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CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Position vacandes
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
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
will not be accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE"at ext. 6-2237. 0
••• Roundup
Continued from page 1
$80,000 to establish the Alice Parks
Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment
Fund in the Music Department; Dance
Professor Moon Ja Minn Shur was hon
ored by her husband's donation of
$15,000 to the College of Liberal Arts'
dance program; the Retired Faculty and
Staff Club has raised more than $7,000
for the Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit
Scholarship Endowment fund; Los Osos
resident Grace Tevis donated real estate
valued at $170,000 to the Tevis Fund for
Visiting Artists in Music in the College of
Liberal Arts; Unocal donated $5.6 million
to the College of Science and Mathemat
ics ' Environmental Biotechnology
Institute; Willy and Vreni Borner of
Cupertino made a gift of stock valued at
more than $8,000 to benefit the Modern
Languages and Literatures Laboratory.
THIS&THAT
President Baker gave the commence
ment address at Chaoyang University of
Technology in Taiwan and met with the
island's new president, Chen Shui-bian,
during a five-day visit; the Western Asso
ciation of Schools and Colleges reaffirmed
Cal Poly's regional accreditation; Gov.
Gray Davis approved $10 million to
enhance quality and set the stage for
enrollment growth in five CSU "strategic"
programs: agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering and nursing;
Aeronautical Engineering was renamed
Aerospace Engineering. D
'Instructor Effectiveness'
offered fall quarter
Don Maas, professor in the University
Center for Teacher Education, will teach a
fall quarter seminar on techniques for
increasing teaching effectiveness.
Maintaining Instructor Effectiveness:
Techniques and Strategies for More Effec
tive Teaching is open to faculty and staff
members. It will be taught from 3: 10 to
5:50p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 20,
in Erhart Agriculture Room 241.
The course emphasizes the practical
applications of research to maintaining
teaching skills. Topics include:
• What elements make instruction effective.
• How to motivate students.
• How to be sure students are learning.
• How to get students to remember
material taught.
The seminar is free.
Enrollment is limited to 20. To register,
contact Cathy Joubert at ext. 6-2227 or
cjoubert@calpoly.edu. Anyone interested
in taking the seminar but unable to do so
fall quarter should contact Joubert.
For more information on the course,
call Maas at ext. 6-2587. D
••• U.S. News Ratings
Continued from page 1
The engineering school rankings
were determined by a survey of deans
and senior faculty members at similar
institutions. Five of the top nine in Cal
Poly's category- all private- were the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
(Ind.), Harvey Mudd College, Cooper
Union (N.Y.), Bucknell University and the
Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.).
The three major U.S. military academies
counted as public institutions; all tied for
fourth with Bucknell and RIT.
U.S. News divides America's approxi
mately I ,400 accredited four-year colleges
and universities into II groups based on
categories used by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. The
nation's 504 regional universities are
those that offer a wide selection of under
graduate programs and master's degrees
but few, if any, doctoral programs.
Research universities such as Stanford
and the University of California cam
puses, which offer doctoral programs, are
listed in the "national universities" class.
The U.S. News ratings are available on
the World Wide Web at www.usnews.com. D
ort
Leave solidtations
Sydney Francis
Sydney Francis, senior data control
technician in Information Technology
Systems' Operations and Data Control
office, has qualified for family cata
strophic leave. Eligible state employees
may donate vacation credit to help
her remain in full-pay status during an
extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Lynette
Klooster at ext. 6-7693 or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours, and all other
eligible state employees may donate up to
16 hours total vacation credits per fiscal
year in increments of one hour or more.
Patricia Vargas
Patricia Vargas, administrative support
assistant in Health Services, has qualified
for personal catastrophic leave. Eligible
state employees may donate vacation
credit and sick leave to help her remain in
full-pay status during an extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Vivian
Phillips in Health Services at ext. 6-5279
or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours total, and all
other eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total sick leave and/or
vacation credits per fiscal year in incre
ments of one hour or more. D
Performing Arts Center
to sponsor golf tourney
The Performing Arts Center will spon
sor a benefit golf tournament at II_a.m.
Oct. 23 at the San Luis Obispo Golf and
Country Club.
The $150 entry fee includes dinner
prepared by chef Ian McPhee at the Per
forming Arts Center after the tournament.
The field is limited to 36 two
person teams.
Interested golfers should call the Per
forming Arts Center at ext. 6-2787 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and I 0 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds from the tournament will
benefit Youth Outreach for the Performing
Arts Center. D
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 55, No. 1 • September 11, 2000
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Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Cal Poly 'Best in West'
in U.S. News ratings
It's that time again •••
Fall Conference, WOW, and classes are just around the corner. Join friends and
colleagues at the General Session kicking offFall Conference week, Sept. 11 -Sept. 15.
President Baker will give opening remarks, and Karl S. Pister, chancellor emeritus, UC
Santa Cruz, will speak on 'Higher Education in California: 2000 and Beyond. ' The
General Session runs 9:30-11 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center s Cohan Center.
Summer round-up
This outline ofmaterial published dur
ing summer quarter is intended to bring
academic-year readers up to date.
APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments were
announced: Serna Alptekin, chair, In
dustrial and Manufacturing Engineering;
Robert Detweiler, interim vice president,
Student Affairs; Rick Johnson, interim
ASI director; Bonnie Konopak, dean,
University Center for Teacher Education;
Art MacCarley, director, Computer Engi
neering Program; Sigurd MeJdal, chair,
Computer Science; Frank Mumford,
Foundation executive director, Dennis
Parks, dean, Extended Studies; William
Pendergast, dean, College of Business.
RETIREMENTS
Senior university associate dean
Harry Sharp.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Lanny Griffin, assistant professor
of materials engineering, was selected
to receive a Dow Outstanding New
Faculty Award.
DEATHS
Madge Ditchie, Health Services, died
July II; Wilbur C. Hogan, mathematics
professor emeritus; Tommy Lewis Jones,
Facilities, died June 3; June Langston,
Graphic Communication, died June 21;
Marie Lehman, mathematics, died July
22; Jackie MacDonald, University Po
lice, died June I 0; Larry Voss, executive
assistant to Presidents Kennedy and
Baker, died June 13.
ADVANCEMENT UPDATE
Alice Parks Nelson of San Luis
Obispo donated real estate valued at
Cal Poly has been rated the best public,
largely undergraduate university in the
West by U.S. News & World Report for
the eighth consecutive year.
Cal Poly also remained in the No.5
position among all institutions in the
Western Universities Top Schools list in
the magazine's annual survey.
In this year's list, which, for the first
time, includes-a more-comprehensive
ranking of individual academic depart
ments, the College of Engineering's
Computer Science Department was listed
as the best in the nation (among those not
offering Ph.D. programs).
Also in the national rankings for under
graduate engineering departments without
Ph.D. programs, the Industrial and Manu
facturing Engineering Department tied for
the No. 2 position, Electronic and Electrical
Engineering tied for No. 3, Aerospace
Engineering tied for No. 4, and both Civil
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
tied for No.5 .
The College of Engineering was listed
at No. 4 among public institutions and
No. 9 overall for undergraduate programs
without doctoral programs.
The four private institutions ranked
above Cal Poly in the Western regional
universities category are Trinity (Texas),
Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount and
Gonzaga (Wash.).
Cal Poly received high marks again
this year for academic reputation, its
freshmen retention rate, and the quality of
its students.
Among all Western regional colleges
and universities, both public and private,
Cal Poly maintains its third-place ranking
for reputation.
Academic reputation- the only sub
jective factor used to calculate the rankings
and the single most influential factor- is
based on a survey of presidents, provosts
and admissions directors of other universi
ties. It counts for 25 percent of the score
used to rank an institution.
Continued on page 4
Continued on page 4
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CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Student Life a Activities
has new name, same focus
The Student Life and Activities office
has changed its name to Student Life
and Leadership.
"Training Cal Poly's student leaders
has always been an important part of our
mission, and our new name reflects that,"
said Ken Barclay, director.
Over the last year, the department cre
ated a comprehensive leadership program,
Cal Poly LEADS (Leadership Education
and Development for Students). The pro
gram, coordinated by Pat Harris, is
intended to provide students with oppor
tunities to develop the necessary skills to
become effective leaders.
LEADS will offer students the oppor
tunity to earn a certificate of completion
in leadership training and a leadership
transcript that can be attached to their
resumes that reflects their experience both
on campus and in the community.
