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Cal State San Bernardino editor pack tracks Public Affairs: Managing Editor 5500 University Parkway Sid Robinson Mark Reinhiller San Bernardino, CA 92407-2393 managing editor student scapes Photographs submitted for print consideration must be Sam Romero Carol Dixon of good quality. Low resolution digital images below art director/ contributing writers 200k or photographs printed on textured paper are not graphic design/ Jiggs Gallagher accepted. illustration Joanna Oxendine Alumni and Graduating Students Angela Gillespie Carmen Murillo-Moyeda Astrid Sheil Please note that your name, address, phone number, production manager school or college, and the year of graduation may be Alan Llavore photography used by CSUSB for the development of university affili- senior writer Corinne Jamieson ated marketing programs. If you do not wish to have this Joe Gutierrez Alan Llavore information used, please notify the university by writing Robert Whitehead to the Office of University Advancement at 5500 Univer- department editors administrative assistant sity Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407-2393. alumni advantage Joselyn Yap Pamela Langford contributions Cindi Pringle Departments 2 President’s Observations CSUSB President Albert Karnig talks about how the proposed $500 million cut to the CSU budget will affect students — and the state.

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Art and landscape 6 College News (page 3) In December, CSUSB graduated Over the years, CSUSB has built a fleet of programs that is addressing America’s national security efforts from many sides. its first two doctoral students in Kevin Grisham, Tony Coulson, Mark Clark and Dany Doueiri university history. (page 7) are seeing the programs they head grow, because mastering the fundamentals in security is the great commission in a more sophisticated world. 14 Contributions Page 10 A family celebrates the life of a son and a husband the life of a first wife with legacy scholarships. (page 15) Features 16 Pack Tracks Update Introducing the new class of 3 athletics hall of fame inductees. With all the beauty supplied by brush, (page 17) hills and mountains that surround CSUSB, the university is complementing nature’s art with works of its own. Euro props 18 Student Scapes College News (page 8) Thirty-six freshmen become 6 President’s Academic Excellence A CSUSB alumnus and former Model UN Scholarship recipients. (page 19) student keeps a winning tradition alive. 14 Contributions 20 Alumni Notes The new face for public art at CSUSB. What are your former classmates doing these days? (page 21) 16 Pack Tracks What does it take to play water polo, and Calendar why is Bryanna all ashivers this a.m.? Now you’re a-talkin’. Mozart’s comic opera, “Impresario,” comes 18 Student Scapes with plenty of English dialogue as A communication studies student and it settles down in the Old West. waitress delivers the goods by way of (back cover) food, verve and a little nerve. 20 Alumni Notes The first Alumni Association academic Grand ol’ opera excellence scholarship recipient talks (back cover) about why he chose CSUSB.

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in state support for the CSU is a “best institutions nationally, according to a case” scenario, because it assumes an Collegiate Learning Assessment report. extension of some temporary state Among some recent highlights, Eu- taxes due to expire at the end of June. ropean CEO Magazine recently ranked If those tax extensions don’t pass in a CSUSB’s M.B.A. program as one of the special election in June, the CSU could 18 most innovative in the world. It was suffer further deep cuts to its budget. one of only four in the United States Sharp budget cutbacks in recent and the lone U.S. university west of the years have already caused the CSU to Mississippi. rely more on tuition fees to provide as There are now more than 170 stu- many students as possible with a quali- dents in our President’s Academic Ex- ty education. Compared to other states, cellence Scholarship program, which California provides among the lowest attracts San Bernardino County’s top levels of support for its public universi- high school students, who all rank in ty students, despite having among the the top 1 percent of their high school lowest tuition fees in the nation. Appro- graduating classes. Doing more priations to the CSU are already lower The accomplishments of our campus per student than they are in Alabama, and students are especially encourag- with less Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis- ing, because California needs addition- sippi and West Virginia, among many al, not fewer, college graduates if it’s to Following years of diminished state others. If the proposed budget cut is compete with other states as well as budget appropriations, it appears pub- approved by the Legislature, next year’s compete globally. We need higher edu- lic higher education will soon be head- CSUSB students will pay more than half cation to foster more educated workers, ed for even more difficult financial chal- of the total cost of their education. who will eventually be our future busi- lenges. If adopted, the proposed $500 That outcome would totally shred the ness and government leaders, entre- million cut to the California State Univer- 1960 California Master Plan for Higher preneurs, nurses, engineers, physicians, sity will further shackle our ability to pro- Education, which called for nearly free social workers, scientists, teachers, and vide academic programs and services. public university education. countless other important profession- Given California’s staggering bud- Nonetheless, the CSU system has als. Without an educated workforce, get deficit, the need for the state to in- pledged not to increase student tuition economic development will be further crease revenues and reduce expendi- fees next year. But it’s almost certain deferred or rendered impossible. tures is understandable. Unfortunately, that will change if the temporary state Reduced funding for higher educa- it will likely mean a renewed limit on taxes are not extended. tion may help balance the state bud- the number of students we will be able Despite the rough waters we’ve been get in the short term, but it also means to accommodate, as well as fewer class through and the storm that is almost there will be fewer college graduates for offerings. However, no matter faster-growing, how severe the cuts, we’ll con- That outcome would totally shred the 1960 higher-paying, tinue to do our best to serve knowledge- as many students as possible California Master Plan for Higher Education, based jobs. We with a high quality education. which called for nearly free public university education. hope you’ll join That will mean doing more us in encourag- with significantly less. At Cal ing the Legisla- State San Bernardino, we’ll face the certainly ahead, I’m extremely proud of ture to support higher education in Cal- challenge by being faster, friendlier, the way our students, faculty and staff ifornia, and clear the way for the state’s more responsive and more entrepre- have worked to cope with the situation. economic recovery by reinvesting in neurial. We’ll have to, because the pro- CSUSB students have recorded consis- our future, which will be led by the col- posed cuts will reduce the CSU system’s tently higher student persistence and lege students of today and tomorrow. overall budget appropriation to 1998- graduation rates than other campuses, Thank you for your support of the 1999 levels, despite a total enrollment and Cal State San Bernardino students university and higher education. of 70,000 additional students. demonstrate more improvement in The proposed 18 percent reduction skills than students at most comparison

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from 12 inches to 30 feet tall, and range from gallery pedestal pieces to dramat- ic outdoor architectural installations. The pieces donated to Cal State San Bernardino are all outdoor pieces. And so is the stoneware clay-tiled mural column installed in September near the intersection of Northpark Bou- levard and Campus Drive. The public art project involved more than 10 CSUSB ceramic students. The intent was to make the urban area more engaging, says Alison Petty Ragguette, an assistant professor of art specializing in ceramics at Cal State San Bernardino. With four sides, the column portrays turbulent water flow, a coyote The drinking moon tears, a river streaming from the sun as it spawns humming- play birds, with the largest hummingbird feeding on a giant rain drop above a succulent garden. “The piece is highly textured and col- of the orful yet earthy, in a raised relief de- sign,” Petty Ragguette says. “Rather land than square, the tiles are organically

By the time six straight days of 100- where they best complement the ar- plus degree temperatures had made its chitecture, texture and scale of univer- assault on campus in late September, sity buildings. It’s all about the play be- the feeling that Cal State San Bernardino tween form and space, says Sant Khalsa, was a little bit cooler was beginning chair of the CSUSB art department, the to emerge. There’s just this “in” thing play of object and landscape, human about public art. When you see it, walk interaction with art and environment. by it, sit with it, you can’t help but feel “His works play with geometry and the that your surroundings — and you — formal elements of design,” Khalsa says. are somehow better. They are symmetrical and asymmetrical. Outside the galleries of the universi- They “interact with space and intersect ty’s Robert and Frances Museum of Art, the landscape in a lyrical way.” But while or RAFFMA as it’s now called, the moun- his sculptures can be playful, says Khal- tains border the university — park-like sa, they also can be dramatic. “Some of and unabashed in its long claim as one his works even act as viewing or framing of the most beautiful campuses in Cali- devices that can change perception and shaped in correspondence with the de- fornia. So this past summer, when eight how one sees the environment.” sign to enhance its visual impact from a metal sculptures began springing up Simi Dabah’s work is never for sale. distance, as well as close up.” like the latest craze in drought tolerant He’s been creating art for more than The nine-month-long project was plants around campus, art and natural 30 years, donating his pieces for public beauty converged. exhibition from studios in Joshua Tree (Continued on next page) Simi Dabah’s works are now fixed and Los Angeles. His works vary in size

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sponsored by Jim and Judy Watson, Cal State San Bernardino and the city of San Bernardino.

