People: Roseville official honored as Public Works Director of Year

A Roseville official has been recognized for his groundbreaking work in a recent issue of American City & County magazine.

Rob Jensen, Roseville's Public Works director, was named Public Works Director of the Year by the magazine, which also featured him in a cover story in its August issue.

Jensen, 46, has been instrumental in overseeing several key infrastructure improvement projects for the city, a Roseville city news release states.

Projects that Jensen has been involved in include multiple upgrades of major inter- sections, completion of the Sunrise Avenue- Douglas Boulevard project and helping the city become the only municipality in the country to achieve a Class-1 flood protection rating from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The city earned the flood-protection rating for its efforts to reduce future flood losses by educating residents about flooding, changing zoning rules and building regulations, preserving open space as floodplains and other protective measures, a FEMA news release states.

The rating means citizens are receiving a 45 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums, the release states. To see a copy of the American City & County story about Jensen, go to americancityandcounty.com.

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Stephanie Sugano has been appointed as band director for the Roseville Community Concert Band. Sugano holds bachelor's degrees in music and sociology from the University of California, Davis, and is working on a master's degree in instrumental conducting at California State University, Sacramento, states a news release. Sugano teaches music at Cooley Middle School in Roseville. She replaces former band director Bill Hastings, who organized the band in 2000. He is the founding director emeritus, the release states.

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Several Placer County residents have been selected for the dean's honors list at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

The honor, which is noted on the students' permanent records, was given to students who earned a 3.75 grade-point average while taking 12 or more units in the College of Letters and Science, or a 3.5 GPA in the College of Engineering, during the 2007 spring quarter. The following is a list of students who earned the honor, their hometown and their major:

• Joseph Aaron Applebaum of Applegate, film and media studies

• Christopher Steven Kindell of Auburn, psychology and history.

• Patrick J. Lohse of Auburn, pharmacology

• Caroline M. Smith of Auburn, history

• Megan Anne Sullivan of Auburn, music and psychology

• Vivian Margerite Wauters of Auburn, linguistics

• Bridget A. Bissell of Weimar, undeclared.

About the writer:

• The Bee's Niesha Lofing can be reached at (916) 773-7630 or nlofing@sacbee.com.