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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.

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A native of Wisconsin, the Desert. The low desert Shelby Obershaw worked to residents also suggested that put herself through college at the campus be made perma- the University of Wisconsin- nent. They were told that if River Falls. For 21 years she the community could raise Grassroots was an elementary school the money for the “bricks and teacher in San Bernardino and mortar,” the university system later served for 12 years on the would operate the campus. Pursuits San Bernardino City Unified Oliphant and Rancho Mirage philanthropist Betty Owning a car dealer- Barker accepted the challenge. ship may seem a long way As co-chairs of the cam- from receiving an honor- paign, they have raised more ary doctorate, but Chuck than $30 million so far. The Obershaw has been traveling result has been three build- that road for years, and he ings – the Mary Stuart Rogers would be the first to tell you Gateway Building, the Indian it’s been a real education. Wells Center for Educational Obershaw and his wife, Excellence and the Indian Shelby, who taught elementary Wells Theater. A fourth, to school kids for 21 years in San be named the Palm Desert Bernardino, received honorary Health Sciences complex, will doctorates of humane letters break ground later this year. from Cal State San Bernardino University officials named for their long and steady the 99-seat theater/class- support of education, while room in the Rogers building former Indian Wells Mayor after Oliphant and his wife, Richard Oliphant accepted the Richard and Jan Oliphant the same honor for his long Auditorium, when the struc- work in educational causes in ture opened in 2002. the low desert. For both the In the early 1980s, Oliphant, Obershaws and Oliphant, their as mayor of Indian Wells, initi- efforts to fuel education seem ated development of The Golf to come from the ground up. Resort at Indian Wells, helped In 2001, the Obershaws develop the Grand Hyatt lit the way with their lead gift and Renaissance Esmeralda, in creating the “Celebrating Pictured from top: Charles Obershaw, Shelby Obershaw and Richard Oliphant. and later helped establish the Scholars” endowed scholar- Indian Wells Tennis Garden. ship fund at CSUSB. The fund’s These tax revenue generators Dining Room, the space was value has since ballooned to School District board. Both helped set the city on firm the site for a celebration nearly $10 million through she and her husband share a financial ground, and Oliphant of Chuck Obershaw’s 80th more gifts and interest growth. special concern for teacher was credited with saving birthday this past summer. Between 1999 and 2005 the training at the university. the city from bankruptcy. Obershaw is well known couple donated more than Richard Oliphant has served But Oliphant feels these locally for establishing sev- $1 million to endow schol- for seven years as co-chair of accomplishments are not as eral automobile dealerships arships in the university’s the university’s capital campaign important for the future as in San Bernardino, including College of Business and Public to build a permanent California his support of education. “It Chuck Obershaw Toyota. Administration, the College State University campus on (education) is one of the top Aside from his business, he of Education and in athletics – Cook Street in Palm Desert. issues we need to address,” he has served on the boards of supporting between 13 and 17 In the mid-1990s, Oliphant said last year at a ceremony the National Orange Show, students a year. The university was one of the local leaders naming an Indian Wells street the Community Hospital named its upper commons who approached the California after him. “It doesn’t make of San Bernardino and the dining area after the couple State University about enlarging sense to build unless you build YMCA. He graduated from San in 2004. Now known as the CSUSB’s temporary campus, a complete community.” Bernardino Valley College and Charles and Shelby Obershaw then housed at the College of San Bernardino High School.

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Ever since arriving at bling the number of geology Smith is one of five CSU Cal State San Bernardino in majors and adding two new academics to win the 2000, Alan Smith, fresh from general education courses. Wang Award, which was his post at the University Such shifts in educational established in 1998 when of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, programming are what the then-trustee Stanley T. was appropriately known as Wang Family Excellence Wang contributed $1 mil- the volcanologist. Peers had Award is all about, and it lion to reward outstanding long seen him as the fore- was February when Smith faculty and administrators. most authority on Caribbean won in the natural sciences, Winners receive $20,000 volcanoes. His research mathematical and computer awards. The other winners embraced humanitarian sciences and engineering cat- are Eugene D. Novotney, of causes, such as ensuring egory. The Wang is awarded Humboldt State University, that local island populations yearly by the CSU system. in the visual and perform- know the risks they face in The rise in geology ing arts and letters category; living near potentially active majors hasn’t been the only Doreen Nelson, from Cal volcanoes. But when the bright spot in the natural sci- Poly Pomona, in educa- British-born educator took ences, however. A graduate tion, and professional and over as chair of the geol- program in environmen- applied sciences; Paul K. ogy department at CSUSB tal sciences also has been Longmore, of San Francisco he had no idea then that his launched under Smith’s State University, in social work would generate a small watch, his department has and behavioral sciences and explosion in the number seen a 30 percent increase in public service, and Kenneth of geology students at the general education classes and H. Coale, of San Jose university. In the California Smith spearheaded an effort State, in the category of State University system, to require undergraduate university administrator. these are the sorts of geological sciences majors to increases that get noticed. complete an undergraduate DO THE SCIENCE — Alan Smith goes Since 2000, Smith has research course. over some rock specimens with stu- dents in an upper division course. been instrumental in dou- A published scholar,

Mariam, Dickson Line Albert Karnig happily wel- Commercialization, among administrative and vice presi- comed Risa Dickson to his other duties. He also hosts a dents’ councils and coordinates office, but he was sad none- weekly regional public affairs special projects that are direct- theless at the departure of Al cable television program “In ed from the president’s office. Mariam. the Public Interest,” on San A communication theorist Mariam had served as Bernardino’s KCSB Channel 3. with specializations in attach- special assistant to the presi- Dickson, who had served ment theory, interpersonal dent since 2004. This fall he as the associate dean for Cal communication, organizational returned to his CSUSB teach- State San Bernardino’s College communication and gender ing duties as a political sci- of Arts and Letters for the relations, Dickson has written ence professor, who, for the past two years, is now the new book chapters, several journal president, had undertaken executive assistant to the presi- publications and many papers work in community relations, dent. Her job is to serve as an presented at national and in developing different housing adviser and as a representative international conventions and choices for faculty and staff, of the president’s office, both meetings. and in directing the Office on and off campus. She also is of Technology Transfer and a member of the university’s 4 CSUSB Fall/Winter UpDate on Cal State

Causes Worthy of a Name For transportation and literacy both, it’s all about going places.

In a recent affirmation of is today CSUSB. He was a the adage, “If the shoe fits, founding director of Inland wear it,” William E. Leonard Action Inc., a group of local and James Watson have business, government and put their money and names education leaders, of which where their hearts are. Cal State San Bernardino In the case of San is an active participant. Bernardino investment and The William E. and Bobbie business consultant William Leonard Transportation Leonard, the California State Center will promote research University system’s affirma- on transportation issues and tion in naming CSUSB’s new sharpen the focus on poli- transportation center after cies and practices that impact him and his wife, Bobbie, the efficient and effective was propelled by Leonard’s movement of people and profound effect on transporta- goods through and to the tion issues in the region. He Inland Empire. It also will help served on the High Speed uncover intermodal oppor- broader meaning for Watson for Education” $4 million Rail Authority and served tunities and transportation as well. “While there are fundraising campaign. as a member and chair- security issues. The university endless numbers of good, Now in its third year, the man of both the California received federal funding last worthwhile causes to support, literacy center focuses on Transportation Commission year to establish and operate literacy struck an especially helping school children in kin- and the California Highway the transportation center. strong chord,” Watson said. dergarten through 12th grade Commission and held another For Jim Watson, president “Solid reading skills obtained in the San Bernardino area gubernatorial appoint- of the Seal Beach develop- at an early age are one of bolster their reading skills and ment to the State Athletic ment firm, Watson and the best means of ensuring achieve higher test scores. Commission. His service to Associates, the newly named a person’s, a family’s and the It will also provide literacy the state was recognized Watson and Associates nation’s future success.” instruction training to CSUSB when the interchange of State Literacy Center hits a per- The decision to name students as well as local Route 210 and Interstate sonal note. Watson grew up the center after Watson’s elementary school teachers. 15 was named the William in Compton, and was raised firm follows its most recent Watson and Associates, E. Leonard Interchange. by his mother after his father donation of $800,000 made which is developing the site The Leonards’ planned died when he was 6 years old. by the firm’s partners, James directly adjacent to CSUSB gift of $2.1 million to sup- He openly admits to being a and Judy Watson, Charles with upscale homes, plans port the activities of the “problem reader” as a child. “I Diamond, Charles Shumaker, to develop more than $300 federally designated univer- entered the fourth grade with Brian Weinhart and William million in San Bernardino sity transportation center poor reading skills,” Watson Steckbauer. Along with residential projects in the is just another example of said. “But with the help of a $200,000 in previous gifts, upcoming years. This comes support they’ve given local very dedicated teacher, within James Watson and his wife at a time when city officials education for more than 40 a month my reading skills had Judy have not only contrib- are striving for economic years. In the early 1960s, improved significantly. I still uted funds to the effort, but revitalization. The new homes Bill Leonard was involved in consider that class the most they have actively served could attract higher-income the young negotiations that significant class I have ever as chairs of the university’s workers and their families led to a college being built in taken, even up to college.” College of Education “Tools to live and work in the area. north San Bernardino – what The center’s vision has

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and when the wives’ club that The 200-page book has 135 assembled the books slowly recipes, 85 campus contribu- disappeared it took with it all tors and 27 historical notes. interest in assembling another. “Cal State Cooks” can be Care for a Little But then came Johnnie Ann purchased in CSUSB’s library Ralph with an idea to revive administration office and it’s the book and trot it out for the also sold in the campus Coyote History with Those university’s 40th anniversary. Bookstore. It sells for $21.55, The recipes in the book feature including tax, and can be American, Italian, Greek and shipped for $1.60 per book. Artichoke Squares? Mexican food, among others.

Thumbing through a book with CSUSB col- cookbook may not be your league Michael Burgess. first stop if you want to pick Of course, the book is up on some history, but it really about the food, and could well be a tastier trip. the real feedback that Ralph Ever since “Cal State and Burgess love to hear Cooks” went on sale in May, most are comments like the many of the comments com- woman who said, “I can’t wait ing back to Cal State San to try these yummy recipes.” Bernardino University Librarian So far the yummy factor has Johnnie Ann Ralph have been helped sell more than 200 of about the book’s historical the cookbooks. Some buy- notes. The cookbook fea- ers are sending them as gifts. tures selected recipes from The cookbook is the third 1965 through 2005 and cel- the university has produced ebrates the 40th anniversary since the college’s founding. of the campus with selected Back in 1970, faculty wives at bits of history as well. the five-year-old campus pub- “People like the his- lished a 94-page booklet called torical notes,” says Ralph, “College Courses.” Another who co-authored the booklet followed in 1976,

IE Trustee The Inland State San Bernardino Alumni Association president-elect. Empire had its Monville, 34, who lives in Riverside, also has served as a mem- first resident ber of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors ever appoint- since 2005. ed to the “I’ve known Lou Monville for the past nine years. He’s a pas- California State sionate advocate of higher education and of the California State University University mission,” said CSUSB President Albert Karnig. Board of Monville is vice president of Riverside-based O’Reilly Public trustees this Relations. Prior to that, he was the firm’s director of public affairs. summer when CSU trustee Lou Monville with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger From 1998 to 2001 he was director of public affairs for Stoorza Gov. Arnold Communications and was director of the Inland Empire Office of Schwarzenegger named Cal State San Bernardino graduate the Governor from 1996 to 1998. Monville also serves as a mem- Lou Monville to serve on the body that, along with the CSU ber of the university’s President’s Advancement Council and is a chancellor and presidents, makes policy for the 23-campus lifetime member of the CSUSB Alumni Association. system. Appointees serve eight-year terms. Previously, two Cal State San Bernardino students also have A 1994 CSUSB graduate with a bachelor’s degree in served as CSU student trustees. Rialto resident Corey Jackson, who communication studies, Monville is a former president of graduated in June, recently completed a two-year appointment. the Associated Students Inc. at CSUSB and the current Cal Kevin Gallagher served as a student trustee from 1978-80. 6 CSUSB Fall/Winter UpDate on Cal State All Abroad! Internationalization efforts at Cal State which is open to qualified students from new MOUs with Palestine and Turkey. The San Bernardino include the chance to study all disciplines. The linkages with institu- university’s international student popula- abroad. Through the CSU International tions abroad have greatly increased, tion, la raison d’être of the internation- Programs, short-term programs and resulting in a rise in the number of visit- alization process, has seen an increase through lending support to faculty members ing international scholars on campus. in the diversity of countries of origin. who have established international pro- Recently, CSUSB Provost Lou Fernandez CSUSB received an honorable mention grams abroad, Cal State San Bernardino is was invited to participate in a higher educa- in 2003 from the Andrew Heiskell Awards continuing its internationalization efforts. tion conference held at Yunnan University, for innovation in International Education for Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for China. In addition, College of Social and efforts to internationalize the curriculum. international scholars, also has created Behavioral Sciences Dean John Conley and the first scholarship for study abroad, education professor Dwight Sweeney signed

