California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Neel appointed
dean of architecture
Paul R. Neel, longtime Cal Poly
professor of architecture and a na­
tional leader in his profession, is
the new dean of the School of Ar­
chitecture and Environmental
Design.
The appointment, effective Aug.
15, is for a three-year term at
Neel's request.
Neel succeeds G. Day Ding,
who was named dean in 1984.
Ding resigned his post to pursue
building-science research at the na­
tional level and expects to return
to Cal Poly to teach.
Neel earned a bachelor's degree
in architectural engineering at Cal
Poly in 1958. He joined the Cal
Poly faculty in 1962, the same year
he earned a bachelor's in architec­
ture from the University of
Southern California. In 1969 he
earned a master's degree in
building science from the Universi­
ty of Sheffield (England) .
From 1968 to 1978 Neel was a
director of Cal Poly's School
of Architecture and Environmental
Design. He has earned several
school awards for his teaching and
professional accomplishments.
Neel's professional activities at
both the state and national level
have earned him a string of ap­
pointments and honors. He has
served as California state architect
(1989-91), president of the Califor­
nia Board of Architectural Ex­
aminers (1986-present), and a
member of the National Council
for Architectural Registration
Boards.
In 1988 he received the Ameri­
can Institute of Architects'
Presidential Citation for contribu­
tions to the profession, and in
1989 he was named Man of the
Year by Engineering News Record
magazine for outstanding service
to the construction industry.

In 1986 the California Council of
the AlA awarded him its Distin­
guished Service Citation, the
highest honor it bestows on
California architects.

Oregon woman named
center director
Dr. Susan Roper, director of the
School of Education and Psychol­
ogy at Southern Oregon State Col­
lege, is the new director of Cal
Poly's University Center for
Teacher Education.
Roper succeeds Dr. Richard L.
Warren, who served as interim
director for 1990-91.
The center, successor to Cal
Poly's Education Department, was
established in September 1990 to
bring together in one organization
all of the faculty involved in the
preparation of teachers. The center
will work with local schools to
develop effective new ways to im­
prove teacher preparation and pro­
fessional development.
Roper earned an undergraduate
degree in political science from
Berkeley and graduate degrees in
education from Stanford.

Arvidson farewell
A retirement reception is being
planned for Grace Arvidson, who
is retiring after 40 years of service.
The reception is scheduled for Fri­
day, Sept. 27, from 2 to 4 pm in
the Alumni House.
Arvidson began her Cal Poly
career in 1951. She has worked in
the President's Office since 1957,
assising the last three chief ex­
ecutives: Julian A. McPhee, Robert
E. Kennedy and Warren J. Baker.

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Sept. 18, 1881

Dean Carter resigns;
Sabol will serve
Dr. Lark Carter, dean of the
School of Agriculture, will step
down from the position at the start
of the new school year and take a
leave to pursue other professional
interests.
Carter's resignation was accepted
with regret by Dr. Robert D.
Koob, vice president for academic
affairs.
A consultative committee to
select a new permanent dean is
being formed.
Dr. Joseph E. Sabol, associate
dean for academic affairs in the
School of Agriculture, has been
appointed interim dean.
Carter, who has led the school
since 1981, will step aside to
resume his teaching career as a
crop scientist and agronomist.
In addition, he will work on the
revision of a textbook he co­
authored, and he will look at the
possibility of bringing AgSAT to
the Cal Poly campus. AgSAT is a
teleconferencing program via satel­
lite featuring leading agriculture
professors from across the country.
Sabol, a member of the faculty
since 1972, earned undergraduate
degrees from Mt. San Antonio
College and Fresno State Universi­
ty, and a master's degree in ag
education from UC Davis .
Sabol was a member of Cal
Poly's agricultural education facul­
ty from 1972 to 1988, serving as
department head from 1984 to
1988, and then became associate
dean in the School of Agriculture.

Mueller selected
Gerry Mueller has been ap­
pointed to replace Grace Arvidson
as presidential aide. Mueller has
worked in the President's Office
as a secretary since 1984.

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Last day to purchase
tickets for Landreth
retirement party
James R. Landreth, vice presi­
dent for business affairs, will be
retiring Sept. 27. He will be
honored on Saturday, Sept. 21,
beginning at 1 pm with a family­
style sit-down meal served at 2 pm
at Biddle Park in Arroyo Grande.
Tickets must be purchased by
5 pm today (Sept. 16). For detailed
information see Page 1 of the
August 22 Cal Poly Report.
Questions can be directed to
Nancy Raetz-Vilkitis at ext. 2171.

