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Support Available for Courses
Career staff planning to take UCSB professional development
courses have until Dec. 1 to apply for the Dilling Yang
Staff Scholarship Awards administered by Human Resources.
Nonprobationary career staffers earning a full-time equivalent
salary of up to $3,500 a month may request awards up to
$500. Details and application forms are available online
at < http://hr.ucsb.edu/tod/pdf/YangScholarshipGuidelines.pdf>.
Article Spotlights Parking Changes
High-tech changes in the campus parking system were the focus
of a recent article in the trade journal Parking Today. The
magazine, which has about 15,000 circulation, tracked the
replacement of staffed kiosks and hand-processed parking permits
with online registration and a solar-powered, 53-unit wireless
network of pay stations. Revenue is up significantly and Transportation
and Parking Services officials project the upgrade will pay
for itself in less than two years, the article said.
HONORS & AWARDS
 Jacob
N. Israelachvili, professor of chemical engineering,
will go to Boston later this month to receive the 2004 Material
Research Society Medal for work that has “revolutionized
the understanding of molecular mechanisms” underlying
adhesion and friction. A $3,000 cash prize accompanies the
engraved medal and citation.
 William
Kraft, professor emeritus of music, has been granted
a cash merit award by the American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers in recognition of his compositions over the
past year. He retired in 2002 after 11 years at UCSB, and
is busy with three new concert commissions.
 Barbara
Voorhies, professor emeritus of anthropology, has
been awarded the 2004-05 Dickson Emeriti Professorship, an
annual award created for retired UCSB faculty members. She
has continued field research since retiring in 1994, and recently
completed two books on Mesoamerica archaeology.
TRANSITIONS
 Eric
Hessell, formerly assistant diving safety officer,
has been promoted to diving safety officer for the Environmental
Health & Safety Department. He joined UCSB in 1998 and
replaces Dennis Divins, who recently retired after 33 years.
April
McDivitt, former Gaucho starting point guard and
a 2004 UCSB graduate in psychology, has been hired as assistant
women’s basketball coach. She succeeds Gaucho associate
coach Cori Close, who went to Florida State last spring.
IN MEMORIAM
Elias
R. Silva, a storekeeper in Facilities Management,
was slain on Oct. 3 under what are still unclear circumstances.
The Goleta man was 30 years old and had worked at UCSB since
2002. He had three young children, and lived with a girlfriend.
Memorial contributions can be made at any branch of the Santa
Barbara Bank & Trust. |
