FALL 2008

• Cal State Long Beach Residential Learning College Planned

• A Word from the Vice President
• U.S. Passport Office Opens on Campus
• Distinguished Speaker Series Features Seymour Hersh

• Profile of Candice Chick Shirey
• Plaudits
• Service Awards
• Colleague to Colleague: Using the VSA to Educate the Public About Our Public Impact

• Spotlight on the University Student Union
• Human Summit Relations Held
• Unit Activities
• McNair Scholar Aspires to Inspire
• Reflections of a Fulbright Experience

• Meet Mark Andrews
• Student Nuggets

• Giving from the Heart: The Story of Louise Ukleja
• Bernard Osher Foundation Awards
  $1 Million Endowment
• Stay In Touch
• Reunions: A Tapestry of Reconnecting
• Facts About The Beach
• Gifts
• In Memoriam

• Student Services Contacts

• The Mike and Arlene Walter Pyramid

Campus Scenes

The Mike and Arlene Walter Pyramid

• Home team: The 49ers (basketball and volleyball)

• Seating capacity: 5,000

• Height: 18 stories (190 ft.)

• Perimeter: 345 ft. (mathematically true pyramid)

• Exterior: Dark-blue corrugated aluminum

• Designed by: Gibbs Architects

• Construction cost: $22 million

• Officially opened: November 30, 1994

• Home to the Pointe Conference Center and Frog's Fitness Club