Provost's Message - September 18, 2019

Message From Provost Jersky

 

Dear Campus Community,

With the fall semester kicking into high gear, I wanted to say welcome back to all our new and returning faculty, staff and students.  I know the parking lots, restaurants and crowds make navigating the campus a bit harder, but I am excited to have all our students back. I love seeing the fresh hope in their eyes as well as their desire to tackle their classes. They inspire me.

As I shared at Convocation this year, we have the all-important task of changing lives. This simple mission left me thankful for a chance to reflect on our collective purpose during convocation. I had the opportunity to show off some of our campus-wide ‘Points of Pride’ and highlight some key programs that assist with student success.  

President Conoley also spent a moment discussing the outcomes of Beach 2030. Here are our key campus-wide initiatives.

She rolled out the new CSULB Mission:

CSULB enriches students’ lives through globally informed, high-impact educational experiences with superior teaching, research, creative activity, and action for the public good.

CSULB Vision:

California State University, Long Beach, will be a force for good at the forefront of public education in California and the world.

CSULB Values:

• Teaching and learning are at the center of who we are and all we do.
• Compassion, creativity, and innovation characterize our culture. 
• Diversity is our strength.
• The public good is our responsibility.

She also touted our impressive projected 4-year graduation rate for first-time freshman, which is 34%, up from 28% the year before, and 16% three years ago.

From this, we have a great deal to be proud of, yet we know we have our opportunities and areas of growth ahead of us. New task forces, initiatives and strategic priorities continue to keep our campus evolving and proactively growing to support student success. We have a strong team in all areas of leadership that continue to support our key mission. We also have a few interim leaders joining our team in Academic Affairs. Please welcome these illustrious individuals when you see them on campus:

• Lorin Johnson – Interim Associate Dean, COTA
• Beth Manke - Interim Dean for Student Success
• Deborah Thien – Interim Associate Dean for Enrollment Management, CLA
• Bonnie Gasior – Interim Director of University Honors Program
• Margaret Black – Interim Dean of COTA

I want to thank all for stepping into these interim roles. Their leadership keeps our campus running efficiently and effectively for our students, faculty and staff.

As always, I appreciate all of you. Thank you for supporting our campus and students.

Brian Jersky
Provost and Senior Vice President

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News

• Playing Our Role in Community: The Grunion Gazette - with President Jane Close Conoley

• BUILD-ing a future for our undergraduate researchers: $20 Million BUILD grant funded for five more years of training for doctoral and health-related programs.

• CSU Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award Recipient: DR. BONNIE GASIOR - A model of innovation and leadership, with an eye on student success.

• What are some strategic priorities? Where is our campus headed? Podcast with the Provost Debuts with our President Jane Close Conoley! Join the conversation.

Academic Affairs News

• Dr. Reo Song, Outstanding Paper, "Advertising strategy and its effectiveness on consumer online search in a defaming product-harm crisis" - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
• Terrence Witkowski, Outstanding Reviewer - Journal of Historical Research in Marketing
• President Conoley - Fixing the college dropout ‘scandal’ – EdSource
• Dr. Chris Lowe - Shark tracking technology comes to North San Diego County beaches – ABC 10 San Diego
• CSULB kicks off fall semester with reminder of its mission of enriching lives – Long Beach Press-Telegram
• Cal State Long Beach enrolls 20% more new students for the 2019-20 school year – Long Beach Post
• Cal State Long Beach Starts 71st Year With Growth In Mind – The Grunion Gazette
• Dr. Jason Whitehead – California Supreme Court backs greater access to police misconduct cases – Los Angeles Times
• Dr. Chris Lowe – Sharks Swim Near Humans a Lot More Than You Think – Outside
• Cal State Long Beach Convocation Unveils New Hopes For Beach 2030 – The Grunion Gazette
• ‘The College Dropout Scandal’ – Inside Higher Ed
• Dr. Ted Stankowich - Got a Pet? This Professor is Trying to Figure Out Why Coyotes Go after Pets – KNX 1070
• Active Shooter Drill Held at California State University, Long Beach – KFI 640
• At CSULB’s Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, keeping it beautiful takes a village – Long Beach Press-Telegram
• Long Beach kicks off new startup accelerator – Long Beach Press-Telegram
• Dr. Chris Lowe – New marine heat wave is reminiscent of ‘the Blob’ and scientists, researchers are concerned about ocean impact – Long Beach Press-Telegram
• Fernando Solorzano – Police Chief Talks Campus Safety – Univision
• Dr. Jason Whitehead – Violent crime is down in Long Beach, but police frustrated with criminal reoffenders – Signal Tribune 
• CSULB Among Best Regional Schools: New U.S. News Rankings - Patch
• Kevin Wallsten – Looking for California in the Democratic Debate? – New York Times
• Kleefeld Contemporary Opens Year at Cal State Long Beach – Long Beach Post

Grants and Gifts

Kim Vu. LowSWaP ATC Acceptability of MOPS for UAS in the NAS. Psychology. CLA. San Jose State Research Foundation. $290,000. (May 2019 - September 2019)

Gary Hytrek. John and James L. Knight Foundation LB Rising to Action Training Program. Geography. CLA. Long Beach Community Foundation. $28,050. (May 2019 - December 2019)

Mahdi Yoozbashizadeh. Fabrication of composite materials for structural and wind turbine application. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. COE. Robowind. $51,000. (May 2019 - December 2019)

Courtney Ahrens. Mixed Methods Experimetal Longitudinal Control Group Design. Psychology. CLA. FreeFrom. $53,086. (May 2019 - December 2021)

