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0\LPOLY
REPORT
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407
Vol. 50, No. 15
Area students invited
to 'Primary care Day'
Jan. 24 workshop set on ·
Fanu1y, lted"al Leave Act
Faculty and staff members are en
couraged to let students know about a
National Primary Care Day presenta
tion to promote careers in the pri
mary-care health professions to be
held from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday,
Jan. 22, in Chumash Auditorium.
Cal Poly is among only a few un
dergraduate institutions and 140 pro
fessional schools across the country
to participate in the annual event.
Local primary-care practitioners,
including physicians, a physician's
assistant, and a nurse practitioner, will
talk about their careers. Free pizza
and soft drinks will be served.
The College of Science and Math
ematics sponsors National P~mary
Care Day at Cal Poly to educate under
graduates about various career options.
For more information, call Ursula
Bishop, director of the university 's
Access to Health Careers program, at
ext. 2840.
Several 'search' classes
offered at library
Learn to search Lexis-Nexis, UNIX,
telnet, Polycat and more during win
ter quarter at the Kennedy Library.
Faculty, staff and students can sign
up for workshops in:
• Getting Started-Getting On - in
cludes classes in e-mail, UNIX, telnet
and more.
• Polycat Plus -covers searching
for books -local and via the system
wide CSUNET.
• FirstSearch/CARL - allows
searches for journal and magazine ar
ticles.
• Lexis/Nexis - offers full-text
news searching. (These classes are re
stricted by contract to faculty mem
bers and students only.)
• Searching the Web.
Access to the these on-line re
sources will be available from office
or off-campus locations to those who
attend the workshops.
For a full schedule of times, dates
and locations, visit the Web site at
http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/gopher/
services.html or stop by the library
for a printed copy.
For more information, call the Ref
erence Department at ext. 2649.
January 17, 1997
A workshop designed for deans,
directors, department heads/chairs,
managers and supervisors on the
Family and Medical Leave Act is
scheduled from 9 to 11 am Friday,
Jan. 24, in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by Hu
man Resources, will provide an over
view of federal and state legal
requirements and offer guidelines for
supervisors who approve requests for
leaves of absence.
To enroll, call Joan Lund in Human
Resources at ext. 6563 or e-mail jlund.
Psychological Services
moves to Health Center
The university community is in
vited to stop by Psychological Ser
vices' new offices in the Health Center.
Department hours, phone numbers
and programs have not changed.
Staff members are available to help
students and employees with aca
demic and personal problems.
To help plan Psychological Ser
vices' programs for future quarters,
employees are being asked to fill out
a questionnaire, to be included with
the January pay warrants.
For information, call Psychological
Services at ext. 2511 .
Retirement reception
set for Paullleel
A reception in honor of Paul Neel,
dean of the College of Architecture
and Environmental Design from 1991
until his retirement last month, is
planned from 2 to 5 pm Wednesday,
Jan. 22, in the Albert B. Smith Con
ference Center.
DSS sets open house,
changes name, location
Disabled Student Services (DSS)
will hold an open house from 2 to
4 pm Friday, Jan. 31, to publicize its
new name - Disability Resource Cen
ter - and new location in the Student
Services Building, across from Mus
tang Stadium.
DSS now occupies the space re
cently vacated by Psychological Ser
vices, which has moved to the Health
Center.
DSS, Student Support Services,
Career Services, and the Assessment
and Testing Center, are now all
housed in the Student Services Build
ing, which should allow for improved
services and better collaboration be
tween departments.
For more information, call DSS at
ext. 1395.
CAL PoLY
REPORT
January 17, 1997
Leading American poet
to read tonight
Leading American poet and USC
professor Molly Bendall will be the
first speaker in Cal Poly Arts' winter
quarter WriterSpeak series at 7 to
night (Jan. 17) in the Performing Arts
Center's Philips recital hall.
Bendall's poetry "has a singular
life of its own," wrote critic Richard
Howard. It "is struggling to digest
and express new objects, new groups
of objects, new feelings, new as
pects." Her poetry also incorporates
"the conversations, letters, and over
heard musings of remembered women
- Pavlova, Colette, Cassatt, Kahlo,
and others ...."
Bendall's book "After Estrange
ment" was published in 1992. She has
won a Pushcart prize and the Eunice
Tietjens prize from Poetry magazine.
The reading is co-sponsored by the
English Department and College of
Liberal Arts.
For more information, call English
professor Kevin Clark at ext. 2506.
Personal development
support group forming
A six-week support group for em
ployees interested in personal devel
opment will begin Thursday, Feb. 6,
sponsored by the Employee Assis
tance Program (EAP).
The group will meet from 5: 15 to
6:15 pm on consecutive Thursdays in
the Health Center Conference Room
137. Employees are asked to agree to
attend all six sessions.
The workshops will be facilitated
by EAP coordinator Jean DeCosta
and psychology intern Mardell
Gavriel.