Transitions Retirements Lorney O’Connor, theatre arts Forty-six members of the Cal State San Bernardino Shari L. Oliver, Psychological Counseling Center faculty and staff retired from the university in 2006. Eugene Phillip Page, English They were honored at a June 9 luncheon. Sylvia Ramirez, facilities services Patricia Reed, management department Gregory Baker, facilities services Linda Rogers, records, registration and evaluation Jacques Benzakein, world languages and literature Diane Spencer, Palm Desert Campus Billie Bickmore, College of Business and Public Administration Roberta Sperry, Testing Office Brian Bodily, public safety Sandra Torres, payroll Noma Bradley, facilities services Arlan Wareham, math Klaus Brasch, technology transfer Daniel Whitaker, world languages and literature Margaret Brasch, research and sponsored programs Diana Butler, academic personnel In Memoriam Joan Caccavale, public affairs A great fan of books about mathematicians and highly LuAnne Castle, English regarded by his students, CSUSB math professor Joel Stein Michael Clarke, public administration died April 25 from heart-related issues. Stein joined the univer- Frances Coles, criminal justice sity in 1991. In 1994, CSUSB’s Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum Sara Corbett, College of Education exhibited 55 works from his collection of yarn paintings. John Craig, College of Natural Sciences On June 30, 21-year faculty member David Bellis passed away Joan Dezember, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences from heart failure. Among many other areas of consultation and Jim Eller, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences research, the public adminis- Cheryl F. Fischer, education leadership and curriculum tration professor had studied John Futch, Santos Manuel Student Union factors that contributed to Anita (Marlene) Gaither, student accounts the transmission of HIV/ Toni Garcia, Career Development Center AIDS in the U.S. and Mexico. Mirta Gonzalez, world languages and literature Instrumental in improving Sandra Hall, chemistry healthcare education in the Joan (Terry) Hallett, math region as well as healthcare Roger Harthrong, nursing in the community, Marcia Cindy Hopkins, Student Health Center Raines, professor of nurs- Pam Jones, sociology ing at CSUSB, lost her own Tootie Killingsworth, College of Education battle with cancer Aug. 3. Ronna Kivisto, College of Education She passed away at her Kenneth Lane, NCEDL/ academic affairs Crestline home surrounded Susan Lloyd, nursing by her husband, Dusty, and Joseph Lovett, health, science and human ecology family. Raines had taught at Irene Martinez, College of Extended Learning the university since 1995. Audrey Mathews, public administration Marcia Raines Debby McAllister, College of Education Susan Meisenhelder, English

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“Macbeth” was staged at Cal State Banquo’s ghost. In a play that is St a g e Pr o ps San Bernardino in February, and the considered unlucky if actors men- If Shakespearean tragedy be the Inland Theatre League saw it, liked it tion its name (the superstitious call food of success, then put his plays on. and awarded it. ITL recognized several it “the Scottish play”) Heynen and We speak here, in particular, of CSUSB students and faculty in April Mosteller were fortunate to take home the Bard’s “Macbeth,” complete for performances Old William himself awards for their sparkling portrayals with the hardy souls who portray would have been happy to applaud. of betrayal and greed. Kathryn Ervin, the heroes and vanquished vil- Here, in this scene, Lady Macbeth, a professor of theatre at CSUSB, lains, not to forget those who make played by Kelly Mosteller, confronts walked away with an award for her them look so good — the maid and her husband, performed by Jason role as Hecate, Queen of the Witches. menservants of the backstage. Heynen, after he is frightened by For their behind-the scenes work, the league awarded Matt Scarpino in two categories, scenic design and proper- ties, Chirstina Munich for lighting and Andre Harrington for costume design. Finally, associate professor for theatre arts Tom Provenzano captured an award for director. The 2006-2007 theatre season at CSUSB opens with the Student Play Festival in late October and “The Country Wife” in mid-November.

8 CSUSB Fall/Winter can be applied in any area of life; from basic things BUSINESS & PUBLIC such as exercise habits to effective strategic plan- ADMINISTRATION ning in business.” With more than nine years of professional experi- Gr a n d m a ’s Ru l e ence, Neal’s resume includes the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and the City of Hope National o f Th u m b Medical Center/Beckman Research Institute in An accomplished cartoonist and children’s book Duarte. Neal also served in the United States Army as writer and illustrator, Kerry Neal now has been at his a personnel records specialist for four years at Fort post as the director of development for Cal State Lewis, Wash. San Bernardino’s College of Business and Public Administration since March. But while his new job can be exciting, it’s not exactly the stuff of kid stories. He has some very grown-up goals, including the creation of a dean’s discretionary endowment to address the college’s many challenges, one of which is student support and EDUCATION faculty recruitment. “This can be achieved in many ways,” Neal said. A Qu i c k e r Pa t h “But considering that we are the top business college Rising teacher shortages have forced colleges this side of the 15 freeway, we are seeking philanthro- and universities to do some outside-the-box think- pists who would treasure the opportunity to immortal- ing. So last year, Cal State San Bernardino unveiled ize themselves.” a new integrated teacher preparation program. The former director of development for the College It blends a traditional four-year bachelor of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of arts degree program and the nine-month of California, Riverside, Neal also said the expansion teacher preparation credential program into of the Business Alliance program is crucial to the one. Students enrolled in the integrated track future of the college. The alliance brings the col- save about two quarters — or six months — lege’s educators and administrators together with and can enter the teaching profession sooner, regional business leaders for the exchange of ideas, said Leo Connolly, who in late summer stepped knowledge and expertise to help students. Neal also down from his duties as the university’s liberal believes it is important to continually showcase studies program coordinator and into his new faculty and students, who drive development activity. post as associate dean of the university’s College He said faculty, in conjunction with students, are the of Arts and Letters. In August, about 126 students, or catalyst behind the college’s ambitious fundraising 10 percent of the university’s liberal studies majors, efforts. had enrolled in the new track. He attributes his own ambition and work ethic But the need for teachers also has to his grandmother. “My personal/professional mis- created a wave of credential fast tracks that could sion statement comes from a quote my grandmother be hurting the quality of teachers entering the shared with me: ‘If you always do what you always profession. The hook for some of today’s private did, you’ll always get what you always got!’ The art of schools is that they’re faster and more convenient ies tracks. “It is an option for those students who changing approaches will yield different results. This than four-year colleges, because, said Connolly, their want thoroughness and efficiency in their prepara- “classes are mostly done online or through abbrevi- Kerry Neal tion without having to compromise on quality.” ated coursework that combines various subjects and teaching methods.” The problem is, said Connolly, if you abbreviate teacher prep, you compromise teacher effectiveness. “What must never be forgotten is that teaching is a profession that requires a great deal of person- to-person interactions, and the younger the student being taught, the more important these interactions are for successful learning. … It is the children who suffer the effects of poor teacher preparation.” Connolly emphasized that the university’s inte- grated track has not compromised on any of the teacher preparation that occurs in other liberal stud-

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Systems software engineering, he adds, “is the fast- The industry partners cover a wide range of Natural Sciences est growing computer engineering category in the applications in computer engineering, Concepcion Inland Empire and San Diego, and second only to adds. Kelly Space & Tech covers the aerospace En g i n e e ri n g software applications engineering in Los Angeles.” industry; Optivus Tech deals in medical appli- Go e s So f t When CSUSB students finish their undergraduate cation (proton radiation); Advatech Pacific work, they’ll be qualified as software engineers in represents the military and defense industry; For years it’s been nurses and teachers. Now you applications and systems, and as computer hard- QMotions produces gaming and Garner Holt can add computer engineers to that list of profes- ware engineers. Partnerships with local community Productions works in robotics (entertainment). sionals for whom demand is outpacing supply. colleges and industry will strengthen the program’s To ease the need, a new undergraduate degree quality, Concepcion says. “We’ve established a true program in computer engineering is up and running two-year program at the community colleges.” fast as Cal State San Bernardino students enrolled in Students at San Bernardino Valley College and the program as early as this fall, even though the uni- at Riverside Community College’s Moreno Valley Social & versity officially begins offering the program next fall. campus will complete their first two years at their Over the next several years the American schools and then transfer to CSUSB as juniors. The Behavioral Electronics Associations anticipate shortages in collaboration with industry will give program “design Sciences electrical and computer engineers. U.S. Department of teams,” comprised of students, faculty and liaison Labor statistics support the projections. In its recent corporate employees, the chance to develop solu- Co u n s e l i n g f o r report the department says that computer software tions for engineering challenges that companies engineer jobs will rise 36 percent, while computer face today. Not only will this give students practi- t h e Co m m u n i t y hardware engineer positions will go up 3 to 9 percent. cal research experience, says Concepcion, but the With the beginning of the school year, the “The computer engineering program at CSUSB design team approach will be a part of the computer Community Counseling Center at Cal State San will produce both,” says Arturo Concepcion, professor engineering program from the start. Most computer Bernardino is taking appointments for com- of computer science at Cal State San Bernardino. engineering programs add that feature later, he says. munity members both on and off campus. The quality counseling is affordable and confidential. The center is staffed by qualified graduate students and overseen by CSUSB faculty, who are licensed psychologists. CSUSB profes- sor Ed Teyber directs the center, which focuses on counseling for individuals from students to the general public in the Inland Empire. The center serves those struggling with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, life changes and relationship problems, including marital issues. Counseling for children or those wishing to work on personal growth is offered as well. Established in 1973, the center offers 50-minute sessions on a sliding-scale fee that begins at $10. Day and evening appointments are available, and the center also gives referrals. Clients who want longer- term counseling can be seen throughout the aca- demic year. For more information, call (909) 537-5569.

Si tt i n g w i t h t h e NIH The first faculty representative ever chosen from a public comprehensive university in the United States has been selected to be part of Source: California Employment Development Department

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OLLI Si g h t i n g s La Quinta and Palm Springs are the two newest sites offering Osher Lifelong Learning Institute classes through the college of Extended Leaning at CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus. Entering in its fourth year, OLLI offers classes in art appreciation, the humanities, social sciences and natu- ral sciences. The two new sites are an effort by extended learning to open its doors to a growing segment of popula- tion in the Coachella Valley. “There is a national movement to re-engage the reviewer — In her role as a panel member for the NIH, Cynthia Crawford, of social and behavioral sciences, is contributing to the nation’s biomedical research efforts. this thriving population so that they will lead long and healthy lives,” said Jeet Joshee, dean for the college. a review panel that approves research grants tors and behavioral sensitization. Honored by for the National Institutes of Health. the appointment, she added she also knows Cynthia Crawford, a psychology professor that there will be “a lot of work involved.” Palm Desert in Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, served as a tempo- Campus rary board member for the NIH for the past two years, and was approached a year-and-a-half Ci t y Ti e s ago by the agency to fill a permanent position Extended Learning CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus will on the panel. In June, she accepted an appoint- break ground this fall on the fourth ment as a member of the Behavioral Regulation, Se o u l Su p p o r t major structure, the Palm Desert Learning and Ethology Study Section, Center for Health Science Building, said Fred Scientific Review. Her term runs for four years. Introduced to the program this past spring, Korean students are Jandt, dean. “This building will com- “These appointments are usually reserved only plete the first phase of our campus.” for faculty from research I and II universities,” said now taking American Culture and Language Program (ACLP) classes Groundbreaking will take place John Conley, dean of CSUSB’s College of Social and Monday, Nov. 6, at 10 a.m. at the site, Behavioral Sciences. “This reflects well on this at a new center in Seoul. Run by the College of Extended Learning, which is just south of the Indian Wells university and raises our profile with the federal Center for Educational Excellence and funding agencies (as well as) research faculty from ACLP is offering English classes with the same curriculum offered at the the Indian Wells Theater, on Cook around the country who serve on these committees.” Street near Frank Sinatra Drive. The The study sections review grant applica- Cal State San Bernardino campus. Most of the students in the pro- structure will have two major wings, tions submitted to the NIH, make recom- housing nursing education programs mendations to the appropriate NIH national gram are on track to enroll at CSUSB for their undergraduate degree once and science labs. Space is also available advisory council or board, and survey the status for future science programs, Jandt said. of research in their fields of science. Medical they successfully complete English- as-a-Second Language level 5. They The city of Palm Desert contrib- and allied research are the fields that usually uted $4.5 million toward construction, benefit most from such reviews and surveys. also have the option to transfer to the ACLP program in San Bernardino. which is expected to cost about $12.7 “We usually meet three times a year (October, million. Other cities and entities contrib- February and June) and have 10-to-12 grants to The program is run with an agree- ment with NeColumbus Consulting uting toward construction are Rancho read,” said Crawford, who herself received a grant Mirage, Indio, La Quinta, Cathedral from the NIH in 1999 for her work on D1 recep- Group and YES Youngdo English

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City, Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs and campuses. It began this fall. demic outreach efforts, Edison’s contribu- Coachella, as well as the Desert Healthcare The agreement comes at a fortuitous tions toward scholarships total $94,154. District and the county of Riverside. time when CSUSB is poised to break SCE has been the title sponsor of the event The campus has been built with donated ground for a two-building health sci- since 2004, and has participated since 2000. non-state funds, creating a public-private ences complex on Nov. 6. Palm Desert “We’re happy to support the Palm Desert partnership in which the California State Campus Dean Fred Jandt says the struc- Campus, which provides upward mobil- University system agreed to operate the ture will house the nursing education ity for so many Coachella Valley residents, campus after the buildings were erected. program as well as biology and chem- many of whom are the first in their families HMC Architects of Ontario, Calif., is istry lab space in a separate wing. to complete college,” said Kathy De Rosa, designing the facility. Jandt said the univer- Rob Carlson, dean of the College of SCE’s public affairs office. Edison’s sity expects to open the building in 2008. of Natural Sciences, noted that the pro- contributions go toward scholarships in all gram will better prepare nurses for area academic majors offered at PDC, including health care facilities, as well as help retain teacher education, business and criminal Tr a i n i n g Nu r s e s justice. “Southern California Edison’s support has been vital to many of our students, and we’re very grateful for their invest- ment in higher education,” said Fred Jandt, campus dean.

