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Of Cultura & Comics: Lalo Alcaraz Directions s many of you know, Susan and I decid- Sacramento will see much of us this year as we Aed some time ago that I would retire in 2011 as continue to advocate for the restoration of state president of San Diego State University. After 15 budget support for higher education, including years in San Diego, we will return to the coast of funding to enroll additional students. Maine where our professional lives began. SDSU is anticipating exciting athletic seasons This will be only the seventh time in 114 years in the year ahead—especially in football, men’s that San Diego State has changed presidents. and women’s basketball, golf and softball. We Each of the seven presidents served an average of are all proud of our students’ performance on 16.3 years—a remarkable record and well above the the field and of their improved Directors’ Cup national average. I think there is a reason for that. standings, but we are also delighted that Aztecs continue to set records in the NCAA’s Academic Simply put, San Diego State is a great place to be a Progress Report. university president. The men and women of SDSU are always “pushing the envelope,” and at the end Finally, we will intensify our efforts to raise of the day, that is the source of deep professional funds for SDSU students, faculty and programs. satisfaction. The challenge comes not from pushing To date, in the “silent” portion of our compre- paper, but from pushing limits. hensive campaign, donors have supported more than $200 million in gifts and pledges. I am Although I have initiated the formal retirement confident we can increase that number to more procedure, my current focus is on this new aca- than $250 million before my successor takes Directionsdemic year. We have much to accomplish before we the campaign public next fall to ensure that send another 10,000 eager, well-prepared graduates San Diego State has the resources necessary into the workforce at Commencement next May. to push the limits of our success well into the future. First, underscoring San Diego State’s academic excellence, we will launch new joint doctoral programs in geophysics and evolutionary biology. This increases our doctoral degree offerings to 18, and Stephen L. Weber, president there are three additional doctoral programs in engineering awaiting approval. San Diego State University

We will open a newly expanded Veterans Center on campus to better serve those who have so gal- lantly served us. With more than 1,000 veterans enrolled as undergraduates, we are also introducing new programs that build on the skills they have To learn more about the presidential transition, acquired in the military. visit sdsu.edu/transition. 360 The Magazine of San Diego State University (ISSN 1543-7116) is published by SDSU Marketing & Communications and distributed to members of the SDSU Alumni Association, faculty, staff and friends.

Editor: Coleen L. Geraghty Editorial Contributors: Lorena Nava Ruggero, Sandra Millers Younger, Michael James Mahin, Tobin Vaughn, Golda Akhgarnia, Nicole K. Millett Features Additional Editing: Lorena Nava Ruggero, Patricia Alfano Art Director: Lori Padelford Upperclass Act Graphic Design: John Signer Not since 1941 has men’s basketball generated Cover Illustration: Lalo Alcaraz Cover Photo: Sandy Huffaker Jr. this degree of excitement among Aztec fans. San Diego State University Stephen L. Weber, President 16 DI VISION OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS & DEVELOPMENT Mary Ruth Carleton Meet, Play, Learn Vice President - University Relations Fulbright students discover that finding yourself and Development Jessie Brooks is the unexpected adventure. Associate Vice President - Principal Gifts Jack Beresford 20 Chief Communications Officer Jim Herrick Executive Director - Alumni Association Of Cultura & Comics We welcome mail from our readers. Alumnus Lalo Alcaraz satirizes American 360 Magazine culture with an offbeat perspective. Marketing & Communications 5500 Campanile Drive 24 San Diego CA 92182-8080 E-mail: [email protected] Read 360 Magazine online at Big Kids, Big Problems www.sdsu.edu/360 Periodical postage paid at San Diego, CA SDSU researchers are out to reverse an epidemic Volume 17, No. 2, copyright 2010 of childhood obesity. San Diego State University Circulation: 45,000 28 Postmaster: Send address changes to: San Diego State University In Aztec Territory 5500 Campanile Drive This football season look for new traditions— San Diego CA 92182-8035 [email protected] and the resurrection of old ones. Opinions expressed in 360 Magazine are 32 those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the university administration nor those of The California State University Board of Trustees.

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6 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 Photo: Sandy Huffaker Jr Statewide Impact Powering Biotech With state unemployment at 12 percent, it’s comforting to know that San Diego The life sci- State University sustains more than 9,000 ences industry has jobs in the region and more than 11,400 become part of San Diego’s lifeblood in jobs statewide. the last decades. With more than 400 biotech An independent report commissioned by firms in the county, there the California State University (CSU) system is a huge demand for highly “This grant also found that SDSU generates upwards of educated and trained workers. provides an $62 million in local taxes and nearly $86.7 opportunity to con- To help meet this demand and simul- tinue to build the homegrown million in state tax revenue. taneously increase local employ- workforce we need in Southern ment opportunities, San Diego State California, while moving veterans SDSU’s statewide economic impact of University is launching a program and displaced workers into skilled, $6.5 billion is attributable in large part to to teach San Diego’s unemployed the high paying jobs that help this its legion of 200,000-plus alumni, about skills necessary to work in the life region expand as a hub of innova- 60 percent of whom live in San Diego. sciences industry. tion,” said BIOCOM President and CEO Joe Panetta. BRIDGE (Biotechnology Readiness, Nearly $4.2 billion of earnings by SDSU Immersion, Certification and Degrees The project addresses the critical alumni can be ascribed to their CSU for Gainful Employment) is in its need for clinical laboratory scien- degrees, and those earnings create an startup phase thanks to a three- tists, medical laboratory techni- additional $6.5 billion of industry activity year, $4.95 million grant from the cians, medical physicists and pro- throughout the state. U.S. Department of Labor, in part- fessional scientists. It also supports nership with BIOCOM, San Diego a summer institute for high school Workforce Partnership and the students and an online certificate The report by ICF International assessed Southern California Biotechnology program that uses industry-driven the economic impact of CSU’s 23 cam- Center at Miramar College. curriculum in a combination of puses. It determined that CSU-related web-based industry presentations spending generates more than $17 billion The program has a special empha- and case studies. in economic impact in California, which sis on getting veterans (and eligible spouses of veterans) into the life The grant is part of more than supports 150,000 jobs in the state. sciences and biotechnology fields. $225 million in federal stimulus Employers recognize that many vet- funding awarded by the Labor In addition to supporting job creation and erans have technology training and/or Department to create jobs in health reducing unemployment, CSU conferred experience in related fields and may care and high growth industries almost 71,000 bachelor’s degrees, nearly be optimal candidates to join the under the American Recovery and half of all the bachelor’s degrees awarded biotech sector. Reinvestment Act of 2009. by all other public and private universities in the state.

To read the report, visit http://www.calstate.edu/impact/

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(SCEC) director Thomas Jordan completed the most advanced simulation of an earthquake ever undertaken. Using the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer, the team simulated the rupture and 6 minutes of ground motion for a magnitude-8 quake along the southern section of the San Andreas Fault.

The SCEC project simulates an earthquake more powerful than the temblor that destroyed San Francisco in 1906—and 30 times as energetic as the quake that devastated Haiti in January. The simulation indicates extreme shaking near San Bernardino, moderate-to-strong shaking in Oxnard, Downey and around the Los Angeles area and only slight shaking in San Diego.

San Diego State Geological Sciences professors Credit Tom Rockwell Kim Olsen and Steven Day and post-doctoral Take Cover researcher, Daniel Roten, were part of the team, whose work earned them a finalist’s slot The 7.2 temblor in northern Baja that rocked San for this year’s Gordon Bell Prize, awarded to Diego last spring was a reminder of the ever-present the world’s most advanced scientific computing threat of “the big one” to Southern California. application.

To assess potential damage from “the big one,” a To read more about the simulation, visit team led by Southern California Earthquake Center www.sdsc.edu

50 and Fabulous was only two-and-a-half hours, KPBS’ 50th anniversary is a five days a week. perfect time to reflect on the Sept. 12, 1960, was just another past, but this milestone also day for most San Diegans. But Seven years after its debut, KPBS celebrates the future. Unlike for a small group of students TV hit the airwaves and in 1970 other local news organizations, at San Diego State College, it the station officially changed the KPBS continues to expand was a day that introduced a new call letters to KPBS. and grow its news division in voice to the community. an ever-changing media In 1995, KPBS opened a state-of- landscape. KEBS went on the air as San the-art facility to support the TV Diego’s first “public” broad- and radio operations under one For more on the history casting entity, thanks to the roof. The organization invested in of KPBS, including photos, vision of speech communications local radio news and in developing videos and an opportunity professor Ken Jones. In a 24/7 KPBS.org—laying the ground- to share your favorite media driven world it’s hard to work for expanding coverage of KPBS memory, visit imagine the original schedule local news. kpbs.org/50years.

8 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 of the oil spill’s spread and its conse- Staff members have created maps Crisis quences on the coastline. of earthquake-stricken Haiti and Mexicali, flood-damaged Pakistan Control It was a novel use of the application and wildfire-ravaged Russia. The and quickly became a proof of con- maps helped first-responders, During the height of the Gulf oil cept for future endeavors, said Eric governments and volunteers to spill, when tarballs washed up on Frost, who co-directs the Immersive assess damage and determine the the Texas coast and oil defaced Visualization Center. “Our efforts are best routes for running supplies. Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain, best described as helping train others, it was difficult for authorities to helping show proof of concept and “The biggest challenge is trying construct a complete picture of the providing the starting point for other to do all this without resources, spill’s effects. things,” Frost said. so we partner with governments, humanitarian assistance agen- Then Crisis Commons and the Funded by more than $5 million in cies and corporations,” Frost SDSU Immersive Visualization federal and private grants each year, said. “We do this for a couple of Center came along with Oil SDSU’s Immersive Visualization reasons—compassion, our desire Reporter, an iPhone and Android Center provides practical assistance to practice public service on a cell phone application that allowed for natural disasters, pandemic global scale and our commitment anyone to report on the spill. response and analysis, humanitar- to developing technology-driven ian emergencies and homeland and solutions by working on real With Oil Reporter, users uploaded international security. The BP oil rig events. We can train and educate photos from their cell phones, with explosion and subsequent spill is only our students far better if we are a time stamp and GPS location one of the major crises tackled by the at the cutting edge, both helping attached, to create a real-time map center this year. and learning.”

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It’s a Wrap. Yes, you did see Marshall Faulk and Raquel Welch on the trolley—courtesy of SDSU.

First the trolley came to San Diego State University. Now SDSU has come to the trolley.

San Diego’s distinctive light rail transit system recently debuted an Aztec- inspired trolley on the Green Line, which traverses the SDSU station on the Old Town-Santee route.

The special “Aztec for Life” trolley has been “wrapped” with super-sized images of 26 SDSU faculty, students (including NROTC student Shelley House) and notable alums (including Tony Gwynn, Marshall Faulk, Raquel Welch, Marion Ross, Stephen Strasburg and Ralph Rubio). Through its partnership with MTS, San Diego State was able to have a trolley wrapped for the cost of the art.

Rolled out in August, the trolley made a special trip to the SDSU station on Saturday, Sept. 4, just in time to carry the drum line, marching band, cheer team, Aztec Warrior and spirited students to the Aztec Football home opener at Qualcomm Stadium.

It will also provide transport for lifetime members of the SDSU Alumni Association to an exclusive Aztec for Life event at the Old Town Mexican Café on Thursday, Oct. 14. Many of the Aztec VIPs whose images appear on the trolley will participate in the event, which kicks off Homecoming 2010.

The Aztec for Life trolley, celebrating the 100,000-plus alumni who contribute to San Diego’s thriving economy, is also a reminder of SDSU’s significance as the oldest and largest university in the region.

The phrase “Aztec for Life” was popularized by SDSU football legend Marshall Faulk. Last year the university used the term to theme its SDSU Month cele- bration, and it has gained momentum from there.

“Being an Aztec is not just about going to school at SDSU,” said SDSU Alumni Association Director Jim Herrick. “Being an Aztec is about being connected to San Diego. It’s about being a part of something much greater than yourself. SDSU alumni are the fabric of the San Diego region. Teachers, nurses, engineers, entrepreneurs, star athletes and actors. We’re all Aztecs for life.”

For information on the Oct. 14 event and to become a lifetime member of the SDSU Alumni Association, visit www.sdsualumni.org

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Photo: Sandy Huffaker Jr.

