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Cal State East Bay at the Half-Century Mark

Freshmen Take to the Blogosphere with CSUEB Story

Bill Vandenburgh Remembers Pioneering Days of University Athletics

Georganne Proctor, CFO of TIAA-CREF, Named Alumna of the Year

Special Section: Annual Report of Private Giving

Winter 2007 President’s Message Winter 2007

university news csueb at the half-century mark 1 2 3 4 5 7 11 president’s CSUEB Named President Inaugural history lesson groundbreaking message Best In The West Address Calls Governor’s Legacy on the Signature Led to CSUEB at 50 Years: Final Concert for Legendary Pioneer SPirit College 50 Years A University on Dave Eshelman Professor Inspires the Move Looking ahead: Ago true pioneers CSUEB’s First Recreation and Robert Phelps Strong Ties Endowed Chair Wellness Center Concord Campus’ Connect the Planned for 2010 Top Professor University’s First Basketball Team

faculty in focus student standouts alumni profiles 12 15 16 18 21 22 23 Cal State East Bay at 50 Years: A University on the Move Dr stats Alum Composes and CSUEB Team Inaugural Fanfare up with Major League Baseball professor of Honoring Frosh Alumna of Taking Care of the year courage and perspectives the year Business As we wrap up our 50th anniver- meeting and socializing, together with faculty and committed staff, a growing Things are heroism Seven First-time CFO Georganne Vickey DeYoung Jumping in Flight 93 Memorial Freshmen Take the Proctor Says Her Credits Her Degree sary year, the future has never looked expanded food service choices and engagement with our students and the the Classroom Creator CSUEB Story to the Best Investment for Preparing Her to brighter for California State Universi- hours. With occupancy of three new regional communities with which we of Michael Michael Emerson Blogosphere was Education Rise to VP Hendrick ty, East Bay. Earlier this year, CSUEB Pioneer Heights residence halls ahead work — and the support of passionate was recognized as a “top-tier” masters- of plan, we kicked off construction on a alumni and friends like you — we are granting university by U.S. News & third phase of expansion over the sum- truly a university on the move. I urge World Report in its America’s Best mer — and are now planning a fourth. you, as alumni and friends of Cal State 26 27 29 30 40 41 Colleges guide and named a “Best in And this spring, we broke ground for East Bay, to stay connected — and stay class notes ALumni Special Section Book it the last word the West” college by the Princeton Re- construction of a new student services tuned — for continuing news about a Annual Report of Fall/Winter “Mo-Time” Aview for the fourth year in a row. and administration building, evidenc- changing university and the ways in Association News Private Giving Calendar of Campus Events During the past year, a number of ing our commitment to be an efficient, which you can help support and ac- Alumni Inspiration: exciting changes took hold, designed well-run university with a reputation celerate the transformation of CSUEB Bishop to enrich the Cal State East Bay stu- for putting students first. into a regional leader and educational Bob Jackson dent experience and strengthen our With these and other changes rap- powerhouse. already-strong academic offerings. idly transforming Cal State East Bay

In February, we celebrated the open- into a university of choice for students Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 ing of the Wayne and Gladys Valley of all backgrounds, CSUEB is experi- Business and Technology Center, our encing strong growth in applications new high-tech home for programs in and a marked improvement in enroll- Mohammad “Mo” Qayoumi CSUEB President Editor On the Cover: We want to hear from you! business, economics, engineering, and ment, including a freshman class in- President Mohammad H. Qayoumi Kim Huggett Samantha Andes: Student blogger Send your letter to the editor of 250 words or less to See story pages 18-19 Cal State East Bay Magazine Editor, WA-908, 25800 multimedia. A major expansion of the crease of almost 20 percent. is published three times a year by the University Advancement Contributing Writers Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542. Office of University Communications, Bob Burt, Vice President Lizbeth Cervantes Cover Photography and Design: University Union came to life, offering With the dedication and continu- a department of the University Jay Colombatto, Executive Director, Donna Hemmila Jesse Cantley Fax letters to: 510-885-4800, or e-mail University Communications Kim Huggett [email protected]. Please include your Advancement division, and Photography: an array of new services and spaces for ing hard work of our distinguished Kim Huggett, Director, Public Relations Barry Zepel name, year of graduation if you are an alumnus, by the CSUEB Alumni Association. Ben Ailes Kate Shaheed, Director, Alumni Relations address and daytime phone number. Letters will be Please send inquiries to: Art Director Jesse Cantley printed at the discretion of the editor and may be Cal State East Bay Magazine Cal State East Bay Magazine Jesse Cantley Yamini Huilgol edited for publication. Publisher Barry Zepel 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., WA-908 Graphic Designers Jay Colombatto To change name or mailing address, Hayward, CA 94542 or call 510.885.2032 Susie Murphy call 510. 885.3724 1 Yamini Huilgol university news university news

Looking Ahead: CSUEB Named ‘Best in West’ by US News, Princeton Review Recreation and Wellness Center Planned for 2010 Cal State East Bay received “Best in the the fourth consecutive year that it had In its report, the Princeton Re- West” ratings in August from two of been so selected. view noted that CSUEB students the nation’s most respected evaluators The U.S. News & World Report commended the university’s “afford- of universities and colleges that provide college guide listed Cal State East Bay able” tuition, “small class sizes,” and their information to prospective stu- among the top 60 master’s-granting “strong” business, nursing, and teach- dents and their families throughout the universities in the region. It was one ing programs. Other quotes compli- United States. of 12 California State University cam- ment the university’s “excellent” new The university was recognized as a puses and eight Bay Area institutions president (Mo Qayoumi) and the “top-tier” institution among master’s- so named. The magazine’s guide also “better direction” in which things have granting universities in the West by selected the university as among the been heading under his leadership. the 2008 U.S. News & World Re- five most racially and ethnically di- Students also note how MyCSUEB, a port’s “America’s Best Colleges” guide. verse master’s-granting institutions Web-based portal, makes online ser- The Princeton Review announced that in the West. It was one of only three vices more accessible to them. n it had selected Cal State East Bay as a CSUs and two Bay Area schools rec-

PHOTO: LINNEA MULLINS “Best in the West” college for 2008, ognized in this category.

Final Concert for Dave Eshelman Brings Down the House Features of the recreation center at Sonoma State University, above, are being considered for a similar facility at Cal State East Bay. When long-time Cal State East Bay years at the university. His many hon- music professor David Eshelman con- ors included selection as winner of the A student-funded recreation and wellness campus life for those who would follow,” Dokun said. ducted his final concert as a faculty George and Miriam Phillips Outstand- center may open its doors on the Hayward “We’re sending a message to those who will follow us member, among the groups performing ing Professor Award. Campus within three years. in years to come that they can make a difference in was an all-star alumni big band lineup “For 22 years here, the students Various campus organizations endorsed the the lives of students who will fol- that returned to campus to perform a have been my greatest teachers, so it’s funding plan for the proposed $23 million, 53,000 low them.” program of commissioned works hon- fitting that so many returned to share square-foot center last spring and summer and it was The project, which could We’re sending a oring their former professor. in this important milestone event of given final approval by President Mo Qayoumi. be completed in 2010, will be a message to those Eshelman retired in June after 22 my career,” Eshelman said. n “This is an investment by students in the future joint venture between the uni- “who will follow us of Cal State East Bay,” said Ola Dokun, president of versity, Associated Students, and Associated Students, Inc. “It means that by offering Student Health Services. A com- in years to come more choices of activities, more students will partici- mittee visited other university Ola Dokun, ” pate in campus life, and that’s important at any uni- Robert Phelps Selected Concord Campus’ Top Professor recreation halls and was particu- President,

versity.” larly impressed with the facility Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 Associated Students, Inc. Robert Phelps, associate professor in “Professor Phelps is an enthusi- Cal State East Bay.” Dokun noted the significance of student sup- at Sonoma State University in the Department of History, has been astic, entertaining and informative Phelps has taught California his- port to raise fees for a project that many of them may Rohnert Park. chosen Distinguished Professor of lecturer,” said Kerri Dwyer, one of the tory and the histories of the Ameri- not see completed before they earn their degrees. She "One of the themes I've continued to hear from the Year for the university’s Concord students who nominated the profes- can West and the United States for recalled that seven years ago, students backed a fee our campus community in my first year as president Campus by students who attend class- sor. “While providing an in-depth ex- CSUEB since 1998. His research fo- increase resulting in construction of the New Univer- has been the need to continue development of a vi- es there. amination of the subject matter, he is cuses on the urban development of sity Union dedicated last spring. brant university village," said Qayoumi. "A recreation Phelps was selected from among always willing to engage in discussion California. n “Our students today are a lot like the students and wellness center will contribute greatly to campus more than 100 instructors who teach and answer questions. I can easily say who years ago decided to fund the first University life and encourage interaction between students from at the Concord Campus. that he is the best teacher I’ve had at Union because they could see how it would improve all backgrounds." n Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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President’s Inaugural Address HISTORY LESSON: Calls on the Pioneer Spirit Governor’s Signature Led to College 50 Years Ago

in the Legislature to establish President Qayoumi also announced an “Alameda State College.” the commencement of a comprehen- Two of the bills didn’t sur- sive fundraising campaign to support vive, but Hayward Assem- the university’s academic and commu- blymember Carlos Bee was nity service missions. able to get his bill passed in One of the highlights of the cer- the Assembly. Then, it was emony was the presentation of an defeated in the Senate. honorary degree to Academy Award In January 1957, six winning actress and East Bay resident bills to create the college Rita Moreno. were introduced and five Moreno told of her childhood were killed in the Assembly. PHOTO: BARRY ZEPEL journey with her mother by ship from Bee, however, managed a Puerto Rico to seek a better life in the 72-0 vote from his Assembly United States. colleagues, then collected al- “Some 70 years have passed by lies in the state Senate, where and all the opportunity, possibilities it passed by a vote of 29-8. and the fulfillment of dreams have be- Jeffrey L. Bleich CSUT rustee, actress/singer Rita Moreno, President Mo Qayoumi and However, it still needed the CSU Chancellor Charles Reed come a reality,” she said. “Just think governor’s signature to be- of it – that little girl from Puerto Rico come law. is now a doctor of fine arts from this President Mo Qayoumi, during his aoras.” – a virtual space where univer- On July 4, 1957, Bee university.” inauguration as Cal State East sities, businesses and communities can learned that Gov. Goodwin Bay’s fourth president, urged the The inauguration featured music pool ideas that foster innovations. Knight would be touring university community to once again from the CSUEB Choral Union and The president announced three the Alameda County Fair in tap into its pioneer spirit to meet fu- the Symphonic Band, a presentation new university initiatives that support Pleasanton and cornered him ture challenges. of the flags by the Hayward Police this concept. The first is the creation of there to warn him that the “The days when education took Department’s Color Guard, an in- the Dr. Ranjit Singh Sabharwal Chair bill would expire if the gover- place behind ivy-clad walls has come vocation by the Rev. J. Alfred Smith in Sikh and Punjabi Studies, the first nor didn’t sign it. A day later, to an end,” he said to the audience from Oakland’s Allen Temple Baptist endowed chair of its kind in the CSU Gov. Goodwin Knight signs the legislation, watched by Carlos Bee, right, and Marshall Hansen. Knight signed the legislation of faculty, staff, students, diplomats, Church and a benediction from Dr. system. (See story on page 10) in his Sacramento office with CSU trustees and university presi- Nazeer Ahmed, executive director to In the fall, Qayoumi said, the uni- Bee on hand along with H. dents gathered to witness his investi- the American Institute of Islamic His- versity would launch its own ideagora FIfty years ago - July 5, 1957 - Gov. Goodwin Marshall Hansen, chairman of ture in the University Amphitheatre tory and Culture. Alumnus Robert designed by CSUEB honors students Knight signed Assembly Bill 4, the legislation the Alameda County State College Committee. on June 1. Litton, now a film score composer and funded through the Freshman that would bring into being the State College By September 1957, the State Department California State University Chan- in Los Angeles, was commissioned to Year Experience. An online forum for Alameda County, later to become California of Education had recommended that the new cellor Charles Reed and CSU Board write Inauguration Fanfare for the oc- will focus on health and environmen- State University, East Bay. The signing ceremo- college be located within the 64 square miles Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 of Trustees Chair Roberta Achtenberg casion. (See story on page 21). tal issues and propose pilot projects to ny was the culmination of a three-year effort by comprising Hayward, San Leandro and Oakland. officially installed Qayoumi as univer- Among the speakers was Ashrf solve problems. residents to establish a state college in southern The institution would not see its first students for sity president after several dignitaries Ghani representing Kabul Univer- “I believe that this will be an ef- Alameda County. two years and there were controversies to come praised Qayoumi for his leadership sity. The president’s family attended fective way to engage students in the The effort started in 1954 when the Hay- over proposals for its location, but there was no and ability to inspire positive change. the ceremony, including one brother discussion of issues that ultimately af- ward Chamber of Commerce began urging local stopping the momentum that would result in In his inaugural address, Qay- who traveled from Germany and an- fect the quality of their education and legislators to carry a bill locating a state college in construction of the new state college. n oumi called for a fusion of learning, their ability to succeed as students,” other from Afghanistan. Also in the their city. In 1955, three bills were introduced knowledge and service to transform audience were two of his high school F he said. our learning communities into “ide- teachers from Afghanistan. n The University Library is hosting an exhibit that recounts the institution's 50-year history, on Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal display through June 2008. An element of the exhibit, to be updated throughout the year, is the University Archives Web site, available at http://www.library.csueastbay.edu/archives/. 4 5 csueb at the half-century mark