The format will be open discussion
and self-exploration. Participants will
acquire tools to make personal change.
Issues to be explored include
assertiveness, self-esteem, careers and
jobs, family and children, self-sabo
tage and procrastination, and general
self-awareness.
Page 2
For more information or to regis
ter, call Jean DeCosta at ext. 5198.
Time travel
topic of Jan. 21 talk
Physics professor Edward Harrison
from the University of Massachusetts
will talk on "The Impossibility of
Wellsian Time Travel" at 11 am Tues
day, Jan. 21, in the Science Building,
Room E-26.
Harrison will discuss "The Time
Machine," written by H.G. Wells in
1895. He will explain why time
travel, as conceived by Wells and
popularized in numerous science-fic
tion stories and movies, involves a
contradiction in basic scientific prin
ciples.
Harrison also asserts, however, that
not all time travel is physically impos
sible.
He will present a history of the
idea of time travel and show a section
of a movie that closely follows Wells'
book.
The presentation is part of the
Physics Department Colloquium
speaker series.
For more information, call physics
professor Gayle Cook at ext. 2814.
Statistics provides
consulting service
The Statistics Department provides
a consulting service to facilitate re
search design and data analysis in a
variety of disciplines.
Kent Smith, the main consultant
winter quarter, can help in the design
and analysis of research projects. He
can also lead seminars and tutorials
on requested topics and advise on
computer packages available at Cal
Poly. If some special area concerning
statistical inference is of interest to a
department or group, contact Smith to
arrange lectures on that subject.
Smith's office is in Room 108 in
Faculty Offices East. He can be
reached at ext. 6129, via e-mail at
kdsmith or messages can be left at
ext. 2709.
Walk-in Consulting Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays ............................... 2:10-3 pm
Office Hours for Students
Mondays and Fridays ..... 9:10-10 am
Wednesdays .............. 11: 10 am-noon
Appointments can be scheduled by
calling during walk-in consulting
hours or during office hours for stu
dents.
Women a medieval literature
topic Women's Studies talk
"Voices From the Past: Hearing Medieval Women" is the title of the first
Women's Studies Lunch-Time Seminar from 12:10 to 1 pm, Monday, Jan. 27, in
the Staff Dining Room.
English professor Debora Schwartz will answer the questions:
• Where can women's voices be heard, despite their exclusion from the liter
ary culture in medieval times?
• How did women writers deal with the hatred of women found in much of
this early literature?
• What are the implications of medieval women's widespread illiteracy?
• Who are the women from the Middle Ages whose words have been pre
served, and what do they have to say?
For more information, call Carolyn Stefanco, director of the Women's Stud
ies Program, at ext. 1525.
0\LPoLY
REPORT
January 17, 1997
Retirement reception
for Yang to be Jan. Z9
A retirement reception for David
Yang, head of the Global Affairs
Overseas Programs office, is planned
from 2 to 4 pm Wednesday, Jan. 29,
in the Alumni House.
Yang is retiring after 24 years of
service.
Learn-at-Lunch
speaker series set
The Employee Assistance Pro
gram's winter quarter Learn-at-Lunch Se
ries begins Tuesday, Jan. 21, with a
talk on "Work-Place Humor" by pre
senter and trainer Mark Hutchenreuther.
All Learn-at-Lunch programs are
from noon to 1 pm in the Staff Dining
Room. Sessions are open to employ
ees and family members.
Other presentations:
• Thesday, Feb. 4, Carmela
Vignocchi, Consumer Credit Counsel
ing Services, will talk on "Balancing
Your Budget and Managing Your
Credit."
• Friday, Feb. 21, certified mas
sage practitioner David Nelson will
present "Tai Chi."
• Thesday, March 11, clinical psy
chologist Janice Jensen will talk on
"The Tyranny of the 'Shoulds. " '
For more information, call the Em
ployee Assistance Program office at
ext. 0-EAP (0327).
Gallery Exhibits
UU Galerie: Crissa Hewitt and Chuck
Jennings (Art and Design). Two- and
three-dimensional work. Through Sun
day, Feb. 2.
University Art Gallery: The Ameri
can Institute of Graphic Artists: Travel
ing Exhibit of Professional Graphic De
signers. Through Sunday, Feb. 9. Uni
versity Art Gallery, Dexter.
Dateline
Admission charged - $
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
WriterSpeak: Poet Molly Bendall
will read. Performing Arts Center. 7 pm.
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Speaker: Barbara Mori (Social Sci
ences) will highlight plans for Cal Poly's
summer study program in China. Barnes
and Noble Bookstore, downtown San Luis
Obispo, 7 pm.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Men's Basketball: CSU Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
MONDAY, JANUARY 20
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed. Campus closed except
for needed emergency services.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
Speaker: Edward Harrison (Univer
sity of Massachusetts) will discuss "The
· Impossibility of Wellsian Time Travel" as
part of the Physics Colloquium speaker
series. Science E-26, 11 am.