The addition of the names Eulis N. The Veterans War Memorial Monumental B. Wilkes Jr. (Vietnam) and Willis Committee approached the Preston Smith (Korea) this sum- designer of the original monu- Undertaking mer was approved by the Alumni ment, emeritus professor of art Association’s War Memorial Jesus Dominguez, to design plans It took just a few minutes on a Committee based on research by for an expansion. Of Dominguez’s sun-drenched June morning to com- SDSU librarian Robert Fikes Jr. sketches, the most popular with plete the mission undertaken by San committee members incorporates Diego State University’s Student The librarian said he came across a half circle around the west side Veteran Organization (SVO) many the names of both Smith and of the original granite monolith months ago. Wilkes “almost by accident” two allowing for names to be inscribed years ago while looking through on both sides. Past and current members of the SVO old newspaper articles. He man- were on hand to witness the addi- aged to verify that neither man “(The original) was the concept tion of two names to the 220 already had graduated, but both had been of shattered life and the new one etched in the granite monolith that students at San Diego State. is similar,” Dominguez explained. honors SDSU’s fallen alumni. “The edges are rough and shat- Fikes has also documented the tered, just like the top (of the One of the few free-standing struc- deaths of SDSU students in recent original). Aesthetically, the expan- tures of its kind on a college campus, conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. sion curves around because any- the SDSU War Memorial was dedicat- Their names will be engraved on thing straight would have broken ed in 1996 to honor alumni who died an expansion of the monument, up the circle. This allows for in service during World War II, the for which the SVO is currently a kind of natural movement of Korean War and the Vietnam War. fundraising. spectators around the monument.”

12 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 No Bed of Roses annual Learfield Sports Directors’ Aztec Intelligence Cup, scoring 299.50 points to rank With the end of beach season near, 66th out of 278 NCAA Division I Walter Oechel, ’66, an SDSU legions of sun-worshippers will schools for the 2009–10 season. biology professor specializing in move indoors to keep their skin climate change, received a grant bronzed during the winter. Since finishing in 106th place in from NASA’s Jet Propulsion 2007, the Aztecs have steadily Lab to measure the greenhouse Nearly 30 million Americans climbed in the rankings. They gas effect on the Arctic. patronize tanning salons each year, claimed 84th place in 2008, rose and the new 10 percent federal tax to 81st place in 2009 and jumped The Campanile Foundation, on indoor tanning isn’t expected 15 spots to number 66 this year. philanthropic arm of SDSU, to pose much of a deterrent—nor welcomed three new board is conclusive evidence that indoor Women’s basketball led the way members in June: Salim tanning increases a person’s risk of for the Aztecs, earning a depart- Janmohamed, ’74, ’79, melanoma by 75 percent. ment-best 64 points after advancing is managing director of to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2010 Deutsche Bank National Trust Joni Mayer, a professor of public NCAA tournament. Company in Costa Mesa; Susan health at San Diego State, led a Nowakowski, ’89, is CEO, team of student researchers in The Directors’ Cup is pre- president and director of AMN collecting data from hundreds of sented annually by the National Healthcare Services; Patti tanning salons in more than 100 Association of Collegiate Directors Roscoe is director of Allied cities across the U.S. of Athletics (NACDA), Learfield International and a founder of Sports and USA Today to the best SDSU’s L. Robert Payne School Their National Cancer Institute- overall collegiate athletics programs of Hospitality and Tourism funded study found that enforce- in the country. Management. ment of indoor tanning laws is infrequent and inconsistent. Tanning salons encourage frequent tanning through package deals that decrease the per-session cost, Mayer found.

Her data also shows that people don’t substitute indoor tanning for sun bathing. “They’re used together so the accumulative UV exposure is very high, Mayer said.”

Melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer when not recognized and treated early, is now the second most common form of cancer among young people from 15 to 29, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.

Score for SDSU Athletes

SDSU Athletics earned its highest finish in school history in the

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On the tip of my tongue. Language Center trains military to understand the speech and culture of foreign lands.

By Golda Akhgarnia

When Lance Cpl. Ryan Gummer deployed to Afghanistan in summer 2009, he was greeted with an unpleasant surprise—the translator assigned to his unit had failed to show up.

This might have worried most soldiers in his place, but Gummer rose to the challenge and even acted as his unit’s linguist. Physicians treating wounded Afghans solicited his help, and on a number of occasions, his language skills helped save lives.

Earlier that year, Gummer had enrolled in a Pashto language course at SDSU’s Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC), a course that helped him understand not only the language, but also the culture of Afghanistan.

Pashto is one of several critical languages taught at LARC. Designed for soldiers headed into areas of conflict, the courses help them become more effective in keeping the peace.

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And who better to teach these courses than native speakers? LARC trains members of the Afghan community in San Diego as language teachers through the California Foreign Language Project.

“The community is invested and interested in getting the right message out,” said Mary Ann Lyman-Hager, director of LARC at San Diego State. “This enhances SDSU in the community and offers immigrants a career path while exposing them to a university setting.”

More recently, the center began creating CD-ROMs with Pashto culture lessons, which are sent to Marine Reserves monthly. Through a grant from the Department of Defense (DOD), about 400 reservists have received iPods to download the lessons.

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Home to one of only 15 Department of Education-sponsored language resource centers in the nation, SDSU was one of the original three sites chosen to house a center in 1989. The center’s funding was recently renewed for another four years.

14 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 Since 2001, LARC has offered language courses for Navy SEALs as needed, in Indonesian, North African French and Korean.

As a proven leader in teaching critical languages, SDSU was chosen in 2007 as one of four sites in the country (now up to 22) to spearhead Project Go, a five-year program for the ROTC. A stipend from the DOD gives students extra incentive to take intensive summer courses in Russian, Persian and Arabic. In just six to eight weeks, they get one year’s worth of language training.

With the military now requiring language competency for officers, some branches of the armed forces contribute to the stipend. This benefits not only SDSU’s ROTC student population, but also the 19 regional campuses feeding into SDSU’s ROTC program. Project Go classes are also open to SDSU students and the community.

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LARC programs focus on teacher training, materials development, community outreach, language testing and technology. The center has created a YouTube channel, digital media tools and online speaking tests in 10 languages.

In addition to serving the military, LARC has developed courses for heritage speakers— people who are exposed to a language other than English at home.

The Star Talk program offers intensive summer courses in Persian and Turkish for heritage speakers. These three-to-four-week courses are taught at different levels, and enlist community language teachers as instructors.

Sitting around a table with one other class- mate, two instructors and a mouthwatering spread of Middle Eastern sweets, Amanda Pike, an advanced Arabic student, lit up as she described her passion for learning Arabic, the “extreme sport” of languages for native English speakers.

“Some people jump out of airplanes; I chose to learn Arabic.”

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 15 16 Fall 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 In their last season together as Aztecs, these young men evoke memories of SDSU's 1941 championship team.

Photography by Jeffrey Lamont Brown

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 2717 record crowds, exceeding last year’s average of 7,227 boosters per game.

Basketball fever

Not since 1941 has excitement been so high at the start of an Aztec They are the heart of the basketball season. That was the year a men’s basketball program; core of mostly upperclassmen headed to the national finals for the third the players with the most consecutive time and won it all. invested in San Diego State In the semifinals of the National —a cumulative 10 years and Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 282 games among them. (NAIA), the Aztecs played the No. 1 seed, West Texas State. Texas had Now, in their last season together the height, but San Diego had the as Aztecs, seniors D.J. Gay, Billy speed to take them 43-40, and go on White, Malcolm Thomas and junior to defeat Murray Teachers College of Tim Shelton front a team that could Kentucky, 36-34, in a tense final. be the most successful in San Diego State history. The Aztecs were coached by Morris Gross, a legend at State, who won six Led by Coach Steve Fisher, the squad conference basketball titles in addition includes All-MWC first team sopho- to serving as assistant football coach more Kawhi Leonard, shooting ace and athletics director. Chase Tapley and a slate of talent whose 25-9 record last season is the “He was an outstanding individual second best in Aztec record books. and very clever in handling his players,” recalled Harry Hodgetts, The top college basketball prognos- ’41, a leader of the championship ticators—from Dick Vitale to Andy team. “There was never any shouting.” Katz—are already calling them one of the best 25 teams in the A Hoover High School graduate, country, and predicting a big Hodgetts was the team’s defensive season. lynchpin, assigned to guard Jackie Robinson in the Aztecs’ 1941 win At home, their fan base over UCLA. He made NAIA sec- is exploding. With ond team All-American along with season ticket sales teammate Dick Mitchell, who later surpassing all competed for the U.S. in badminton, previous num- and was inducted into the national bers, the men’s Badminton Hall of Fame. team should attract The 1941 team also laid claim to a pair of first team All-Americans— Kenny Hale and Milton “Milky” Phelps. Hale led the Aztecs in scoring three times in five tournament games. He left San Diego State to

18 Fall 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 join the Navy in WWII, but returned to graduate in 1947 and earn a master’s degree in 1952. here,” Fisher said. “This year, we will get most Among his teammates, Phelps is the people’s ‘A’ games, and tragic hero. A three-time MVP, he we have not always had was the first Aztec athlete to achieve that. People know that first-team major college NAIA All- we’re supposed to be America honors. After graduation, good.” Phelps played for a brief time with the Consolidated Aircraft (Consair) People know, too, that the quintet in San Diego before enlist- Aztec men don’t take vic- ing as a naval aviation cadet. Twenty tory for granted. Talented months after State won the national teams excite fans, but hard- title, he died in a training accident working teams inspire them. in Corpus Christi, Texas. Veteran players like Gay, Shelton, White and Thomas A benevolent shadow exemplify the collaborative spirit Fisher fosters. For decades after their national vic- tory, the 1941 team had no rivals “There are no selfish players on among Aztec hoopsters. Their record this team,” said Jack Goodall, of 24 wins in a single season held ’60, an occasional guest coach fast, until Fisher’s squad bested it by in the Aztec locker room and 2 in 2008-09. But the former NAIA one of the trio of alumni whose champions continue to loom large in gift named the Parma Payne Aztec history, casting a benevolent Goodall Alumni Center. shadow on the men’s team through Hodgetts’ philanthropic support and Maybe not, but if the Aztecs his friendship with Fisher. have their way this season, they won’t be sharing Mountain West “When I came here, people focused Conference honors with anyone. on what hadn’t been done,” Fisher recalled. “But every time I had —Coleen L. Geraghty an opportunity to talk to Harry Hodgetts, he found something To view a photo complimentary to say about our team. of the 1941 team It made me feel good that a guy who and see video of had been part of a national champi- D.J. Gay and onship would say, ‘I really like how Harry Hodgetts, your team is progressing.’” visit sdsu.edu/360

Under Fisher, the Aztecs have pro- gressed until now, in his 12th season, SDSU men’s basketball is once again in the national spotlight.

“We’re getting more talk this season than we have since I’ve been

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in this world. More than anything, I remember the hospitality, kindness Fulbright students and generosity. I drank it in, literally, along with lots of traditional Malaysian teh tarik, or pulled tea.”

take on the world. Pratt’s love of culture and travel led him to his current position as an government to increase mutual officer for the ISEP (International understanding between Americans Student Exchange Program), an and people of other lands. organization whose mission paral- lels that of the Fulbright program. Since 2005, 31 SDSU students He now helps others grow by going have received Fulbright awards abroad. and in 2010, SDSU sent the largest group ever. The coveted “The Fulbright taught me how Fulbright year gives young people to embrace the world outside of an opportunity to engross them- the safe haven of my friends, my selves in a foreign culture while home and my country,” Pratts said. exchanging ideas through study, “It was a wonderful opportunity to teaching and research. experience life in a rich and unique cultural setting, while also making a valuable contribution to the edu- Cultural immersion cational development of some bright young The Malaysians have a saying: Aaron Pratts came to appreciate students.” sama sama. the concept of sama sama during his time as a Fulbright student. It means “you’re welcome” or “This saying embodies what I The world is “more to you,” but those English learned in Malaysia,” Pratts said. your mirror words don’t convey the full sense “Sama sama places the focus back of the phrase. on giving thanks, rather than Tonya Warren’s receiving it.” Fulbright experience Not only is sama sama an expres- taught her to see sion of gratitude, it is also an In 2007, Pratt spent seven acknowledgement of the connect- months in the small rural village edness of life based on mutual of Besut, providing educational acceptance and generosity. assistance to nearly 800 Malaysian teachers and students. The same belief in human connection lies at the heart of the pres- In addition to helping with math, tigious Fulbright U.S. Student science and the school band, Pratt and the Fulbright U.S. Scholar made a concerted effort to reach programs, international educa- out to the surrounding commu- tional exchanges sponsored by the nity. “I wanted to immerse myself

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the world, but also to was doing the very thing I was perceive herself. interested in!”

