Cardinal Chronicle
BY MICHAEL PEÑA
CATHY JENSEN gave staffers some advice on Excel spreadsheets at the Nov. 16 meeting of the Team to Improve Productivity at Stanford, but not as a tech trainer. Jensen, administration and finance manager for the Office for Religious Life, was on a panel that discussed career development as part of Training and Organizational Development's Administrative Associates Development Program. Having developed some nimble job-hunting skills over her 15 years at Stanford, Jensen said she once used spreadsheets to keep track of who she had cold-called, who called (or didn't call) back—even to keep track of thank-you notes she had sent. "I started with a Stanford Directory and a highlighter," Jensen said. The other panelists were SUSIE CLAXTON, health and safety specialist in Student Housing; RENE CORTINAZ, human resources manager at the School of Humanities and Sciences; FUAD NIJIM, an administrative associate in the School of Education; and JANNOT ROSS, a residency program administrator in the School of Medicine.
Organizers of the Net Impact conference, hosted by the Graduate School of Business Nov. 10-13, quite literally put their money where their mouths were—by way of potato starch forks, among other biodegradable items. The so-called Spudware, which included spoons and knives also made of the same potato starch/soy oil material, came from jZcool Catering Co., a division of restaurateur JESSE ZIFF COOL's multi-pronged business that promotes organic foods and sustainable practices. The conference similarly promoted socially and environmentally responsible business, all the way down to biodegradable trash bags and lunch containers made by NatureWorks LLC and derived from the pulp of plants such as sugar cane, wheat and bamboo.
Professor RICHARD ZARE, chair of the Department of Chemistry, issued an announcement to colleagues on Monday that a former graduate student and member of his research group, DONALD RYAN MCGLOTHLIN, was killed in battle on Nov. 16 in Iraq, where he commanded a platoon as a 1st lieutenant in the Marines. McGlothlin came to Stanford as a doctoral candidate in chemistry in 2001 and joined Zare's research group in early 2002. Despite making excellent progress toward his doctoral degree, Zare wrote, McGlothlin earned a master's degree in chemistry and then left Stanford last year to serve his country. According to a U.S. Marine Corps website, McGlothlin was among eight Marines who were killed during three weeks of intense fighting near the Syrian border. Comrades in Iraq held a somber ceremony for the fallen on Thanksgiving Day, which included a reading of a short poem found in McGlothlin's wallet titled "Don't Quit."
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