or Thursdays.
For more information and an application
form, e-mailjphillip@calpoly. edu or call
Farm Manager Terry Hooker, 544-8744. D
Cal Poly Arts season highlights include the Mos cow Festival Ballet pe1jorming "Swan Lake."
Cal Poly Arts season opens Sept. 20
Rock legends Jackson Browne and
David Crosby, contemporary music 's Randy
Newman, the traditional Celtic band The
Chieftains, the Moscow Festival Ballet's
"Swan Lake," and the national touring
Broadway musicals "Jekyll and Hyde" and
"Chicago" are among the more than three
dozen events offered in Cal Poly Arts '
2000-200 I series, to run Sept. 20-May 16.
The season's musical highlights include
solo pianist George Winston, mezzo-so
prano Frederica von Stade, the Russian
National Orchestra, blues guitarist Buddy
Guy, bluegrass master Doc Watson, and the
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with conductor
and jazz soloist Bobby McFerrin.
Events range from the pageantry and
music of Britain's Black Watch to the clas
sic comic romance of"Cyrano de Bergerac"
and the exuberance of the musical "Annie."
Gravity is defied by the spectacular
formations of Aeros' Romanian Olympic
gymnasts and the Chinese acrobats per
forming with the New Shanghai Circus.
Family shows include singer-songwriter
Red Grammer, "master of the unusual"
Michel Lauziere, and blacklight puppet
theater stagings of"The Very Hungry Cater
pillar" and "The Very Quiet <:;ricket."
International music and dance will be
seen in performances by Ladysmith Black
Mambazo, Tish Hinojosa, Tambours du
Bronx, Paco de Lucia, Bale Folclorico da
Bahia and Taraf de Haidouks.
Jazz and blues lovers will appreciate
appearances by Mingus Big Band, Beach
front Property and the Don Byron Sextet.
And classical music aficionados will
welcome the Berlin Radio Choir, Rubio
String Quartet, Falla Guitar Trio, and the
Cal Poly Music Department's Annual
Baroque concert.
Under the New Directions series, Cal
Poly Arts will present the Gay and Les
bian Comedy Night and Internet
consultant Omar Wasow will present a
state-of-the-art multimedia lecture.
Dates, descriptions of the performances
and prices are included in the Cal Poly
Arts season brochure, available at the
Performing Arts ticket office.
Season subscription tickets - tickets
to at least four events - are on sale and
qualify for a 10 percent discount. When
buying season tickets to eight or more
events, patrons save 15 percent.
Subscribers re~eive advance seating
priority, early notification of special
added performances, and other benefits.
Order a subscription by Aug. 9 and
receive advance ticket purchasing privi
leges to the Sept. 7 Jackson Browne
David Crosby concert (a benefit for the
Friends of Lois Capps Committee). Special
subscriber seats are limited, so advance
purchase is based on ticket availability.
Single tickets - tickets to fewer than
four events - go on sale Sept. 5.
For more information, call or stop by
the Performing Arts Ticket Office be
tween I 0 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays,
I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. To order by
phone, call ext. 6-2787 ; to order by fax,
dial 6-6088.
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CAL POLY REPORT, JULY 19, 2000
Position vacancies
Two graduate students honored for achievements
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
Cal Poly has selected two high-ac hiev
ing students to receive the Outstanding
Graduate Student Award and the Out
standing Thesis Award.
Scott Sacchetti, a College of Engineer
ing graduate, was named the Outstanding
Graduate Student for 2000, and Maurice
Pitesky, a College of Agriculture gradu
ate, was honored with the Outstanding
Thesis Award .
The Outstanding Graduate Student
Award is given for overall accomplish
ments including academic and creative
achievement, scholarly and professional
potential, and serv ice to the community.
For the Outstanding Thesis Award,
nominees are judged on the quality of the
thesis alone. Criteria include originality,
depth, complexity of the methodology,
and contribution to the field of research.
Sacchetti earned a Master of Arts de
gree in industrial and technical studies
with an almost straight-A average. He
earned a bachelor 's degree in industrial
engineering from Cal Poly in 1999.