As a legally eman- At the conclusion of the pro- cipated 14-year- gram, Warren resolved to return old growing to Mingde. And she did, with a up in Boston’s Fulbright in one hand and a plan inner-city, she of action in the other. She is never imag- currently a leading candidate for couldn’t help but be wary. “I hate ined that she’d a prestigious Taiwanese govern- to admit it, but when I first arrived be awarded ment scholarship. I wouldn’t tell anyone I was from a Fulbright the United States because I was to study in “If I’ve learned one thing, it’s scared of ending up on the 6 o’clock Taiwan. But that the world is your mirror,” news with a hood over my head.” despite her Warren reflected. “If you are angry, difficult situ- you see anger in others. If you But the reality of his experience ation, Warren are compassionate, you see compas- was very different from what public persisted. At sion. It is only by looking inside perception and the media had led the age of 18, that you can begin to change the him to expect. without a high world outside.” school diploma, she enrolled in Studying Arabic literature and community college and eventually the history of the Crusades, won a spot at SDSU. A deep-hearted hello Alexander saw similarities between the historical treatment of African When Paul Initially introduced to Eastern Americans in the United States, Alexander’s philosophy through the martial and the demonization of Arabs by Fulbright arts, Warren became interested the media in the wake of took him to in Buddhism’s emphasis on the 9/11. As African-American Syria in power of the mind. “After look- literature had improved 2006, ing at studies on meditation and understanding of black he neuroplasticity and habituation, I culture in the U.S., so thought that Buddhism’s focus on Alexander thought that the role of the mind in perception “Arabic literature could might be applied to maladaptive be an important tool behaviors such as drug addiction.” for dispelling racial and cultural bias, In 2007, Warren was accepted and improving cross- into the Humanistic Buddhism cultural awareness Monastic Life Program in Tai- between the West wan’s Fo Guan Shan Monastery. and the Middle To her amazement, the mon- East.” astery was running a Buddhist drug rehabilitation program at When Alexander the nearby Mingde prison. “I finally began was staying at a monastery that telling people

22 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 he was from the United States, SDSU offers many other pathways he was moved by their response. for students to study abroad. “It was always, ahlan wa-sahlan, which translates to ‘a deep Last year, more than 1,600 SDSU hearted hello and welcome.’ They students participated in study weren’t judging me, or hating abroad programs in more than three me. They were welcoming me.” dozen countries, encouraged by faculty and administrators who view Alexander’s story is a metaphor international study as a high value for what he took away from his learning experience. Fulbright experience—the diversity that makes our country great And SDSU has expanded its global should be seen as a microcosm reach over the past decade. Twenty of the diverse world we live in. five of its degree “The ability to welcome all peo- programs require rates. It’s preventable with educa- ple with open arms and mutual some international tion and access to information. In understanding is a lesson the experience for grad- our supposedly globalized world, entire world should heed.” uation. In 2000, just this shouldn’t be so difficult, but one did. it is.” We’re all connected But the impact of study- Arreola believes public health ing abroad can’t be research is essential to our collec- 2008 Fulbright recipient measured in academic tive future. “People might ask, Alexandra Arreola refuses to terms alone, as Alexandra ‘what do the poor in Brazil have “struggle.” “I don’t like that Arreola discovered. word very much. I prefer chal- to do with me?’ The truth is we’re all connected. Epidemics often lenge.” As the first in her family “When my Fulbright start with the most vulnerable, to attend college in the U.S., was over, I was scared those without access to health ser- and the first to enroll in a gradu- to leave Brazil,” she vices and education. It is critical ate degree program, Arreola recalled. “I thought to study and improve the well- has faced challenges. But the it was the place being of vulnerable groups in challenges of other, less fortu- that made me order to protect the health of the nate women are the ones that happy. But it whole population. Not only is it move her. wasn’t. It was practical, it’s humane.” ‘me’ that made While an undergraduate student, me happy. I’d Arreola is currently Arreola became involved in learned to be completing a master’s a research project me, in every moment, in any situa- degree in public health on the prevention tion, in every place. That’s what my at the Oswaldo Cruz of HIV/AIDS Fulbright taught me.” among sex work- Foundation in Rio de ers and drug Janeiro and plans To read more Fulbright stories and see users in Tijuana. to obtain a Ph.D. in video of a student who studied abroad Her Fulbright anthropology with an in Africa, visit sdsu.edu/360. expanded this ini- emphasis on culture, tial project into a gender and sexuality. study of the psy- chosocial factors Finding a way affecting women abroad with HIV/AIDS in Brazil. The competition for Fulbrights means that “Women in only a small percentage Latin America of applicants receive the are being infect- coveted award. But ed at increasing

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 23 Of Cultura & Comics B y L o r e n a N a v a R u g g e r o Lalo Alcaraz is unique in the world of American cartooning

It’s not a psychiatric problem. Lalo Alcaraz has a split Eddie and Cuco are characters in Alcaraz’s nationally syndicated personality—there’s the daily comic strip. reasonable, everyday “La Cucaracha” is where the Aztec’s gift for illustration and guy known as “Eddie,” humor collide with politics— with a decidedly Latino bent.

and then there’s the “To me it’s a slice-of-life ensem- ble comic strip with a cast of fist-shaking, protest- thousands, but it centers around two guys that are basically me,” prone Chicano, “Cuco.” Alcaraz,’87, explained. “Eddie, a regular, run-of-the-mill guy, and Cuco Rocha, who is such an angry Chicano activist that he turned into a cockroach. They react to the headlines and to cultural topics.”

Alcaraz’s character design is influenced equally by the big- eyed cartoons people expect and the bold graphic sensibility he developed during years of designing posters. Meanwhile, the world he creates in “La Cucaracha” is just as much a practice in architecture and perspective as it is a sardonic reflection of the real world, like the neighborhood Barriobucks Illustrations: Lalo Alcaraz café Eddie frequents.

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The honing of Alcaraz’s gift as In his world, Alcaraz can express a cartoonist and the “birth” of opinions that might otherwise Eddie and Cuco took place at San draw ire, like when he Diego State University in the calls Arizona legisla- 1980s. Since then, he’s tried out tors racists or criti- architecture, published his own cizes President Barack ‘zine, led a sketch comedy group Obama’s war policies. and drawn comics that have been Comics are often seen called both entertaining and divi- as children’s entertain- sive. Shaped by these experiences, ment in this coun- he holds a wholly unique position try; not so in Latin in the world of American comics. America, Asia or Europe, where people of all ages A world of his making consume sequential art regularly and without embarrass- To be successful drawing ment. This uniquely American comics is one thing, but to be a viewpoint allows Alcaraz to Latino drawing politically inflect- sneak in a message the average ed comics is another altogether— reader might not expect. “La Cucaracha” is the first Latino political strip in the country. And “Very few daily cartoonists take Alcaraz is a true American origi- advantage of this power to enter nal, both in his dual persona as into people’s minds the way Alcaraz an activist and artist and in his does—‘Cathy’ and ‘Blondie’ just rise at a time when Latinos are ain’t going to shake the boat in the taking increasingly prominent same way,” Nericcio asserted. roles in society. To shake the boat, his pop “Alcaraz fuses regional South- culture-infused strip and editorial west cultural realities with a cartoons hop easily from contro- global, international vision,” versial topics, like Arizona’s SB said SDSU English and compara- 1070, to jokes about the taco truck tive literature professor William trend overtaking Los Angeles, to Nericcio, author of “Tex[t] Mex: Latino achievement, like the nam- Seductive Hallucinations of the ing of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. ‘Mexican’ in America.” “His Supreme Court (the new justice mesh of politics and cultura sets has a print of Alcaraz’s editorial him apart—like ‘Doonesbury’ ‘toon hanging in her office). But and ‘Bloom County.’ Alcaraz has finding inspiration is no small created a world unto itself that feat—especially when you’re reflects and responds to the real drawing a comic that has to be world with humor, vision and relevant at the time of publication satirical savvy.” 10 days later.

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 25 No one fuses politics and culture like Alcaraz. One needs to look only so far as As a young man, the first-gen- Alcaraz’s workspace to under- eration college student was hap- stand his methods. From ide- pily surrounded by like-minded ation to creation, Alcaraz works colleagues. But it was by no from a cluttered, sunlit studio means idyllic. in Whittier. He’s surrounded by everything from posters of masked “MEChA was pretty beleaguered luchadores to proclamations from and outnumbered in those days,” the California legislature to color- Alcaraz said matter-of-factly. ful Mexican sculptures. “There really weren’t that many Latinos going to school, so we Inspiration comes from the stack had to fight that much harder to of yellowed Los Angeles Times stand up for ourselves. It was a and the radio where conservative good experience.” talk radio often plays in the background. He recalled MEChA’s battle with Associated Students when His work examines themes similar the student group tried to to those found in Latino writ- bring Mexican-American labor ing, but the cartoonist tells the leader Cesar E. Chavez to speak story visually in a way that text on campus. There were many cannot. If a picture is worth a excuses given for why the labor thousand words, Alcaraz has spo- leader’s speaker’s fee could not ken volumes since his time on be approved. “They said things Montezuma Mesa. like, ‘If he’s going to speak at the Free Speech area, why Political formation doesn’t he speak for free?’”

As a student in the 1980s, None of the excuses mattered Alcaraz was involved with the to Alcaraz. Other speakers were Chicano student activist group, paid, but a Mexican was expect- Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano ed to speak for free, he remem- de Aztlan (MEChA). At the same bered with a shake of his head. time, he was editorial cartoon- In those days, a liberal voice in ist for The Daily Aztec. When he a conservative climate wasn’t talks about his time as a student, always heeded. Yet, Alcaraz his gestures go wild for a moment stood resolute and continued before he settles into his old to make his voice heard. memories with a laugh. Unimagined future “My political formation happened at“My State,” political he con- Growing up in nearby Lemon fessed.formation “The happened campus was at Grove, he never imagined State,”so conservative. he confessed. It was “Theall becoming a professional comic campusabout Reaganwas all andabout capitalism. Reagan strip artist and writer, and Itand was capitalism. a great time It to was learn instead majored in environmen- howa togreat become time a topolitical be a tal design, hoping for a career activistpolitical and activistpolitical andartist.” in architecture. political artist.” Photo: Sandy Huffaker Jr.

26 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 producing his ‘zine “POCHO Alcaraz is optimistic despite the Magazine” and performed sketch many unfruitful Hollywood meet- “My original comedy with Chicano Secret Service ings he’s taken in the past decade. plan was to be employable,” before finally finding inspiration in he admitted. “I loved the what he’d loved all along—drawing, “I probably just jinxed myself “Mystudy original of plan(architecture), was to be humor and politics. since I’ve“I beenprobably through the ringer employable,”but in practice, he admitted. it was “I severaljust times,” jinxed he myselfsaid with his loved thekind study of ofboring.” (architec- Alcaraz has since made a living sincetrademark I’ve self-deprecating been through humor. ture), but in practice, it was making people laugh, while also the ringer several kind of boring.” making them think. He’s found a times,” he said with way to combine his love of do-it- his trademark self- Nevertheless, he was a talented yourself protest with the platform deprecating humor. and hardworking student, recalled of his nationally syndicated work. his faculty advisor and mentor, Eugene Ray, professor emeritus in To the small screen? SDSU’s School of Art, Design and Art History. Despite keeping his pen wholly While luck may be a part of it, immersed in the present, Alcaraz there’s no doubt that his hard Ray, an internationally renowned has his eyes focused on the future, work—evidenced as an SDSU stu- architect from New Orleans, was including the digital revolution dent, self-supporting artist and ahead of his time, emphasizing overtaking comics and newspapers. activist—plays a large role in his affordable housing and sustain- success. Or maybe at the core he’s able design decades before society “Digital technology makes it easier to just a guy listening to the voices accepted these ideas. While Ray distribute the work, but I’m not good of Eddie and Cuco. taught thousands of students during at the economic part, so I won’t even 27 years at SDSU—his curriculum take a guess at how to make it work,” To watch video of Lalo Alcaraz at fusing ecology, economy, health and he said with a smile. “I’m hoping to work, visit sdsu.edu/360. social issues drew many minority avoid the scariness of jumping into students—the 78-year-old easily digital-only comics and move into recalled Lalo and the complimentary television instead.” comic Alcaraz drew of him. Going from newspaper page to the But architecture didn’t hold young small-screen, a la Aaron McGruder’s Alcaraz’s interest, although he “The Boondocks”—an equally in- earned a graduate degree in the sub- your-face daily comic strip with ject from University of California, African-American interests at its Berkeley. Instead, he turned to core—is a process unto itself. But

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 27 28 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 Big Kids, Problems Big By Sandra Millers Y o u n g e r SDSU researchers are out to reverse an epidemic of childhood obesity.

