Alcalá View 1986 2.8

Who'll be employee of year? I l won't be long before Renate Valois' name h as some company on the plaque ha ng ing outside the Human Resources of- fice in DeSales Hall. The plaque hone rs USD's employee of the year. Va- lois, a secretary for the Co l- lege of Arts a nd Sciences, was lhe first rec ipi ent of the award a l last July's em- ployee picnic. Now a screening commit- tee is reviewing lh e list of nominees for th e 1986 award. The winner and three runn e rs- up wil l be a nnoun ced at the Staff Appreciation Picnic on Jul y 30. (S ee se parate story for picnic details.) Passages Birth A da ughter, Alexis Ann , to Jonathan (Mail Center) a nd G i na Olsen (Print Shop) on January 11 . 1986. Deaths Longtime Health Center nurse Patty Neugebauer, who had been ill and un- able to work for a lengthy period . on December 24. John McCabe , a pro- fessor in the School of Busi- ness Administration since 1965, on February 14. Mrs. Alta Jones, mothe r of Edith Wolcott, secre- tary in lhe College of Arts and Sciences. in Februa ry. Ma nue l Loza. fath er of Silvia Killingsworth , secretary in the School of Law. on Ma rch 20. •

Construction of the -$10 million University Center is nearly 50 pe rcent comple ted. The center is scheduled to open in the fall.

vide companionship or guidance? The Big Brothers pro - gram . es tablished in San Diego in 1961, pairs little broth e rs, boys aged 7-13 without a male parent in the home, with male adu lts in a one-to-one relationship to provid e a role mod e l whi le sharing activities. There is a companion pro- gram which matches girls aged 7-1 3 with an adult woman call ed The Littl e Sisters program. The two programs pro- vide a du lt compan ionship to 263 San Diego children . There a re 200 chi ldren on a waiting list hoping to be simi larly pa ired. Th e Big Broth e rs organization conducts an extensive screening proc- ess before matching an adult and c hild . Considera- tion is given to geo- graphica l location of the two, common int e r es ts . prefe rred activities, person- ality and the chi ld's family situation. Human Reso urc es h as brochures with furth er de- tails of the two programs. Stop by DeSales Hall 100 to pick one up. •

"These awards are a way to publicly recognize the d edication and effective- n ess of the m e n a nd women who have respon- sibilities for USD's day-to- day operations," according to Dr. Judith Munoz . di- rec tor of Human Re- sources. The 1986 Employee of the Year will receive a gift and a personal plaque in a ddition to having his or her name added to the per- manent plaque in DeSales. Th e top e mployee and runners-up will be invited to a lunch eon with USO President Author E . Hugh es later in th e year. Selection of the honorees will be based on job com- petence. dedication to the job, departme nt and Uni- versity: initiative and wil- 1 ingn ess to ass um e r es - ponsibility: relations with others: and exemplifi ca- tion of the values of th e University. The screening commit- tee reviewing nomina tions submilled from admini- strators across campus in- c lud e s Dr. Iris Eng- strand . professor of history : Sheldon Krantz .

dean , School of Law : Fr. Michael McKay , director, Campus Ministry: Joan Murry . director. Alumni Re lations : John Trifi- letti , res id e n ce director : Dr. Pat Watson. dean, Ac- ademic Servi ces: John Ze- terberg. director. Physical Plant: and Munoz. The committee will sub- mit the names of four final- ists to a committee com- posed of Dr. Hughes, a USO trustee and a membe r of the Alumni Association. • Can you serve as a big brother? By Lou Hassan D o you spend a few hours eac h wee k p laying ball, visit- ing local a ttractions or just ta lking? Cou ld yo u share some of those hours a nd activities with a youngster ,vho has no pare nt lo pro-