Speaker: Mark Hutchenreuther (pre
senter and trainer) will present "Work
Place Humor" as part of the Employee
Assistance Program Learn-at-Lunch Se
ries. Staff Dining Room, noon.
THURSDA~JANUARY23
Women's Basketball: University of
the Pacific, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music and Dance: The Whirling
Dervishes. Performing Arts Center.
8 pm. ($)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Wrestling: Oregon University, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
SATURDA~JANUARY25
Men's Tennis: Westmont College,
9:30 am. Santa Clara University, 1 pm.
Tennis Courts.
Women's Basketball: CSU Long
Beach, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26
Ballroom Dance Club: Foxtrot
classes, Odd Fellows Hall, San Luis
Obispo, 5:45pm. ($)
MONDAY, JANUARY 27
Speaker: Debora Schwartz (English)
will talk in "Voices From the Past: Hear
ing Medieval Women" as part of the
Women' s Studies Lunch-Time Seminar.
Staff Dining Room, noon.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
Music: Japanese percussionists Kodo.
Performing Arts Center. 8 pm ($)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
Service Awards Luncheon: Honor
ing employees with 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30
years of service. Chumash, 11:30 am. ($)
Dance: Orchesis Dance Company
will present "eMotion Through Dance."
8 pm. Also Friday, Jan. 31 , 8 pm, and
Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 and 8 pm. Theatre.($)
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Human
Resources office. Vacancy information
can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web
(address: http://www.calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information" and "Cur
rent Events").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 2236 or job line
at ext. 1533). Official application forms
must be received by 4 pm of the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing
date. (No faxes)
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 28
#77080: Temporary Emergency
Clerical Pool, Human Resources, short
term appointments (30-90 days) in any
department on an as-needed basis.
Appointments vary in time-base,
classification, and length of assignment.
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 7
#79081: Statistical Programmer
(Programmer 1/11, Assessment and
Testing Center (Unit 9)*, $1375
$1652.50/mo. (Programmer I level) or
$1,638-$197 4.50/mo. (Programmer II
level), commensurate with experience and
background; temp., half-time to 6/30/98
with annual renewal).
CLOSING DATE: The position is open
until filled: however review of applica
tions will begin Feb. 15.
#7M082: Director, Alumni Relations
(Admin. II), University Advancement,
salary range for the position is $47,000
$65,000 annually commensurate with
experience and qualifications. Direct
specific inquiries regarding the position
to: William Boldt, vice president for
university advancement, at ext. 1445.
CLOSING DATE: Open until r.Jied.
#79083: VM Systems Programmer
(Staff Systems Software Specialist),
ITS-Computing Systems and Operations
(Unit 9)*, $4256-$5136/mo. temporary to
6/30/98, annually, renewable dependent
upon funding .
*NOTE: For positions marked with an
asteri sk, qualified on-campus applicants
currently in Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7, and
9 will be given first consideration.
FOUIIDAnOII (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 7107). All foun
dation applications must be received
(not just postmarked) by 5 pm of the
closing date. (No faxes)
CLOSING DATE: Jan. 24
Assistant Cook/Grill, Campus
CAL PoLY
REPORT
January 17, 1997
Page4
Dining, $7.01-$9.11/hr., ten month
position.
Computer Technicians, El Corral
Bookstore, $1552-$2017/mo.
Custodian, Campus Dining, $1750
$2066/mo.
Research Assistant, $1980-$2575/mo.
Vending Route Service Person
Campus Dining, $7.01-$9.11/hr., UJ
month position.
Grant Analyst, Sponsored Pro
grams, $2530-$3289/mo.
Building Service Worker, $1750/mo.
• • • • •
FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 2844)
Candidates interested in positions
on the faculty are invited to contact the
appropriate dean or department head
or chair. Ranks and salaries for faculty
posit_ions are commensurate with quali
fications and experience (and time base
where applicable) unless otherwise
stated.
CLOSING DATE Extended to Feb. 15
#73012: Assistant/Associate Profes
sor, Journalism Department, ext. 2508.
Tenure-track full-time position available
1997-98 academic year. Teach
ne~swriting: reporting, editing, layout &
design, multicultural journalism, and
other courses in applicant's areas of ex
pe~ise. Advise award-winning student
daily. Interest in minority media desir
able. Ph.D. preferred. Master's considered
with substantial recent experience with a
major metro daily. Teaching experience at
college level is expected. Refer to Re
cruitment Code #73012 and send Jetter of
application, resume, three current letters
o~ reference, and official transcripts to
N1shan Havandjian, head, Journalism De
partment.
CLOSING DATE Extended to Feb. 15
#73018: Assistant/Associate Profes
sor, Journalism Department, ext. 2508.
Tenure-track full-time position available
1997-98 academic year. Teach television
news, production, and related courses.