Retirement reception
James Neelands, supervisor of
instructional support in the School
of Science and Mathematics will
be retiring after 34 years of univer­
sity service. A reception will be
held in his honor on Friday, Sept.
27, from 2 to 4 pm in the Staff
Dining Hall. A brief recognition
activity will occur a little after 3.
Neelands, a 1956 graduate of Cal
Poly, has worked in the School of
Science and Math since 1957.

Telephone area code
changes noted
On Sept . 2 Pacific Bell split the
415 area code (San Francisco Bay
area) into 415 and 510. San Fran­
cisco, San Mateo, Marin, and parts
of Santa Oara counties, as well as
Angel Island, Yerba Buena Island,
Treasure Island and Alcatraz will
retain the 415 area code . Alameda
and Contra Costa counties, in­
cluding Alameda and Government
Islands, will have the new 510
area code. Both area codes will
work temporarily -from Sept. 2
to Jan. 27. BeglluringJan. 27, calls
dialed with the incorrect area code
will not be completed.
Effective Nov. 2 Pacific Bell will
split the 213 area code (Los Angeles

area) into 213 and 310. Downtown
Los Angeles, Hollywood, Hunting­
ton Park, Vernon and Montebello
will retain the 213 area code. Both
area codes will work from Nov. 2
through May 1. Beginning May 1,
calls dialed with the incorrect area
code will not be completed.
For additional information, call
Telephone Administration at
ext. 2671.

New phone numbers
Communications Services and
Audiovisual Services have several
new telephone numbers for direct
access to specific areas.
To reach Audiovisual Distribu­
tion call ext. 2212. Audiovisual
Media Library is available at ext.
2213. AV Television Production is
ext. 2215, and new numbers for
Norm Rogers (7196) and Pete
Woodworth (7197) .
Communications Services Tech­
nical Services can be reached at
ext. 7467. Dick Tibbetts' new
number is ext. 7681. Ext. 2211 will
continue to be the number for the
Communications Services admini­
strative offices. Voice mail has
been introduced into some areas
of the AV/CS operation. Questions
can be directed to ext. 2211.

SJ president named
J. Handel Evans, San Jose State
University's executive vice presi­
dent, has been named acting
president of the school. Evans is a
former Cal Poly faculty member
who served as associate dean of
the School of Architecture and En­
vironmental Design from 1973 to
1978. The 52-year-old architect and
administrator will take up his new
duties Oct. 1.

Adaptive equipment
assistance offered
Instructions and proposal forms
for auxiliary aid requests for new
employees with disabilities and/or
equipment requests for new and
current employees with disabilities
are available in all departments.
The deadline to submit completed
proposals is Oct. 1. Proposals
must be submitted to the Affir­
mative Action Office, Adm. 401.
The Assistive Device Equipment/
Auxiliary Aid Program provides
supplementary funding to defray
costs for making reasonable equip­
ment or device accommodations
and auxiliary aid to the limitations
of employees with disabilities.
Examples of the type of equip­
ment that may be purchased in­
clude: braille, one-handed or large
print typewriters; talking calcula­
tors; telephone amplifiers; telecom­
munication devices; modified chalk
boards; special amplifiers; and
special dictation machines. Ex­
amples of auxiliary aid include
readers, transliterators, drivers and
classroom assistants.

Grief support group
to begin Oct. 14
Full Circle, a Hospice support
group for college-age people, will
begin weekly meetings on Mon­
days from 7 to 9 pm on Oct. 14.
The group is open to individuals
behveen 18 and 30 years of age
who are dealing with the issues of
death, dying and bereavement.
Meetings are scheduled at the
University Christian Center.
For more information, call
Hospice at 544-2266.

Room change noted
The Affirmative Action Facilita­
tors Workshop scheduled for
Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Fisher
Science 286 has been changed to
UU 204. The faculty workshop will
begin at 3 pm, followed by the
staff workshop at 4 pm.

