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- Penny Collins, chair of the fashion design department, has a contract with Fairchild
Publishing in New York for a book to be published next summer. The book will focus on an interdisciplinary approach to
the study of design, especially focused on fashion and interior design. Fairchild publishes Women's Wear Daily and W.
Collins traveled to New York in August to look at Fairchild's archives for research for the book. Part of her trip was
sponsored by a grant Collins received from the Woodbury Faculty Development Fund.
- Randy Stauffer, chair of the interior architecture department, is presenting a paper at
a conference at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. The paper is titled "Graphic Occupations: Mies van der Rohe,
Kusama, and Herzog and de Meuron." Part of Stauffer's work was sponsored by a grant he received from the Woodbury Faculty
Development Fund.
- Vic Liptak, assistant chair of the architecture department, is doing research in Turkey
concerning urban development: "Vernacular Shifts: Changing Patterns in Dwelling in a Central Anatolian City." Part of
Liptak's work was sponsored by a grant she received from the Woodbury Faculty Development Fund.
- Jill Wood, a senior interior architecture student, is the recipient of the prestigious,
national interior design scholarship awarded by the Angelo Donghia Foundation in New York City. The scholarship up to
$30,000 will fully cover senior year tuition, board and maintenance, books and other required student materials. Wood
was selected based on portfolio reviews.
The Donghia Foundation is a philanthropic arm of Donghia, Ltd., a New York-based furniture and furnishings company.
Created under the will of the late Angelo Donghia, a prominent New York interior designer, the foundation provides support
for two distinct fields: the advancement of education in the interior design field, and secondly, the discovery of causes
and methods of treatment for AIDS.
- Bill Keeney, chair of the graphic design department, culminated a year's work with a
gallery exposition of abstract and realistic paintings and drawings in Saint Cyr sur Mer, France. The exhibition opened
July 4 at the community gallery of the small Mediterranean resort town on the French coast near Marseilles. On display
were more than 40 artworks including oils on canvass, watercolors and pastels.
"The exhibition was a tremendous amount of work, but well worth it and we actually sold several of the best pieces,"
Keeney says.
The show featured a series of abstract landscapes in oil inspired by the countryside in Provence. In addition to the
abstracts were many realistic watercolors and large pastels based on landscape and still life themes. The exhibition was
the result of a year's work and careful planning. Last fall, Keeney was granted a one semester sabbatical leave from his
teaching duties at Woodbury while associate professor Sue Vessella assumed the administrative
work for the department. Keeney and his wife, Marie-France, spent several weeks during the summer visiting and traveling
in the south of France. He did a lot of sketching, drawing and photographing the beautiful countryside and the picturesque
villages. The most impressive areas for Keeney, visually and artistically, were the lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau
north of Aix en Provence.
"On returning in the fall with the exhibit scheduled, I was able to devote the studio time and creative energy needed to
develop the paintings based on the landscape themes in my studio in Simi Valley. Painting for me is a slow and difficult
process. I usually work on a series of 4 or 5 canvasses at a time... a few get finished and many others do not," he explains.
"It was really an educational experience - both creatively and in learning about shipping artworks abroad for exhibition.
It comes as no surprise that the French bureaucracy can be difficult at times. Luckily we shipped the artworks a month prior
to the show opening as we had problems with both the shippers and with French customs. It was an excellent show and great
opportunity, and I wish to thank the university for granting me the sabbatical leave in order to complete the body of work."
- Paulette Singley, associate professor of architecture, is working on a book titled, "Eating
Architecture." She is co-editor of the book, to be published by MIT Press in Winter 2004, with Jamie Horwitz.
- Dr. S. Jerome Tamkin, a health care innovator, philanthropist and Woodbury supporter, was
honored as an ICON Award recipient by the UCLA Center on Aging. Dr. Tamkin and astronaut Buzz Aldrin were selected for their
outstanding contributions to society and active lives.