Richard Marcus. Peace Corps Recruitment Officer. International Studies Program. CLA. Peace Corps. $32,360. (August 2017 - July 2020)

Mara Bird. Avanzando Through College. Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training. CHHS. Unidos US. $25,000. (June 2019 - June 2020)

Rafael Topete. College Assistance Mirant Program (CAMP) 2018-19. Student Support Administration. SA. US Department of Education. $425,000. (July 2015 - June 2020)

Nancy Meyer-Adams. DMH Mental Health Intern Training Program 2016. Social Work. CHHS. LAC Department of Mental Health. $1,574,350. (July 2019 - June 2020)

Chi-Ah Chun. BUILD II - Admin Core & ID Core. Psychology. CLA. NIH - NIGMS. $11,813,521. (July 2019 - June 2020)

Chi-Ah Chun. BUILD II - Training Core. Psychology. CLA. NIH - NIGMS. $4,078,934. (July 2019 - June 2020)

Chi-Ah Chun. BUILD II - Research Enrichment Core. Psychology. CLA. NIH - NIGMS. $3,988,435. (July 2019 - June 2020)

Shadi Saadeh. California Pavement Preservation Center. Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management. COE. CSU Chico via Caltrans. $200,000. (February 2019 - January 2022)

Selena Nguyen-Rodriguez. Multilevel Antecedents of Sleep in Latino Youth. Health Sciences. CHHS. NIH - National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. $165,995. (August 2018 - July 2023)

Lisa Star. GOALI/Collaborative Research: Future Underground Landscape – Learning from Large Excavations in a Complex Urban Environment. Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management. COE. National Science Foundation. $158,858. (August 2019 - July 2022)

Eric Marinez. Si Puedo, Strengthening the Impact by Providing Undergraduate Educational Development Opportunities. Chemistry & Biochemistry. CNSM. US Department of Education. $1,133,801. (October 2016 - September 2021)

Rafael Topete. TRIO-Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. Student Support Administration. SA. US Department of Education. $232,265. (October 2017 - September 2022)

Nancy Meyer-Adams. Cal SWEC Title IV-E Foster Care. Social Work. CHHS. The Regents of the University of California - Berkeley (CalSWEC). $3,492,308. (July 2018 - June 2020)

Joseph Kalman. Strain measurements and damage in propellant microstructures. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. COE. AFRL. $50,001. (July 2019 - August 2020)

Nate Onderdonk. Cajon Pass Earthquake Gate Area: Measuring the Holocene slip-rate of the Glen Helen strand of the northern San Jacinto fault zone at a newly discovered site in the Cajon Pass area. Geological Sciences. CNSM USC via Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC). $27,959. (February 2019 - January 2020)

Aili Malm. Disrupting the Darknet: Law Enforcement Operations and their impact on the Darknet Offenders. Criminal Justice. CHHS. University of Montreal. $97,804. (April 2019 - March 2021)

Emel Demircan. Ruggedized IMUs for Assessment of Movement Dysfunction (RIMUS-MD). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. COE. NextGen Aeronautics. $19,933. (August 2019 - February 2020)

Erika Holland. Utilizing transcriptomics to evaluate environmental determinants of recruitment and health status of oyster species on implanted oyster reefs in Newport Bay, Ca. Biological Sciences. CNSM. USC via NOAA. $51,092. (February 2019 - January 2020)

Rashida Crutchfield. Postsecondary Success Planning Grant. Social Work. CHHS. Stupski Foundation. $20,000. (August 2019 - July 2020)

Oscar Ponce Morales. Robotic Task Coop and Resilency. Computer Engineering & Computer Science. COE. Aerospace. $50,000. (August 2019 - December 2019)

Prashanth Jaikumar. RUI: Neutron Star Oscillations as Probes of Dense Matter Properties and Phases. Physics and Astronomy. CNSM. NSF. $180,000. (August 2019 - July 2022)

Michiko Takeuchi. Trans-Pacific Left Feminism: Japanese and American Old Left Women, from World War I to the U.S. Occupation of Japan. History. COE. Smith College. $1,000. (June 2019 - July 2020)

Shailesh Chandra. Evaluating financing mechanisms and economic benefits to fund grade separation projects. Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management. COE. SJSU Research Foundation via State of CA. $74,999. (September 2019 - August 2020)

Martin Herman. Arts Council for Long Beach Community Project: GardenMe. Music. COTA. Arts Council for Long Beach. $1,000. (October 2018 - September 2019)

Matt Becker. MRI: Acquisition of a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing instrument for hydrological and seismological research. Geological Sciences. CNSM. NSF. $310,438. (August 2019 - July 2021)

Nancy Meyer-Adams. Educational Stipend Program - MSW. Social Work. CHHS. OSHPD via UC Berkeley. $1,500. (July 2016 - June 2023)

Vas Narayanaswami. Transendothelial transport mediated modulations to the High Density Lipoprotein. Chemistry & Biochemistry. CNSM. NIH-NIGMS. $110,625. (September 2018 - August 2022)

Laura D'Anna. IPERT - CHER Institute. Center for Health Equity Research. CHHS. NIH-NIGMS. $383,846. (September 2016 - August 2021)

Paul Baker Prindle. Miller Arts Education 19-20. Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum. COTA. Miller Foundation. $15,000. (July 2019 - June 2020)

Megan Kline Crockett. Classroom Connections. Carpenter Performing Arts Center. COTA. Miller Foundation. $25,000. (July 2019 - June 2020)

In Memorium

Professor Emeriti Norma Brandel Gibbs passed away on August 25. She was a CSULB parent, Women and Philanthropy member, and faculty member for Educational Psychology & Administration.

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