He is a member of Alpha Pi Mu, an
industrial engineering honors society, and
Omego Rho, an operations research soci
ety. He has been a Week of Welcome
counselor to incoming freshmen students,
opportunities for state staff and manage
ment positions, you can:
• Check the Human Resources and
Employment Equity Web site at www.calpoly.
edu, under Employment Opportunities;
• Come to the HREE office, Adm. 110,
and view the posted positions;
• Call the HREE Job Line at ext. 6-1533.
For a listing of new openings, check The
Tribune's Sunday edition.
Please note that applications for job
openings must be received in the Human
Resources and Employment Equity office,
Adm. 110, by 5 p.m. on the closing date.
Envelopes postmarked by the deadline
are no longer accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE at ext. 6-2237.
FACULTY Candidates are asked to contact
the appropriate department office at the
phone number listed for more information
or to request an application. Additional
information and qualifications for each
position may also be obtained online at
http://www.acatlemic-personnel.calpoly.edu.
Please submit all application materials to
the department head/c hair unless otherwise
specified in the ad. Rank and salary are
commensurate with qualifications and ex
perience (and time base where applicable),
unless otherwise stated.
#13007: Full-time Counselor (SSP
AR I or SSP-AR II -Temporary nine
month appointment), Counseling Services
(ext. 6-2511 ). Closing date : Aug. 21. 0
••• Outstanding Seniors
Continued from page 4
Parents' gift to benefit
modern languages lab
Willy and Yreni Borner of Cupertino
recently donated stock valued at more
than $8,000 to benefit the Modern Lan
guages and Literatures Laboratory.
"The hardware in this new lab is
funded by a Ca l Poly Plan grant, and the
Somers ' donation wi ll enable us to get
the lab up and running as soon as pos
sib le," said Bianca Rosenthal, chair of
the department.
The Borners are the parents of student
Nicole Borner, who recently completed a
minor in German .
According to Lab Project Director John
Thompson, "The lab is dedicated to the
study of world languages and cultures. The
lab replaces our traditional tape recorder
and headphone language laboratory." 0
has vo lunteered extensively for Campus
Crusade, and has performed with the
Orchesis dance company.
Sacchetti co-founded an Internet com
pany, Stock of the Month, which includes
Web design, stock promotion, public rela
tions and a banner exchange program.
Pitesky won the Outstanding Thesis
Award for his paper "Microbial Eco logy
of Milk Powder Production Using Termi
nal Restriction Fragment-PCR (TRFP)
and the Development of a Rapid PCR
Assay for the Detection of Mesophilic
Bacilli Endospores in Milk Powder."
Dairy Science Professor Rafael Jimenez
Flores, chair ofPitesky's thesis commit
tee, said, "Pitesky's thesis was exceptional
in its technical and experimental aspects
and in presentation and significance."
Pitesky, whose undergraduate degree
is from UCLA, earned a master 's in
agriculture with a specialization in
dairy products technology. He is work
ing as a research scientist at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
The finalists and winners for both
awards were honored at a reception at
the end of spring quarter, and the win
ners of the awards were honored at
Spring Commencement.
• Community Service- Kara Bishop,
accounting.
College of Engineering
• Academic Excellence - Linda Haug,
industrial engineering.
• College Contribution - Terry Ott,
computer science.
• University Contribution - Nee!
lshwar Murarka, computer science.
• Community Service- Frank Achuff,
civil engineering.
College of Liberal Arts
• Academic Excellence- Hannah
Chase, Engli sh, Nicholas Shantar, phi
losophy, and Brandy Wagner, English.
• College Contribution - Sally Lord,
political science.
• University Contributi on- Lisa
Barnicoat, political science, and Anne
Marie Devine, speech communication.
• Community Service- Matia
Magoulias, political sc ience.
College of Science and Mathematics
• Academic Excellence - Matthew
Regoli, biochemistry.
• College Contribution - Cynth ia
Mihora, biochemistry.
• University Contribution - Paul
Werner, biochemistry and microbiology.
• Community Service- Emily Ramos,
mathematics. 0
••• CSU programs
Con tinued from page 1
make important progress toward a longer
term so lution .