“Some coaches had 12 scholarships do with their lives. He rounded them Simmons recalls when the black to give, and I’d have three,” he said. up from Oakland, San Jose, Fresno players went into downtown Hayward So when he got an offer from and smaller valley towns. He lured sometimes people would shout at them Alameda County State College to start them to a college they’d never heard “Go back to Kelly Hill,” the predomi- an athletic program in Hayward, he of in a town most of them had never nantly African American part of town. jumped at the opportunity to build seen. And he gave them a chance to do Forty-six years later, he still remembers a sports program the way he thought the one thing they all craved: to play the insults. On the team, however, it should be: hard-working, competi- basketball. Simmons said, there was never any tive athletes playing for the love of the “They wanted a chance to play,” prejudice against himself and the oth- game – not the highest bidder. The he said. “I told them ‘I can’t offer you er two African American players, Lee challenge of building a college sports much. I don’t have any money. I can Stark and Mikel, and the coach was True program out of nothing was too good help you find a job, but I can’t promise always in their corner. to pass up. anything.’” Vandenburgh said that as a college When Vandenburgh says “noth- Vandenburgh would spend 32 coach he was familiar with how some ing,” he means it. In 1961 the college – years at the university, earning a repu- parts of the country resisted integrat- founded in 1957- had only been hold- tation as a man who could work magic. ing sports teams. ing classes for two years. There was no But the miracle of his tenure was that In the late 50s when he coached Pioneers gym, no training facility and no dorms 1961 basketball team. at Fresno, he remembered playing where elite athletes could live and dine southern universities where black and Defying Expectations together. In fact, there was no campus. white visiting teams couldn’t stay to- The 138 acres above Hayward (soon For a group playing together for gether. He took a Fresno team to play Cal State East Bay’s first to expand to 342 acres) that would the first time, the team made a strong Tennessee Tech and told his hosts they showing on the court competing basketball team helped become Cal State East Bay were still wouldn’t come if the players couldn’t draped in scrub brush, waiting for against established teams from San be housed together. They put them up put the fledgling univer- bulldozers to carve a center of learning Francisco State, UC Davis and the in a motel on the outskirts of town. out of the rolling hills and gullies. University of Nevada-Reno. Defying When the Tennessee cheerleaders in- sity on the map in 1961, Vandenburgh, Cal State East Bay’s all expectations, the team finished sec- vited the visitors to a dance after the and its members built life- first athletic director, first chair of the ond in the Far West Conference, near- game, the idea wasn’t well-received. physical education department and ly taking the championship in its first Someone from the college called, Van- long friendships. first coach, knew his best shot at get- year. Darnell Mikel was named to the denburgh said, and told him to keep ting a program off the ground was to All-Northern California second team. the black players from going. He kept More importantly, the team built Bill Vandenburgh start with what he knew best, a men’s the entire team from going. basketball team. But it wasn’t going to a foundation for what Cal State East Team Spirit spent the early be easy – there were only 85 eligible Bay has become – a diverse university days of his men at the college, which at the time where students of all backgrounds have The Cal State East Bay team trav- collegiate coach offered just upper-division courses. access to a first-class education. eled together in old beat up stations ing career playing on One enrolled student, Bill Service, Things weren’t always easy for the wagons, ate at the coach’s house and tried out for the team. The other 11 on players. At the time, outside of Califor- – at a time when housing was segre- the losing side of a money nia and the western states, integrated gated – black and white players lived game. As basketball coach the squad, Vandenburgh found. And Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 on the promise of nothing but a lot college sports teams weren’t that com- together on campus or what would be- at Fresno State in the 1950s, of playing time, he lured them to the mon. But Cal State East Bay’s first come the campus. Vandenburgh often felt at a little college that would eventually be- team had black and white players. Most of the players from the Bay disadvantage to competitors come Cal State East Bay. “Coach Vandenburgh was a man Area lived at home and commuted who could recruit the top Some players had been stars in before his time,” said Kendall “Pappy” to classes and games. Finding cheap high school athletes with high school, others were playing at ju- Simmons, a player recruited from San housing for players from outside the nior colleges, and some were working Jose. “It was before it was popular to area proved a challenge. That’s when promises of big scholarships. have blacks on a team, but he had us.” Vandenburgh found the firehouse. On That’s something a smaller at odd jobs trying to figure out what to

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Art Keller (14) scored the first basket in 6 Pioneers history on Dec. 2, 1961 7 csueb at the half-century mark

Besides, in those days he would the seats, he said. But the same loyal fans rather play basketball than eat. He and showed up for every game. Mikel had played together at a Fresno “I was never a big man anywhere, and high school that had a 62-game win- all of a sudden I was a big man on campus,” ning streak. From there Stark went to Rodgers said. “We were putting the col- Fresno City College. When Vanden- …it’s about lege on the map.” burgh offered him a spot on the Cal The Oakland Raiders used the weight State team, he was working at a job being a team of room at the high school for training back so unimpressive that today he can’t “or the rest of then. After working out, some of the foot- remember what it was. He saw the your life. ball players would come play ball with the basketball team as a real opportunity. Cal State team. Rodgers remembers hav- Vandenburgh and the team were cheered by That’s how all the team members Pappy Simmons,” ing some very competitive play with his fans at the 2007 homecoming basketball game. saw it. Player on first Pioneers team Raider heroes. Gary Rodgers found out about In those days, the Pioneer mascot was They were good friends who looked after the team by chance one afternoon the Space Pioneer, depicted as a man in a each other then, and they still do the same when he was shooting hoops outside bubble-headed space suit. today. Pappy Simmons, who put his Cal at the old Oakland City College where Rodgers remembers the time someone State degree to work for the San Mateo he was a student. He remembers over- managed to borrow a real space suit from County Parks and Recreation Depart- hearing Vandenburgh talking to some NASA to wear for a big game against San ment, began having vision problems a few guys about the new college in Hay- Francisco State. A minor scandal ensued years ago. He said his old teammates call

PHOTO: JESSE CANTLEY ward and the team he was putting to- when someone stole the suit. Fortunately him up to see if he needs a ride or help gether. Rodgers grew up in Oakland police recovered it. doing anything. and played on the Castlemont High When people marvel at the longevity ‘A Team for Life’ basketball team. He thought his play- of their friendships, Simmons has a simple ing days would be over soon. No one Today, 46 years later, all those victo- answer. It all comes down to teamwork. in his family had gone to college and ries and all those crazy times have been “When we get together, it’s like we forgotten by most people. But the players The miracle of his 32-year tenure at the university was Bill Vandenburgh’s 1961 team. education wasn’t talked about much, never left one another,” said Simmons. he said, so he didn’t think about never forgot each other. “That’s what youngsters today need to un- transferring to a university. Now all pushing the far side of 60, derstand – it’s about being a team for the the northwest side of the Hayward firehouse. The gullies they were filling they still get together for a reunion once a “I had no idea what I wanted to rest of your life.” n campus stood an old firehouse slated in to build the campus were so steep, year with Coach Vandenburgh. This year, for demolition to make way for the he said, they would chain two bull- do or be in this big world,” Rodgers said. “If I hadn’t been out shooting most of them were on hand when the uni- Written by Donna Hemmila campus construction. But until they dozers together so one could pull the versity honored the team during halftime tore it down, members of the basket- other back up the hill. buckets that day, I probably would have ended up being a truck driver for at the homecoming basketball game. 1961 Pioneers Roster ball team lived there. “The first two weeks I wanted to “A certain camaraderie grew up “The first thing a coach does is get go home,” said Stark said, recalling 30 years or working in a factory.” Name Hometown That chance encounter with Van- around us,” Rodgers said. “Forty-six years familiar with the maintenance peo- how they were sleeping on cots and later it’s kind of unique. I don’t have any Joseph Fuccy Castro Valley ple,” Vandenburgh said. “I arranged had a lack of food in the house. denburgh changed his life. Rodgers Art Keller Hanford graduated from the university with a other friends that I’ve know that long.” it with them to let some of the guys like many Cal State East Bay Something about the personalities of Larry Lauritzen Oakland live there. Faculty members donated students today, Stark worked while physical education degree and a biolo- Darnell Mikel Fresno Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 gy minor and taught in the Hayward those 12 young men just meshed, Van- some furniture. We got things from attending classes and playing on the In 1961, the Gary Rogers Oakland Unified School District for more than denburgh said. They liked each other and the Salvation Army.” team. He was a night watchman at Pioneer mascot John Schmitt Oakland 30 years, part of that time coaching they stayed connected all these years. “When we first moved in, there the college’s temporary quarters at was a spaceman. “I never played on a team that was William Service Oakland was a big canyon behind the fire- Hayward High School. At first, things basketball. Kendall Simmons Oakland He remembers his years on the that close,” he said. “They can get together house,” said Stark, one of the first resi- were tough, but he stuck it out. Leotis Stark Fresno team as a time of excitement and fun. and laugh and tell the same old war stories dents. “There was nothing but bushes “Going back home would be a Norman Trout Dinuba The Hayward High gym where they over and over and still have a good time and bulldozers.” sign of failure, and I didn’t want to be Alfred Vierra Hayward played home games held about 1,500 together.” Stark remembers watching the a failure,” Stark said. Rob Wonder Berkeley bulldozers get closer and closer to the people, and they’d fill about a third of

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8 9 csueb at the half-century mark csueb at the half-century mark Groundbreaking Legacy Family and Friends Establish the Dr.Ranjit Singh Sabharwal Chair Albert graded Sabharwal’s student cate for the promotion of Sikh scholarly papers for seven years. After he convinced journals, books, art exhibits and connec- in Sikh and Punjabi Studies her to pursue a math career, she would sit tions to universities. The foundation has in on his classes to find out how he man- also established Sikh chairs at UC River- aged to make things like calculus inter- side and UC Santa Cruz. esting to students. Preserving a Heritage “He was an amazing teacher,” said Albert, who like Sabharwal returns to These education projects are an im- My father was campus to teach math classes even after portant way for Sikhs to ensure that always community- retirement. “I always wanted to be like younger members of their community him. Even now when I’m teaching, I feel know their heritage, Kapany said. He “minded and also like he’s standing beside me.” also sees education as a way to promote keen that we Even on a professor’s salary, she said, tolerance for those who follow Sikh tradi- he was more than gener- tions. maintain support ous in his support of his At Cal State East for education as community and higher Bay, the establishment of well. He used to say education. Sikh and Punjabi stud- In 2003, the profes- ies fits into the univer- that ‘the university sor endowed the Sab- sity’s mission of creating is the temple an inclusive and vibrant harwal Family Scholar- of education. ship Fund for CSUEB student-centered learn- mathematics students. ing environment where Paul Sabharwal,” But that was just the people from multicul- Son of professor beginning of his plans tural backgrounds can Ranjit Singh Sabharwal to connect the Sikh collaborate. The univer- community with higher sity is also committed to Narinder Singh Kapany, left, is the founder and chairman of the Sikh Foundation and was a close friend of Professor Ranjit education. As a way to Professor Ranjit participating in the civic, Singh Sabharwal, whose son Paul, right, was instrumental in helping preserve his father’s legacy with support for establishing Singh Sabharwal cultural and economic a chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at Cal State East Bay. preserve Sikh and Pun- jabi traditions for future generations and life of the communities it When emeritus mathematics pro- and the first faculty chair established to teach in 1968. to further understanding among non-In- serves both regionally and globally. fessor Ranjit Singh Sabharwal at Cal State East Bay. Sabharwal was instrumental in dians, Sabharwal dreamed of endowing a The College of Letters, Arts and So- passed away in July 2006, his family “My father was always communi- founding the Sikh temples in Fremont chair at CSUEB to explore the language, cial Sciences will begin recruiting for a and friends looked for a way to pre- ty-minded and also keen that we main- and Hayward and watched them thrive culture, politics and religion of his home- professor to fill the endowed chair in the serve his legacy of teaching and com- tain support for education as well,” as the Bay Area Sikh community grew land. next academic year, said interim Dean munity service. said his son, Paul Sabharwal. “He used from 20 families in the 1960s to more Endowed chairs provide a supplemen- Benjamin Bowser. The college will begin The best way to do that, said Paul to say that ‘the university is the temple than 20,000 families. tal source of income to support the teach- offering interdisciplinary courses in 2008 Sabharwal, was to carry on his father’s of education.’” ing, research and community outreach of once a professor has been hired and a cur- An ‘Amazing Teacher’ dream of establishing a Cal State East More than 300 people have con- a faculty member appointed by a univer- riculum established. Paula Albert, who retired from “I’m very proud to be part of this col- Bay program in Sikh and Punjabi stud- tributed, with the donations ranging sity. Such endowments are important in Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 ies. from small amounts to exceptionally the mathematics faculty in 2001, said attracting new faculty and students. laboration between our university and the After his father’s death, the Sab- generous amounts. This only happened Sabharwal’s example as an outstand- Narinder Singh Kapany, widely ac- Sikh community in creating the endowed harwal family, the Palo Alto-based because the members of the Sikh com- ing educator influenced her to become knowledged as the “father of fiber optics,” chair in Sikh and Punjabi studies,” said WSikh Foundation and members of the a math professor. She first met her established the first North American chair Cal State East Bay President Mo Qayou- munity knew and respected his father Sikh community raised $500,000 to for his generous and tireless efforts in mentor in 1983 when she enrolled in in Sikh Studies at UC Santa Barbara in mi. “Not only are we creating an impor- endow a chair in Sabharwal’s honor. serving the community, said his son. his geometry class, part of her effort 1998. Kapany is the founder and chair- tant cultural and academic resource, but Those efforts created the Dr. Ranjit Professor Sabharwal, who passed to complete an undergraduate degree man of the Sikh Foundation and a close we’re also honoring Dr. Sabharwal, who Singh Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and away July 23, 2006 at age 81, was a started at Stanford University in the friend of Professor Sabharwal, earlier a for so many years was a beloved member n Punjabi Studies, the first endowed leader in the East Bay Sikh communi- 1950s before work, marriage and chil- trustee of the Sikh Foundation. Through of this university.” chair of its kind in the CSU system dren interrupted her studies. the foundation, Kapany is a tireless advo- Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal ty and at the university where he came Written by Donna Hemmila

