The College of Liberal Arts at CSULB is the largest college on campus, with twenty-two excellent departments and programs, several innovative centers and projects, and over 300 outstanding faculty members. The college faculty are among the best in the nation and have received a variety of national and international awards.
CLA has more than 9000 undergraduate students pursuing a variety of highly valued degrees through the college’s 67 unique majors and minors. Additionally, 900 graduate students are also obtaining advanced degrees and special certificates in the college. With degrees ranging from humanities and foreign languages to social and behavioral sciences, CLA’s graduates are well-rounded citizens, effective communicators, and analytical thinkers who live knowledgeably, responsibly, and humanely in a world where complex problems demand informed, creative, and thoughtful solutions. The skills gained through degrees from CLA are invaluable and open up countless career paths for graduates to follow.
The College of Liberal Arts seeks to empower our students to work successfully in a diverse, global environment in order to make a difference in this world.
Friends,
Friends, I am pleased to introduce the Winter 2011 issue of CLA Connect, the College of Liberal Arts newsletter. In this issue, you will find highlights of the fall 2011 semester that were made possible through the generosity of the CLA community of donors. We hope you enjoy reading about
our accomplishments over the last few months.
Over the last several decades, the College of Liberal Arts has become the core of the CSULB campus. Aside from offering numerous general education courses, thanks in part to donors like you, our remarkable faculty have nurtured tens of thousands of majors and minors who have gone on to become leaders in academia, business, politics and a wide array of fields. We simply could not accomplish our mission without the help and support of our benefactors, who collectively contributed more than $2.4 million to the College during the last fiscal year. I am very proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to an even brighter future.
Students and faculty from the College of Liberal Arts have been hard at work conducing world-class research in a wide variety of disciplines, presenting their research projects at conferences, conducting lectures and engaging the public through community service. All of these activities serve to highlight the breadth of expertise that exists on this remarkable campus.
As you may know, I will step down as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts this coming summer. Having the privilege to serve as the Dean for the last five years, I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet and work with you, our donors, while leading the College. I thank you all for your support, generosity, and friendship. The College has benefitted from our relationship and I have grown both professionally and personally from my association with you. Although I will miss you all, be assured, the College will be in good hands and, like you, I look forward to our next chapter which has yet to be written.
As always, I am very proud of our College and what it represents. We live our mission every day, and I thank you for being a part of our success.
Go Beach,
Gerry Riposa
Dean
