FOCUS ON FACULTY & STAFF | Cal State L.A., College of ECST
SPRING QUARTER | April 28, 2015

 

 

Dear Faculty and Staff-

 

This is our inaugural e-newsletter, focused on news and opportunities for faculty and staff. We hope to reduce the amount of email traffic by using this as our main  vehicle for communication. One section will focus on news you want to share with others, one section will focus on opportunities or requests for information or action, and one section, my favorite, will be a Moment of Joy - where we invite you to share a teaching moment, a research breakthrough, an insight gained, or your proudest moment with a student.

 

Please feel free to send anything you want included to Hasmik, and she will include if possible. Please send your content in a size and length appropriate for this newsletter so that she does not have to edit it down herself (in most cases 3 to 4 sentences is all there's room for); more detail can be provided in links; you can also send her an attachment and she will post it with a link.

 

This e-newsletter is one of our steps in improving communication and transparency in the College, as articulated in our strategic plan.

-Emily 

 
Reminders & Requests
The Annual Graduate Student and Faculty Mentor Recognition Reception w ill be held on  Wednesday, May 27th, at 3:30-5:00pm, in the Golden Eagle Ballroom 1&2.

 

The reception recognizes the accomplishments of current graduate students who have, in the past year (Summer Term 2014 through Spring Term 2015), presented a paper at a regional, national, or international professional conference, those who have authored or coauthored a publication during the past year, as well as those who have received a special award or recognition for their scholarship and creative activity. If you would like to have your graduate students recognized for their accomplishments, please forward the name and current email address for each recommended student to  Christopher Gipson

 

In addition, we will be recognizing faculty mentors who provide valuable guidance to our graduate students.  One faculty mentor from each college will be profiled to highlight their mentorship activities that promote graduate student research, scholarship and creative activity.   Please submit the attached form to nominate a faculty mentor for Recognition. Read More

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Sheila Blaise's Retirement Celebration

Please RSVP http://goo.gl/forms/0uixZQwovN and join us for a drink and hors d'oeuvres as we celebrate a warm going away retirement for Sheila Blaise! Thursday, April 30, 2015 | 4:00 - 7:00 PM @ Luminarias 3500 Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park, CA 91754

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Associate Dean Open Forum 

You are invited and encouraged to attend the open forum of the five candidates who have been selected to interview for the ECST Associate Dean position.  Read More

 

 
Faculty & Staff News
2015 Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Award Competition.
Cal State L.A. Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility has won the  Sustainable Transportation award in the  11th annual Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Awards Competition .
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ECST Associate Dean  Candidate Schedule  
Join us during the "Faculty and Staff Open Forum" portion of the Cal State L.A. - College of ECST Associate Dean search.  Read More

Moments of Joy

A graduating student of ours, whom you may have heard speak at Honors Convocation, expressed to me that when he really understands a concept, he experiences a moment of joy. Ever since his father taught him algebra, he studies his subjects until they "click" and he gets that moment of joy. He tutors math now at the Midnight Mission - and now he experiences a moment of joy whenever one of his students "gets it". I expect that he will be a professor some day!
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Quarter 2 Semester News

California State University, Los Angeles is converting to semesters. The first term on the semester calendar will be Fall 2016. Q2S

 
Faculty  Research
ECST faculty play a key role in developing and engaging students in interdepartmental research at Cal State L.A.. Please send us your research links so we may share it with ECST and the University on  Faculty Research

SUGGESTED READING

To read more about engineering education as a source of joy, I recommend you read The Whole New Engineer, by David Goldberg and Mark Somerville. (recommended by Dean Allen) 

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