NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 7, 2001
CONTACT: Mike Stepanovich, 661/664-2456, mstepanovich@csub.edu or Pat Wright, 661/664-2138, pwright@csub.edu
California State University, Bakersfield celebrates its 31st commencement Friday and Saturday. The Class of 2001 includes 1,453 graduates and they will be recognized at four ceremonies this year.
School of Education
The CSUB School of Education celebrates Commencement Friday, June 15, in the Icardo Center, 7:30 p.m. Dean Sheryl Santos will preside, and best-selling author, lecturer, and television producer Steven Jamison will address the graduates.
Wendy Woolsey Terrazas will be honored as outstanding student, and Julie English as outstanding alumna. Renuka Sethi will be designated professor emeritus of education.
Outstanding undergraduate degree candidates are:
Child Development - Catherine P. Putnam
Physical Education and Kinesiology - Zinnia B. Mares
Physical Education - Thomas M. Ferralli
Outstanding graduates by department are:
Bilingual/Multicultural Education - Robert Atkinson
Counseling Psychology - Nancy L. Keller
Curriculum & Instruction - Cheryl K. Cook
Educational Administration - Glynda S. Martin
Educational Counseling - Peter N. Rodriguez
Reading/Language Arts - Kathie J. Johnson
School Counseling - Cynthia Daugherty
Special Education/Bakersfield - Wendy Woolsey Terrazas
Special Education/AntelopeValley - Diane K. Sasaki
Outstanding credential candidates are:
Multiple Subject Credential/Bakersfield - Karen S. Hurtado
Multiple Subject Credential/Antelope Valley - Cheryl A. Piccirilli
Multiple Subject Credential PDS - Renee R. Wilkins
Special Education Credential Bakersfield - Debra L. Popejoy
Special Education Credential/Antelope Valley - Jimi C. Crampton
Single Subject Credential - Margaret Peggy Dewane-Pope
Pupil Personnel Services Credential - Manejé A. Elias
Faculty representative Kathleen Ritter will present students elected to national honor society, Chi Sigma Iota, including April Cox Dodd, Nancy L. Keller, Virginia B. Marks, Harriet R. Schaad, Lizette Ann Stinson, Hanh Duc Truong, and Connie Wallace.
James George, dean of undergraduate studies, will present students elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, including Jeremy Adams, Ellen Sullivan Ansolabehere, Janie A. Becerra, Terrie L. Bernardin, Adam Bluestone, Gloria A. Duarte-Smith, Tina M. Halamicek, Karen S. Hurtado, Kathie J. Johnson, Bradford Elwood Knickerbocker, Rebecca C. Meeks, Brian W. Parks, and William Raymond Sandoval.
The school is awarding 64 bachelor's degrees, and 212 master's degrees.
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrate its commencement Saturday, June 16, at the Amphitheater, 7:45 a.m. Interim Dean Edwin H. Sasaki will preside, Kern County Superior Court Judge Jon Stuebbe will give the commencement address, and Martin Goni will be presented as the outstanding student of the school.
Outstanding graduates by department are:
Anthropology - Catherine D. Fabricius
Art - Shelton Benet Hammoudeh
Communications - Becky J. Zelinksi
Criminal Justice - Shelia Howard
Economics - Annette Jean White
English - Samuel Ryan See
Environmental Resource Management - Christina Yvonne Grider
History - Erin O'Donnell Miller
Liberal Studies - Karen S. Klein
Music - Martin Joseph Goni, Jennifer S. Maybee
Philosophy - Kimberly Martinez Navarro
Political Science - Laura Lee Arnold
Psychology - Laramee Lyda
Religious Studies - Matthew Ruiz
Sociology - Carol Lynn Cole
Spanish - Irma Olivas
Other honors include:
Dean's Awards for Outstanding Papers - Jean Clark Caudill, Valerie Walker Valenzuela
Wall Street Journal Award in Economics - Paul M. Kavanaugh
Charles Kegley Award in Philosophy and Religious Studies - Susanne Marie Langham
Thomas Watts Peace Foundation Award in Political Science and History - Christine J. Culbertson, Mark Alan Ferguson
Betty B. Albright Award in Sociology - Rosa Maria Ventura
Psi Chi Award in Psychology - Elizabeth Ann Hinkle, Brian C. Miller
Merit Scholars - Martin Joseph Goni, Katie Rachelle Greer
Forrest G. Wood will be conferred professor emeritus of history.