The program will begin with "Extreme
Leadership," a conference on Oct. 12. The
conference, funded by the Cal Poly Plan,
will give students an opportunity to par
ticipate in corporate training sessions
given by staff members from such compa-
nies as IBM, Agilent Technologies, and
New United Motor Manufacturing.
Student Life and Leadership will con
tinue to offer training opportunities to
students who work with such groups as
the WOW Board, Student Community
Services, the Multicultural Center, and
sororities and fraternities .
Leadership staff members are also
available to consult with student groups to
help them work effectively on teams in the
classroom and in co-curricular activities.
Faculty members from a number of
disciplines serve on the LEADS Advisory
Board, and plans are in the works for an
in-class pilot program to teach teamwork
skills to students in a materials engineer
ing lab class.
For more information on the LEADS
program, visit the Web site at www.leads.
calpoly.edu. D
Women plan reception
The Cal Poly Women's Club will hold its
Fall Reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at
the home of Jan Lucas, 1227 Corralitos
Ave., San Luis Obispo. Donations will be
accepted for the ASI Children's Center at
the event. For more information, call Flo
rence Mesler at 543-3259. D
Academic Calendar through Spring 2001
FALL TERM 2000
Sept. II
Monday
Sept. I8
Monday
Sept. 29
Friday
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Nov. 3
Nov. IO
Nov. 22-26
Dec. I
Dec. 4-8
Dec. 9
Dec. IO-Jan. 7
Beginning offal! term (faculty only)
Fall term classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Monday
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
Friday
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Friday
End of seventh week of instruction
Friday
Academic holiday - Veterans' Day observed
Wednesday-Sunday Academic holiday - Thanksgiving
Friday
Last day of classes
Monday-Friday
Final examination period
Saturday
Mid-Year Commencement. End of fall term
Sunday-Sunday
Academic holiday
WINTER TERM 2001
Monday
Jan. 8
Monday
Jan. I5
Jan. 22
Monday
Jan. 23
Tuesday
Jan. 29
Feb. I9
Monday
Monday
Feb. 27
March I6
March I9-23
March 23
March 24-April I
Tuesday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Friday
Saturday-Sunday
SPRING TERM 2001
April 2
Monday
April I3
Friday
Apri!I6
Monday
April20
May I8
May28
June 8
June ll-I5
June I6
Friday
Friday
Monday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Saturday
June I7-I8
Sunday-Monday
Beginning of winter term - classes begin
Academic holiday - Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Birthd,ay observed
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Academic holiday - George Washington's
Birthday observed
End of seventh week of instruction
Last day of classes
Final examination period
End of winter term
Academic holiday
Beginning of spring term - classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction- Census date
End of seventh week of instruction
Academic holiday - Memorial Day observed
Last day of classes
Final examination period
Commencement. End of spring term
End of university year (faculty only)
Academic holiday
Appointments .
Barry A. Eisenberg
Cal Poly alumnus Barry Eisenberg of
Cincinnati has been appointed to a two
year term as department head of the
Environmental Horticultural Science De
partment, effective Oct. I .
Eisenberg graduated in 1975. He
earned a doctorate from The Ohio State
University. He is owner of Postharvest
Research Solutions and formerly was
director of quality and technical services
for Chiquita Brands International.
Manzar Foroohar
History Professor Manzar Foroohar
has been appointed acting department
chair in Ethnic Studies for the 2000-2001
academic year.
Foroohar has taught in the History
Department since 1987. She previously
taught at UC San Diego, the Marlboro
College and School for International
Studies in Brattleboro, Vermont, at Los
Angeles City College, and at several
universities in Tehran, Iran. D
PAGE 2
Cal Poly to use e-mail
with prospective students
Orchesis to hold
dance auditions Sept. 21
Cal Poly is about to begin communi
cating with prospective students largely
via e-mail and using new Cal Poly-in
spired software to automate much of the
routine back-and-forth communication.
Jointly developed by the Admissions
and Recruitment office and Hobsons, a
global company with 25 years of experi
ence in educational marketing and
publishing, the system, called e-coms, will
be marketed worldwide.
E-coms is designed to increase and
improve communication with students and
begin doing so long before they apply for
college - in 8th grade and earlier.
The Admissions Office is working with
academic departments to develop ways for
the system to filter information and names
to target the best prospects for particular
academic programs. Two goals are to cre
ate direct e-mail links between students
and the professors in the disciplines in
which they're interested and to provide
virtual-reality campus tours.
Cal Poly is now working with targeted
groups of 8th-grade students statewide to
set up e-mail accounts the youngsters can
use to get information about the campus.
Working through a program called CSU
Mentor, Cal Poly is aiming especially for
teenagers who would be the first in their
families to go to college. The object is to
provide information about high school
courses the teens need to take to prepare
for higher education. D
Faculty members are asked to let their
students know that auditions for the
Orchesis Dance Company's 31st annual
dance concert will be held the first week
of classes.
Workshops for the audition will be
held at 6:10p.m. Sept. 19 and 20, and
scheduled auditions will begin at 6: I 0 p.m.
Sept 21.
Both workshops and the auditions will
be in the Crandall Gym Dance Studio,
across from Mustang Stadium and next to
the women's locker room.
Interested students should plan to at
tend at least one of the two workshops.
Those selected will be enrolled in DANC
345 in fall quarter and DANC 346 in winter.
The concert theme for 200 I will be
"Dance Perspectives," and performances
will be Feb. 2-3, and 8-10 in the Cal
Poly Theatre.
The concert will be directed by Dance
Professor Maria Junco and assistant direc
tor Diana Stanton, both of the Theatre and
Dance Department.
For information call Maria Junco at ext
6-1248 or leave a message at ext 6-1465. D
Scholarship awardees
to be honored Sept. 13
The Cal Poly Staff Scholarship Com
mittee invites faculty and staff members to
a reception for the awardees of the 2000200 I Staff Scholarships.
Patricia Van Belleghem, a history ma
jor, and Lori-Ann Walters, business,
are both Cal Poly employees.
Chantal Lavoux, business, Lisa Powell,
liberal studies, and Devin Smyth, history,
are dependents of staff members.
The recipients will be honored at the
Women's Welcome Reception during Fall
Conference Week from 4 to 5:30p.m.
Sept. 13 in UU 203 .
The Staff Scholarships are funded by
donations from the staff and faculty. Any
one interested in contributing, should call
Pat Broering at ext. 6-2675. D
Red Grammer
Family entertainer
Grammer to perform
Children's singer-songwriter Red
Grammer will perform at 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 in the Cal Poly Theatre as
part of Cal Poly Arts' Family Series.
Grammer is known as an ener
getic guitarist with a voice and a
vision that are beloved by children,
parents and educators alike. Parents
Magazine called him "the best voice
in children's music."
Critics have also hailed his
"gentle pop melodies and insightful
lyrics, as well as his occasional mo
ments of inspired silliness."
Grammer and his songwriting
partner and wife, Kathy, have pro
duced a series of award-winning
recordings . "Hello World," their
latest release, was selected as a
"Kid Pick" by USA Today and
earned a Gold Award from Parents'
Choice magazine.
Tickets cost $8-$14. D
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's Cal Poly Report can be bought
in person or by phone (ext. 6-2787) at the
Performing Arts Ticket Office I 0 a.m.-6
p.m Monday through Friday and I 0 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday. Orders may be faxed to
ext. 6-6088.
For audio samples and more information
on an event, visit the Cal Poly Arts Web
site at www.calpolyarts.org. D
Performances added to
two 'family' shows
Because tickets to The New Shanghai
Circus on March 18 and "The Very Hungry
Caterpillar" and "The Very Quiet Cricket"
on March 22 sold out during the summer's
season subscription campaign, additional
performances have been scheduled.
The New Shanghai Circus will also
play at 7 p.m. March 18 in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and
"The Very Quiet Cricket" will have an
additional showing at 6:30p.m. March 21
at the Cal Poly Theatre.
Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office
at ext. 6-2787 for prices and tickets. D
CPR schedule
This is the first fall quarter issue of the
Cal Poly Report. Another CPR will be
published Sept. 13 and every Wednesday
thereafeter through Dec. 6.
Please submit items by I 0 a.m. the
Wednesday before you want it to appear.
E-mail items to polynews@polymail. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Student Life a Activities
has new name, same focus
The Student Life and Activities office
has changed its name to Student Life
and Leadership.