Frances, by Robert Robert Fullerton had always wanted the name of his late wife to appear alongside his own on signs of CSUSB’s art mu- seum. When the new logo for the 7,500-square-foot space was unveiled in January, it would have made him grin to see the bold blue and orange Helvetica-style lettering. His wife passed away in 1989. Robert died in 2009. It was, in fact, her passion “Art placed in public spaces makes it part of peo- for the arts that moved him to make the lead gift to build a ple’s daily lives, rather than them having to go to a museum at Cal State San Bernardino. The Robert and Frances museum for the experience,” Khalsa says. “Public art Fullerton Museum of Art, or RAFFMA as it’s now known, origi- invites people to contemplate artistic ideas and ex- nally opened its doors in 1996. In 15 years, it has entertained pression and to think in a more creative way, and ex- 80,000 guests with exhibits from The Getty, ceramics from Pi- panding people’s perceptions is what we want to do on a college campus.” The campus at CSUSB is 441 casso, the photographs of Andy Warhol, the wonders of ce- acres, where, eventually, three more of Simi Dabah’s ramics from Italy, Asia and ancient Egypt, the artful work of sculptures will be installed, including at a new water classic children’s book covers and the wooden beauty of fur- conservation garden, now under construction. ● niture crafted by Sam Maloof. The museum — with its new For more details on how CSUSB is championing public art, moniker — is the materialization of the university’s vision to see the story about Judy Watson on page 14 of this issue of make itself a cultural known in Southern California and of the CSUSB Magazine. dreams of a husband and wife who knew that art and its view- ing could be transforming. ●

In Memoriam After a 21-year battle with brain cancer, CSUSB professor San Bernardino’s longest-serving emeritus Michael Weiss died Oct. 15, 2010. Weiss was a faculty mayor, W.R. “Bob” Holcomb, died of member in the psychology department for 23 years, retiring in heart failure on Nov. 29, 2010. As an 2004. He also held a private practice in Redlands as a clinical attorney, Holcomb fought to keep San psychologist. Bernardino’s water supply indepen- An anchor of the art department at CSUSB, Joe Moran died dent from the rest of Southern Califor- Oct. 22, 2010 of a stroke. Moran joined the art faculty of Cal nia in the 1960s. On the basis of these State San Bernardino in 1972 and retired in 2003. Besides teach- water rights, Holcomb laid the politi- ing printmaking, he taught courses in the history of Mexican cal foundation for San Bernardino to and Chicano art and encouraged many students to embrace W.R. “Bob” Holcomb be chosen as a site to build a Califor- their cultural heritage through their art. nia State College. He served as mayor Longtime grounds supervisor Paul Frazier passed away Nov. for 18 years. 10, 2010. An employee at CSUSB from 1980-2003, Frazier was Cal State San Bernardino’s first public affairs director, Edna an engaged member of the CSUSB Black Faculty, Staff and Stu- Steinman, passed away Jan. 1, 2010 of heart failure. She was dent Association for many years. 80. Steinman worked at the university from 1968-1989 and is

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Albert Karnig, president of Cal State freshmen introductory classes to ad- research and multiple publications, San Bernardino, walks into the middle vanced classes to graduate seminars he is a fantastic educator,” said one of these professors’ classes — while and the like,” Karnig told the students. student in his evaluation of Tibbetts. they teach — believing that it is impor- “You say she gets it, she’s encouraging, “Unlike many classes I have taken, the tant. He wants students to actually see she’s supportive and she’s accessible.” material presented in his class left me their professors being recognized. The Golden Apple is given specifical- discussing and pondering outside of “It’s important that as a wonderful ly for a professor’s teaching accomplish- the classroom.” Tibbetts’ research has teacher, we all share her award with the ments and is one of two yearly and ma- included work on the differences be- students,” Karnig told the class of Mary jor university faculty awards. This year, tween men and women and their de- Texeira, the winner of the 2010-2011 the other major award — outstanding cisions to commit deviant behavior, as Golden Apple Award last November. professor — went to Stephen Tibbetts, well as their perceptions of the risk and “You’re the reason that we’re all here a professor of criminal justice. consequences of getting caught. and you’re the reason for the award.” Tibbetts has published six books “It’s been a joy. Overall, I love what Nominated by colleagues and stu- within the past decade and is the au- I do. I love coming here and teaching dents, Texeira, a CSUSB sociology pro- thor or co-author of 39 articles in the class. Hearing stories from my students, fessor since 1994, was clearly shocked. major peer-reviewed professional jour- like one who drives to campus from “But I certainly do appreciate it. Thank nals of his field. He has given 36 profes- Indio, is the kind of thing that inspires you,” she said. “This is such an encour- sional presentations since joining the me,” Tibbetts says. agement for me. This sort of confirms university in 2000. Research, communi- Texeira, Tibbetts and two staff mem- that I am doing all the right things.” ty service and teaching are the three ar- bers from CSUSB, as well as eight Some of Texeira’s evaluations by stu- eas that a university selection commit- other educators and staff from San dents have been perfect. tee look at when choosing the year’s Bernardino, will be honored at the 17th “What you all say is that she’s amaz- outstanding professor. annual Mayor’s Golden Apple Awards ing, has a wonderful grasp of the “Besides his vast contribution to dinner on April 20. ● subject matter and that goes from the field of criminal justice in terms of

a graduate of CSUSB, having earned a associate dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences bachelor’s in special projects in 1984. when she became ill. She retired in 2009. For years, Steinman served as editor Pauline Murillo, 76, a tribal member and resident of the San for the campus’s employee newslet- Manuel Band of Mission Indians in Highland, passed away on ter, The Friday Bulletin. She also was a Jan. 21, 2011, at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Muril- member of the American Association lo was a generous supporter of many area causes and orga- of University Women and founded nizations, including Cal State San Bernardino’s academic and the AAUW Redlands chapter’s Math- athletic programs. In 2009, Murillo and her husband, George, Science Conference for Eighth-Grade donated a capstone gift toward the construction of the new Edna Steinman Girls 16 years ago. CSUSB observatory, which will be named the Murillo Fam- Joanna Worthley died at the age ily Observatory. A direct descendant of tribal founder Santos of 66 on Jan. 4, 2011. A faculty member in the Cal State San Manuel, she published the critically acclaimed book “Living in Bernardino psychology department for 22 years, Worthley Two Worlds” in 2001. ● founded the department’s Peer Advising Center, served as chair of the department for four years and had just become an

csusb magazine 2010-2011 | 5 college news social sciences Delegation of fans

By Alan Llavore

Awards can carry a lot of meaning. advisers from the floor. Each campus Just ask Kevin Grisham, the faculty ad- was given one minute to speak about viser for Cal State San Bernardino’s its nominee. Grisham, a lecturer in the Model United Nations and Model Arab CSUSB geography department, called it League teams. This past spring, he was “a huge honor,” especially since no stu- honored with the Faculty Excellence in dents outside of the CSUSB delegation Advising Award by the California State knew who he was, yet they voted for Student Association. “It means a huge him based on the CSUSB delegation’s amount to me,” Grisham says. “I put in testimony. a lot of effort into helping students. “I’m only a part-time lecturer and it’s Kevin Grisham Kevin That’s why I got into teaching.” very unusual for any lecturer, let alone He also points to the solid foundation a part-time lecturer, to receive an aca- in the classroom also is approached he built with the help of his professors demic award from students or their with the same amount of energy and after graduating from CSUSB in 1997 peers,” says Grisham, who earned his zeal to encourage students to learn. with a B.A. in criminal justice. “The why I doctorate from UC Riverside. “Many students try to take a class teach today, for the most part, I learned Grisham became the Model UN/ with him every quarter,” Fukazawa says. from faculty here. It just shows that, ob- Model Arab League faculty adviser af- “He does more than just pass along viously, there’s a winning formula on ter long-time political science profes- knowledge. Dr. Grisham advises us on this campus for advising and helping sor Ralph Salmi retired in 2007. Grisham how to approach people, situations students to succeed. … It validates the was a member of Model UN teams un- and even hundreds of pages of interna- huge amount of commitment I put in, der Salmi’s direction, and since taking tional documents in a way that lowers but it also revalidates what I’ve gotten over in 2008, CSUSB continued to com- the intimidation factor and makes us from the campus as a student and as a pete at a high level, earning the Model more effective.” faculty member now, and the support UN’s top honor of Outstanding Delega- Says Grisham, “When I first came here that I get from my colleagues and the tion in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Out- (as a faculty member), people asked administration.” standing Delegation award is given to me, ‘Why did you go to Cal State San It is the first such award the CSSA only 4 percent of the annual 340 com- Bernardino?’ instead of a research insti- has given. Grisham was nominated by petitors, and overall, CSUSB has won 14 tution when I came from a University of James Fukazawa, last year’s president Outstanding Delegation awards in 17 California campus. I said, ‘Well, for one, I of Associated Students Inc. at Cal State years of competing against top univer- owe a lot to this campus, because this is San Bernardino. Fukazawa also was a sities from the U.S. and abroad, includ- where my college career started.’ member of CSUSB’s 2010 Model UN ing many Ivy League schools and mili- “But also, it was a natural fit for how team. “The CSSA award recognizes the tary institutions. In addition, the Model I teach and what I believe in when it time and effort Dr. Grisham dedicates Arab League team took its 18th straight comes to academia,” he said. “And as to motivating students to find their ac- Outstanding Delegation honor at the much as I like being a researcher, at the ademic path, and to excel in both stud- West Coast Model Arab League Confer- end of the day, my emphasis in working ies and competition,” says Fukazawa. ence in April. with the students is much more impor- According to the CSSA minutes from While those two programs may be tant, I think. And that’s true of all the its March 12 meeting, student repre- the most visible to many on and off faculty here.” ● sentatives were allowed to nominate campus, Grisham’s work with students

