President's Monthly Campus Update
- June 27, 2008
- Vol. 3, No. 6
Spring 2008 commencement continued the rising trend in the number of graduates. One hundred fifty seven more students graduated in Spring 2008 than in Spring 2007, which itself saw a rise of 200 students over Spring 2006. We commend our faculty, administrators, and staff for their commitment to excellence in instruction and advising, and our students for their hard work in completing their courses of study.
In addition to celebrating the 1,500+ students who graduated, the end of the academic year gives us pause to recognize and celebrate the achievements of dedicated faculty, staff, and accomplished students. This issue of the Update highlights faculty, staff, and student achievements. Congratulations to all of our honorees.
Commencement
| '06 | '07 | '08 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 997 | 1155 | 1232 |
| Master's | 201* | 231* | 311 |
| Total | 1198 | 1386 | 1543 |
| '06 | '07 | '08 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 56 | 64 | 89 |
| Master's | 107 | 157 | 177 |
| Total | 163 | 221 | 266 |
| '06 | '07 | '08 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 644 | 752 | 770 |
| Master's | 38 | 22 | 60 |
| Total | 682 | 774 | 830 |
| '06 | '07 | '08 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 160 | 145 | 144 |
| Master's | 4 | 15 | 14 |
| Total | 164 | 160 | 158 |
| '06 | '07 | '08 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 137 | 194 | 227 |
| Master's | 51 | 36 | 58 |
| Total | 188 | 230 | 285 |
*1 master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty Awards
I am pleased to recognize the following recipients of the 2008/2009 faculty awards:
- Faculty Teaching Award
- Dianne Turner - Teacher Education
- Faculty Leadership and Service Award
- Helia Corral - Modern Languages and Literatures
- Faculty Research Award
- David Germano - Biology
Tenure and Promotion Awards
It is my pleasure to announce the following tenure and promotion awards effective Fall Quarter, 2008:
- Promotion to Professor
- Steven Frye, English
- Mark Martinez, Political Science
- Mandy Rees, Theatre
- Penny Swenson, Advanced Education
- Robert Yohe, Sociology/Anthropology
- Early Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
- Mark Baker, History
- Liora Gubkin, Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
- Debra Cook Hirai, Teacher Education
- Jeffrey Moffit, Physical Education and Kinesiology
- Geri Mohler, Teacher Education
- Douglas Dodd, History
- Chris Eicher, Theatre
- Anthony Nuno, Modern Languages and Literatures
- Carl Kloock, Biology
- Tenure
- Bruce Friedman, Social Work
- Samuel Hudson, Chemistry
Emeritus Status
Emeritus status is an honor given to a retiring or retired faculty member or
administrator in recognition of meritorious contributions to the University over
many years of service. Congratulations to:
- Mark Sutton - Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
- Kim Cohn - Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
- Margaret "Peggy" Leapley - Emeritus Professor of Nursing
- Brenda Moscove - Emeritus Professor of Marketing
- Junie Webb - Emeritus Professor of Special Education
Staff Forum Annual Service Awards
The Staff Forum Annual Service Awards recognizes staff employees in all
classifications for their 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th year of service.
Staff employees who have in excess of 30 years of service to CSUB also are recognized,
as are Foundation employees. Congratulations to all.
- 5 Year Service Award
- Bill Potter
- Vic Arcabos
- Nancy Bloomquist
- Kathy Hafler
- Brian Chen
- James Dethlefson
- Kristie Luna
- Analia Rodriguez
- Lizeth Gamez
- Pierre Igoa
- Dwayne Hunter
- Wesley Zuffinetti
- Claudia Neal
- Katrina Gilmore
- 10 Year Service Award
- Kenneth Rinehart
- Antoinette Jacobs
- Yvonne Diggles
- Vincent Oragwam
- Tem Moore
- Joseph Nailor
- Kathy Lund
- Miguel Velado
- Michelle Mills
- Alberto Perez
- Rosa Velado
- Andrew Lowrimore
- Keith Robertson
- Bruce Barker
- Carol Tucker
- 15 Year Service Award
- Maria Delgado
- Jean Stenehjem
- Lori Lowrimore
- Debbie Trunkey
- Deborah Cink
- Janet Chambers
- 20 Year Service Award
- Debbie Blowers
- Sherry Bennett
- Darline Norris
- Tom Osborn
- Sue Wallace
- Kellie Garcia
- Hernando Mondragon
- 25 Year Service Award
- Kenneth Preston
- Patricia Ivy Quijada
- Marge Becas
- Roy Kirchner
- LeRoy Nelson
- Nancy O'Kane
- Jeanne Furstenfeld
- Sandy Swiecki
- 30 Year Service Award
- Vickie Melton
Staff Forum Awards
Congratulations to the staff who received the following awards:
- Tom Osborn, Electronic Equipment Technician - Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Shirley Stevens, Work Control Coordinator - Facilities Management
- Stella Chavez, Presidential Aide - Office of the President
- Kenneth Preston, Instructional Support - Information Technology Services Support
- Lisa McQuin, Department Coordinator - Criminal Justice
Robin Flores, Student Union Administrative Support Assistant, received the Joe Embry award.
