Designed to encourage recruitment options for employers and to boost the local economy, the program is being led primarily by the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, the Santa Clara County Collaborative on Housing and Homelessness, Supervisor Jim Beall of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors, and the Community Foundation Silicon Valley. At SJSU, a Housing Solutions Task Force has been working on housing needs and options for students, faculty, staff and guests. Gustavo De La Torre, associate vice president of human resources, and Susan Hansen, director of university housing services, are co-chairing the committee. In particular, Hansen is working with outside consultants as part of a comprehensive housing study. Their main goal is to research needs and trends and develop a housing improvement plan that will better serve the campus community, and improve recruitment and retention.
Eligible employees can apply for a home loan through various financial institutions.
A binder is available in Human Resources with a listing of the institutions offering special services to Cal PERs members. For more information, call the benefits office at 924-2270. Sylvia Andrew, dean of the College of Social Work, was recently interviewed on the Comunidad del Valle program, which airs on KNTV, Channel 11, on Sundays at 10 a.m. The program focuses on issues that affect the Hispanic community. Jorge Marcondes , associate professor of nutrition and food science, will make two presentations at the upcoming world conference on Challenges of Packaging in the 21st Century, to be held from July 7 - 9 in Singapore.