April 26, 2013

Celebrate with the CASA Family: 51st Annual SJSU Honors Convocation: Friday, April 26, 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

51^st 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

April 22, 2013

CHAMP wins SJSU Service-Learning & Community Award

by Sadhna Diwan

Center for Healthy Aging in Multicultural Populations (CHAMP) was selected to receive the Collaborative Project Award from the SJSU Center for Community Learning & Leadership.

It’s great to see the collaborative efforts of CASA faculty recognized by the University. Congratulations to all and thanks for our team members without which this would not have been possible.

The Center for Healthy Aging in Multicultural Populations (CHAMP) was created in the College of Applied Sciences & Arts in 2009. With faculty affiliates from all academic disciplines at SJSU, the Center facilitates interdisciplinary applied research, education, and strategic partnerships with community-based organizations working with older adults. For each of the past three years, CHAMP has partnered with the Timpany Center, Santa Clara County’s Department of Adult & Aging Services (DAAS), CommUniverCity, and the Roosevelt Community Center to host Senior Wellness & Resource Fairs to promote healthy aging among older adults in the community. The fairs, which are half-day events, have promoted interprofessional education through service learning among more than 200 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses in health sciences, nutrition, nursing, occupational therapy, social work, psychology, kinesiology, and communicative disorders.

The students provide wellness education and screenings to seniors, learn about available community resources, and build their skills by applying their knowledge to working with older persons. Student evaluations of the fairs are extremely positive: they show increased awareness of their own strengths and challenges such as communication skills; they express positive attitudes towards working with older persons; and better understanding of inter-professional roles in wellness promotion among seniors.

As one student noted, “I am very grateful for the opportunity I was given to work with the project. This was not only my first volunteer effort, but it was also the first time I worked with and for an older population. Getting involved with this project allowed me to see the need for resources for the general local population. The best part of this experience was the ability to connect those who were in search for resources with their professionals- whether it was the table I sat in or not. It was absolutely wonderful to see so many different disciplines come together for a common goal- the wellbeing of a population who often get looked over.”

Another noted, “The most enjoyable aspect of this project is that I have an opportunity to interact with seniors. It is a valuable and precious experience to practice what I have learned from classes.”

DAAS has expressed interest in continuing this partnership with CHAMP in order to engage more of our students in service learning.

The Service-Learning & Community Engagement Awards are presented for course-inspired community engagement learning, distinguished from non-academic community service. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, April 26^th from 8:45-11:00am in ENG 285/287.

CASA-CHAMPS faculty can invite friends and family. Parking permits are available upon request.

Congratulations on the Award! Go CHAMPions!