Student Leadership Awards
Congratulations to the following winners of the student leadership awards. Nominations
were made by the campus community. Winners were selected by a panel of students and staff.
- Outstanding Advisor of the Year
- Emerson Case, English Club
- Sam Behseta, Math Club
- Charles Lam, Math Club
- Jesse Quintanilla, Nu Phi Chi Sorority
- Outstanding Community Service
- California Nursing Student Association
- Phi Sigma Sigma
- Nu Phi Chi
- Outstanding Educational Program
- Sigma Tau Delta
- Math Tutoring Center
- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
- Gamma Phi Beta
- Outstanding Student Organization
- Gamma Phi Beta
- Trio Parapro Club
- Club Literario "Hermes"
Fulbright Scholar
Congratulations to Marit MacArthur, Assistant Professor of English, who has been awarded a Fulbright
Research Scholarship in the Department of English Literature and Culture at the University of Lodz in Poland for
Fall 2008. She will work in Lodz and Warsaw with poets and editors on a research project about the cross-cultural
influence of modern American poetry on post-Communist Polish poetry. Marit will be joined by her husband,
Gregory Miller, a lecturer in English, writing and film at UC Davis, who also has been awarded a Fulbright
Teaching Scholarship to Poland.
Andy Alali, Professor and Chair of the Communications Department, was noted in last month's issue of the Update as being a Fulbright scholar. He will lecture and conduct research in mass communications at the University of Abuja in Abuja, Nigeria.
Social Work Leadership Institute
The New York Academy of Medicine has selected Bruce Friedman, Professor of Social Work, to participate in
the prestigious Social Work Leadership Institute. The institute advocates policy issues concerning the aging
population, seeks to increase the knowledge of and support for caregivers of older adults, and to increase the number
of social workers who specialize in the aging. Bruce will participate in leadership programs in New York,
Pennsylvania and California.
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
Parental involvement and early childhood education are critical to creating a college-going culture in our region.
The Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) works with low-income, Spanish-language parents to orient them to
the educational system. Last night, 81 parents of pre-kindergarten and middle school students in the Lamont Migrant
Education Program graduated from a 9-week parent education session. During those nine weeks, parents learned how to
be advocates for their children's education. Workshops focused on how the education system works, the importance of
parental involvement, how to build relationships with teachers and counselors, understanding academic standards,
A-G requirements, and standardized tests, and how to prepare children for college from pre-kindergarten forward.
At the graduation ceremony, parents were awarded a PIQE Certificate of Completion and a California State University
Admission Certificate from CSU Chancellor Charles Reed. The certificate lists the parents' names and the
names of their children and states that, upon meeting the minimum requirements of the CSU, the listed students will
be admitted to one of the 23 CSU campuses. After completing the PIQE program, parents go on to join such school
committees and councils as the PTA and PTO. PIQE parents encourage other parents to go through the program and to
engage in their children's school activities. Congratulations to Juan Avila, PIQE Director and to Jacqueline
Mimms, Vice President for Enrollment Management, for her work with the PIQE program.
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars
The California Pre-Doctoral Program provides opportunities to explore doctoral programs to economically or
educationally disadvantaged CSU and UC upper division and graduate students who wish to teach at the university level.
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars and a faculty mentor develop a plan to explore and apply to doctoral-granting
institutions, summer research internships, acquire reference books and materials. The campus is awarded $3,000 to
support these efforts. I am pleased to acknowledge history major Fernando Jara as the CSUB Sally Casanova
Pre-Doctoral Scholar. His faculty sponsor is Mark Baker, Assistant Professor in History. In addition to this
recognition, Fernando's research paper entitled The Friend of Muslims: Germany and the 1914-16 Struggle for a
Muslim Uprising won first place in the Humanities and Behavioral and Social Sciences categories of the CSUB
Student Research Competition, as well as the Dean's Award for the best undergraduate research paper in Humanities.
