VOL. LII, No. 21 - February 5, 1996
The deadline for contributions to the University Information Bulletin is Thursday at noon. The bulletin will be published each Monday and as needed during the week. Submissions should be hand-carried to 9528 Etiwanda, FAXed to x4937, e-mailed to pubinfo@exec.csun.edu, or sent through campus mail to mail code 8242. Please type all items double spaced, or supply a file on disk. Direct UIB inquiries to x2130.
FYI: fmi - means for more information.
Date Change for Workshop
on Underprepared Students
The date of the next offering of the Faculty Mentor Program Workshop "Practical Motivational
and Study-Skill Strategies for Unprepared Students" has been changed from Fri., Feb. 9, to Fri.,
Feb. 23, from 3 to 5 pm. Ron Doctor, professor of psychology, directs the workshop. Contact
Shiva Parsa at x2792 to enroll.
fmi - Don Dorsey x2835
Multiple Subject Credential
Multiple Subject Credential candidates who plan to begin student teaching in the fall 1996
semester must attend one of the following orientation meetings in the USU's Santa Clarita
Room: Tue., Feb. 13, 3 to 4 pm, or Wed., Feb. 14, 8:30 am to 9:30 am. Concurrent Special Education
Program students are also expected to attend. Curriculum methods requirements and school
assignments for the student teaching component will be discussed.
fmi - Frank x2621
Physics Colloquium
Dieter Weller of the IBM Almaden Research Center will speak on "Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
Studies on Thin Film Alloys and Compounds" Tues., Feb. 6, at 4 pm in Music Lawn 226.
Geology Lecture Series
Roy J. Shlemon of Roy J. Shlemon and Associates will speak on "Geomorphic Indicators of
Neotectonics in the San Fernando Valley" on Wed., Feb. 7, at 4 pm in Science Court 516. The
program is the first in the Spring 1996 Geology Lecture Series
Difference-in-Pay Leaves
Applications for difference-in-pay leaves during the 1996-97 year, which are available in
department and school offices, must be submitted no later than Fri., Feb. 16. Changes in the
new faculty bargaining agreement permit faculty to apply for a difference-in-pay leave after
only three years credited service after a regular sabbatical leave or a difference-in-pay leave.
fmi - Don Cameron x2962
Emeritus Faculty
Four faculty members completed participation in the Faculty Early Retirement Program at the
conclusion of the fall 1995 semester. They are: Richard Abcarian, English; Robert Docter,
Educational Psychology and Counseling; Frances Ulrich, Music; and Charles R. Westron, Biology.
fmi - Don Cameron x2962
Family Environmental Sciences
Career Conference
A Career Conference will be held on Sat., Feb. 10, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at USU's Northridge
Center. Business and industry representatives will provide career information about fashion
design and merchandising, interior design, home
economics education, family relations and child development, consumer resource management,
and foods and nutrition. Adele Scheele, Career Center director, is the keynote speakers and
Carrie Latt Wiatt, President of Diet by Design, is the guest of honor. There is no charge for the
conference, but preregistration is required.
fmi - x5679 or x3051.
Campus Meeting Facilities Reservations
On Mon., Feb. 19, the Meeting Services Office will begin accepting facility reservations for the
USU and Satellite Student Union for the fall 1996 and spring 1997 semesters. Departments
should contact the office with reservation requests. Include time, date and room preference
and at least two options in case of scheduling conflicts. Make requests at the Meeting Services
Office in USU Room A-117, or call x3644.
After-Hour Building Permits
The new color for the DPS #104 Building Permit for spring and fall 1996 is available to all
departments in the supply room at x2350. It will be valid from Jan. 29 through Dec. 31.
fmi - x2350
Research Grant Offered
The Association of Retired Faculty (ARF) will award $500 to an upper division student in any
discipline for an outstanding research or creative project on the subject of aging. Applications
may be picked up at the ARF office in Building 14, Room 204, until Mar. 1. Projects must be
submitted by Fri., Apr. 5.
fmi - (818)407-7848
Notetaking Program Manager Needed
A $1500 graduate assistantship stipend is being offered to establish and organize a notetaking
services program for Associated Students, the National Center on Deafness, and Disabled
Student Services. The program will serve both non-impaired and disabled students on a
semester basis.
fmi - Bill Foster, A.S. General Manager, x2477
Brown Bag Film Series Presentation
Videos on "Eating Disorders" and "The 7 Most Popular Weight Management Myths" will be shown
on Tues., Feb. 13, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm at the Marilyn Magaram Center in the Fine Arts Bldg.,
Room 107. Admission is free.
fmi - x3102
Instructionally Related Activities
Fund Requests
The 35 programs receiving funds from the 1995-96 Instructionally Related Activities budget
have been mailed budget request forms for 1996-97 funds. Other programs wishing to request
funds should call x2962 or visit Administration Park Dome 706. Eligible programs must be
directly associated with one or more credit courses offered by an academic department. They
must involve students in significant out-of-class activities which result in a planned product,
such as a competition or performance before an audience, a display of material available to
the university community, or a written publication available to students. The deadline for
budget requests is Mar. 22.
fmi - x2962
Exhibit and Lecture
on W.W.II Japanese Occupation
"The Forgotten Holocaust," a photographic exhibit depicting the terror and abuse by Japanese
forces occupying parts of China, Korea and the Philippines during the 1930s and 1940s, opens
Mon., Feb. 5, in the Oviatt Library. The exhibit is
sponsored by the Friends of the Oviatt Library and the
university's China Institute.
