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Jordan, a graduate student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. is living in Massachusetts with his parents. (ABC 7 News, DC)
ILL BE WATCHING YOU Dec 6, 2007
His obsession took over, and although he was enrolled in graduate school at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. he got in his car and drove to New York. (New York Press)
Lesbian author was role model Nov 30, 2007
Rule was born in Plainfield, N.J., in 1931 and graduated in English literature from California's Mills College in 1952. While teaching English and biology at Concord Academy, a private girls' school in Massachusetts, she met Helen Sonthoff, a creative writing and literature teacher. (Toronto Star)
Jane Rule, 76 Nov 29, 2007
She earned a bachelor of arts in English in 1952 from Mills College, "studying the great liars in order to learn to tell the truth...But the curriculum at a women's college in the late 1940s and early 1950s offered very little which could give me any insight into my own life or the world I lived in," she wrote many years later in an autobiographical essay. That fall, she followed a female lover to England where she was "an occasional student" at University College, London, reading Shakespeare... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Lesbian author and advocate Jane Rule dies at 76 Nov 29, 2007
Rule was born in Plainfield, N.J., on March 28, 1931, and educated at Mills College in California. She immigrated to Vancouver in 1956and held a variety of jobs to support herself while she wrote. (CBC.ca)
The Six Life Benefits of Happiness Nov 19, 2007
A 1990's study of 141 senior class photographs from the 1960 yearbook of Mills College examined the nature of smiles in the photos: genuine smiles, the so-called Duchenne smile, versus a forced photo-smile. Researchers found that genuine smilers were more likely to be married, to stay married, and to experience more personal well being. (Suite101.com)
AUTHOR APPEARANCEMichael Chabon Nov 5, 2007
" Proceeds will benefit the literary lab 826 Valencia. $19. 8 p.m. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. (415) 392-4400, . T SPOKEN WORD HENRY ROLLINS From disaffected teen to punk-rock hero to record mogul to handsome movie actor to TV interviewer to anti-war agitator to pro-gay spokesman to anti-faux-celebrity to pro-feminist to video artist to stand-up comic to riveting artist of the spoken word - Henry Rollins is above all else a provocateur situated in the heart of the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jefferson Award, presented to Lateefah Simon Oct 22, 2007
" In addition to Back on Track, Simon runs the district attorney's Changing the Odds, a summer employment and internship program for at-risk youth. She has spoken at a U.N. committee hearing on the exploitation of young women and girls. She is a member of the board of directors of the Women's Foundation of California and has served on the San Francisco Juvenile Detention Alternates Executive Committee and the Washington-based Advocacy Institute. Simon is also working on a master's degree in... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Campus notes Oct 18, 2007
Zvezdelina Stankova of Mills College will speak about "What Does the Future Hold for Restricted Patterns?" at 2:30 p.m. in 113 McAllister Building. The Department of Mathematics will host the event. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Around the Lompoc Valley for October 18, 2007 Oct 18, 2007
Both Robertson and Carmona scored three goals in a 13-0 rout of Mills College in Oakland on Oct. 15. Swiacki has started eight games and played in 11, helping a stingy Vulcan defense that has allowed 1. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Even best women feel the chill in math, science Oct 18, 2007
Isn't that why there is Mills College. Posted by Sarah, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood, 9 hours ago. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
DAILY DIGEST Oct 17, 2007
The grants include $1 million to Stanford Medical Center to establish a center for neuroregeneration; $1 million to establish the Hearst Cancer Resource Center Endowment Fund at French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo; $500,000 to help preserve and restore California missions and $150,000 to the Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund at Mills College. The foundations also funds a program that gives two student leaders from each state a $5,000 college scholarship and the opportunity to spend a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Immigrant gardeners provide seed money for college scholarships Oct 16, 2007
Tapia enthused about one such student, the daughter of a janitor and a hotel maid, who is attending Mills College with help from the foundation, among other scholarships. "She has such intelligence and a tremendous desire to succeed," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Deborah Santana to Receive Distinguished Achievement Award From Alumnae Association of Mills College Oct 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISO, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Deborah Santana will be the first recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award presented by the Alumnae Association of Mills College (AAMC) on Saturday, October 13, 2007 as part of the Reunion 2007 program, taking place at the College campus in Oakland. Deborah Santana attended Mills College in 1993-1994 and cites her time and studies there as pivotal in her life and social focus ... She has been recognized by UCLA, Soroptimist International, YOUTHAIDS,... (PR Newswire)
