Beyond CSI - California State University, East Bay
Beyond CSI - California State University, East Bay
Beyond CSI - California State University, East Bay
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faculty<br />
faculty<br />
Uplifting<br />
Professor Jeffery Seitz doesn’t limit himself to<br />
instructing CSUEB students. Through grants<br />
totaling $14.5 million, he also has made a<br />
priority of spreading high quality science<br />
education to teachers serving kindergarten<br />
through 12 th grade classrooms.<br />
science<br />
education<br />
‘Outstanding Professor’ elevates hands-on<br />
learning for students and teachers<br />
BY Fred Sandsmark ’83<br />
While a whining hair dryer fills a clear plastic 8-foot-tall balloon with its exhaust,<br />
CSUEB Professor Jeffery Seitz launches into the day’s lecture. He describes how warm<br />
air rises and how this mechanism, known as “uplift,” is responsible for the atmosphere’s<br />
vertical circulation and contributes to weather. Soon the room falls silent, and all<br />
eyes follow the balloon as it floats around the two-story lecture hall in the Valley<br />
Business and Technology Center. Suddenly, applause erupts among students in the<br />
introductory earth science class, and a satisfied grin crinkles Seitz’ bright eyes and<br />
salt-and-pepper beard.<br />
PHOTO SCOTT CHERNIS<br />
34 Cal <strong>State</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> Magazine | SPRING 2011 Cal <strong>State</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> Magazine | SPRING 2011 35
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