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The annual distinction, bestowed Kamrani, whose master’s thesis focuses by the Academic Senate, honors a faculty on the neurological respiratory patterns in member who exemplifies excellent teaching, tadpoles, was working at a biotech compa- prominence in his or her field and service to ny when he decided he wanted to become the university. Hedrick, a professor in the a doctor. He enrolled at Cal State East Bay Department of Biological Sciences since to take the needed prerequisites he didn’t 1995, fills those criteria and then some. acquire as a UC Santa Cruz anthropology Hedrick has more than 40 peer-re- major. Hedrick, now his thesis advisor, viewed publications to his credit and has convinced Kamrani to go for a master’s de- Research Leap given dozens of lectures at national gree. Hedrick’s research focuses and international universities “He told me I’d have the on the respiratory systems and professional symposia. of amphibians. He’s been master’s to fall back studying the brain func- He’s served on numerous on if medical school tions of bullfrogs and College of Science and didn’t work out, cane toads to discover the universitywide commit- and it would also neurological processes tees as well as panel re- make me more involved in their breathing functions. view committees for the competitive to National Science Foun- get into medical dation and National In- school,” Kamrani stitutes of Health. Just in said. his time at Cal State East That strategy Bay, he’s worked on grants paid off for Anna from those two organizations Chen, until recently He- totaling nearly $1.7 million. He drick’s lab technician and also is a grant reviewer. now a medical student. That prolific research agenda has been “If I didn’t want to become a doctor, I a boon for Cal State East Bay students, es- would work with him forever,” Chen said. pecially for those who get the opportunity “You see, he’s the most significant person to not only take classes from Hedrick but in my life.” also to work in his labs. Chen began working with Hedrick Student Discoveries in 2002 as an undergraduate. She then worked as a lab technician while earning a “I try to find individual projects for master’s degree. Hedrick gave Chen oppor- the students within the grant,” Hedrick Michael Hedrick: tunities to teach lab courses – to make her said. “At some point they get to be profi- more competitive - to earn money working cient enough to develop research questions in the lab and to publish – an amazing op- Selected as 2007 Outstanding Professor on their own.” portunity for a young researcher. Students learn how to analyze data, “He gave me a chance to be a co-au- write scientific papers and present their thor in two of his academic articles, and Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 findings – all the basic skills a young re- possibly two more in the future,” Chen search scientist needs to have. But it’s what said. “I was also acknowledged in all his In biology professor Michael Hedrick’s lab, not all the discoveries can be the students discover about their own abili- recent publications. I think getting a ties that may be Hedrick’s greatest gift to chance to be a co-author in that many ar- seen under a microscope. Hedrick, a noted researcher in vertebrate respi- them. ticles in that amount of time is amazing for “It wasn’t really in my mind to be a mas- me because not everyone gets that kind of ratory and lymphatic functions, is Cal State East Bay’s winner of the 2007 ter’s student,” said Kambiz Kamrani. “From luck. He never pressured us working with the beginning he saw potential in me.” George and Miriam Phillips Outstanding Professor Award. experiments and helped us with questions Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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The Power of Mentors Raised in Portland, Ore., He- drick earned a bachelor’s in biology ‘Dr. Stats’ and Cal State East Bay at Lewis and Clark College and a master’s at Portland State University, where he met the two mentors who Team Up With Major League Baseball turned him onto the joys of academic life and scientific research: Phillip Withers and Stanley Hillman. Long before Mitch Watnik became a Cal State East pastime where fans draft imaginary teams and compete “They were great teachers in the Bay assistant professor of statistics, he fell in love based on the actual statistics of MLB players. Watnik is classroom,” Hedrick said of his role with the game of baseball. On July 11, the day after what could be considered a major league fantasy player. models. “They were good friends. Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in San Francisco, He used his reputation as the 2005 season champ of the They were young and energetic pro- he and colleagues in the university’s Department of Statis- MLB.com Fantasy 411 Listener League to woo MLB.com fessors. They involved me and other tics hosted the Symposium on Statistics and Operations to participate in the symposium. The Web site, official site students in research.” Research in Baseball on the CSUEB Hayward Campus. for Major League Baseball, also broadcast the proceedings Hedrick still maintains a research The event brought together academia, MajorL eague Base- on its Web site. relationship with his two former pro- ball, sportswriters and the corporate world. fessors and has published several jour- With a passion for statistics and the game, it’s natu- nal articles with them. Those two pro- ral that Watnik got into fantasy baseball, that cult-like fessors were the biggest influence on his career, Hedrick said. After gradu- ating from Portland State, he earned How did you get interested in base- two StatMans, so since I have a Ph.D. a doctorate in zoology from the Uni- ball statistics? in statistics, they started calling me Dr. versity of British Columbia, in Van- My dad used to take us to ballgames Stats. couver, and was a postdoctoral fellow Is this a typical application of a Ph.D. every other week. The Dodgers or An- in statistics – getting into the fantasy in the School of Veterinary Medicine at all times. We got to learn to our campus is conducted humanely and gels, whoever was in town. I loved the leagues? at the University of Wisconsin, Madi- best abilities.” safely. No one on campus could work game, and I was into math. I was kind son, Wis. Not professionally, no. Most statisti- like many CSU faculty, Hedrick with animals if Hedrick didn’t keep of a math wiz. I knew all the players’ Hedrick maintains the same kind cians are into theoretical aspects. You teaches and advises in addition to that committee active, she said. He batting averages, number of homeruns of mentoring relationships with his prove theorems and analysis. But I’m conducting research. That arrange- even managed to get the same veteri- and all that kind of stuff. To me that students that he benefited from as a far from unique in being a statistician ment gives both undergraduate and narian that serves UC Berkeley’s ani- was statistics. When I went to college, student. who for the love of baseball got into graduate students opportunities to mal research committee to work with I learned a greater appreciation for the “To me, teaching isn’t just about field of statistics. Then, I always loved the field of statistics. A lot of people do work on high-level projects, assist in Cal State East Bay’s program. that, and actually at the symposium

being in the classroom,” he said. PHOTO: BEN AILES labs and publish in professional jour- “He really is an excellent example baseball, so it just kind of mixed to- Hedrick spent August and Sep- you saw a lot of people asking the team nals as Chen did. Those are opportu- of how it’s possible to balance research gether. I went to grad school in statis- tember on sabbatical research at the statisticians “how did you get that job? nities students may not have in bigger and teaching at this university,” Ga- tics and there it is. University of British Columbia. In I wish I had your job.” research-oriented universities. On the briel said. December he will teach a gradu- How did you get the nickname Dr. However, another aspect that flip side, faculty have to get creative in Hedrick’s research focuses on the I have another paper where a col- ate course at the Universidade Es- Stats? comes out is baseball problems can mo- Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 maintaining their research interests. respiratory systems of amphibians. league and I proved a theorem that tadual Paulista in Brazil, but Cal tivate new developments. In fact, my Kara Gabriel, an assistant pro- He’s been studying the brain func- Like a lot of statisticians who are into started out being motivated by a base- State East Bay students will find him dissertation was motivated by a statis- fessor of psychology who nominated tions of bullfrogs and cane toads to baseball, for the fantasy league I wanted ball data set. My colleague came to me back in the classroom for the winter tical analysis I did of baseball salaries. Hedrick for the outstanding professor discover the neurological processes to call myself StatMan. I got involved and he was trying to show using sta- 2008 quarter. n It turned out there was a complication award, works with him on the Insti- involved in their breathing functions. with MLB.com. They have a fantasy tistical techniques that an owner who show there and their Cory Schwartz, in the analysis process and the solu- tutional Animal Care and Use Com- He currently has a $476,000 four- Written by Donna Hemmila tion that existed wasn’t satisfactory. So spends more money wins on the base- mittee, which he chairs. That group year NIH grant studying the cellular director of statistics for MLB.com, likes ball field. to be called StatMan. We couldn’t have I ended up writing my dissertation on of university and community mem- mechanisms for breathing and oxy- that baseball data set. bers makes sure animal research on gen-shortage tolerance. continued ON page 20 Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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memorials at the Pentagon and in the city, people and organizations,” To me this is New York, but hardly anything on the Emerson said. heroes in Pennsylvania.” As the Union City memorial was courage beyond Emerson built a relationship with nearing completion, the families of “belief. For these family members of the Flight 93 vic- Flight 93 survivors and the U.S. Na- tims by writing, calling, and sending tional Parks Foundation asked Emer- people to do that condolences. son to be a part of the 20-person steer- was just heroic “I brought up the subject (of a ing committee that is helping with beyond measure. Bay Area memorial) with several of fundraising for the national Flight 93 the family members and they were all memorial in Somerset County, Penn. Michael Emerson” very enthusiastic,” he said. Emerson’s hard work has not gone CSUEB student Emerson sent out a flurry of phone unnoticed. Last May he was awarded calls, faxes, e-mails and letters to build the President’s Student Services and support. He found encouragement for Leadership Award for Outstanding his idea among community leaders in Citizenship from Cal Union City, close to his hometown of State East Bay’s Student Hayward, and began making plans for Life and Leadership the memorial to be built at Sugar Mill Department. Landing Park. The San Francisco “I am doing this to honor the Bay Area Flight 93 heroes, honor their families and not Memorial will be dedi- forget them,” Emerson said. “The key cated in a ceremony is that I wanted it to be fairly close to on Saturday, Dec. 8 at me so I could watch over the memo- 11 a.m. It is located rial being built and make sure that it in Sugar Mill Landing was taken care of.” Park at the intersec- More than 30 sponsoring compa- tion of Alvarado-Niles PHOTOS: JESSE CANTLEY nies enlisted in the effort, including Road and Dyer Street, those who worked on the prepara- adjacent the Union Landing Shop- tion and placement of 2,000-pound ping Center in Union City, Calif. Honoring Heroism: CSUEB Student Creates Flight 93 Memorial granite “remembrance stones.” The More information is available online memorial includes the victims’ names, at www.93memorial.com. n ages and hometowns engraved on the Michael Emerson stones, with niches carved into each to Written by LIZBETH Cervantes hold a stainless steel mirror signifying that those who lost their lives could have been any American. There are Like many Americans, Cal State nomics and history major and former ert Storm veteran, who is also active in benches for reflection, landscaping East Bay student Michael Emer- U.S. Marine turned the subsequent the local chapters of the Veterans of that features California poppies, and Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 son was “devastated” by the events years into an effort to honor the vic- Foreign Wars and American Legion. a path to a “Circle of Hope,” includ- of 9/11 and felt he needed to take ac- tims of that flight. “To me this is courage beyond belief. ing a flagpole and tiles hand-painted tion. The tragedy produced an idea to For these people to do that was just by local children. He was particularly interested create the Bay Area Flight 93 Memo- heroic beyond measure.” Every element of the project was in the stories of the victims of Flight rial in Union City that will be dedi- What initially attracted Emerson provided by donation. 93, the Bay Area-bound plane that cated this fall. to the Flight 93 story was that “about “Whether it was labor, materials crashed in a Pennsylvania field after “They were the first Americans to a year went by and we noticed that or the site itself, it was all donated by Lpassengers tried to recapture the plane stand up and fight back,” said the Des- there was a lot of activity around the from hijackers. The 44-year-old eco- Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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In considering new ways to an interest in helping tell the CSUEB someone telling you to do your home- reach out to high school stu- story through their own eyes. “They work and telling you when to go to dents who will begin attending were selected for their diverse interests bed.” college in the fall of 2008 and and backgrounds, and each is free to Not short on words in describing beyond, Cal State East Bay realized describe what their first year college her first few months at Cal State East that perhaps nothing would be more experience is like, in their own words,” Bay, Andres says she was surprised by effective than the stories that students said Dan Bellone, CSUEB marketing what she discovered at the university. themselves tell. And with the Internet communications manager. “I love CSUEB,” she said. “It’s not now the preferred means for prospec- They’re not paid for their blogging, what I expected at all. I thought the tive college students to explore higher- but each was given a digital camera to teachers wouldn’t pay attention to perspectives education options, Cal State East Bay add pictures to the words in their blog students, class work would be done decided to ask seven freshmen to share entries. Lex Perez, a communication independently, and (it) would be hard Seven First-Time Freshmen their first-year experience, online, us- major from Rancho Cucamonga, CA to make friends. Professors are ap- ing a university-sponsored blog — a who is planning a career in journal- proachable and don’t make me … feel Take the CSUEB Story Web based log or journal. ism, admitted “at first I was attracted like I’m wasting their time.” This fall these freshmen began to the idea of a free camera, but then I Joining Terry, Andres, Perez and to the Blogosphere taking the CSUEB story to the blo- realized what a great opportunity this Bertrand as frosh bloggers are Stefanie gosphere — the world of Web logs would be to express myself and to get Walch, a liberal studies major from — each telling their own stories about the message out about the school.” Fremont who would like to be an “life at The Bay.” With a common At least once per week the blog- elementary school teacher; Michaela goal of sharing their thoughts about gers add to their online journals, Green, a psychology major from Fair- classes, professors, new friends, and filling them with stories and photos field; and Sezy Aydin, a nursing major campus activities, the bloggers — describing an important new chap- from Mountain View who would like with majors ranging from psychology ter in their lives — their first year at to be a pediatric nurse. Their unfold- frosh to history and from liberal studies to CSUEB. Their electronic diaries can ing story — the story of the Cal State engineering and communications — be read by anyone visiting the home East Bay student experience at the have unique personal perspectives and page of Cal State East Bay’s Web site university’s half-century mark — can reasons for participating. at www.csueastbay.edu. be followed at www.csueastbay.edu/ Antwan Terry, an engineering ma- Each blogger has his or her own froshblog. n jor from Atlanta, GA, whose objective style of communicating. They write as is to own his own business, decided if they are updating close friends on to participate because “I felt it would what’s happening in their lives as new Written by Barry zepel put a fun twist on my freshman expe- college students. rience.” “On Thursday i went to a concert Samantha Andres of Mountain with one of my bestest friends in the View, who is majoring in business entire world.” wrote Blake Bertrand, a administration with an emphasis in history major from Brentwood, in his marketing, plans to use her blog “to first blog entry. “I like to talk about