Cal Poly, the CSU and the State of
California owe them and Gov. Davis a
special debt of gratitude." Baker also
thanked the many advocates for this ini
tiative among Cal Poly's industry partners
and a lumni , noting that " their help this
year was vital to the success of this
important initiative." 0
10 a.m. July 26 is CPR deadline
... for the Aug. 2 Cal Poly Report.
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ort
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 54, No. 39 • July 19, 2000
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Gov. Davis approves
funds for 'strategic'
CSU programs
In his June 30 budget message,
Gov. Gray Davis approved
$10 million to enhance quality and
set the stage for further enro llment
growth in five California State
University programs he called
critical to meeting the state's science
and technology workforce needs :
agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering
and nursing.
Davis requested that the CSU
invest the funds in "one-time expen
ditures, such as instructional
equipment, that will enhance the
effectiveness and, therefore, the en
rollment in these programs."
In his budget message, Davis
encouraged the CSU to continue to
look within its overall budget to
identify the resources required to
achieve and sustain long-term enroll
ment growth in these programs.
In a letter to Davis, earlier in the
week, CSU Chancellor Charles
Reed observed that "re-examination
of marginal cost funding methodol
ogy is the best long-term strategy
for addressing funding needs at
the CSU ."
President Baker said of the
governor's budget action, "Thi s sig
nals clearly the governor's recog
nition of the need for the CSU to
develop a long-term budget strategy
to address the state's increasingly
critical workforce needs in higher
cost professional , scientific and
technical disciplines."
Noting the critical leadership role
played in the Legislature by Sen .
Jack O'Connell and Assembly Mem
ber Sarah Reyes, Baker said, "Their
clear understanding of the need to
expand access to these fields by
California students has enabled us to
Continued on page 6
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On hand to receive Unocal 's $5.6 million donation are (leji to right) President Baker; County
Supervisor Peg Pinard, and Unocal Vice President .for Real Estate, Remediation Services and
Mining Operations Mark Smith.
Unocal donates S5.& million to Science and tlath's Ell
The Unocal Corp. has given $5.6
million to the College of Science and
Mathematic 's Environmental Biotechnol
ogy Institute (EBI).
The donation is one of the most sig
nificant cash gifts in the university 's
history. It enhances the public-private
pa rtnership fostered by Unocal and Cal
Poly through the EBI, a collaborative
research project aimed at developing
"e nvironmentally sensitive" technology
to aid petroleum companies in restoring
contaminated sites.
Unocal helped launch the EBl in late
1996 with a $1.3 million grant.
The $5.6 million donation is earmarked
for a number of specific EBI projects. A
capital project to construct facilitie s for
the .EBI within the university's anticipated
new science and mathematics building
wi ll receive $2 million .
Another portion of the gift, $1 million ,
will endow the Unocal Chair for Envi
ronmental Studies. This is the second
such endowment established at the uni
versity and in the College of Science
and Mathematics.
Microbiology professor and re
nowned scient ist Raul Cano will occupy
the chair. Ca no , a pioneer in the study
of ancient bacteria and a specia list in
pal eobiology and molecular evolution,
heads research at the EBI. He directs a
team of eight faculty members and more
than 30 students conducting resea rch at
Unocal's Guadalupe oil field , exploring
ways to improve a technology known
as bioremediation.
The Unocal gift identifies $1.1 mil
lion in funds that could be used for
another endowed chair or other di scre
tionary uses consistent with the overall
Unoca l gift. Additionally, Unocal will
renew its grant for services with EBI
totaling $1.5 million over three years to
fund continued research at th e
Guadalupe oil field .
President Baker sa id the EBI " is an
extraordinary example of the kind of part
nership between the university, industry
and community needed to apply the power
of sc ience to pressing social, economic
and environmental issues. "
Commenting on Cano's selection to
occupy the I.Jnocal Chair for Environmen
tal Studies, Baker said, " Dr. Cano is
recognized internationally for hi s accom
plishments in research and in teaching
and for combining the two in creative and
exciting ways. We look forward to contin
ued great contributions to research and
teaching from both Dr. Cano and EBI."
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