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SVC Armed Forces association awards three cadet scholarships

In December, the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association awarded three scholarships to deserving cadets enrolled in the Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) program at San José State University. The program, coordinated through the Aerospace Studies department is part of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts.

The three students who received scholarships included: Harman Purewal, a criminology major; Frank Rosette and Calvin Craig, both aviation/flight operations majors. The scholarships totaled $2,000 for the three students to use toward tuition, books or college-related expenses.

Bob Moorhead, the chapter president, and Bob Landgraf presented the awards during the AFROTC Detachment 045 Fall Dining-Out event. The Fall Dining-Out is the Cadet Wing’s formal event of the school year where more than 175 cadets, friends and family celebrate their achievements of the semester.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed served as the keynote speaker. He spoke to the cadets about leadership and the characteristics they should possess to be effective on active duty.

The Silicon Valley Chapter of Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association presented three SJSU Air Force cadets with scholarships in December.

The Silicon Valley Chapter of Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association presented three SJSU Air Force cadets with scholarships in December.

Former Spartan Daily editor honored with scholarship

The family of Christopher Marian, who died in his sleep on May 15 at the age of 28, has chosen to remember him with an endowed scholarship in his name. The $2,000 scholarship will go to a San Jose State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication student each year. Marian’s family signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tower Foundation to create the Chris Marian Journalism Scholarship on Oct. 29.

Marian worked on the Spartan Daily for four semesters while attending SJSU, as a staff writer, copy editor and most recently as the opinion editor. He wrote a column entitled “Nuke the Whales.” His sister Alicia Marian described her brother as “very intelligent, kind, articulate, witty and funny with a ‘sardonic, sarcastic slant’” in a press release from the signing ceremony.

As a child, Marian was interested in military and aviation history. He started flight lessons as an eighth-grade student and originally pursued an aviation degree at SJSU. He was part of the university’s Precision Flight Team from 2003 to 2005. He studied off and on at SJSU from 2003 on, switching to journalism.

“Chris was one of our excellent senior editors on Access who kept the grammar coordinated with the writing intent,” said Tim Mitchell, a journalism design professor, in a press release about the scholarship. “If Chris was a Western gunslinger, he would have been the fastest draw with an AP Style Guide in his holster.”

Nominations for the 2013 SJSU Research Foundation Early Career Investigator Award Open

by Office of the Provost

Nominations for the 2013 SJSU Research Foundation Early Career Investigator Award have opened.  The Early Career Investigator Award recognizes tenure-track faculty at San Jose State University who have excelled in the areas of research, scholarship or creative activity, evidenced by their success in securing external funds to support those activities at an early or beginning point in their career.  Award recipients will receive a commemorative plaque and a cash award of $1,000 to be used at the recipient’s discretion.

Nomination guidelines for the award program are here (2013 Early Career Investigator Award Description).  Please review this information to determine your interest in and eligibility for participation.

The deadline for nominations is March 29, 2013.   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Jerri Carmo at jerri.carmo@sjsu.edu.

Fulbright Scholar Program Workshop Coming in February

by Peter F. Young, Director, Silicon Valley Center for Global Studies [SVCGS]

Each year the US Department of State awards nearly 800 United States Fulbright Scholar appointments and sends these faculty members to nearly 100 countries.  San Jose State University has been a leader in producing huge numbers of faculty Fulbright Scholars… and this year is no different.  The Silicon Valley Center for Global Studies, on behalf of CIES’ International Programs and Services Division is putting on a workshop covering all of the particulars that you need to know… about being appointed a Fulbright Scholar.

We are holding the workshop two different times to “capture” as many of you as possible:

February 14th, MLK Library, Room 225 — From 12:00 to 1:30

and

February 25th, MLK Library, Room 225 — From 12:00 to 1:30

Please register for either workshop by sending an email to svcgs.sjsu@gmail.com or peter.young@sjsu.edu. We want to make sure that we produce enough material for all attendees!