Tech leader named director of Campus Information Systems
John Briar has been named director of Campus Information Systems. Briar joined the university in 1997 as an Information Systems Project director in Administrative Services, and in 1998 he was appointed director of Business Information Technology Services. In 2002, the campus information technology units were restructured and he was appointed interim director of Campus Information Systems. More...

Campus welcomes new director of Information Technology Services
Richard Boes has been named director of Information Technology Services. He has 15-plus years of experience in information technology, most recently serving sevent years at Brown University in Rhode Island, where he was first as the director of computing facilities and then as the director of Network Technology. More...

Official visits campus to learn about civic engagement activities
Editor’s Note: Dr. George L. Mehaffy, vice president for academic leadership and change at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), visited the campus on Oct. 6, 2005, to learn about the ways Fresno State is engaged with the community.  AASCU, housed in Washington, D.C., represents 430 public colleges and universities and their 3.6 million students. Mehaffy’s division is responsible for developing and managing programs for member institutions in areas such as leadership development, undergraduate education, technology, international education and teacher education. He organizes two national conferences annually for chief academic officers and directs a variety of projects, including the newly launched American Democracy Project, a national civic engagement initiative.  After his visit, Mehaffy shared his thoughts about Fresno State’s engagement activities and the general field of civic engagement.  Here is the letter he wrote.

Dr. Daniel Bartell, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State, will be presented the National Future Farmers of America organization’s highest award to a non-member at its national convention in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 26-29. The national FFA organization works to enhance the lives of youth through agricultural education. More...

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola was interviewed about Hispanic men and depression on a national radio broadcast Oct. 15. Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola, a professor of psychology and a physician, is also this semester a visiting professor of clinical internal medicine and director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of California, Davis. He is a member of the National Advisory Mental Health Council. More...

John Capitman, director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute, and Laurie Primavera, associate director, discussed projects and programs of the institute on a Channel 49 TV program.

Benjamin Cuellar, dean of the College of Health and Human Services, was nominated to serve on the HACU Health Sciences Advisory Council.
 

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Liza Wieland's new book of poems, “Near Alcatraz” has been published by Cherry Grove Press and is available on www.amazon.com.