Advise student TV station in addition to
teaching beginners' reporting and
newswriting. Other courses within
candidate's areas of specialty or interest
available. Ph.D. preferred. Master's con
sidered with substantial professional ex
perience as a reporter or news director in
a major broadcast market. Professional
experienc~ in electronic media required.
Pnnt media experience desirable. Multi
medi~ expertise a definite plus. Teaching
expenence at college level is expected.
Send letter of application, resume, three
current letters of reference, and official
transcripts to Nishan Havandjian, head,
Journalism Department.
CLOSING DATE: April20
#73043: Assistant Professor, Forest
Measurements and Management, Natural
Resources Management Department, ext.
270.2; fax ext. 1402. Tenure-track position
available fall 1997 or winter 1998. Ph.D.
in forest management, forest sciences or
related field with at least one degree in
forestry required. Consideration given to
thos~ with for~st engineering, or engi
neenng expenence and education in CAD
an.d GPS. Demonstrated abilities in ap
plied mathematical and statistical models
and methods for measurement and sam
pling forest structure and composition.
Joint appointment (.75 NRM Dept. and
.~5 BioRe~ources/Ag . Engr. Dept.), full
lime teachmg for three quarters per year
which may include summer quarter and '
may involve teaching at Swanton Pacific
the college's 3,800-acre remote ranch and
forest in Santa Cruz county. Must attain
California RPF (Registered Professional
Fo~estry) license within four years of ap
pomtment (required for tenure). Send of
~cial Cal Poly application (obtain by call
mg ext. 2702), resume, official tran
scripts, and three letters of recommenda
tion to Norman Pillsbury, department
head/Search Committee Chair, Natural
Resources Department.
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 28
#73035: Assistant Professor, Graphic
Communication Department, ext. 1108.
Full-time tenure-track position beginning
September 1997 (salary range approx.
~38 , 000-44 ,000 depending on qualifica
tw~s an~ experience). Primary teaching
duties Will be new media and printing
~lectronic. p~epress and publishing; imag
mg for ~nntmg and packaging, design re
productiOn technology; digital on-demand
printing. Requires collaboration with fac
ulty to further develop existing graphic
arts labs and instructing in such Jabs. In
struction will rely on interactive learning
and networking using electronic and
Internet applications, and traditional
teaching techniques. Ph.D. preferred;
Master's degree appropriate to graphic
com~unication .considered, and industry
expenence required. Submit vitae, three
letters of reference and official university
transcripts to Harvey R. Levenson
CLOSING DATE: April1
#73039: Department Head/Tenure
Track Faculty Position, Crop Science
Department, ext. 1237; fax ext. 6504.
Full-time 12-month position available
Sept. I, 1997. Position is 60% teaching
~d
40% administrative, teaching portion
tenure track. Administrative responsi
bilities include management of teaching
faculty, technical and clerical support
staff, budgets, facilities and student mat
ters. Ap~r~~riate professional develop
ment activities expected. Rank, salary and
teaching assignments are commensurate
with qualifications and experience. Mini
mum qualifications include: Ph.D. in one
of the agricultural plant sciences or
closely related field; demonstrated com
mitment to and involvement with the sci
ence and practice of crop production;
demonstrated administrative ability;
strong personnel management skills; suc
cessful university teaching and applied re
search experience. Strong industry ties are
high~y d.esired. Send completed Cal Poly
applicatiOn (obtain by calling ext. 1237)
to Paul Fountain, Chair of the Search
Committee, Crop Science Department.
IS
CLOSING DATE: Feb.17
#73045, #73047: Assistant Professor
Positions (2), City and Regional Planning
Dept., ext. 1315. Two full-time tenure
track positions to teach in master's and
bachelor's programs available for the
1997-98 academic year (salary $37,140
$46,812 per year). (1) Comprehensive
Planning (#73045): Teach studio and lec
ture courses in land use, transportation,
community and project planning. (2)
Physical Planning and Urban Design
(#73047): Teach studio and lecture
co~rse.s in site analysis and design, design
gmdehnes, and graphic communication.
Ph.D. preferred; master's degree with five
years .combined professional and teaching
expenence considered. At least one aca
demic degree in planning or the equiva
lent. Apply to Faculty Search Committee
Ci.ty and R~gional Planning Dept., speci-'
~ymg recrUitment code(s) of position(s) of
mterest.
CLOSING DATE: Feb.17
#73048: Lecturer(s), City and Re
gional Planning Department, ext. 1315.
~ossibility of two full-time positions dur
mg the 1997-98 academic year (extension
for an additional year may be possible),
salary range $38,028-$43,688 per year.
Teach. comprehensive planning, physical
plannmg and urban design. Master's de
gree and five years experience required;
must possess a degree in field of instruc
tion with ~cademic preparation, currency
and expenence for courses assigned. Ap
ply to Faculty Search Committee, City
and Regional Planning Department.
