A stretch of Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park has been named in honor of California State University, Stanislaus graduate and women’s basketball standout Eva Schicke who was killed while battling a September 2004 wildfire.

Bill Kehaly, an ’82 Finance major, demonstrated Warrior spirit as Publications Commissioner, Signal Business Manager, Warrior Day Committee member, Student Union member and President of Associated Students from 1981 to 1982.

Since CSU Stanislaus Office of Alumni Affairs kicked off its First Annual Spring Reunion on May 9, 2009, anticipation has been building for the 2010 version scheduled for Saturday, May 15. The campus came alive at the 2009 event with excitement as alumni, student groups, and the greater community came together to enjoy a family-centered event celebrating CSU Stanislaus’ 50 years of excellence.

TV actress Kim Johnston Ulrich and her husband, Robert Ulrich, a Los Angeles casting company owner and director, returned to their alma mater CSU Stanislaus on May 11 to talk with a group of theatre students and faculty in the Studio Theatre.

Ronald Ruff, ’71 BA Psychology, is a leading specialist in working with traumatically brain injured patients and their families as a clinical neuropsychologist and rehabilitation psychologist at UC San Francisco where he is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry.

Martha Conner, ’90 MA Nonprofit Agency Administration, was named one of the Outstanding Women of Stanislaus County 2009 in March. The President and CEO of DirectLine Technologies, a cutting-edge fund-raising and telemarketing call center that serves clients nationwide, was selected by the Stanislaus County Commission for Women as a successful business owner, community activist, and mentor to female entrepreneurs and employees.

George Piro, a student in the CSU Stanislaus Criminal Justice program in the mid 1990s and the primary FBI interrogator of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, received the Turlock Chamber of Commerce Best of Turlock Enoch Christoffersen Award in February 2009.

To view Piro's complete television interview with Hussein, visit http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3756675n&tag=related;photovideo. 

Steve Elliott, ’92 BA Developing Nation Studies/Journalism, has authored a recently published book for people living on their own for the first time who need to know how to use, maintain, and fix the things they own.