be truthful about my experience in how school is (and) what activities I’m Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 college.” Andres, whose goal is a career doing, like going to concerts with my in event management, says she wants friends and going to the city,” he said. to use her blog to tell future students Bertrand, who lives in the Pio- that “part of being a college student neer Heights student apartments on is knowing how to balance school, the university’s Hayward campus, is PHOTOS: / JESSE CANTLEY YAMINI HUILGOL work, and family and friends.” also sharing his discovery that “There The bloggers were chosen from is a lot of responsibility (with being in among 50 volunteers who expressed college),” said Bertrand. “There isn’t Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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continued from page 15 But that’s true, right? I drafted other Rangers that year. They of people think statistics is just bat- Alum Composes Well, yes and no. It was kind of true, formed an excellent core. I pieced other ting average and homeruns. I thought but not as strongly as people thought players together. this was an opportunity to advertise inaugural ‘Fanfare’ it was. I looked over the analysis and In some sense I was lucky that year. the university. it appeared to me that teams that were I took a risky draft strategy that year. There are a lot of excellent teach- strong in pitching tend to do better Sometimes my drafts are very good and ers on this campus. This was an op- than you’d expect compared to their sometimes they’re mediocre. I took a portunity to show some of the inter- salary. player named Adam Dunn, a Cincin- esting things done on campus in the Two days before President Mo Hall. He attributes that debut to the gifted composing student to ever We ended up separating their pay- nati Reds player. I took him in the sec- numerical sciences, and the hardcore Qayoumi’s presidential inaugu- supportive experiences he had at Cal study in this department,” La Rocca rolls into pitching payroll and hitting ond round and I took a lot of grief for it baseball fans got an idea of what yhe ration, Robert Litton is standing in State East Bay. says. “I’m exceedingly proud. Robert payroll. It turned out hitting payroll on the air on the fantasy radio show. To field of statistics and Cal State East front of the Cal State East Bay Sym- “It wouldn’t have happened if it has been gone for more than three didn’t matter: If you wanted to buy a this day I still don’t regret it. The criti- Bay are all about - practical knowl- phonic Band peering intently at the weren’t for the win, you’d invest in pitching. cisms they placed on Dunn was his bat- edge. This is taking scientific knowl- saxophone section. university and ting average. But his average was pretty edge and using it as a practical appli- “When you have a long note, go the opportunity So what are the important stats in good this year. cation. n ahead and back off it,” he says. to play there,” fantasy? Batting average is the offensive No one in the rehearsal hall he says. “That The typical fantasy league these days statistic I weigh least in my drafting. Written by Donna Hemmila knows the piece they are practicing doesn’t happen is what’s called a five-by-five league: Weird things happen with batting aver- T better than Litton. The emerging at the bigger the five hitting statistics, batting aver- age. It’s the most unpredictable of the young film composer had just flown conservatories.” age, number of hits, number of runs, statistics. I look for hits. The statistics in from Los Angeles for the day to lis- After gradu- number of home runs, number of sto- are not individual player stats but the ten to the 45-piece student orchestra’s ating, Litton en- len bases. In pitching there are five: team stats. Even if someone has a low final rehearsal of “Inaugural Fanfare,” rolled in a film ERA, wins, saves, strikeouts and a batting average, they’re going to get me the music the university commis- scoring program stat called the ratio or walks-plus-hits a lot of hits and that’s a contribution to sioned him to write for the June 1 for movies and per innings pitched. my team batting average. I’m perfectly PHOTO: BEN AILES ceremony to inaugurate Qayoumi as television at the In the Moneyball book they fine with that. There are other aspects the fourth president in Cal State East University of talked about how Billy Beane isn’t a of my draft that I prefer not to think Bay’s 50-year history. Southern Cali- big believer in number of hits. He’d about. That’s the way it is. look at walks, strikeouts and homer- After the inaugural planning com- fornia. uns allowed by a pitcher. His feeling mittee commissioned Litton to the “Since then Robert Litton, BA in Music (’01) and MA in Composing (’03) , composed Do you use any of this baseball stuff “Inaugural Fanfare” for President Mo Qayoumi’s inaugural ceremony. was defense and park configurations in your classes? write the fanfare, the composer met I’ve been taking with President Qayoumi for a conver- any job I can get could make hits coincidental. So sin- Yes and no. I am motivated by base- sation that inspired the composition. to make contact with young film di- years, but we keep in contact about gles weren’t always a good measure of ball, but there are a lot of students not During the rehearsal, Litton explained rectors,” he says. “That means doing his career and his life.” pitching. interested in baseball. If I stand up and the inspirations for each measure. student films and independent films.” Having professors who play in or- only talk about baseball I might alien- Let’s get down to the business of win- “This is all about humility, assum- The film business can be brutal, chestras and know how to audition is ate some people. I might use baseball ning the fantasy league. You were the ing the responsibilities you’ve been he says, - full of politicking and jobs a real asset in the music program, says as an example from time to time. Our champion in 2005 of the MLB.com entrusted with,” Litton tells the musi- that fizzle - but composing for the big Litton. In addition to teaching music, league. Give us your secret of how department is talking about having a cians. “You’re reflecting on the people screen has been his dream since high he says, they also take an interest in you did it? baseball statistics class. Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 who have made it possible for you to school. the students’ lives. In a nutshell, I had what turned out What did you hope the symposium be here.” Cal State East Bay professor and “I’m very pleased and proud of to be a risky but excellent draft strat- would bring to the university? litton, who has been playing music department chair Frank La the education I received,” Litton says. egy that year. I decided that the Texas drums since the fourth grade, earned Rocca, who was Litton’s university ad- “The music department provides ex- I was hoping it would bring exposure Rangers hitters were underrated. So a bachelor’s degree in music from Cal visor, says he selected his former stu- ceptional education for its students.” n I drafted Mark Teixeira in the first to the university and the department. State East Bay and, in 2003, a master’s dent to compose the inaugural piece I thought this was a win-win opportu- round, which I got a lot of grief for. I in music and composing. In his senior to focus on an alumnus who had Written by Donna Hemmila drafted Mike Young, the shortstop, and nity for the statistics profession. A lot year Litton wrote a piece for the wind achieved a lot at an early age. band that was played at Carnegie “In my opinion, he’s the most Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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tinational engineering and project She’s never regretted her choice. management company from 1982 to “I believe very strongly in public edu- Alumna of the Year 1991. She then worked for three years cation and providing the opportunity as director of project and division fi- for students who aren’t able to go to nance at Walt Disney Imagineering the Yales, Princetons and Harvards to CFO Georganne Proctor Says Her Best Investment was Education and director of finance and accounting get a high quality education,” Proctor for Buena Vista Home Video Interna- said. “I don’t hire a resume. I hire peo- tional. Her Cal State East Bay MBA ple who have been educated. There’s education served her well in each of no one school and no one background these very different companies. that’s going to make someone success- “I never had trouble keeping up ful.” with any information,” Proctor said. She attributes her success to her “There was never a time I needed more leadership abilities and a talent for Twenty-five years after gradu- preparation to deal with any situa- motivating others. In today’s global ating from Cal State East Bay, tion.” business environment, she said, leaders Georganne Proctor finally got to at- At TIAA-CREF, which special- need to know how to work with dif- tend the university’s honors convoca- izes in financial services for academic ferent people from around the world. tion. and nonprofit institutional clients, she That is something she’s enjoyed in her When she earned her MBA in is responsible for all financial manage- 25 years in the financial industry. 1982, even though she graduated with ment, reporting and planning as well “I’m proud and honored,” she said academic honors, Proctor had to pass as internal audit and controls. She also of being named Alumna of the Year. up the convocation ceremony because serves on the board of directors of Kai- “Who would have thought 25 years ago it was held just days before her wed- ser Aluminum and Redwood Trust when I was a graduate student, that I ding. T Inc. would be so honored and so blessed.” n last May, Proctor attended the She and her husband, Robert, event she missed so long ago – this contributed to the building campaign Written by Donna Hemmila time as the keynote speaker and 2007 for the Wayne and Gladys Valley Busi- PHOTOS: BEN AILES Alumna of the Year. Each year the Cal ness and Technology Center, the new State East Bay Alumni Association PHOTO: BEN AILES home of the College of Business and honors a prominent Pioneer graduate Georganne Proctor, MBA (’82), is chief financial officer forTI AA-CREF, one of the larg- Economics. She’s helped promote the est pension investment and financial services firms in the world. She will join the Cal for his or her contributions to their college’s MBA program and been a professional field, their communities State East Bay Educational Foundation in 2008. guest lecturer at the Smith Center for She lived with her grandparents, and to the university. As the current Private Enterprise Studies. honoree, Proctor was invited to speak financial services firms in the world. pus bulletin board in the College of who were in their 80s, and helped take I don’t hire to the university’s highest-achieving Before joining TIAA-CREF in June Business and Economics. She was Early Ambitions care of the family business and farm. a resume. I hire Her grandfather owned a small bank graduates. 2006, Proctor served as executive vice about to graduate, and Bechtel was ad- Proctor remembers being good at people“ who have “I’m indebted to my Cal State East president of finance for Golden West vertising for someone experienced with math and science when she was grow- in Madison, S.D., and grew corn, soy Bay education,” she told the convoca- Financial Corp., the holding company a specific interactive financial planning ing up in South Dakota. Her math beans and wheat. been educated. tion audience of students and their of World Savings Bank. From 1994 to tool. It was the same program that she abilities made her a popular partner Proctor commuted two hours each Georganne Proctor,” Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 families gathered in the University 2002, she was senior vice president, learned to use in her university finance for MBA study groups, she said. But way to the University of South Dakota TIAA-CREF CEO Amphitheatre. “The best investment CFO and a member of the board of di- classes. she never planned on a business career. where she earned a bachelor’s degree in I’ve ever made is my education.” rectors of the Bechtel Group, the first “I didn’t even know what Bechtel She first wanted to be a doctor. business. When her grandparents died, Proctor knows a thing or two place she landed a job after earning her was. I had to look them up,” she re- When her mother passed away she moved to California where other about investments. She is the executive Cal State East Bay MBA. called during a tour of the campus be- while she and her twin sister were in relatives lived. fore the honors convocation. Proctor took a job at the Pleasan- vice president and chief financial officer Right Tools at the Right Time high school, Proctor said she decided of New York-based TIAA-CREF, one Proctor applied and was hired to chose a major that would quickly ton branch of lending company HFC Proctor’s career in high finance of the largest pension investment and immediately. She worked for the mul- carry her into the work force so she and then enrolled at CSUEB because started with a notice tacked to a cam- could support herself. it was close by. Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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tion. Even at that point she was only our class of 20 students into teams of able to take classes on a part-time basis. three or four people each,” she said. Taking Care of Business She was 34 when she earned her bach- “Every team was assigned to counsel elor’s degree in marketing from Cal a struggling small business on its mar- State East Bay in 1984. keting and financials, as well as to pre- “I went back to school part-time pare a business plan for that client. as my children were growing up,” she Her team was assigned to a small said. “I first went to Merritt College firm based in Oakland that sold, leased in Oakland and then transferred to and cared for green plants decorating Cal State Hayward (as Cal State East office buildings in the surrounding Cal State East Bay was known until 2005). It took me area. about seven years to finish my degree. DeYoung and her teammates were Bay allowed me “When I returned to school, it was fearful of the assignment because “we “to economically more to prove something to myself be- were being trusted with this person’s accomplish as a cause I had been working in a clerical life savings.” level position, trying to move up when “I remember when we asked our part-time student David and I were still living in the instructor, ‘why are you letting us what I needed to Midwest,” she added. counsel them?’ His response was, ‘who enter the business Since then, she’s proven her value better to counsel them than you, who to the commercial real estate industry have all of the professors in our depart- world. as well as to leaders in business and ment at your fingertips, as well as all Vicky DeYoung,” government throughout Contra Costa of this new knowledge on your team. County. Her sales and leasing produc- Who better to do it?’ V.P. Cornish & Carey Commercial tion rank her in the top 20 percent “I wouldn’t be where I am today among brokers in the county since the without Cal State East Bay, because early 1990s, including her 17 years in UC Berkeley wasn’t set up for part-time the Walnut Creek office of Grubb & students like me,” DeYoung said. “Cal Ellis Co., one of the world’s largest State East Bay allowed me to economi- PHOTO: BEN AILES commercial real estate organizations. cally accomplish as a part-time student Vicky DeYoung, BA Marketing (’84), is vice president for Cornish & Carey Commercial. She moved to the regional firm of Cor- what I needed to enter the business nish & Carey Commercial in 2003 in world.” n order to focus on larger listings and cli- ents. Written by Barry Zepel Her confidence in business may One of Contra Costa County’s busiest Not bad for someone who didn’t get her have blossomed for the first time dur- and most influential business people for feet wet in the business world until well after ing her senior year at Cal State East more than two decades is Vicky DeYoung. her husband David had completed a tour of Bay when she took a business class with DeYoung, 57, is vice president in the Wal- duty in the Navy. Then she worked as a secre- Professor Ric Tombari, who retired in nut Creek office of Cornish & Carey Commer- tary to help put him through college in Wis- 1992 and passed away in September of Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 cial, a real estate brokerage where she specializes consin. After that came many years as a “stay- 2006. in leasing and landlord/tenant representation. O at-home mom,” raising their daughter Angela “Tombari was one of my favor- She also is vice president for membership and a and son Adam. ite instructors—he was so caring,” former president of the Contra Costa Council, In fact it was only after David DeYoung DeYoung said. a business advocacy organization for the coun- had established his career in the sales of en- She also remembers a class from ty. gines for several companies—including Rolls that year, Small Business Develop- She’s been one of the county’s and the na- Royce—and had moved the family to Califor- ment, being one of her favorites. tion’s most productive leasing brokers since the nia that Vicky DeYoung ventured away from “In that one, the professor divided early 1990s. their Oakland home to resume her own educa- Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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because of the formal education I re- ing a can of beer, with a .38 (pistol) ceived there,” Jackson said. “Because under my coat.” I’m very pleased of my college education, I can converse “I did drugs, I did pills, I did al- that the university is on different levels. It exposed me to cohol, I did motorcycle gang fighting, “reaching back into a lot of different things.” He credits until a friend and former gang mem- former university administrators and ber saved me and God changed me,” the inner city, telling faculty members Mack Lovett, Art Jackson said. “So when I reach out us that they want our Scott, and Paul Berghart for keeping (to gang members), they tell me ‘you him focused on his studies. don’t understand.’ That’s when I show kids to come; that The focus was diverted a bit when them that photo of me when I was in they want us Jackson spent four relatively aimless a motorcycle gang. They look at that years in an Oakland motorcycle gang and realize that I do understand (their on campus. after his graduation from Cal State troubles).” Bishop Bob Jackson” East Bay. It has been 23 years since Jackson Today, Jackson also sees his expe- founded his church with 13 people rience as a gang member as a benefit from the community in a small Oak- evident at “Super Sunday” events in toward his efforts to reach out beyond land storefront on Foothill Boulevard. 2006 and 2007, sponsored by the his congregation into East Bay com- Since then, the congregation has grown California State University system at munities to help those who have had by leaps and bounds, the church mov- African American churches through- more than their share of problems. ing several times until opening on out the Bay Area. He was joined at the