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Last year, on Oct. 25, when Jenni- of the cohort to defend her doctor of Johnson, who lives in Hesperia and is fer Blum defended her doctoral dis- education dissertation. a retired educator from San Bernardino sertation, it would have been business Blum’s research centered on ethical Valley College and the University of Red- as usual at any University of California dilemmas teachers face in an environ- lands, focused her research on faculty’s campus and so many other private insti- ment of standardized testing. Many concerns about the training and support tutions around the country. But this dis- educators, she said, were “pressured they receive in teaching distance learn- sertation defense was a first at CSUSB, to conform to heavy use of test prepa- ing, the quality of a distance education and four days later Helena Johnson fol- ration rather than authentic teaching.” program and the social interaction be- lowed suit. Teachers also were faced with ethical di- tween faculty and students. She plans lemmas, particularly in the case of low- to continue her research and eventually er-performing students, who were of- do some additional teaching. ten restricted from the resources they The three-year-program, Johnson needed. Blum said more research is nec- said, “involved a lot of work, but it essary in understanding administrator was definitely worth doing. ... At some experiences and concerns about high- points it felt like I couldn’t finish, but I First among stakes testing. knew that I could do it.” ● “It is my hope that with the voices of teachers, and someday administra- leaders tors, open discourse can be es- tablished to critically address some of the ethical dilem- Blum and Johnson were the first stu- mas faced in education dents to graduate with education doc- today,” she said. torate degrees in the 45-year-history of Being the first stu- Cal State San Bernardino. They were all dent in her educa- smiles when they walked at the winter tion doctorate to commencement in December. defend her disserta- The two women are members of tion was “absolutely the College of Education’s first cohort surreal” for Blum. “It that began CSUSB’s doctoral program took over a month for in educational leadership three years me to realize that I had ago. Blum, who is a teacher in the Val actually defended my dis- Verde School District, became the first sertation successfully.”

Helena Johnson (left) and Jennifer Blum celebrate at 2010 December commencement.

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natural sciences

Smilodon fatalis, or “Cal” as he is known to those who love him, is a sa- On the bre-tooth cat and a revered denizen of Cal State San Bernardino’s developing road with Museum of Natu- ral Sciences. No- tably, Smilodon is Smilodon fatalis the California state

business The import of innovation Good enough when a national organization or some star in as well as student teams from partner universities in other na- the biz recognizes your efforts. But when you live in relative tions, together as participants in joint case studies, as an ex- obscurity and people from another continent hear about you, ample. The cases are built around actual business situations of then you must be doing something extremely right. regional executives, who then hear and critique student pre- It came as a big and happy surprise when, in late fall, Euro- sentations. pean CEO Magazine named Cal State San Bernardino’s College She also said that innovative programs, such as sponsored of Business and Public Administration as one of the field projects in partnership with overseas busi- world’s 18 most innovative business schools. That nesses and governments in France, Germany, China, made the university one of just four Global Business India, Taiwan and Korea only served to fix the col- Education Award-winners from the United States lege’s growing reputation. These programs, said and the “most innovative school of business” in the Bowerman, allow students to gain an experiential Western U.S. The publication listed one winner for understanding of the language, history, culture, so- each of 18 regions around the world. ciety, economy and business practices of a foreign European CEO Magazine’s awards recognize nation. the world’s leading centers of excellence in sever- “We are in excellent company with London School al categories and industries. For the first time, the of Business and the National University of Singapore magazine awarded the Global Business Education School of Business and others,” Bowerman said. The Awards. These spotlight the most innovative busi- University at Albany, State University of New York in ness schools by region. the Northeastern U.S., George Washington School of Business “It was not just one outstanding program that tipped us into in the Southern region and the Mendoza Business School at the top 18 in the world; it was an aggregate assessment of our the University of Notre Dame in the Midwest were the other innovative opportunities for students overall,” said the recent- institutions recognized from the United States. ly retired dean of CSUSB’s business college, Karen Dill Bower- Different from other business education award programs, Eu- man. She cited a course that brings multiple perspectives of ropean CEO’s judging panel sought institutions large or small faculty, executives and international and domestic students, that truly add value to the total development of corporate ex-

8 | magazine.csusb.edu arts Backdrops No tell- ing for cer- fossil. The skeleton itself is February this wild cat settled tain what it constructed of elements from many in for a month at Foothill Country was about different cats excavated from the La Day School in Claremont, taking up the poetry Brea Tar pits. Most of the bones are residence in its library. Visiting a se- of Julie So- between 10,000 and 30,000 years ries of local schools through the end phia Paegle old, a period when saber-tooths of the school year, Cal is educating that lit the roamed the hills and brush of what students about biology, geology and imagina- is now the city of Los Angeles. But in California history. ● tions of edi- tors for Poet’s & Writers. Maybe the way the poems mingle in a sensual and tactile dance through family his- tory. Or maybe the way Paegle writes of monumental figures, such as Kath- erine of Aragon, Eva Perón and Billie Holiday. Maybe the way she uses the bandoneón, an accordion-like instru- ment, as a backdrop in her first book of poems, “torch song tango choir.” ecutives — and not just in terms of their salary expectations. An associate professor of English European CEO’s award selection panel used a wide range of at Cal State San Bernardino and the criteria to select its 2010 Global Business Education Awards, in- daughter of immigrant parents from cluding accreditation, accessibility, value for the money, diver- Argentina and Latvia, Paegle was sity of curriculum and methodology, student to teacher ratios, one of 12 authors featured in the na- graduation rate, admissions procedures, placement potential, tional literary journal Poets & Writ- training in technology, research, holistic approach, sustainabil- ers in the publication’s sixth annual ity and graduation rate. The most recent cohort of Cal State roundup of debut poets. She came San Bernardino’s M.B.A. for Executives program, for example, to CSUSB in 2006, teaching poetry in had a graduation rate of 93 percent. the university’s master of fine arts in But perhaps the brightest beacon showing that CSUSB has creative writing program. been doing something right — and for some time now — is “While publishing books of poet- Jean Stephens. She graduated from Cal State San Bernardino ry has never been easy,” she said, “in in 1991 with an M.B.A. and today is the CEO of RSM Interna- the last decade, it has become much, tional, one of the world’s top accountancy and consulting net- much harder. With each passing year, works. Credited with helping to lift the combined fee income the competition for book prizes in of her London-based company by 120 percent, Stephens was poetry becomes fiercer.” on the cover of European CEO for its February-March issue. ● Paegle’s poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Iowa Review and Best New Poets. She has received two Academy of See a video interview with Karen Dill Bowerman and American Poets Awards, the Utah other professors from CSUSB’s College of Business Arts Council Award and a nomina- and Public Administration at tion for a Pushcart Prize. ● http://www.todaysie.org/todays7.php.

csusb magazine 2010-2011 | 9 Class Warfare

Between the university’s cybersecurity program, its Model UN and Arab League courses, Arabic studies and a national security studies program that has gained national attention, CSUSB has planted a firm foot in the perilous fields of American security and diplomacy. By Joe Gutierrez National Security Studies Mention 9-11 and most people remember instantly where Graduate Program they were and what they were doing when they heard or saw The NSS program, said Clark, is the horrific images and videos of two jetliners crashing into “tailor-made for careers in defense the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. analysis or the intelligence commu- International terrorists delivered the most deadly strikes in nity, and with many government agencies looking for employ- the United States, leaving nearly 3,000 people dead from the ees, our enrollments continue to skyrocket.” attacks, plus a jetliner crashing into the Pentagon and a fourth But just as quickly Clark points out that NSS is not a program plane that crashed into a Pennsylvania field when the flight for wannabe James Bonds. “Our program is nothing about crew and passengers tried to overpower the hijackers. spying. It is about learning to think critically, research and writ- “9-11 was a defining moment in a lot of people’s minds and it ing well. The program really prepares people to work in federal especially affected a lot of young people, who now look at the service,” Clark said. world with a different perspective,” said Mark T. Clark, a profes- Interest in the program has seen the number of applications sor of political science at Cal State San Bernardino. double and even triple from students, pushing the program to The aspiration to work in public service mirrors the growing tighten its admission requirements. The program has received need in America for college graduates educated and trained in applications from students around the country, such as from fields that are useful in the gathering, research and analysis of Utah, Oregon, North Carolina, New York, Connecticut, as well intelligence. That need has manifested itself at CSUSB. Today, as from universities such as UCLA, USC, the University of Ne- the university offers programs that directly or indirectly ad- vada, Las Vegas and San Diego State University. dress issues of national security — the National Security Stud- NSS also is home to the CSU Intelligence Community Cen- ies graduate program, the Model UN and Model Arab League ter of Academic Excellence, which was established in Septem- competitions, the Center of Academic Excellence in Informa- ber 2006 with a five-year grant from the Office of the Director tion Assurance Education, the Scholarship for Service Cyber of National Intelligence. Through the grant, a seven-campus Corps, and the Arabic Language and Culture and Arabic Sum- California State University consortium was created to help the mer Language programs. ODNI achieve its objectives of diversifying and increasing the talent pool of eligible applicants for service in the intelligence community.

