Cal State Fullerton Assistant Dean
Named Distinguished Educator
Lisa Jones honored by the Orange County branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

March 30, 2006 :: No. 192

Lisa Jones, assistant dean of student affairs for Cal State Fullerton’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been honored by the Orange County branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) with its Distinguished Educator Award.

Jones was lauded for her participation in the 2005 Pacific-Southwest Regional Conference hosted by the CSUF student chapter of the ASCE. Upon hearing the students were having difficulty raising the $60,000 needed for the event that involved 17 schools, 700 participants and 12 major events, Jones intervened.
 “She provided essential leadership to the chapter in a very critical time,” said Sonia Nasser, ASCE’s awards nomination chairperson. “Although it was not in her ‘job description,’ she stepped in to help the chapter. She convened evening meetings to enable all of the ‘players’ to meet at once, counseled the officers on strategy and tactics, solicited support from other campus resources and connected the chapter directly to university officials who could authorize actions in support of the chapter.”

Jones was recognized at the organization’s annual awards event held in February. ASCE’s Distinguished Educator Award is her latest honor since joining the Cal State Fullerton staff in 2002. The Long Beach resident is the recipient of an American Society for Engineering Education Best Session Award for her presentation on the challenges of cooperative education, and last year won the university’s Outstanding Staff Employee Award.

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Media Contacts
Lisa Jones, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 657-278-2887 or ljones@fullerton.edu
Linda Caplette, Public Affairs, 657-278-4007 or lcaplette@fullerton.edu

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