PHOTOS: BEN AILES Bishop Bob Jackson, BA Psychology (’73) has more than 7,000 members in his Oakland congregation. Alumni Inspiration Bishop Bob Jackson Other individuals who take advan- New Year’s Eve 1994 on an eight-acre pulpit by Cal State East Bay President tage of Bob Jackson’s life experiences former industrial site. The 3,000-seat Mo Qayoumi in urging African Amer- When Bob Jackson was taking classes at who he is, what he does, and the success he has are local and state officials, including sanctuary and a K-8 school for nearly icans to take advantage of a university Cal State East Bay in the early 1970s, he ques- had. He’s also confident that the more than California Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneg- 300 children is just a few blocks east of education. tioned the necessity of taking required courses 7,000 church members he preaches to during ger, who meets with the Oakland cler- McAfee Coliseum. “We’re thankful to be working like probability, economics, and geography. three services every Sunday at Acts Full Gos- gyman on a regular basis and has ap- The 61-year old Jackson, who was with my alma mater, getting our kids Psychology, however, was another matter. pel Church of God In Christ in East Oakland pointed him to his committee on gang promoted to bishop by the Church of focused on the university,” Bishop Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 “I studied psychology at Cal State because have learned and benefited from his lifelong violence. God in Christ in April 2004, said he Jackson said. “I’m very pleased that I was mainly interested in why I was doing the journey. When entertaining guests in his may have to move his ever-growing the university is reaching back into things that I was doing,” Jackson said. “I want- Following Jackson’s four years of military spacious office, Bishop Jackson points congregation yet again in the near the inner city, telling us that they want ed to have a better understanding of the mind service as a jet mechanic in the United States with pride to his framed bachelor’s de- future because of the need for more our kids to come; that they want us on and how the mind operated.” Air Force from 1964 to ’68, he studied general gree, earned in 1973, hanging on the space. campus.” n More than 30 years later, as Bishop Bob education during two years at Merritt College wall behind his desk. With a sense of Bishop Jackson’s appreciation for Jackson, he fully understands how everything in Oakland, followed by three more years at humility, he also points to a photo of education as a way for his flock to Written by Barry Zepel he learned at the university, and in every other Cal East Bay, where he majored in psychology. himself “sitting on a motorcycle, hold- succeed in the world was especially stage of his life, has had a direct connection to “I’m very thankful to Cal State East Bay Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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Alumni Association Hosts Events, New Board Elected Class Notes Offers Benefits for 2007-08 The alumni association membership New and expanded benefits are in store elected five new directors during the sum- 1970s Jeff Glaze, MBA, (‘88) is senior vice-pres- and performed with Eric Clapton for a few for members of the Cal State East Bay Alum- mer that will serve on the board for a two- ident and chief operations manager of months. Currently she teaches private les- ni Association in 2007-08. A new Web site year term through 2009. New directors Fran David, (‘71), is assistant city manager American Baptist Homes of the West. AB- sons as well as at Oakland public schools for the city of Hayward. HOW is one of the largest providers of con- and at the Young Musicians Program asso- and an online community, set for launch include Roger Glancy (’81 MPA) of Cas- this fall, will allow all alumni to expand tro Valley, Mack Lovett (’65, ’65) of Sac- John Farahi, B.A., Political Science (’71), is tinuing care retirement in the Western part ciated with UC Berkeley. their personal and professional network ramento, Kenneth Parris (’87) of Dublin, co-chairman of the board, CEO and chief of the United States. Arturo Medina, B.S., Business Administra- to include CSUEB Ambrus Reese (’00, ’03) of Brentwood, and operating officer of the Atlantis Hotel and Terry Guillory, B.A., Business Administra- tion (‘91), served as a planning commis- Casino in Reno, Nev. He also is the partner alumni. The online Judy Silva (’01, MS ’04) of Livermore. tion and Finance (‘89), is a finances service sioner, city councilman, and mayor of the community, known Cindi Newbold (’01) of Hayward was at Farahi Investment Co., which special- professional and senior commercial lender city of San Juan Bautista, Calif. He is the as Cal State Eat Bay elected president, and Charles Fisher (’70) izes in real estate investment and develop- for First Republic Bank in San Francisco. She president and CEO of Rivera Advertising, ment. is a volunteer for the Oakland Business De- specializing in Spanish language radio and inCircle will allow of Castro Valley will serve as vice president, you to search for fel- Ambrus Reese (’00, ’03) of Brentwood as Rod Gaines, B.A., (‘77) is the head wrestling velopment Corp. and serves on the board television advertising. of directors for the Golden Gate Better low alumni by city, treasurer, and Mike Ferketich (‘84) of Liv- coach at Tokay High School in Lodi, Calif. 2000s Business Bureau. employer, industry, ermore as secretary. Returning directors Sam Johnson, M.A., (‘74), is the superin- Dino Battaglini, Administrative Credential class year, and more. are Hardeep Luthra (’90) of San Ramon, Alice Rush, B.A., (‘82), is a career coach and tendent of San Mateo High School District (‘04), is the new principal of Tomales High It also will allow you Bill Firestone (‘73) of Castro Valley, and owner of CareersU. She was a founding and has worked in education for the past School. to post and search Doug Walsh (‘71) of San Leandro. Krista 39 years. member of several state of the art internal career centers for Silicon Valley companies. employment listings, Kohlberg (‘05) of Pinole, president of the Sashikant Joshi, M.S., Computer Science join and form alum- association’s Concord Campus chapter, Willie Natt, B.A., Finance (‘76), is a regional Random House recently published her (05’), is the developer of Prefode a software ni groups, register continues to serve as an ex officio member. sales development manager for Wells Far- book, “Paid to Play: An Insiders Guide to enterprise for employee performance man- go Bank. He is also a member of the Alame- Video Game Careers.” agement. The product was recently sold to for events, and pay Alumni association members are en- da County Food Bank board of directors, membership dues couraged to consider joining the board of 1990s the Canadian corporate software company, which feeds up to 40,000 people a week by Cytiva Inc. Software. with ease. directors as an way to have a significant working with more than 300 community Jason Burita, B.A., English (‘99), is a teacher “Our new Web impact at their alma mater. Interested Emma Ramierz, B.A. (00’), is assistant vice- organizations throughout the country. at Bret Harte Union High School in Angels site will provide something unique and ex- members may contact Kate Shaheed at president of Commerce National Bank. She Camp, Calif. Formerly, he was a technical citing for all of the university’s alumni,” says 510.885.2839 or kate.shaheed@csueastbay. 1980s also worked as the vice president for Bank writer producing computer textbooks for Kate Shaheed, Cal State East Bay’s alumni edu. of Walnut Creek and held similar positions Margaret Burner, B.A., Music (‘85), is the MacMillan Publishing. He recently was pro- at U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Harbor Na- relations director. “It will offer alumni a Additional information about cantor for the master of sacred music from filed in The Stockton Record newspaper in convenient way to connect based on their the Cal State East Bay Alum- Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of tional Bank. a feature on outstanding educators. interests and get a little something more ni Association is available online at Religion, School of Sacred music, New York n City. Liesel Loesch, B.A., Business and Economics out of being a Cal State East Bay alum.” www.csuebalumni.org. (‘93), is chief financial officer at Vantagemed, The benefit of membership in the Paul Crain, B.A. Criminal Justice Admin- where she manages the accounting, com- alumni association has expanded to include Reddy Prodhuturi istration (‘88), is captain for the police de- pliance and financial operations of the com- Submit Class Notes great entertainment discounts through the (’05) and his wife, partment in Concord, Calif. pany. A CPA, she was formerly the controller Employee Discount Club. Members will Suchana, share a for Silicon Image, Inc. and an audit manager Share news about your career, scoop during the Melanie Davis, (‘82), is a communications enjoy discounted tickets at AMC, Century, for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. accomplishments and changes 1st annual ice cream consultant and the creator of Honest Ex- in your life with other alumni. and Regal movie theaters. They also can social for alumni Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 changed LLC, a consulting firm dedicated Betsy London, B.A., Psychology (‘95), is a Include your address, phone take advantage of reduced ticket prices for employees at Cal to sex education and resource develop- professional viola player and performs with numbers, degree earned, major and Disneyland, Paramount’s Great America, State East Bay. ment. She is also the author of her self- prominent Bay Area symphonies. In 2004 graduation year. Mail to Cal State Six Flags Marine World, and Monterey Bay East Bay Magazine, Attention Editor, published book, “Sexuality Talking Points: she was part of the Broadway show, “Lion 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., WA 908, Aquarium that exceed discounts offered to A guide toward thoughtful conversations King,” when it came to San Francisco and Hayward, Calif., 94542. Or e-mail to: the general public. Others discounts in- between parents and children,” and is the has been in many studio orchestra record- [email protected]. clude car rentals, hotel lodging, and other co-author of “Principled Commitment,” a ings including a small part in the film score consumer products. relationship enrichment commitment. for Disney’s “Finding Nemo.” She toured Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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GIFTS AND COMMITMENTS

8 million Gifts, Bequests and Pledges

7 million Annual Report of Private Giving Private Research Grants

2006-2007 6 million Testamentary Commitments

5 million

4 million

A Message From 3 million

The Chair, Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation & The Vice President, University Advancement 2 million

Looking back over 2007 — our 50th anniversary — An expanded University Union, offering With such a remarkable transformation underway, 1 million year —the California State University, East new spaces to meet, eat, and congregate, moved Cal State East Bay is positioned to ascend to the Bay community finds itself reflecting upon and CSUEB a step closer toward becoming the “vibrant regional leadership and stewardship role envisioned also celebrating a remarkable year of progress university village” envisioned at last fall’s President’s by its pioneering founders fifty years ago. The 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 characterized by new-found direction and Town Hall Meetings. opportunity — and the challenge — is for Cal Gifts, pledges,bequests, private research grants, and testamentary commitments received between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2007 momentum. Under the leadership of President State East Bay to maintain this momentum. Mohammad “Mo” Qayoumi, Cal State East Bay is — Construction of a new students services and coming into its own, empowered by its successes — administration building began, reinforcing our As the workforce requirements of our region 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 and strengthened by the growing support of alumni commitment to efficient, well-run operations that become ever more complex, the expectations of GIFTS RECEIVED and friends. As we prepare to move into our second put “students first.” our students continue to evolve, and the societal SOURCE OF SUPPORT half-century, we are firmly focused on the future needs of the region we serve deepens, Cal State East Individuals and on a bold, new vision of Cal State East Bay as — Gifts and pledges for the fiscal year ended June Bay is committed to meeting the challenge. Doing Alumni $352,308 $402,609 $577,601 $540,951 the region’s high-access university of choice. 30, 2007, totaling $4.2 million, were nearly three so will require bold and innovative new programs 8 million Parents 1,100 1,651 1,391 696 times the amount recorded in the previous fiscal and approaches to higher education — together Others 646,300 304,118 309,863 1,192,312 Among the university’s 2007 achievements are the year. During the same period, the university’s with your continued support. The university and Total $999,708 $708,378 $888,855 $1,733,959 following milestones: endowment grew by 58% percent, including the the Cal State Educational Foundation are deeply 7 million — U.S. News & World Report recognized CSUEB creation of CSUEB’s first endowed professorship grateful for your commitment to the university’s Organizations Foundations $533,105 $2,567,982 $3,247,053 4,476,637 as a “top-tier” university among masters-granting and its first endowed chair. ambitious quest to set new standards for a new era 6 million institutions. in higher education. Corporations 248,030 1,428,382 786,819 547,587 Others 58,010 55,712 237,872 79,102 — A strategic planning process was launched, Total $839,145 $4,052,076 $4,271,744 $5,103,326 — TheP rinceton Review designated Cal State designed to update the university’s academic 5 million East Bay a “Best in the West” college for the fourth and physical master plans, encompassing Total $1,838,853 $4,760,454 $5,160,599 $6,837,285 straight year. academic programming, enrollment, and physical 4 million infrastructure. These plans will lead to fundraising PURPOSES — Enrollment hit record levels at CSUEB — up priorities for the university’s first comprehensive Current Operations almost 17% over the past two years. campaign, planned for a 2008-2009 launch. Doug Uchikura 3 million Unrestricted $129,557 $102,013 $93,727 $151,505 Chair, Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation Restricted 737,118 2,243,764 1,654,392 1,822,624 — Occupancy of new Pioneer Heights residence Just last month, a delegation from the Western Total $866,675 $2,345,777 $1,748,119 $1,974,129 2 million halls exceeded plan, accelerating the planning and Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Capital Purposes construction of two additional phases of expansion, which evaluates and accredits the quality and Property, Buildings & Equipment $898,183 $2,367,750 $3,222,006 $2,026,458 now under way. educational effectiveness of higher education 1 million Endowments: 73,995 46,927 11,000 2,836,698 institutions, called Cal State East Bay, “a campus Total $972,178 $2,414,677 $3,412,580 $4,863,156 — The Wayne and GladysV alley Business and on fire … characterized by a common vision.” They Robert W. Burt Technology Center opened, providing state-of- noted that the university has “achieved fast-track, Vice President, University Advancement Purposes Total $1,838,853 $4,760,454 $5,160,699 $6,837,285 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 the-art classrooms for students and offices for measurable improvements” in such critical areas as California State University, East Bay Gifts, bequests, pledge payments, and private research grants received between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2007. faculty in business, economics, engineering, and enrollment, financial stability, increased tenure- multimedia programs. track faculty, and campus physical conditions. The audited financial statements of the Educational Foundation are available upon request. Please contact Gifts and Pledge Payments the Office of University Advancement, California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., WA 908, Hayward, CA 94542, or call: 510-885-2360. SPECIHonoArL RollRECO OFGNITION Donors 2006-2007 Annual Report of Private Giving

The Cal State East Bay Leadership Fund First Endowment of its A Foundation of Giving Two $1 Million

The Cal State East Bay Leadership Fund comprises all unrestricted gifts Kind in CSU Cumulative Giving Exceeding $100,000 Endowments for OLLI, that support the colleges, departments and programs of the university We extend special recognition to the following individuals and organizations whose and campus- wide needs. cumulative giving to the university has exceeded $100,000. PACE Programs