TRANSFORMINGS — From this 3-D model of copper and wood will come the concrete, glass, stucco and steel known as the Health Sciences building at Palm Desert. The 24,000-square-foot structure will reach completion in winter 2008.

more trained nurses in the Coachella Valley. i n t h e Va l l e y A new joint program in nursing will n n t e l l e ct u a l generate 20 to 30 bachelor of science A I nursing graduates in the low desert each En e r g y So u r c e year once the program reaches capacity. An agreement between the College Southern California Edison has spon- of the Desert and Cal State San sored the annual May golf tournament at Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus cre- CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus for three ated the four-year program at both years. A key part of the university’s aca-

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t r in Chicago, she wanted to raise her son Dino, now 39, in a place that valued education and self-respect. She found it at Cal State. a Jones soon discovered she had a knack for understanding the NCAA rules and regulations that accompany scholar- c ships and other sources of student aid. “In financial aid there were rules, regula- tions and bylaws written by federal attorneys. k In athletics there are rules, regulations and bylaws written by the NCAA,” she says. “So in both cases you have to read and decipher s those laws so people can understand them.” Yet understanding is only the beginning. Often the rules call for creative problem- solving. When several student-athletes nearly missed out on a work-study financial aid opportunity because there were no jobs on campus, Jones helped create jobs. When another student missed a deadline and nearly lost his financial aid, she guided him through the process of filing again and he received about $7,000 in financial aid. Cita Jones will drop it all at a moment’s notice to offer a listening ear. (Photography by Robert Whitehead) Going beyond routine expectations is second-nature for Jones, says CSUSB baseball Coach Don Parnell. “It’s her job to make sure by Koren Wetmore office, on the phone and on the field. all of our paperwork is done and correct, but “I think that any young person that we practice off campus and it’s hard to get er title is “compliance coordinator,” wants to go to college should have athletes to meet with her in her office,” he Hbut it could easily be mom or men- someone they can come to and ask any says. “She’ll come over to the field and bring tor or quite simply, friend. That’s because question and get help,” she says. “And our files on site so we don’t have to come to Cita Jones is all of these to the 206 student- I will do whatever I can within the law her. That’s really beyond the call of duty.” athletes who attend Cal State San Bernardino. to make sure they are successful.” Parnell also values Jones’s tenacity in deal- Perhaps it’s her personality. The way It’s a mission she started 26 years ago ing with tricky NCAA eligibility rules regarding she walks into a room and welcomes you when she landed her first position at CSUSB, junior college transfers. “A student-athlete with a hug and a smile. Maybe it’s her will- serving as a clerical assistant in the financial aid will have an associate’s degree and diploma in ingness to go above and beyond to help, office. The job and the campus represented a hand, but NCAA rules say it has to be posted or how she translates complex NCAA blessing to the Illinois native, who as a single on a transcript. Cita takes the time to call rules into something you follow, not fear. mom moved from the Chicago area to San and call the junior college so that they post She handles mounds of paperwork and Bernardino in search of a better life for her the degree, meet the NCAA requirement, juggles an endless flow of people in her and her son. Having seen enough of the gangs thereby making the student eligible,” he says.

Fall/Winter CSUSB Women’s volleyball Coach second coach,” Sodergren says. Kim Cherniss prizes Jones’s sup- “She knows about your grades, port and encouragement of both what you’re going through and student-athletes and coaches. “The she’s easy to talk to. Everyone biggest hurdle for us coaches is to has a close bond with her.” get people to buy into what we’re That rapport, combined with SPORTS CALENDAR doing. And Cita truly believes in the her knowledge and familiarity with value of athletics for these kids,” the campus is what prompted All listings in this calendar are home contests. For the Cherniss says. “She is part mother- Athletic Director Nancy Simpson complete women’s and men’s basketball schedules, which include both home and away games, and for the bear, part police woman and part to hire Jones as the compliance schedules of other sports, visit the Coyote Web site at facilitator. But she’s also someone coordinator six years ago. “She’s http://athletics.csusb.edu or call the athletics department at the kids feel they can talk to when just such a good person,” Simpson they get themselves into a jam.” says. “It’s nice to have someone She’s also a role model. As who is of strong ethical and moral October 16 Men’s Basketball. adviser for the Student-Athlete character. You can’t teach that. You Grand Canyon Advisory Committee, Jones helps either have it or you don’t. And 4 Men’s Soccer. University, 7 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona, prepare young men and women Cita has it.” Jones’s presence in the 4 p.m. 19 Women’s Basketball. for leadership roles by coordi- athletic department has created a Notre Dame De nating events and activities that friendly environment despite the 6 Men’s Soccer. Namur, 5:30 p.m. Cal State boost their skills and offer com- potential stressors and challenges Dominguez Hills, munity service. In March 2005, that arise. For that reason and oth- 4 p.m. January 2007 SAAC members participated in ers, Simpson recently upgraded Women’s Volleyball. Read Across America, visiting San Jones’s job title to assistant ath- 12 Women’s Basketball. Cal State Stanislaus, Cal State Stanislaus, Bernardino-area elementary schools. letic director for compliance. 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. “Cita coordinated with the “In her position, you have to be 7 Women’s Volleyball. schools and signed us up to do the ready for everything that comes at Men’s Basketball. Chico State, 7 p.m. Cal State Stanislaus, reading,” says Ashley Sodergren, a you. Typically, those things are prob- 8 Men’s Soccer. 7:30 p.m. volleyball player and SAAC presi- lems,” Simpson says. “I’m sure there UC San Diego, dent. “We visited classrooms, read are times she wants to close the 13 Women’s Basketball. 3 p.m. Chico State, books to the kids and told them door and let out a big sigh, but she 13 Women’s Volleyball. 5:30 p.m. about ourselves and about college.” hangs in there and does beautifully.” Cal Baptist, 7 p.m. The committee also prepared and Jones stays calm through Men’s Basketball. Chico State, delivered a comedy skit the endless procession of peo- 27 Women’s Volleyball. Humboldt State, 7:30 p.m. at this year’s ple — coaches needing help, 7 p.m. all-sports NCAA officials on the phone, 26 Women’s Basketball. 28 Women’s Volleyball. Cal State L.A., ban- and student-athletes wanting Sonoma State, 5:30 p.m. advice — armed with a gentle, 3 p.m. Men’s Basketball. but firm wisdom. And always, Cal State L.A., there is that warmth and smile. 7:30 p.m. The reason? November 27 Women’s Basketball. “Most people don’t get to 14 Men’s Basketball. Cal State reap their rewards every week- Westmont College, Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m. end, but I do,” Jones says. “Any 5:30 p.m. time one of our teams is on the 18 Women’s Basketball. Men’s Basketball. field or the court, I am rewarded. Hawaii Pacific Cal State University, 7 p.m. They do so much more than Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m. the average student. And, they bring home championships.” December 1 Women’s Basketball. February Freelance writer and editor Humboldt State, 6 Women’s Basketball. Koren Wetmore has writ- 5:30 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona, ten for such publications as Men’s Basketball. 5:30 p.m. The Press-Enterprise, Women’s Humboldt State, Men’s Basketball. quet. Health & Fitness and Shape. 7:30 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona, 2 Women’s Basketball. 7:30 p.m. Working Sonoma State, 9 Women’s Basketball. with Jones has 5:30 p.m. San Francisco State, taught committee members about Men’s Basketball. 5:30 p.m. leadership, responsibility and orga- Sonoma State, Men’s Basketball. nization, Sodergren says, adding 7:30 p.m. San Francisco State, that none of the lessons would 12 Men’s Basketball. 7:30 p.m. have sunk in if not for Jones’s sin- Seattle Pacific, cerity and interest. “She’s like a 7 p.m. 14 CSUSB Fall/Winter p Running Coach Tom Burleson’s with his a Traditions team (left to right, back row) Kim Miller, Suzy Munoz, Kristen Across the nation Cal State San Torrez, Brooke Etter, Holly c Bernardino’s women’s cross country DiGerolamo, (front row) Andrea Brandt, Becky Southworth, Kari team was the best in 2005-2006 – in Brandt, Tanya Zeferjahn, Megan the classroom. Posting a collective Holt and Jordan Arnswald. k and amazing 3.86 grade-point aver- age during the fall quarter of 2005, the a sixth-place finish at the Coyotes ranked No. 1 among 84 NCAA California Collegiate Athletic Division II teams that submitted grades Association championship for the annual Track and Cross Country and a 12th place finish at the Coaches Association academic awards. West Regional. Zeferjahn and Two runners — senior Tanya Zeferjahn and junior Andrea Brandt were named sophomore Holly DiGerolamo — captured scholastic the recipients of the 2006 CCAA-Hal All-America honors for posting a 3.4 or higher GPA and Charnovsky Academic Awards. Brandt also finishing in the top third of the field at the NCAA West Regional. was named the Coyote Athletics Department t Five members of the team posted perfect 4.0 grade scores for Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Coach Tom Burleson has seen the fall term, which is during cross country season. CSUSB posted his team win the team academic award seven straight years. r a

The Tennis of Joy Jennifer Joy had a solid season in 2006 with 68 c Sophomore Jennifer Joy goals, 51 assists, 52 steals and 21 became the first player in ejections drawn. Berg ranked the history of Cal State San 20th in the nation in scoring. Reneker, who was k Bernardino women’s tennis Ryan Plummer to earn All-California Collegiate somehow overlooked in Athletic Association honors when she the All-America selec- was named freshman of the year in 2005. tions, ranked No. 3 in the s Chosen by the CCAA coaches Marlins. nation in goals scored with as the conference’s Most Valuable Hanks was 104. Freyja Berg’s older sister, Player of the Year, the diminutive an All-CCAA Bridget, a senior, closed out her player from Palm Desert smashed second-team three-year career with 72 goals and slashed her way to an 8-1 record pick, but was named in 2006 to finish 11th in the nation. at No. 1 singles in the conference. to the college baseball They Beat the Laker Girls writers’ All-West Region first team and Cal State San Bernardino’s 13-mem- Golf Bounces Back to the NCAA Division II honorable men- The Coyotes’ men’s golf team, after ber cheer team took away the top tion All-America unit selected by writers. a disappointing finish in three tourna- prize at the United Spirit Association’s Junior right-hander Michael Rocco, ments in the fall of 2005, came on like College/Pro Camp in July at the a first-team All-CCAA pick, was taken gangbusters in the spring, capped by Anaheim Convention Center. Five- in the 24th round by the Chicago a seventh-place finish in the NCAA hundred squads from throughout the White Sox. Left-hander Douglas Division II National Championship. country as well as Canada, Japan and Brandt, who struck out a team-record In the nationals, the team played Germany participated with pro cheer 18 against Cal Poly Pomona in March, courageous golf led by senior Ryan teams, including the Laker Girls and was taken by the Los Angeles Angels Plummer. He finished sixth overall among Clipper Girls. of Anaheim in the 43rd round. 105 golfers representing 20 teams and CSUSB’s all-female unit posted the Coyote Chatter five at-large qualifiers. Water Wizards top scores among the four teams in the Sophomore Freyja Berg was named final, which featured two co-ed teams On the MLB Track to the NCAA Division II All-America and two all-female teams. The team Junior left-hander Kevan Kelley was team and senior Sarah Reneker was an is composed entirely of freshmen and taken in the 22nd round during major All-Western Water Polo Association sophomores. Its top showing earned it a league baseball’s June draft by the Florida first-team selection following the paid bid to the USA College Nationals in Marlins. His lefty teammate, Ryan Hanks Coyotes’ 24-18 season, which resulted Las Vegas next February. — the Coyotes’ closer in 2006 with nine in a fifth-place finish in the WWPA. saves and zero earned runs allowed — Berg became the fourth player from was taken in the 23rd round, also by the CSUSB to earn All-America honors . She

Fall/Winter CSUSB Apples of a Teacher’s Eye For all the hoops and hurdles they’re expected to clear, they are teachers for one reason. It defines their careers. What does it take to be a teacher today?