10 | magazine.csusb.edu Arabic Language The roots of CSUSB’s Arabic Language Program are not the result of 9-11, but from a pro-active decision by the university in 2000 to teach Arabic. Still, the terrorist attacks spurred stu- dent interest in learning Arabic and its culture, which is con- sidered a strategic language by the United States government, said Dany Doueiri, coordinator for the CSUSB program. Enroll- ment has more than tripled since the language was first of- fered. Prior to 9-11, Arabic was being taught at less than 1 per- Information Assurance and Security cent of colleges teaching foreign languages. Management “Today, out of the nearly 550,000 college students learning a foreign language in the U.S., 65,000 of them, nearly 12 per- Across campus, students in the Information Assurance and cent, have chosen Arabic, a drastic shift from the pre 9-11 pe- Security Management program focus on a different aspect of riod when only 3,000, about 0.5 percent, of college students national security — protecting cyberspace. “An attack on the were learning Arabic,” said Doueiri. public or private digital infrastructure would prove to be disas- “Historically, the Middle East region serves as a trous to the nation’s economy. Nearly 90 percent of all financial buffer zone from Russia and plays a critical role commerce is done electronically,” said Tony Coulson, a profes- for national security and the military. But it also sor of information and decision sciences. plays a vital role in political security, eco- But it’s more than just staring at a computer screen and nomic security and ideological security. coming up with technical solutions. The program balances technology, policy and practice with awareness and training. Cou- pled with the technical computer skills, “The key is that the courses are not just teaching students also learn budgeting, marketing, how to give presentations, speak in public, the Arabic language, but also the culture, its customs, do job interviews and even use etiquette, its history and current events.” — Dany Doueiri such as eating at a business luncheon. Interest in the program comes from all areas, not just from techno geeks. “We see students from all walks of life, in ethnicity, rich, poor “The U.S. has vital interests in the Middle and middle class kids,” Coulson said. One group, in particular, East and North Africa that include the massive oil that can be found in the program is military veterans. “They reserves, technological advances want to continue to serve, but their battlefield will be on com- and business opportu- puter screens.” IASM has been so successful that it received nities. Several a designation by the Department of Homeland Security as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Edu- cation. It also received a four-year $2 million federal grant to establish a scholarship at Cal State San Bernardino for the Federal Service Cyber Corps program, where qualified students receive scholarship funds in exchange for paid service in the federal govern- ment for a period equal to the length of their scholarship.

Nkechiyere Eboka has worked as a volunteer at St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino. (Photo by Lori Krueger)

csusb magazine 2010-2011 | 11 Model UN and Model Arab League National security education at Cal State San Bernardino also in- volves two of the university’s most competitive and award-winning teams. CSUSB’s Model United Na- tions and Model Arab League teams have consistently come away from competitions with top honors in the past 20 years. No mean feat, considering the compe- titions include many of the top col- Ricardo Juarez, a CSUSB Arabic Summer Language Institute student, leges and universities in the United looks out over Wadi Rum — “Valley of the Moon” — in Jordan. States and around the world. Last year, at the annual Model UN competition in New York City, the CSUSB Model UN team earned multinational corporations have already placed corporate an Outstanding Delegation Award for the 14th time in 17 years. hubs there, such as in Dubai, and there is the purchase by these The prize was given to only 15 colleges and universities of the countries of billions of dollars worth of aircraft both military 340 that participated in five continents. The honor placed and civilian,” Doueiri said. “Even higher education has made an CSUSB in the top 4 percent of all Model UN programs world- imprint there. A number of universities have located campuses wide. Later that month, the CSUSB Model Arab League team there or have entered into agreements with existing universi- extended its perfect streak in that competition to 18 years in ties, such as Johns Hopkins, Cornell and Harvard.” receiving an Outstanding Delegation award at the 2010 West Because of the region’s critical importance, there has been a Coast Model Arab League Conference. great push by the U.S. government to teach Arabic. Earlier this While the teams are not under the umbrella of national se- year, the National Security Language Initiative awarded CSUSB curity, many of the aspects of their class nearly $100,000 for its 2011 Summer Intensive Arabic Program work, research and analysis comple- for college and high school juniors and seniors. ment the skills needed for a career in The key, said Doueiri, is that the courses are not just teach- national security, said the team’s ing the Arabic language, but also the culture, its customs, its faculty adviser, Kev- history and current events. Students learn about Islamic pacts in Grisham, who and contracts, relationships between Muslims, Christians and is a CSUSB lec- Jews. “The more we learn about the people, the more we im- turer in the prove our relationships with them and with that we build more geography trust and that goes toward our national security.” department.

12 | magazine.csusb.edu Grisham himself was on the Model UN team while a CSUSB stu- dent from 1998 to 2002. “I would say that about 85 percent of what our students learn and work on is developing analytical, diplomatic and negotiat- Frontline ing skills, as well as conflict resolution,” Grisham said. “The key is that our students understand how to be a diplomat and that intel can be useful in national security.” At every competition the team is assigned a country to rep- Not all academic programs related to na- resent. Last April, the team represented Morocco. Team mem- tional security involve class work. bers researched nearly every aspect of Morocco, including its The collection, analysis and sharing of in- current events, history, politics, economics and its people. formation vital to soldiers on the front lines Being on a Model UN or Arab League team has helped stu- is the impetus behind CSUSB’s collaboration dents looking for work in government or the private sector. with West Point. “Many of our CSUSB graduates have stood out because they “Our goal is to eliminate or understand list on their CV (curriculum vitae) or resume that they were a how to work within policy barriers that member of an outstanding delegation team,” Grisham said. could slow or prevent soldiers from getting “Most people know the Model UN takes an immense amount the information they need to succeed in of preparation and work to succeed and that’s especially true their missions,” said Clifford Young, a CSUSB whether it’s in intelligence or national security.” professor of public administration and the That was the case for CSUSB alumna Lisa Canini, who re- principal investigator for the Innovation and ceived a master’s degree in national security studies and was Policy Analysis group, which is working with on the Model UN team at the same time. Canini said being on West Point. the Model UN tipped an internship at the Government Ac- The development of such software aims counting Office in her favor. She is now an analyst in the Home- to use information-sharing technology for land Security and Justice Group of the Government Account- humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and ability Office in Los Angeles. nation-building. The coalition warfare proj- “Our team won the outstanding position paper and that im- ect also will assist in case studies designed pressed them,” said Canini. But GAO interviewers also keyed in to improve the flow of information, to fill in- on the teamwork, which is a major part of the Model UN. formation gaps and to collect counterinsur- “At the GAO there are small teams — three to four people, gency data — three critical needs identified which is part of a larger group, where there is more collaborat- by U.S. policymakers. ing and working within a larger group. We were well trained.” CSUSB’s Institute for Applied Research is Her studies in national security and participation on the Model coordinating the call for research and rec- UN team involved a lot of hard work. “It was the most challeng- ommendations from companies and indus- ing quarter I had during my time in national security studies,” try to develop software that can speed up Canini said. “But it was worth it.” ● information sharing. “The same methods and research meth- odology that we developed in working closely with West Point,” said Young, “can be translated into developing the same type of research for work in this country for first re- sponders to help in cases of natural disas- ters, such as fires, floods, earthquakes and even in actions of domestic terrorism.” ●

csusb magazine 2010-2011 | 13 contributions

With her husband Jim, Judy How things look Watson has a long history of opening financial doors for students on the outside at CSUSB. Now she’s showing her personal passion for PDAs — public displays of art.

