UCSD’s Express to Success Program has been presented with
the 2007 Innovative Program Award by the National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators Region VI.
Designed to enhance students’ confidence in public speaking,
improve interpersonal communication and nurture leadership skills, the program
will be honored at the NASPA 2007 Regional Conference on Nov. 2 in
“The objective of ETS is to give participants the necessary
skills to be successful UCSD students and to continue that success in
graduate/professional school, full-time employment and/or other person
endeavors beyond college,” ETS Director Sara Henry said in a press
release.
ETS offers many services to UCSD students, including
one-time workshops, quarterly seminars, yearlong programs, tailored programs
for international and graduate students and an advanced peer educator
program.
The Innovative Program Award is given to an institution or
individual that enriches campus life and aids in community development and the
growth of staff, students, faculty. Innovation and creativity are significant
criteria in selecting recipients of the award.
As the leading professional association for student affairs
administrators in higher education, NASPA serves as the voice for student
affairs administration, policy and practice and supports the commitment to
integrate student life and learning.
“Year after year, major employers that recruit heavily on
college campuses list communication skills as the most important attribute top
candidates bring to the workplace,” Andrew T. Ceperley, director of the UCSD
Career Services Center, said in a press release.
UCSD Medical Center
Richard J. Liekweg, chief executive officer of the UCSD Medical
Center, was appointed to the Joint Advisory Committee of the Federal
Communications Commission, announced university officials on Oct. 19.
As delegated by the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the
committee’s purpose is to evaluate the communications capabilities of emergency
medical and public health facilities. The joint committee must submit results
from their assessment to Congress by Feb. 4, 2008.
The committee is comprised of 25 members appointed by FCC
Chairman Kevin J. Martin and U.S. Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for
Communications John M.R. Kneur.
“Effective and timely communication is a vital component of
meeting health care needs of our communities, especially during an emergency or
disaster,” Liekweg said in a press release.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to share best practices and assess
emerging technologies that will foster efficient, timely and safe care every
day, as well as in those critical times when we must rely on our emergency
communication systems.”