Stanford Grad Gives $33M For Stem Cell Research Oct 8, 2007
native has also donated nearly $50 million to the University of Oregon and made contributions to Mills College in Oakland, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and his elementary school in Oregon. His donations are made through his charity, the Jewish Community Endowment Fund in San Francisco. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
BMCC official dies suddenly Oct 8, 2007
Bay Mills College official Veronica VanSloten, 55 died suddenly on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 of apparent heart failure at a local drug store ... She was also named interim vice-president of academics at the Bay Mills college for 18 months between January, 1993 and June, 1994 ... Michael ickey Parish, President of Bay Mills College, could not be reached for comment on VanSloten's death by deadline time on Saturday. (Sault Ste Marie Evening News, MI)
Harris leads race for funds: Candidate collects $22,644 from campaign donors Oct 2, 2007
100 contributions from Jim Hopp, retired; Joan Anton, homemaker; Jeanie Sherwood, retired; Beth Johnson and Ted Powers, physician with Sutter West and professor at UC Davis; Stewart and Sue McConnel, auditor with state government; Thomas J. Lumbrazo Planning of Roseville, consultants; former state superintendent of public instruction Delaine Eastin, now professor at Mills College; Amy Schultze, teacher; Janellyn Whittier, retired teacher; Iben Wilson, budget analyst at UC Davis; former school... (Davis Enterprise, CA)
WWII meant opportunity for many women, oppression for others Sep 27, 2007
Mills College history Professor Marianne Sheldon says that while previous wars also put women to work, the seeds of significant social change for American women were planted during World War II.. "Maybe in general, war dislocates but does not become an agent of lasting change. However, war and World War II specifically did encourage questioning, the full implications of which take time to become evident," she says. (San Francisco Chronicle)
DALE McFEATTERS: The musicologists among us Sep 19, 2007
D., expert in Edward Elgar and musicologist of growing reputation, has lived in this country, where she was a professor at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. At least she was until a year ago August when, while returning to this country with her American fiance, she was intercepted by the authorities at the San Francisco airport who, according to an account in Monday's New York Times, "tore up her H-1B visa, which was valid through May 2008, defaced her British passport, and seemed suspicious... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Telluride Film Festival heavy on Oscar contenders, Bay Area ties Sep 4, 2007 Prosecutor: Ex-boyfriend confesses to NYU slaying Aug 12, 2007 DA: Detailed confession in NYU slay Aug 11, 2007 Cops probe mind of boyfriend in NYU slay Aug 9, 2007 Police: Suicidal Man Implicates Self In Mills College Student's Death Aug 9, 2007 Cops: Boyfriend Admits Involvement In NYU Murder Aug 8, 2007 Cops: Beau Says He Killed Woman at NYU Aug 8, 2007 Cops probe NYU murder mystery Aug 7, 2007 An artist tragically confined still found freedom of expression Jul 15, 2007 Blue Creek Lodge a Northcoast attraction Jul 13, 2007 Friday Updates Jul 7, 2007 Generosity transforms Bay Area Jul 2, 2007 Curator to discuss local art at NBMAA Jun 20, 2007 Submitted photo"BURNPILE" BY STACIA BRADY is one... Jun 19, 2007 Sheila Ballantyne; author explored role of women Jun 14, 2007 The secret of this composer's success? If only he knew. Jun 1, 2007 The End User: Filtering out the grapevine May 23, 2007 The Spot For Jazz May 13, 2007 Lawmaker questions education department's pursuit of lawsuit May 10, 2007 Frommer showed average Americans they could see the world. May 4, 2007 Coca-Cola North America and NACDA Announce the 2006-07 Coca-Cola Community All-Americans May 1, 2007 SCU Finishes Competition at WIRA Championships May 1, 2007 Inspiring thrifty European travel for 50 years May 1, 2007 Women's Rowing Advances All Five Entries To WIRA Finals Apr 29, 2007 Henry Miller's own geometry of love Apr 23, 2007 Small colleges raise the bar on admissions Apr 8, 2007 Sofia Coppola Apr 8, 2007 Alarcn illuminates horrors of war Apr 5, 2007 Giants announcer has comfy abode Apr 1, 2007 Bound for beauty -- great literature and great art meet in one artist's books Mar 30, 2007 SCHOOL HONORS Mar 27, 2007 Tree plantings honor volunteers Mar 25, 2007 Cultivating a new farm generation Mar 22, 2007 Fantasy Author Dia Calhoun Mar 20, 2007 Raiders get blanked by Cal Baptist Mar 19, 2007 Lightweight Women's Rowing Opens Season Strong Mar 15, 2007 Women's Crew Faces Strong Competition at Sacramento Invitational