REPORT
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407
Vol. 50, No. 15
Area students invited
to 'Primary care Day'
Jan. 24 workshop set on ·
Fanu1y, lted"al Leave Act
Faculty and staff members are en
couraged to let students know about a
National Primary Care Day presenta
tion to promote careers in the pri
mary-care health professions to be
held from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday,
Jan. 22, in Chumash Auditorium.
Cal Poly is among only a few un
dergraduate institutions and 140 pro
fessional schools across the country
to participate in the annual event.
Local primary-care practitioners,
including physicians, a physician's
assistant, and a nurse practitioner, will
talk about their careers. Free pizza
and soft drinks will be served.
The College of Science and Math
ematics sponsors National P~mary
Care Day at Cal Poly to educate under
graduates about various career options.
For more information, call Ursula
Bishop, director of the university 's
Access to Health Careers program, at
ext. 2840.
Several 'search' classes
offered at library
Learn to search Lexis-Nexis, UNIX,
telnet, Polycat and more during win
ter quarter at the Kennedy Library.
Faculty, staff and students can sign
up for workshops in:
• Getting Started-Getting On - in
cludes classes in e-mail, UNIX, telnet
and more.
• Polycat Plus -covers searching
for books -local and via the system
wide CSUNET.
• FirstSearch/CARL - allows
searches for journal and magazine ar
ticles.
• Lexis/Nexis - offers full-text
news searching. (These classes are re
stricted by contract to faculty mem
bers and students only.)
• Searching the Web.
Access to the these on-line re
sources will be available from office
or off-campus locations to those who
attend the workshops.
For a full schedule of times, dates
and locations, visit the Web site at
http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/gopher/
services.html or stop by the library
for a printed copy.
For more information, call the Ref
erence Department at ext. 2649.
January 17, 1997
A workshop designed for deans,
directors, department heads/chairs,
managers and supervisors on the
Family and Medical Leave Act is
scheduled from 9 to 11 am Friday,
Jan. 24, in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by Hu
man Resources, will provide an over
view of federal and state legal
requirements and offer guidelines for
supervisors who approve requests for
leaves of absence.
To enroll, call Joan Lund in Human
Resources at ext. 6563 or e-mail jlund.
Psychological Services
moves to Health Center
The university community is in
vited to stop by Psychological Ser
vices' new offices in the Health Center.
Department hours, phone numbers
and programs have not changed.
Staff members are available to help
students and employees with aca
demic and personal problems.
To help plan Psychological Ser
vices' programs for future quarters,
employees are being asked to fill out
a questionnaire, to be included with
the January pay warrants.
For information, call Psychological
Services at ext. 2511 .
Retirement reception
set for Paullleel
A reception in honor of Paul Neel,
dean of the College of Architecture
and Environmental Design from 1991
until his retirement last month, is
planned from 2 to 5 pm Wednesday,
Jan. 22, in the Albert B. Smith Con
ference Center.
DSS sets open house,
changes name, location
Disabled Student Services (DSS)
will hold an open house from 2 to
4 pm Friday, Jan. 31, to publicize its
new name - Disability Resource Cen
ter - and new location in the Student
Services Building, across from Mus
tang Stadium.
DSS now occupies the space re
cently vacated by Psychological Ser
vices, which has moved to the Health
Center.
DSS, Student Support Services,
Career Services, and the Assessment
and Testing Center, are now all
housed in the Student Services Build
ing, which should allow for improved
services and better collaboration be
tween departments.
For more information, call DSS at
ext. 1395.
CAL PoLY
REPORT
January 17, 1997
Leading American poet
to read tonight
Leading American poet and USC
professor Molly Bendall will be the
first speaker in Cal Poly Arts' winter
quarter WriterSpeak series at 7 to
night (Jan. 17) in the Performing Arts
Center's Philips recital hall.
Bendall's poetry "has a singular
life of its own," wrote critic Richard
Howard. It "is struggling to digest
and express new objects, new groups
of objects, new feelings, new as
pects." Her poetry also incorporates
"the conversations, letters, and over
heard musings of remembered women
- Pavlova, Colette, Cassatt, Kahlo,
and others ...."
Bendall's book "After Estrange
ment" was published in 1992. She has
won a Pushcart prize and the Eunice
Tietjens prize from Poetry magazine.
The reading is co-sponsored by the
English Department and College of
Liberal Arts.
For more information, call English
professor Kevin Clark at ext. 2506.
Personal development
support group forming
A six-week support group for em
ployees interested in personal devel
opment will begin Thursday, Feb. 6,
sponsored by the Employee Assis
tance Program (EAP).
The group will meet from 5: 15 to
6:15 pm on consecutive Thursdays in
the Health Center Conference Room
137. Employees are asked to agree to
attend all six sessions.
The workshops will be facilitated
by EAP coordinator Jean DeCosta
and psychology intern Mardell
Gavriel.
