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CSUB Centers and Institutes serve a variety of
purposes. The primary purpose of the centers and institutes is to
stimulate and provide organizational support for professional and
scholarly activity by CSUB faculty. The Assistant Vice President
of Grants, Research and Sponsored Programs serves as an ex-officio member of all centers and institutes.
Currently operating centers include: |
Archaeological Information Center
(661) 654-2289
fax: (661) 654-2415
The organization shall have as its purpose to maintaining archaeological
site record information for Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, and Tulare
counties.
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Business
Research and Education Center
Dr. Donavan Ropp, Director
(661) 654-2435
email: dropp@csub.edu
The Business Research and Education Center has many projects
which provide regional capability for understanding the dynamics
of business changes. The purpose of the Business Research and
Education Center is to function as a focal point for the interaction
between the School of Business and Public Administration and the
business/government communities in providing information in order
to assist them in the practice and application of professional,
ethical and effective business activities.
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California
Well Sample Repository
Dr. Robert Horton, Campus Director
(661) 654-2231
email: bhorton@csub.edu
This organization shall conduct and collect, classify and process,
store, and make publicly available to bona fide investigators,
representative samples of California rocks, including subsurface
rocks from wells, investigative borings and other subsurface information.
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Center for Archaeological Research
Dr. Robert Yohe, Director
(661) 654-3297
email: ryohe@csub.edu
The Center for Archaeological Research is a not-for-profit, educational
facility dedicated to archeological research and long-term instruction
of archaeology students. Our goal is to provide a service to the
community as well as superior-quality archaeological training
by furnishing the available expertise to conduct cultural resource
assessments in accordance with state and federal regulation.
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Center
for Economical Education and Research
Dr. Abbas Grammy, Director
(661) 654-2466
email: agrammy@csub.edu
The Center has the following purposes: To further the goal of
economic
literacy by (a) maintaining a formal affiliation with the National
Council on Economic Education and California Council on Economic
Education; (b) providing in-service workshops and curriculum consultation
for teachers and school districts; (c) offering enrichment programs
for teachers and special publics; (d) sponsoring lectures and
symposia; and (e) facilitating cooperation among the Economics
Department, School of Education, and K-12 educational community.
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Center
for Environmental Studies (Facility for Animal Care and Treatment)
Dr. David Germano, Director
(661) 654-2471
email: dgermano@csub.edu
The Center shall have as its purpose to: Conduct research including
empirical, simulation and literature-based studies which facilitate
understanding environmental issues; provide a forum for the intellectual
exchange of ideas central to planning the wise use of urban, rural
and wild lands; assist with activities and operations of the Environmental
Studies Area (ESA); and serve as an advocate for university and
community awareness of environmental issues by conducting workshops
and public events which focus on environmental problems; and coordinating
and disseminating information.
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Center
for for the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute
Dr. S. Eugene "Gene" Clark, Director
(661) 654-2475
email: sclark@csub.edu
The Center shall provide intellectual enrichment and lifelong
learning opportunities for the diverse communities of the CSUB
service area with primary emphasis on people fifty years and
older.
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Kegley
Institute of Ethics
Dr. Christopher Meyers, Director
(661) 654-3149
email: cmeyers@csub.edu
The organization shall conduct and encourage research, promote
teaching, provide consultation, and disseminate information pertaining
to ethical issues.
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Politics
Research Center
Dr. S. Eugene "Gene" Clark, Director
(661) 654-2475
email: sclark@csub.edu
The Center shall have as its purpose to:
Do research and consulting that enhance student training and faculty
teaching and professional competence in the following areas:
- Elections and participation in the United
States
- Intergovernmental relations in the United
States
- Fiscal and regulatory policies in the United
States
- International trade, commerce, and environmental
issues; and
- Human rights issues
Focus on matters in which power relations, institutions and decision-making
processes, and discretion and choice in policy-making are important
variables.
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Public Service Institute
Dr. R. Steven Daniels, Director
(661) 654-2318
email: rdaniels@csub.edu
The mission of the Public Service Institute (PSI) is to make
available
university-based resources and expertise to public, nonprofit
and health care agencies in the southern San Joaquin Valley so
that these organizations might carry out more effectively the
duties and responsibilities rendered them by the citizens of the
region. Specifically, PSI has a three-fold mission: (1) To provide
state-of-the-art technical, supervisory and managerial training
and assistance to public and nonprofit agencies in the service
area; To maintain, utilize, and (2) advance the Meryl Ruoss International
Repository of Public Administration Documents; and (3) To build
international linkages that will be of benefit to CSUB students
and practitioners in our service region.
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Nursing Center for the Advancement of Research/Evaluation
Peggy Leapley, Director
(661) 654-3110
email: pleapley@csub.edu
NCARE encourages research, evaluation and the dissemination of
information that will benefit the Greater Bakersfield area, the
Southern San Joaquin Valley, and the State of California. NCARE
will conduct research and evaluation for public and private agencies,
institutions and corporations. NCARE will provide basic and applied
nursing and health research, evaluation, consultation and related
educational services.
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