Mar 15, 2007 Women's Rowing Starts Season Strong at Sacramento Invitational Mar 11, 2007 Dad Gets 26-Year Term Mar 9, 2007 Taking FLight: McCaffrey found adventure in the skies as part of unique group Mar 8, 2007 Former WSU Art Professor Donates Paintings to University Mar 8, 2007 Ashanti Branch is moving teens Ever Forward Mar 5, 2007 Stanford Gets $33 Million Donation Feb 28, 2007 Juror Dismissed From Libby Trial... Feb 27, 2007 Black History Month Feb 24, 2007 Read Indepth Article Feb 23, 2007 SF Students Protest Against The War Feb 16, 2007 SG/A/1050-BIO/3852-POP/951 Feb 10, 2007 A Different 'Take' Feb 9, 2007 Growing Number of Colleges Provide Tuition Aid to AmeriCorps Alums Feb 8, 2007 Digging for Faults Feb 7, 2007 Colleges reach out to prevent suicides Feb 5, 2007 Promoting Latino education Jan 31, 2007 SOPHISTICATED LADY Jan 22, 2007 Dad Guilty In Son's Death Jan 17, 2007 Rock out at local shows Jan 12, 2007 Appraisers confirmed for Marco Island Historical Society's 2007 Jan 5, 2007
Also at the top of Telluride attendees' list of favorites was Bay Area filmmaker Wayne Wang's new feature, "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers," based on a short story by the up-and-coming writer Yiyun Li, who teaches at Mills College. Wang said he related to Li's story of an aging widower who travels from China to Spokane, Wash. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Elizabeth Murray, 66; abstract painter used vivid colors Aug 16, 2007
She earned a master of fine arts degree at Mills College in Oakland in 1964. After a decade of experimenting in various painting styles, she concentrated on lush colors and biomorphic shapes as seen in such paintings as "Pink Spiral Leap" of 1975. (Los Angeles Times)
McCallum was a student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. Her mother, Teboho Moja, who was overseas at the time of the slaying, is a professor of higher education who has served as a policy analyst in South Africa, where her daughter was born. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The victim, Boitumelo McCallum, 20, was a student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. Her mother, Teboho Moja, who was overseas at the time of the slaying, is a professor of higher education who has served as a policy analyst in South Africa, where her daughter was born. (Newsday -- New York City)
McCallum, whose father, Robert McCallum, is an adjunct art professor at NYU, had spent two semesters at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. but had moved back to the city. (Newsday -- New York City)
NEW YORK -- Detectives in New York City may be closer to learning why a Mills College student was killed and her body left to decompose in a New York University apartment, police said ... McCallum was described as a "bright and talented" student at Mills College in Oakland ... The president of Mills College, Janet Holmgrem, released a statement Tuesday saying the campus was stunned by McCallum's death. (NBC 11, CA)
McCallum was described as a "bright and talented" student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif ... The president of Mills College, Janet Holmgrem, released a statement Tuesday saying the campus was stunned by McCallum's death. (CBS New York, NY)
McCallum, 20, was described as a "bright and talented" student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. She held a South African passport. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Police sources said detectives believe the victim to be Boitumelo McCallum, 20, a student at Mills College, in Oakland, Calif. who was staying in her mother's Washington Square Village apartment. (Newsday -- New York City)
Several of the most startling panels document the discovery of Ramrez's work by Sacramento State College (now University) artist and psychologist Tarmo Pasto (1906-1986), that culminated in early '50s exhibitions at UC Berkeley and Mills College. By that time, Ramrez had already spent nearly half his life in state hospitals in Stockton and Auburn. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Knapp eventually donated the property to Mills College, which later sold it to Jack Morris. After the new owner added more buildings, he renamed it Blue Creek Lodge. (Daily Triplicate)
She took up competitive rowing at Mills College in Oakland and never quit. She was fiercely competitive and found escape cutting through the water of Sausalito with its mountain of tiny houses looking down as if you were rowing through an arena. (NBC 11, CA)
Marc Weinstein, who coaches the women's tennis team at Mills College, runs a program for primary school students who come from some of the city's worst schools. The program is funded by Team-Up for Youth, a Haas Jr. initiative and the brainchild of Wally Haas, who believes in the power of sports to improve children's lives. (San Francisco Chronicle)
As director of exhibitions at the San Francisco Art Institute and director at Mills College Art Gallery, he organized solo and group exhibitions of paintings and sculptures by artists from the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles areas, as well as exhibitions of folk and outsider art. Also on view at the museum is "Children's Illustrations from the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection." Spanning 120 years of American illustration, the exhibition focuses on original art created for children's... (New Britain Herald, CT)
