Texas Tech University president Jon Whitmore succeeds retiring SJSU president Don Kassing on August 1.
Whitmore has served as president of Texas Tech University since 2003 where he also holds a professorship in theatre.
From 1996 to 2003, Whitmore served as provost and professor of theatre arts at the University of Iowa, and was dean, College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin from 1990 to 1996. Whitmore was also dean, Faculty of Arts and Letters at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1985 to 1990 where he was also a professor of theatre. Whitmore was affiliated with West Virginia University from 1974 to 1985, where he served as interim dean for the College of Creative Arts, interim director of the Creative Arts Center, faculty member, and as assistant to the president.
His Ph.D. is in theatre history from the University of California, Santa Barbara; his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in speech, Washington State University.
Facing serious fiscal challenges due to the overwhelming state budget crisis, the California State University Board of Trustees increased undergraduate student fees by $276 for the 2008-09 academic year.
The CSU has already taken measures to deal with the proposed cuts, including closing admissions as of March 1 at all 23 campuses for first time freshmen. As a result, approximately 10,000 students will not be admitted in the coming fall term.
Effective in fall 2008, fees will increase by $276 for undergraduate students, $324 for teacher credential students and $342 for graduate students.
Even with the increase, CSU fees will continue to be among the lowest in the country. The undergraduate State University Fee will go up from the current $2,772 to $3,048 per year. Including the current average campus fee of $749, CSU undergraduate students will pay approximately $3,797 for one academic year, which is less than the lowest fee of public institutions used to benchmark the CSU.
David M. Steele, former president of Chevron Latin America and dean of the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, has been appointed dean of the College of Business. Steele was selected after a national search that focused on candidates with substantive experience in both the corporate and academic arenas.
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, has been selected for 2008 Campus Reading Program. The book will serve as the foundation for discussion groups which will meet in early Fall. To learn more visit http://www.sjsu.edu/reading/.
In Spring 2009, Cannery Row will be the John Steinbeck highlighted book. Various activities will be sponsored by SJSU’s Steinbeck Center in the King Library.
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