Judy Sakaki

Judy K. Sakaki (born 195 -) is president of Sonoma State University (SSU). She spent most of her previous academic career as a student affairs administrator in the University of California system. She is the first Japanese American woman to head a four-year college or university in the United States, and the second woman to serve as president of SSU. ^[1]

Early life

Sakaki's maternal grandparents, her mother and her uncle were held in the Topaz Internment camp in Delta, Utah during World War II. Although she was not born until well after the end of World War II, she was deeply moved by stories of her family's experiences in the camps. ^[2]

Career in higher education

Growing up in the multicultural neighborhoods of Oakland, California in the 1970s, Sakaki earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in Human DevelopmentE and an M.A.in Educational Psychology from California State University, East Bay and a Ph.D. in Education from University of California, Berkeley. ^[3]

Prior to SSU, Sakaki served as vice president for student affairs for the University of California system. Reflecting her sense of the moral imperative to redress the injustice of internment, in 2009 Sakaki co-chaired a task force to award honorary degrees to approximately 700 Japanese American UC students who were unable to complete their degrees due to their internment during World War II ^[4]

Following the lengthy and often controversial SSU presidency of Ruben Armiñana, who emphasized capital projects including the $145 million Green Music Center, Sakaki waisted no time urging Armiñana's administrative team to step down, recruiting retiring administrators from the UC system until searches for permanent staff could be conducted. Sakaki shifted her focus to students and faculty, attracting the description of a "breath of fresh air." ^[5] Three months after assuming the presidency at SSU, Sakaki cancelled plans to construct a 10,000-seat outdoor concert pavilion adjacent to the Green Music Center, stating the money would be better spent on academic programs meeting the needs of students and faculty. ^[6] Sakaki is a former American Council on Education fellow, and an executive fellow of the California State University.

References

Bibligraphy

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• Swarts, Heidi Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith Based Progressive Movements (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008). ISBN  0-8166-4839-5

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• Schutz, Aaron, and Marie G. Sandy, Collective Action for Social Change: An Introduction to Community Organizing (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). ISBN  0-230-10537-8
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David W. Benson

David W. Benson (October 13, 1931 – October 2, 2013) was a professor of kinesiology and an academic administrator in the California State University, serving as academic vice president at California State University, Northridge, and president at Sonoma State University from 1984 to 1992.

Early life and education

Benson was born October 13, 1931 in Spring Lake, Minnesota.

In January 2013 Justin Ruben resigned as executive director to become president of the board of directors of MoveOn.org. Past president Eli Pariser remains on the board. Anna Galland is the new executive director. ^[1]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-ruben/a-oncein-a-generation-opp_b_2233527.html

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SSUAF

CSU campus auxiliary foundations have often been involved in controversy, For example, during the past year, the Sonoma State University Academic Foundation has been the center of a controversy over real estate loans made to a local developer and former board member, Clem Carinalli. A sample of article titles from the daily Santa Rosa The Press Democrat: Nathan Halverson, "SSU foundation hit by Carinalli loans," The Press Democrat, July 2, 2009, pp. A1, A11; Nathan Halverson, "Loans to Carinalli draw SSU rebuke: Faculty group says foundation 'betrayed public trust,'" The Press Democrat, July 3, 2009, pp. B1, B3; Nathan Halverson, "SSU foundation's private land loans," The Press Democrat, July 26, 2009, pp. A1, A6-7; Nathan Halverson, "State auditing SSU foundation," The Press Democrat, November 24, 2009, pp. A1, A9; Nathan Halverson, "SSU blames Carinalli, ousts official over loans: Crowd at hearing charges university officials mismanaged foundation," The Press Democrat, Dec. 17, 2009, pp. A1, A11; Nathan Halverson, "Carinalli suing SSU foundation to get $234,000 back," The Press Democrat, March 3, 2010, pp. A1, A5.

Obama

Conservatives have used his association with Gamaliel to attack Obama as a far-Left radical. Stanley Kurtz, "Senator Stealth," National Review, September 1, 2008, pp. 32-37.