The format will be open discussion
and self-exploration. Participants will
acquire tools to make personal change.
Issues to be explored include
assertiveness, self-esteem, careers and
jobs, family and children, self-sabo
tage and procrastination, and general
self-awareness.
Page 2
For more information or to regis
ter, call Jean DeCosta at ext. 5198.
Time travel
topic of Jan. 21 talk
Physics professor Edward Harrison
from the University of Massachusetts
will talk on "The Impossibility of
Wellsian Time Travel" at 11 am Tues
day, Jan. 21, in the Science Building,
Room E-26.
Harrison will discuss "The Time
Machine," written by H.G. Wells in
1895. He will explain why time
travel, as conceived by Wells and
popularized in numerous science-fic
tion stories and movies, involves a
contradiction in basic scientific prin
ciples.
Harrison also asserts, however, that
not all time travel is physically impos
sible.
He will present a history of the
idea of time travel and show a section
of a movie that closely follows Wells'
book.
The presentation is part of the
Physics Department Colloquium
speaker series.
For more information, call physics
professor Gayle Cook at ext. 2814.
Statistics provides
consulting service
The Statistics Department provides
a consulting service to facilitate re
search design and data analysis in a
variety of disciplines.
Kent Smith, the main consultant
winter quarter, can help in the design
and analysis of research projects. He
can also lead seminars and tutorials
on requested topics and advise on
computer packages available at Cal
Poly. If some special area concerning
statistical inference is of interest to a
department or group, contact Smith to
arrange lectures on that subject.
Smith's office is in Room 108 in
Faculty Offices East. He can be
reached at ext. 6129, via e-mail at
kdsmith or messages can be left at
ext. 2709.
Walk-in Consulting Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays ............................... 2:10-3 pm
Office Hours for Students
Mondays and Fridays ..... 9:10-10 am
Wednesdays .............. 11: 10 am-noon
Appointments can be scheduled by
calling during walk-in consulting
hours or during office hours for stu
dents.
Women a medieval literature
topic Women's Studies talk
"Voices From the Past: Hearing Medieval Women" is the title of the first
Women's Studies Lunch-Time Seminar from 12:10 to 1 pm, Monday, Jan. 27, in
the Staff Dining Room.
English professor Debora Schwartz will answer the questions:
• Where can women's voices be heard, despite their exclusion from the liter
ary culture in medieval times?
• How did women writers deal with the hatred of women found in much of
this early literature?
• What are the implications of medieval women's widespread illiteracy?
• Who are the women from the Middle Ages whose words have been pre
served, and what do they have to say?
For more information, call Carolyn Stefanco, director of the Women's Stud
ies Program, at ext. 1525.
0\LPoLY
REPORT
January 17, 1997
Retirement reception
for Yang to be Jan. Z9
A retirement reception for David
Yang, head of the Global Affairs
Overseas Programs office, is planned
from 2 to 4 pm Wednesday, Jan. 29,
in the Alumni House.
Yang is retiring after 24 years of
service.
Learn-at-Lunch
speaker series set
The Employee Assistance Pro
gram's winter quarter Learn-at-Lunch Se
ries begins Tuesday, Jan. 21, with a
talk on "Work-Place Humor" by pre
senter and trainer Mark Hutchenreuther.
All Learn-at-Lunch programs are
from noon to 1 pm in the Staff Dining
Room. Sessions are open to employ
ees and family members.
Other presentations:
• Thesday, Feb. 4, Carmela
Vignocchi, Consumer Credit Counsel
ing Services, will talk on "Balancing
Your Budget and Managing Your
Credit."
• Friday, Feb. 21, certified mas
sage practitioner David Nelson will
present "Tai Chi."
• Thesday, March 11, clinical psy
chologist Janice Jensen will talk on
"The Tyranny of the 'Shoulds. " '
For more information, call the Em
ployee Assistance Program office at
ext. 0-EAP (0327).
Gallery Exhibits
UU Galerie: Crissa Hewitt and Chuck
Jennings (Art and Design). Two- and
three-dimensional work. Through Sun
day, Feb. 2.
University Art Gallery: The Ameri
can Institute of Graphic Artists: Travel
ing Exhibit of Professional Graphic De
signers. Through Sunday, Feb. 9. Uni
versity Art Gallery, Dexter.
Dateline
Admission charged - $
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
WriterSpeak: Poet Molly Bendall
will read. Performing Arts Center. 7 pm.
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Speaker: Barbara Mori (Social Sci
ences) will highlight plans for Cal Poly's
summer study program in China. Barnes
and Noble Bookstore, downtown San Luis
Obispo, 7 pm.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Men's Basketball: CSU Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
MONDAY, JANUARY 20
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed. Campus closed except
for needed emergency services.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
Speaker: Edward Harrison (Univer
sity of Massachusetts) will discuss "The
· Impossibility of Wellsian Time Travel" as
part of the Physics Colloquium speaker
series. Science E-26, 11 am.
