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SEA Snippets The following issues were discussed at the August meeting of the Staff Employees Association: • The SEA is sponsoring a staff employee of the month recognition program and wel- comes nominations from staff, administra- tors and faculty. Nominations can be sent either to Patricia Moulton of the School of Business (Olin Hall, Room 120, or pmoulton@sandiego.edu), or to Penny Navarro of continuing education (Manchester Conference Center, Room 109, or pnavarro@sandiego.edu). • The SEA is sponsoring a cookbook and is collecting recipes from staff, administrators and faculty members for the following categories: appetizers, beverages, desserts, main courses, salads, sauces and miscellaneous. Upon its completion, the cookbook will be available for purchase. Submissions should include the employee's name, department and extension, and must be sent by Nov. 1 to Patricia Moulton of the School of Business (Olin Hall, Room 120, or pmoulton@sandiego.edu). • SEA meetings are open to all employees, especially staff. The next SEA meeting is scheduled for 2-3 p.m., Sept. 11, in the Hahn University Center, Room 107. • For more information about the SEA, to find out who your representative is, or for a description of committees, log on to www.sandiego.edu/sea/reps.html. his vacation early, even though he hadn't yet accrued any time off. This summer, however, several faculty members and students interns are busy with various research projects. "So much has changed," Gennero says. "The labs are all up to snuff and we've got top-of-the-line equipment, but now we're bursting at the seams." Gennero says it's a good thing the science departments will be moving into the new Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology next year - even though for him it's slightly bittersweet. "We'll be leaving an area that I've put a lot of work into," Gennero says. "But we're all looking forward to the big day."

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A Day to Remember The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice in September will host several events to remember those lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, including evening • panel discussions, brown bag lunch discussions and a noon concert. On the one-year anniversary of the attacks, the campus is invited to attend a prayer service organized by University Ministry at noon in front of the Institute for Peace and Justice. A memorial designed by David B. Smith, chair of the Art Department, will be unveiled during the service. The memorial will include two circles of benches made of the same type of stone used to build the World Trade Center. The benches will be • grouped in pairs to commemorate the two towers, with one additional bench to represent the Pentagon. The names and • titles of those who died will be etched into the base of the memorial, including Capt. John Fischer, husband of business administration alumna Jean C. Fischer '83. A panel discussion titled "Hate Crimes, Immigration, Education and Race Relations: Post September 11th Realities," is scheduled for 6-8:15 p.m., Sept. 11, in the IPJ auditorium. The discussion, presented by the IPJ and San Diego's Human Relations Commission, is free. For reservations, call Connie Hernandez at (619) 236-6420. For information on other events, call the IPJ at ext. 7873. · ••••••••••••••••••••• USD's Top Lab Technician (Continued from page 1) that Don is always here for the department," Baird says. "Don brings to all aspects of his job o • a ready smile and an easy o• 0

Aerial photographers and map makers can barely keep up with the changes at Alcala Park, as new buildings pop up and old buildings are tom down on a seemingly weekly basis. Construction on the Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology is on schedule to be completed by April 2003, says Facilities Management Director Roger Manion. The first floor, he says, is essentially complete. The walls are up, everything is painted and the flooring and lab equipment has been installed. ''We're about halfway through with the second floor and are working our way up to the third and fourth floors," Manion says. "In the month of September, we'll mostly be focusing on building interiors." Work began in July on a new six-level, parking structure near the west entrance. Manion says mass grading is expected to be completed by Sept. 7. By Sept. 16, the pad should be completed and the footings dug so the foundation can be poured. The structure is slated to be completed in April or May 2003. The demolition of Harmon Hall, one of the oldest buildings on campus, is expected to begin at the end of September to make way for the three-story, 28,000-square-foot Degheri Alumni Center. ''When (the demolition) is done, we can start the grading and the rebuilding thereafter," Manion says. Once construction begins, it is expected to take 12 to 14 months to complete the building.

sense of humor. He loves his work and is truly a model employee of the university." Gennero, who began working at USO 17 years ago, says things were so slow back then that the head of the department encouraged him to take