These funds provide resources that allow CSUEB deans, department Individuals Alzheimer’s Association chairs, program directors, and the president to meet the most pressing Anonymous Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation needs and capitalize on opportunities as they arise in their areas. Mrs. Julia Abrott AT&T Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Acosta Bank of America Mr. Michael George Fuhrig Bay Area School Reform Collaborative Gifts to the Cal State East Bay Leadership Fund are used in the academic Howard and Carin Sei High Cabletron PHOTO: BEN AILES area or program that the donor designates, or by President Mohammad Mr. and Mrs. John N. Hunter, Jr. Chevron H. Qayoumi, should the donor designate the gift “where it is needed Kumar and Vijaya Malavalli Comer Foundation most.” Lee and Nagesh Mhatre Genentech, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Leonard Morgan Intel Corporation Funds are used in numerous ways, including scholarships, faculty and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gene Navellier James Irvine Foundation graduate-level research initiatives, visiting scholars and lecturers, and Bruce and Marie Rosenblatt KPMG extracurricular activities. A partnership between the Sikh community and Rajinderpal S. and Maskeen K. Sabharwal Kresge Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schneider Network Appliance, Inc. Cal State East Bay has created the Dr. Ranjit Singh Mr. and Mrs. Owen Smith Radin Foundation Annual gifts to the Leadership Fund also guarantee a foundation upon Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at the Dr. Henry A. Tombari and Dr. Joan Sieber Rational Software Corporation The BernardO sher Foundation of San Francisco, which the future support of the university is built. Leadership Fund university, the first of its kind in the California State Stanley and Franny Wang Southland Mall which previously had provided annual support money helps ensure academic excellence year-round. University system. The chair is named in memory of The Bernard Osher Foundation ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 for the creation of Professor Sabharwal, who taught mathematics at the The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation two educational programs at the university, awarded Whether designated to a specific college or department, the University university for four decades beginning in 1968. The W. M. Keck Foundation endowments of $1 million each in November 2006 Library, a cultural, athletic or educational outreach program, or to the Walter S. Johnson Foundation towards the ongoing support of the university’s PACE Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation university to meet campus-wide needs. Sabharwal, who died in July 2006 at the age of and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Wells Fargo Bank 81, had a dream of forging a relationship between Y & H Soda Foundation Cal State East Bay. No form of giving to the university has a more immediate impact upon the Sikh community and the university. He was R. Zaballos & Sons our students and faculty. instrumental in the founding of Sikh temples in Zellerbach Family Fund PACE, acronym for Program for Accelerated College Fremont and Hayward that thrived under his watch Education, enables working adult students to make as that community grew from 20 families in the Organizations speedier progress towards a bachelor’s degree with 1960s to more than 20,000 families. a major in human development, liberal studies, or Heritage Society leadership in hospitality and leisure services. The “My father was a visionary leader on raising private Members of the Heritage Society have included the university in their estate plan. endowment allows the university to increase the support from the community,” said Paul Sabharwal. number of scholarships awarded to the highest Mr. John Paul Abbey Dr. Lindy Li Mark “(He) was always community-minded and also keen Dr. Georgia Babladelis Mrs. Hilda McCune achieving students in PACE. that we maintain support for education as well. Dr. Lowell J. Bean Mr. and Mrs. James J. Phillips He used to say that ‘the university is the temple of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Benson Bruce and Marie Rosenblatt OLLI at Cal State East Bay, designed for mature education.’” Mr. James George Boutos Ms. Ruth Reed Rhodes learners 50 years of age and older, features short Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 Dr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Clark Mrs. Betty Foley Sauer courses, lectures, discussions, book groups, and travel After the professor’s death, The Sabharwal family, Dr. Carol Inberg Dr. Susan D. Schaefer and Mr. Hale J. and study programs. Conklin the Palo Alto-based Sikh Foundation, and members Mrs. Judy M. Huey and Mr. Leland D. Levy Dr. and Mrs. Edward Jay Mrs. Diana S. Schaufler of the Sikh community raised $500,000 to endow The BernardO sher Foundation seeks to improve Ms. Sylvia M. Jesuit Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schneider the chair in his honor. More than 300 people have Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kern Dr. Jodi and Mr. Brian Servatius the quality of life for residents of the San Francisco contributed. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Stuart Klausner Mr. Richard Harry and Mrs. Susan Sherratt Bay Area through programs principally in higher Mr. Roger E. Lipman Dr. Joan Sieber education and the arts. Dr. Joanne Frances Loomba Ms. Marin Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Gary Christopher Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mansfield Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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The President’s Circle Contributors of $1,000 or more

Legacy Circle Dilmohan S. and Ameeta K. Chadha Mr. and Mrs. Louis Paul Miramontes Mrs. Connie G. Smith Harvinder S. Dhaliwal Rakesh and Ranjana Sharma Foster Youth Have a Ujagger S. Dhillon, M.D. Richard Harry and Susan Sherratt $100,000 and above Mr. Morton Leslie Friedkin and Mrs. Amy Dr. Wade A. Morehouse, Jr. Hari Singh Sran and Kirpal K. Sran Rothschild-Friedkin Dr. Ajit Sandhu and Dr. Surinder Sandhu Mr. Steven M. Tami Kashmir S. and Gurjit K. Dhugga Jagjeet Kaur Sidhu ‘Bridge’ to CSUEB as Mr, W.Roger Haughton Dr. and Mrs. Lyle D. Edmison Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Silva Estate of Mrs. Julia Abrott Pramodh and Kulveen Sidhu Sukhvinder Singh and Balwinder Kaur Waraich Dr. Carol Inberg Mr. Thomas Fredricksen Gurinder and Pushpinder Singh Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Acosta Professor Istvan Simon Malik Family Harjeet S. and Becky Ghuman Harinder Pal and Hardip Singh Renaissance Scholars Rajinderpal S. and Maskeen K. Sabharwal Dr. Prithipal Singh and Rajinder Singh Organizations Shailesh J. and Kalpa S. Mehta Mrs. Gurcharan Kaur Ghumman Jagjeet Singh Stanley and Franny Wang Mr. Gary Sloane AA Batarse Foundation Bryan and Katie Neider Jasjit Singh and Gurinder Preet Mrs. Bepsy Fakir Strasburg ABC Security Service, Inc. Drs. Mandeep and Ritu Ghumman Daulat Singh and Surinder Kaur Nijjar Mr. Kawaljit Singh Avtar and Nirmal Virdee Ameriprise Financial Services Inc Dr. John C. Giles Organizations Georganne and Robert Proctor Narinder and Jagdip Singh Cal State 9 Credit Union Mrs. Eleanor L. Gothberg Genentech, Inc. Dr. Major S. and Parveen Purewal R.K. Janmeja Singh, Ph.D. Organizations Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation Burpinder S. Grewal James Irvine Foundation Marvin and Susan Remmich Sukhwinder Singh and Rajinder Kaur American Speech Language Hearing Consolidated CM Dr. Mohinder S. Gulati The Bernard Osher Foundation Sonia Singh Mr. Arthur Joseph Songey Association Enterprise Rent-A-Car Mohan and Tejinder Gyani Walter S. Johnson Foundation Dr. Joan Sieber Dr. Scott Stine Bell Investment Advisors Inc Gurdwara Sahib Fremont - Sangat Mr. Shawn Alan Hanson Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Warren Honorable Priscilla H. Haynes, ret. Murray and DeDe Stokely PHOTO: BARRY ZEPEL Best Way Limo, Inc. HSBC Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Storrer CSUEB Associated Students KPMG Mr. Shamser S. Kang Mr. Donald Frederick Strachan Organizations East Bay Community Foundation Mervyn’s Preetmohan S. and Harvinder K. Kapoor Gurumukh Singh and Ameeta Singh Tiwana Founder’s Circle Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Felson Companies Inc Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP Amarpal and Rahat Khanna Mr. Benjamin Tom $50,000 - $99,999 Bay Area Development Company International Reading Association Target Inc. Anoop and Ritu Khurana Cathleen and Cornelio Torres Chardi Kala Sikh Community Center Mt. Diablo Health Care District Zoom Delivery Service Klaudia Kobelt Estate of Mrs. Diana June Colburn CSUEB Alumni Association New United Motor Manufacturing Kohli Family Mr. and Mrs. Doug Uchikura Molinder Singh Kohli Mr. and Mrs. Gary Christopher Wallace Narinder and Satinder Kapany CSUEB HIRE Center PG & E The adjustment to college life and later to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gene Navellier Gurdwara Sahib Fremont Punjabi Educational and Cultural Ms. Myoung-Ja Lee Kwon and Mr. Ernest Ms. Matilda B. Wangerien Foundation Irish independence as an adult can be difficult, no matter Mr. and Mrs. Dick VrMeer Guru Granth Sahib Foundation Director’s Circle Takhvinder S. and Balbir K. Waraich Gurjeet and Jasbir Lamba Kriens Family Foundation Raja Sweets & Catering $1,000-$2,499 Mr. Robert Wheeler one’s upbringing and family background. Imagine Sprint Nextel Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Chon Hei and Mimy Lei Drs. Robert F and Marina V. N. Whitman trying to make that adjustment as a former foster Organizations Mrs. Peggy Lepore Sun Microsystems Foundation Stephanie Kalman Foundation Dolly and Jatinder Ahluwalia Family Dr. Peter A. Wilson youth. At the age of 18, these young people are Bank of America Dr. and Mrs. Michael K. Leung Take Charge America, Inc. The PMI Foundation Harbans and Kanwal Ahluwalia Robert and Amora Worrall dropped from the foster care system, left to fend Chevron Mrs. Liza Jane MacNaughton The Leakey Foundation Joginder Singh Ahluwalia Ms. Termia Yuen The Sikh Foundation, USA Dr. Michael K. Mahoney for themselves—often with little or no financial, The Society for the Study of Social Gurbachan S. and Harjinder K. Anand Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Zaballos The Thomas J. Long Foundation Kumar and Vijaya Malavalli emotional, or academic support and guidance. Any Problems Vick and Rajleen Arora Wells Fargo Bank Union Bank of California Dean’s Circle Luanne Sconberg Malkmus thought by them for a college degree must seem like a Hardeep Singh Aulakh Organizations $2,500-$4,999 Dr. Nancy R. Mangold distant dream. Wave Division Holdings, LLC Dr. Georgia Babladelis 4Charity Foundation, Inc. Dr. Lindy Li Mark Y & H Soda Foundation Mr. Richard Michael Baca Amgen, Inc. Anonymous Joginder Singh and Jaswant Kaur Milestone Cirlce Prabhjot S. Bajwa Ampswiss Engineering, Inc. The university wants to ensure that their dream can Ms. Paula Bell Albert Matharu $25,000 - $49,999 Iqbal S. and Kuljit K. Barn AT&T Foundation become a reality, and with that, the Renaissance Mr. Terry Alexander Dr. Nan L. Maxwell and Dr. Ronald J. Dr. and Mrs. Sambhu Basu D’Amico Bay Area Wine Project Scholars Program was launched in September of 2006. Provost’s Circle Mrs. Janice Batcheller Dr. Gurpartap (Gary) S. and Amarjean K. Amrit Pal Singh and Manmeet Kaur Batra William McDaniel and Surinder Kaur Burroughs Wellcome Fund $5,000-$9,999 Major S. and Surjit K. Brar It provides those former foster youth with scholarships, Basrai Ravinder Pal and Arvinder Kaur Batra Sue and John Merrill California Faculty Association Hayward Chapter Joe and Martha Cooper housing assistance, counseling, and emergency funds. Ann and Kanwal Rekhi Raj S. and Kalvinderk Bawa Family Bhupinder S. and Shandhya S. Minhas California Society of CPA’s East Bay Chapter Anonymous Ms. Mary Flynn A $19,000 planning grant from the Walter S. Johnson Bruce and Marie Rosenblatt Kawaljeet S. and Pritpal K. Bhasin Dr. Alan Monat Clayton Business & Community Assoc Ratinder Paul Ahuja Mr. and Mrs. Alan Charles Gould Foundation helped jump-start the program. Arun K. and Neera Bhatia Dr. Jagir and Mrs. Amarjit Multani Conroy’s Flowers Mr. Dave Atwal Mr. and Mrs. John N. Hunter, Jr. Dr. K. K. Bhatia Mr. and Mrs. David Leslie Owen Culture to Culture Foundation, Inc Organizations Dr. Jan Avent and Mr. Dave Rossetti Gurmeet and Dr. Kiranpreet Kalra Satwant S. and Kulwant Kaur Bhatia Bhupinder Singh and Kulvinder Kaur Hertz Corporation The first 20 students entered the program with the start Pottruck Family Foundation Mr. Chris Bell David and Mary Lu Lillevand Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 Mr. Shawn Bibb Parmar International Institute of Gurmat Studies, Inc of the fall quarter in 2006. With each year that follows, Citigroup Bhupinder Bhandari, M.D. Dr. Julia Norton Terri and Stephen Blanchette, Jr. Mrs. Nella S. Powell and Mr. Kelly E. Powell Microsoft Corporation 10 new students will be accepted into the program. Zellerbach Family Fund Anjanmeet and Harinder Bhasin Stan Pisle Mr. Gurnam S. Sidhu Brard Kuljit and Manjeet Rai Nam International Insurance Service Tom and Sharon Bjornson Dr. Norma S. Rees But with more than 140 former foster youth and wards Robert and Karen Burt Mr. and Mrs. Crisanto C. Raimundo National Council On Crime & Delinquency Mr. Richard and Mrs. Sue Carson Harmeet and Tripta Sachdev of the state enrolled at the university in 2006, the Arvinder anad Navjot Chadha Gopal K. and Hema G. Rao Northern California Swap Meet, Inc. Charanjit and Tina Ghai Jagmohan Singh and Kawaljit Kaur Sahni Renaissance Scholars Program needs further assistance Trustee’s Circle Balvinder and Jaspinder Chadha Mr. Greg and Dr. Sonjia Redmond Procter & Gamble Jaswant S. and Ravinderjit K. Gill Dr. Susan D. Schaefer and Mr. Hale J. to help make each one’s dream a reality $10,000 - $24,999 Sarabjit Singh and Arpana Chadha Mr. Charles David Ruth Tax Executives, Inc. Dr. Roy M. Kahn Conklin Mr. Scott Anthony Chambliss Ms. Vaishnavi Sannidhanam The Sangam Fund John and Irene Kolbisen Dalbir and Manjeet Sethi Pritinder S. and Maninder K. Arora Mr. Clay Creasey Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schneider Thunderbird University Surjit K. and Anmol S. Mahal, M.D. Surinder Singh and Harpal Kaur Mr. Kent Crispin and Ms. Christina Fong Dr. Jodi and Mr. Brian Servatius Union International Food Company Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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Varian Associates, Inc. Dr. Maninder K. Nijjar Mr. Perminder Bhatia Mr. Keith H. Loudermilk Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo L. Singson Dr. Nan Paulsen Chico Mr. Shunsuke Obinata Mrs. Keeley M. Body Ms. Paula J. W. Lowery Mr. Daniel Allen Smith Robert Chu Mobile Audiology Van Partners Dr. Fung-Shine Pan Mr. Joseph A. Bouler III Dr. H. S. Mangat Ravi and Jagdeep Sodhi Ms. Claire Catherine Collopy $500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peyton Mrs. Lucinda Marques Brainerd John Manion Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Suter Ms. Mary Constantino Dr. Beatrice O. Pressley Dr. Roberta Brokaw Amarjit Singh Mann Mr. Wilson Talley Sherry Cortez-Fassler Helps CSUEB See, Hear Dr. Virginia Ireys Anderson Balbir Singh Ragi Ms. Nancy Walburga Bronson Ms. Phyliss K. Martinez Dr. and Mrs. Vincenzo P. Traversa Ms. Deborah C. Cottingham Mr. Satnam Atwal Kashmira S. Ragi, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cambra Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stephen Matthews Mr. Andrew Arthur Turnbull Ms. Barbara Cyphers Needs of East Bay Youth Mr. Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal Dr. Henry F. Reichman and Ms. Susan Mr. Marc Sean Carradine Mrs. Karen Irene McInerney Dr. Cleveland Valrey Dr. Linda Dalton Uttamjit S. and Parminder K. Bajwa Hutcher Mr. Ernest and Mrs. Anna Castiaux Ms. Suzanne M. Caro and Mr. Jim McPhee Troy Van Sloten Anita and Maurice Dance Gurjeet and Ruby Bal Dr. Alden J. Reimonenq Dr. Regina D. Cate Mr. Richard S. Metz Mr. Michael Wesley Vieira Ms. Sandra A. Davis Dr. Eileen Barrett Dr. and Mrs. William Reuter John and Linda Charles Mr. Raymond Hiroshi Mitsuda Mr. Jon Edwin Vochatzer Mr. Thomas Francis Davis Mr. Gurmeet Singh Beasley Mr. and Mrs. J. David Rose Mr. David Charles Clayton Mrs. Carol Morgan Prof William G. Wohlmacher and Prof Ruth Ms. Kathy Dennis Rajinder Pal S. and Surinder K. Bhasin Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Salvo, Jr. Ms. Suzanne Close Mr. Timothy Tak Morimoto Ellen Wassermann Balbir Singh and Jasbir Kaur Dhahan Beverly and John Branch Taranjit Singh and Tejinder Kaur Sandhu Mr. and Mrs. David Colwell Mr. Joginder S. Nagra Mr. Charles Mark Weiss Ms. Jasminder Kaur Dhahan Rajinder and Harinder Brar Yogi and Sindhu Singal Ms. Theresa A. Conway Gurinder Narain Mr. Mark Wiesinger Ms. Katie Distefano Mark and Diana Bryggman Kanwal Singh and Rajdeep Kaur Mr. Alfred Frank Cordano Jagbir Natt Ms. Norma Jean Williams Mr. Robert Clarence Dohmann, Jr. Parveen Singh Richard Wong

