n Friday, March 7, 2008, before a crowd of music students and their supporters, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) officials announced the largest donation in university history: a $16.4 million gift from the Bob Cole Trust to provide scholarships for student musicians. In recognition of the generosity of the donation, CSULB will seek the permanent naming of the Department of Music as the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. More
Dr. Lynn Mahoney has been named associate vice president for undergraduate studies at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). She will begin her new position on August 1.
Currently the associate provost for integrative learning and vice president for student affairs at Purchase College, State University of New York, Mahoney oversees the first year program for incoming freshmen, transfer student success, academic advising and service learning – all of which will also fall under her leadership at CSULB. In the newly created position at Long Beach, Mahoney will also guide the university’s efforts to enhance the general education program and will work closely with college deans to plan and develop new undergraduate programs. More
The Center for Asian Pacific American Studies, housed in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, has published Education, Youth, Leadership, Labor: Asian Pacific American and Latino Perspectives, a 200-page anthology of articles about the Asian Pacific American and Latino communities. It was co-edited by CSULB Professors John N. Tsuchida, Juan M. Benitez and Dean Toji.
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies students Andrea Esposito, Brandy Bandaruk, Heather Barlow, La Tianna Williams, Marina Rabinovich, Heather Maluso, Christopher Ponce, Heather Stephenson, and Josheph Mathieu received scholarships worth a total of $18,000 from the California Foundation of Parks and Recreation. The foundation awarded a total of 16 scholarships at the annual California Park and Recreation Society Conference held in Long Beach in February.
Ken Dial, 1978 CSULB Masters’ graduate in biology, was featured in the February 26, 2008 episode of NOVA: The Four Winged Dinosaur. The episode discussed the discovery of the Microrapter, one of the smallest dinosaurs found, and the evolution of flight in birds. Dial, an experimental biologist at the University of Montana, was featured for his work with chukars and the developmental process of infant birds. Dial has also developed and hosted 28 30-minute television programs for Discovery Communication's Animal Planet focusing on avian biology and evolution. Visit NOVA for more information on the program. More
Dr. Karen L. Gould, Provost & SVP
As we reach the middle of the semester, preparations are well underway for many of the celebrations we look forward to each spring. The University Achievement Awards Celebration, taking place May 15, allows us to honor just a few of the outstanding faculty members who make California State University, Long Beach an exciting, dynamic learning institution. We also look forward to the May Faculty Retirement Luncheon, which provides an opportunity to honor the distinguished careers of our outgoing professors and the first All-University Research Celebration on May 1. Jim Till, associate vice president for research and external support, is leading this effort and will soon be providing faculty with additional information.
While spring is a time to recognize our outstanding faculty, students and staff, it also requires us to examine our resources for the upcoming fiscal year. As you know, we are facing difficult budget challenges. The Governor has proposed strict budget cuts to the California State University system, translating into a potential loss of $16 million for CSULB for the 2008-09 year. More
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is strengthening the quality of the general education program.
For the first time, in order to be certified or recertified as a general education course faculty and staff will need to outline how well courses meet specific student learning outcomes. The outcomes, highlighted in general education policy 08-00 approved by the Academic Senate in the fall, calls for courses to provide students with various skills including written and oral communication, critical thinking, global competencies, ethical reasoning, social responsibility, information literacy and technology literacy. More