"Training Cal Poly's student leaders
has always been an important part of our
mission, and our new name reflects that,"
said Ken Barclay, director.
Over the last year, the department cre
ated a comprehensive leadership program,
Cal Poly LEADS (Leadership Education
and Development for Students). The pro
gram, coordinated by Pat Harris, is
intended to provide students with oppor
tunities to develop the necessary skills to
become effective leaders.
LEADS will offer students the oppor
tunity to earn a certificate of completion
in leadership training and a leadership
transcript that can be attached to their
resumes that reflects their experience both
on campus and in the community.
The program will begin with "Extreme
Leadership," a conference on Oct. 12. The
conference, funded by the Cal Poly Plan,
will give students an opportunity to par
ticipate in corporate training sessions
given by staff members from such compa- nies as IBM, Agilent Technologies, and
New United Motor Manufacturing.
Student Life and Leadership will con
tinue to offer training opportunities to
students who work with such groups as
the WOW Board, Student Community
Services, the Multicultural Center, and
sororities and fraternities .
Leadership staff members are also
available to consult with student groups to
help them work effectively on teams in the
classroom and in co-curricular activities.
Faculty members from a number of
disciplines serve on the LEADS Advisory
Board, and plans are in the works for an
in-class pilot program to teach teamwork
skills to students in a materials engineer
ing lab class.
For more information on the LEADS
program, visit the Web site at www.leads.
calpoly.edu. D
Women plan reception
The Cal Poly Women's Club will hold its
Fall Reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at
the home of Jan Lucas, 1227 Corralitos
Ave., San Luis Obispo. Donations will be
accepted for the ASI Children's Center at
the event. For more information, call Flo
rence Mesler at 543-3259. D
Academic Calendar through Spring 2001
FALL TERM 2000
Sept. II
Monday
Sept. I8
Monday
Sept. 29
Friday
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Nov. 3
Nov. IO
Nov. 22-26
Dec. I
Dec. 4-8
Dec. 9
Dec. IO-Jan. 7
Beginning offal! term (faculty only)
Fall term classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Monday
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Friday
End of seventh week of instruction
Friday
Friday
Academic holiday - Veterans' Day observed
Wednesday-Sunday Academic holiday - Thanksgiving
Friday
Last day of classes
Monday-Friday
Final examination period
Saturday
Mid-Year Commencement. End of fall term
Sunday-Sunday
Academic holiday
WINTER TERM 2001
Monday
Jan. 8
Monday
Jan. I5
Jan. 22
Monday
Jan. 23
Tuesday
Jan. 29
Feb. I9
Monday
Monday
Feb. 27
March I6
March I9-23
March 23
March 24-April I
Tuesday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Friday
Saturday-Sunday
SPRING TERM 2001
April 2
Monday
April I3
Friday
Apri!I6
Monday
April20
May I8
May28
June 8
June ll-I5
June I6
Friday
Friday
Monday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Saturday
June I7-I8
Sunday-Monday
Beginning of winter term - classes begin
Academic holiday - Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Birthd,ay observed
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Academic holiday - George Washington's
Birthday observed
End of seventh week of instruction
Last day of classes
Final examination period
End of winter term
Academic holiday
Beginning of spring term - classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction- Census date
End of seventh week of instruction
Academic holiday - Memorial Day observed
Last day of classes
Final examination period
Commencement. End of spring term
End of university year (faculty only)
Academic holiday
Appointments .
Barry A. Eisenberg
Cal Poly alumnus Barry Eisenberg of
Cincinnati has been appointed to a two
year term as department head of the
Environmental Horticultural Science De
partment, effective Oct. I .
Eisenberg graduated in 1975. He
earned a doctorate from The Ohio State
University. He is owner of Postharvest
Research Solutions and formerly was
director of quality and technical services
for Chiquita Brands International.
Manzar Foroohar
History Professor Manzar Foroohar
has been appointed acting department
chair in Ethnic Studies for the 2000-2001
academic year.
Foroohar has taught in the History
Department since 1987. She previously
taught at UC San Diego, the Marlboro
College and School for International
Studies in Brattleboro, Vermont, at Los
Angeles City College, and at several
universities in Tehran, Iran. D
PAGE 2
Cal Poly to use e-mail
with prospective students
Orchesis to hold
dance auditions Sept. 21
Cal Poly is about to begin communi
cating with prospective students largely
via e-mail and using new Cal Poly-in
spired software to automate much of the
routine back-and-forth communication.
Jointly developed by the Admissions
and Recruitment office and Hobsons, a
global company with 25 years of experi
ence in educational marketing and
publishing, the system, called e-coms, will
be marketed worldwide.
E-coms is designed to increase and
improve communication with students and
begin doing so long before they apply for
college - in 8th grade and earlier.
The Admissions Office is working with
academic departments to develop ways for
the system to filter information and names
to target the best prospects for particular
academic programs. Two goals are to cre
ate direct e-mail links between students
and the professors in the disciplines in
which they're interested and to provide
virtual-reality campus tours.
Cal Poly is now working with targeted
groups of 8th-grade students statewide to
set up e-mail accounts the youngsters can
use to get information about the campus.
Working through a program called CSU
Mentor, Cal Poly is aiming especially for
teenagers who would be the first in their
families to go to college. The object is to
provide information about high school
courses the teens need to take to prepare
for higher education. D
Faculty members are asked to let their
students know that auditions for the
Orchesis Dance Company's 31st annual
dance concert will be held the first week
of classes.
Workshops for the audition will be
held at 6:10p.m. Sept. 19 and 20, and
scheduled auditions will begin at 6: I 0 p.m.
Sept 21.
Both workshops and the auditions will
be in the Crandall Gym Dance Studio,
across from Mustang Stadium and next to
the women's locker room.
Interested students should plan to at
tend at least one of the two workshops.
Those selected will be enrolled in DANC
345 in fall quarter and DANC 346 in winter.
The concert theme for 200 I will be
"Dance Perspectives," and performances
will be Feb. 2-3, and 8-10 in the Cal
Poly Theatre.
The concert will be directed by Dance
Professor Maria Junco and assistant direc
tor Diana Stanton, both of the Theatre and
Dance Department.
For information call Maria Junco at ext
6-1248 or leave a message at ext 6-1465. D
Scholarship awardees
to be honored Sept. 13
The Cal Poly Staff Scholarship Com
mittee invites faculty and staff members to
a reception for the awardees of the 2000
200 I Staff Scholarships.
Patricia Van Belleghem, a history ma
jor, and Lori-Ann Walters, business,
are both Cal Poly employees.
Chantal Lavoux, business, Lisa Powell,
liberal studies, and Devin Smyth, history,
are dependents of staff members.
The recipients will be honored at the
Women's Welcome Reception during Fall
Conference Week from 4 to 5:30p.m.
Sept. 13 in UU 203 .
The Staff Scholarships are funded by
donations from the staff and faculty. Any
one interested in contributing, should call
Pat Broering at ext. 6-2675. D
Red Grammer
Family entertainer
Grammer to perform
Children's singer-songwriter Red
Grammer will perform at 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 in the Cal Poly Theatre as
part of Cal Poly Arts' Family Series.
Grammer is known as an ener
getic guitarist with a voice and a
vision that are beloved by children,
parents and educators alike. Parents
Magazine called him "the best voice
in children's music."
Critics have also hailed his
"gentle pop melodies and insightful
lyrics, as well as his occasional mo
ments of inspired silliness."
Grammer and his songwriting
partner and wife, Kathy, have pro
duced a series of award-winning
recordings . "Hello World," their
latest release, was selected as a
"Kid Pick" by USA Today and
earned a Gold Award from Parents'
Choice magazine.
Tickets cost $8-$14. D
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's Cal Poly Report can be bought
in person or by phone (ext. 6-2787) at the
Performing Arts Ticket Office I 0 a.m.-6
p.m Monday through Friday and I 0 a.m.
4 p.m. Saturday. Orders may be faxed to
ext. 6-6088.
For audio samples and more information
on an event, visit the Cal Poly Arts Web
site at www.calpolyarts.org. D
Performances added to
two 'family' shows
Because tickets to The New Shanghai
Circus on March 18 and "The Very Hungry
Caterpillar" and "The Very Quiet Cricket"
on March 22 sold out during the summer's
season subscription campaign, additional
performances have been scheduled.
The New Shanghai Circus will also
play at 7 p.m. March 18 in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and
"The Very Quiet Cricket" will have an
additional showing at 6:30p.m. March 21
at the Cal Poly Theatre.
Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office
at ext. 6-2787 for prices and tickets. D
CPR schedule
This is the first fall quarter issue of the
Cal Poly Report. Another CPR will be
published Sept. 13 and every Wednesday
thereafeter through Dec. 6.
Please submit items by I 0 a.m. the
Wednesday before you want it to appear.
E-mail items to polynews@polymail. D
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CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Position vacandes
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
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
will not be accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE"at ext. 6-2237. 0
••• Roundup
Continued from page 1
$80,000 to establish the Alice Parks
Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment
Fund in the Music Department; Dance
Professor Moon Ja Minn Shur was hon
ored by her husband's donation of
$15,000 to the College of Liberal Arts'
dance program; the Retired Faculty and
Staff Club has raised more than $7,000
for the Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit
Scholarship Endowment fund; Los Osos
resident Grace Tevis donated real estate
valued at $170,000 to the Tevis Fund for
Visiting Artists in Music in the College of
Liberal Arts; Unocal donated $5.6 million
to the College of Science and Mathemat
ics ' Environmental Biotechnology
Institute; Willy and Vreni Borner of
Cupertino made a gift of stock valued at
more than $8,000 to benefit the Modern
Languages and Literatures Laboratory.
THIS&THAT
President Baker gave the commence
ment address at Chaoyang University of
Technology in Taiwan and met with the
island's new president, Chen Shui-bian,
during a five-day visit; the Western Asso
ciation of Schools and Colleges reaffirmed
Cal Poly's regional accreditation; Gov.
Gray Davis approved $10 million to
enhance quality and set the stage for
enrollment growth in five CSU "strategic"
programs: agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering and nursing;
Aeronautical Engineering was renamed
Aerospace Engineering. D
'Instructor Effectiveness'
offered fall quarter
Don Maas, professor in the University
Center for Teacher Education, will teach a
fall quarter seminar on techniques for
increasing teaching effectiveness.
Maintaining Instructor Effectiveness:
Techniques and Strategies for More Effec
tive Teaching is open to faculty and staff
members. It will be taught from 3: 10 to
5:50p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 20,
in Erhart Agriculture Room 241.
The course emphasizes the practical
applications of research to maintaining
teaching skills. Topics include:
• What elements make instruction effective.
• How to motivate students.
• How to be sure students are learning.
• How to get students to remember
material taught.
The seminar is free.
Enrollment is limited to 20. To register,
contact Cathy Joubert at ext. 6-2227 or
cjoubert@calpoly.edu. Anyone interested
in taking the seminar but unable to do so
fall quarter should contact Joubert.
For more information on the course,
call Maas at ext. 6-2587. D
••• U.S. News Ratings
Continued from page 1
The engineering school rankings
were determined by a survey of deans
and senior faculty members at similar
institutions. Five of the top nine in Cal
Poly's category- all private- were the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
(Ind.), Harvey Mudd College, Cooper
Union (N.Y.), Bucknell University and the
Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.).
The three major U.S. military academies
counted as public institutions; all tied for
fourth with Bucknell and RIT.
U.S. News divides America's approxi
mately I ,400 accredited four-year colleges
and universities into II groups based on
categories used by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. The
nation's 504 regional universities are
those that offer a wide selection of under
graduate programs and master's degrees
but few, if any, doctoral programs.
Research universities such as Stanford
and the University of California cam
puses, which offer doctoral programs, are
listed in the "national universities" class.
The U.S. News ratings are available on
the World Wide Web at www.usnews.com. D
ort
Leave solidtations
Sydney Francis
Sydney Francis, senior data control
technician in Information Technology
Systems' Operations and Data Control
office, has qualified for family cata
strophic leave. Eligible state employees
may donate vacation credit to help
her remain in full-pay status during an
extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Lynette
Klooster at ext. 6-7693 or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours, and all other
eligible state employees may donate up to
16 hours total vacation credits per fiscal
year in increments of one hour or more.
Patricia Vargas
Patricia Vargas, administrative support
assistant in Health Services, has qualified
for personal catastrophic leave. Eligible
state employees may donate vacation
credit and sick leave to help her remain in
full-pay status during an extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Vivian
Phillips in Health Services at ext. 6-5279
or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours total, and all
other eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total sick leave and/or
vacation credits per fiscal year in incre
ments of one hour or more. D
Performing Arts Center
to sponsor golf tourney
The Performing Arts Center will spon
sor a benefit golf tournament at II_a.m.
Oct. 23 at the San Luis Obispo Golf and
Country Club.
The $150 entry fee includes dinner
prepared by chef Ian McPhee at the Per
forming Arts Center after the tournament.
The field is limited to 36 two
person teams.
Interested golfers should call the Per
forming Arts Center at ext. 6-2787 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and I 0 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds from the tournament will
benefit Youth Outreach for the Performing
Arts Center. D
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 55, No. 1 • September 11, 2000
~-
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Cal Poly 'Best in West'
in U.S. News ratings
It's that time again •••
Fall Conference, WOW, and classes are just around the corner. Join friends and
colleagues at the General Session kicking offFall Conference week, Sept. 11 -Sept. 15.
President Baker will give opening remarks, and Karl S. Pister, chancellor emeritus, UC
Santa Cruz, will speak on 'Higher Education in California: 2000 and Beyond. ' The
General Session runs 9:30-11 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center s Cohan Center.
Summer round-up
This outline of material published dur
ing summer quarter is intended to bring
academic-year readers up to date.
APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments were
announced: Serna Alptekin, chair, In
dustrial and Manufacturing Engineering;
Robert Detweiler, interim vice president,
Student Affairs; Rick Johnson, interim
ASI director; Bonnie Konopak, dean,
University Center for Teacher Education;
Art MacCarley, director, Computer Engi
neering Program; Sigurd MeJdal, chair,
Computer Science; Frank Mumford,
Foundation executive director, Dennis
Parks, dean, Extended Studies; William
Pendergast, dean, College of Business.
RETIREMENTS
Senior university associate dean
Harry Sharp.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Lanny Griffin, assistant professor
of materials engineering, was selected
to receive a Dow Outstanding New
Faculty Award.
DEATHS
Madge Ditchie, Health Services, died
July II; Wilbur C. Hogan, mathematics
professor emeritus; Tommy Lewis Jones,
Facilities, died June 3; June Langston,
Graphic Communication, died June 21;
Marie Lehman, mathematics, died July
22; Jackie MacDonald, University Po
lice, died June I 0; Larry Voss, executive
assistant to Presidents Kennedy and
Baker, died June 13.
ADVANCEMENT UPDATE
Alice Parks Nelson of San Luis
Obispo donated real estate valued at
Cal Poly has been rated the best public,
largely undergraduate university in the
West by U.S. News & World Report for
the eighth consecutive year.
Cal Poly also remained in the No.5
position among all institutions in the
Western Universities Top Schools list in
the magazine's annual survey.
In this year's list, which, for the first
time, includes-a more-comprehensive
ranking of individual academic depart
ments, the College of Engineering's
Computer Science Department was listed
as the best in the nation (among those not
offering Ph.D. programs).
Also in the national rankings for under
graduate engineering departments without
Ph.D. programs, the Industrial and Manu
facturing Engineering Department tied for
the No. 2 position, Electronic and Electrical
Engineering tied for No. 3, Aerospace
Engineering tied for No. 4, and both Civil
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
tied for No.5 .
The College of Engineering was listed
at No. 4 among public institutions and
No. 9 overall for undergraduate programs
without doctoral programs.
The four private institutions ranked
above Cal Poly in the Western regional
universities category are Trinity (Texas),
Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount and
Gonzaga (Wash.).
Cal Poly received high marks again
this year for academic reputation, its
freshmen retention rate, and the quality of
its students.
Among all Western regional colleges
and universities, both public and private,
Cal Poly maintains its third-place ranking
for reputation.
Academic reputation- the only sub
jective factor used to calculate the rankings
and the single most influential factor- is
based on a survey of presidents, provosts
and admissions directors of other universi
ties. It counts for 25 percent of the score
used to rank an institution.