me to further my education and devel- Watson hesitated to name the project op my love of art.” after herself, as she was not seeking Years later, she’s still seeing the effects recognition. “However, Judy accepted of that trip. Cal State San Bernardino it with the hope to inspire other young has named its four-year-old Public Art Latina women to follow their passion Project after Rodriguez Watson, co- and achieve success.” president of the Seal Beach-based Wat- “I was stunned and very humbled son and Associates Development. The when I was asked if I would accept nam- project will be known as the Judy Ro- ing the project after me,” said Rodri- driguez Watson Public Art Project. guez Watson. “I feel very proud to have Together with her husband, James my Latino surname included in the title Watson, chief executive officer of Wat- of the project. Perhaps someday a high son and Associates, Judy Rodriguez school student might see the Latino Watson pledged a gift of $300,000 to name and be inspired to develop her Judy Rodriguez Watson CSUSB in October 2006 for art students passion for art.” to create public art for display at desig- “Through the Watsons’ generous gift, At 14 and to her surprise, Judy Ro- nated sites at CSUSB, the surrounding the art department initiated a public art driguez Watson had the chance to visit community and around the city of San course, in which students and faculty five countries in Europe, “which totally Bernardino. have already created artworks for pub- opened my eyes to a whole other world Francoise Aylmer, former vice presi- lic places in the city of San Bernardino,” of cultural arts,” she said. “It was such a dent of university advancement at said Sant Khalsa, chair of CSUSB’s art de- pivotal moment in my life that spurred CSUSB, said that initially Rodriguez partment. Taught by CSUSB art professor

The good business model

Low key and easy to smile, Dick Taylor scholarships to San Bernardino County side. Seeing a need for accountants, he had no doubts. high school students ranked among the enrolled at Cal Poly Pomona, where he Establishing the Bernadine A. Taylor top 1 percent in their respective gradu- was awarded a bachelor’s degree in ac- President’s Academic Excellence Schol- ating high school classes. counting. He later got a job working for arship endowment was the right thing Sitting nearby was Taylor’s sec- the state of California. to do, said the retired accountant and ond wife, Helen, who smiled as her At the same time, his wife, Bernadine, military meteorologist. “I think this is husband spoke. worked for the U.S. Forest Service For- something that Bernadine would have Taylor spent 21 years in the U.S. Air est Fire Laboratory in Riverside. It was liked done,” Taylor said, speaking of his Force, where he was a meteorologist, a good job, Taylor said, but Bernadine late wife. “A lot of people will be helped providing weather forecasts for the wanted to improve herself and went by it.” The President’s Academic Ex- military. He retired from the Air Force back to school. cellence Scholarship program awards in December 1969 and settled in River- She took classes at San Bernardino

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Richard Johnston, a renowned sculptor On Dec. 12, 2009, during and creator of art for public places, the mid-year commencement course teaches the study and practice exercises, California State of public art, its history, theory, concep- University, San Bernardino tualization and production. honored the late Franklin W. The Art Stop project was one of the Tomkins with a posthumous first to be completed and installed in degree in business admin- downtown San Bernardino. At the re- istration. Franklin was only quest of San Bernardino Mayor Patrick three classes away from com- Morris, CSUSB art students painted and pleting his bachelor’s degree Roy Tomkins (right) accepts congratulations designed 12, 24-inch concrete spheres. from CSUSB President Albert Karnig for in marketing when he was Another project that was installed at the degree his brother, Franklin, was near killed in a motorcycle accident Chancellor’s Park located at the corner completing before he died in a motorcycle the previous October. While of Kendall Drive and Campus Parkway accident. families were happily cele- pays tribute to the city of San Bernardi- brating graduations of their no’s Bicentennial. loved ones, the Tomkins family had a difficult time taking part in com- The Watson’s philanthropic efforts mencement activities. To them, it was bittersweet — an achievement are not limited to the arts. The couple that didn’t go unnoticed but also a reminder of their son, who had died co-chaired the “Tools for Education” far too young. fundraising campaign in 2006 for the Upon his death, Franklin’s mother, Maria, knew right away that she university’s College of Education build- wanted to establish a scholarship in her son’s name. ing, raising more than $3 million. ● “I wanted to provide the same opportunities Franklin had to other stu- dents so they could achieve their goal of a higher education,” said Maria. In lieu of flowers and funeral donations, she asked friends and family to send gifts to Cal State San Bernardino for the Franklin Tomkins Schol- arship Fund. Thanks to their generosity (and to local businesses such as Leroy’s Boardshop in Redlands), a $15,000 endowment was created in May 2010. It will provide scholarships to business and public administra- tion students now and in the future. Valley College, then started working Because the endowment will not produce a scholarship distribution on her B.A., and then went on to get an until the 2011-2012 academic year, Maria contributed an extra $1,000 to M.B.A. at Cal State San Bernardino. be awarded to a student this academic year. Hunter Hodges, a marketing “She did all that while working full- major, was humbled to receive the scholarship. time. She was a fine lady,” Taylor said. “My family and I are so honored by this,” said Hodges. “We plan to Bernadine passed away of liver disease make donations to the Tomkins fund for years to come.” in 1995. The scholarship will provide tu- While the past year has been a difficult one for the Tomkins family, ition funds for students who are pursu- knowing that Franklin’s name will live in perpetuity — providing access ing a degree in business, working full or to higher education for many — has provided a bright ray of sunshine part time and are U.S. citizens, either by for them. ● birth or naturalized. ●

csusb magazine 2010-2011 | 15 pack tracks

Cool discipline By Mark Reinhiller It is 5 a.m. and the sky is dark. Morning temperatures in the collective ‘oh, no’ and we all jump in at once. … Sometimes it wintertime in north San Bernardino hover in the 40s. You are never gets warm, no matter how much swimming we do dur- standing at the edge of a swimming pool and you just know ing a 90-minute workout.’’ that initial step into the water is going to be brutal. How would It’s not just the waking up part and the shock of water sur- you like your morning … each morning … to begin that way? rounding one’s body that the water polo players face. Their I didn’t think so. sport is one where you are constantly treading and swimming, But for a group of young women who are members of the Cal facing tactics designed to keep you from scoring goals. State San Bernardino women’s water polo team, that is exactly “Everything is based on conditioning; that’s the name of the how every morning begins. And senior All-American Bryanna game,’’ Burns said of her teammates, who run, lift weights and Burns wouldn’t have it any other way. The Oceanside native practice yoga. They even mix in some martial arts that help in and her teammates, coached by former Coyote All-American breaking out of holds used by opposing teams. Countering an Sarah Reneker, are among the 14 dedicated student-athletes opponent’s holds, said Burns, is as important as anything for who bring a disciplined approach to their sport. They would which the team trains. have to be disciplined, right? Who else would end their slum- The strength of a good water polo team rests with the goal- ber with the shock of an impending 90-minute workout while ie. And the Coyotes have a good one in Burns, who earned 99.9 percent of their fellow students are asleep? All-American honors a year ago. In just three seasons, Burns “If there’s steam in the pool, we know it’s going to be became the Coyotes’ all-time saves leader, breaking the re- slightly warmer than outside,’’ Burns said. “If not, it becomes a cord held by former assistant coach Amanda Wells. So Wells

16 | magazine.csusb.edu Second class, first rate should know as well as anyone what it takes to keep the ball out This June, at the annual Coyote Sports Donor of the Year for 2008. of the net. Banquet, five new nominees will be in- But athletic hall of fames are mainly “Bryanna is very determined ducted into the Coyote Athletics Hall of for, of course, athletes. and does not enjoy allowing Fame, and by the end of the evening no One of only three CSUSB All-Amer- goals,’’ Wells said. “(She) takes it one in the room will wonder why. icans in his sport, Bobby Burries, personally when a shooter scores, In this second class of inductees, said who played men’s basketball from which is the perfect combination Kevin Hatcher, athletic director at Cal 2001-2003, accomplished the feat for a successful goalkeeper. State San Bernardino, twice in his three “She is very much a stay-at- we honor athletes years at CSUSB. He home goalie who has developed who earned a com- led the Coyotes to great lateral ability over the years,” bined total of eight three straight CCAA Wells said. “She consistently plac- All-American hon- championships, a es herself in the best blocking ors and set several 2002 NCAA West position that allows her to make school records, a man Regional title and blocks with the least amount of whose family contin- three West Region movement to the ball. I’d say, 80 ues to give their time title games. He percent of the job is being in the and financial sup- graduated in 2007 right position for the shot, and port to the athletics with a bachelor’s she’s always perfectly positioned.’’ program and a for- degree in sociology. The discipline shown in team mer athletic director Volleyball star workouts as well as the games who developed Coy- Kim Ford earned does indeed carry over into a ote athletics. her bachelor’s in water polo player’s life, said Burns, Here, Hatcher was sociology as well. a kinesiology major who is the speaking of Reggie The all-time Coyote first member of her family to at- Price, the university’s leader in kills with tend college. first athletic direc- 1,843, she played She admits there is little time tor, and Neal Baker, from 2000-2003. for much of anything else besides the founder of Bak- Ford formerly held school and water polo. She even er’s Drive-Thru and Bobby Burries the all-time digs re- has a part-time job on campus a man who had sup- cord at 1,543 and at the university’s fitness center, ported Coyote athletics right up until is one of only three in Coyote athlet- where she often works until clos- the time he died in 2008. ics history who have earned four All- ing at 12:30 a.m. That means only From 1984-89, Price directed a staff American honors during her career — four hours of sleep until the morn- of all part-time coaches, overseeing the AVCA three times and Daktronics once. ing water beckons once again. “I development of the department and She also was the 2002 CCAA Player of feel lost when I don’t have a prac- expansion from an initial eight teams the Year. tice,’’ she said. “I enjoy having Sun- to 15 at its peak during that period. He Teri Paine Fleming was one of those day off, but I’m ready to go when also assisted in the transition to Division rare athletes who managed the time Monday rolls around and the II. He retired in 2005 as a kinesiology and energy (and stay relatively injury- alarm goes off at 4:30.” ● professor. free) to play three sports. From 1987- Neal Baker’s support of CSUSB and its 90, she played women’s basketball, athletic program was as organic as these softball and soccer. A Coyote icon in things come. He was a San Bernardino women’s athletics, she remains the native, knew the McDonald brothers women’s basketball career leader in and grew up with Glen Bell, founder of eight categories, including points with Taco Bell. Baker promoted the univer- 2,015 and rebounds with 936. She is sity’s athletic department tirelessly. His one of only three Coyotes who earned family and company’s philanthropic vi- All-American honors in her sport. She sion still thrives. Shortly after he died, received her bachelor’s degree in 1990 he was honored as the NCAA Division II in physical education. ●