By Joe Gutierrez tialed students have full-time jobs within one year of graduation and that 90 percent of these teachers stay in the Inland Empire. t’s the gleam in a student’s eyes. He got it. She understands. “Students at Cal State San Bernardino excel in their jobs,” Karnig IThe lesson clicked. said. “In contrast, the evidence indicates that programs that use alter- For many teachers, that gleam is what makes their often criticized native programs have considerably more attrition from the teaching profession worthwhile. That gleam brings satisfaction and a sense of ranks after the first three years on the job.” accomplishment. Studies have indicated that California, which has the largest “That was my motivation to be a teacher years ago and I still do it teacher workforce in the country with more than 300,000 teachers for that reason,” said Iris Riggs, associate dean for teacher preparation serving some 6 million students, faces a shortage of fully credentialed at Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Education. “I love it and I’m teachers as the current teacher workforce approaches retirement good at helping people learn.” age. In 2004-2005, the state had more than 97,000 teachers over the That feeling doesn’t get any better, said Patricia Arlin, dean of age of 50 and more than 51,000 teachers older than 55. the College of Education. “It’s a great career. You change lives, and “That means that one-third of California’s teachers are 50 years there’s plenty of personal growth.” old and older, and half of that one-third will be retiring in the next “Age doesn’t matter either,” said Carolyn Eggleston, the college’s five years,” said Arlin. And if all those teachers left at the average associate dean of graduate studies and administration. “I’ve seen the teacher retirement age of 61 over the next 10 to 11 years, the state same look from grown men who’ve just read their first sentence. It’s would have to replace 97,000 teachers, or 32 percent, of the current pretty powerful stuff.” teacher workforce. The demand for new teachers should peak in Teaching could be called bittersweet because of educators’ love, 2008-2009 when nearly 15,000 teachers are likely to retire. dedication and frustration with a profession that has its share of sup- For the Inland Empire, the growing demand for credentialed porters and detractors. Lately, the latter has been the most vocal. teachers is also expected to soar as the number of families moving to “Being a teacher is tougher than it was 15 years ago,” Arlin said. the Riverside-San Bernardino county region continues to climb. Filling CSUSB President Albert Karnig said society demands more and those jobs with quality instructors is even more critical because San more from teachers not only to meet the challenges of competing in Bernardino County has the lowest ratio of college graduates in the a highly technological global arena, but to take more of a role in shap- state, Karnig said. ing young minds, and that goes well beyond academics. “The challenge for teachers in the Inland Empire is different than “Teachers have been given responsibility for a horribly complex it is in affluent suburbs or places in which most of the parents have set of skills,” Karnig said. “Teachers are asked to instruct sex educa- wended their way through college,” Karnig said. “Seventy-percent of tion courses, to acculturate students and to promote a variety of so- our students are the first generation in their families to attend college. cial skills over and beyond reading, writing and arithmetic.” Teachers They graduated from high school with the right courses and the right also have to deal with measuring success “on the basis of tests — and grade point average. They are a small proportion of the overall num- those tests very often don’t necessarily take adequately into consider- ber of students who actually started in elementary school — many of ation the kinds of challenges that the teachers encounter.” whom dropped out, others who graduated without an intent to go to But Karnig and Arlin both said that while the profession has taken college, yet others who graduated and went to community colleges, its lumps, being a teacher is a good career to consider, because it of- and many who graduated but without taking the challenging courses fers great satisfaction from helping and changing lives as well as stable to properly prepare them for college.” employment, financial security and rising pay scales with good benefits The CSUSB College of Education is primed to meet those chal- and retirement programs. lenges with its 81 full-time faculty members with national and inter- Job prospects also look good in the years to come as the need for national reputations and a diverse offering of courses. Fischer said, credentialed teachers increases, especially in math, science, special “CSUSB continues to provide the largest number of teachers for our education and teachers certified to teach English language learners, district in San Bernardino County.” said Herbert R. Fischer, superintendent of schools for San Bernardino It’s one thing to graduate teachers, said Riggs. It’s another to help County. them stay in the classroom. Unlike other occupations, the newest “Currently, the state is projecting a need for 21,500 teachers teachers are often thrown into the most demanding situations in low- statewide, including 1,572 in San Bernardino County,” said Fischer, or high-income areas alike. “Few other professions take their newest who pointed out that during a recent visit to the EDJOIN.org Web people and give them the toughest assignments like combative class site, more than 900 openings for K-12 public education teaching posi- rooms, or the more challenging students.” tions were listed for the county. That’s significant for universities such as Cal State San Bernardino Programs to help incoming and veteran teachers and other CSU campuses, which have rigorous teacher credential To help new and veteran teachers, Cal State San Bernardino has programs and offer more mentoring programs than many private and been working with the inland region’s school districts, community for profit institutions. In CSUSB’s case, surveys of school districts that colleges, civic groups and others to not only attract more students employ the university’s credentialed graduates have consistently re- into the profession and graduate more teachers, but to help those ceived a 95 percent or higher rate of satisfaction with their new hires. teachers already in the classroom. The university has also developed The same surveys also indicate that 95 percent of CSUSB creden- long-standing partnerships with area schools and districts.

Photography by Robert Whitehead Fall/Winter CSUSB Differences in the state and federal laws created confusion as schools and colleges and universities sought to reassess their courses of study, curriculum and what programs were the most effective for teacher credentialing. Though both laws required the use of the state’s rigorous content standards as the basis to measure performance, according to a report from the non-profit EdSource, the standards of accountability are fundamentally different in the definition of school success and caused a “confusing and frustrating situation,” says the state’s Department of Education. The laws also led to changes in stan- dards not only for potential students considering entering the teaching field, but also for existing teachers who must consistently update their credentials to advance. Arlin said the new standards are tougher, and meeting them can be a challenge because of differing standards of accountability. “I value a The College of Education is entering its 12th year in serving the rigorous program; it just needs consistency.” Beginning Teachers’ Support and Assessment Program, which works Times may be frustrating, but Arlin, Riggs and Eggleston are quick with 47 school districts in the San Bernardino-Riverside county region to point out that despite the challenges, one thing does remain consis- and is beginning its 19th year of a partnership with Hillside Elementary tent. As more and more children enter school age in the Inland Empire School as a demonstration school. Two other examples of the part- and in the state, more and more teachers will be needed. And they nerships are GEAR-UP Inland Empire and PT3, the Preparing Tomor- will continue to be educated and trained at CSUSB. A new College of row’s Teachers for Technology project. Both programs have been Education building, which will be ready in 2008, will go far in helping highly successful in attracting students to teaching and helping new the university continue that effort. In 2007, CSUSB will unveil its first teachers become better at their craft. doctoral program – an Ed.D. in educational leadership. In GEAR-UP Inland Empire, the university works with three school Arlin believes the college will ultimately produce better prepared districts and 14 middle and high schools in the region to focus on and supported teachers who will, in turn, help their students academi- students just beginning the seventh grade through graduation from cally as well as after they’ve high school and enrollment in college. GEAR-UP Inland Empire, which left the classroom. “I really last year received a six-year, $15 million federal grant, has a nation- More on what’s think we are going to be on an ally recognized service learning component that requires prospective happening in teaching: upswing in attracting quality credentialed teachers put in more than the state-mandated hours at students,” she said, adding that schools and in classrooms to give them a better overall perspective CSUSB combining speed being a teacher has never been and the opportunity to work with seasoned and veteran teachers. The and quality in teacher more relevant or crucial to so- PT3 program, whose other members include school districts in San prep program … page 9 ciety in generating knowledge, Bernardino County and Desert Sands and Apple Computers, shows A new education building advancing technology and de- prospective and veteran teachers how to use technology in their cur- equipped for the modern veloping better understanding. riculum and in the classroom. The program has worked to transform age … page 19 Even with all the changes, teacher education so that technology is integrated throughout teaching new technology and govern- and learning. “When we receive local support and funding from the A California Teacher ment influence, said Eggleston, state, we see an increase in the retention of teachers,” Riggs said. of the Year talks about the bottom line for teaching her 20 years in the still goes back to dedication and School and teacher accountability classroom … page 26 desire to help others. “When Criticisms about low-performing schools, the lack of adequately people look back on their lives trained teachers and the continuing deterioration of schools in low- and ask themselves, ‘What income areas has led to the creation of laws mandating testing and did I do with my life?’ I don’t think teachers will have much to worry teaching standards, and, in some cases, the closing of schools. The about.” most significant education legislation is the federal “No Child Left Behind Act of 2002,” which pushed states to put teeth into their as- Special thanks to all who assisted with this story at Magnolia Elementary School sessment and teacher accountability systems. The federal law zeroed in Riverside, particularly to (page 16 clockwise from top left) Richard, Eduardo, in with different consequences for schools and school districts if test Marissa and Rosemary, to Ms. Hannibal, who loaned them from her second scores for specific groups of students were below expectations. Ear- and third grade class to CSUSB Magazine, and to Emily Waters (pictured lier, in 1999, California lawmakers passed the sweeping Public Schools on this page), a resource specialist at Magnolia, who earned her credential Accountability Act, which required public schools be rated and com- at CSUSB in 2005 and is now working on her master’s at the university. pared based on student test scores and created penalties for those schools whose students failed to progress academically.

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With the official groundbreaking for the new College of Education building this past April, Cal State San Bernardino’s “Tools for Education” fundraising campaign set a course with a strong message. The campaign will help bring technol- ogy laboratories and literacy and educational assessment centers to the new building to serve CSUSB credential students, area schools and communities in the Inland Empire, said Patricia Arlin, dean of the College of Education. The col- lege supplies about 60 percent of the credentialed teachers to a region that covers 67 individual school districts across 27,000 square miles. These tools will help provide “our credential students with the state-of-the-art skills, techniques and instruction that they will use as teachers in the region’s schools,” Arlin said. “In turn, they will help our K-12 stu- gave the new teachers high marks during their first year dents become the educated workforce that many businesses, in several areas that measured teaching effectiveness. companies and services in our two-county region need.” Watson, the campaign committee co-chair, said financial The campaign, chaired by James Watson, president support – both public and private – isn’t just to ensure that of Watson and Associates, and his wife Judy, has raised the building gets the necessary equipment, classrooms and about $2 million of its $4 million goal. The build- office space. “It’s a matter of furthering and enriching a valu- ing itself, which is scheduled to open in early 2008, is able program that has proven time and time again its value to funded through a $50 million bond that was approved the region’s educational programs, its schools and the future from the passage of Proposition 55 in March 2004. of our children by producing some of the best and most ded- But the $12.3 billion statewide school repair and icated teachers in our area, the state and even the country.” construction bond does not cover the cost of technol- Other committee members include Michael Vairin; ogy, equipment, supplies and furnishings, said Adrian Mike Gallo, president of Kelly Space and Technology, P. Stevens, director of development for the College Inc.; James Funk, the retired San Bernardino direc- of Education. At 130,000 square feet, the structure tor of development of development services; Charles will be one of the largest buildings on campus. Shumaker, managing partner, Shumaker, Steckbauer, Its home is where the temporary classrooms north of Weinhart, LLP; and Charles Terrell, retired superintendent, the John M. Pfau Library stood until construction began trustee, San Bernardino Community College District. during the summer. It will also become home to Cal State The construction project also offers naming opportuni- San Bernardino’s first-ever doctoral program, which will be ties in the new building to “recognize the generous support offered to school administrators drawn from elementary, of donors to the campaign,” said Francoise Aylmer, Cal secondary, community college and four-year institutions State San Bernardino’s associate vice president for develop- starting in the fall of 2007. The doctor of education (Ed.D.) ment. Earlier this summer, for example, the literacy center program will provide coursework in educational leadership. at CSUSB was named after Watson and Associates, the Seal CSUSB’s College of Education consistently ranks Beach development firm that has donated $1 million under among the top credential programs in the 23-campus the leadership of James and Judy Watson and their partners. California State University system. Last year, 1,602 stu- “The new College of Education building offers so many dents pursued multi-subject, single subject and spe- giving possibilities for individuals who want to further one cial education credentials. After college, the univer- of the best teaching and credential programs,” Aylmer sity’s COE graduates fare well in the workplace. said. “Our own faculty and staff have already generously According to a CSU teacher preparation survey released contributed to the campaign. I encourage everyone who last year, 95 percent of these CSUSB students with teach- is interested in supporting the college to consider mak- ing credentials found full-time employment within a ing a charitable donation to ‘Tools for Education.’” year after graduation. The survey also showed that the schools and school districts that hired CSUSB graduates Illustration by Aaron Hecker

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ni awards event and the return b g of student leaders to campus, and the May 6 black-tie gala hosted in the newly remodeled Santos Manuel Student Union. It was a capacity crowd of 470 guests who did their bidding in live and silent auctions that, h along with more than a dozen corporate sponsors, raised more than $200,000. The funds estab- c lished a new endowment to meet student and faculty needs.

