by Pat Lopes Harris | Dec 11, 2013 | Academics
For more information, please contact Jo Farb Hernandez (408-924-4328). It is as important to mark rites of passage for institutions as for individuals. In each case, stopping to observe a transitional moment has particular importance amid the crush of what has become...
by Pat Lopes Harris | Dec 10, 2013 | Academics
Media contact: Pat Lopes Harris, 408-656-6999 Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Ellen Junn has accepted an offer to become provost at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her last day at SJSU will be Jan. 17. “I would like to extend my...
by Pat Lopes Harris | Dec 9, 2013 | Community Engagement
Posted by the San Jose Mercury News Dec. 7, 2013. By Bruce Newman SAN JOSE — We see a small man sitting in a large, overstuffed chair, and the chair seems to be winning. Often described as elfin, the man is 60 now but still possesses the most totally awesome set...
by Pat Lopes Harris | Dec 9, 2013 | Academics
Posted by the San Jose Mercury News Dec. 6, 2013. If San Jose State University President Mo Qayoumi wanted a task force that would sweep racial conflicts under the dormitory rug, he made a huge mistake in appointing retired Judge LaDoris Cordell to head it....
by Pat Lopes Harris | Dec 6, 2013 | Academics
Professor of Computer Engineering Sigurd Meldal has been appointed director of the San Jose State University Cybersecurity and Big Data Initiative. SJSU’s goal is to develop a premiere, interdisciplinary institute in the heart of Silicon Valley focusing on the...