Stephanie Anderson was 10 when NBC hit reality show, “The Biggest recreation programs and physical she first realized she was chubbier Loser,” she weighed 270 pounds. education classes. Blame it on junk than most girls her age. Even worse, the show’s doctor food—high-calorie processed meals informed her she was pre-diabetic, both at home and at school. Blame She tried to mask her embarrass- following in the footsteps of her it on urban ills—traffic and crime ment with humor, but the taunt- mother, who’d fought diabetes for that can keep kids from walking to ing and teasing ended friendships 20 years. school, riding bikes or even playing and made her feel like an outsider. outside. She turned to food for comfort and National dilemma gained even more weight. Whatever the cause, one in three American children and adolescents High school took a further toll on Anderson’s struggle has become is overweight or obese, putting Anderson’s self-esteem. She was an all-too-common experience them on track to join the 26 million vivacious and active, a dancer and a among American children. Over the Americans already suffering from cheerleader. Yet, no one ever asked past two decades, childhood obesity diabetes—a life-altering, tricky- her out. She never felt pretty. At and its medical fallout—clogged to-manage disease that can lead to San Diego State, where she majored arteries, high blood pressure and strokes, heart attacks, blindness, in business marketing, Anderson especially diabetes—have reached nerve damage and kidney failure. flourished. She joined Kappa Delta, epidemic proportions across the worked with inner-city kids, main- United States. No wonder First Lady Michelle tained a B+ average and graduated Obama, herself a concerned mom, in 2003. But her weight continued Blame it on technology—TV, has launched a nationwide campaign to be a problem. video games, computers and cell to end childhood obesity. But long phones that distract kids from more before Obama brought top-level Last year, at age 29, when Stephanie active pursuits. Blame it on bud- attention to the problem, researchers was selected to participate in the get cuts—fewer parks, community at San Diego State University had

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 29 established the university’s reputa- Obama launched her initiative, “The primary solu- tion as a global leader in combating “Let’s Move,” in February and both obesity and diabetes. brought her message to San Diego personally in April. Speaking at tions here are diet White House briefing the New Roots Community Garden in City Heights, she touched on and exercise.” Among a select group of about 10 her program’s four components: exist for infectious diseases like experts invited to the White House equipping parents to make more polio and malaria],” Novotny said. in July 2009 to brief Michelle healthful choices at home; improv- “But we do have a necessity to Obama on these critical issues was ing school nutrition; increasing work across government, schools SDSU health psychologist James opportunities for physical activity; and the private sector, even to the Sallis, whose frequently cited and widening access to healthful, level of international cooperation.” research focuses on physical activity affordable food, especially in in youth, including related environ- low-income communities. Although the U.S. and other west- mental and policy factors. ernized nations top the statisti- Resistant to change cal charts in obesity and diabetes Briefing the First Lady was “pretty rates, the problem is global and amazing,” Sallis said. “It was a very Realizing these four objectives growing. At least 197 million businesslike meeting run by the will require sweeping changes for people worldwide currently suffer White House chef, who’s also their a culture that’s grown much too from diabetes, leading to 4 mil- food policy person.” sedentary and much too fond of lion deaths per year and consum- empty calories, said physician Tom ing between 2.5 percent and 15 After listening to all presenters, Novotny, professor of epidemiol- percent of government health bud- Obama asked the group for advice. ogy and associate director for bor- gets. In the next 20 years, those Take this on, they agreed. The need der and global health in SDSU’s numbers are projected to rise by is enormous, and you’re in a position Graduate School of Public Health. a stunning 60 percent, mostly to make a huge difference. because of urbanization, dietary “The primary solutions here are changes and aging populations diet and exercise,” he said, “but in developing nations like China, people are resistant to India, Indonesia and Brazil. behavior change, so we need policies Adventures in health to support people’s The San Diego region’s rich behavior.” multicultural diversity creates a microcosm of global health issues, That with the Latino community suffer- means not ing disproportionately from obe- only better sity and diabetes. SDSU faculty school lunches researchers John Elder and Greg and PE programs, Talavera have worked together but better-designed for 20 years to reverse this buildings, transporta- trend, particularly in border tion systems and cities. communities. “It’s important to realize that we don’t have vaccines and erad- Through the Center for Behavioral ication programs for diabetes [as and Community Health in San Ysidro, which Talavera—also a physician—co-directs, they’ve implemented a series of studies and outreach projects designed to improve public health. Most recently, Elder and Talavera received a $3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney

2830 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 San Diego has the potential to become a model community for healthy living.

Diseases to test interventions SANDAG, the San Diego Association eliminated her need for eight of nine in overweight 6- to 9-year-old of Governments, is encouraging com- medications, including insulin. Mexican-American children and munities throughout the county to their parents. alter growth management plans and Stephanie Anderson would be the zoning ordinances to support health last person to characterize her life- But the two researchers are per- objectives. These include more pedes- style change as effortless. It’s “still haps best known for their often trian-safe, cyclist-friendly roads and a daily struggle to keep the weight replicated Aventuras para Niños, new mixed use development projects off,” she conceded—watching what or Adventures for Children, a that allow people to walk to shopping she eats, hitting the gym for an hour $3.6 million initiative funded by and services. or so each day after work. But she’s the National Institutes of Health proven that reversing childhood to reduce obesity in San Diego’s obesity is doable. SDSU’s public largely Latino South Bay com- “People are resis- health researchers want to make it munities. Aventuras succeeded easier through cultural changes that largely because Elder and Talavera tant to behavior encourage more healthful lifestyles. recruited women from the community as promotoras, or advocates, Sallis points to an important step in who taught families about nutri- change, so we need that direction, the recently unveiled tion and exercise through home National Physical Activity Plan, or visits. The women also convinced policies to support NPAP, whose planners he advised. school officials to improve student Bringing together hundreds of pub- lunches, and prodded city leaders people’s behavior.” lic and private organizations, the to refurbish a community park. NPAP is the country’s first compre- At the same time, the county Office hensive strategy to improve public Five years after participating in of Education is creating healthier health by creating a national culture Aventuras, Rosario Camunas says lunch menus for students and prepar- that supports physical activity for her son, then a chubby 6-year-old, ing teachers to deliver highly active all ages. is healthier because of promotora physical education classes. Xinia Sanchez. “Alonso and I Taken together, the NPAP and learned the importance of eating “We’ve got a lot of capability “Let’s Move,” plus the ongoing more fruits and vegetables and here, a lot of experts, plus political commitment of researchers, commu- drinking more water,” Camunas and governmental support,” Sallis nity advocates, health care providers says. “We started to walk. I got a said. “I’m hoping to show that and parents, represent a formidable bicycle for him and took him to getting all these partners working counterattack to the big problem of swimming classes.” together, helping everyone eat childhood obesity. better and be more active, will reduce To see Stephanie Anderson’s photos from Changing the community obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.” “The Biggest Loser,” visit sdsu.edu/360 Alongside Elder’s and Talavera’s efforts in the Latino community, The next generation Sallis is working with the county’s Health and Human It worked for Stephanie Anderson. Services Agency to turn San SDSU’s own Biggest Loser shed 66 Diego into a model community pounds during the show, and another for healthy living. Funded by a 33 pounds afterward to reach her goal $16 million grant from the weight. She looks terrific, but even Centers for Disease Control and better, her insulin levels have normal- Prevention, the initiative involves ized. She’s no longer pre-diabetic. Her several government agencies and mother, Patti, also a Biggest Loser academic organizations. contestant, lost nearly 80 pounds and

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for a fan-friendly game day experience is the debut of a costumed jaguar character, Zuma, as a counterpart to the Aztec Warrior. His playful antics will amuse fans as the Warrior continues to rouse Aztec fervor.

Enhancing the spirited atmosphere, musical traditions have been reestab- lished. The fight song “Montezuma Majesty,” has been added to the Marching Aztecs’ rotation alongside the more familiar “Fight On.” It was written for the band in 1963 by a student, music major Theodore Lucas, but has not been performed regularly Brian Sipe is on a mission to renew old in decades. Ultimately, Sipe hopes the new and Aztec traditions and initiate new ones. renewed traditions will lead to a more engaging football experience for stu- By Tobin Vaughn dents, alumni and the San Diego community. He believes these ceremonies “Tighten up!” Valuable Player in 1980. “Traditions and customs speak to San Diego State’s are helpful because they focus you present as well as its past, helping to Former quarterback Brian Sipe, and prepare you to play. They’re a define what it means to be an Aztec. ’70, recalls the command from team big part of the formula for success, captains as the Don Coryell-coached so we’re trying to revive traditions Aztecs, clad in black, streamed from and where there aren’t traditions, 2010 Aztec Football Schedule a tunnel onto the playing field of a to create some.” packed San Diego Stadium in the 09/04/10 vs. Nicholls St. Qualcomm Stadium 5 p.m. late 1960s. One of this year’s additions is the Warrior Walk. Buses deposit the 09/11/10 at New Mexico St. Las Cruces, N.M. 5 p.m. “It meant our shoulder pads were team across the parking lot from 09/18/10 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 4 p.m. literally touching each other and we Qualcomm Stadium two hours 09/25/10 vs. Utah St. Qualcomm Stadium 5 p.m. jogged out with a kind of purposeful before games. Led by the Aztec 10/09/10 at BYU Provo, Utah 3 p.m. scowl,” Sipe explained in a recent Drumline, the players follow a 10/16/10 vs. Air Force Qualcomm Stadium 5 p.m. interview. “The other team would see cheering-fan-lined route to the 10/23/10 at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 7 p.m. this black swarm coming out of the stadium tunnel. It’s part of a 10/30/10 at Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. 11 a.m. locker room and get real quiet. There pre-game pump-up that includes 11/06/10 vs. Colorado St. Qualcomm Stadium 7 p.m. was something intimidating about it.” inspirational locker room signs, the ceremonial staking of Aztec 11/13/10 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas 1 p.m. The team’s tightening up is just one territory by an “honorary warrior” 11/20/10 vs. Utah Qualcomm Stadium 7 p.m. of the new and renewed rituals the with a spear and what Sipe describes 11/27/10 vs. UNLV Qualcomm Stadium 5 p.m. Aztecs are reviving this season. Now as a new tradition—an Aztec shield All times listed are Pacific time. on staff as quarterbacks coach, Sipe is that travels with the team. charged with helping to reconstruct a culture of winning absent from SDSU “The shield is a reminder of the “Traditions are about connecting football for more than a decade. responsibility players have when with all the people who’ve paid wearing a red and black uniform,” a price to get us to where we are “Having played quarterback my whole Sipe said. “It’s a touchstone that is now,” he observed. “It’s an important life, I’ve always believed getting a emblematic of the culture.” connection that needs to be made.” player in the right frame of mind is as important as all the rest of the Less emblematic of the culture and Go to sdsu.edu/360 for images from the training,” said Sipe, the NFL’s Most more an acknowledgement of the need Aztecs’ first home game.

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34 F all 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 Photos: Stan Liu Swing Sensation. Talent and tenacity drive Aztec golfer.

Christine Wong approached the July 2010 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Tournament with firm resolve. She set her sights on winning—nothing less.

For an amateur just completing her freshman year at San Diego State, such tenacity might have appeared reckless, but it was backed by solid reasoning.

“I’ve learned to set high goals,” Wong said. “If your goal is to make the cut, you might not make it. If you set out to win the tournament, you’re probably going to make the cut.”

Wong did just that. Playing in a mixed field of 156 pros and amateurs, she not only made the cut of the top 60, but also finished as the second-ranked amateur at 21-over 305. She was fifth in fairway hits, 15th in distance off the tee, and 24th in putting.

“Her stats were incredible for a first-time appearance (at the Open),” said the SDSU women’s coach, Emilee Klein. “Christine held her own and showed everyone how good she really is.”

The Women’s Open was just part of a busy summer for Wong, who finished 17th at the 2010 Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championships and won the British Columbia Women’s Amateur Championship by a whopping 11 strokes.

Wong is a standout, but it took more than one talented player to attract the national spotlight that’s currently shining on SDSU women’s golf. In Klein’s first year as coach, the team climbed nearly 40 spots in the Golfstat standings.

Klein holds the women to a high standard. A former Women’s British Open champion and holder of an individual NCAA title, she instituted a rigorous regime of daily pitching and putting drills. The Aztec women have blossomed under Klein, and their sights are set on loftier goals as they play nine tournaments in six different states this season.

In March 2011, SDSU will play host to the inaugural Battle at Rancho Bernardo Inn, a 17-team event that includes nine teams ranked in the top-15 of GolfStat.com’s 2010 national rankings. The field is highlighted by defending national champion Purdue, as well as perennial powers Arizona State, Arizona, USC and UCLA.

“We will really have to bring the best of ourselves to play next year,” Wong said. “Sometimes, it’s a struggle to be recognized alongside football and basketball athletes, but I think we are going to do a better job of spreading the word about golf.”

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Senior-centered. The complexities and rewards of serving an aging population.

By Nicole K. Millett

Lynn Northrop, Ph.D., a San Diego State clinical psychologist specializing in geriatrics, recalls feeling an aversion to the elderly when she began a college internship at a senior center.

“My assumptions back then are probably similar to those students have today,” she said. “I thought I’d be working somewhere that was scary, boring and depressing.”

Today, as director of academic programs and research in the College of Health and Human Services’ collaboration with the Senior Community Centers (SCC), Northrop is helping to change students’ misperceptions about aging.

Within the next 20 years, the number of Americans over age 60 will more than double to 95 million. As this shift occurs, the stereotype of the doddering senior will give way to a more accurate picture of elder Americans as active, contributing members of society, according to Paul Downey, SCC president and CEO.

It is essential for students entering the healthcare workforce to understand the changing dynamic of the aging population. Through a $400,000 grant from the Gary and Mary West Foundation, SDSU has partnered with SCC to offer future health professionals an opportunity for positive interaction with seniors.

