Program for November 1 -
What’s new at SDSU
Speaker -
Dr. Elliott Hirshman, President, San Diego State University
Chair of the Day -
Prof. Marian Liebowitz, San Diego State University
Invocation -
Prof. Marian Liebowitz
A note about our speaker -
Elliot Hirshman is the eighth president of San Diego State University, effective July 1, 2011. He brings a broad foundation of experience to SDSU, which includes a career dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and service.
As Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Dr. Hirshman was responsible for the delivery of the academic program, including instruction, research, and academic support services; enrollment management, including admissions and financial aid; and the intercollegiate athletics program. Dr. Hirshman oversaw the campus planning process, working with vice presidents and the Planning Leadership Team to coordinate planning and budgeting for the campus.
Prior to UMBC, Dr. Hirshman served as Chief Research Officer at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. Previously, he chaired the Departments of Psychology at George Washington (2002-05) and the University of Colorado at Denver (2000-02). He began his academic career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989-2000), where he served as Assistant, Associate, and ultimately full Professor of Psychology.
While at Chapel Hill, Dr. Hirshman was nominated for the American Council on Education Fellows Program, in which he participated as a Fellow in the Provost’s Office at Arizona State University. Subsequently, he served as Special Assistant to the Provost at Chapel Hill. He has chaired a number of major campus groups, including the University Task Force on Student Evaluation of Teaching at Chapel Hill and the Advisory Council on Research at George Washington.
Dr. Hirshman has a strong interdisciplinary background, having earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in economics and mathematics from Yale and his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at UCLA. His research and teaching focus on the psychopharmacology of human cognition, exploring cognitive and quantitative models of memory, attention and visual perception, and the influence of individual drugs on specific cognitive processes. His interdisciplinary work involves collaboration among psychologists, medical doctors, and statisticians.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Hirshman has served as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition (2000-2006) and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (1998-2000).
Dr. Hirshman is married to Jeri Hirshman. His daughter, Wendy, attends Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. His son, Nathan, will attend the University of Virginia this fall.
Notes from the October 25 meeting -
New and improved – now with pictures! – now, back to our regularly scheduled Tidings…
Ryan Callan recited a poetic invocation, and The Tidings lead the Battle Hymn of the Republic, adopted by both sides as an anthem during the Civil War (yes, The Tidings was on Jeopardy…)
Happy/Sad Dollars – Monica was late, and as Corrine pointed out, she lacked a fine free badge, now on sale for $39.95 in the lobby available for bid at the end of each month and active during the next for the entire month
…Mark McDonald, no doubt acting out of an abundance of caution, bid on and won the coveted fine free device for November…many ponied up for lacking Kiwanis pins…Mark chipped in again for way too much golf, the spare Rotarian on the dais, and the 11 he took on one hole
…Kizer saw the 11, and Coley was the snitch…Chuck Day was also late and chipped in for that and the fine International Relief Teams gala he attended (one of our sponsored organizations)
…Ken Coley also attended as did Karina Sousa whose family donated their home in the Azores as an auction item…Tom Bauer happened to notice the Official Retired Naval Supply Corps Officer tie that Kizer was sporting (it’s lovely, really, John)
…Ethel was walking the dog and spotted Ken
…Bill Gibbs is still here!…Monica announced her candidacy for the CCDC advisory committee but everything she said after ‘Victoria’s Secret’ was lost in the ether…Conny contributed for the foster dog she had that was adopted (yay!)…Jay Jeffcoat was fined for not checking in his Rotary Club guest (jeez, how did Rotary get in here so often?)…John Kizer introduced our honoree, Jay Jeffcoat for his 35 year Legion of Honor, with more community involvement that even The Tidings has room to list, and a Rotarian congratulated him (again?)
…thanks Kendra, he wouldn’t have been such a great Kiwanian without you!…Jay of course then went and won the 50/50 drawing, as we lost the deck of cards…Bill Gibbs engaged in his usual bidding war with himself and won the flowers.
Brian Krause introduced our speaker, Joe Tutino, play by play announcer for the LA Galaxy and the San Diego Sockers, who stepped in at the last minute for our originally scheduled speaker John Kentera who was called away for a family emergency. We heard about the birth of sports radio and the slowly increasing popularity of footy in the US.
Announcements – Ken Coley PhotoCharity Walk -
Where: NTC Park – Liberty Station – Point Loma
When: Saturday November 12, registration 9 am and walk begins at 10 am
How to join Ken’s team -
- Go to www.savehomelessyouth.org
- Click on National Walk – San Diego, CA
- Clivk on Register Now
- Click on ‘join an existing team (you could also set up your own team at this point)
- Click on ‘Register now’ to register and join Ken’s team
OR – Click on “Ken Coley” to make a donation on behalf of Ken’s team!