Historian Sheldon Harris, CSUN professor emeritus, will speak on the significance of the exhibit
at a reception on Fri., Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 7 pm in the Oviatt lobby. He will also sign copies of
his book "Factories of Death: Japanese
Biological Warfare, 1931-1945 and the American Cover-up."
fmi - x2600 or x2832
Accelerated Foreign
Language Classes Offered
The College of Extended Learning offers accelerated language classes in which participants
learn foreign language basics in two intensive weekends. Classes start Fri., Feb. 23. Languages
taught include Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese. The cost is
$300 per course, but faculty and staff receive a substantial discount.
fmi - Daniele Dibie x4769
Meeting of Commission on Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women invites the
community to a Valentine's Day meeting on Wed., Feb. 14,
at the Business Building Conference Room #2224, from noon
to 1 pm. Bring a sweet to share.
fmi - x2077
Interactive Teleconference
on Campus Health Issues
An interactive teleconference, "Get Real! What's Next for Campus Health?," featuring Richard
Keeling, M.D., and participants from the U.S. and Canada, will air at the Oviatt Library, Room 1,
on Tue., Feb. 13, from 10 am to noon. The Oklahoma State University teleconference will address
how student health issues are related to the academic mission of the institution; the
influences on individual and group behavior among college students; how to better the campus
climate and influence student decision-making processes; and why risky behavior prevails
despite college student factual knowledge of the dangers of STDs and substance abuse.
fmi - Amy Reichbach x3683
National Eating Disorders Screening Program
The first-ever national screening program on eating disorders will take place Wed., Feb. 7, at
6:45 pm in the Student Health Center, Room 238. The program gives students the opportunity
to hear an educational presentation, complete a screening questionnaire, and meet individually
with a health care professional. Results of the screening are confidential. Athletic
departments, sororities and other campus organizations are encouraged to attend as a group
activity. Students may also bring friends whose eating behaviors concern them.
fmi - Janet Kestenbaum x3685
University Counseling Services
University Counseling Services offers many groups and workshops in addition to individual
personal and crisis counseling. The workshops and groups are free and confidential. Topics
include:
- Dealing with stress, procrastination, or shyness
- Groups for survivors of rape, victims of family abuse,
and students with eating disorders
- Gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual coming out
- Relationships and self-esteem
- Choice of major and career
- Adult re-entry resources
- Suicide prevention
- Dispute resolution
- Employee Assistance Program
- APEX (Academic Performance Enhancement Experience)
to help achieve academic potential
The office is open Monday, Thursday, and Friday from 8 am to 5 pm and on Tuesday and
Wednesday from 8 am to 7 pm. UCS also sposors the Helpline telephone crisis intervention
listening line (818/349-HELP), open from 6 pm to midnight.
fmi - UCS Office, University Park Apartments, Bldg. 14, 4th floor
Volunteers Needed
The Valley Trauma Center, which provides support services to women and men who have been
raped, sexually assaulted, or sexually abused, seeks volunteers to staff a 24-hour hot line and
assist in its other programs and services. A training program will begin Fri., Feb. 9. The Center
also provides
violence prevention and education programs to schools,
universities, and community organizations. The training
program is open to members of the unversity community
and their friends and family.
fmi - Patti Dengler (818) 772-0196.
Scholarship
The Morris K. Udall Scholarship is available for matriculated sophomores or juniors who have
demonstrated a commitment to pursue a career in environmental public policy or who are
Native American or Alaska natives and have demonstrated a commitment to a career in health
care or tribal public policy. A minimum 3.00 cumulative college GPA is required. Faculty should
refer students to the University Scholarship Office for applications and information. Complete
application packets must be filed in the University Scholarship Office by Thu., Feb. 22, at 5 pm.
fmi - Lili Vidal x2106
Lecture on Interpersonal Violence
Philip Walker of UC Santa Barbara will speak on "Wife Beating, Boxing and Broken Noses:
Skeletal Evidence for the Cultural Patterning of Interpersonal Violence" Tues., Feb. 13, at 7 pm
in Sierra Hall 237. A reception follows immediately after in Sierra Hall 239. This is the second
and final lecture in a series introducing the new physical anthropology and archaeology
laboratory.
Pagers
C-Cellular Pagers, located at the USU across from the Fitness Center, sells telephones and
pagers and offers pager repairs. IIs hours are Mon.-Thu., 9 am to 6 pm, and Fri., 9 am to 2 pm.
The phone number is (818) 773-8384.
Instructional Computing Workshop
A Social Sciences Instructional Computing Workshop will take place at CSU Fresno from June 24
through 28. It will offer two tracks, related to the particpant's prior computer experience.
Funding, including room and board, is available for 40 CSU participants, who will be selected on
the basis of their interest in using the materials in their classrooms. Application forms, which
are due April 1, have been sent to all social science deans and chairs.
fmi - ed_nelson@csufresno.edu or (209) 278-2275
University Peer Coaching
All faculty are invited to participate in a Peer Coaching Program being initiated this semester.
A voluntary, professor-to-professor interaction designed to enhance college teaching, peer
coaching involves classroom observation followed by reflection on teaching strategies in a
nonevaluative atmosphere of collegial partnership and trust.
fmi - Elizabeth Berry x2857 or Cynthia Desrochers x7892