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Gladys Gray, 83, dies
Gladys Joerger Gray, a well­
known local artist and longtime
resident of San Luis Obispo, died
at a Rancho Palos Verdes care
center.
With her husband, Stanton, she
was a major contributor to building
the San Luis Obispo Art Center.
The center's Gray Wing is named
in their honor.
Mrs. Gray came to San Luis
Obispo in 1946 when her husband
became head of the fruit science
program at Cal Poly. Stanton Gray
died in 1974.
She was the first life member of
the Cal Poly President's Round
Table . A room in the Cal Poly
Alumni House is named the
Gladys Gray Room.
Mrs. Gray is survived by a
daughter, Gaylia Newcomb and
her husband, Alan, of Rancho
Palos Verdes; a grandson, Stan
Newcomb; a granddaughter,
Sharon Newcomb Kumagai; a
great-granddaughter, Kate Lee
Newcomb; and two sisters, Bertha
J. Wolverton and Betty McKinley.
Donations in Mrs. Gray's
memory may be made to the in­
structional program in agriculture
in care of the Dean of Agriculture
at Cal Poly.

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FOCUS will enlist the campus
community to support a learning
environment free of illegal drug
use and alcohol abuse. The pro­
gram will promote an educational
campaign to reach students, facul­
ty and staff and will foster a
volunteer movement to achieve its
goals. Support programs and ser­
vices for students who are ad­
dressing drug and alcohol con­
cerns will also be provided.
The FOCUS Center will open in
late October. Individuals wanting
to learn more about Project
FOCUS may contact Polly Harri­
gan, project manager, at ext. 5600.

Sexual harassment
workshop scheduled
On Monday, Sept. 23, U.S. Of­
fice for Civil Rights representatives,
senior analyst Robert Scott and
civil rights attorney Gayle
Sakowski, will present a sexual
harassment workshop at 10 am in
UU 220 for all sexual harassment
advisors and program managers.
A meeting for all sexual harass­
ment advisors is scheduled for
9:30 am, just prior to the
workshop.

Project FOCUS
receives funding
Cal Poly has received a two-year
grant award from the U.S. Depart­
ment of Education, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education. The grant award of
$140,000 will be used to carry out
the goals of Project FOCUS, a
comprehensive drug and alcohol
prevention program. The program
will be coordinated by Project
Director Hazel J. Scott, vice presi­
dent for student affairs.
Staff and volunteers will operate
the FOCUS Center, to be housed
at Student Health Services, in con­
junction with the Peer Health
Education Program. Project

ADS training set
University Relations and Devel­
opment will hold training sessions
for Alumni Development System
(ADS) during Fall Quarter. ADS, a
development software package
containing biographical informa­
tion on Cal Poly alumni and
friends, is now available on-line to
eligible personnel who meet
security standards.
For more information on ADS
user policy, or to register for train­
ing, contact Denise Mendonca,
ext. 1555.

Career advancement
for Cal Poly women
Staff women interested in career
advancement are invited to apply
for the Professional Enhancement
Workshops being presented by
Career Power: A Professional
Development Program. The pro­
gram, now in its second year, is
designed to enhance the career
development of Cal Poly staff
women through a series of work­
shops and seminars.
This year's program, coordinated
by the participants in last year's
pilot program, is supported by the
Personnel and Employee Relations
and the Affirmative Action offices.
An informational meeting will be
held Wednesday, Sept. 18, from
noon to 1 pm, in UU 219. Those
who are not able to attend the
meeting, but who would like more
information and an application,
should contact Pat Harris
ext. 2231.
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Rideshare week
Sept. 23·27
San Luis Obispo County is coor­
dinating Rideshare Week, Sept.
23-27, in conjunction with the Cali­
f?rnia Department of Transporta­
tion. Cal Poly will again participate
in this campaign. Pledge cards en­
couraging employees to carpool to
work or to use alternative forms of
transportation (walking, bus, bicy­
cle) were distributed with the
Sept. 1 paychecks. Please take the
time to read over the Rideshare in­
formation and make a pledge to
not drive to work alone on Ride­
share Day, Tuesday, Sept. 24. For
additional pledge cards, call Elaine
Simer at ext. 2234.
Cal Poly operates its own Van­
pool Program, with nine 15­
passenger vans offering transpor­
tation to work for employees from
Santa Maria to Paso Robles and aii
the communities in between. Those
interested in riding one of the
vans at a nominal expense, should
call Transportation Services,
ext. 2451.

