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History Events Calendar Available Black History Month
on campus starts today, Feb. 4, with a celebration of African-
American achievements from noon to 2 p.m., on the Educational Opportunities
Program’s (Building 434) front lawn. The event will include cultural
gifts, refreshments, musical entertainment, dance, and distribution
of the Black History Month Calendar of Events. Contact the EOP’s Chidimma
Offoh (x4292) for details.
Break Bread with TREAT Investing in a faculty-student
relationship is made easy by a lunch program called TREAT (Together
Relax, Eat and Talk). With it, faculty members can buy a special UCen
Dining Services card for $5 that is good for $15 worth of food when
spent on meals for undergraduates. The group is asked to dine together.
Good until June 14, the card is accepted at Romaine’s, Paterno’s, Wendy’s,
and the Coral Tree Cafe. Call Laurie Ritchie (x3773) for details.
HONORS & AWARDS
Petar Kokotovic, professor of electrical and computer engineering,
has been honored by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers) for his "career of meritorious achievement in education."
He received the Mulligan Education Medal, which comes with a $20,000
cash prize.
Herbert Kroemer, professor of materials, and of electrical
and computer engineering, has been awarded the 2002 Medal of Honor by
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers "for contributions
to high-frequency transistors and hot-electron devices..." The Medal
of Honor, established in 1917, is the IEEE’s highest award.
Rebecca Zwick, professor of education, has been appointed
to the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Psychological
Tests and Assessment. The committee reviews testing standards and advises
other APA units on testing issues.
TAP/Bookstore Awards Each month, the Transportation
Alternatives Program now awards two $50 gift certificates donated by
the UCSB Bookstore, drawing from among some 1,300 participants. In October
the winners were Nancy Caplow, a bus commuter and linguistics
teaching assistant, and Edward Letts, a bicycle commuter and
materials graduate student researcher; in November they were Tom
Grunland, a bike commuter and ethnomusicology teaching assistant,
and Pearl Galano, a car pooler and political science teaching
assistant: in December they were car-pooler Michael Moore, a
supervisor for the ECE Dept., and Yuxi Fan, a bicycle commuter
and the student personnel manager for Ortega Dining Commons.
TRANSITIONS
Craig Welsh, formerly management services officer with the
Department of Dramatic Art, has become MSO for the new Office of Information
Technology. The Santa Barbara native has been at UCSB since 1977.
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