CAMPUS NOTES

START is back for another year. The Staff and Academic Reduction in Time Program was renewed until June 30, 2006, so employees who were on START can extend their contracts, if approved by their supervisors. A new START contract—forms UBEN260 for June and U270 for July—is required to extend the employee’s participation. No new participants are being enrolled. Call Carol Houchens (x2869) in Human Resources with any questions.

Gary Cunningham, director of intercollegiate athletics, has been named the first recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award newly created by the NCAA Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association. Representing Division I schools that do not play football, the association award recognizes “superior contributions to the profession of Intercollegiate Athletics.”

John Melack, professor of ecology, evolution, and marine biology, has been appointed acting dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. He played an influential role in the creation of the Bren School in 1994, and chaired the Bren Hall building committee, which was launched by departing Dean Dennis Aigner, who served for the past five years.

Elise Meyer, associate director of the Office of Information Technology, was promoted to interim director when Mark Aldenderfer, professor of anthropology, relinquished the directorship to move to the University of Arizona faculty. Meyer has had extensive experience in campuswide information technology during her 16-plus years at UCSB.

Bruce Tiffney, professor of geological sciences, has been appointed acting dean of the College of Creative Studies. He joined the faculty in 1986 and has been an active member of the CCS for the past 10 years. Former CCS Provost Bill Ashby has retired after 35 years of campus service.

Sabrina Tuyay, a lecturer in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, died on June 15, 2005 of complications from an undisclosed illness. The Salt Lake City native was 42. An alumna of UCSB (B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.), she returned in 1993 to teach in the Teacher Education Program. A memorial service was held on June 30. She is survived by a husband, Herb; a daughter, Malaya; both her parents; two aunts; an uncle; and her paternal grandmother.

Two stories on page one of the June 15 edition had incorrect facts: The parking rates story should have had the $36-a-month rate effective on Oct. 1. Also, the story on faculty retirees inaccurately stated the percentage of engineering faculty under age 50. The correct number is 53 percent.