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 California
State University, Fresno faculty member Dr. Matthew Jendian will be
honored at Temple Beth Israel’s 19th annual Social Action Award Banquet
on Jan. 25, 2008.
Jendian is an associate professor of sociology and founding director of
Fresno State’s American Humanics (AH) Program, which engages students in
community service and prepares them for careers in nonprofit management
and leadership.
The American Humanics Program has provided hundreds of Fresno State
students with experience and training with community organizations. The
students, in turn, provide more than 5,000 hours of service to the
community each year. Since its onset in 2001, the program has graduated
60 students with National AH Certification. Most are employed in
nonprofit and public service positions and about 75 percent of them work
locally.
Jendian was elected chair of the national American Humanics Directors
Association for 2008. The Fresno State AH Program recently won the
Excellence in Community Relations and Civic Engagement Award at the
American Humanics Management Institute, marking the fourth year in a row
that the university’s program received a national award.
In 2006, Jendian received two university-wide faculty honors: the Spirit
of Service Award, “recognizing his exemplary commitment to community
engagement," and the Outstanding Advisor Award.
Jendian is being recognized by Temple Beth Israel as an active
campaigner for social justice in many areas of the community, including
the work he has done to increase the availability of affordable housing.
He is a board member for several nonprofit organizations, including
Academy for Civic and Entrepreneurial Leadership (a charter high
school), Fresno Nonprofit Advancement Council, Relational Culture
Institute, Fresno Housing Alliance and American Humanics, Inc.
Tickets for the banquet are $25 each ($30 the day of the event) or $175
for a table of eight and may be reserved by calling the Temple office at
432-3600.
For more information, contact committee chair Bob Levine via e-mail at
robertle@csufresno.edu.
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