Continued on page 4
Continued on page 4
r
Position vacandes
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
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
will not be accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE"at ext. 6-2237. 0
••• Roundup
Continued from page 1
$80,000 to establish the Alice Parks
Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment
Fund in the Music Department; Dance
Professor Moon Ja Minn Shur was hon
ored by her husband's donation of
$15,000 to the College of Liberal Arts'
dance program; the Retired Faculty and
Staff Club has raised more than $7,000
for the Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit
Scholarship Endowment fund; Los Osos
resident Grace Tevis donated real estate
valued at $170,000 to the Tevis Fund for
Visiting Artists in Music in the College of
Liberal Arts; Unocal donated $5.6 million
to the College of Science and Mathemat
ics ' Environmental Biotechnology
Institute; Willy and Vreni Borner of
Cupertino made a gift of stock valued at
more than $8,000 to benefit the Modern
Languages and Literatures Laboratory.
THIS&THAT
President Baker gave the commence
ment address at Chaoyang University of
Technology in Taiwan and met with the
island's new president, Chen Shui-bian,
during a five-day visit; the Western Asso
ciation of Schools and Colleges reaffirmed
Cal Poly's regional accreditation; Gov.
Gray Davis approved $10 million to
enhance quality and set the stage for
enrollment growth in five CSU "strategic"
programs: agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering and nursing;
Aeronautical Engineering was renamed
Aerospace Engineering. D
'Instructor Effectiveness'
offered fall quarter
Don Maas, professor in the University
Center for Teacher Education, will teach a
fall quarter seminar on techniques for
increasing teaching effectiveness.
Maintaining Instructor Effectiveness:
Techniques and Strategies for More Effec
tive Teaching is open to faculty and staff
members. It will be taught from 3: 10 to
5:50p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 20,
in Erhart Agriculture Room 241.
The course emphasizes the practical
applications of research to maintaining
teaching skills. Topics include:
• What elements make instruction effective.
• How to motivate students.
• How to be sure students are learning.
• How to get students to remember
material taught.
The seminar is free.
Enrollment is limited to 20. To register,
contact Cathy Joubert at ext. 6-2227 or
cjoubert@calpoly.edu. Anyone interested
in taking the seminar but unable to do so
fall quarter should contact Joubert.
For more information on the course,
call Maas at ext. 6-2587. D
••• U.S. News Ratings
Continued from page 1
The engineering school rankings
were determined by a survey of deans
and senior faculty members at similar
institutions. Five of the top nine in Cal
Poly's category- all private- were the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
(Ind.), Harvey Mudd College, Cooper
Union (N.Y.), Bucknell University and the
Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.).
The three major U.S. military academies
counted as public institutions; all tied for
fourth with Bucknell and RIT.
U.S. News divides America's approxi
mately I ,400 accredited four-year colleges
and universities into II groups based on
categories used by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. The
nation's 504 regional universities are
those that offer a wide selection of under
graduate programs and master's degrees
but few, if any, doctoral programs.
Research universities such as Stanford
and the University of California cam
puses, which offer doctoral programs, are
listed in the "national universities" class.
The U.S. News ratings are available on
the World Wide Web at www.usnews.com. D
ort
Leave solidtations
Sydney Francis
Sydney Francis, senior data control
technician in Information Technology
Systems' Operations and Data Control
office, has qualified for family cata
strophic leave. Eligible state employees
may donate vacation credit to help
her remain in full-pay status during an
extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Lynette
Klooster at ext. 6-7693 or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours, and all other
eligible state employees may donate up to
16 hours total vacation credits per fiscal
year in increments of one hour or more.
Patricia Vargas
Patricia Vargas, administrative support
assistant in Health Services, has qualified
for personal catastrophic leave. Eligible
state employees may donate vacation
credit and sick leave to help her remain in
full-pay status during an extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Vivian
Phillips in Health Services at ext. 6-5279
or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours total, and all
other eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total sick leave and/or
vacation credits per fiscal year in incre
ments of one hour or more. D
Performing Arts Center
to sponsor golf tourney
The Performing Arts Center will spon
sor a benefit golf tournament at II_a.m.
Oct. 23 at the San Luis Obispo Golf and
Country Club.
The $150 entry fee includes dinner
prepared by chef Ian McPhee at the Per
forming Arts Center after the tournament.
The field is limited to 36 two
person teams.
Interested golfers should call the Per
forming Arts Center at ext. 6-2787 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and I 0 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds from the tournament will
benefit Youth Outreach for the Performing
Arts Center. D
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 55, No. 1 • September 11, 2000
~-
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Cal Poly 'Best in West'
in U.S. News ratings
It's that time again •••
Fall Conference, WOW, and classes are just around the corner. Join friends and
colleagues at the General Session kicking offFall Conference week, Sept. 11 -Sept. 15.
President Baker will give opening remarks, and Karl S. Pister, chancellor emeritus, UC
Santa Cruz, will speak on 'Higher Education in California: 2000 and Beyond. ' The
General Session runs 9:30-11 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center s Cohan Center.
Summer round-up
This outline ofmaterial published dur
ing summer quarter is intended to bring
academic-year readers up to date.
APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments were
announced: Serna Alptekin, chair, In
dustrial and Manufacturing Engineering;
Robert Detweiler, interim vice president,
Student Affairs; Rick Johnson, interim
ASI director; Bonnie Konopak, dean,
University Center for Teacher Education;
Art MacCarley, director, Computer Engi
neering Program; Sigurd MeJdal, chair,
Computer Science; Frank Mumford,
Foundation executive director, Dennis
Parks, dean, Extended Studies; William
Pendergast, dean, College of Business.
RETIREMENTS
Senior university associate dean
Harry Sharp.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Lanny Griffin, assistant professor
of materials engineering, was selected
to receive a Dow Outstanding New
Faculty Award.
DEATHS
Madge Ditchie, Health Services, died
July II; Wilbur C. Hogan, mathematics
professor emeritus; Tommy Lewis Jones,
Facilities, died June 3; June Langston,
Graphic Communication, died June 21;
Marie Lehman, mathematics, died July
22; Jackie MacDonald, University Po
lice, died June I 0; Larry Voss, executive
assistant to Presidents Kennedy and
Baker, died June 13.
ADVANCEMENT UPDATE
Alice Parks Nelson of San Luis
Obispo donated real estate valued at
Cal Poly has been rated the best public,
largely undergraduate university in the
West by U.S. News & World Report for
the eighth consecutive year.
Cal Poly also remained in the No.5
position among all institutions in the
Western Universities Top Schools list in
the magazine's annual survey.
In this year's list, which, for the first
time, includes-a more-comprehensive
ranking of individual academic depart
ments, the College of Engineering's
Computer Science Department was listed
as the best in the nation (among those not
offering Ph.D. programs).
Also in the national rankings for under
graduate engineering departments without
Ph.D. programs, the Industrial and Manu
facturing Engineering Department tied for
the No. 2 position, Electronic and Electrical
Engineering tied for No. 3, Aerospace
Engineering tied for No. 4, and both Civil
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
tied for No.5 .
The College of Engineering was listed
at No. 4 among public institutions and
No. 9 overall for undergraduate programs
without doctoral programs.
The four private institutions ranked
above Cal Poly in the Western regional
universities category are Trinity (Texas),
Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount and
Gonzaga (Wash.).
Cal Poly received high marks again
this year for academic reputation, its
freshmen retention rate, and the quality of
its students.
Among all Western regional colleges
and universities, both public and private,
Cal Poly maintains its third-place ranking
for reputation.
Academic reputation- the only sub
jective factor used to calculate the rankings
and the single most influential factor- is
based on a survey of presidents, provosts
and admissions directors of other universi
ties. It counts for 25 percent of the score
used to rank an institution.
Continued on page 4
Continued on page 4
r
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Student Life a Activities
has new name, same focus
The Student Life and Activities office
has changed its name to Student Life
and Leadership.
"Training Cal Poly's student leaders
has always been an important part of our
mission, and our new name reflects that,"
said Ken Barclay, director.
Over the last year, the department cre
ated a comprehensive leadership program,
Cal Poly LEADS (Leadership Education
and Development for Students). The pro
gram, coordinated by Pat Harris, is
intended to provide students with oppor
tunities to develop the necessary skills to
become effective leaders.
LEADS will offer students the oppor
tunity to earn a certificate of completion
in leadership training and a leadership
transcript that can be attached to their
resumes that reflects their experience both
on campus and in the community.
The program will begin with "Extreme
Leadership," a conference on Oct. 12. The
conference, funded by the Cal Poly Plan,
will give students an opportunity to par
ticipate in corporate training sessions
given by staff members from such compa-
nies as IBM, Agilent Technologies, and
New United Motor Manufacturing.
