CLAS Alumni Chapter Newsletter Summer 2004

Regional Volunteer Opportunity

You can play an important role in helping the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences maintain connections with alumni in your geographical area. Check out the CLAS Regional Contacts on the map, and then volunteer to become a Regional Contact! You will be asked to:

• Identify alumni in your area and inform the college of their career advancements and professional accomplishments;
• Help organize opportunities for alumni to meet with the dean and/or faculty when they travel to your region;
• Offer alumni simple tips about relocating to your area.

In return for your assistance to the college, you will receive special mailings and be recognized by the dean each year. If you are interested in becoming a regional contact, please call or e-mail Marla Giarratano, associate director of alumni relations, at 480-965-0377.

CLAS in Chicago

CLAS is going to be in Chicago to watch the Sun Devils beat Northwestern! Join us at a reception to meet Vice President and Dean David Young and Social Sciences Division Dean Alan Artibise, along with selected faculty, at an:

Alumni Networking Reception

Friday, Sept. 10, 2004

5:30 p.m.

Quarles & Brady Law Office

Citicorp Center
500 West Madison Street, Suite 3700
Downtown Chicago

Faculty Guests:

Laurie Leshin

Dee and John Whiteman Dean's Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences; director, Center for Meteorite Studies; member, U.S. President's Commission on the Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy

Kyle Longley

Snell Family Dean's Distinguished Professor of History; lead teacher, War, Culture and Memory Learning Community

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing; artistic director, Piper Center for Creative Writing; award-winning author

Call Marla Giarratano at (480) 965-0377 for more information and to reserve your place.

ASU Announces Plan to Improve Quality, Enhance Access

As the next step in its evolution from a teachers college to a young regional university and now to a national research university, ASU has unveiled the blueprint for its future, to improve the quality of all the university's individual colleges and schools and to enhance student access. The plan includes expansion to a new downtown campus in Phoenix.

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Alumni News

Get to know the members of the Alumni Chapter Board of Directors!

 

Regional Alumni Spotlight: Keith Kops '92  

As manager of safety and security for Pixar Animation Studios, a publicly traded digital animation studio located in Emeryville, CA, Keith has conceptualized and implemented all safety and security programs, policies and procedures, including access control, visitor management, asset protection, emergency planning and management, fire/life/safety systems, OSHA regulation compliance, and physical security planning. Keith also oversees the management of high-level investigations, including those involving complex corporate fraud, workplace violence, and threat management.

Keith has over eight years of private-sector investigations and entertainment security management. Prior to joining Pixar Animation Studios in 2000, he was the head of security operations for LucasDigital/Industrial Light + Magic in San Rafael, CA, the largest special effects studio in the United States, with more than 1500 employees. He also has been a security manager for Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA, which had over 7000 employees.

Keith holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and Spanish and a master's degree in organizational management. He has several years of law enforcement experience and is certified in emergency management, hate crimes and computer forensics as well as Homeland Security.  

He is also a graduate of the United States Army Military Police School.

If you have questions for Keith, contact him at kops@pixar.com

Class Notes

Let us know about recent accomplishments so we can share them with other alumni in future issues of CLAS News. Go to https://clas.asu.edu/alumni/updateform/ to enter your Class Note.

Take a moment today to invest in the future by becoming an ASU Alumni Association member. The annual dues of $45 offer an affordable way to support what is becoming one of the top ranked universities in North America. Visit http://www.asu.edu/alumni/membership or call 1-800-ALUMNUS.