Linhares has been the chief curator of art at the Oakland Museum of California since 1990 and was previously director of the Mills College Art Gallery and director of exhibitions at the San Francisco Art Institute. Markopoulos is the director of the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco and an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts, and was formerly deputy director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
She moved to Oakland in the 1950s to attend Mills College, where she majored in psychology. She graduated in 1958 and later taught creative writing at Mills for 12 years starting in 1984. (Los Angeles Times)
In Rome in the mid-'60s, along with Alvin Curran (now on the faculty of Mills College in Oakland) and Richard Teitelbaum, he formed the influential ensemble Musica Elettronica Viva, devoted to improvisation and electronics. That dual legacy -- the rigorous structural approach of his early training coupled with the improvisatory freedom of the early avant-garde -- continues to shape Rzewski's musical thinking. (San Francisco Chronicle)
It's not a simple case of information overload, according to a seminal article in the journal Sociological Theory by Ryan, a professor at Mills College in Oakland, California. He defines it - with all the flair we've come to expect from that journal - as a violation of the "notification norms" that "constrain the behavior of nodes in social networks.". (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
" YOSHI'S: looking back 1972 Yoshi's Japanese Restaurant opens at Euclid and Hearst streets in Berkeley, founded by Yoshie Akiba, a dance graduate from Mills College; her husband Kaz Kajimura, an aspiring reporter, and chef Hiroyuki Hori. 1977 Yoshi's moves to a former laundry on Claremont Avenue in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood. The partners convert the space into a 100-seat Japanese restaurant. 1980 The restaurant is a success, and the partners purchase the building and its 1-acre lot. They... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
She called the ongoing case "preposterous.""It's the most unfair abuse of the system I've ever seen," said Eastin, who is now a visiting professor of education at Mills College in Oakland. "It really is taking money away from children to give to a guy who's really no more entitled to it than a man in the moon."She defended the legal fees paid so far. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Bertram Gordon, a professor at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. recalled sitting in a cafe in Paris in the mid-1970s where "it looked like every third person passing by was carrying a Frommer's." But Gordon, who teaches a course on the history of European travel, noted that many factors contributed to Frommer's success, including the affluence of post-World War II America, adventurous baby boomers, and the rise and ease of jet travel. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
NAIA: Christine Fisher, Mills CollegePhilanthropic Causes: Child Life Department (Children's Hospital Oakland), Mills College Athletics ... Christine Fisher is a child development major at Mills College with a 3 ... She is the recipient of the NAIA Champion of Character Award, the Team-Up for Youth Certificate of Appreciation for Coaching Corps, the NCAA CHAMPs/Life Skills Certificate of Appreciation and the Mills College Golden M. As a member of the Mills women's swim team, she competed in two... (Nacda.com)
Santa Clara University - Official Athletic Site - Crew. The women's V8 boat placed second in the Petite Finals. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Bertram Gordon, a professor at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. recalled sitting in a cafe in Paris in the mid-1970s where it looked like every third person passing by was carrying a Frommers. (MSNBC -- Travel)
1 5 Mills College 8:50. 9 6 Portland State 9:15. (Smcgaels.com)
" In those ancient days of 1961, before the Summer of Love, a bookseller in San Anselmo was busted for selling "Tropic of Cancer," Henry Miller's rowdy romance about his bohemian days and nights in Paris. The publisher, Barney Rosset of Grove Press, ferocious and money disregarding, crisscrossed the United States to do battle with lubricious post office officials and smarmy district attorneys. A theologian and a professor at Mills College (serendipitously named Dr. Come and Dr. Wendt) testified... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Mills College in Oakland accepted 60 percent of students this year, down from 65 percent last year -- and 82 percent 10 years ago. E-mail Tanya Schevitz at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Coppola attended Mills College and the California Institute of the Arts. After graduating, she started a clothing line called MilkFed that is sold exclusively in Japan. (Suite101.com)