Student Life and Leadership will con
tinue to offer training opportunities to
students who work with such groups as
the WOW Board, Student Community
Services, the Multicultural Center, and
sororities and fraternities .
Leadership staff members are also
available to consult with student groups to
help them work effectively on teams in the
classroom and in co-curricular activities.
Faculty members from a number of
disciplines serve on the LEADS Advisory
Board, and plans are in the works for an
in-class pilot program to teach teamwork
skills to students in a materials engineer
ing lab class.
For more information on the LEADS
program, visit the Web site at www.leads.
calpoly.edu. D
Women plan reception
The Cal Poly Women's Club will hold its
Fall Reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at
the home of Jan Lucas, 1227 Corralitos
Ave., San Luis Obispo. Donations will be
accepted for the ASI Children's Center at
the event. For more information, call Flo
rence Mesler at 543-3259. D
Academic Calendar through Spring 2001
FALL TERM 2000
Sept. II
Monday
Sept. I8
Monday
Sept. 29
Friday
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Nov. 3
Nov. IO
Nov. 22-26
Dec. I
Dec. 4-8
Dec. 9
Dec. IO-Jan. 7
Beginning offal! term (faculty only)
Fall term classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Monday
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
Friday
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Friday
End of seventh week of instruction
Friday
Academic holiday - Veterans' Day observed
Wednesday-Sunday Academic holiday - Thanksgiving
Friday
Last day of classes
Monday-Friday
Final examination period
Saturday
Mid-Year Commencement. End of fall term
Sunday-Sunday
Academic holiday
WINTER TERM 2001
Monday
Jan. 8
Monday
Jan. I5
Jan. 22
Monday
Jan. 23
Tuesday
Jan. 29
Feb. I9
Monday
Monday
Feb. 27
March I6
March I9-23
March 23
March 24-April I
Tuesday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Friday
Saturday-Sunday
SPRING TERM 2001
April 2
Monday
April I3
Friday
Apri!I6
Monday
April20
May I8
May28
June 8
June ll-I5
June I6
Friday
Friday
Monday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Saturday
June I7-I8
Sunday-Monday
Beginning of winter term - classes begin
Academic holiday - Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Birthd,ay observed
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Academic holiday - George Washington's
Birthday observed
End of seventh week of instruction
Last day of classes
Final examination period
End of winter term
Academic holiday
Beginning of spring term - classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction- Census date
End of seventh week of instruction
Academic holiday - Memorial Day observed
Last day of classes
Final examination period
Commencement. End of spring term
End of university year (faculty only)
Academic holiday
Appointments .
Barry A. Eisenberg
Cal Poly alumnus Barry Eisenberg of
Cincinnati has been appointed to a two
year term as department head of the
Environmental Horticultural Science De
partment, effective Oct. I .
Eisenberg graduated in 1975. He
earned a doctorate from The Ohio State
University. He is owner of Postharvest
Research Solutions and formerly was
director of quality and technical services
for Chiquita Brands International.
Manzar Foroohar
History Professor Manzar Foroohar
has been appointed acting department
chair in Ethnic Studies for the 2000-2001
academic year.
Foroohar has taught in the History
Department since 1987. She previously
taught at UC San Diego, the Marlboro
College and School for International
Studies in Brattleboro, Vermont, at Los
Angeles City College, and at several
universities in Tehran, Iran. D
PAGE 2
Cal Poly to use e-mail
with prospective students
Orchesis to hold
dance auditions Sept. 21
Cal Poly is about to begin communi
cating with prospective students largely
via e-mail and using new Cal Poly-in
spired software to automate much of the
routine back-and-forth communication.
Jointly developed by the Admissions
and Recruitment office and Hobsons, a
global company with 25 years of experi
ence in educational marketing and
publishing, the system, called e-coms, will
be marketed worldwide.
E-coms is designed to increase and
improve communication with students and
begin doing so long before they apply for
college - in 8th grade and earlier.
The Admissions Office is working with
academic departments to develop ways for
the system to filter information and names
to target the best prospects for particular
academic programs. Two goals are to cre
ate direct e-mail links between students
and the professors in the disciplines in
which they're interested and to provide
virtual-reality campus tours.
Cal Poly is now working with targeted
groups of 8th-grade students statewide to
set up e-mail accounts the youngsters can
use to get information about the campus.
Working through a program called CSU
Mentor, Cal Poly is aiming especially for
teenagers who would be the first in their
families to go to college. The object is to
provide information about high school
courses the teens need to take to prepare
for higher education. D
Faculty members are asked to let their
students know that auditions for the
Orchesis Dance Company's 31st annual
dance concert will be held the first week
of classes.
Workshops for the audition will be
held at 6:10p.m. Sept. 19 and 20, and
scheduled auditions will begin at 6: I 0 p.m.
Sept 21.
Both workshops and the auditions will
be in the Crandall Gym Dance Studio,
across from Mustang Stadium and next to
the women's locker room.
Interested students should plan to at
tend at least one of the two workshops.
Those selected will be enrolled in DANC
345 in fall quarter and DANC 346 in winter.
The concert theme for 200 I will be
"Dance Perspectives," and performances
will be Feb. 2-3, and 8-10 in the Cal
Poly Theatre.
The concert will be directed by Dance
Professor Maria Junco and assistant direc
tor Diana Stanton, both of the Theatre and
Dance Department.
For information call Maria Junco at ext
6-1248 or leave a message at ext 6-1465. D
Scholarship awardees
to be honored Sept. 13
The Cal Poly Staff Scholarship Com
mittee invites faculty and staff members to
a reception for the awardees of the 2000200 I Staff Scholarships.
Patricia Van Belleghem, a history ma
jor, and Lori-Ann Walters, business,
are both Cal Poly employees.
Chantal Lavoux, business, Lisa Powell,
liberal studies, and Devin Smyth, history,
are dependents of staff members.
The recipients will be honored at the
Women's Welcome Reception during Fall
Conference Week from 4 to 5:30p.m.
Sept. 13 in UU 203 .
The Staff Scholarships are funded by
donations from the staff and faculty. Any
one interested in contributing, should call
Pat Broering at ext. 6-2675. D
Red Grammer
Family entertainer
Grammer to perform
Children's singer-songwriter Red
Grammer will perform at 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 in the Cal Poly Theatre as
part of Cal Poly Arts' Family Series.
Grammer is known as an ener
getic guitarist with a voice and a
vision that are beloved by children,
parents and educators alike. Parents
Magazine called him "the best voice
in children's music."
Critics have also hailed his
"gentle pop melodies and insightful
lyrics, as well as his occasional mo
ments of inspired silliness."
Grammer and his songwriting
partner and wife, Kathy, have pro
duced a series of award-winning
recordings . "Hello World," their
latest release, was selected as a
"Kid Pick" by USA Today and
earned a Gold Award from Parents'
Choice magazine.
Tickets cost $8-$14. D
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's Cal Poly Report can be bought
in person or by phone (ext. 6-2787) at the
Performing Arts Ticket Office I 0 a.m.-6
p.m Monday through Friday and I 0 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday. Orders may be faxed to
ext. 6-6088.
For audio samples and more information
on an event, visit the Cal Poly Arts Web
site at www.calpolyarts.org. D
Performances added to
two 'family' shows
Because tickets to The New Shanghai
Circus on March 18 and "The Very Hungry
Caterpillar" and "The Very Quiet Cricket"
on March 22 sold out during the summer's
season subscription campaign, additional
performances have been scheduled.
The New Shanghai Circus will also
play at 7 p.m. March 18 in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and
"The Very Quiet Cricket" will have an
additional showing at 6:30p.m. March 21
at the Cal Poly Theatre.
Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office
at ext. 6-2787 for prices and tickets. D
CPR schedule
This is the first fall quarter issue of the
Cal Poly Report. Another CPR will be
published Sept. 13 and every Wednesday
thereafeter through Dec. 6.
Please submit items by I 0 a.m. the
Wednesday before you want it to appear.
E-mail items to polynews@polymail. D
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CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Student Life a Activities
has new name, same focus
The Student Life and Activities office
has changed its name to Student Life
and Leadership.
"Training Cal Poly's student leaders
has always been an important part of our
mission, and our new name reflects that,"
said Ken Barclay, director.
