Graduate Excellence @ The Beach - December 2018

Published December 4, 2018

 

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Grad Studies Monthly

Graduate Excellence @ The Beach

Vivian Reed

 

Recognizing Vivian Reed's Contribution to Graduate Studies

Vivian Reed, Manuscript Format Evaluator in the Thesis & Dissertation Office, will retire from CSULB on December 17, 2018 after 18 years of faithful service to our university. She has given countless thesis and dissertation workshops, and has overseen the completion of nearly 4,000 thesis and dissertations. Faculty, staff, and students know her as a positive, calming presence in the midst of the otherwise stress-provoking process of thesis completion. Graduate Studies will not be the same without her!

Vivian began at CSULB as a part-time librarian in our reference pool in 2000. When the Office was in need of more support in spring 2008, Vivian happily took on the challenge.  She worked in the role each spring thereafter and was officially hired as Manuscript Evaluator in early 2011.  She has brought excellence to the Thesis & Dissertation Office ever since.  She was a key advocate for moving the theses submissions from print to electronic in 2014.  She similarly facilitated the use of electronic signatures pages this past fall, making the transition as smooth as possible for students and faculty.

Prior to her career at CSULB, Vivian worked at the Playboy Library in Chicago, the Denver Public Library, and the St. Thomas Seminary Library. She moved to Long Beach in 1981 and worked at the Long Beach Public Library for 15 years, serving as a reference and local history librarian. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and going to the theater to see the latest movies.  Vivian has a husband, Phil, and two sons, Drew and Tony. After retirement, she plans on spending time in Argentina with her oldest son, Drew, who currently lives there.  We wish her all the best in her new journeys!

 

Highlights from the CSULB Graduate Student Conference

Conference Speaker

The 3rd Annual Graduate Research Conference was held on November 14, 2018. Approximately 80 students presented posters, gave oral presentations, or participated in roundtables. Students showcased their scholarly work and showed their promise as future innovators, researchers, and academics. The keynote speaker, Dr. George J. Sanchez, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History at USC, gave an inspiring talk on his own intellectual journey, while emphasizing the importance of minority voices in academic research and disciplines.

                                         

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