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CARHS First Friday Today: Join us at Flames
May 10th, 2013HS 158 Sampler Digital Presentation Invite: Join Us on May 7th
May 3rd, 2013
by Frank Strona
We invite you to visit with us on Tuesday, May 7th from 3:00 – 5:45 and see engaged and creative students who have created innovative digital projects based on 21st Century Learning and new media tools. We will be holding the Sampler at the MLK Library Room #225/229 on the SJSU campus. Each semester the students in HS158 work on community hosted projects that create opportunities to improve the objectives of the organization.
This year we have again adopted the Prezi.com tool to replace the traditional powerpoint presentations style. New this semester, students will provide an archive version with audio of their presentations which can be sent out via shared links after the event.
Read more about HS158 on the Casa Blog: December 2013, April 14, 2013, and visit our class About.Me page here for a short overview. We also have a “work in progress blog” at www.HealthCommTech.com.
More info coming soon.
CASA Wins Four Awards University Service Learning and Engagement Awards Ceremony
April 27th, 2013It was a great day for CASA at the University Service Learning and Engagement Awards Ceremony. CASA faculty and our students were winners of four of the awards given this morning. It makes it very clear that our college continues to be a very community engaged college. Congratulations to:
1. Susie Rivera, Justice Studies–Faculty Lecturer Award
2. Nancy Megginson, Kinesiology–Faculty Professor Award
3. Jesse Medina and Lisseth Castillo-Valencia–Justice Studies students in the Records Clearance Project–Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
4. CHAMP, Center for Health Aging in Multicultural Populations–Collaborative Projects
VERY IMPRESSIVE! CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS AND TO CASA!
We will follow up with blog posts on each of the winners. Stay tuned.
Celebrate with the CASA Family: 51st Annual SJSU Honors Convocation: Friday, April 26, 2013.
April 26th, 2013
On behalf of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts, we invite you to joins us to celebrate the accomplishments of the student honorees from the College of Applied Sciences
and Arts at the upcoming 51st Annual Honors Convocation. The event will be held at the SJSU Event Center on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:00pm. A list of the CASA student award winners can be found here.
To learn more about these amazing dedicated students, please go to the Honors Convocation website. Thank you to the many CASA faculty members who nominated these students and helped them develop as young professionals in their disciplines. Their diverse stories of triumph, hard work, and tenacity represent the best of CASA. CASA is proud of its distinguished students and the Honors Convocation is a recognition of their outstanding achievements.
President’s Scholars
Undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 grade point average at San José State University in at least two contiguous semesters of the three semesters prior to the Honors Convocation.
Dean’s Scholars
Undergraduate students who have earned a 3.65 or higher grade point average at San José State University in at least two contiguous semesters of the three semesters prior to the Honors Convocation.
Program Order of Exercises
51st Annual Honors Convocation
April 26, 2013
Dr. Ellen Junn, Presiding
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
| Processional | SJSU Wind Ensemble Dr. Edward C. Harris Conductor |
| Color Guard | SJSU Airforce ROTC |
| National Anthem |
SJSU Wind Ensemble Professor Joseph Frank Vocalist |
| Welcome | Dr. Ellen Junn Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| Introduction |
Ms. Beth Von Till Chair of the Academic Senate |
| Presentation of Dean’s Scholars | Dean Charles Bullock – College of Applied Sciences & Arts Dean David M. Steele – College of Business Dean Elaine Chin – College of Education Dean Andrew Hsu – College of Engineering Dean Lisa Vollendorf - College of Humanities & the Arts Dean Michael Parrish – College of Science Dean Sheila Bienenfeld – College of Social Sciences Associate Vice President Dennis Jaehne – Undeclared/Special Majors |
| Presentation of President’s Scholars | Provost Ellen Junn |
| Conferral of Honorary Doctoral Degree to John Chambers |
President Mohammad Qayoumi Chair of CSU Board of Trustees Bob Linscheid |
| Introduction of Keynote Speaker | President Mohammad Qayoumi |
| Convocation Address | Professor Alejandro Garcia SJSU 2012-2013 Outstanding Professor |
| Recessional | SJSU Wind Ensemble |
| Reception to follow immediately Honorees, family, friends, faculty, and staff are all invited |
Textbook Alternatives Project (TAP), SES, & Student Help
April 24th, 2013
by Peggy Cabrera
At SJSU, 1 out of 3 students report not buying a required textbook because they can’t afford it. Textbook costs have risen dramatically in recent years and faculty across the country are fighting back by developing alternatives to expensive textbooks. Become part of the solution. Receive a stipend from Affordable Learning Solutions to develop your own Textbook Alternatives Project (TAP).
TAP provides stipends up to $2,500 for the development of an alternative to a textbook currently used in a SJSU course. Here are some examples:
- An expensive science text is replaced with free online resources from Khan Academy, MERLOTand edX.
- A group of faculty teaching a large GE course develop their own textbook. Given a Creative Commons license, it is provided to students for free or at a minimal cost.
- Faculty use Academic Pub to create course packs tailored to their class and available to students at a very low price.
To create your own solution, go to the TAP website for details on how to apply. Applications are due on Friday, May 17th and projects must be completed by the end of Fall 2013.