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20 CSUSB Fall/Winter a e j l In a historic moment, a surprise gift of Co-chairs of the capital campaign for the Founding President John Pfau (left) and wife, President Karnig hits the dance floor next portraits of CSUSB’s three presidents is College of Education building, James and Antreen (center), visit with Marilyn Karnig to alumna Crissy Tobiason as anniversary unveiled by benefactor Nick Coussoulis Judy Watson are welcomed by College of (right) and Charles Obershaw at a sponsors’ gala activities come to a close. (center). Artist Tom Pinch (right) was com- Education Dean Pat Arlin (left). The com- reception before the gala’s silent auction. missioned by Coussoulis to create this legacy mittee is devoted to raising funds for the m gift for the university, which will display the new education building at CSUSB. k As the dinner program began, CSU portraits of presidents (from left) John San Bernardino Mayor Patrick Morris (left) Chancellor Charles Reed congratulated Pfau, Anthony Evans and Albert Karnig . f chats with Bishop Gerald Barnes during the the sold-out crowd on its generous As a premier sponsor, San Bernardino Sun gala reception and silent auction. support of CSUSB. b and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin chief execu- Longtime supporters of the campus were tive officer Bob Balzer (left) is greeted by honored with a special award during the 40th anniversary honorary co-chair, Stater program. Alumnus Nick Coussoulis (seated Bros. chairman and CEO Jack Brown (cen- center), who also served as an honorary co- ter), and Bruce Varner. chair for the 40th anniversary, receives the recognition from Coyote athletics develop- ment director Mike Kovack (standing). g As a diamond sponsor of the gala, the c Arrowhead Credit Union was represented by Ernie Garcia, emeritus dean of education, Marie Alonzo, who is shown here with John triumphs during the live auction as the Futch, director of CSUSB’s Cross-Cultural new owner of a DeLorean, purchased Center. for $20,000. h d Bob Knop directed the amazing CSUSB Jazz Provost Lou Fernandez and wife Elsa (seated Ensemble as the group performed through- at center) were joined by CSUSB reference out the evening. librarian Xiwen Zhang (standing right) in hosting a delegation from China, including i (seated from left) Qianmei Zhang, Dandan President Albert Karnig thanked the many Qin and Tu Liang Zheng. Standing is Yushan supporters of CSUSB over its 40-year history. m Qin and Neng He.

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A Year of Giving Generously As the Cal State San Bernardino development team tion of CSUSB’s 40th anniversary made it the perfect time to reached out to the community for philanthropic support, it contact many new employees and revisit others to express the knew that charity had to begin at home. It also knew that need for support and to solicit gifts. many donors, such as foundations, look closely at campus The 2005-2006 campaign had a $40,000 goal for the participation in deciding whether to give to a university. university’s 40th anniversary. It raised more than $60,000. Furnished with these principles, last year, CSUSB launched And the new building campaign for the College of Education its new faculty and staff campaign in what is planned to be an raised more than $80,000 from its own faculty and staff. annual event. When counting those who were already giving, almost The last faculty and staff campaign had been held before $205,000 was raised to support many campus needs. All of

1999. Many members of the campus community have contin- this amid a record-breaking $16 million in overall contribu- ued to give. But the growth of the university and the celebra- tions to Cal State San Bernardino this year.

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Help in Planning Ahead CSUSB Legacy A 20-year veteran of university advancement with experience in marketing, public relations and fundraising Society for Cal State San Bernardino, Cindi Pringle began So many special her duties in June overseeing the university’s planned men and women have giving program. included California Most recently Pringle coordinated the activities con- State University, San nected with CSUSB’s 40th anniversary, including the Bernardino in their gala. The successful event rose close to $200,000. estate planning. Some A native of Wisconsin, she resides in San Bernardino of our donors have and earned her master’s degree in business psychology selected charitable trusts at CSUSB in 1998. Pringle has two daughters who Cindi Pringle and gift annuities. These attend CSUSB. are great ways to give “I am eager to assist our young, vigorous university develop additional distinctions gifts, receive income that are made possible by the thoughtful planning of alumni, retirees, friends and regional and generate a sizable leaders. There are many ways in which a legacy can be created at CSUSB while providing tax deduction. Funding benefits during a lifetime, so I look forward to exploring options with those who have a these “life income gifts” charitable intent toward Cal State San Bernardino.” with appreciated assets such as stock or real estate (trusts only) is an excellent technique that also helps reduce capi- Dispatches from K6JTH tal gains taxes. Making a gift an asset through by Alan Llavore Learning or through regular university your will or living trust One can say this about Thomas classes. The funds can be used toward edu- or naming CSUSB as Markley: He’s certainly a talker. And cational expenses or childcare expenses. a beneficiary of a life just in case a visitor to his Fontana In addition, the funds may also be used insurance policy or pen- home hadn’t figured that out toward to cover the membership fees, or related sion plan are other ways the end of a visit on a sunny spring day, expenses such as conference costs, of the in which you can sup- Markley made it clear. “I love to talk. California Public Safety Radio Association, port the university. That’s why I was a dispatcher …. which also provides professional devel- The purpose of the “You know how in life you’re really opment opportunities for dispatchers. Legacy Society is to rec- blessed when you find a job that you really If there are no applicants who ognize and thank our love to do?” Markley said. That describes are single parents, the funds may be planned gifts donors. his career at Cal State San Bernardino. awarded to CSUSB police dispatch- We will be launching From Sept. 21, 1973, until his retire- ers who are married and qualify under Legacy Society activities ment on April 1, 1999, (due to a disabil- the endowment’s other criteria. this year. Membership ity) Markley — call letters K6JTH — was “I loved my job,” Markley said on the will include get-togeth- the voice Cal State San Bernardino police day he formally established the endow- ers, invitations to cam- officers heard on their radios dispatching ment. “I watched the campus grow.” When pus events and lectures them to various calls. His tenure at the he arrived at Cal State San Bernardino, about estate planning university’s public safety office was so long the John M. Pfau Library was still under and planned gift instru- that he outlasted seven police chiefs. “As construction. A few years later, in 1980, ments. the years went by,” Markley said, “I hap- Markley was on campus when the Panorama If you would like to pened to become the senior employee.” Fire swept through and destroyed the discuss a planned gift, if So strong was the bond created between shipping and receiving warehouse and you are looking to make him and the university community — and severely damaged the cooling towers on a charitable gift with tax the public safety office — that he decided the heating and air conditioning building. incentives and income in 2006 to establish a $10,500 endowment. “I want people to know that Cal State or if you have included Named the “Thomas L. Markley Endowed is always open,” Markley said. “There is CSUSB in your estate, Fund,” it is primarily for a single parent always somebody there — that’s public please contact Cindi who is a Cal State San Bernardino police safety. When you call 911 or (909) 537- Pringle, planned gifts dispatcher. The recipient also must demon- 5165 someone is always going to answer. officer, at (909) 537- strate financial need to continue with his or The lights are always on, even when we 3521. her education or professional development, have to use our emergency generator.” either through the College of Extended 22 CSUSB Fall/Winter Student Scapes

The hall, big, round and ornate, sits in South Kensington off the Piccadilly District Hall line and by Hyde Park. Indeed, when you walk out of RCM’s doors, the hall is what you see across the street. Every summer at Passages this time the hall hums from morning to night with the music of nattering concert-goers. It has been the home of the Proms for 67 of the festival’s 112 years in a schedule that, By Sam Romero this year, included the 4 p.m. Aug. 4 concert that featured Manny and his three fellow par- Outside the Royal College of Music ticipants as guest conductors. The students the temps had climbed to a mild 70 or 75 at the workshop all had some experience as degrees by mid-day, and except for the rogue conductors, and more than likely as musi- rain shower that had fallen here and there, cians. Manny’s own instruments at CSUSB London had been clear, cool and in tip-top had been the trumpet and piano. His life has shape for the Proms. For musicians and music always been a kind of surround sound. “My lovers, there was almost no better time to very first memories are musical,” he says. His be in London. This had to be true for Manny mother has always sung and his father has Aybar, a Cal State San Bernardino music always sung and played the guitar. In Miami, major who RCM had invited along with three where he was born and raised, he remem- other students from Italy, Japan and America bers sitting in the car as a child, waiting at to be participants in the college’s five-day railroad crossings, listening to the rhythmic conductor’s workshop. pounding of trains as they rattled by. The Proms, short for Promenades, was In one small respect, conducting an the annual series of concerts held from orchestra was no different for Manny than mid-July to September, when hundreds of experiencing trains. It was about listening and “prommers” would buy their tickets, stuff sound. “It’s not about waving your arms, and themselves into Royal Albert Hall and stand it’s not about being authoritarian. Those days in its arena and gallery to absorb the play of are gone.” Meaning dictatorial maestros need great orchestras and artists. If you had the not apply. It was about listening to your play- pounds, maybe you’d buy a ticket for one of ers in every sense. the 4,000 seats. “What’s the deal with conductors?” Manny Aybar had stayed up past mid- Manny asked while talking last year with a night almost every night the entire week. It friend who plays with the Boston Symphony. was not because he was a prommer. Since As a musician, he said, “what do you expect?” July 31 he had been busy at RCM, where First, his friend said, an orchestra will he, his three fellow participants and about know within 30 seconds of seeing you work a dozen auditors were attending the work- whether or not you’re good. “’We will know shop led by master conductors John Farrer if we will follow you,’” Manny recalls him say- and Neil Thomson. Farrer, conductor of the ing, “within the first 30 seconds.’” Second, Bakersfield Symphony for the past 30 years, an orchestra doesn’t respond to yelling, or had been a guest of both the London and need a conductor to tell it how to play a B Royal philharmonics, and Thomson, a top MAESTRO IN MAKING — flat or how to play many pieces, because In his work with musicians British conductor, had studied under Norman most orchestras already have a wide reper- well before traveling to Del Mar and Leonard Bernstein. There, with toire. What an orchestra wanted was for the England, as well as in his the aid of a $1,000 scholarship from CSUSB’s conductor to tell it where it was going, to be rehearsals with the New Associated Students Inc. and this second invi- “brave enough” to say what he wanted. That Professionals (counting tation from RCM, Manny also had been busy from the top, pictures 1, was all. 3 and 6) after he arrived catching up with friends he’d made at last At Royal Albert Hall Manny would be lis- for the conductor’s work- year’s workshop and preparing for his guest tening. Were the violinists giving their instru- shop, Manny Aybar was all conductor performance. It would, in fact, be ments enough bow? Were the winds getting about letting the music speak. a part of the Proms and take place in Royal enough air to last through long passages? He did that one afternoon Albert Hall, not in the hall’s main arena, but in a grand old building on Was the brass embouchure so tight that it Kensington Gore. in one of its smaller music spaces. Still, it was felt constricted? the hall.

