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University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons Pacific Review University of the Pacific ubP lications Winter 1-1-2010 Pacific Review Winter 2010 Alumni Association of the University of the Pacific Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacific-review Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Alumni Association of the University of the Pacific, "Pacific Review Winter 2010" (2010). Pacific Review. 16. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacific-review/16 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University of the Pacific ubP lications at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pacific Review by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Message FroM the President word for the Day: Community By Pamela A. eibeck, President When i became president story: a local boy — the son culture. so far, we have of University of the Pacific,i of migrant farm workers who had an enthusiastic was asked to think of a word to settled in stockton to allow response from regional represent my “ideal self.” Pick José and his siblings to get government, business a word, they said, that captures an education. he attended and nonprofit me and my presidency. Pacific through the support of organizations. We are trying to describe myself our Community involvement gathering the community’s in only one word isn’t easy. Program and went on to a collective wisdom and reminded of the pioneering i chose “Community.” career at Lawrence Livermore listening to all the ideas we spirit and sense of community i have dedicated myself and Laboratory before joining can. in the fall, we will report that has always characterized my presidency to joining NASa. You can read more back to the community on Pacific.o ur community has this magnificent Pacific of José’s story in this issue of what we heard and how much to celebrate, and we have community, to learn from Pacificr eview. the University can partner much to look forward to at this it, and harness its power to soon after becoming more effectively with the great University. improve our University and president, i heard a strong call community. stay tuned our surrounding communities from our stockton community for more information from of stockton, sacramento and for more involvement from Beyond our gates. san Francisco. the University. so this as i write this, i am “Community” turns out fall, i announced a major preparing for my formal to be a good way to think community engagement installation as Pacific’s 24th about the year we have had initiative called “Beyond president on March 19, 2010. at Pacific so far.a s i came our gates… into the i also chose “Community” as onboard in the summer, our Community.” This is a series the theme for my inaugural regent and astronaut José of five community forums on address, because i believe this hernandez ’85 was preparing issues critical to the stockton is a great time to celebrate the to blast into space aboard the region’s success: healthcare; strength and history of this space shuttle discovery. José the economy; the environment; vibrant University community. is an inspirational community education; and arts and in writing my speech, i am President Pamela A. eibeck Pacificr eview Editorial Staff Pacific Review is published three times a year Provost Philip Gilbertson Managing Editor Sheri Grimes by University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA, 95211. Readership r 2 010 Vice President, Get Connected and consists of 58,000 alumni, parents, friends, E Business and Finance Patrick Cavanaugh Class notes Editor Corrie Martin faculty, students and staff. Material herein Vice President, Contributing writers Sheri Grimes does not necessarily represent the official External relations ted Leland ’70, ’74 Vic inzunza Corrie Martin position of the University. Material in this Joyce McCallister Rhashad Pittman publication may not be reproduced in any w i n t Vice President, Amy Smith | Student life elizabeth Griego form without permission. Postmaster: Send any address changes to Vice President Art Direction & Design Kärri Johnson Pacific Review, Advancement Services, and Secretary to the Production Assistance Samantha Kowalski Board of regents Mary Lou Lackey Hand Hall 3rd Floor, 3601 Pacific Avenue, n o . 2 Contributing Stockton, CA 95211-0197. | Executive Director, Photographers Jon Draper Pacific Alumni Randall Gee Carole Gilbertson How to Reach tHe Review: 9 6 Association Bill Coen Dan Kasser Jessica Lucas E-Mail: [email protected] Associate Vice President, Phil Schermeister Mary Sibert Voice: 209.946.2311 me Marketing and university George Steckler Max whittaker Fax: 209.946.3111 Steve Yeater Communications Richard Rojo Send Class Notes to [email protected] o l u V 2 winter 2010 Letters Mailbox Reflections on Pacific Alumni Weekend Thoughts on the Legacy of Callison College Below are excerpts from biographical statements sent to Callison College was the third and last of the cluster colleges, Dr. Jackson from Callison alumni after the reunion. established in 1967 by President robert Burns. That first fall, “I think that for me the most important ethic I gained from Callison students were reminded of the bold claims made in its Callison is ‘what we do should make a difference.’” recruiting brochure: “The Callison College program is in response — Mike Fleming ’75 to a growing awareness that our survival depends upon educating a “The Callison program launched me on a multicultural and generation for global responsibility… The college’s curriculum will multilingual career in education.” attempt to meet this need by integrating non-Western studies into a — Jack Delman ’72 program which retains the proven values of a liberal arts education, “Callison provided me with invaluable life lessons and will devote a significant portion of the curriculum to the social certainly broadened my worldview. It prevented me from making sciences and area studies, and will require all students to spend a assumptions about the world and reality which I might otherwise year in residence studying in a non-Western country.” Those first have made.” students spent their year abroad in India. Was the program a success? Many would judge that it was not. — Jane (Stuart) Baron Rechtman ’72 The college closed in a little more than 10 years.s upporters of the “Going to India at such a young age somehow made me realize program worried that some of the students were more interested I could take chances and survive, leading me to a richer life.” in the counterculture than in Western or non-Western culture. — Nancy (Ligon) de Ita ’73 Indian educators at Bangalore University, expecting students “My time at Callison helped to ground and inspire me in my dressed in blazers and ties or skirts and blouses, were often spiritual seeking as well as in my motivation to be of service.” greeted by barefoot students in shorts or saris. But these externals — Jo Valens ’71 were not what mattered. In India, Callison students reexamined “I didn’t find a career path at Callison: I found a way of living, their values; they studied Indian politics and religion; they of looking at the world. I found the ability to question, to step observed great poverty; they came to understand the struggles of outside frames and see anew. I found a way to think beyond a poor and overpopulated country attempting to move into the the usual. I learned to honor the freedoms in our own political modern world; and they developed a new understanding of the system, working from within for change.” strengths of their own country. — Laurie McBride ’71 This past June at Pacific Alumni Weekend, over 150 Callison alumni and former faculty members reunited in Callison Though the cluster colleges experiment seems short measured Lodge. A rich tapestry unfolded as I interacted with these former against this institution’s long history, their impact is tremendous, students and learned about their dreams, values and vocations. and their spirit and vision permeates the whole University through its focus on social-emotional intelligence, global citizenship, social They included lawyers, business entrepreneurs, therapists, entrepreneurship, experiential and service learning, and the close a doctor and a dentist, government officials, city planners, faculty-student relationships. Thank you, Dr. Jackson, for sharing. international development workers, numerous teachers, the head — Ed. of an international school in Latin America, writers, authors, composers for film andt V, a theatre technician and a naturalist. We’d like to hear from you! As a teacher who believes in the capacity of a liberal arts education Pacific Review welcomes signed letters of 200 words or to prepare citizens for a free society with concern for both the less from readers. We reserve the right to edit all letters. haves and the have-nots, I was moved by the values and dreams Please send correspondence to: they expressed. The alumni of Callison College truly demonstrate Mail: Pacific Review its resounding success and have more than fulfilled its bold claims. University of the Pacific — Larry Jackson, founding provost of Callison College and 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211 former dean of Morris Chapel Fax: 209.946.3111 E-mail: [email protected] pacific review 3 Campus Happenings Kenneth Cohen of the San Joaquin Health Care Services Agency and representatives from community healthcare organizations and hospitals