Students from SDSU’s schools of nursing, social work, public health and speech, language and hearing sciences will gain experience at the SCC’s new state-of-the-art Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center in downtown San Diego. The center provides meals, social, medical and mental health services, homeless and housing assistance and wellness activities—all focused on prevention and independence.

Under Northrop’s direction, students will fulfill their required clinical activities interacting with healthy, active seniors. This training prepares them for entering the workforce, where they will collaborate with other healthcare professionals.

And collaboration is key, particularly in elder care. If a senior has difficulty socializing, the underlying cause may be an undiagnosed hearing problem. By working in interdisciplinary teams, students learn how various health factors connect and often complicate a diagnosis.

As students realize the complexities of caring for seniors, they will also conduct vital research. Northrop hopes the West Senior Wellness Center will gain national recognition as a center of excellence for research on healthy aging. “We have a unique opportunity to create a learning laboratory here as we help older adults achieve optimal health and wellbeing.”

36 F all 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 One for the Home Team

Since childhood, Stephen Strasburg, knew he’d one day wear red and black. Baseball scouts from Yale and Stanford came calling. But for Strasburg, there was no question. He’d follow in his parents’ footsteps: San Diego State would be his alma mater, and he’d play Aztec baseball.

After a record-breaking career on the Mesa, Strasberg now pitches for the Washington Nationals. But before he was chosen as the first selection in the 2009 MLB draft, he proudly recognized the baseball program that was pivotal in his professional development. Strasburg donated more than $140,000 to refurbish SDSU’s Tony Gwynn Stadium and provide operational support for the baseball program.

The stadium’s ‘major facelift’ includes installation of synthetic turf in the bullpen area and on the infield skirt—the area between the dugouts and the base lines that is subject to relentless wear and tear. This upgrade will benefit Coach Gwynn and the baseball team for years to come.

“As a pitcher for Aztec baseball, Stephen earned many distinctions including national player of the year,” said Athletics Director Jim Sterk. “Now his generosity— as a 21 year-old, no less—adds another: that of an athletics donor. His gift conveys what we already knew. Stephen is not only a tremendous pitcher. He’s also an amazing person.”

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The Evolution of a School

Since its inception nine years ago, tourism industry, and expanding its The endowment will eventually Hospitality and Tourism Management program into one of the best in the support two new faculty positions, (HTM) has been among the fastest nation,” Payne said, whose leadership underwrite a portion of the direc- growing courses of study at San gift of $1.1 million launched the HTM tor's position and create a Director’s Diego State University. program a decade ago. “I'm thrilled to Fund for discretionary projects and be a part of its evolution.” operations, including supplies, trav- Declared majors in the program el, equipment and student support. rose from 37 in 2001 to about 500 Payne’s allegiance to the hospitality in 2009; and in that time, HTM also and tourism industry is anchored in More than 400 HTM alumni are grew from a department to a school, his life’s work. He has led operations currently making their mark in the attracting more than $17 million in for Jack in the Box; developed a chain hospitality industry and thousands philanthropic commitments from of restaurants which he later sold more will follow in their footsteps. Marriott International, the Conrad N. to Ralston Purina; constructed and Hilton Foundation and many others. remodeled several premier San Diego “SDSU’s School of Hospitality and hotels; and is currently president and Tourism Management has been one This year, HTM marked another CEO of Multi-Ventures Inc., a real of the most sought-after degrees on milestone. With an investment of estate investment and management campus since we first opened the $2.4 million from alumnus Bob company. doors,” said Joyce Gattas, dean of Payne, ’55, and his wife, Patricia, the the College of Professional Studies highly successful school has become The Paynes’ most recent gift to SDSU and Fine Arts. an international leader in the field is the catalyst for an eventual $8.5 under its new name—the L. Robert million endowment as proceeds from “And no fewer than 100 percent Payne School of Hospitality and SDSU’s hotel project are directed to of the school’s graduates have Tourism Management at San Diego the Payne School. Part of SDSU’s found employment in their chosen State University. Master Plan, the hotel project will industry. They are a testament to host campus visitors—including Aztec Bob’s commitment to the future of “SDSU showed me it was serious parents and alumni—and operate as the hospitality industry and to his about serving the hospitality and a hands-on laboratory for hospitality alma mater.” and tourism management students.

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TOWER SOCIETY Robert M. Kaplan MAGNA CUM LAUDE Richard M. and Lizabeth M. Bartell Stephen P. and Marcia A. Kaplan $500,000 - $999,000 Arthur E.* and Nancy A. Bartlett Conrad Klement* Adams Family Friends Sanford I. Berman The Tower Society was established in Charles W.* and Gertrude M.* Lamden Christine A. Audette and Hans Leenhouts John R. Beyster and Betty J. Brock Beyster 1997, the university’s centennial year, to William E. and Evelyn M. Lamden Arthur R. and Joan C. Barron Mary Ann Beyster honor individuals who have cumulatively Carol Lamden-Corby William L. and Susan L. Brandt Robert W. and Darcy C. Bingham given $25,000 or more to SDSU. Leonard H. and Bernice E.* Lavin James Silberrad Brown and Marilyn Creson Vincent Biondo, Jr. and Betsey Biondo William E. Leonhard, Jr. David D.* and Beverly* Blair Members of the Tower Society have Brown Bernard* and Dorris* Lipinsky Eugene* and Barbara Bowman created a legacy of giving that will Charles H. Cotton and Henry C. Metzger Elaine Lipinsky William R. Bradley continue to advance San Diego State’s Ronald E. Dietz Jeffrey and Sheila Lipinsky Bob* and Lillie* Breitbard vision for generations to come. (Only Art L. and Gwen Flaming Charles S. and Robin B. Luby Andreas L. Brown members who appear at the Cum Laude Mary Fleener-Therrio Betsy Manchester Shirley M. Bunker* level and above are listed.) Alan D. and Debbie L. Gold Doug Manchester Eleanor B. *and Arthur* Herzman Edwin J. Burchill Patricia C. McCuen* Rose* and Oscar J.* Kaplan Malin and Roberta Burnham SUMMA CUM LAUDE Alfred H. McLeod Donald B.* and Charlotte G.* Leiffer Gay G. Burns $1,000,000 + Mark and C’ann McMillin Connie J. Peterson John Busch John R. Adams* Scott M. and Susan McMillin Thomas G. Pine, Jr. and Audrey Pine Martin Carlsen* Theodore W.* and Nhung Lu Booth Becky Moores Steven M. Rogers* John W. Carlson Norman* and Toni Brinker John J. Moores Jim and Janet Sinegal Deborah Gann Carstens and William* C. Terry and Charlene Brown Leon and Barbara Parma David R. Stepsay Carstens Nicole A. and Benjamin G. Clay L. Robert and Patricia L. Payne Stephen L. and Susan K. Weber Tom* and Judy Carter William E. Cole, Sr. and Bonnie Brandi Norman Polonsky* and Elaine K. MacFadyen Nancy S.* and Allen H.* Center Frank A. Cuenca Bruce E. Porteous Louise M. Clark* Jack R. and Jane E.* Filanc Don Powell* CUM LAUDE James W. and Margaret A.* Cobble Patricia W.* and Bruce A. Fischer Sol* and Helen* Price $100,000 - $499,000 Adelia A. and Ronald D. Coffman Ron L. and Alexis A. Fowler Patti Roscoe Thomas E. and Nancy Ables Timothy M. and Sharon E. Considine Jack W. Goodall, Jr. and Mary E.* Goodall Donald P.* and Darlene V. Shiley Richard G. Ahrens* Lee A. Coogan and Michael Schreiner Harold B. Grant* Dwight E.* and Fern S.* Stanford Dominic J. and Kay Alessio Stephen and Michelle Coslik Fred Henry* and Helen McGregor John W. Terhune* Steven R. and Lisa Altman Alexander J. and Kathleen Cota A. K. Jones and Raymond Sabin G. Pitt and Virginia R. Warner Terry L. Atkinson Clare B. Crane and Loch Crane, Sr. David T. Kaplan Lawrence A. Willens Ben Bagnas Mary P.* and James E.* Crouch Maurice C.* and Charmaine* Kaplan Mary S. Willette Robert E. Barron Mary A. Curran

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 39 Jennifer Moores George* and Ruth Warwick James B. and Susan F. Morris Edwin A. Watkins* Patti Morris* Ulla Lotta Wiik-Lambert and Robert Lambert Francie D. Mortenson Brent R. and Gina Wilkes Mabel A. Myers* Denise M. and Ronald Williamson Gail K. Naughton John H. and Beulah J. Wills Michael and Merrilee Neal Donald G. Wilson Barbara and Gregory Nelson R. Dennis Wise Harriet G. Newmark Edward G. and Ellen G. Wong Luis G. and Rosa B. Nogales Dale A.* and Betty Worm Vincent R. Okamoto Charles E. and Alice Wylie R. Michael and Christine T. Pack Norman L. and Judith C. Pasas Christopher Penrose Ralph B. Pesquiera, Jr. and Eva S. Pesqueira COMMUNITY PARTNERS Floyd W. Pickrell, Jr. and Yvette Pickrell Community Partners are corporate and Frederick W. Pierce, IV and Christine F. Pierce B. James and Margaret Polak foundation donors, whose gifts help Gigie and Larry Price ensure the university’s ability to conduct Bessie Purdy* its vital work on a continuing basis. Marvine M. Quam* Michael L. and Betty Jo Randall This designation acknowledges Marie S. Curtright Hugh C. Hyde Monte H. Reed and Paula Symonds Reed organizations that have cumulatively Richard O. Dalbey William G. Irish* Brenda C. and David M. Rickey given $100,000 and above. Allan C.* and Janet T. *Dale Jeffrey A. and Deni Jacobs Keith Ritchie* Thomas E. and Janet E. Darcy Henry L. and Marjorie T.* Janssen Arthur and Jeannie Rivkin Thomas M. Davies, Jr. William Jeffery, III and Kate Jeffery Joseph A.* and Dorothy* Rodney SUMMA CUM LAUDE Richard R. Davis and Brita Colburn Davis Diana B. and Brian R. Johnson Marilyn A. Ross $1,000,000 + Steven and Karen Davis Helen-May Marcy Johnson* Marion Ross and Paul Michael Alliance Healthcare Foundation Ann B. and Jose L. De La Torre Susan G. and Albert W. Johnson T. M. Ross* ARCS Foundation, Inc. Norman F. and Marydale M. Dessel Ron Jurgensen Anne L. Rosser Atlas Hotels, Inc. Joanne D. and Glenn A. Dethloff Ruth G. Keen* Ralph and Dione Rubio Aztec Shops Ltd. Margaret M. Dickey Ronald H.* and Cheryl D. Kendrick Paul E.* and Ruby K. Ruhling Bosa Development Corporation Raymond V. and Glenna L. Dittamore Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall Claudia J. Russell The California Endowment Stephen P. and Lynne Doyle Charles G. Kerch* Peggy and Bill* Ruzich Cipher Data Products Inc. Elisabeth K. Ecke David W. Kistler, Jr. and G’Angela Gerilyn Jerome M. Sattler The Coca-Cola Company Oliva M. Espin Alfred P. and Diane Knoll Barbara M.* and Frank B.* Schuch The Corky McMillin Companies William Fanning, Jr. and Debra Fanning Jim and Madeline M. Koci Salim and Françoise Shah Daisy Systems Corporation Dennis M. and Linda M. Fenton Junko Koike Thomas Shepherd* General Atomics Vivian C. Finch Harriet Green Kopp* Neva Smith Fred J. Hansen Foundation Joseph J. Fisch and Joyce E. Axelrod Gary A. and Maxine A. Kreitzer Herbert J. and Elene Solomon William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Leonard Friedman Ure R. and Dianne Kretowicz Susie and Dean Spanos Hewlett-Packard Company Murray L. and Elaine Galinson Daniel Krummenacher Camille H. Speer* The James Irvine Foundation Elizabeth A. Galligan William E. Leonhard, Sr.* and Wyllis M. Christine Springston* Japan Foundation Helen Gavin Ash* Leonhard Robert T.* and Frances H. Sprouse Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Max and Ellen Gelwix Gerald J. Lewis Dave and Lisa Stecher Lamden Family Trust Jeanne S. Ghilbert Jennifer and Fred* Lewis Albert Storts* Lavin Family Foundation Ray E. Glass, Jr. William F. Lucas* Stephen J. Strasburg Liquid Investments Inc. Jeffrey W. Glazer and Lisa S. Braun-Glazer Donna J. Lynch Richard Sulpizio Luckey Ranch LLC Wilbur Gore* H. Joseph Lynch, Jr. Ruth W. Sweeney* J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Foundation Joe Gregorio William D. Lynch Judith Rae Swift Mentor Graphics Sinda J. Gregory and Lawrence F. McCaffery H. Donald Lynn* J. L. Tanzer The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Walter C. Gutjahr, Jr. and Karlene Gutjahr Joan MacFarlane Carol Thorsnes The Nature Conservancy Herta Hamber* A. Jeanne Maus* Michael T. Thorsnes QUALCOMM Incorporated Jack B. Hart, Jr. Kenneth F. and Molleen E. McCain Mary Ellen Trainor Zemeckis Rady Children’s Hospital & Health Center Harlan J. Hayden* Ada D. McCarty* Walter A. Turner, Jr. and Marian K. Turner The San Diego Foundation William E. Hazen* Roland J.* and Karen L. McElliott Gianangelo Vergani and Lois Hobbs San Diego Revitalization Corporation Jesus E. Hernandez* Irene McFarland* Rebecca J. and David L. Vigil Sensormatic Corporation Everett W. Hesse* Dan D. McLeod and Sumi Adachi Carey Gail Wall Sharp HealthCare John M. Hood, Jr. and Barbara M. Hood Louise H. McNally* Robert D. and Ginger Wallace The Shiley Foundation Charles W. and Chin-Yeh Hostler Vencil T. Meades Dorsha Wallman* Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Loren S.* and Dorothy M. Hover Tennes A. Moe* Bruce D. and Margo Walsh United Way of San Diego County Kaye Hunt* Gracia Molina-Enriquez de Pick Phillip A. and Margaret A.* Ward Windgate Charitable Foundation