Speaker: Mark Hutchenreuther (pre
senter and trainer) will present "Work
Place Humor" as part of the Employee
Assistance Program Learn-at-Lunch Se
ries. Staff Dining Room, noon.
THURSDA~JANUARY23
Women's Basketball: University of
the Pacific, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music and Dance: The Whirling
Dervishes. Performing Arts Center.
8 pm. ($)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Wrestling: Oregon University, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
SATURDA~JANUARY25
Men's Tennis: Westmont College,
9:30 am. Santa Clara University, 1 pm.
Tennis Courts.
Women's Basketball: CSU Long
Beach, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26
Ballroom Dance Club: Foxtrot
classes, Odd Fellows Hall, San Luis
Obispo, 5:45pm. ($)
MONDAY, JANUARY 27
Speaker: Debora Schwartz (English)
will talk in "Voices From the Past: Hear
ing Medieval Women" as part of the
Women' s Studies Lunch-Time Seminar.
Staff Dining Room, noon.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
Music: Japanese percussionists Kodo.
Performing Arts Center. 8 pm ($)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
Service Awards Luncheon: Honor
ing employees with 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30
years of service. Chumash, 11:30 am. ($)
Dance: Orchesis Dance Company
will present "eMotion Through Dance."
8 pm. Also Friday, Jan. 31 , 8 pm, and
Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 and 8 pm. Theatre.($)
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Human
Resources office. Vacancy information
can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web
(address: http://www.calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information" and "Cur
rent Events").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 2236 or job line
at ext. 1533). Official application forms
must be received by 4 pm of the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing
date. (No faxes)
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 28
#77080: Temporary Emergency
Clerical Pool, Human Resources, short
term appointments (30-90 days) in any
department on an as-needed basis.
Appointments vary in time-base,
classification, and length of assignment.
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 7
#79081: Statistical Programmer
(Programmer 1/11, Assessment and
Testing Center (Unit 9)*, $1375
$1652.50/mo. (Programmer I level) or
$1,638-$197 4.50/mo. (Programmer II
level), commensurate with experience and
background; temp., half-time to 6/30/98
with annual renewal).
CLOSING DATE: The position is open
until filled: however review of applica
tions will begin Feb. 15.
#7M082: Director, Alumni Relations
(Admin. II), University Advancement,
salary range for the position is $47,000
$65,000 annually commensurate with
experience and qualifications. Direct
specific inquiries regarding the position
to: William Boldt, vice president for
university advancement, at ext. 1445.
CLOSING DATE: Open until r.Jied.
#79083: VM Systems Programmer
(Staff Systems Software Specialist),
ITS-Computing Systems and Operations
(Unit 9)*, $4256-$5136/mo. temporary to
6/30/98, annually, renewable dependent
upon funding .
*NOTE: For positions marked with an
asteri sk, qualified on-campus applicants
currently in Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7, and
9 will be given first consideration.
FOUIIDAnOII (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 7107). All foun
dation applications must be received
(not just postmarked) by 5 pm of the
closing date. (No faxes)
CLOSING DATE: Jan. 24
Assistant Cook/Grill, Campus
CAL PoLY
REPORT
January 17, 1997
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Dining, $7.01-$9.11/hr., ten month
position.
Computer Technicians, El Corral
Bookstore, $1552-$2017/mo.
Custodian, Campus Dining, $1750
$2066/mo.
Research Assistant, $1980-$2575/mo.
Vending Route Service Person
Campus Dining, $7.01-$9.11/hr., UJ
month position.
Grant Analyst, Sponsored Pro
grams, $2530-$3289/mo.
Building Service Worker, $1750/mo.
• • • • •
FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 2844)
Candidates interested in positions
on the faculty are invited to contact the
appropriate dean or department head
or chair. Ranks and salaries for faculty
posit_ions are commensurate with quali
fications and experience (and time base
where applicable) unless otherwise
stated.
CLOSING DATE Extended to Feb. 15
#73012: Assistant/Associate Profes
sor, Journalism Department, ext. 2508.
Tenure-track full-time position available
1997-98 academic year. Teach
ne~swriting: reporting, editing, layout &
design, multicultural journalism, and
other courses in applicant's areas of ex
pe~ise. Advise award-winning student
daily. Interest in minority media desir
able. Ph.D. preferred. Master's considered
with substantial recent experience with a
major metro daily. Teaching experience at
college level is expected. Refer to Re
cruitment Code #73012 and send Jetter of
application, resume, three current letters
o~ reference, and official transcripts to
N1shan Havandjian, head, Journalism De
partment.
CLOSING DATE Extended to Feb. 15
#73018: Assistant/Associate Profes
sor, Journalism Department, ext. 2508.
Tenure-track full-time position available
1997-98 academic year. Teach television
news, production, and related courses.
