SF State Gator Buzz

So long, farewell…

adriannebee — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:30:54 +0000

Aufwiedersehn

Goodnight

We are putting the Gator Buzz Blog to bed now but please stay connected with SF State on Facebook and Twitter.

Reunited with a stolen sculpture and it feels so good

adriannebee — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:56:35 +0000

Sonoma Magazine’s story about alumnus Kurt Krauthamer’s reunion with his prized possession offers new hope to all who have been burgled.

Social networking sites for gardeners

adriannebee — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:54:08 +0000

The San Francisco Chronicle’s overview of social networking sites for gardeners includes a mention of Professor LeBuhn’s Great Sunflower Project.

Pulitzer-winning alum reveals a secret

adriannebee — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:18:43 +0000

Jose Antonio Vargas was 16 when he learned he was an illegal immigrant. This week he tells ABC News’ Dan Harris, “I couldn’t hide the secret anymore.” Read more here.

Gators of the gridiron

adriannebee — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:57:22 +0000

The Gator football team won eight Far Western Conference titles between 1954 and 1967, first under Joseph Verducci and later Vic Rowen, who took over in 1961. Although SF State eliminated football in 1995, many former players and assistants remained on the gridiron, including former Gator All-America quarterbacks Bob Toledo (B.A., ’69), now Tulane’s coach, and Jim Sochor (B.A.,’60;M.A.,’65), former head of University of California, Davis’ team. Others passed up the ranks by Rowen and Verducci include Mike Holmgren, president of the Cleveland Browns, and Gil Haskell (B.A., ’71), his senior advisor; Philadelphia Eagles Coach Andy Reid and San Diego Chargers Quarterbacks Coach John Ramsdell (M.A., ’77). How to pay tribute to these two coaching giants? Click here to take a peek at a newly unvieled bronze statue.

Michael McClure at City Lights tonight

adriannebee — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:24:11 +0000

Only a total cube would miss tonight’s poetry reading at San Francisco’s City Lights. Alumnus Michael McClure, one of the Beat Generation’s main movers and shakers, and Jerome Rothenberg will read from select works at 7 p.m. For more information, visit City Lights online.

Insight beneath the dirty dishes

adriannebee — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:44:17 +0000

There are the parents who arrive at the dorms ready to help their kids move out. Then there are the students who greet them clad in pajamas and not yet packed. Both groups can appreciate this mother’s reflections in the Los Angeles Times on picking up a child from college.

Give them hell, grads

adriannebee — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:36:57 +0000

Congratulations to the Class of 2011!

All of our students just made the honor roll

adriannebee — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:47:34 +0000

Congratulations, SF State students and faculty. You’ve put in long hours serving the surrounding community (389,210 during the last academic year alone) and the pay-off has been substantial — college admittance for at-risk youth, health education and violence prevention to name some of the achievements of the University’s more than 500 service learning courses. These contributions have helped SF State earn the highest federal recognition a university can receive for its commitment community service: The Corporation for National and Community Service’s 2010 Presidential Award. SF State is one of just six institutions to receive the award, part of the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, on June 8. The awards are administered by the federal agency that leads President Barack Obama’s call to service initiative. For more on the award, visit SF State News. To see some of the contributions SF State is making to the surrounding community, visit SF State Magazine.

Daniel Sullivan earns Tony nomination

adriannebee — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:37:46 +0000

Daniel Sullivan (B.A., ’62) has made the annual list of Tony Award nominees for the seventh time. He is up for Best Direction of a Play for The Merchant of Venice. “San Francisco State was the turning point in my life,” says Sullivan, who won a Tony in 2001 for directing Proof. “That’s where I got the theatre bug, and it never left me.” The Tony Awards will be presented in New York on June 12 and air live on CBS. Should Sullivan carry home another statuette this year, he may find it a bit heavier than his first. The new improved statuette weighs the equivalent of 3.5 pounds of flesh. Read about recent changes to the statuette here.