By Jenny Rose
Arizona Summer Wildcat
Wednesday July 24, 2002
Senate confirms Carmona as surgeon general
The Senate confirmed Dr. Richard Carmona as surgeon general Tuesday without debate.
Senators voted 98-0 to limit debate over Carmonaâs nomination. He was then confirmed by voice vote, clearing the way for him to take the post.
Carmona, a UA clinical professor in public health, surgery, and family and community medicine, is also medical director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue Unit and a SWAT training officer at the Pima County Sheriffâs Department.
Carmona previously held the positions of director of Trauma Services at Tucson Medical Center and Medical Director of Kino Community Hospital.
More jobs lost because of cuts to UA budget
To date, 333 UA employees have lost their jobs in fiscal year 2002 ÷ some because of layoffs, others due to their contracts not having been renewed for the upcoming year.
The effects of state budget cuts were tallied in a memo sent out to UA staff members on July 16 from UA President Peter Likins, Provost George Davis and Joel Valdez, vice president of business affairs.
Of the 333 UA employees who lost their jobs, 144 were laid off and 189 did not receive contract renewals.
ãScores of additional positions remain open and an unspecified fraction of those jobs remain unfilled for budgetary reasons,ä administrators wrote.
Arizona International College was disestablished last fall because of a lack of funds, custodial service throughout the university was reduced, funds for building maintenance were not available and the opening of UA North has been pushed back for a full year.
Davis and Likins would not speculate on the effects of the budget cuts for fiscal year 2003 at a meeting with UA staff members in early June.
College of Education gets interim dean
Teresa L. McCarty, an anthropologist and authority on indigenous language loss and revitalization, was named interim dean for the College of Education on Friday.
McCarty is currently professor and head of the department of language, reading and culture in the College of Education.
She also is co-director of the American Indian Language Development Institute, which prepares teachers for Native American school classrooms.
McCarty is an affiliate faculty member in the American Indian Studies Program and in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at UA.
ãTerriâs outstanding leadership qualities are clear and conspicuous,ä said UA Provost George Davis.
ãI was relieved and pleased when she said Îyes,â given her responsibilities and her original plan to take a sabbatical during spring semester. The value she places on serving the college as a whole, especially at this time, tilted the scales much to our good fortune,ä he said.
McCarty graduated from Arizona State University with a doctorate in social-cultural anthropology in 1984. She has also been awarded numerous fellowships and grants during her time at UA, which began in 1989.
UA radio station manager to retire
Longtime station manager Ed Kupperstein announced Thursday his plans to retire.
Kupperstein has been with KUAT-FM, KUAZ-AM and KUAZ-FM for the past 27 years. He will retire in October, he said in a written statement.
Kupperstein decided to retire because he wants to work on a variety of other projects, he said. After retiring from UA, he intends to publish a research book comprised of 23 years of interviews he conducted on KUAT-FM.
ãItâs another step in the journey,ä he said.
Kupperstein said he enjoyed working at the radio stations and expanding the music library. He said he enjoyed helping listeners discover something new in the musical world.
ãI leave with very mixed feelings,ä he said. He explained that it was hard for him to pinpoint the best time to leave amidst all the ongoing projects at the stations, but is looking forward to his future in writing, producing and consulting.
A national search is underway to find Kuppersteinâs replacement.
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences gets new dean
Edward I. Donnerstein was named dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences on July 17.
Donnerstein is currently a professor of communication and psychology, director of the Center for Communication and Social Policy and dean of Social Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara.
ãEd Donnerstein will provide strong and creative leadership for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences · Moreover, he is extraordinarily capable in faculty recruitment and faculty development,ä UA Provost George Davis said.
Donnerstein graduated from the University of Florida in 1967 with a bachelorâs degree in psychology and earned a doctorate in psychology from Florida State University in 1972. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin, with visiting professorships at the University of Lethbridge in Canada and Beijing University in China.
Donnerstein is a social psychologist who has published more than 200 scientific articles on the subjects of both policy and violence.
He will replace Diana Liverman, who has been acting as the interim dean of SBS since April 29.