He currently lives in Oakland, California and is a Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College. Alarcn is also the Associate Editor at Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning Peruvian magazine. (UCD Advocate, CO)
" These days, the room also serves as a shrine to the couple's German shepherd, Othello, who died in January. His old bed is filled with photos, condolence cards and toys. Othello's ashes are the first thing she would rescue from the house in an emergency -- before her championship ring. Much of the artwork in the house features their unofficial family crest, a whimsical play on his last name and her celebrity status: moons and stars. "He's the moon; I'm the stars," she said, laughing.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
A native New Yorker, she had first come to California to attend Mills College in 1962. She returned to Mills in the '80s, earning a master's degree in book arts. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kate Johnson of Sedro-Woolley and a student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. was selected to attend Capital Semester through The Fund for American Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based internship institute. (Mount Vernon Skagit Valley Herald, WA)
Jackson's granddaughter, Jessica Jackson, visiting from Mills College in Oakland, held the framed proclamation as she visited the young oak tree planted in her grandmother's honor. m exceptionally glad about this because she's done so much for the community, and to have this recognition for her makes me happy, Jessica Jackson said. (Lompoc Record, CA)
At North Harford High, students study the science and skill of agriculture By Mary Gail Hare Sun Reporter Originally published March 22, 2007 High school cultivating farming's next generation. With surgical scissors, a needle and thread, Jessica Meadows carefully sutured a cut on a replica of an animal limb. (SunSpot.net)
Mechele R. Dillard: You were preparing for a philosophy midterm at Mills College when you stumbled across your young adult literature calling. What were you majoring in at Mills College before this awakening ... Mills College now has a wonderful track in YA writing, though it didn t when I was there. (Suite101.com)
to take on Dominican University and Mills College, respectively. SINGLES Montanha, CB d. Ross, SOU, 7-6, 6-0; Wren, CB, d. Efunia, SOU, 6-2, 7-6; Rodrigues, CB, d. Duren, SOU, 6-1, 6-1; DeSilva, CB, d. Byers, SOU, 6-2, 6-3; Faulkner, CB d. Bruni, SOU, 7-6, 6-3; Bailey, CB, d. Weicher, SOU, 2-6, 4-1 (ret. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Pac-10 Conference - Conference of Champions Official Athletic Site. Conference of Champions. (Pac-10.org)
The girls gave a solid effort at the regatta which also included Sacramento State, Saint Mary's, Stanford's Lightweights, Sonoma State, Humboldt State, Cal's Lightweights, Mills College and the University of the Pacific. In the varsity eight competition, Santa Clara pulled in at fourth place with a time of 7:25. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Women's Rowing :: The Saint Mary's College Gaels - Official Athletic Site. MEN'S SCHEDULES WOMEN'S SCHEDULES. (Smcgaels.com)
" Deputy District Attorney Darryl Stallworth, who had sought a murder conviction, told the judge that in all his years as a prosecutor, he had never tried a case "that had such a profound effect" on people. "I believe the death of this baby, though tragic, will hopefully be a ray of light, so that we will not have other babies suffer the pain that this child went through," Stallworth told the judge. Kingsbury agreed, saying, "Everybody should take a step back from their personal frustrations" to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
After graduating from Montrose High School in 1940, she fell into the family s tradition and attended Mills College, a prestigious all-women s school in California. But after two years she transferred to Colorado University, where she graduated in 1944. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
" Feasley, who currently resides in Copalis Beach, Wash., is an avid runner. A smoker until the age of 50, Feasley's interest in running began when he decided to give up smoking. "I needed to do something to get over smoking and running was a good way to go," Feasley said. Born in Downers Grove, Illinois and raised in California, Feasley attended the University of Oregon where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1951. He studied under Max Beckmann at Mills College in the summer of 1950... (Wsucougars.com)
I got my master's in education and teaching credential at Mills College. Unless I win the lottery, I'll be paying those loans off for the next 30 years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
native also has donated nearly $50 million to the University of Oregon and made contributions to Mills College in Oakland, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and his elementary school in Oregon. His donations are made through his charity, the Jewish Community Endowment Fund in San Francisco. (ABC News -- Wire)
During questioning of potential jurors before the trial began, the juror dismissed yesterday said she grew up in New York, attended Syracuse University and Mills College, and obtained a doctorate in art history from the University of London. She said she worked for a decade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as a curator of prints and drawings. (The Drudge Report)