Dr. Tamkin and his wife, Judith, Class of 1949 Woodbury alumna and Woodbury trustee, are
known for the dedication to causes throughout Southern California and the world. Woodbury's extensive fashion collection
found a permanent home in May 2000 with the opening of the Judith Tamkin Fashion Center. The exhibition area was made possible
through the generous support of the Tamkins.
- Jocelyn Chong, director of Student Life, will be honored with the Iowa State
University College of Education Outstanding Young Professional Award at homecoming ceremonies on October 17.
The award is given to a young Iowa State College of Education alumni for achievements in career, public service
or volunteer activities, worthy of recognition, that have brought honor to Iowa State University and the College of
Education. She received letters of support from Heemanshu Bhagat, vice president for
student affairs, Woodbury University, along with former co-workers and a former student.
Chong, who earned her master's degree in higher education from Iowa State, joined Woodbury in July 1997. At
Woodbury, she is responsible for the development, administration, supervision and implementation of student activities,
judicial affairs and leadership programs. Additional responsibilities encompass special needs of the international
student body and immigration regulations related to them. She also supervises the Program Board.
Chong has been involved in many ways with various student affairs-related professional organizations including ACPA
and NACA. She currently serves as chair of the commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development and has held a
variety of leadership positions within that Commission. She has also been involved in other endeavors within ACPA in
positions within the Asian Pacific American Network and the California state division. In addition, she has served on
the conference planning committee for the NACA Far West Region for two years and served as a key facilitator for the
NACA Government West Workshop held last year.
- Justin Hall, Siyan Yoth and
Jose Garcia are the winners of the Student Library Leadership Award, sponsored by
Library Associates. The three were honored for leadership, exemplary services and dedication in their jobs at
Woodbury's library. Barbara Bowley, director of library services, praised the students
for their work during a special reception in their honor. Each received a $100 gift certificate to the bookstore
and was included on a plaque in the library foyer that recognizes award winners.
- Woodbury students in fashion marketing took first and second place in the 2003 Los Angeles Fashion Group's
annual competition among four-year institutions in the merchandising division.
Talin Sarkissian won first place and second place went to
Analia Barriga. Emily Davis, adjunct professor of
fashion marketing/marketing, assists students each year in preparing their competition entries.
- Bob Shultz, Ph.D., professor of CIS, will present papers at two conferences
this summer. Dr. Schultz will present a paper in May about database design at the Information Resource Management
Association Conference in Philadelphia and a paper on the effectiveness of synchronous discussion in online education
at the Informing Sciences/IT Education Conference in Pori, Finland in June.
- Seta Javor, executive assistant to president at Woodbury, was honored April 23 by
the Verdugo Glen Chapter of the American Business Women's Association as the Business Associate of the Year. The
business associate is nominated by a chapter member and is someone who is outside the chapter who has performed impressive
work in her career. Three outside judges reviewed the nominees and selected Javor for the award.
- Jon Myers, accounting professor in the School of Business and Management, continues to
serve as a director for the Los Angeles Chapter of the California Society of CPAs. In connection with the society, he
also participates in its annual selection of several outstanding accounting students from Los Angeles area colleges and
universities for monetary awards and recognition by the society at its annual officer/director installation event in the
summer. Myers also serves as the chair of the academic relations committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of Financial Executives
International. The committee's assignment is to select outstanding accounting and finance students throughout the Los
Angeles area for recognition by the FEI at its spring dinner meeting.
- Chris Keiffer and Jessi Leech, both Woodbury Class of 2000
graduates in graphic design, were honored April 15 by the City of Burbank for their design and production of a booklet
detailing the city's "Art in Public Places" program. The awards of appreciation were presented by Burbank Mayor David
Laurel and the City Council. The "Art in Public Places" booklet was a class project in Bert Johnson's design production
class in the spring of 2000. The extensive booklet project included text, maps, photographs and descriptive pages of
more than 40 artworks located throughout the city.
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