Over the last year, the department cre
ated a comprehensive leadership program,
Cal Poly LEADS (Leadership Education
and Development for Students). The pro
gram, coordinated by Pat Harris, is
intended to provide students with oppor
tunities to develop the necessary skills to
become effective leaders.
LEADS will offer students the oppor
tunity to earn a certificate of completion
in leadership training and a leadership
transcript that can be attached to their
resumes that reflects their experience both
on campus and in the community.
The program will begin with "Extreme
Leadership," a conference on Oct. 12. The
conference, funded by the Cal Poly Plan,
will give students an opportunity to par
ticipate in corporate training sessions
given by staff members from such compa- nies as IBM, Agilent Technologies, and
New United Motor Manufacturing.
Student Life and Leadership will con
tinue to offer training opportunities to
students who work with such groups as
the WOW Board, Student Community
Services, the Multicultural Center, and
sororities and fraternities .
Leadership staff members are also
available to consult with student groups to
help them work effectively on teams in the
classroom and in co-curricular activities.
Faculty members from a number of
disciplines serve on the LEADS Advisory
Board, and plans are in the works for an
in-class pilot program to teach teamwork
skills to students in a materials engineer
ing lab class.
For more information on the LEADS
program, visit the Web site at www.leads.
calpoly.edu. D
Women plan reception
The Cal Poly Women's Club will hold its
Fall Reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at
the home of Jan Lucas, 1227 Corralitos
Ave., San Luis Obispo. Donations will be
accepted for the ASI Children's Center at
the event. For more information, call Flo
rence Mesler at 543-3259. D
Academic Calendar through Spring 2001
FALL TERM 2000
Sept. II
Monday
Sept. I8
Monday
Sept. 29
Friday
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Nov. 3
Nov. IO
Nov. 22-26
Dec. I
Dec. 4-8
Dec. 9
Dec. IO-Jan. 7
Beginning offal! term (faculty only)
Fall term classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Monday
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Friday
End of seventh week of instruction
Friday
Friday
Academic holiday - Veterans' Day observed
Wednesday-Sunday Academic holiday - Thanksgiving
Friday
Last day of classes
Monday-Friday
Final examination period
Saturday
Mid-Year Commencement. End of fall term
Sunday-Sunday
Academic holiday
WINTER TERM 2001
Monday
Jan. 8
Monday
Jan. I5
Jan. 22
Monday
Jan. 23
Tuesday
Jan. 29
Feb. I9
Monday
Monday
Feb. 27
March I6
March I9-23
March 23
March 24-April I
Tuesday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Friday
Saturday-Sunday
SPRING TERM 2001
April 2
Monday
April I3
Friday
Apri!I6
Monday
April20
May I8
May28
June 8
June ll-I5
June I6
Friday
Friday
Monday
Friday
Monday-Friday
Saturday
June I7-I8
Sunday-Monday
Beginning of winter term - classes begin
Academic holiday - Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Birthd,ay observed
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction - Census date
Academic holiday - George Washington's
Birthday observed
End of seventh week of instruction
Last day of classes
Final examination period
End of winter term
Academic holiday
Beginning of spring term - classes begin
End of second week of instruction
Last day to drop a class
Last day to add a class
Last day to register late and pay late registration fee
End of third week of instruction- Census date
End of seventh week of instruction
Academic holiday - Memorial Day observed
Last day of classes
Final examination period
Commencement. End of spring term
End of university year (faculty only)
Academic holiday
Appointments .
Barry A. Eisenberg
Cal Poly alumnus Barry Eisenberg of
Cincinnati has been appointed to a two
year term as department head of the
Environmental Horticultural Science De
partment, effective Oct. I .
Eisenberg graduated in 1975. He
earned a doctorate from The Ohio State
University. He is owner of Postharvest
Research Solutions and formerly was
director of quality and technical services
for Chiquita Brands International.
Manzar Foroohar
History Professor Manzar Foroohar
has been appointed acting department
chair in Ethnic Studies for the 2000-2001
academic year.
Foroohar has taught in the History
Department since 1987. She previously
taught at UC San Diego, the Marlboro
College and School for International
Studies in Brattleboro, Vermont, at Los
Angeles City College, and at several
universities in Tehran, Iran. D
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Cal Poly to use e-mail
with prospective students
Orchesis to hold
dance auditions Sept. 21
Cal Poly is about to begin communi
cating with prospective students largely
via e-mail and using new Cal Poly-in
spired software to automate much of the
routine back-and-forth communication.
Jointly developed by the Admissions
and Recruitment office and Hobsons, a
global company with 25 years of experi
ence in educational marketing and
publishing, the system, called e-coms, will
be marketed worldwide.
E-coms is designed to increase and
improve communication with students and
begin doing so long before they apply for
college - in 8th grade and earlier.
The Admissions Office is working with
academic departments to develop ways for
the system to filter information and names
to target the best prospects for particular
academic programs. Two goals are to cre
ate direct e-mail links between students
and the professors in the disciplines in
which they're interested and to provide
virtual-reality campus tours.
Cal Poly is now working with targeted
groups of 8th-grade students statewide to
set up e-mail accounts the youngsters can
use to get information about the campus.
Working through a program called CSU
Mentor, Cal Poly is aiming especially for
teenagers who would be the first in their
families to go to college. The object is to
provide information about high school
courses the teens need to take to prepare
for higher education. D
Faculty members are asked to let their
students know that auditions for the
Orchesis Dance Company's 31st annual
dance concert will be held the first week
of classes.
Workshops for the audition will be
held at 6:10p.m. Sept. 19 and 20, and
scheduled auditions will begin at 6: I 0 p.m.
Sept 21.
Both workshops and the auditions will
be in the Crandall Gym Dance Studio,
across from Mustang Stadium and next to
the women's locker room.
Interested students should plan to at
tend at least one of the two workshops.
Those selected will be enrolled in DANC
345 in fall quarter and DANC 346 in winter.
The concert theme for 200 I will be
"Dance Perspectives," and performances
will be Feb. 2-3, and 8-10 in the Cal
Poly Theatre.
The concert will be directed by Dance
Professor Maria Junco and assistant direc
tor Diana Stanton, both of the Theatre and
Dance Department.
For information call Maria Junco at ext
6-1248 or leave a message at ext 6-1465. D
Scholarship awardees
to be honored Sept. 13
The Cal Poly Staff Scholarship Com
mittee invites faculty and staff members to
a reception for the awardees of the 2000
200 I Staff Scholarships.
Patricia Van Belleghem, a history ma
jor, and Lori-Ann Walters, business,
are both Cal Poly employees.
Chantal Lavoux, business, Lisa Powell,
liberal studies, and Devin Smyth, history,
are dependents of staff members.
The recipients will be honored at the
Women's Welcome Reception during Fall
Conference Week from 4 to 5:30p.m.
Sept. 13 in UU 203 .
The Staff Scholarships are funded by
donations from the staff and faculty. Any
one interested in contributing, should call
Pat Broering at ext. 6-2675. D
Red Grammer
Family entertainer
Grammer to perform
Children's singer-songwriter Red
Grammer will perform at 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 in the Cal Poly Theatre as
part of Cal Poly Arts' Family Series.
Grammer is known as an ener
getic guitarist with a voice and a
vision that are beloved by children,
parents and educators alike. Parents
Magazine called him "the best voice
in children's music."
Critics have also hailed his
"gentle pop melodies and insightful
lyrics, as well as his occasional mo
ments of inspired silliness."
Grammer and his songwriting
partner and wife, Kathy, have pro
duced a series of award-winning
recordings . "Hello World," their
latest release, was selected as a
"Kid Pick" by USA Today and
earned a Gold Award from Parents'
Choice magazine.
Tickets cost $8-$14. D
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's Cal Poly Report can be bought
in person or by phone (ext. 6-2787) at the
Performing Arts Ticket Office I 0 a.m.-6
p.m Monday through Friday and I 0 a.m.
4 p.m. Saturday. Orders may be faxed to
ext. 6-6088.
For audio samples and more information
on an event, visit the Cal Poly Arts Web
site at www.calpolyarts.org. D
Performances added to
two 'family' shows
Because tickets to The New Shanghai
Circus on March 18 and "The Very Hungry
Caterpillar" and "The Very Quiet Cricket"
on March 22 sold out during the summer's
season subscription campaign, additional
performances have been scheduled.
The New Shanghai Circus will also
play at 7 p.m. March 18 in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and
"The Very Quiet Cricket" will have an
additional showing at 6:30p.m. March 21
at the Cal Poly Theatre.
