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The Rigors and Rewards of Being a Teacher INSIDE: Add one degree to the An American conductor hottest job on the market in London page 10 page 23 Volume 15 Issue 1 Fall/Winter 2006–2007 News for Alumni and Friends of the University Focus on Education: The Rigors and Rewards of Being a TeacherPage 16 Make a worthwhile investment. Every $25, $35 or $50 gift helps us reach our goals. (909) 537-GIVE http://development.csusb.edu Classes. Studying. Sports. Culture. Commitment. Graduation. Years of hard work. Worth the investment. Alumni support helped make your Cal State experience great. Your annual gift, combined with others, adds up to top-notch curricula, innovative research and an exceptional education at an affordable price. Every gift counts. Make your contribution to invest in your Cal State family today. Cal State San Bernardino Magazine is published by the Office EDItor of University Advancement at California State University, San Sid Robinson MANAgINg EDItor Bernardino for alumni, friends, parents and colleagues. It is pro- Sam Romero duced twice annually in the fall and spring quarters. Art DIrECTOR/grAPhIC DESIgN This publication is partially funded with non-state resources, Juliet Conlon including a grant from the CSUSB Alumni Association. Opinions ProDUCtIoN MANAgEr Alan Llavore expressed in Cal State SB Magazine do not necessarily reflect the SENIor WrItErS views of the editors or represent the official policy of California State Jiggs Gallagher University, San Bernardino. The editorial committee reserves the Joe Gutierrez DEPArtMENt EDItorS right to edit all submitted material. Editorial and alumni information AlUMNI ADvANtAgE/NotES and photographs should be sent to: Pamela Langford Cal State San Bernardino Nick Nazarian Public Affairs: Magazine Editor CoNtrIBUtIoNS Francoise Aylmer 5500 University Parkway Marilyn Karnig Volume 15 Issue 1 San Bernardino, CA PACK TRACKS Fall/Winter 2006–2007 92407-2397 Mike Murphy StUDENt SCAPES Good quality color photographs are welcome. Polaroids or Carol Dixon News for photographs printed on textured paper are not accepted. Art ASSIStANtS Alumni and Angela Gillespie Aaron Hecker Friends Alumni and Graduating Students CoNtrIBUtINg WrItErS of the Please note that your name, address, phone number, school or Derek Galloway University Jeet Joshee college, and the year of graduation may be used by CSUSB for the Jaymes Merritt (intern) development of university affiliated marketing programs. If you do Cynthia Pringle Koren Wetmore not wish to have this information used, please notify the university PhotogrAPhY by writing to the Office of University Advancement at Robert Whitehead 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397. President’s Observations __________ 2 Among Cal State San Bernardino’s key Hail, Macbeth! missions is to be a relevant and active (page 8) partner in the community Update ______________________________ 5 William E. and Barbara Leonard and James and Judy Watson In the classroom, the satisfaction of seeing a student learn, of being put their stamps of approval and their names to two new an inspiration in that student’s life is the core of what it means to be called “teacher.” Page 16 centers College News _______________________ 9 Fast is good. But when it comes to credential programs, fast and good is much better Update Feature _____________________3 Contributions ______________________22 For CSUSB’s three 2006 honorary doctorate recipients, the lofty goals inherent in education rise from the most down- Former CSUSB dispatcher Thomas Markley to-earth ways of pursuing a higher life loved his job, loved it so much he’s established a $10,500 endowed student scholarship Athletics Feature _________________13 Ed’s toolbox You could call her the enforcer, or you could call her mom. (page 19) Pack Tracks ________________________ 15 Either way, Cita Jones is just looking for a little love and compliance from her student athletes The CSUSB women’s cross country team has won the “academic” scoring title for Contributions Feature _____________19 seven straight years in NCAA Division II With construction of the new education building now underway, CSUSB is bent on furnishing it with the best and Alumni Advantage _________________28 brightest in equipment Three women from Fontana, Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga Student Scapes Feature __________ 23 are this year’s alumni scholars Manny Aybar’s few days at the Royal College of Music all came down to how he conducted himself — and the New honor Roll _________________________33 Professionals – during the Proms Celebrating supporters of CSUSB Alumni Feature ____________________ 26 A 1997 California Teacher of the Year and 2000 CSUSB Calendar __________________back cover Distinguished Alumnae wants her students to know Ethel is in the building, and she’s going Hang time with Vlade that, despite the strains, teaching is the most crucial of (page 25) “on record” professions fAll/WINtEr CSUSB PrESIDENt’S OBSErvAtIoNS THE COMMUNI T Y OF SERVI C E Children are inevitably the training for elementary, middle and