Parmeet Chaddha Ms. Kathryn Mary Cross Bette Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dominguez PHOTO: BEN AILES

Devinder S. and Gurpal K. Chana Ram Singh and Sukhjinder K. Klair Mr. Thomas Lee Dambak Mrs. and Mr. Balwant K. Nijjar Fred Dorer Ms. Tiranjan Chattha Rao Rohit Singh John and Kathleen DeClercq Ms. Patricia May Ogrey Organizations Ms. Sandra Ehrhorn Mr. James R. Cimino Dr. Alan M. Smith Mr. Lewis and Dr. Mary Di Sibio Ms. Robin Dunn Olivier Bechtel Corporation Joan and Paul Ekstrom Ms. Priscilla Jane Cortez Jean and Bette Belle Smith Mr. Douglas Wardmor Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Louie C. Ortiz-Luis Business Wire Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Elliott Mohinder S. and Pawan Datta Santhok and Pinky Sohal Mr. and Mrs. David H. Eshelman Mr. Malkiat Singh Pabla The Charles Schwab Corporation Mr. Matthew D. Evans Mrs. Deborah A. De Angelis Dr. Judith M. Stanley Mr. and Mrs. David V. Ferrari Mr. Efren N. Padilla Chesapeake Research Review, Inc. Dr. and Dr. James S. Felton Mrs. Florence E. Steinbock Kookie International Mr. Avtar Singh Dhami Manuel and Penelope Flores Mrs. and Mr. Rajinder K. Pal Ms. Joan Elizabeth Ferguson Cal State East Bay and graduate students of its Mr. Bernard J. Dignan Dr. Arthurlene Gartrell Towner The Mechanics Bank Daniel and Eileen Franke Ms. Marsha L. Parker Mr. Manuel C. Fernandez Communicative Sciences and Disorders Department Narinder S. and Balbir K. Dosanjh Mr. Alexander Martin Vitz Harpreet S. and Navneet K. Gandhi Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Parry, Jr. Tom Crain Construction and Inspections Mrs. Rhodora M. Finch have annually provided low-cost hearing tests for Mr. Perryman F. Ducreay Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Whitney Mr. Richard J. Gandolfo Mr. Michael Warren Passey Western Healthcare Federal Credit Union Mr. Charles Fisher Dr. Robert G. Dunn Mr. Horace Robert Williams Lisa and Denton Gentry Mr. Graham Alexander Peck Mr. Jon Wayne Ford about 900 preschool and grade school children

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ficklin Mr. Peter Reginald Gilbert Ms. Anna Rabkin Tom and Christine Froehlich throughout the East Bay in an effort to detect Mr. Kenneth Lee Gavelin Organizations Kuldeep and Harloveleen Gill Mr. Khalid Rahim Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fruci childhood hearing loss. But thanks to three grants Dr. Patricia Guthrie Ballena Technologies Kundan S. and Swaranjit K. Gill Gurjinder S. Rai Supporters Professor Raymond C. Garcia totaling $132,000, more school children will receive $150-$249 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hansson Berkeley Foundation, Incorporated Sarabjeet S. and Rashpal K. Gill Mr. Robert Rao Mr. William Frederick Gebhardt the tests, and in a more efficient manner. Donna Hemmila City of Pittsburg Mr. Tribhawan S. Gill Ms. Sumithra Ravisunder Mr. R. Dillard George, Jr. Nancy and Thomas Hird Edward De La Rosa, J. & Co. Mr. Mehboob H. Abedi Mrs. Janeith Carol Glenn-Davis Mr. Ambrus Andreas Reese Mr. Douglas M. Gephart Thanks to a grant of $50,000 from The Thomas J. Mr. Rolfe Horn Google Matching Gift Program Dr. Robert H. Good Ms. Patricia Ann Reilly Mrs. Lael Adediji Julie and Keith Germain Mr. Jasin Howe NU XI, STTI Gurdarshan Singh Grewal Mr. and Mrs. Leavino M. Reyes Mrs. Karen Tei Aikawa-Simkover Avtar S. and Linda M. Gill Long Foundation as well as those from the Eden Mr. Gurjit S. Hundal Peterson Tractor Company Mr. Jerry Anthony Guerzon Mr. S. Donley Ritchey Mr. Ravinder Singh Ajmani Colleen and Bruce Glidden Township Health Care District ($57,000) and Wells Mr. Neil Jubaili and Ms. Lucia Borgman Pittsburg Disposal & Debris Box Service Mrs. Barbara J. Haber Mr. Alfonso R. Roderigues Mr. Lawrence Wayne Alkire Manjit Singh Gombra Fargo Bank ($25,000), the university is acquiring a Harinder and Ravina Kohli Pro Tech Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Hanley Dr. William S. Rosenthal Ms. Sandra L. Anderson Mr. Gertrudes Gregorio new mobile audiology van. Drs. Esther and David Landhuis Roll Giving Mr. Erik Edwin Hellwig Ms. Beverly Jo Ryan Ms. Miranda M. Beasley Irene Gregorio Surinder and Navneet Bedi Ms. Joan O. Lautenberger Technology Ventures Corporation Rich Hundal Dalpinder and Kirandeep Sandhu Mrs. Ann T. Halvorsen With this van, the hearing test site will always be set United Way - California Capital Region Mr. and Mrs. Norman Richard Bennett Mr. Erik P. Lee Mr. Ben T. Ishisaki Surinder Sandhu Dr. John C. and Mrs. Jean Hammerback up and ready to go, according to assistant professor Ms. Menglin Lee Dr. Ajit Singh Sawhney Ms. Laura Marie Benz Mrs. Michele S. Hayes Ms. Debbie Lee Jones Rebecca Kelly, who is in charge of the program and Mr. and Mrs. Baldev Singh Mahal Mr. and Mrs. Jagrup Singh Judge Jagjodh S. and Gunwant K. Sawhney Ms. Raminder Kaur Bhatia Ms. Ruth Heidelberg Mr. Lachman Mangat Ms. Jatinder P. Kaur Pardaman S. and Ravinder K. Sawhney Nathan Bland Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Hewitt wrote the grant proposals with Janet Patterson, Friends Mr. Bob Brauer Mr. Gurcharan Singh Mann Mr. John Toshio Kawahara Dr. and Mrs. Donald T. Sawyer Mr. Chetan S. Heyer chair of the Communicative Sciences and Disorders Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 Dr. Kanwaljit S. Mann $250-$499 Mr. Maurice H. Kent Dr. Jeffery Seitz Mr. Glenn J. Brewster Howard and Carin Sei High Department. Before the van, tests at the elementary Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mansfield Mr. Scott C. Kirkland Mr. Rajiv Sharma Mr. Richard Leroy Brock Ms. Karen M. Hines school locations would often have to take place in the Dr. and Mrs. Donald Markos Anonymous Mr. Johan Mahler Klehs Dr. Stephen Shmanske and Ms. Marian L. Myrtle Brown Ms. Mary A. Hubins back of a classroom or in a kitchen with interfering Mr. Jonathan A. Austen Stevens Roy and Janice Brown Dr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Mathews Ms. Stephanie Dale Klein Mr. William Sherwood Huckabay noises, not conducive for the best hearing testing. Mr. Matthew Scott Matsuoka Dr. and Mrs. Robert Baalman Bhoopi and Amarjeet Kohli Ms. Lynn Roseanne Sims Ms. Esther Camm Dr. A. Chester Humphreys Dr. Russell L. Merris. Mr. Sherman L. Balch Frank and Lucia La Rocca Daljit Singh and Harjit Kaur Dr. Calvin S. Caplan Ms. Anh T. Huynh The van also benefits the university’s graduate Ms. Janet Gwendolyn Mitchell Mr. Ernest Phillip Banuelos Dr. David J. Larson Gurdev Singh and Raghuvinder Kaur Mr. Moon Chong Chae Craig and Barbara Ishida Mr. Vishwas D. Moré Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Bateman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chin Woo Lee Kanwar D. Singh Charlie N. Cheema Mr. Redgy Ray Jackson students majoring in audiology, who will be able Mr. Ray Morrison Ms. Letitia P. Beasley Dr. Jane and Mr. Lyle Lopus Karandeep Singh and Navneet Randhawa Pritam S. and Sarabjit Cheema Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey L. Jacobs to complete the service hours they need to get Mr. Sunjay Krishna Nair Dr. and Mrs. Carl Bellone Surjit Singh Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graves Mr. and Mrs. Stephen George Janzer their degrees. Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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Mr. Oscarlito Jaojoco Ms. Jo Rainie Rodgers Mr. Kim Gaylen Bodily FMC Technologies, Inc. Dr. Marilyn N. Silva Bank of America Ms. Marie Olivia Jensen Nancy Saylor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradshaw Macy’s West United Way Campaign Dr. Scott Stine Barnes Group Foundation, Inc. Professors Impact the Ms. Victoria Jensen Lowayne En Shieh Mr. Steven M. Bristow United Way of The Bay Area Dr. David R Stronck Bechtel Corporation Mr. Howard Johnson Dr. Marilyn N. Silva Mr. Michael W. Caulkins VineAgra Wines, LLC Dr. Arthurlene Gartrell Towner Business Wire Larry Johnson Avtar B. Singh Mr. Jay Colombatto Dr. Vincenzo P. Traversa Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation Lives of Students Mr. Martin C. Johnson Mrs. and Mr. Melany Ann Spielman Rajendra S. Dasanjh Professor Ruth Ellen Wassermann Chevron Ms. Wanda Harriette Johnson Mr. John Scott Stanberry Dr. Joan D. Davenport Dr. Peter A. Wilson Clorox Mr. Richard Joseph Jordan Mrs. Bella Stepanians Parminder S. and Sawaran K. Dhillon Faculty and Staff Mrs. Jane A. Traversa FMC Technologies, Inc. David Kimble Ms. Danielle E. Stines Ms. Melanie Doubroff Those who contributed $250 or more Genentech, Inc. Dr. Joel Kinnamon Drs. Arnold and Emily Stoper Mike Dunn General Electric Foundation Dr. Christopher L. Kitting Dr. and Mrs. David Stronck Mrs. Joan C. Eagle Dr. Jan Avent Google Matching Gift Program Mr. John P. Knezovich Ms. Valerie A. Taniguchi Mr. Scott Eagle Dr. Robert J. Baalman Memorial and Henkel Corporation Dr. Eileen Barrett Ms. Jacqueline L. Kochaphum Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thrower Dr. Mary F. Fortune Honorary Gifts IBM Corporation Mr. Isaac Kos-Read Dr. and Mrs. Jay Tontz Hardev S. and Davinder K. Grewal Dr. Carl J. Bellone Irwin Home Equity Ms. Mary A. Lavelle Mr. Thomas J. Tressel Mr. Jake N. Holt Mr. Shawn Bibb Gifts were made in memory or honor KPMG Ms. Vicki Jean Leary Mr. and Mrs. Michael Trott Dr. Kevin Horan Mr. Robert W. Burt of the following individuals: Lam Research Corporation Mr. Richard Doon Yen Lee Mr. Lawrence M. Van Deusen Kim Huggett Mrs. Ann E. Cambra Lockheed Martin Corporation Mr. Michael Stephen Toni and Ms. Velia N. Ms. Charlotte Marie Van Warmerdam Jeff Israel Dr. Calvin S. Caplan Mr. Charles Henry Bayless Microsoft Corporation Leung Ms. Paige M. Venable Mrs. Sharon Richardson-Jones and Dr. Dr. Regina D. Cate Mrs. Evelyn J. Brownell New York Life Insurance Kenneth and Felicia Lind Terry Jones Mr. John Charles Mr. Perryman F. Ducreay Ms. Rhonda E. Vrmeer Northern Trust Professor Carol Inberg Ms. Hui Liu Mr. Michael L. Wall Mrs. Alexia P. Kekoa Mr. James R. Cimino Dr. Hugh Roy Elliott Oracle Corporation Mr. Thomas Edwin Lorentzen Mrs. Martha Lucero Wallace Carmen Kelley Dr. Linda Dalton Mr. David H. Eshelman PG & E Mrs. Margaret Lytton Mr. Dairian T. Wan Ms. Donna Loo Mrs. Deborah A. De Angelis Ms. Liane M. Ferrari Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP Bryan Neider has never forgotten Carol Inberg, Dr. Cesar M. Maloles, III Amrita Waraich Ms. Oralia Loza Mr. David H. Eshelman Dr. Frank Daniel Gilliard Silicon Valley Community Foundation accounting professor emerita, for all she did to Mr. Joseph Gwynne Marvin, Jr. Mr. Darryl Lee West Mr. and Mrs. Manmohan Mahal Daniel and Eileen Franke Mrs. Pamela Kasper Hansson Sun Microsystems Foundation encourage him to persist when he thought it Mrs. Janeith Carol Glenn-Davis Dr. Carol Inberg Dr. Lance Alan Masters Mr. James Whelly John Marraccini The Charles Schwab Corporation would be too hard—because of family and work Mr. and Mrs. Gurmukh Matharu Mr. James M. McCarty Dr. Robert Good Dr. Albert R. Lepore Anna Whitehead Verizon Foundation commitments—to earn his MBA at Cal State East Mr. and Mrs. Brian Howard McBride Dr. Donald H. Wort Mr. Daniel A. Medina Dr. Patricia Guthrie Dr. Roy T. Matsumoto Wells Fargo Bank Bay in the late 1980s. Joseph and Millie Messina Mr. Michael C. Wu Mr. Jeffrey L. Miller Ms. Barbara J. Haber Mr. John G. McPeak Ms. Lisa Marie Metzinger Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Wucher Mr. Robert R. Mitchell Ms. Donna Hemmila Ms. Sunne Wright McPeak Dr. and Mrs. Garo Mirigian Mr. Nam A. Yen Mrs. Lorena Munoz Professor Thomas C. Hird Dr. Robert R Miller “Professor Inberg helped me get across the finish Ms. Grace Munakata Mrs. Lorna Rasmussen Ziller Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Onstine Dr. Christopher L Kitting Dr. Gail Frey Monson line with my MBA,” he said. “I’ve always been Mr. Maninderpal S. Mundian Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ow Ms. Myoung-ja Lee Kwon Mr. Kendall Murphy very appreciative of her support, patience and Ms. Maureen C. Murray Ms. Diane Marie Petersen Dr. Frank J. La Rocca Dr. Ranjit S. Sabharwal Organizations encouragement. Raising a family, working full-time, Mr. Rosendo Navarro Mr. James Anthony Radosevich Dr. David J. Larson Dr. Virgil Salera Big O Tires and then having classes at night can be a lot to juggle.” Mr. James Martin Newman Ms. Maria Deanda Ramos Dr. Chong Sook Kim Lee Dr. Anil Kumar Sarkar Clorox Ms. Colleen Cole O’Dowd Ms. Sarah M. Rapolas Dr. Michael K. Leung Dr. J. Malcolm Smith D3 Sports Mr. Paul D. Olson Sukhdev and Lovleen Sandhu Dr. Jane Lopus Mr. Timothy M. Smith That MBA allowedN eider to move up the corporate General Electric Foundation Mr. Edward Franklin Overton Paramjit Singh Sethi and Giftie Kohli Dr. Michael K. Mahoney Dr. Harvey I. Scudder ladder. He is vice president and chief financial officer Irwin Home Equity Mr. Norman Simmons Palmer Kathleen and Khalil Shaheed Dr. Nancy R Mangold Dr. John W. Summers of Electronic Arts (EA) Worldwide Studios with Minority Media Services, Inc. Ms. Cindy Parker Ms. Pamela Pei-Lin Sherwin Dr. Lindy Li Mark Dr. Henry A. Tombari Music Teachers Assoc Of Calif. responsibility for managing budgets and financial Mr. Orlando Santos Pascoa Mr. Mike Shinkwin Mr. Matthew Scott Matsuoka New York Life Insurance operations for the Redwood City-based company Mr. Robert L. Pasquinelli Ms. Criselda Amboy Shockley Dr. Nan L Maxwell Northern Trust Matching Gift and that is the world leader in interactive entertainment Mrs. Susan W. Merrill Mr. Christopher R. Pattison Volunteer Grant Mr. Lakbir Singh Mr. Richard S Metz software. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peñaranda S & L Enterprises Onkar Singh Matching Gift Dr. Alan Monat Ms. Mary Jane Perkins St. Rose Hospital Professor Sukhmander Singh Companies Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 Ms. Victoria H. Pilotti Mr. Kuldip Singh Sodhi Dr. Julia Norton In appreciation of what Professor Inberg did for Tri-Valley Community Foundation These companies matched gifts made Mr. Timothy Francis Pomykata Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Storch Dr. Efren N. Padilla him, Neider and his family formed The Bryan and Verizon Foundation by donors. Mr. Hugh David Porter Mr. Rajbalbir S. Suri Dr. Fung-Shine Pan Katie Neider Accounting Scholarship in her honor Dr. Lettie Ramirez and Dr. Jose A. Lopez Ms. Joan Taam Dr. Sonjia Parker Redmond Aetna Foundation with a contribution of $8,500 that will provide for Ms. Joan Ellen Ranallo Mr. Satwant Singh Thind Dr. Henry F. Reichman AMD Incorporated three awards, one each for the fall of 2008, 2009, Mr. Russell Chester Remington Ms. Dolores Jean Ward Dr. Alden J. Reimonenq Contributors Aon Foundation and 2010. He also has contributed $1,500 to the Dr. Esther Railton-Rice and Mr. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Weissgerber Dr. Donald T. Sawyer $100-$149 Arizona Public Service Co. Rice Ms. Ruby J. White Dr. Jeffery Seitz Multimedia Leadership Fund and gives his time as Ms. Margaret L. Ridge-Trodder AT&T Foundation a member of the CSUEB Multimedia Department’s Ajay and Anju Ahluwalia Family Dr. Gale Young Dr. Jodi Servatius Mrs. Nancy Ingamells Robinson Avaya Mrs. Christina Binner Organizations Dr. Stephen Shmanske advisory board. Cal State East Bay Magazine • Winter 2007 Winter Magazine East Bay • State Cal