csusb magazine 2010-2011 | 17 student scapes Meal of substance A typical $30 meal turns into a gift of grand proportions. Thank God for Natalie. By Astrid Sheil

Natalie Carpen- told her to get in touch with Nathan Rawls contacted Natalie and asked for ter started her shift Rawls, a South California District human a proposal. “We have an employee do- at T.G.I. Friday’s resources representative. She did. nation team that reviews all requests for thinking about The donation request from Natalie funding,” Rawls explains, “and I needed her public rela- caught Rawls’ attention for two rea- something concrete to put before the tions campaigns sons. First, as the management liaison team.” That’s when Natalie called Anne class and how to for community donations, Rawls re- Swire, the CEO of ASRL and asked her to raise money for ceives requests from many organiza- get involved. the class’s client — the Andre Sobel Riv- tions and individuals, but had never “I was really impressed when Nata- er of Life Foundation (www.andreriver- received one from an undergraduate lie called and said that she had made oflife.org). The class was working on a student. A 2005 liberal studies gradu- contact with UPS,” says Swire admir- fundraiser for the foundation, but Nat- ate of CSUSB himself, Rawls immediate- ingly. “We took the opportunity seri- alie wasn’t satisfied with just the one- ly saw an opportunity to connect to his ously and put together a strong pro- time special event. The Cal State San alma mater, help a young student and posal for consideration.” When Rawls Bernardino communication studies do something valuable for the commu- received the proposal, it was his turn to major wanted to do something more, nity. Second, he read the information be impressed. He made time in his busy something bigger. She wasn’t sure about the work of the Andre Sobel Riv- schedule to meet with Anne and Nata- what that was or how to do it, but one er of Life Foundation and was moved lie at a local San Bernardino restaurant thing she knew for sure — her thoughts by its mission. “All it took was reading to talk about the foundation, Natalie’s about the foundation were taking up a the materials to know that this organi- future plans, and how UPS might be- lot of gray matter in her head. zation makes an important contribu- come involved. As she approached one of her tables, tion to the community,” Rawls says. The Fast forward four months and Rawls she noticed the distinctive UPS logo on Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation notified Natalie and Anne that the em- the shirts of the two men sitting there provides funds within 24 hours for ur- ployees of UPS South California District and without hesitation asked, “Hey, gent expenses to allow single parents had approved a $15,000 donation to the does UPS give money to nonprofit or- to stay at their child’s bedside during a foundation. “I’m amazed that it actu- ganizations?” The two senior divisional catastrophic illness. ally happened,” Natalie says. “I’ve managers, Scott Milliot and Craig Meek- been studying public er, were a little taken aback by the abrupt relations for question, but totally charmed by Nata- the past lie’s straightforward request. They two

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Fresh infusions This year, the freshman class at Cal State San Bernardino includes nearly 40 stu- dents who were among the brightest scholars at their respective San Bernardino County high schools. All of the students ranked in the top 1 percent of their high school graduating classes and earned the opportunity to receive the President’s Academic Excellence Scholarship at CSUSB. The scholars, including 36 first-time freshmen, accepted the prestigious schol- years, but it’s so much better when you arship and became part of an elite group of 117 students who are currently can actually put [public relations] con- receiving President’s cepts into practice and see how your ef- Academic Excellence fortsA make a difference.” Scholarships. Since Carpenter graduates in June 2011 and the program began in plans on going to law school. She is cur- 2002, the great major- rently working as an intern for the An- ity of PAES recipients dre Sobel Foundation and still waiting has either graduated (some in three years) or is still pursuing a CSUSB degree. tables at T.G.I. Friday’s part-time. “You “These are students who could attend virtually any school they want, but they never know who you might meet,” she chose Cal State San Bernardino,” said CSUSB President Albert Karnig. “So much says grinning and then adds, “Thanks of the response is due to word-of-mouth about the positive experiences pre- to Nathan and UPS, I won’t ever hesi- vious PAES scholars have had on tate to ask for money for this wonderful our campus.” foundation.” The scholarship program cov- The combined fundraising total gen- ers tuition fees, and it’s renewable erated for the Andre Sobel River of Life up to a total of four years — with Foundation by the spring 2010 Public overall funding up to $20,000 — Relations Campaigns class along with if the student continues full-time UPS’s donation was $27,000. and maintains a minimum 3.5 “To say we are grateful to the students grade point average. and alumni of Cal State San Bernardino Karnig said the reasons for of- is an understatement,” notes Swire. fering the scholarship go beyond “This money will go to support the ur- rewarding local students for their gent financial needs of families in UPS’s academic achievements; it’s also SouthernB California district, which in- to eventually improve the region. cludes the Inland Empire, San Diego, “ThePresident’s scholarship has a larg- Hawaii and Las Vegas. But more than er impact in the area, because the money,” she continues, “we now Academiccollege students tend toExcellence settle have established an ongoing relation- where they Scholarship go to school,” Karnig ship with UPS-South California District, said. “As such, we are educating and we have a direct pipeline for tal- the Inland Empire’s future entre- ented public relations interns from Cal preneurs, teachers, engineers, State San Bernardino.” ● nurses, social workers, business Astrid Sheil is an assistant professor of and government leaders.” ● PAES student Drew Penner, a Chino High School communication studies at Cal State San graduate, is working on a degree in criminal Bernardino. Her interactive textbook, “Public justice at CSUSB. Relations in the Age of Social Media,” is scheduled to be published in 2012 by Pearson, Allyn, and Bacon.

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Backyard finds By Joanna Oxendine Until his junior year at Rialto High School, President’s Academic Excellence Scholar- ship recipient Juan Herrera-Palomino nev- er honestly considered attending Cal State San Bernardino. He had his sights set farther away — Brown University, the University of San Diego — but realized the closer he got to his high school graduation that he need not look beyond his own backyard. “I just realized I loved CSUSB. My mom works here, and I’ve grown up on campus so it felt like home,” recalls Herrera-Palomino. “I love the environment and the fact that it’s a smaller campus with smaller classes. I enjoy the one-to-one interaction between profes- sors and students … and the fact that there aren’t 300- and 400-student classes like at some of the other universities I visited.” Graduating last May with a GPA of 4.3 and ranked 7th in a class of nearly 700, Herrera- Palomino entered CSUSB as a freshman this past fall as one of 36 PAES students, bringing the total number of currently receiving presi- dent’s scholarships to 117. Like all PAES recipi- ents, Herrera-Palomino is in the top 1 percent of high school students in San Bernardino County. His high school scholarship earned him an invitation to attend CSUSB with his stu- dent fees covered — up to $20,000 total — for up to four years, provided he maintains a GPA of 3.5 or better. But unlike other PAES recipi- ents, Herrera-Palomino’s award is funded by the CSUSB Alumni Association, making him the first association-sponsored PAES scholar. “Juan truly embodies what it means to be an Alumni Scholar … and a President’s Schol- ar. He takes pride in his academics and in his community, and he isn’t afraid to work hard for either,” said Pam Langford, director of alumni affairs. “We’re excited to have him on campus and a part of the PAES, Alumni Scholars and Student Ambassador Society programs.” The concept of the Alumni Scholars pro- gram was conceived in 1999 by the Alumni Photograph by Corinne Jamieson

