American Humanics program honored
Matthew A. Jendian (Sociology, director of American Humanics) led a group of 15 students and one alumna who participated in the national American Humanics Management Institute, where Fresno State’s American Humanics program was honored for community service. Fresno State was one of 13 universities placed on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The award pays tribute to those programs that respond to President Bush’s call to service through community engagement. The Fresno State delegation spent three days in Washington, D.C., at a symposium that exposes students to experiences they will encounter as nonprofit professionals. Jendian and Fresno State President John D. Welty serve on the American Humanics National Board of Directors and Jendian is co-chair of the American Humanics Campus Directors Association.
 Blood drive on campus Feb. 7-8
The next campus blood drive is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, and Friday, Feb. 8. Drawing stations will be set up on the top floor of the Student Union, near the Kremen School of Education and Human Development, the Maple Mall and the Leon S. Peters Building. A kickoff is for the blood drive will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6. Donors will receive a coupon good for a free point of ice cream and other donor reward coupons. The campus blood drive is sponsored by the Office of Civic Engagement and Service Learning, the University Student Union and the Central California Blood Center.
Football players will collect e-waste
Fresno State football players are volunteering their time to provide a new e-waste service for seniors and people who are disabled. In conjunction with the Feb. 24 e-waste collection on campus, people can schedule appointments for that date when unwanted TV sets and computer monitors will be picked up at homes in the Fresno/Clovis area. On that date, the monthly e-waste collection will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Parking Lot S near Bulldog Stadium. To schedule an appointment for the pickup program, call 278.7422. Click here for more details.
Parks/King Awards nominations sought
Nominations of faculty, staff and students are due Feb. 16 for awards to be presented at the Rosa Parks-Martin Luther King banquet Feb. 23 in the Residence Dining Center, which honors individuals who emulate the courage and determination shown by Parks and King. The banquet, which begins with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7, is co-sponsored by the College of Social Sciences, African Peoples History Month Committee, Africana and American Indian Studies program, Black Faculty and Staff Association and the Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute. Tickets cost $25. Contact Meta Schettler for tickets at ext. 4593 or mschettl@csufresno.edu. Tickets also are available in Science 182 until Feb. 20.
 Peace Corps Community Advisory Board forming
Mona Nyandoro, development director in the Kremen School of Education and Human Development, is forming a Peace Corps Community Advisory Board to help raise awareness about the contributions of the corps throughout the world. Nyandoro was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sao Tome and Principe, West Africa, and a Peace Corps recruiter. For details contact Nyandoro at monan@csufresno.edu or 288.4947.
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