Call the Performing Arts Ticket Office
at ext. 6-2787 for prices and tickets. D
CPR schedule
This is the first fall quarter issue of the
Cal Poly Report. Another CPR will be
published Sept. 13 and every Wednesday
thereafeter through Dec. 6.
Please submit items by I 0 a.m. the
Wednesday before you want it to appear.
E-mail items to polynews@polymail. D
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CAL POLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
Position vacandes
STATE: For a complete listing of employment
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
will not be accepted.
If you have questions, please call
HREE"at ext. 6-2237. 0
••• Roundup
Continued from page 1
$80,000 to establish the Alice Parks
Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment
Fund in the Music Department; Dance
Professor Moon Ja Minn Shur was hon
ored by her husband's donation of
$15,000 to the College of Liberal Arts'
dance program; the Retired Faculty and
Staff Club has raised more than $7,000
for the Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit
Scholarship Endowment fund; Los Osos
resident Grace Tevis donated real estate
valued at $170,000 to the Tevis Fund for
Visiting Artists in Music in the College of
Liberal Arts; Unocal donated $5.6 million
to the College of Science and Mathemat
ics ' Environmental Biotechnology
Institute; Willy and Vreni Borner of
Cupertino made a gift of stock valued at
more than $8,000 to benefit the Modern
Languages and Literatures Laboratory.
THIS&THAT
President Baker gave the commence
ment address at Chaoyang University of
Technology in Taiwan and met with the
island's new president, Chen Shui-bian,
during a five-day visit; the Western Asso
ciation of Schools and Colleges reaffirmed
Cal Poly's regional accreditation; Gov.
Gray Davis approved $10 million to
enhance quality and set the stage for
enrollment growth in five CSU "strategic"
programs: agriculture, biological science,
computer science, engineering and nursing;
Aeronautical Engineering was renamed
Aerospace Engineering. D
'Instructor Effectiveness'
offered fall quarter
Don Maas, professor in the University
Center for Teacher Education, will teach a
fall quarter seminar on techniques for
increasing teaching effectiveness.
Maintaining Instructor Effectiveness:
Techniques and Strategies for More Effec
tive Teaching is open to faculty and staff
members. It will be taught from 3: 10 to
5:50p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 20,
in Erhart Agriculture Room 241.
The course emphasizes the practical
applications of research to maintaining
teaching skills. Topics include:
• What elements make instruction effective.
• How to motivate students.
• How to be sure students are learning.
• How to get students to remember
material taught.
The seminar is free.
Enrollment is limited to 20. To register,
contact Cathy Joubert at ext. 6-2227 or
cjoubert@calpoly.edu. Anyone interested
in taking the seminar but unable to do so
fall quarter should contact Joubert.
For more information on the course,
call Maas at ext. 6-2587. D
••• U.S. News Ratings
Continued from page 1
The engineering school rankings
were determined by a survey of deans
and senior faculty members at similar
institutions. Five of the top nine in Cal
Poly's category- all private- were the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
(Ind.), Harvey Mudd College, Cooper
Union (N.Y.), Bucknell University and the
Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.).
The three major U.S. military academies
counted as public institutions; all tied for
fourth with Bucknell and RIT.
U.S. News divides America's approxi
mately I ,400 accredited four-year colleges
and universities into II groups based on
categories used by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. The
nation's 504 regional universities are
those that offer a wide selection of under
graduate programs and master's degrees
but few, if any, doctoral programs.
Research universities such as Stanford
and the University of California cam
puses, which offer doctoral programs, are
listed in the "national universities" class.
The U.S. News ratings are available on
the World Wide Web at www.usnews.com. D
ort
Leave solidtations
Sydney Francis
Sydney Francis, senior data control
technician in Information Technology
Systems' Operations and Data Control
office, has qualified for family cata
strophic leave. Eligible state employees
may donate vacation credit to help
her remain in full-pay status during an
extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Lynette
Klooster at ext. 6-7693 or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours, and all other
eligible state employees may donate up to
16 hours total vacation credits per fiscal
year in increments of one hour or more.
Patricia Vargas
Patricia Vargas, administrative support
assistant in Health Services, has qualified
for personal catastrophic leave. Eligible
state employees may donate vacation
credit and sick leave to help her remain in
full-pay status during an extended absence.
Those interested in donating leave may
request the Catastrophic Leave Donation
form from solicitation coordinator Vivian
Phillips in Health Services at ext. 6-5279
or by e-mail.
CSEA employees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9)
may donate up to 32 hours total, and all
other eligible state employees may donate
up to 16 hours total sick leave and/or
vacation credits per fiscal year in incre
ments of one hour or more. D
Performing Arts Center
to sponsor golf tourney
The Performing Arts Center will spon
sor a benefit golf tournament at II_a.m.
Oct. 23 at the San Luis Obispo Golf and
Country Club.
The $150 entry fee includes dinner
prepared by chef Ian McPhee at the Per
forming Arts Center after the tournament.
The field is limited to 36 two
person teams.
Interested golfers should call the Per
forming Arts Center at ext. 6-2787 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and I 0 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds from the tournament will
benefit Youth Outreach for the Performing
Arts Center. D
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 55, No. 1 • September 11, 2000
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Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Cal Poly 'Best in West'
in U.S. News ratings
It's that time again •••
Fall Conference, WOW, and classes are just around the corner. Join friends and
colleagues at the General Session kicking offFall Conference week, Sept. 11 -Sept. 15.
President Baker will give opening remarks, and Karl S. Pister, chancellor emeritus, UC
Santa Cruz, will speak on 'Higher Education in California: 2000 and Beyond. ' The
General Session runs 9:30-11 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center s Cohan Center.
Summer round-up
This outline of material published dur
ing summer quarter is intended to bring
academic-year readers up to date.
APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments were
announced: Serna Alptekin, chair, In
dustrial and Manufacturing Engineering;
Robert Detweiler, interim vice president,
Student Affairs; Rick Johnson, interim
ASI director; Bonnie Konopak, dean,
University Center for Teacher Education;
Art MacCarley, director, Computer Engi
neering Program; Sigurd MeJdal, chair,
Computer Science; Frank Mumford,
Foundation executive director, Dennis
Parks, dean, Extended Studies; William
Pendergast, dean, College of Business.
RETIREMENTS
Senior university associate dean
Harry Sharp.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Lanny Griffin, assistant professor
of materials engineering, was selected
to receive a Dow Outstanding New
Faculty Award.
DEATHS
Madge Ditchie, Health Services, died
July II; Wilbur C. Hogan, mathematics
professor emeritus; Tommy Lewis Jones,
Facilities, died June 3; June Langston,
Graphic Communication, died June 21;
Marie Lehman, mathematics, died July
22; Jackie MacDonald, University Po
lice, died June I 0; Larry Voss, executive
assistant to Presidents Kennedy and
Baker, died June 13.
ADVANCEMENT UPDATE
Alice Parks Nelson of San Luis
Obispo donated real estate valued at
Cal Poly has been rated the best public,
largely undergraduate university in the
West by U.S. News & World Report for
the eighth consecutive year.
Cal Poly also remained in the No.5
position among all institutions in the
Western Universities Top Schools list in
the magazine's annual survey.
In this year's list, which, for the first
time, includes-a more-comprehensive
ranking of individual academic depart
ments, the College of Engineering's
Computer Science Department was listed
as the best in the nation (among those not
offering Ph.D. programs).
Also in the national rankings for under
graduate engineering departments without
Ph.D. programs, the Industrial and Manu
facturing Engineering Department tied for
the No. 2 position, Electronic and Electrical
Engineering tied for No. 3, Aerospace
Engineering tied for No. 4, and both Civil
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
tied for No.5 .
The College of Engineering was listed
at No. 4 among public institutions and
No. 9 overall for undergraduate programs
without doctoral programs.
The four private institutions ranked
above Cal Poly in the Western regional
universities category are Trinity (Texas),
Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount and
Gonzaga (Wash.).
Cal Poly received high marks again
this year for academic reputation, its
freshmen retention rate, and the quality of
its students.
Among all Western regional colleges
and universities, both public and private,
Cal Poly maintains its third-place ranking
for reputation.
Academic reputation- the only sub
jective factor used to calculate the rankings
and the single most influential factor- is
based on a survey of presidents, provosts
and admissions directors of other universi
ties. It counts for 25 percent of the score
used to rank an institution.
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