" In the times when I grew up, we had these programs and learned arts and crafts, how to cook. It's a different time now. Q: How does Dimensions Dance Theater shape children's lives? A: Art helps a young person be in touch with herself, with her spirit. And if you feel good, you'll treat other people better. You're going to try to build a place of understanding and pride. We also offer life-skills classes -- financial well-being, how to budget. Sometimes it's conflict resolution, since they're... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Her work has been exhibited in numerous alternative spaces throughout the Bay Area, and she is currently a Visiting Artist at Mills College. This is McDonnell's second solo show with Brian Gross Fine Art. (AbsoluteArts.com)
SAN FRANCISCO / Students protest against the war / Organizers say idea is to teach the value of political action. " At the Sonoma State event, 30 to 50 students held a workshop "to talk about what kind of a world we want to live in," she said. The rallies were in a response to a call by the protest group World Can't Wait to Drive Out the Bush Regime for a national student strike Feb. 15. R.J. Schinner, a World Can't Wait organizer in New York, said more than 20 campuses across the country... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Ms. Obaid studied English Literature and Cultural Anthropology at the Universities of Mills College in California and Wayne State in Detroit, Michigan, where she was awarded a PhD. She is married and has two daughters. . (United Nations Press Releases)
REVIEW / Women's artworks at Mills ask questions about gender, authority and tradition (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
List of Colleges and Universities that Match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK University of Arkansas -- Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, AR CA Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA Mills College, Oakland, CA Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA University of Delaware, Newark, DE George Washington University -- School of Public Policy, Washington, DC Southeastern University,... (PR Newswire)
He has been evaluating geologic and seismic hazards for 19 years, including participating in and managing studies done for UC (for the last 14 years), Mills College, Fremont City Hall, and the Kensington Fire Station. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of projects for Geomatrix, and has a lead role in conducting the technical work, interpreting the data, and preparing reports. (GoCyberBears.com)
There are now nearly 60 Active Minds chapters throughout the nation -- including at UCLA and Mills College in Oakland -- with students reaching out to their peers and encouraging them to seek help. Chapter activities include holding panel discussions and screening movies with mental health themes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Major sponsors are Cal State East Bay, Mills College of Oakland, the Alameda County Office of Education, and the Oakland-based Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Alameda County. And just from 2006 to 2007, the number of workshops has increased from five to 30, while attendance has nearly doubled, up from 500 attendees last year. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
" And Rosekrans is more than just flash. "She loves to be outrageous, but there's substance behind it," said Robert Flynn Johnson, graphic arts curator at the Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, she and her late husband led a successful $23.8 million campaign to raise funds for renovating and expanding the Legion of Honor, to which they contributed $5 million. The project included a $12.7 million seismic retrofit paid for by a city bond measure. The museum... (San Francisco Chronicle)
" His attorney said Hill, who testified on his own behalf, had been "straightforward and honest on a lot of things" on the stand. Hill said he had never intended to kill his son, Daley said. The defense attorney questioned whether some of the injuries could have been inflicted by Kymberly Ford, Cha Cha's stepmother, when Ford was alone with the boy. Ford, who also testified in the trial, was released from prison more than a month ago after serving part of a four-year sentence on a child-abuse... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
All of them attended Mills College, a mecca for forward-thinking musicians, which has rarely if ever been confused with Alabama's Taladega Institute for the Blind, where the spine-tingling gospel-music group the was formed in gulp. 1939. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
She received a Bachelor's degree in art history from Mills College and spent a year as a Helena Rubinstein Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. She has participated as an appraiser on Antiques Roadshow since its inception in 1995. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
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