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Summer roundup
(To bring academic year readers up to
date, the follawing summaty includes
some of the material published during
the Summer Quarter.)
Management Professor Dr. Rami
Shani has been invited to spend a
year as a visiting research pro­
fessor at the Stockholm School of
Economics in Sweden ... Four dis­
inguished teachers were selected:
Drs. Jay L. Devore, Statistics; Linda
H. Halisky, English; Ann Morgan,
Psychology and Human Develop­
ment; James L. Webb, Physical
Education and Recreation Admini­
stration ... James Lewis "Jim"
Brock, major benefactor of the
Brock Center for Agricultural Com­
munication at Cal Poly, died June
12 in Oxnard.. .the Public Affairs
Office was closed and many of its
functions were merged with the
Publications and Special Events
Office to create the new Commun­
ications and Special Events De­
partment with .Darlene Slack as
director ... Construction began on
the Recreation Sports, Physical
Education and Events Center
Building ... Dr. Laura Freberg,
Psychology and Human Develop­
ment, and Janet Carlstrom, El Cor­
ral, have been honored as faculty
and staff persons of the year by
the C.L.U.B. M.E.D. (College
Level Undergraduates Becoming
More Enlightened About Disabili­
ties) ... Career Counseling Services
joined with Cooperative Education
and Placement Services to form a
new administrative unit called
Career Services ... The administra­
tion of the Student Health Services
and Counseling Services depart­
ments were merged, under the
direction of Dr. Kerry Yamada,
and is now called Health and
Psychological Services .. .Former
Associate Vice President for
Academic Resources Frank Lebens
was selected to head the combined
divisions of Facilities Administra­
tion and Business Affairs ... Charlie
Crabb, former crop science profes­
sor, was appointed to succeed
Lebens as interim associate vice
president for academic resources ...
Robert Dickerson was appointed

Sept. 18, 1881

chairman of the Physics Depart­
ment. .. Laura Freberg was selected
to head the Psychology and Human
Development Department ...H .
Joanne Freeman was appointed
chairwoman of the Industrial
Engineering Department. ..John
Maxwell was appointed chairman
of the Chemistry Department ...
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen E.
Hack has been appointed head of
the Military Science Department ...
Nancy Jorgensen, a counselor in
the Counseling and Testing Office
from 1959 until 1991, died in Ar­
royo Grande ... Construction is
scheduled to begin on the
children's center, located in Park­
ing Lot C-1 (across from Alumni
House) in late September. ..Roger
Swanson has been assigned cam­
puswide responsibility for Cal Poly
commencement ...The new Faculty
Offices East Building now houses
the School of Science and Mathe­
matics dean's complex, Statistics,
Chemistry, and Mathematics de­
partments, and 95 faculty offices ...
Two new CSU trustees have been
named: Ronald L. Cedillos of
Huntington Beach and Bernard
Goldstein of San Francisco State
University.

Foundation board
meeting scheduled
The next regularly scheduled
meeting of the Foundation board
of directors will be Wednesday,
Sept. 25, at 9:30 am in the Foun­
dation Administration Building,
Conference Room 124. This is .a
public meeting. For further infor­
mation about this meeting or to
obtain a copy of the meeting agen­
da, contact Al Amaral (executive
director, Cal Poly Foundation) at
ext. 1131. A copy of the agenda
packet is available for public
review at the Kennedy Library
Reserve Desk (Room 114) and at
the Academic Senate Office in
FOB 25H.

Computer notes
Prompt change
The campus network prompt
"SLONET" has been changed to
"CALPOLY." This change has
been made because the acronym
SLONET, as originally defined, no
longer accurately describes the facil­
ity now available. The enhanced
communication and internetwork­
ing capability is more comprehen­
sive than SLONET, as it was
planned. The new acronym better
represents the campus community
and the unified campuswide capa­
bility that is now being imple­
mented. Built scripts or command
files that depend on the SLONET
prompt will need to be modified.
Difficulties experienced with this
change should be reported to Net­
work Administration at ext. 1295
or via e-mail.

Access change
Efforts to provide maximum flex­
ibility and utility of campus com­
munications facilities has previous­
ly been possible to Telnet to off­
campus resources (sites) via the
modem pool and terminal labs.
Abuse of this capability has recent­
ly been reported. This capability
has been used to access resources
and engage in illegal activities at
other institutions . Due to these in­
fractions, the option to Telnet off­
campus from the modem pool and
terminal labs will be discontinued
starting Fall Quarter. It will now
be required to log-in to a campus
resource in order to use this capa­
bility. Please contact Academic
Computing Services, ext. 2516, for
account information.

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WOW craft

sale~.

The UU Craft Center will hold a
WOW Craft Sale in the UU Plaza
from 11 am until 6 pm, Monday,
Sept. 16. Unique items and gifts
made by students, faculty, staff,
alumni, and spouses are on sale.
The proceeds from this sale will
help support the UU Craft Center.