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“When you listen, you can really phrase things, you can really balance things, you can Modified Searches really say, ‘More of this, less of that,’” Manny says. “You are the only one that has all of the for Intelligent Life music in front of you. A violin player only has his part. A flute player only has her part. So you know what should be going on. … I like It seems logical that the search for signs Upstairs at the Downstairs. the definition of a conductor in the sense of of intelligent life in the universe would In 1969 Tomlin joined electricity — that it flows through you and begin on a college campus. And who bet- the cast of the television it spreads out. I remember reading that the ter to navigate that search, than one of show “Laugh-In” and rose conductor is like the umbilical chord for the America’s foremost comediennes, Lily to national prominence with orchestra, because he or she needs to be Tomlin. her characterizations of connected to From the “West Wing” to “A Prairie Ernestine, the irascible tele- every single Home Companion,” Ms. Tomlin has cap- phone operator, and Edith player.” tured the hearts of the American public Ann, the devilish 6-year-old The audi- with witty characters, clever acting and cre- who coined the phrase, ence that ative comedy. On June 2, 2007, Coussoulis “And that’s the truth.” She afternoon at Arena at Cal State San Bernardino will host went on to co-write and star Royal Albert Tomlin for a one-woman show, where she in several television shows, Hall was small, will talk about her life and career in a per- such as the “X-Files” and and besides formance that may well include a “modified “Murphy Brown,” and she the usual art- search.” played President Bartlett’s ists and agents Born in Detroit, Tomlin grew up in a assistant Debbie Fiderer on in attendance working-class neighborhood on the out- the “West Wing.” there was John skirts of the city. Her role models included Tomlin has received six Boyden, head Lucille Ball, Bea Lillie, Imogene Coca and Emmys, two Tony awards, a of the London Jean Carroll. Originally Tomlin enrolled at Drama Desk Award, Outer Symphony, Wayne State University to study medicine, Critics’ Circle Award, a and acclaimed composer Joseph Lewistein. but her elective courses in theater arts CableAce Award, a Grammy Backstage, Manny couldn’t sit still. But walk- compelled her to leave college to per- and many other recogni- ing out on stage, arriving at the podium and form in local coffee houses. She moved to tions. Her Broadway credits facing the orchestra put him at ease. He New York in 1965, where she soon built include “Appearing Nitely” and “The Search knew what he had to do, and he knew he a strong following with appearances at the for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.” could do it. Improvisation, Café Au Go Go and the Tomlin’s motion picture career includes “Conducting is about body language, and there were two rules I learned from this experience,” he’d say later. “One, conductor do no harm, do not do anything that gets in the way of the music or the orchestra, and Leader of become a lawyer. After graduat- two, the ability to express color and emotion ing from CSUSB, Conley plans to in music without words.” enroll in Loyola Marymount’s law Manny would conduct the Haydn the Pack program. Variations by Brahms. The piece was large Conley chose CSUSB, in Human communica- and — more than any other piece in the pro- part, because of its location. And tions major Anthony gram — it had an “architectural” feel to it. In although he debated between Conley, Cal State San the beginning, the orchestra winds presented entering the Air Force, community Bernardino’s newly the theme, and then restated it in variations college and CSUSB, he settled on elected Associated as they built upon it, adding layer upon layer, Anthony Conley, ASI president Cal State San Bernardino because Students, Inc. president, finishing with a nice passacaglia. In the end, his parents recommended it. He has set some high goals the audience enjoyed the performance. The has been involved in the California State Student for his office and himself. orchestra had responded well to the Proms, Association, serving as vice president, university As he begins his term, Conley plans to it had responded well to Manny. affairs. The organization advocates for students develop new ways to involve students, bring within the CSU system and has representatives awareness to ASI, and to generate positive pub- from all CSU campuses. He has been a member licity by offering popular events. of Circle K International and has served as vice But as he pursues his degree with minors president. He will be serving as the organiza- in pre-law and recording arts, he hopes to tion’s secretary this year. 24 CSUSB Fall/Winter Student Scapes

An Evening with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood Following enormously success- ful solo tours, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, stars of the Emmy nominated “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” have teamed up to present an eve- ning of extraordinary improvisational comedy at the Coussoulis Arena. The performance will take place on Friday, March 2, 2007 at 8 p.m. For ticket information call (909) 537-7360. Using their quick wit, Colin and Brad take contributions from the audi- ence to create hilarious and original scenes. Throughout the evening, the show becomes truly interactive as audience members are called to the stage to participate in the fun. For more information about the show visit http://colinandbradshow.com. Lily Tomlin roles in several feature films, such as “9 to 5” Tickets will be available at the Coussoulis and “The Incredible Shrinking Woman.” In her Arena Box Office for $45-$60. For more infor- most recent film she starred opposite Meryl mation call (909) 537-7360. Streep and Garrison Keillor in “A Prairie Home

Companion.” Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood

of finishing his career as one of only three players A Winning Team in NBA history to amass more than 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, and 1,500 blocked shots. By Derek Galloway Aside from his many accomplishments, it is off California State University, San Bernardino’s the court where Vlade Divac really shines. His Group commitment to reach out to the community has cre- Seven Foundation provides assistance to children ated a winning team by partnering CSUSB with the across the world. NBA. Students from CSUSB’s GEAR-UP program In the spring, CSUSB and the Group Seven visited the university the week of July 17 to receive Foundation hosted a pilot basketball camp for young- basketball camp training from 16-year veteran and sters visiting from China. The NBA star has helped NBA all-star Vlade Divac. international students from China and Korea connect Divac, who is originally from Serbia, Yugoslavia, with American youth through his basketball camp burst upon the NBA scene in 1989, when he was program. In addition to receiving advance coaching drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. After stints with from Divac and fellow all-star Peja Stojakovic of the the Lakers, Charlotte Hornets and Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Hornets, the basketball camp has given Divac finished his basketball career as a Laker. Today, international students a chance to broaden their Divac serves as a player, scout for future NBA stars English language skills. abroad. He retired last year and has the distinction

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By Jaymes Merritt that it is the most impor- tant career there is.” After 20 years of teach- At least one of ing middle and high school Robinette’s former English in Apple Valley, and students heard the mes- 10 years after winning the sage. Katie Lancraft, a California Teacher of the recent liberal arts gradu- Year Award, Toni Robinette ate from CSUSB, sent is still passionate. She is pas- Robinette a graduation sionate about her subject, her announcement this past profession and her students. June with a personal “First and foremost, I note. “I was once a stu- teach children; second, I dent of yours in 1997 impacted my life as a student. she said, created a compli- teach language arts,” said when I was in the seventh After seventeen years of cated and complex tangle of Robinette during a recent grade,” wrote Lancraft. “I just hard work and dedication, standardized testing while visit to her alma mater. “It is wanted to thank you for all this month I will receive my stifling some of the creative important for my students the hard work you put into bachelor of arts degree.” elements of teaching. The to know and feel that I am your job every day and tell Born in Portland, Ore., loss of professional staff a teacher because I believe you how much you really Robinette graduated from development days prevents CSUSB in 1987 and began educators from feeding off teaching immediately at one another. Even getting Apple Valley Middle School credentialed has become a in the high desert. She then chore, with many require- taught at Vista Campana ments to meet and several Middle School, also in Apple exams to pass. When you Valley, where she was award- add to this equation the high ed the California Teacher turnover rates of high school of the Year in 1997. Later, principals, who are on the job she moved to Granite Hills an average of 22-24 months, High School, where she now then you have a definite teaches freshman honors uphill battle. “It is vital to and 11th grade English. have more consistency in the But even the greatest leadership of a high school,” teachers have difficulties. said Robinette. “We need Today, Robinette faces administrators who are effec- upwards of 40 or more stu- tive instructional leaders, and, A TEACHER’S TRAVELS — Her trip really started in fourth grade when the desire to dents in every one of her along with the staff, have a teach was first planted while at McKinley Elementary School in Colton. In 11th grade, classes. Compliance with shared vision for the school.” Toni was in school in Utah taking history from Mr. Olson, her main inspiration to the federal No Child Left The future of teach- become a teacher. Three years ago Toni Robinette shared her ideas about teaching Behind Act (NCLB) has, ing is an uncertain picture. with CSUSB students as part of the Alumni Association’s “Professor for a Day” event.

26 CSUSB Fall/Winter The California Beginning a shoulder to lean on. Teacher Support and Lancraft ended her let- Assessment (BTSA) ter to Robinette by saying, Induction Program pro- “After graduation I plan to vides formative assess- enter a credentialing pro- ment, individualized gram and also become a support and advanced teacher. You have impacted content for newly cre- my life throughout the dentialed, beginning years and now I am finish- teachers, and is the ing what you started.” preferred pathway to a Inspiration can go California Professional both ways, of course. Teaching Credential, says “This is why I teach,” said Robinette estimates that [is what needs to be done], the organization’s literature. Robinette. “Teachers do 50 percent of “her group” because we put up too many At Granite Hills, make a difference in the of veteran teachers will be roadblocks and people get Robinette has seen the retiring nationwide in the somewhat discouraged. I implementation of a next five to 10 years, and think it’s vital to have quality “Buddy Teacher” pro- she is concerned that there teachers in the classroom if gram in which more will not be enough good, we are to compete in the seasoned teachers qualified teachers coming global economy. We must When it comes to mentor incoming fac- being a teacher, the rewards make all the difference. See the cover story “It is important for my students to know on page 16. and feel that I am a teacher because I believe that it is the most important career there is.”

ulty by sharing experiences lives of their students.” in to take up the slack. bring respect and real value and giving additional sup- “Teacher recruitment back to the profession.” port. Robinette has herself should be on the top of Fortunately, said been a “Buddy Teacher” to everybody’s list,” said Robinette, there are some some of the new teachers Robinette. “Really inspiring programs in place to assist at her high school, giving people to go into education teachers, especially the new them guidance or even just and streamlining the process or prospective educators.

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Unified School District. Barry has worked Dawn Anderson Kastner, M.A. special 1960s for more than 30 years in education, holding education 1983, is the new principal at Alan Dyer, B.A. sociology 1968, has been positions ranging from teacher to principal Westview High School in San Diego. She selected to be included in the 10th edition of to athletic director, and most recently assis- previously served as vice principal for the “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.” tant superintendent for human resources school and for Rancho Bernardo High School. Alan is a retired Rialto Adult School Education in the Perris Union High School District. Westview, which opened in 2002, is listed teacher, and currently serves as the board among San Diego County’s top schools. Jeanne S. Thornton, B.A. sociology 1972, director for the West Valley Water District was promoted to assistant director for the Board in Rialto. Alan continues to teach in Bill Stevenson, B.A. business administration Desert Division of the Riverside County CSUSB’s College of Extended Learning and 1984, is vice presi- Probation Department. Jeanne was for- at the University of California, Riverside. s dent and manager merly a supervising probation officer with the of Citizens Business Riverside County Probation Department. s Bank’s Fontana business financial 1970s center, overseeing customer service, Joseph Bush, B.A. political science 1974, 1980s operations, sales is the president and founder of Wizard Jim Ferranti, M.A. education 1985, is a and lending staff. Financial Inc., a real estate brokerage firm resource specialist at Cole Elementary Bill, who has more that makes private trust deed investments School in Highland, Calif., where he gives than 23 years of banking experience, previ- and real estate loans in California. Joseph was extra support to students. He earned the ously was senior vice president and branch an ASB vice president and ASB chairman of Crystal Apple teaching award in 2005 from manager for American Security Bank. s the senate during 1973-74 at CSUSB. s the San Bernardino City Unified School Robbin Bouslog, B.A. liberal studies 1987, Barry Kayrell, B.A. political science 1974, District. Jim also is a district chairperson for has been teaching at Lake Elsinore Unified M.A. education 1977, has been named the UCLA Alumni Scholarship Program. School District for the past 20 years, cur- superintendent of schools for Beaumont rently teaching vocal music at Canyon Lake Middle School. Robbin also is a member of the California Arts Project Leadership Team.

The Class 1990s of 1973 Benjamin Adams, B.S. marketing 1990, earned his master’s degree in special edu- Cal State San Bernardino’s cation from Azusa Pacific University. Ben first students to gradu- continues to teach math and English at ate with master’s degrees Alessandro High School in Hemet. in education in 1973 were honored on May Chris Ahearn, B.A. marketing 1990, SC, is 19 at the College of senior vice presi- Education’s 17th Annual dent of worldwide Outstanding Student sales and market- Recognition Dinner. ing for Oakwood Worldwide, a Sue (Orrock) Brown original six members K-12 education, retir- Los Angeles- (seated), M.A. education of the Class of 1973 ing as administrators. based company 1973, Daniel Carrasco, who joined College of The Alumni Association that offers cor- Sr. (right), B.A. Spanish Education Dean Patricia presented each honoree porate housing 1968 and M.A. education Arlin (center) and other with a commemorative and short-stay, 1973, and Pete Carrasco special guests at the event. 40th anniversary gift, furnished apartments in the Americas, (left), B.A. Spanish 1969 and Danny Carrasco Europe and Asia. Chris directs an interna- and M.A. education All three alumni enjoyed addressed the students 1973, were among the distinguished careers in and faculty at the dinner. s Denotes CSUSB Alumni Association member 29 Fall/Winter CSUSB Alumni Notes Can’t get enough alumni notes? See more – or post your own note – on the Alumni Association Web site: www.csusbalumni.com!