40 FALL 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 MAGNA CUM LAUDE Bergelectric Corporation KPMG LLP Research Corporation $500,000 - $999,999 The Blasker-Rose-Miah Fund Kyocera International, Inc. San Diego Bowl Game Association Inc. AT&T The Bradley Foundation Liberty Live Wire San Diego Chargers Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation Brandt Company, Inc. Invitrogen Corporation San Diego International Sports Foundation Fred H. Bixby Foundation Brenda & Dave Rickey Foundation Lipp Family Foundation San Diego Padres Baseball Club California Metabolic Research Foundation Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Lockheed Martin Corporation SBC Global Calma Company Bully’s East Restaurant Lawrence & Opal Maletta Scholarship Trust Schlumberger GeoQuest The Annie E. Casey Foundation CACI Incorporated Manchester Grand Hyatt Etta Schweider Trust Norman and Toni Brinker Fund of California Restaurant Association Gilbert J. Martin Foundation Scripps Mercy Hospital Communities Foundation of Texas California Wellness Foundation Maurice J. Masserini Trust San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation ComponentOne Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial The MBK Foundation SDSU Women’s Association Cubic Corporation CBT Systems Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seattle Children’s Hospital Dixieline Lumber Company ChevronTexaco Products Company Microsoft Corporation Dr. Seuss Foundation Ellis Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Mission Federal Credit Union The Alex Smith Foundation The Ford Foundation Chinese Language Council Int’l Mission Janitorial Supplies Solar Turbines, Inc. Jack W. Goodall, Jr. Family Foundation The Clorox Company Mobil Foundation Inc. Sony Electronics, Inc. Alfred Harcourt Foundation, Inc. CogniSeis Development Muscular Dystrophy Association Stuart Foundation The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Conexant Systems, Inc. The NASDAQ Stock Market Target Institute of International Education Continuous Computing Corporation National Action Council for Minorities in Tektronix Inc. Jewish Community Foundation Helen K. & James S. Copley Foundation Engineering Inc. Telesis Foundation James Hervey Johnson Trust Copley News Service Newport Corporation Tenet Healthcare Corporation Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Cox Communications, Inc. Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc. TeraBurst Networks, Inc. Lavin Family Supporting Foundation DDH Enterprises, Inc. Northern Telecom Electronics Texaco Inc. Bernard & Dorris Lipinsky Foundation Deloitte Services LP Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems The Barratt Group Thomas G. & Audrey Pine Foundation dj Orthopedics, LLC Northrop Grumman Space Technology Tosh Nomura CRUT RAND Corporation Stephen & Lynne Doyle Family Foundation Oh The Places You’ll Go! Toshiba American Incorporated ROEL Construction Co., Inc. Duane Morris LLP The Bernard Osher Foundation Tri-City Hospital District San Diego Computer Museum Eastman Kodak Company Contributions Pack Foundation TRW Foundation San Diego Gas & Electric O. P. & W. E. Edwards Foundation David & Lucile Packard Foundation U. S. Bank SAIC Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Palomar Pomerado Health System US Air Scripps Health Association Paradise Valley Hospital V. A. Medical Center SDSU Associated Students Ernst & Young Foundation The Parker Foundation Veeco Seismic Micro-Technology Ernst & Young LLP Perkins School VeriBest, Inc. Sempra Energy Erreca’s Inc. Petroleum Research Fund Viejas Enterprises Alfred P. Sloan Foundation The Fieldstone Foundation Pfizer Inc. The Waitt Family Foundation Stensrud Foundation J. R. Filanc Construction F. Helen Pratt-Kurz Charitable Remainder Wal-Mart Foundation Sun Microsystems, Inc. First USA Bank Trust Walton Family Foundation Inc. Time Warner, Inc. Reuben H. Fleet Fund PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Washington Mutual UCSD Medical Center Foundation for Enterprise Development Quanzhou Normal University Washington University School of Medicine Union Bank of California Herman Frasch Foundation R & R Advertising The Gary and Mary West Foundation Lawrence Welk - ABC Productions Frazee Paint & Wallcovering Rees-Stealy Research Foundation Whitaker Foundation Helen Freedman Family Living Trust General Dynamics/Convair Divison CUM LAUDE Glazer Foundation $100,000 - $499,999 Joseph & Dorothy Goldberg Scholarship Fund Agouron/Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc. W. T. Grant Foundation Alvarado Hospital Medical Center Great American Bank American Honda Foundation Hanban China Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Harris Corporation Apple Computer, Inc. Heller Autogroup Archstone Foundation Hilton Hotel San Diego Mission Valley ARCO Products Doris A. Howell Foundation ARGUS Financial Software Hughes Electronics Corporation Aventis Pasteur IBM Corporation Avis Rent A Car Inamori Foundation BAE SYSTEMS International Community Foundation Bank of America John A. Jester Trust Bank of America Foundation Kabcenell Foundation douglas e. barnhart, inc. Kaiser Permanente Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Arthur R. Barron Foundation W. M. Keck Foundation Bartell Hotels Jessie Klicka Foundation Beer King, Inc. KPMG Foundation

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 41 Thomas M. Davies, Jr. Marian Liebowitz and Tom Jacobucci Frank B. Schuch* HERITAGE SOCIETY Ann B. and Jose L. De La Torre Jeffrey and Sheila Lipinsky Patti M. and Craig H. Scott Norman F. and Marydale M. Dessel Elaine Lipinsky Thomas R. and Bonnie K. Scott The Heritage Society honors individuals Deborah M. Dexter Catherine E. Loveridge Salim and Françoise Shah who have generously named San Diego Ronald E. Dietz Courtland W. and Lorraine F. Lowerison Stephen N. and Jeanette A. Shinsky State as a beneficiary in their estate Mary M. Donaldson Charles S. and Robin B. Luby Nua A. and Michael Shores plans or planned gifts. Kathy Drucquer Duff H. Joseph Lynch, Jr. Barbara Erickson Sisk Oliva M. Espin Elaine K. MacFadyen James M. and Marilyn E. Skelley Since most of these gifts will be realized Jack R. Filanc Norman E. and Sivia B. Mann Anna E. Smith by San Diego State after the lifetime of Arline M. Fisch Cheryl L. and James F. Mason Neva Smith the donor, the Heritage Society was Art L. and Gwen Flaming Stephen J. Mather Catherine F. Smyth created to thank donors in the present Mary Fleener-Therrio JoEllen and Darrell C. Maus Delton R. Smyth* for their generous intentions. Shirley E. Forbing Terry M. and Esther C. Maxey Beatrice Starr Sokol Ron L. and Alexis A. Fowler Peter B. Maxwell Robert T.* and Frances H. Sprouse Thomas E. and Nancy Ables Kathleen Fox Alfred H. McLeod Alexander and Jeannette L. Srbich Kristen B. Adams Elizabeth A. Galligan Dan D. McLeod and Sumi Adachi Dwight E. Stanford* Jean and Harry R. Albers Joseph A. Gann Vencil T. Meades Robert D. Stav Barbara E. and Brock S. Allen Robert L. Gordon Patrick C. Mercardante David R. Stepsay John P. Anderson John J. Gregory W. Dean and Marian E. Miller Charles J. Stewart and Nancy M. Carmichael Paula B. and John D. Atkins Walter C. Gutjahr, Jr. and Karlene Gutjahr Patti Morris* Julia A. Stewart Christine A. Audette and Hans Leenhouts Theodore Hackett Patricia N. and Lewis C. Moulton William H. Stoddard Phillip H. Banks Henry (Buz) Halle, III Monica A. Murphy Robert W. and Marilyn Straumfjord Diana J. Barliant and Nowell C. Wisch Heather L. Haltaufderheide-Nelson Dora M. Newell* Flora E. Suozzo Donna Barr William F. Hanchett Dorwin W. and Shirley A. Newman Judith Rae Swift Dawn M. Benson Helen H. Harris Harriet G. Newmark William B. and Pauline M. Tagney Vincent Biondo, Jr. and Betsey Biondo Stanford F. and Leigh R. Hartman Stephen B. Nielander and Dominque K. Helen I. Taylor Adelyse M. and Paul J.* Bohannan William M. Hawkins, Jr. and Florence E. Alessio Donald W. and Lois J. Thiel Nhung Lu Booth Hawkins Richard H. and Marilyn L. Nolan Olin E. and Dortha M. Thompson Brian J. and Mary E. Bowden David T. and Mari J. Hayhurst Terry L. O’Donnell Carol Thorsnes Barbara Bowman William E. Hazen* Allen W. and Mary Osterling Michael T. Thorsnes Herman J. and Mary L. Branin Ervin Hjemvik Robert J. Parrott and JoAnn Cristensen Henry S. and Aiyu C. Ting Robert C. and Juanita L. Brents Harry T. Hodgetts, Sr. and Patricia Hodgetts Deb C. Pedersdotter Mary H. Tupper Glen N. and Betty L. Broom John M. Hood, Jr. and Barbara M. Hood Ralph B. Pesquiera, Jr. and Eva S. Pesqueira Marjorie S. Turner Andreas L. Brown Charles W. and Chin-Yeh Hostler Lawrence W. and Madeline Petersen Walter A. Turner, Jr. and Marian K. Turner Sharon P. and Gerald Burgreen Robert H. Lynn and Kleon Howe Connie J. Peterson Anita Ulloa and Stephen T. McDonald Gay G. Burns Judith M. James David M. Pierce Bruce Urquhart and Jacque Clayton Bradley A. Butcher Henry L. Janssen Frederick W. Pierce, IV and Christine F. Pierce Gianangelo Vergani and Lois Hobbs Richard M. Cariker* Marilyn E. Jess B. James and Margaret Polak Mary K. Wagner Mary Ruth Carleton and Bruce Hunt Susan G. and Albert W. Johnson Bruce E. Porteous William A. Waite Kevin J. Carlson Diana B. and Brian R. Johnson Paul M. Propp Dale and Deborah Walker Sean D. Caruana A. K. Jones and Raymond Sabin Deborah A. and Steven B.* Quiett Janet Wallace Stephanie Casenza and Kevin McGourty Erin K. Jones Marilyn D. Quinlan Robert D. and Ginger Wallace James A. Clapp David T. Kaplan George A. and Patricia M. Rahe G. Pitt and Virginia R. Warner Nicole A. and Benjamin G. Clay Robert M. Kaplan Michael L. and Betty Jo Randall Donald R. and June Wassenberg James W. Cobble Stephen P. and Marcia A. Kaplan Susan B. Razzaia Robert J. and Margaret T. Watkins William E. Cole, Sr. and Bonnie Brandi Betty J. Keithley Nancy Reed Gibson and John S. Gibson Cathy B. and John B. Weil Eli B. Comay M. Norman and Greta G. Kemp C. Edward Reed Aubrey and Lucille Wendling Lee A. Coogan and Michael Schreiner W. Lloyd and Joanna Kendall Charles L. Richard, Jr. and Jennifer M. Forrest L. West, II and Pamela T. West Dennis E. and Susan A. Cook Aline T. King Richard G. E. Whittenburg Suzanna Cooper David W. 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S“Are you ready?” Seth Mallios wanted to be sure his students had their pencils and notepads poised to document the most unusual archeological “dig” in campus history.

As chair of SDSU’s Department of Anthropology, he’s accustomed to unlayering the past, but this would be a first—to examine whatever was inside 40 long-forgotten lockers. By Ken Kramer

“They haven’t been opened in about 30 years,” he told me, “and as to what’s in them, I have absolutely no idea.”

Best guess is, the lockers were padlocked and then abandoned by students who, in the flurry of graduation, just walked away from them decades ago. They remained undisturbed, amid cobwebs and dust along a little-travelled corridor on the second floor of the Communications Building.