Advise student TV station in addition to
teaching beginners' reporting and
newswriting. Other courses within
candidate's areas of specialty or interest
available. Ph.D. preferred. Master's con
sidered with substantial professional ex
perience as a reporter or news director in
a major broadcast market. Professional
experienc~ in electronic media required.
Pnnt media experience desirable. Multi
medi~ expertise a definite plus. Teaching
expenence at college level is expected.
Send letter of application, resume, three
current letters of reference, and official
transcripts to Nishan Havandjian, head,
Journalism Department.
CLOSING DATE: April20
#73043: Assistant Professor, Forest
Measurements and Management, Natural
Resources Management Department, ext.
270.2; fax ext. 1402. Tenure-track position
available fall 1997 or winter 1998. Ph.D.
in forest management, forest sciences or
related field with at least one degree in
forestry required. Consideration given to
thos~ with for~st engineering, or engi
neenng expenence and education in CAD
an.d GPS. Demonstrated abilities in ap
plied mathematical and statistical models
and methods for measurement and sam
pling forest structure and composition.
Joint appointment (.75 NRM Dept. and
.~5 BioRe~ources/Ag . Engr. Dept.), full
lime teachmg for three quarters per year
which may include summer quarter and '
may involve teaching at Swanton Pacific
the college's 3,800-acre remote ranch and
forest in Santa Cruz county. Must attain
California RPF (Registered Professional
Fo~estry) license within four years of ap
pomtment (required for tenure). Send of
~cial Cal Poly application (obtain by call
mg ext. 2702), resume, official tran
scripts, and three letters of recommenda
tion to Norman Pillsbury, department
head/Search Committee Chair, Natural
Resources Department.
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 28
#73035: Assistant Professor, Graphic
Communication Department, ext. 1108.
Full-time tenure-track position beginning
September 1997 (salary range approx.
~38 , 000-44 ,000 depending on qualifica
tw~s an~ experience). Primary teaching
duties Will be new media and printing
~lectronic. p~epress and publishing; imag
mg for ~nntmg and packaging, design re
productiOn technology; digital on-demand
printing. Requires collaboration with fac
ulty to further develop existing graphic
arts labs and instructing in such Jabs. In
struction will rely on interactive learning
and networking using electronic and
Internet applications, and traditional
teaching techniques. Ph.D. preferred;
Master's degree appropriate to graphic
com~unication .considered, and industry
expenence required. Submit vitae, three
letters of reference and official university
transcripts to Harvey R. Levenson
CLOSING DATE: April1
#73039: Department Head/Tenure
Track Faculty Position, Crop Science
Department, ext. 1237; fax ext. 6504.
Full-time 12-month position available
Sept. I, 1997. Position is 60% teaching
~d
40% administrative, teaching portion
tenure track. Administrative responsi
bilities include management of teaching
faculty, technical and clerical support
staff, budgets, facilities and student mat
ters. Ap~r~~riate professional develop
ment activities expected. Rank, salary and
teaching assignments are commensurate
with qualifications and experience. Mini
mum qualifications include: Ph.D. in one
of the agricultural plant sciences or
closely related field; demonstrated com
mitment to and involvement with the sci
ence and practice of crop production;
demonstrated administrative ability;
strong personnel management skills; suc
cessful university teaching and applied re
search experience. Strong industry ties are
high~y d.esired. Send completed Cal Poly
applicatiOn (obtain by calling ext. 1237)
to Paul Fountain, Chair of the Search
Committee, Crop Science Department.
IS
CLOSING DATE: Feb.17
#73045, #73047: Assistant Professor
Positions (2), City and Regional Planning
Dept., ext. 1315. Two full-time tenure
track positions to teach in master's and
bachelor's programs available for the
1997-98 academic year (salary $37,140
$46,812 per year). (1) Comprehensive
Planning (#73045): Teach studio and lec
ture courses in land use, transportation,
community and project planning. (2)
Physical Planning and Urban Design
(#73047): Teach studio and lecture
co~rse.s in site analysis and design, design
gmdehnes, and graphic communication.
Ph.D. preferred; master's degree with five
years .combined professional and teaching
expenence considered. At least one aca
demic degree in planning or the equiva
lent. Apply to Faculty Search Committee
Ci.ty and R~gional Planning Dept., speci-'
~ymg recrUitment code(s) of position(s) of
mterest.
CLOSING DATE: Feb.17
#73048: Lecturer(s), City and Re
gional Planning Department, ext. 1315.
~ossibility of two full-time positions dur
mg the 1997-98 academic year (extension
for an additional year may be possible),
salary range $38,028-$43,688 per year.
Teach. comprehensive planning, physical
plannmg and urban design. Master's de
gree and five years experience required;
must possess a degree in field of instruc
tion with ~cademic preparation, currency
and expenence for courses assigned. Ap
ply to Faculty Search Committee, City
and Regional Planning Department.
Media of