tional sales and marketing force of more Michelle Carter, B.A. communication 1992, Cheryl-Marie Hansberger, B.A. psychology than 180 employees. Previously he served recently premiered 1993, AF, has as vice president of marketing, products her short film “Sub been appointed and strategy for FedEx Kinko’s Commercial Urban Safari” at vice president of Document Solutions in Dallas, Texas. s the Cannes Film strategic develop- Festival in Cannes, ment for Delcan Lee Cardon, B.S. biology 1993, is a certi- France, and is Corporation. fied prosthetist and orthotist for Hanger preparing for the Cheryl-Marie Prosthetics and Orthotics West Inc. at Montreal Film will be respon- their Rancho Mirage center. Lee’s loss of a Festival in Canada. sible for facilitat- leg in a traffic collision 23 years ago, while Find out more ing corporate a 19-year-old biology major at CSUSB, about her film company, Midian Films, and change and strategic growth. Cheryl- opened the door to his career. Lee cycles see the movie trailer at www.midianfilms.net. Marie previously worked for National about 150 miles a week and is training Engineering Technology Corporation. s for the annual Tram Road Challenge in Greg Saks, B.A. history 1992, SC, was Palm Springs and a triathlon in La Jolla. named associate vice president of develop- Steve Hickey, B.S. physical education 1993, ment for Cal has been named the boys basketball and Diana Z. Rodriguez, B.A. marketing 1990, State Dominguez golf coach at the new Summit High School M.B.A. 1994, Hills, where he in Fontana. Steve previously coached at M.A. educational is responsible Kaiser High School, and was a four-year counseling 2000, for all areas of member of CSUSB’s men’s basketball team. SGF, was named private support vice president for to the univer- G. Harold Duffey, M.P.A. 1995, was appoint- student services at sity. Previously, ed the chief assistant director for planning, Palo Verde College Greg served as resources, and public works for Yolo County, in Blythe, where director of devel- located outside Sacramento. Duffey served as she will oversee opment at Pitzer College, where he helped general manager for Sacramento’s integrated several depart- complete a $40 million fund-raising campaign. waste division since 2000 and previously held ments, including admissions and records, analyst and planner positions with the city counseling, financial aid and the transfer cen- ter. Diana previously served as coordinator of transfer and career services at San Bernardino Valley College, where she also was an assistant professor. Prior to that, she was CSUSB’s coordinator of transfer, counseling, recruitment and admissions. Diana is complet- ing her doctorate program in urban educa- tion at Claremont Graduate University. s

Sedrick Spencer, B.A. psychol- ogy 1991, M.P.A. 1996, WYF, is the senior manager for state government affairs at Roche Pharmaceuticals. s

Matthew Turner, B.A. economics 1991, is the chief marketing officer for Mercury Payment Systems (MPS) in Durango, Colo. MPS is a payment processing com- pany whose platform is integrated to most The Ties that Bond major point-of-sales systems for restau- rants, groceries and specialty retail stores. The women of the Eta Beta Chapter of 1986, and was the first Greek organiza- Matthew also is a special interest group Alpha Phi celebrated their 20th anniver- tion on campus. The weekend included coordinator for American Mensa Ltd. sary at a weekend event in Palm Springs, a meet-and-greet reception, a memorial Calif. The event took place August 11-13 brunch for sister Jennifer Lynne Brooks and brought together alumnae and col- (USC), a formal event complete with din- s Denotes CSUSB Alumni Association member legiate members of the active chapter. ner, dancing and a silent auction as well as Alpha Phi was chartered at CSUSB in lots of time to spend with old friends. 30 CSUSB Fall/Winter Lost touch with your college buddies? Search for friends and former classmates in the Alumni Association Alumni Notes online directory: www.csusbalumni.com

of Riverside and county of San Bernardino.

Tom Mainez, Jr., B.S. physical education 1995, SN, was appointed golf coach for CSUSB. Tom previously served as interim coach and led the 2005-06 Coyotes to a No. 7 finish nationally for the season.

Paula Estrada de Martin, B.S. biology 1995, M.S. biology 1997, AF, was recently hired as a technology special- ist in the intellectual property depart- Calling all Coyote Couples! ment of the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. Paula’s practice Did you meet your mate @ Cal State? Share focuses on preparation of biotech- your story and help us identify our “Coyote nology and life sciences patents. Couples,” and we’ll include you and your spouse in special couples-only events and activities! Ericka Nunez Paddock, B.A. commu- nication 1998, is the new director of Visit the new Coyote Couples student life at Crafton online community, Hills College. www.csusbalumni/CoyoteCouples, for more information. Ericka previ- ously was the pro- gram coordina- tor for CSUSB’s of Business and Public Administration’s Hannan Albasel, B.V.E.D. vocational edu- office of student Business Alliance Board of Directors. s cation 2004, had her poem, “Just a Talk,” leadership and published in the book, “The Best Poems and development. s David Adams, B.A. in sociology 2003, Poets of 2005.” Hannan also has published SN, is the Greek advisor for University “You Awake My Emotions” in “Songs of Kathleen Ledbetter, B.S. accounting 1999, of California at Davis. David is respon- Honor” and “I Lost You” in “The International M.A. career and technical education 2005, sible for advising 63 Greek-affiliated orga- Who’s Who In Poetry.” Hannan is an active is an auditor for the Internal Revenue nizations. His duties include supporting member with the International Poet Society. s Service in Los Angeles. Kathleen is a former students in the development of leadership supervisor with Convergys, an information and citizenship programs to foster posi- Salvador Jiminez Murguia, B.A. sociol- management company that provides and tive relationships among college students. ogy 2000, is an assistant professor with manages billing and customer support solu- CSUSB’s department of sociology. As a tions for communications worldwide. s Monique Nolan, B.S. kinesiology 2002, was student at Cal State, Salvador participated recently named in the McNair Scholars program, which Jeff Sims, M.P.A. 1999, was appointed top assistant coach prepares undergraduates for doctoral assistant general manager for Western for the CSUSB studies. He earned his Ph.D. in sociol- Municipal Water District in Riverside. women’s basketball ogy of religion from UC Santa Barbara. With his new position, Jeff will be respon- program. Monique, sible for the management and supervi- who played Tom Lee, B.S. computer science 2005, sion of the engineering and operations two seasons is a software engineer for PerMedics activities of the district. Jeff previously of basketball at Inc., a medical technology company served as district engineering manager. CSUSB, previ- based in San Bernardino. Tom was ously taught physi- among the first class of CSUSB Alumni cal education at the Clare Cherry School at Association alumni scholoars. s 2000s Congregation Emanu El in San Bernardino. Dee Ann Chandler, M.B.A. 2002, is the Michael Russo, B.A. economics 2002, education director for Springboard, a is a financial advisor for Ameriprise In Memoriam non-profit credit management agency in Financial. Michael is a former supervi- s Denotes CSUSB Alumni Association member Riverside. Dee Ann also serves on the College sor for the S.P. Richards Company.

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Janet E. Barnes, B.A. liberal studies 1987, Felipe S. Cárdenas, B.A. communications died May 28 in Apple Valley. Janet was a 2001, and Leonor Celeste Solá, B.A. com- teacher for the Apple Valley Unified School munications 2001, were married on July CREATE District for 25 years. She taught math for 9, 2005, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Felipe your most of her career, and was a member is the public relations division corporate of the National Council of Teachers of editor for Banco Popular and Celeste is a Mathematics and the California Math Council. marketing manager for Verizon Wireless.

Aurora Tenorio-Kerr, M.P.A. 1999, and Dr. atLegacy Cal State Roy Wilson were Births married Jan. 31st Shawn DeWitt, B.S. marketing 1993, and in Kauai. Aurora is the director Help students make his wife Netti announce the birth of their second child, Jonas Richard, born June 13, of community progress toward a degree... 2006 in San Diego. Shawn is co-owner and resources with the manager of Coronado Brewing Company, Coachella Valley www.coronadobrewingcompany.com. Association of Support new knowledge Governments. developed by faculty... Dolores Quintero Sanchez, B.S. account- Aurora received ing 1997, welcomed a daughter, Vanessa the Distinguished Alumna Award in 2001. Ines, born Jan. 13 in Fremont, Calif. Enhance learning Mandy Siebold, B.A. sociology 2002, and environments in facilities... Kim Ball, B.S. marketing 1998, and her Zachary Addison Smith were married March husband Clint 19 in Redlands. Mandy is an office manager Ball, B.A. history for West Coast Exhibit Services in Riverside. 1999, are happy to announce the birth of a son, Kody Wayne, born July 5 in Riverside. Get the Kim is the direc- tor of the Coyote Alumni Advantage! Bookstore at CSUSB. . . . and get the most up-to-date CSUSB news with the Weddings Cal State Connection, Juliet Conlon, B.A. art 1995, and Tim Chou our free monthly were married online newsletter. May 7 in Redlands. Juliet is a graphic designer Stay connected to Make a gift to CSUSB by December 31 for the public your alma mater! and realize tax benefits for 2006: affairs office at CSUSB and design- www.csusbalumni.com • Cash er of Cal State San Bernardino • Appreciated stock Magazine. Before • IRA distributions returning to CSUSB, Juliet Ann DiDonato, B.A. sociology 2003, taught at San Open a charitable gift annuity and receive and Garrett Michael Lara were married Bernardino Valley September 10 in Rancho Cucamonga. College and the Idyllwild Arts Academy. s income for life. There are many ways to Ann is an instructional support assistant create your legacy at Cal State. in the kinesiology and health promo- tion department at Cal Poly Pomona. Contact: Cindi Pringle at 909/537-3521 and [email protected] for more information. s Denotes CSUSB Alumni Association member 32 CSUSB Fall/Winter Donors to CSUSB Jane Matthewsl $250,000 – $499,999 David F. Maynarduv ‘76 & Dorothy Chen-Maynardu Legacy Society Katheryn S. Fiscell Fred McDarrah Robert V. & Margaret Fullerton The Legacy Society was created to recognize Lewis Rosenberg Jim & Judy Watson individuals who have made special, deferred Nancy Sedlak Ellis & George Ellis gift commitments in support of the university. Wayne A. & Nancy P.u Simpson Contributors do this by naming the CSUSB $100,000 – $249,999 Foundation in a will, trust or insurance agreement Bruce D. & Nancy Varner to provide for future development of facilities, Anonymous Evlyn E. Wilcox programs, students and faculty. Neal T. & Carol Baker John & Maria Young Gerry & Glenda Bayless l Richard C. Allen M. Catharine Briggs l l $25,000 – $49,999 Herbert & Anna Jane Andrews Bill & Nita Claypool Pat Arlinu Alan L. Berry & Ed L. Meacham Stuart R. Ellinss & Lora M. Cooley ‘02 s Jean C. Carrus Arthur & Celine Butler Ronald & Jane Gother l Lynn W. Coatney Testamentary Trust Lynn W. Coatney Jean Hahn Hardy u sv v Louis A. Fernandez & Elsa M. Anthony H. & Lois Evans Alan & Helen Lowy Ochoa-Fernandezu Frank R. Goodman Mike & Ann Marix Sabato Fiorello John R. & Jean C. Harrie Gene S. & Carmen J. Poma Louis W. Fox Philip E. & Helene A. Hixon Charles & Priscilla Porter Ernest F.s & Dorothy Garcia James N. Kennedy Mignon M. Schweitzerl Howard & Kathleen (Kat) ‘83 Grossman William E. & Barbara R. Leonard Donald E. & Barbara A.v ‘89 Simmons Edward G., Jr. (Duke) & Evelyn Hill Joseph & Frances Lesser Michael & Kathy Vairin Hosung Sou & Makiko Hoichi Patricia Mae Noyes Julius D.s & Robin Kaplan Charles D. (Chuck) & Shelby J. Obershaw $50,000 – $99,999 Taewoong & Soonja Kim Robert & Jo R. Pond William J. & Ingrid Anthony James A. & Elizabeth Kuiper Florence Rigdonl Joseph A. Bailey Estate Mrs. Bennet Meyers Anne M. Ronning Sean A.’90 Brunske & Annette Neale A. & Patricia Perkins Judith M.sv & Glenn G. ‘70v Rymer Maletto-Brunske Guenter S. Posjena Jack H. & Virginia M. Sexton Kuan C. Chen Judith M.sv & Glenn G. ‘70v Rymer George D. & Audrey O. Voigt Theodore W. & Jo S. Dutton Sarah J. Schuster sv v Anthony H. & Lois Evans Don Woodfords Individual Lifetime Donors Albert K.u & Marilyn Karnig $1,000,000 and above Donald G. Lucia, Jr. ‘81 Corporate, Foundation Jack H. & Debbie Brown Evelyn Magnuson and Other Lifetime Donors Benson & Pamela Harer $3,000,000 and above Charles D. (Chuck) & Shelby J. Obershaw u = Faculty or Staff Florence Rigdonl Annenberg Foundation, The s = Retiree H.N. & Frances C. Berger Foundation l = Deceased $500,000 – $999,999 City of Indian Wells v = Alumni Association City of Palm Desert Nicholas J. ‘75v & Christina Coussoulis Lifetime Member Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation P. Richard Switzer Estate San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, The