20 | magazine.csusb.edu Association Board of Directors with the Once he completes his degree in po- goal of attracting some of the most tal- litical science, he intends to continue as 1970s ented students from local high schools a graduate student at CSUSB, enrolling Dolores Armstead, B.A. accounting 1979, to Cal State San Bernardino and anchor- in the master’s program for national se- was honored as a community builder at ing them to the region after gradua- curity studies. He hopes to pursue a ca- the 6th Annual Hardy Brown Birthday Cele- tion. Less than a year later, in 2000, the reer in either the CIA or FBI. bration in December for helping business- CSUSB Alumni Association established a A native of San Bernardino, Herrera- es start and develop into successful firms. $12,000 merit scholarship, payable over Palomino has been active in the com- She has served as a board member of Inland four years, and began promoting the munity most of his life. In high school, Empire Small Business Development Center, program to area high school principals he began directing his attention to vol- Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship and Inland Empire Economic Partnership. W and school counselors. The association unteer efforts, donating time at the Ri- named its first Alumni Scholars recipi- alto Branch Library, Arrowhead Region- Jim Kennedy, B.A. administration 1972, ents in 2001, all of whom demonstrated al Medical Center and the United Way, M.B.A. 1977, was elected to the Victorville City Council in November 2010. He and his outstanding academic achievement, as while serving as president of the Cali- brother David own Kennedy & Kennedy, a well as leadership in extracurricular ac- fornia Scholarship Federation, National San Bernardino CPA firm. W tivities, community involvement, em- Honor Society vice president and trea- Jean Peacock, B.A. psychology 1975, M.A. ployment and/or their personal lives. surer, and an Honor Court leader. psychology 1979, In the past, Alumni Scholars awards As a junior in high school, Herre- was honored in were given to students who were not ra-Palomino studied abroad in China October 2010 as PAES scholars. However, the decision through the People to People Student the college was made last year to realign the Alum- Ambassadors program. administrator of ni Scholars program to support PAES. “Being able to travel to China, repre- the year by the Made possible through Alumni Associa- senting the United States of America, San Bernardino tion membership contributions and do- has been one of the most iconic things branch of the nations to the Alumni Association Schol- I have done in my life,” Herrera-Palomi- NAACP. Peacock is associate dean arship Fund, the Alumni Association has no says. “Not only do I hope to continue of Cal State San Bernardino’s College of awarded a total of 14 scholarships to promoting world peace, but I also hope Social and Behavioral Sciences and is a deserving students. Herrera-Palomino that one day, with my help and the help professor of psychology and human is on track to be the first graduate in the of citizens around the world, peace will development at CSUSB. new Alumni Scholars program. be achieved.” ●

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Wilmer Amina Carter (D- in La Jolla, setting a world record for an open-water KUDOS Rialto), B.A. English 1972, M.A. continuous swim. Chung is a dentist in Ventura. education 1976, has been ap- Brigadier General Sandra E. (Chase) Finan, B.A. music 1978, at- pointed by Assembly Speaker tained the rank of USAF brigadier general in May 2010 and is the John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) new inspector general at Air to serve as Assistant Majority Force Global Strike Command Policy Leader for the 2011-12 headquarters at Barksdale Air session of the California State Force Base in Louisiana. Most Assembly. Carter represents recently Finan was director of the 62nd Assembly District, nuclear operations at Air Force which covers the cities of Ri- Space Command. Before start- alto and Colton, portions of Fontana and San Bernardino, and ing her military career, Finan the communities of Bloomington and Muscoy. Prior to her elec- was a music teacher at Shan- tion to the California State Assembly in 2006, Assemblymember din Hills Middle School in San Carter served on the Rialto Unified School District Board. W Bernardino. She enlisted in the John W. Chung, biology 1994, along with a team of five other Air National Guard in 1982 and swimmers, completed a record-breaking swimming effort off received her Air Force commission in 1985 as a graduate of Of- the coast of California in September 2010. The Ventura Deep Six ficer Training School. Relay started from Ventura, Calif., and finished 202 miles later

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Dr. Christine H. Erickson, B.A. psychol- 1980s 1990s ogy 1997, M.A. education 2000, ΑΦ, is the dean of students at Cal State Monterey Ariel Berrios, B.A. finance 1989, and Leticia Anthony Adams, B.A. political science 1999, Bay, where she oversees student housing (Alvarez) Berrios, B.S. international was appointed and residential life, judicial affairs, student in December to activities and leadership development and the California the Student Center. W Board of Parole Hearings by Gov. Dr. Paula J. Estrada de Martin, B.S. biol- Arnold ogy 1995, M.S. biology 1997, ΑΦ, graduated Schwarzeneg- from New York Law School in May 2010 ger. Adams was with her J.D. cum laude. She is currently a state assembly- second year associate at the WilmerHale man for the 59th law firm in New York City, where she has district between 2006 and 2010. been a senior technology specialist in the business 1992, celebrated the selection of firm’s intellectual property department. Jerry Almendarez, B.A. finance 1992, is She also holds a Ph.D. from Yale University. their daughter, Tatyane, as a Rose Court the new superintendent of the Colton Princess for 2011. Tatyane rode with the Joint Unified School District, where he has Paul Granillo, B.A. history 1991, ΔΣΦ, is court in the Rose Parade in Pasadena on worked 17 years. He started his education president and chief executive officer of New Year’s Day. career as a math teacher at Bloomington the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, a Karen Irish, B.A. administration 1983, Middle School. private, non-profit regional economic de- M.B.A. 1983, has been appointed adminis- velopment organization serving both Riv- Neil K. Derry, B.A. political science 1995, erside and San Bernardino counties. trative director for cancer services at Val- ΤΚΕ, was ley Medical Center in Renton, Wash. Irish presented the Dr. Kevin Grisham, B.A. criminal justice has 12 years of cancer services experience, 2010 Distin- 1997, received ranging from service line management and guished Citizen the Faculty freestanding cancer center administration Award by the Excellence in to management of grants funded by the Boy Scouts of Advising Award National Institutes of Health/National Can- America’s Inland from the cer Institute in Bethesda, Md. Empire Council California State Patrick Lewis, B.A. political science 1988, on Dec. 9, 2010. Student M.A. national security studies 1990, a senior Supervisor Derry Association. special agent with U.S. Immigration and represents San Bernardino County’s Third Grisham is Customs Enforcement, has started a one- District and has helped support local faculty adviser year ICE congressional fellowship, serving troops since his early days as a scout. for Cal State San Bernardino’s Model on the Washington, D.C., staff of Sen. John United Nations and Model Arab League Ensign (R-Nevada). teams, which earned highest honors in their respective 2010 national conferences.

KUDOS Dr. Appannagari “Dev” Martin Pastucha, M.P.A. 1990, has been named director of pub- GnanaDev, M.B.A. 2001, is the lic works for the City of Santa Monica. Pastucha will oversee 400 recipient of the 2011 John P. employees and an operating budget of more than $66 million, McGovern Compleat Physi- and a capital budget of more than $90 million for the construc- cian Award, becoming the tion of infrastructure and pub- first doctor in California to lic facilities. Pastucha has had earn the prestigious honor. Dr. an extensive career in public GnanaDev, who served as the works, serving as director of California Medical Associa- public works for positions in tion president in 2008-09, is a Pasadena and La Habra; field trauma surgeon and medical services manager for the Tus- director at Arrowhead Region- tin Public Works Department al Medical Center in Colton, Calif. He has spent his entire medical and public works operations career in the public hospital setting, establishing several pro- manager and integrated waste grams designed to assist those who otherwise would not receive manager for Upland. He is cur- the health care they need. rently president of the Public Works Officers Department, League of California Cities.

22 | magazine.csusb.edu Paulina Jaramillo, B.A. psychology 1993, Carla (Stalling) Walter, M.B.A. 1996, has builder at the 6th Annual Hardy Brown M.A. rehabilita- joined Cal Birthday Celebration in December 2010 for tion counseling Lutheran his volunteer efforts with the Inland Em- 1996, has University as an pire Future Leaders program. He is director published a new associate of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Bernardi- book, “The professor of no’s Rialto site. American marketing. She Kevin Roughton, B.A. economics 2002, Southwest: previously was was named one of three Riverside County Pride-Prejudice- an associate teachers of the year for 2011. At Jurupa Perseverance,” a professor of Middle School, Roughton teaches seventh historical look at marketing at grade social studies and Advancement Via Native Americans, Mexicans, Mexican Missouri Southern State University. A Individual Determination, a program that Americans, Latinos and the evolution of dancer, Walter founded and directed the prepares students to attend college. the Southwest. More information is West Coast Festival Ballet Theater in available at www.paulinajaramillo.com. Temecula. RETIREMENTS Jess Vizcaino, B.A. communication 1993, ΣΧ, is a senior 2000s Jim Bueermann, B.A. criminal justice 1980, congressional retired as Redlands’ police chief after 32 representative Andre Castillo, B.A. political science 2007, years with the department and 13 years as for U.S. 43rd is a technical writer and editor at the U.S. chief. Bueermann began with the depart- District Con- Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2010, ment in 1978 as a reserve officer and rose gressman Joe he completed a three-month internship in through the ranks of detective, sergeant, Baca. Vizcaino is the office of Congressman John Campbell lieutenant and captain before becoming also on the San (R-Calif.). Castillo is a former CSUSB alumni chief in 1998. Bernardino Com- scholar and Model United Nations team munity College member. Lois J. Carson, B.A. English 1967, a member of the first District Board of Trustees, having been Steven A. Holguin, B.A. management 2001, elected to serve through 2012. W graduating class was honored as a community leader at the at Cal State San 6th Annual Hardy Brown Birthday Celebra- Bernardino, tion in December 2010 for his efforts in retired at the launching high-quality charter schools. He end of 2010 after is regional director of social development 32 years of for the California Charter Schools Associa- service to the tion and a founding member of the CSUSB Inland Empire. Alumni Association Hispanic Chapter. W Carson left her Alumni Association member Roberto Martinez, B.A. psychology 2004, post as executive director of the Riverside M.P.A. 2008, was honored as a community Community Action Partnership but plans