Now, bolt cutters were being used to snap off each of the rusty metal locks, while onlookers tried to guess what the contents might be. Textbooks? Newspapers? A slide rule? Maybe an old ham sandwich or two?

For Mallios, this “urban archeology” is an important part of documenting campus history. These lockers could offer a picture of the late 1970s and ‘80s frozen in time. “We’re going to inventory each of the artifacts. Hopefully we’ll find something that’s dated,” he said.

As the first locker door was finally opened, his hopes were more than realized. “Oh wow! Look at this!” Someone had left behind an old ball cap marked with WAC for Western Athletic Conference, which the Aztecs joined in 1977.

Students began scribbling, documenting every discovery from locker to locker. There were more: a “Campus Welcome Pack” from the first day of school years ago; an unopened envelope of instant oatmeal; a yearbook from 1954; the dust-covered private words of an unsigned personal essay, (“I have so many ups and downs,” it reads.)

One locker was jammed to the rivets with adult VCR tapes and magazines. Mallios and his students agreed that one took the cake as the biggest surprise to all.

Every one of these artifacts is a treasure. Each tells a story, but the story can’t be fully understood without a bit more investigative work. Now, Mallios will look for names in the books, papers and personal effects they’ve found, and try to contact those former students. “We’d like to know what they were thinking,” he said. “What were attitudes like on campus at that time?”

Thirty years later, it could be quite a conversation About San Diego State.

Visit sdsu.edu/360 to see Ken Kramer's KPBS video about the urban archaeology project.

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 43 Alumni Association 2010 - 2011 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s E x e c utiv e C o m m i t t e e Class Notes President: Sherrill Amador ’64 I mmediate Past President: Brig Kline ’01 1950s President Elect: Jeff Marston ’77 V ice President for Membership, Marketing and Communications: Tim Young ’91 ’50 The Honorable Leon Williams ★ (psychology), chairman of the San V ice President for Finance: Tom Karlo ’75 Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, received the 2010 SDSU Alumni V ice President for Revenue Enhancement: Peggy Stephenson ’84 Diversity Award in May. V ice President for Constituencies: Marlene Ruiz ’75, ’79 Liaison to The Campanile Foundation: Bill Trumpfheller ’87 1960s Liaison to Athletics: Martha Beckman ’73 Executive Director: Jim Herrick ’61 Diane Powers ★ (interior design) was chosen by the Girl Scout Council as Secretary: Kelley Suminski one of San Diego’s 10 Cool Women of 2010. O ther Elected Directors: Jerry Dunaway ’99; R.D. Williams ’87; Bill Earley ’86; Robert Raines ’68, ’74; Bill Holmes ’73, ’97; Ken Kramer ’63 Gordon Barnett ★ (attended), a former Navy pilot, has written “The ’74; Janine Pairis ’01; Barbara Powels Bowen ’05; Ernest Serendipities of a Mother’s Prayers.” He currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. Dronenburg ’66; Joe Farrage ’89; Katie Rogow ’90; Deanna Shoop ’97, ’05; Kirk Walwick ’81; Robert Garvin ’76, ’81; Dan Guevara ’70; Kathleen Lang ’05, ’07; 1970s Steve Nelson ’96; Perette Godwin ’86, Matt Keipper ’08; Stephanie Dathe ’95; Elsa Romero ’84 ’70 F. Larry Scott Jr. ★ (business) joined the board of directors for Past Presidents: (* denotes deceased) Presbyterian Community Hospital in Whittier, Calif. He is managing partner of 2010 Brig Kline; 2009 Adrienne Finley; 2008 Bill Scott & Cronin LLP, a certified public accounting firm. Trumpfheller; 2007 Chuck Luby; 2006 Erica Opstad; 2005 Bruce Ives; 2004 Jerry Dressel; 2003 Matt Dathe; 2002 Tamara McLeod; 2001 Bill Trumpfheller; ’71 Timothy Muris (economics) received the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for 2000 Ash Hayes; 1999 John McMullen; 1998 Richard Lifetime Achievement at the Federal Trade Commission. He was FTC chair from West; 1997 Frederick W. Pierce, IV; 1996 Lois Bruhn; 2001 through 2004; Bruce Ward ★ (kinesiology) received the 2010 Award of 1995 Tom Jimenez; 1994 Nancy Reed Gibson; 1993 Jerry Dressel; 1992 Walter Turner, Jr.; 1991 James B. Merit from the California State Athletic Directors Association. He is director of Kuhn; 1990 Art Flaming; 1989 Bernard P. Rhinerson; physical education for the San Diego Unified School District. 1988 Craig Evanco; 1987 David E. DeVol; 1986 Dr. Morton Jorgensen; 1985 Denise Carabet; 1984 Robert ’72 Daralyne Baddour ★ (accounting) was elected chairman of the board, Chapman; 1983 William Hastings; 1982 Thomas Carter*; 1981 Walter Weisman; 1980 Don Harrington; 1979 2010-2011, for the Greater San Diego Meals on Wheels. She owns a public Nicole Clay; 1978 Daniel Bamberg; 1977 Allan Bailey*; accounting practice in San Diego. 1976 Richard Troncone; 1975 & 1974 Robert Battenfield; 1973 Robert Butler; 1972 Richard Scott ; 1971 James H. ’74 Larry Aceves (humanities), retired superintendent of San Jose’s Franklin- Ashcraft; 1970 A. Kendall Wood; 1969 Michael Rogers; 1968 Gerald S. Davee; 1967 Dr. Louis Robinson*; 1966 McKinley School District, is a Democratic candidate for California school superin- Daniel Hale*; 1964 Wallace Featheringill; 1963 Ed tendent, having finished first in the 12-way primary. Blessing; 1962 Hon. Frank Nottbusch, Jr.*; 1961 Bryant Kearney*; 1960 & 1959 Lynn McLean; 1958 Harvey Urban*, 1957 Ken Barnes*; 1954 Dwain Kantor*; 1948 ’76 Ted Esau (accounting) was promoted to executive director for Ernst & Joe Suozzo*; 1947 Robert Breitbard*; 1945 Barney Young LLP. He leads the firm’s Sales and Use Tax Compliance Center; Diane Carman*; 1940 Sue Earnest*; 1939 Bert McLees, Jr.*; Takvorian (M.A. social work), executive director and founder of Environment 1938 Donald Clarkson*; 1937 Robert Barbour*; 1936 Health Coalition, is one of 15 citizen advisers to the North American Commission Jefferson Stickney*; 1935 Terrence Geddis*; 1934 Richmond Barbour*; 1993 Helen C. Clark*; 1932 Earl for Environmental Cooperation, an organization that enforces environmental laws. Andreen*; 1931 Vesta Muehleisen* Ex-officio/ Non-voting Directors: ’78 Joseph Benoit ★ (business administration) is executive vice president at President, Stephen L. Weber; Vice President for Union Bank leading an expansion of the business banking services. University Relations and Development, Mary Ruth Carleton; Senate Representative, William Snavely; AS President, Grant Mack; Aztec Athletics, Mandy McKinley; 1980s Student Alumni Association President, Stacey Triche. ’81 Christy Beaudin ★ (Master of Social Work) was appointed to the 2010 Sff ta Executive Director: Jim Herrick Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a recogni- Associate Director: Tammy Blackburn ’94, ’01 tion of corporate performance excellence. Director, Alumni Programs: Cheryl Trtan Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center Facility Manager: ’82 Rick Hamada ★ (business administration) is president and chief operating Mike Sweet ’93 Administrative Assistant: Donna Buttner ’91 officer for Avnet Inc., a global technology company. He also serves on the College M embership & Marketing Assistant: Kelley Suminski Alumni Chapter Coordinator: Diane Barragan Program Coordinator: Jen Ranallo Please send your news to the SDSU Alumni Association, C ommunications Specialist: Tobin Vaughn 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182-1690 or [email protected]. Data Control Technician: Robin Breen ★ = annual member; ★ = life member Analyst/Programmer: Ed Tuley

44 F all 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 Class Notes Heart, Guts and Brains 1980s of Business Administration’s board In the mid-1950s as a of directors. student at San Diego State, Doug Harvey had no illusion of ’83 Carol Leighty ★ (Ph.D. edu- playing in the big leagues. cation) retired as superintendent of the Temecula Valley Unified School “I was hoping to get a coach’s District after 40 years in education. degree,” the retired MLB umpire recalled. He had ’84 Bob Lowe (journalism), received a partial scholarship assistant athletics director for com- to play baseball for the Aztecs, munications at Greensboro College, but he also played offense will serve a three-year term on the and defense for the San Diego College Sports Information Directors State football team. Board of Directors.

Doug Harvey As he recalls, it was during a ’86 Bruce Green (television, gridiron game against Pepperdine that his days as an Aztec athlete and a San film and new media) won a daytime Diego State student came to an end along with his plans to become a coach. creative arts Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in technical “They broke my left leg and split the bone eight inches,” Harvey explains. direction. This is his second Emmy. “I was in a cast for something like 22 weeks, so I had to quit school. The (baseball) coach took away my partial scholarship and I couldn’t afford it.” ’87 William Browning (management; ’88 M.B.A.) has joined But Harvey had refereed and umpired various sports since his teenage years. Klinedinst PC as shareholder in the Even if he couldn’t coach, he figured, he could still be an umpire. employment and labor department. Debra Gist (psychology; He was right. Harvey went on to umpire five World Series during his 30-year ’95 Master of Public Health) National League career. Respected for his encyclopedic knowledge of baseball is director of education for the rules, he gained a reputation as one of the best umpires in the game. American Academy of Dermatology; Nancy Wooten (psychology) is That’s why he was in Cooperstown July 25 for induction into the National teacher of the year at the elemen- Baseball Hall of Fame, joining current SDSU baseball coach Tony Gwynn as the tary school level for the San Diego only Aztecs ever to receive the honor. Harvey is a loyal supporter of Gwynn and Unified School District. She teaches Aztec baseball, donating to the program regularly. at Zamarano Fine Arts Academy.

“Tony was a real upright gentleman and he played the game the way it was ’89 Matilda Garcia, M.D., supposed to have been played. You can stand and gripe all day, but it isn’t (Master of Public Health) joined going to get the job done. Tony got the job done.” Payson Pediatrics in Payson, Ariz.

The celebrated umpire also has strong words for those who aspire to be the 1990s guy everyone loves to hate. ’90 Linda Brewton (English; “Do not ever be faint of heart. You must have enough guts to call it what it is. ’95 M.B.A.) has written “The Myth There was none of this, ‘Well, you let the last play of the game go by because of the White Knight: Financial you don’t want to change the right way for the game to come out.’ Yes, I would Planning for Women;” Anita change the way the game came out, but it takes guts to do it and that’s what Franco-Barletta ★ (graphic umpiring is about – heart, guts and brains.” design) graduated from the University of San Diego with ---Tobin Vaughn a master’s degree in practical theology. To see the full profile, read the SDSU Alumni Association’s July enewsletter at www.sdsualumni.org. ’92 William Ashbaugh (M.A. history) is associate professor and chair of history at the State

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 45 Class Notes 1990s Making Strides for Moms University of New York, Oneonta. He was awarded a Fulbright to live Nine years ago Lisa Druxman, ’93, ’97, in Kyoto, Japan, this semester. had an “aha moment” that led to the creation of Stroller Strides, a unique ★ ’93 Eleanor Nadler (Master of mommy-friendly exercise program and Public Health) received the Johnson one of the nation’s fastest-growing fitness & Johnson/ADHA Award for Excellence at the American Dental franchises. After the birth of her first child, Hygienists Association’s annual Druxman confronted a dilemma faced by meeting in June. many new moms on maternity leave: how do I continue contributing to the household ’94 Marlene Sharp ★ (Master income while playing an active role in my of Fine Arts) is director of develop- child’s life? ment for Los Angeles-based Rubicon Studios. While exercising with her son in tow, Druxman thought there must be a way to ’97 Amy Devers (furniture blend her passion for fitness with mother- design) appeared on television this hood. It was then she developed her stroll- Lisa Druxman year as host of “Designer People” and co-host of “Fix This Yard.” She er-based workout and assembled a group of other new moms in her neighbor- also operates a design/build studio in hood. The word quickly spread and so did the demand for additional classes. Los Angeles. From that day on, Druxman became a self-proclaimed “momprenuer,” joining the growing number of savvy female business owners who take pride in being ’99 Vivian Reznik ★ (Master of Public Health) was one of five a mother first and foremost. women inducted into the San Diego “When you are a business owner, you can truly run your business as you want County Women’s Hall of Fame this year. She is a pediatric nephrologist. to. You are able to live out your own dream and not somebody else’s.” 2000s Through Stroller Strides, Druxman is helping other women live out their dream of having a family-friendly, flexible career. Thousands of moms across the country come together in a friendly environment to regain confidence through ’00 Celinda Vazquez (social work) was named by “La Opinion” exercise and to seek the support and companionship of other moms. As as one of 30 distinguished Latinas Druxman says, “It’s the ultimate opportunity to connect with other moms and in the Los Angeles area; J. Marc fitness really becomes the icing on the cake.” Lord ★ (business administration) is chief financial officer of While earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from SDSU, ubroadcast Inc. Druxman began to understand the mind/body connection and the importance of strengthening mind first in order to achieve better exercise adherence. That ’01 Jaime Teague Enochs connection is the foundation of Stroller Strides and of Druxman’s first book, (teaching credential) won a national “Lean Mommy,” a how-to guide for getting back in shape after a baby and educator award from the Milken being a healthy role model for your children. Family Foundations. She teaches at San Diego High School’s School of The entrepreneurs who run the 300 Stroller Strides franchises in more than International Studies. 1,200 locations in 45 states are among the best role models and, surprising- ly, not all are fitness professionals. Franchise owners are stay-at-home moms, ’03 Nick Santana ★ (social teachers, accountants, airline pilots and even a rocket scientist. science), a teacher from Southwest High School in El Centro, took part But you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to appreciate Druxman’s suc- in the 2010 House Fellows Program cess or to work out her ultimate goal. Eventually, she wants to have a Stroller studying the history and traditions Strides in every city across America. of the U.S. House of Representatives; Brenna Wylie Hughes (com- —Melissa Henss municative disorders), a former water