Fall/Winter CSUSB San Bernardino Valley Municipal J & H Marsh & McLennan $1,000,000 – $2,999,999 Water District Pacific Premier Bank Southern California Edison City of La Quinta Pepsi Bottling Group/Strottman Stater Bros. Markets International, Inc. City of Rancho Mirage Radisson Hotel & Convention Center Desert Healthcare District $50,000 – $99,999 Riverside County Office of Education R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation RSM McGladrey, Inc. Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation Watson & Associates Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Soren, McAdam, Christenson, LLP Jim & Judy Watson Baker’s Burgers, Inc. South Coast Air Quality Management District Charles & Beverly Diamond BankAmerica Foundation Speciality Minerals, Inc. Charlie & Clarisse Shumaker Bighorn Properties, Inc. Stratham Homes, Inc. Brian & Deanne Weinhart Citizens Business Bank Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. 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Esprit Foundation Verizon Foundation Southern California Gas Company Exxon Webb Foundation, The St. Bernardine Medical Center HMC Group Yasuda Institute of Education St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation Ixia Corporation Tatum Foundation, The Lenox $100,000 – $249,999 Telco Food Products, Inc. Oracle Corporation Anheuser-Busch Foundation Transtech Engineers, Inc. Rational Software Corporation ANR Industries, Inc. Arrowhead Credit Union $25,000 – $49,999 7/1/05 – 6/30/06 Giving Bank of America Irene & Guy Anderson Childrens’ Foundation Individual Donors Coeta & Donald Barker Foundation, The Michael Andretti Foundation $10,000 – $24,999 Center Chevrolet Arrowhead Foundation Diana R. Ayala Community Foundation, Serving Riverside Joe & Evelyn Brier Foundation & San Bernardino Counties Michael J. Gallo Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Community Hospital of San Bernardino Rada Garcia Citizens Volunteer Corps. CSUSB Associated Students, Inc. Roderick Hendry ‘83v Crown Printers Eisenhower Medical Center Phyllis Hensley Cucamonga Valley Water District Fidelity Homes, Inc. Herrick C. ‘88 & Eileen M. ‘86 Johnson Desert Community Foundation Food Industry Sales Association Josephine Lombardo Faust Printing J. Paul Getty Museum, The Thomas L. Markleys Forecast Homes Southern California Inland Empire Utilities Agency Philip Prieto Friends of Golf, Inc. Press Enterprise, The Allen & Betty Rosenstein Fullerton Dodge Riverside Community Hospital Steve & Cathy Salenger John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital San Bernardino County Sun Stephan G. Saleson 34 CSUSB Fall/Winter Charlie & Clarisse Shumaker Dayton Gilleland Frank L.u & Diane Rincon Geoffrey Smith Garrison & Shirley Grant Peter R.s & Kathleen H.u ‘85 Schroeder David O.s & Deborah E.u Stine Janetha Hamreu Paul & Susan Shimoff Charles S., Jr. & Roberta L. ‘78 Terrell Lee Hansonu Gregory L. Shockey ‘79 Emmett C. Harder Christine R. Shovel $5,000 – $9,999 Reba J.s & William E. Harrison Cynthiau ‘97 & William Shum s Anonymous Robert E. Hodge Revocable Trust William L. (Bill) & Martha Slout Francoiseu & Robert Aylmer Betty Hsiufeng Chen Li Timothy R. & M. Jean ‘88 Snell v Thomas Gehringu & Carolyn R. Egglestonu Mike Ingster Nicholas & Margaret ‘68 Soffa u Michael & Sue Miller Joseph & Cherag Jesunathadas Soffa Family Trust u u Howard S. & Anita B. Richmond Ina & Aaron Katz Charles A. (Stan) & Beatrice R. Stanley s s Ruth Sandlinu Steven R. Keefe Gordon E. & Helena V. Stanton v Eugene Yeager James N. ‘72 & Jeanne Kennedy George A. Steidle ‘85 s Mary Jou & Bill Skillings Tootie & Armor Killingsworth Laurel K. Stewart u u Irisu & Matt Riggs Janet L. Kotte Richard A. & Cheryl A. ‘82 Swanson Chung L. Chang Rod LeMond Oscar Tamayo u u Neng He Michael R. Lewin Javier & Lourdes Torner s u u Mary E. Morrison Frank ‘76 & Maria ‘74 Lootens Nena Torrez Dave Oldham Matt D. & Melanie H. Lyons Judith Valles s Marilyn Sauer Ward M. & Lois McAfee Vincent G. Vegna ‘80 v u Xiwen S. Zhangu Gary D. McBride ‘94 & Kathy J. Paul Vicknair v Zimmerman-McBride ‘93 Harold J. ‘86v & Kelle Vollkommer Margaret A. McCay ‘76 $1,000 – $4,999 Jun Ying Wang Mary McCombs u David B. Watson William & Rebecca Aguilar u Robert McGowan Roger Weik Amro ‘91 & Rowena Lampa ‘88 Albanna Robin Merchant Ray Wiest & Candace Hunter Wiest Carolyn B. Aldanau ‘90 Randal D. & Victoria E. Miller Evlyn E. Wilcox Daniel ‘85 & Gabriela Arellano v Yolanda T. Moses ‘68 & James F. Bawek Don Woodfords Stanford D. Baer Larry & Vanessa Moyer u sl Eri F. Yasuhara Ronald E. & Mary Barnes u Kathleen Nadeau Zakar Family Trust Danny Bilson ‘78 u David E. Neighbours & Catherine Jenny J. Zornu & Andrew Copeland June C. Braasch Walker-Neighbours u Terri W. ‘85 & Jorge ‘85 Carlos Joan H. Nordman Corporate, Foundation Mike C. Carson u Ruth Norton and Other Donors Jose C. ‘91 & Elveria Castro Richard R. (Dick) & Jan Oliphant Sara Chilton-Clausenu & Bruce Clausen Kent Paxton ‘72 & Kristina Oxnevad $10,000 – $24,999 Robin Combs Rosenberg William & Anita Powers Arrowhead Foundation Susan R. Danielsu Marciau & Leonard Raines Bogh Construction, Inc. Joseph E. & Marjorie M. Davis Ted & Diana Richards Citizens Volunteer Corps Paul J. De Meo ‘78 City of San Bernardino Sharon Dimic Coachella Valley Unified School District u Sarah B. Eberhardt u = Faculty or Staff Desert Sands Unified School District Don S. & Lucia R. Ferreira s = Retiree First American Financial Foundation s Cheryl & Herbert (Herb) Fischer, Jr. l = Deceased Lisa & Maury Friedman Foundation Louis & Janet Fletcher v = Alumni Association Sherman Gabus, Inc. Lorraine M.uv ‘78 & Gerald A. Frost Lifetime Member IO Consulting Inc.

Fall/Winter CSUSB LPA, Inc. Clydco Trucking, Inc. Renaissance Agencies, Inc. Palm Desert Women’s Club Coachella Valley Engineers, Inc. Robert Half International, Inc. Platinum Air Charter Converse Consultants Rock Honda Rabobank, N.A. Corvettes West SMG Ontario Convention Center Rodarti Group Crest Chevrolet Springboard SunCal Management, LLC CSUSB-PDC Learning in Retirement Program Stech Consulting, LLC Yucaipa Valley Water District Dell Computer Corporation Target Distribution Center DMJM l Harris, Inc. Tetra Tech EC, Inc. $5,000 – $9,999 Edison International TRC Solutions, Inc. American Development Group, Inc. Filter Recycling Services, Inc. Unisource Screening & Info., Inc. Archaeological Survey Association Ford Foundation University Park, LLC Loraine & Oslo Beggs Foundation D.L. Freeman, Inc. Urban Cabinets Century 21 Showcase Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP CSUSB Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum Gannett Foundation, Inc. Vineyard Bank D&B Visions Law Offices of Garza & Garza Wildermuth Environmental, Inc. Development Management Group, Inc. HP Construction & Management, Inc. Lynne B. Wilson & Assoc., Inc. Friends of the Edward Dean Museum Remus A Haste, CPA Women in Mining-California Chapter Gresham, Savage, Nolan & Tilden, LLP HMC Group Wu, Liang & Huang, CPAs KB Home Hood Plumbing Contractors, Inc. Yamas Controls So. Calif., Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation A.C. Houston Lumber Co. Monsanto Company HSBC Bank USA Other Gift Donors RE/MAX All Cities Realty Andrew B. Hwang, Inc. Alvarez Lincoln Mercury Jaguar Redlands Ford Inland Auto Dismantlers Assn., Inc. Arts & Celine ‘80 Butler Summers/Murphy & Partners, Inc. In-n-Out Burgers Hectoru (Tito) and Cherylu Calderon Surado Solutions, Inc. Jacobus & Yuang, Inc. California Geological Survey Target Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Camino West Coast Services Twenty-Nine Palms Enterprises Corp. Kaiser Ventures, Inc. James Egan Urban Projects, Inc. Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Farmer Boys San Bernardino J.C. Lian Associates Gorian Thornes Securities, Inc. $1,000 – $4,999 Los Angeles Glass Alliance Hilton Lowe Reserve Corporation ’06 BSN Graduating Class P.J. Ochlan, Inc. Matich Foundation Alpine Jewelers Ran Graphics, Inc. McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, LLP Aqua Metric San Bernardino County Sheriffs’ Office Metrolink AT&T Sunwest Printing Michael R. Miller, D.D.S., Inc. E.S. Babcock & Sons, Inc. Mission Hills Country Club Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc. Mt. San Jacinto Community College District Boeing Gift Matching Program MVP Athletics Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. Nestle’ Waters North America, Inc. California Newspapers Partnership Nobel Systems, Inc. u = Faculty or Staff Camino West Coast Services, Inc. Pacific Western Bank s = Retiree Canyon National Bank Park Place Partners, Inc. l = Deceased Challenge Dairy Products, Inc. Persall Masonry, Inc. v = Alumni Association Chicago Title Company Preferred Framing, Inc. Lifetime Member City of Palm Springs Priority Title Company Clary Roofing, Inc.

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October intelligent woman and a country March wife is struck by city life and London men. Play written in 1674. Contains NOW 2 Comedy Night. Art Exhibits. sexual situations. Nov. 17, 18, 30, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” stars “A Golden Legacy: The Art of Dec. 1, 2 at 8 p.m. Nov. 19, Dec. 3 Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. at 2 p.m. Ronald E. Barnes Theatre. combine their wit with contri- Berry Collection.” Some 350 pre- General admission $10, senior citi- butions and volunteers from the cious objects from lands such as zens and Alumni Association mem- audience to create a fun evening ancient Greece, the Roman Empire bers $8, students $5. Parking $4 per of improvisational comedy. 8 p.m., and Byzantium. Also, “Photography vehicle. 537-5884. Coussoulis Arena. Ticket informa- Unbound.” Photo-based work of tion at 537-7360. Robert Markovich, Mary Younakof, December Rusty Scruby and Matt Lipps invites Theatre: Opening Night. viewers to suspend views of pho- 1 Music. 9 “Electricidad.” Set in a Southern tographic content and context. First Wednesdays concert series California barrio, this riveting adapta- Both exhibits run through Dec. 9. “The Secrets of the Dead,” Oct. 28 presents the Tailgators Dixieland tion pits a grief-stricken Electricidad Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum. Band. 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts against her mother Clemencia, a Free. Parking $4 per vehicle. Recital Hall. Free. 537-7516. former rodeo queen corrupted by Museum hours Tuesday-Wednesday, November greed. Mature themes; not recom- Friday, and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., mended for children under 12. Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 537-7373. 1 Music. February 2007 First Wednesdays concert series March 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. March 11, 18 at 2 p.m. Ronald E. 22 Celebrity Speaker. opens with the Murray Duo, pianist Job Fair. and soprano. 7:30 p.m., Performing 3 Barnes Theatre. General admission Actress Carol Channing on Education Job Fair brings more Arts Recital Hall. General admis- $10, senior citizens $8, students $5. “The Artful Journey.” 4-6 p.m. in than 70 school districts and edu- sion $15, senior citizens and CSUSB Parking $4 per vehicle. 537-5884 Performing Arts Recital Hall. $35 per cational employers to CSUSB Alumni Association members $10, person, $60 per couple. Parking free Coussoulis Arena. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., students with I.D. $5. 537-7516. “Ethel on Record,” Feb. 24 & 25 in lot C. 537-7516. Bring resumes. Free. Parking $4 per vehicle. 537-5250. Music. 24 Music. 17 Lumen Valo Finnish Choir. 7:30 pm., CSUSB Chamber Winds and CSUSB Performance Performing Arts Recital Hall. Free Symphonic Band appear in the year’s 13 Basketball. first student concert. 7:30 p.m., admission. Parking $4 per vehicle. Harlem Globetrotters. Coussoulis 537-7516. Performing Arts Building Recital Hall. General admission $8, Alumni Arena. Call arena for time and ticket information. 537-7360. Anniversary Event. Association members and senior citi- 28 zens $6, students $4. Parking $4 per “The Secrets of the Dead.” Enter vehicle. 537-7516 for more informa- 24 Musical. the heart of ancient Egypt in tion on season. 25 “Ethel on Record.” Original produc- this event of sight and sound, as tion featuring music of Ethel Waters CSUSB’s Robert V. Fullerton Art Theatre: Opening Night. and starring Val Limar Jansen with Museum celebrates its 10th anniver- accompaniment by Frank Jansen. sary. Egyptian dances, exotic hors “The Country Wife.” In this witty, bawdy romp, a young man feigns Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. and 25 at 2 p.m. d’oeuvres, authentic Egyptian music. Performing Arts Recital Hall. For 7-10 p.m. Tickets $25. 537-3374. impotence to trick married women into affairs, a dandy courts an ticket information call 537-3700 or log onto www.csusbalumni.com.

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