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book it... hayward campus ATHLETICS Men’s Basketball The Last Word: ‘Mo-time’ All games at Pioneer Gym Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m. vs. Simpson University The leadership of President Mo Qayoumi during his first year at Cal State East Bay led to numerous references to the Dec. 28-29, Cal State East Bay Holiday Classic concept of ‘Mo-time.’ While no one can exactly point to how the expression originated, many students, faculty and staff Jan. 5., 7:30 p.m. vs. Dominican University Jan. 12, 3 p.m. vs. William Jessup University on the university’s campuses, as well as alumni and community leaders, have their own ideas of what it means. To some Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. vs. Pacific Union College it means an accelerated pace of change, to others it’s all about an attitude. Here are some other definitions. Jan. 19, 3 p.m., vs. Bethany University Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m. vs. Menlo College Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m. vs. Holy Names University Women’s Basketball All games as Pioneer Gym EXHIBIT JAZZ! Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Pioneer Tip-Off Tournament Cal State East Bay at 50 CSUEB Jazz Band, Jazz Workshop, Dec. 14, 5:30 p.m. vs. Simpson University In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cal State and Jazz Ensemble Concert

Jan. 5, 5:30 p.m. vs. Dominican University East Bay, the University Library is hosting an exhibit PHOTOS: BARRY ZEPEL Jan. 12, 1 p.m. vs. William Jessup University Johannes Wallmann, director; Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:30 that recounts the institution’s history. A variety of p.m.; University Theatre; general admission $7, stu- Jan. 17, 5:30 p.m. vs. Pacific Union College campus historical images are on display, many which Jan. 19, 1 p.m. vs. Bethany University dents $5, students with CSUEB ID free. Jan. 26, 5:30 p.m. vs. Menlo College have never before been exhibited. Library hours: Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m. vs. Holy Names University Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday Women’s Swimming 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. concord campus To me, “Mo-time” is a long-overdue recognition of the “Mo-time” is moving forward time. It is time to an- To me, “Mo-time” means change in a positive direc- At Pioneer Pool need for vision at the top, coupled with a determina- ticipate the future and be prepared. Having viewed tion. I love what he’s doing with the campus grounds, Dec. 1, noon, vs. San Diego State OLLI Programs tion to make things happen. I’ve noticed that in the the campus in all its stages in the last 48 years as a including the new signs. He is upgrading the campus past year there is a momentum for positive change young child and now as an employee, it is exciting to with improvements like new furniture and blinds for CSUEB Symphonic Band, Chamber Winds, The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, funded by the Ber- Women’s Water Polo and we seem to be truly redefining ourselves with be present when changes are in the air. Mo’s interest classrooms, and he is remodeling the weight room and Wind Ensemble Concert nard Osher Foundation and CSUEB, provides programs in technology makes my contribution to the univer- in the KPE building. I also like that he is hiring more At Pioneer Pool a clear, crisp eye to the future. His vision of the uni- Wesley J. Broadnax, conductor; Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7:30 for mature learners, 50 and older. For details, call 925. versity’s potential is positive, forward-looking, con- sity feel more significant. custodians. Jan. 20, noon, alumni game p.m.; University Theatre; general admission $7, students 602.6776 or visit www.concord.csueastbay.edu/scholar- sistent with our historical experience, and – most of Terry Smith, academic technology Consultant Charles Hillary, supervising carpenter, Facilities $5, students with CSUEB ID free. home.htm. Baseball all - inspiring. Management At Pioneer Field Richard Apple, coordinator, Archives and Special Scenes and Arias - Opera Workshop Perfor- Exploring Asia: A New Renaissance Collection, University Library Jan. 27, noon, alumni game mance Tuesdays: Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 and 18. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 Allen Shearer, director; Sunday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m.; room 1055 p.m. in the Oak Room, Concord Campus. The historic, politi- Softball of Music Business Building; free. cal and geographic factors that have created the dramatic At Pioneer Field changes occurring in East and South Asia will be presented Jan. 26, noon, alumni game Student Composer Recital by Larry Foster, professor emeritus of geography for San Tuesday, Dec. 4, noon; room 1055 of Music Business Build- Francisco State University. 40 for OLLI members, $55 for THEATRE AND DANCE ing; admission free. non members. Registration required. Call 925.602.6776. Cloud Nine Nov. 16, 18 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. in the University Percussion Ensemble Recital DNA-Cracking the Ancestor Code Theatre. Directed by A. Fajilan. $10 general admission, $7 Arthur Storch, director; Thursday, Dec. 6, noon; room 1039 Dec. 5, 4-5:30 p.m., Oak Room, Concord campus youth and seniors, $5 CSUEB students. Call 510.885.3261 of Music Business Building; free. An opportunity to decipher your own genetic code will be made available during this presentation on the variety of Around the World with Mulan and CSUEB Symphony Orchestra Concert pathways our ancestors have traveled. Presenter is George Buddy James, conductor; Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.; room Miller, professor of anthropology and director of the C.E. Aladdin­ — A Holiday Magic Carpet Ride Cal State • East Bay Magazine Winter 2007 Directed by A. Fajilan; Fri., Dec. 14, 7 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 15, 3 & 1055; general admission $7, students $5, students with Smith Museum at CSUEB. 7 p.m.; University Theatre; $8 general admission, $6 youth CSUEB ID free. Since he has been here, “Mo-time” means there have Thanks to the president, students can go online to air I am so impressed with the improvements on cam- and seniors, $4 students, $20 for a family. been a lot of changes on campus. The school is a their complaints, comments or questions about the pus since the president has arrived. For example, From Far Off Lands: Music of Eastern Eu- lot prettier. I am hopeful that with his hiring of new university right away, in “Mo-time.” I think that is a the little dirt walkway that went from the Welcome rope / East Bay Singers Concert faculty that the number of students per class will get good way to have outreach to the students, have a Center to the tennis courts… what could be simpler ICE - A Dance Extravaganza smaller. closer connection with them and hear their needs. than to have it paved and landscaped? I see positive Dec. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Dance Studio, $5 general admission, $3 Rasa Gelgotiene, guest conductor from Lithuania and guest choir: Slavyanka, Gregory Smirnov, director; Saturday, Dec. Kellie Trauner, junior sociology major The president sends a communiqué to the campus changes all over campus. “Mo-time” for me means students. Produced by Nina Haft and Eric Kupers with the community each month. I’m very pleased that stu- an attitude of hope and movement forward. dance faculty. 8, 8 p.m., The Old Mission San Jose, 43300 Mission Blvd, Fremont; general admission $7, students $5, students with dents can ask him questions and everyone see those Susana Moraga, counselor, Career Development questions and his answers. MUSIC CSUEB ID free. Center Wendy Cheng, 2006 liberal studies graduate & Jazz Combos Performances Gloria! Admin. Support Assistant, College of Business and Johannes Wallmann, director; Tuesday, Nov. 27 and Thursday, East Bay Oratorio Society and Chamber Singers; Buddy Economics

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