Congratulations.
Staff Appointments
Mustafah Dhada has been appointed Associate Vice President for Academic Programs.
He holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Sussex, England, and a doctorate in History from
the University of Oxford, England. He brings more than 20 years of faculty and higher education administrative
experience both here in the United States and internationally. He has served as a program coordinator, strategic
planner, vice provost, and most recently as Dean of the Division of Extended Education at California State University,
Los Angeles. He brings experience in academic program development and curricular innovation, international
institutional coalition building, multicultural and cross-disciplinary education.
Beth Rienzi assumes the permanent position of Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs on July 1; she was interim AVP-FA since 2006. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology, and a Master's in Behavioral Science from CSUB, and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. Prior to her appointment, she was a CSUB Professor of Psychology, and the Associate Dean in the School of Humanities and Social Science. She previously served as the Mentor Program Coordinator, Assessment Director, and the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center Co-Director.
A special thank you is extended to the search committee chairs and members. Serving as chair of the AVP-Academic Program search was Tom Blommers, Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures. Committee members included: BJ Moore, Roy LaFever, Penny Swenson, Jeanne Harrie, Brian Hemphill, Cliona Murphy, Shelley Ruelas, Marla Iyasere, Janice Clausen, Jacqueline Mimms, and Anne Duran. Oni Brown provided staff support.
Gene Clark, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Science, was chair of the AVP-Faculty Affairs committee. Joining him on the committee were Kellie Garcia, Mark Evans, Janet Millar, Mary Doucet, Ron Hughes, Luis Vega, Joseph Fiedler, Johanna Alexander, Christina Howell, Patricia Henry, Vandana Kohli, Doug Ross, and Todd McBride. Linda Phillips provided staff support.
Conference Papers
CSUB library faculty Johanna Alexander and Curt Asher, along with colleagues from Oberlin/Occidental
and Simmons College programs, will present a conference paper titled, Assessing, Improving, and Sustaining
Internship Programs: Three Models at the 2008 American Library Association National Conference. The research
proposal was one of the top twenty accepted out of 165 submitted. Johanna and Curt will discuss evaluation measures
and methods used to improve and sustain library internship programs. They will highlight assessment in CSUB's Title
V Library Internship program which provides paid internships for qualified CSUB ethnic minority or low-income students.
Students receive training and professional work experience at the CSUB Library before entering an information and
library studies graduate program.
Student Recreation Center Tops Out
Faculty, staff, students, and community members were on hand June 4, 2008 to witness the topping-out of
the Student Recreation Center. The ceremony acknowledges that the building project has reached the highest point of
construction. In commemoration, attendees signed their names on the beam which will be placed at the highest point
of the building. The general contractor for the project is S.C. Anderson. The Student Recreation Center is scheduled
to open late Fall 2008. For more information, contact Mark Harriman, Director of the Student Recreation Center,
at 654-2635.
PeopleSoft Conversion
The Office of Human Resources successfully implemented the PeopleSoft Benefits Administration module during the
planned go-live week of May 19, 2008. During the last several months, the Human Resources implementation
team, working with campus Administrative Computing Support technical staff, has been engaged in various planning,
configuration, training, and testing project tasks to deliver the functionally and technically sophisticated benefits
administration program. Through the use of intricate eligibility and event rules, the Benefits Administration module
provides a tool for the Human Resources Department to manage employee benefit information more efficiently by
automating eligibility criteria. In the future, additional module components will allow for the roll-out of self
service features giving employees the capability to review, add, or update benefits information or plan options
on-line. The PeopleSoft conversion has been a tremendous undertaking by our staff and administrators. Congratulations,
Human Resources and Administrative Computing Services.
Summer Schedule
Beginning July 7 through August 29, 2008, both the main campus and Antelope Valley Center will institute a
four-day work week. Offices will operate Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and will close on
Fridays. A regular Monday through Friday work week will be in operation during the week of July 28 through August 1.
The adjusted summer schedule is designed to help save energy for the campus and commute costs for our employees.
University Council
University Council will resume in the Fall.
First Lady Barbara Mitchell and I wish you a refreshing and invigorating summer. I look forward to seeing you around campus or at an upcoming community event.