SiOC Awards 2003 Scholarship; Elects Officers for 2004.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2003 California's State Information Officers Council (SiOC) awarded a $1,000 scholarship today to Lindsay Comstock of Folsom. This is the nonprofit professional organization's fourth scholarship award since the establishment of the SiOC scholarship endowment at California State University Enrollment  Sacramento, in 2000. Comstock, 20, is a Government Journalism major with an emphasis on policy and international issues. For the next two semesters, she will be studying at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, under the auspices of the CSUS CSUS California State University, Sacramento CSUS California State University, Stanislaus CSUS Computer Science Undergraduate Society international studies program. She hasn't selected a minor course of study, but is leaning toward photojournalism. Other interests include creative writing and art. Comstock has worked on the CSUS student newspaper, the Hornet hornet: see wasp. , for two years, and currently works part-time for a newsletter devoted to state government and children's issues called "On the Capitol Doorstep." The SiOC endowment is approximately $11,000, and usually generates enough interest for one annual scholarship. Each year the SiOC board contributes to the endowment, aiming to increase its base to $20,000 which would allow SiOC to have two annual scholarships. SiOC also installed its new officers for 2004, today. They are: -- Chris Davis, California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through -- President; -- Sheryl Tankersley, Governor's Office of Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' -- Vice President; -- Stephan Brophy, Department of Fair Employment and Housing The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (or DFEH) is a branch of the California government intended to protect civil rights. It is the largest such agency in the United States, and enforces state anti-discrimination laws which pertain to housing, employment, public -- Secretary; and -- Chris Graillat, Emergency Medical Services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. Administration -- Treasurer. Stephen Green of Capitol Morning Report will continue to chair the Scholarship Committee, April Izumi of the Department of Food and Agriculture is the new Program Chair, and Bob Aldrich of the Energy Commission will continue as SiOC's Web Master. For more information about SiOC, visit our website at www.ca-sioc.org. |
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