The school is awarding 780 bachelor's degrees and 17 master's degrees.
School of Natural Sciences Mathematics, and Engineering
The School of Natural Sciences Mathematics, and Engineering celebrates its first commencement Saturday in the Icardo Center, 1 p.m. Local businesswoman Sheryl Barbich is set to give the commencement address. Kamaljit Gill will be honored as outstanding student, and Robert Horton as outstanding professor.
Outstanding graduates by department are:
Biology - Jennifer L. Hanisits, Sean Miller
Chemistry - Kamaljit Gill
Computer Science - Paul Schoberg
Geology - Michael W. Quilliam
Mathematics - Kristy T. Svenson
Nursing - Nicole Delynn Rice, Grace M. Rivera Erickson
Carol Hall, math teacher at Bakersfield High School, and Candace Meares, chair of CSUB's nursing department, will be recognized as outstanding alumnae.
Dr. Thomas Banks, a local veterinarian, and John Hefner Jr., Fruitvale Junior High School principal, will be recognized Outstanding Friends of the School for service to community and university.
Other honors include:
Dean's Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Paper - Sara Draucker
Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Paper - Lana Smith
Student Research Competition - Alexander Candia, Jayson James Hardcastle
2001 Texaco Scholars - Alba N. Ruiz, Rick Schroeder
The new School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering will confer 146 degrees, including 127 bachelor of science, six bachelor of arts, and 13 master's degrees.
School of Business and Public Administration
The School of Business and Public Administration celebrates commencement Saturday in the Icardo Center, 6 p.m. With Dean Henry Lowenstein presiding, John Pryor will give the commencement address. Majid Mojibi will be honored as outstanding alumnus, and Hossein Bidgoli will be honored as outstanding professor.
Outstanding graduates by department are:
Accounting - Edie Wiederhold
Finance - Alicia Jordan
General Business - Stephen Peterson
Management - Bret Haney
Management Information Systems - Ryan Cabanas
Marketing - Michelle Bachoc
Public Policy Administration - Ronald Kunzler
Graduate honors go to:
Master of Business Administration - Gregory Cox, Robert Shipman
Master of Public Administration - David Mills
Master of Science in Administration, Health Care Management - Chesni Dixon Meske
Scholarship recipients will be honored:
Appraisal Institute, Bakersfield Chapter - Tony Treece
Elmer Karpe Memorial Real Estate - Adriana Belt
Don Hopkins Advertising - Mia Hendrick
Beta Gamma Sigma - Michael Plate
Jimmy D. Barnes Memorial - Adriana Belt, Kendra Dalton, Mia Hendrick, Corinna Rodriquez, Mayra Ruberte
Flossie Mae Smith - Jose Diaz, Gloria Garza, Louie Guerzon
Daniells, Phillips, Vaughan & Bock - Adriana Bock, Gloria Garza
Skeet Varner - Katrina Balbuena, Rosa Ocampo, Erica Rojas, Barbara Valkova
Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honor society for business, will induct Lisa Billingsley, Ryan Cabanas, Gregory Cox, Richard Dixon, Amira Fathalla, Daniel Gallegos, Martin Goni, Bret Haney, Cynthia Kirkman, Tracy Leonard, Khosrow Movahedi, Michael Plate, Robert Shipman, Suzanne teVelde, and Robert Welch.
The Financial Management Association will recognize Mark Eilerman, Dan Gallegos, Justin Hurst, Alicia Jordan, Greg Lamb, Cheryl Ripley, and Peter Wolleson.
The University Accounting Association will recognize Jeri Dunshee and Megan Peccianti.
The school is conferring 210 bachlor's degrees, three master of science degrees, and 31 master of business administration degrees.
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