46 F all 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 Into the Blue

Lt. Cmdr. Paul Brantuas, ’97, had a typical young man’s reaction to the military jets that flew maneuvers over his University City High School—“I wish I could do that.” Although his dad was a Navy pilot, Brantuas convinced himself he could never reach those heights. He chose a more traditional path, majoring in information and decision systems within the College of Business Administration. But as Brantuas neared graduation, his life took a different turn. Fast forward 10 years and not only is Brantuas a Navy pilot like his dad, he is also an alumnus of the Blue Angels, everyone is interested,” Brantuas said, “but I a squadron whose daring wanted to know if I could rise to the challenge. choreography in air shows I saw it as an opportunity to travel the country, all across America has meet all kinds of people and have fun.” inspired countless young men to take to the skies. After leaving the Blue Angels at the end of the 2009 season (team members serve two to Brantuas flew right wing three years), Brantuas rejoined his squadron in for the Blue Angels in the Arabian Sea to support Operation Enduring 2008 and 2009, working Freedom. It was reminiscent of his first cruise about 35 show sites each from July 2002 through May 2003 aboard the year from the East Coast USS Abraham Lincoln. to the West Coast, including Canada. It was a grueling schedule. During “That was the longest carrier the March-November show season, the team deployment in more than 30 practiced Tuesday through Friday and performed years,” Brantuas recalled. Saturday and Sunday. “We were on our way home after six months when we On Friday mornings, team members visited local got turned around to support high schools in their “host” cities to talk up the what would be known as virtues of a military career. Recruitment is the Operation Iraqi Freedom. It Blue Angels’ number one mission and has been was a great experience for a almost since the group’s formation in 1946 first tour pilot.” by then-Chief of Naval Operations Charles W. Nimitz. Over the years, nearly 470 Currently, Brantuas is on a million people have watched the department head tour with VFA- squadrons perform their breathtak- 86 at Marine Corps Air Station ing aerial feats. Beaufort in South Carolina with his wife and young son, Wyatt. It takes a certain personality type to fly for the Blue Angels. Confident, The 2010 MCAS Miramar Air driven, adventurous, personable— Show, featuring the Blue Angels, the pilots are all this and more. “Not begins on Oct. 1.

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Class Notes 2000s In Memoriam

polo player at SDSU, was featured 1934 Rena Case Hubbard, Arthur 1973 Elaine Veloz on “Healthcare Heroes,” a nation- Linkletter 1974 Robert Morgan, Bruce Taylor ally syndicated reality show. 1935 Margarette Greer 1975 Kenneth Fritz, Jack Gibson, 1936 John Butler, Dwight Stanford, Marilyn May ’05 David Nanigian ★ (finan- Mary Jane Vinton 1976 Irene Cockcroft cial services) is assistant professor 1938 Marvin Warner, Norris West 1978 David Davis, Jerome Matchke, of investments at The American 1939 Charles Armstrong Mary Stermon College in Pennsylvania after 1979 Millard Cronister earning a Ph.D. in personal 1940 Dora Newell, George Parry financial planning from Texas 1941 Robert Breitbard, Marion Wincote 1980 Dean Endres, Richard Thon Tech University. Elliott, Jack Kelly 1981 James Cegelski, Jeffrey Dimenstein, 1942 Olive Rock, Jane Williams Andrew Guise, Janice Cox Kasper, ’07 Cecilia Ndounda (political 1943 Jean Stooke Thompson Maureen Maloney Trunnell science) was awarded the R. Jess 1946 Patricia Granfield, Arline Hales, 1982 Ann Marie Edmondson, Sally Brown Scholarship from Mississippi Marie Hines, Lorna Shaw Goodman, Mark Hooper College School of Law. 1947 Jenny Ledesma, Robert MacDonald, 1983 Christine Hem Edmonds, Thomas James Reed, William Yale Prantil ’08 Leanne Babcock ★ (child 1949 Albert Sidney Fleischman, Betty 1984 Priscilla Buckby, Jeanne Dunham, development) was promoted to first Germani, Jean Parkhurst George Towle lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. 1985 Bryan Campbell, Steven Tanaka She is stationed at Peterson Air 1950 Natalie Roothoff, Roger Ruffin, 1986 Paul Barrett, Marc Lord Force Base in Colorado. Algernon Ryder 1988 Francis Bormann, Clarence Lewis, 2010s 1951 Kenneth Atherton, Marilyn Lee Lory Nagem-Tavernelli Sutherland 1989 Hayley Herrmann, David Leary, 1952 Luanne Shannon Ballow, Alberta Brett Uchiyama ’10 Charlynn Weissenbach Bonatus, Taiche Kantner, La Rene (political science) received Thelen Sullivan 1990 Kenneth Hayes, Raymond the Catherine Wills Coleman 1953 Norman Dittrich, Ruth Hanley, Murray, Michael Oprendek, John Fellowship from the National James Hobel Swerdfeger Mortar Board Foundation. She 1954 Daniel Hale 1991 Andrea Permito is attending the University of 1955 Donald MacDonald, Betty Newton 1992 Duane Bartok California, Berkeley, School of Law. 1956 Harriet Peckenpaugh 1995 Alice Cardenas 1957 Marvin Braddock, Leonard 1997 Tobias Yelman Brutocao, Donna Maxwell 1998 Jessica Symonds ———————————— 1958 Leonard Duncan, Gail Thompson 1999 Vicky Densmore Don Coryell 1959 George Class 1924 – 2010 2000 Theresa Carrera 1962 Charly Kotek 2001 Jason Paynter Don Coryell, who coached 1963 Darlyn Davenport, Gilbert Sloan, 2003 Joseph Balan, Jennifer Laufer Aztec football for 12 seasons, Kermit Tyler 2008 James Klein died July 1 at the age of 85. 1964 Saul Wright 2009 Nathan Manning 1965 Robert Farris At SDSU, he compiled an 1966 Douglas Dewar Year Unknown: Enrique astounding 104-19-2 record 1967 Larry Cooper Aguilera, Vahe Akashian, Marjorie and captured two 1969 Jimmie Nichols, John Wedemeyer Campbell, Beatrice Dollar, Jeannine national college division Gonzales, Clifton Hurley, Douglas championships. 1970 Stew Sisler, Catherine Tracy Jones, Yvette Knoll, James 1971 Lowell Bingham, Susan Drake, Manning, Alma McMurray, Donald Though not an alumnus, Justin Fair, Kathleen Labertew, Nance, Norman Newton, William Coryell was SDSU’s most John Monroe Ostrander, Sarah Payne, Dorothea successful coach and its most influential. 1972 Joel Foley, Phillip Pon, Clair Rolla, Reardon, Wallace White, Jerome ———————————— Jay Waldman Wier, Johnnie Williams. 48 F all 2010 | sdsu.edu/360 The 2010 Faculty Monty Award Winners Each year, the San Diego State Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and alumni. The 2010 faculty Monty Awards were presented Thursday, Aug. 26, at SDSU’s All-University Convocation. Alumni awards will be presented at the annual Montys Gala next spring.

College of Arts and Letters College of Health and Human Services Joanne Ferraro Gregory A. Talavera Since 2003, Joanne Ferraro, Ph.D., has balanced her work Gregory Talavera, M.D., has cultivated a highly successful as chair of the history department with prize-winning schol- research agenda centered on health-related issues on the arly research. She received fellowships from the National U.S.-Mexico border. He is vice president of clinical Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council affairs at San Ysidro Health Center and recently received of Learned Societies, and her monograph, “Marriage a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Wars in late Renaissance Venice,” won the Helen and Health to test culturally and linguistically appropriate Howard R. Marraro prize for the best book published interventions to lower body mass index and weight about any period of Italian history. gain among overweight Mexican-American children and their parents. College of Business Administration Bruce Reinig College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts Bruce Reinig, Ph.D., has set the standard Wayne Beach for teaching excellence in the Department of Wayne Beach, Ph.D., is a national expert in Information and Decision Systems, which he the methodology of conversation analysis in chairs. He was honored twice for Outstand- the communication field. His current research ing Faculty Contributions to the College of involves the improvement of doctor-patient Business and received the Outstanding Faculty communication and family health communication. Award from Mortar Board. With a prolific By helping both physicians and the public better publications record, he ranked seventh worldwide understand how to enhance the quality of treatment, in research productivity among Group Support particularly for cancer sufferers, he has positively Systems (GSS) researchers from 2000 to 2005. affected hundreds of patients and their families.

College of Education College of Sciences Shulamit Ritblatt Elizabeth Klonoff Shulamit Ritblatt, Ph.D., chair of child and Elizabeth Klonoff, Ph.D., is a model of family development, is a recognized author- energy and enthusiasm. She has received more ity on marriage and the family and on adolescent than 40 grants to support her research on tobacco behaviors. A valued mentor, she has received both the SDSU control, sexism, racism and physical and mental health, Senate Excellence in Teaching Award and the College of Education while leading the SDSU/UCSD joint doctoral program in clinical Dean’s Excellence Award. Through her efforts, SDSU now offers a psychology from a rank of 65th in the country to 25th. A graduate certificate program for early childhood socio-emotional student-centered scholar, she was twice named Outstanding and behavior regulation intervention specialists. Faculty Member—in 2006 and 2008. College of Engineering Library and Information Access Kenneth Walsh Julie Su Kenneth Walsh, Ph.D., has designed and managed the deployment Julie Su’s work provides access to the thousands of online and of a successful construction engineering degree program at SDSU print serials to which the SDSU Library subscribes. She led the and added more than $4 million to its endowment. He has built transformation of the library’s management of electronic journals critical partnerships with the San Diego construction industry and databases, which now provides access to tens of thousands of that provide tangible experiential learning opportunities for SDSU electronic resources. The cataloger for Chinese, Japanese and students, and has also helped create a sense of community and Korean materials, she has also increased the visibility of the connectivity among construction engineering majors. library’s Asian Collection. Imperial Valley Campus Richard Neumann The work of Richard Neumann, Ph.D., aims to build democratic character in young people by identifying the knowledge, skills and virtues necessary for informed political participation. His most recent research in educational policy analysis illustrates the shortcomings in the public education system’s preparation of young people for political involvement, a topic he discusses in “American Democracy at Risk,” published in the prestigious Phi Delta Kappan.

[email protected] | 360 Magazine 49 By Degrees Michelle Porter | Hometown: Fresno, California | Field of study: Nursing

What epitomizes your SDSU experience? For me, SDSU is EOP (Educational Opportunity Program). Before my freshman year, I attended Summer Bridge and made so many friends that I felt like I was at home on campus even before classes began. (Editor’s Note: The Summer Bridge program is five weeks of intensive academic preparation to develop new students’ writing, math and study skills.) The next summer, I was a peer counselor for Summer Bridge and this year, I worked behind the scenes, preparing students for the program and organizing events.

Have you joined any groups or clubs on campus? No, but the African American community at SDSU has become like my family. Getting to know these students erased the stereotypes I had. They urged me to research and value Africa’s history and helped me develop a sense of both my black and my white self.

Why did you decide to study nursing? My dad got cancer when I was 13. I would go to the hospital with him and the nurses inspired me. They were so patient and caring. I saw that nurses help people deal not only with physical illness, but also with death and bereavement. As a nurse, I never want to judge or assume I know what people are going through.

Who on campus do you admire most? That’s easy. It’s Beth Crawford, my EOP counselor. She goes above and beyond for her students. I was originally assigned another counselor, but my dad requested Beth after he met her at an orientation session. When I have questions, she has the answers.

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