Academic
Federation Fall 2004 Newsletter
Mark your
calendar!
The Academic Federation is
having a Welcome Reception in the Voorhies Courtyard on Thursday,
September 30th, 4-6 pm.
The event is a chance to meet other members of the Academic Federation and
to get information about the Federation. Chancellor Larry
Vanderhoef, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel Barbara Horwitz and the Academic Federation Executive Council will
be in attendance. Light refreshments will be served.
Meyer Award Ceremony
The Meyer Award Ceremony will be held on 17 November, from 6-8 in the AGR
Room of the Buehler Alumni and Visitors' Center. This year's
recipient is Frank G. Zalom, Specialist in Cooperative Extension in the
Department of Etymology.
Invitations will be sent in early October.
Recipients of the Academic Federation's
Teaching and Research Awards for 2004
William Reisen, who has an international reputation for his work on mosquitoes
and disease, won the Academic Federation Award for Excellence in
Research. He is a researcher in the UC Davis Center for Vectorborne
Diseases and heads the
Dorothy Fraser, coordinator of the UC Davis Family Nurse Practitioner/Physician
Assistant Program's
The recipients were honored by the Chancellor and Federation leadership at a
reception at the Buehler Alumni and
For more information, go to
http://www.dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=7801
Membership of the Academic
Federation's Executive Council
AF Chair: Cathi VandeVoort, Primate Research Center
AF Vice Chair: Michael Lawler, University Extension
AF Secretary: Kathleen Ward, Linguistics
Committee on Committees:
Barbara Goldman (Chair) School of Education
Sue Williams, Intercollegiate Athletics
Prabhakara Choudary, CNS/MED: Psychiatry
Sandy Simpson, Intercollegiate Athletics
Sham Goyal, Agronomy & Range Science
Gary Goodman, University Writing Program
Steve Anderson, School of Medicine: Human Physiology
John Stenzel, University Writing Program
Academic Freedom (Chair) Elisabeth McKechnie, Law Library
Admin Series Personnel (Chair) Patrick McGuire, Genetic Resources Conservation
Program
Affirmative Action & Diversity (Chair) Diana King, General Library
Communications (Chair) Kenneth Firestein, General Library
Educational Affairs (Chair) Aliki Dragona, English
Joint Personnel (Chair) Sarah Roeske, Geology
Personnel (Chair) Anna Kato, School of Education
Planning & Budget (Chair) Peter Green, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professional Development (Chair) Norma Lopez-Burton, Spanish & Classics
Public Affairs (Chair) Susan Brooks, University Extension
Research (Chair) Laura Van Winkle, VM: Anatomy/Physiology and Cell Biology
Rules and Elections (Chair) Patsy Inouye, General Library
In Memoriam: Michael Guinan
Michael Guinan, lecturer in anatomy and physiology
and a past winner of the Academic Federation's Teaching Award, from melanoma on
6 July. He was 46. For more information, see http://www.dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=7883
Some Application Dates - Watch for exact dates!
Applications for Professional Development Awards: due in Fall Quarter
Applications for Travel Grant Awards: deadline - November 15, 2004
Nominations for the Federation Teaching Award: due in Winter Quarter
Nominations for the Federation Research Award: due in Winter Quarter
Nominations for Meyer Award: due in Spring Quarter