CAMPUS NOTES

The UCSB Professional Women’s Association is sponsoring a contest to select the best logo design for their group. The design must convey the “organization’s mission statement” and follow certain rules of format (see <www.pwa.ucsb.edu> for details). A $100 check and a UCSB Bookstore gift certificate for $100 will go to the winner. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 28; a winner will be chosen by Nov. 21.

Compared to 2003, reported burglaries and thefts on campus dropped in 2004 while “forcible sex offenses” rose from nine to 11, according to the annual Clery Act report on campus security. These and other crime statistics are at <www.sa.ucsb.edu/Policies/CleryAct/ CleryActCampusSecurityReport.asp>. Other policy documents, resources, and programs can be located on this site.

Roger J. Ingham, professor of speech and hearing sciences, has received career recognition in the form of Honors of the Association for his “distinguished and clearly outstanding contributions.” It is the highest award given by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Sreenivas Rao Jammalamadaka, professor of statistics and applied probability, is the president-elect of a global professional society called the International Indian Statistical Association. He will preside over the educational and support organization in 2006-07.

George Michaels, formerly a multimedia consultant in the Office of Instructional Consultation, has been appointed executive director of the Instructional Development Department. The new position was created when Stan Nicholson, director of instructional consultation, retired after 33 years of service.

Angie L. Tozier has been hired as assistant judicial affairs coordinator to handle student conduct and hate crimes. She was resident director and judicial officer at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Rachel Jade Gruver, an administrative assistant in the Office of Development, died on Sept. 15 after being injured in a single-car accident on Sept. 6. The Santa Maria native, who had been hired in 2002, was 28. She is survived by her mother Ramona Gruver, and various other family members.

Leal Mertes, professor of geography, died at home in Santa Barbara on Oct. 1. The Minnesota native, who grew up in Kansas, was 48. She specialized in large river systems and had been at UCSB since 1991. She is survived by her husband, James Wells, and a son, Zachary, as well her mother and four siblings. A memorial service on campus is being planned for next month.