Respondia “Dia” Poole, B.A. information management 1990, has James Ramos, B.S. accounting 2002, has been appointed to the been named to the California State University Alumni Council as California State Board of Education. Ramos has served as the secretary and will serve on the council’s executive committee. chairman for the San Manuel As the alumni council’s vice president of governmental rela- Band of Mission Indians since tions, Poole led the organization’s advocacy agenda and pro- 2008, having previously vided strategic counsel on the Proposition 1D campaign, which served as treasurer and as brought $690 million to the CSU for capital improvements. chairman of the tribe’s gam- Poole was named Cal State San Bernardino’s 2008 Alumni ing commission. Ramos was Advocate of the Year and has been a long-time member of the re-elected in 2010 as a mem- CSUSB Alumni Association. Currently, she is the senior govern- ber of the San Bernardino mental affairs analyst and communications liaison for the state Community College Board of Judicial Council. W Trustees, where he has served since 2005. Recently, he was honored as a community builder at the 6th Annual Hardy Brown Birthday Celebration in December 2010 for his cultural awareness efforts.

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to continue volunteering with her church of their second child, Matthew Alejandre and the National Council of Negro Women. WEDDINGS AND Pedroza, born Nov. 27, 2010. Monica is an She will also serve as a consultant and on administrative support coordinator in the government committees. Carson, a lifetime ENGAGEMENTS CSUSB development office, and Edward is member of the CSUSB Alumni Association, a manager with the city of Colton. Fatima (Cristerna) Adame, B.A. political has served on several CSUSB boards and science 2003, Thomas S. Lee, B.S. computer science 2005, received the Distinguished Alumni Award M.A. communica- M.S. in 1980. W tion 2006, and computer Sheila Torres, B.A. social work 1999, M.A. Efrain Adame science educational were married 2006, and counseling 2001, Aug. 28, 2010. his wife, retired from Cal Fatima is Christie, State San manager of the welcomed Bernardino in Black Voice their December 2010. Foundation’s second Most recently, Opportunity of a Lifetime program in San child, Dean Torres was the Bernardino, and Efrain is facilities supervi- Seward Lee, on Dec. 14, 2010. Tom is a student and sor for First Financial Credit Union in West software engineer with Optivus Proton financial services Covina. Therapy Inc. in San Bernardino. manager for the College of Extended Jake E. Lowe, B.A. political science 2009, Learning. She was a student advocate at and Anna Claudia Suarez, of Tustin, were IN MEMORIAM the university and served on the boards of married in Santa Ana in March 2010. Jake is the Association of Latino Faculty, Staff and a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and is Joseph Alexander Bailey, III, B.A. mass Students and the CSUSB Alumni Associa- stationed in Colorado. W communication 2001, ΔΣΦ, passed away on tion Hispanic Chapter. Dec. 1, 2010. He was an Eagle Scout and Nina Medley, B.A. chemistry 2001, married member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Lorenzo Rodriguez, B.A. chemistry 2001, on June 12, 2010. Nina is a chemistry teach- Joe Olivares Hernandez, B.S. biochemistry er at Fontana High School, and Lorenzo is 2004, died Jan. 11, 2011. He was a fourth- a project manager for ESB Laboratory in year medical student at the University of Alumni Association member Riverside. W California, San Francisco. Edna Steinman, B.A. special projects 1984, BIRTHS died of heart failure Jan. 1, 2011. Edna Read more or post your own Coyote worked at CSUSB from 1968 to 1989 and Tales class note on the CSUSB Alumni Monica Alejandre, B.A. management 2002, was Cal State San Bernardino’s first director Association’s online community at of public affairs. At the time of her passing, www.csusbalumni.com. M.P.A. 2007, and Edward Pedroza, B.A. liberal studies 2002, announce the birth she was a director-at-large on the CSUSB Retirees Association executive board.

KUDOS Donovan Rinker-Morris, B.A political science 2000, is an attor- Jean Stephens, M.B.A. 1991, has been highlighted as one of Eu- ney with the Law Office of Mohammed al-Sharif, an internation- rope’s top CEOs by European CEO and is featured on the cover al law firm in affiliation with Johnson and Pump of Washington, of the February edition. Stephens is the first female CEO to head D.C. Rinker-Morris practices and teaches public international law a top ten global accounting network, RSM International. Under and post-conflict law and development. Rinker-Morris received her leadership, the network’s a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a certificate of Arabic stud- fee income has increased by ies from Kuwait University. He has advised clients in interna- 120 percent, making it one of tional corporate matters, agency, intellectual property, labor, only two networks in the top securities and matters involving compliance with international 10 to report growth last year. conventions in Egypt and Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan and Prior to joining RSM Interna- Saudi Arabia. tional in London, Stephens served as a managing direc- tor in RSM McGladrey’s Los Angeles office.

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26 Art Exhibits: Opening June “Story of a Russian Painter: Nikolai N. Smoliakov” and “Chuck Close: Portraits.” Both shows run through 3 Music May 25. Also, Art Alumni Series presents photogra- “A Confluence of Cultures: Music of the Pacific phy of Tony Maher and the paintings of Cole James. Rim.” 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Recital Hall. Gen- Show runs through July 29. RAFFMA (Robert and eral admission $10, senior citizens and CSUSB Frances Fullerton Museum of Art). Reception for all Alumni Association members $8, students with three exhibits April 14, 5-7 p.m. Museum hours: Mon- I.D. $5. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 Music p.m. and Thursday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Suggested dona- 4 Friends of Music, featuring a cappella music of tion $3. Parking $5. 537-7373 Or museum.csusb.edu. Soundstage. 6 p.m. Performing Arts Recital Hall. General admission $10, senior citizens and CSUSB A pril Alumni Association members $8, students with I.D. $5. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. 29-30 Music Mozart’s comic opera, “Impresario,” April 29, 30 “Impresario.” A glorious singspiel, this Mozart co- 7 Music medic opera is re-set at the historic San Bernardino CSUSB Chamber Singers. 7:30 p.m. Perform- Opera House in 1882. With the house’s theatrical life ing Arts Recital Hall. General admission $10, on the line, Frank, the house impresario, stages an senior citizens and CSUSB Alumni Associa- March calendar audition in a hunt for the best singers in the west, tion members $8, students with I.D. $5. Park- where he finds no shortage of talent and general ing $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. megalomania. Performing Arts Recital Hall. Gen- 18 Music 9 Music CSUSB Chamber Winds and CSUSB Chamber Or- eral admission $16, senior citizens $12, CSUSB stu- CSUSB Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Per- chestra. 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Recital Hall. dents $10. April 30: special performance pass $35, forming Arts Recital Hall. General admission General admission $10, senior citizens and CSUSB includes show entrance and after-show reception $10, senior citizens and CSUSB Alumni As- Alumni Association members $8, students with with heavy hors d’oeuvres and opportunity to meet sociation members $8, students with I.D. $5. I.D. $5. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. the stars. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. 19 Music M a y 10 Music CSUSB Concert Choir, Opera Theater Workshop and CSUSB Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. Perform- Chamber Singers. 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Recital ing Arts Recital Hall. General admission $10, 21 Music Hall. General admission $10, senior citizens and Jazz Festival. RCC Jazz Ensemble, CSUSB Jazz senior citizens and CSUSB Alumni Associa- CSUSB Alumni Association members $8, students Band and Peter Erskine Quartet. 7-10 p.m. tion members $8, students with I.D. $5. Park- with I.D. $5. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. General admission $25, students $10. 537-7516. ing $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. Music Music 21 25 Music 11 Student Chamber Music Concert. 7:30 p.m. CSUSB Chamber Winds. 7:30 p.m. Perform- CSUSB Chamber Singers and CSUSB Concert Choir. Performing Arts Recital Hall. General admis- ing Arts Recital Hall. General admission $10, 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Recital Hall. General sion $10, senior citizens and CSUSB Alumni As- senior citizens and CSUSB Alumni Associa- admission $10, senior citizens and CSUSB Alum- sociation members $8, students with I.D. $5. tion members $8, students with I.D. $5. Park- ni Association members $8, students with I.D. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. ing $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu. $5. Parking $5. 537-7516 or music.csusb.edu.

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