high school teachers, along future for everything we care with a quarterly newsletter. The center’s premier annual event is about. But increasingly, children the Southern California Environmental EXPO; this free program are challenged by myriad fam- takes place on the Saturday nearest Earth Day in April. By draw- ily, social, physical and cultural ing about 10,000 people to the family-oriented program at the circumstances. In our ongoing Coussoulis Arena and nearby outdoor exhibits, it’s the largest effort to be a partner in treating Earth Day observance in California and the largest event held on vital regional issues, Cal State San the CSUSB campus. Bernardino has sought to identify The new Watson and Associates Literacy Center is designed ways that we can support and to meet the needs of children, adolescents and adults in Inland assist in child development. In this California. It’s named for the Orange County company headed column, I’d like to share some of by Jim Watson, who is developing property near the university the university’s outreach efforts. and who has donated nearly $1 million to advance the center’s The University Center for work. Founded in 2004, it provides tutoring in reading, writing Albert Karnig Developmental Disabilities, direct- and oral language for K-12 students as well as adults. Directed by ed by professor Dwight Sweeney, professors Mary Jo Skillings and Diane Brantley, various 10-, 20- serves both the San Bernardino area and the Coachella Valley, and 30-week programs are designed to fit each individual’s needs. providing assessment, training and support for autistic children The center also offers local school workshops in training how to and their families. The clinical and training programs work col- teach literacy skills. laboratively with students and faculty from the departments of The Institute for Child Development and Family Relations, nursing, social work and psychology. This excellent community directed by professor Sybil Carrere, conducts a lab school serving service, which is the only one of its kind in the Inland Empire, infants and toddlers through age 5, some of whom have special has been operating in San Bernardino for ­­­­­eight years and more needs. The institute offers assessment and diagnostic services as recently in the Coachella Valley for two years. well as counseling services for parents. In recognition of its value as a major resource, the institute has been chosen as San Bernardino County’s lead agency in treating at-risk children. Our GEAR-UP Program … recently received $15.6 million in federal funds Our GEAR-UP Program – “Gaining to prepare middle- and high school children for college readiness. The six- Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs” – directed year program … now serves nearly 4,000 students in the 7th to 12th grades, by professor Donna Schnorr, recently and we hope to double the college-going rate in participating districts. received $15.6 million in federal funds to prepare middle- and high school children for college readiness. The six-year pro- gram (through 2011) now serves nearly Professors Juan Gutierrez and Esteban Diaz lead the Center 4,000 students in the 7th to 12th grades, and we hope to double for Equity in Education, a program that focuses on the special the college-going rate in participating districts. needs of students in all levels of the public schools who come The Community University Partnership, led by Diane from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The center Podolske, has a number of initiatives serving children. With some works with professionals, students and parents to help these spe- 170 partnerships established in its nine-year history, CUP has cial needs and at-risk students. seen dozens of elementary, junior high and high school partner- Husband and wife professors Carolyn Eggleston and ships made with a focus on health care, reading and many other Thomas Gehring direct the Center for the Study of Correctional topics. Education. With a focus on special training for teachers work- CSUSB has been both broad and deep in its efforts to foster ing in prisons and juvenile institutions, the center publishes the healthy and well rounded children. These centers and institutes Journal of Correctional Education. The center has currently been offer many free and low-cost services, and they provide hands-on contracted by the California Department of Education to assess laboratory experience for our future teachers and professionals. If and monitor the profoundly important issue of special education there’s need for assistance, please feel free to contact the relevant support to the California Youth Authority. center or institute. The Environmental Education Resource Center is a regional In the next issue, I hope to share more information about program working to advance ecological studies and curriculum. some other outreach programs that serve our growing and diverse Professor Darleen Stoner directs this outreach, offering teacher region. 2 CSUSB fall/Winter UpDate on Cal State A native of Wisconsin, the Desert.
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