Provost's Message - August 19, 2020

August 19th, 2020

Message From Provost Jersky

 


News

  • Join President Conoley and Provost Jersky for our Virtual 2020 Annual Convocation. Our virtual program will be on Friday, August 21st from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. To view the event, simply go to the convocation website. A link to the event will be provided at that time.

  • Beach Pride Events is proud to present the first-ever “Virtual Week of Welcome” at Long Beach State. Join us Monday, August 31 - Friday, September 4 (All Day).

  • The Bob Murphy Access Center (BMAC) is excited to launch MyBMAC, to centralize accommodation requests/approval between students, faculty, and BMAC staff. MyBMAC will launch on Monday, August 24th and will be accessible through Single Sign-On.

  • IT Update: Using personal or free versions of cloud file storage services to conduct University business do not meet University compliance requirements for security, privacy and records retention. Use OneDrive for Business to securely store and share files.

  • IT Warning: Phishing and scamming emails continue to rise, and social engineering is at the heart of them all. Learn tips for guarding against phishing and scamming on our website.

  • As we alternate the modality of our courses, stay up-to-date on any and all changes regarding our Academic Continuity plan. Our website is being constantly updated and contains all the pertinent resources for faculty with alternative forms of instruction. 

  • Remaining Optimistic: The Grunion Gazette with President Jane Close Conoley

Academic Affairs News

Other News and Announcements

Grants and Gifts

Christine Scott-Hayward. Innovations in Prosecutorial Strategies GUIDES App Evaluation. Criminal Justice. CHHS. City of Long Beach Prosecutor. $36,000. (June 2020 - June 2022)
 
Paul Baker Prindle. Plugged in Virtual Connections RuMBa. Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum. COTA. RuMBa Foundation of Long Beach. $50,000. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Chi-Ah Chun. BUILD II - Admin Core & ID Core. Acad Resource & Strategic Plan. AA. NIH - NIGMS. $2,849,998. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Chi-Ah Chun.BUILD II - Training CoreAcad Resource & Strategic Plan. AA. NIH - NIGMS. $844,737. (July 2019 - June 2020)
 
Chi-Ah Chun. BUILD II - Research Enrichment Core. Acad Resource & Strategic Plan. AA. NIH - NIGMS. $981,310. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Dominica Scibetta. Cal Soap 2020-2021. Student Support Administration. SA. California Student Aid Comission. $689,448. (July 2019 - June 2021)
 
Matthew Becker. Oversight and Research for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) groundwater characterization and cleanup planning efforts at Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). Geological Sciences. CNSM. CA Department of Toxic Substances Control via NASA. $40,000. (July 2018 - June 2023)
 
Hyowon Ban. 2020 Standardization of Costal Feature Names and the Informing. Geography. CLA. EWHA Woman's University. $4,442. (May 2020 - November 2020)
 
Katarzyna Slowinska. An Investigation of Possible Mechanisms of Human Dermal Fibroblasts Stimulation by Electric Field and Effects of Short Time ES. Chemistry & Biochemistry. CNSM. Shiseido. $54,000. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Claudia Ojeda-Aristizabal. Experimental Study of Novel Relativistic Mott Insulators in the two Dimensional Limit. Physics and Astronomy. CNSM. US Department of Energy. $255,000. (August 2017 - July 2021)
 
Ron Mark. Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute (SBSLI). Center for Criminal Justice Research & Training. CHHS. Commission on POST. $2,570,032. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Ron Mark. Executive Development Course (EDC). Center for Criminal Justice Research & Training. CHHS. Commission on POST. $229,849. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Eric Marinez. Si Puedo, Strengthening the Impact by Providing Undergraduate Educational Development Opportunities. Chemistry & Biochemistry. CNSM. US Department of Education. $1,178,402. (October 2016 - September 2021)
 
Shireen Pavri. HSI Caminos Project. CED Administration. CED. US Department of Education. $549,941. (October 2017 - September 2022)
 
Ron Mark. POST Certified Law Enforcement Management Course. Center for Criminal Justice Research & Training. CHHS. Commission on POST. $429,510. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Kenneth Kelly. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-ED) For High Need Cal Fresh Eligible Students. Basic Needs/WGEC. SA. CSU Chico via CA.Dept of Public Health. $184,938. (June 2020 - September 2021)
 
Susan Gomez-Zwiep. Aligning the Science Teacher Education Pathway. A Networked Improvement Community. Science Education. CNSM. CSU East Bay Foundation via NSF. $50,192. (July 2019 - June 2021)
 
Lily House-Peters. Incorporatating Local & Traditional Knowledge Systems: New Insights for Ecosystem Services & Transdisciplinary Collaborations. Geography. CLA. Univesity of Calgary. $23,340. (June 2019 - June 2021)
 
Megan Kline-Crockett. Classroom Connections. Carpenter Performing Arts Center. COTA. RuMBa Foundation of Long Beach. $49,500. (July 2020 - June 2021)
 
Seiji Steimetz. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Data. Economics. CLA. City of Long Beach, Economic Development Dept. $25,000. (March 2020 - December 2020)
 
Nicholas Alt. Collaborative Research: Social Perception of Groups. Psychology. CLA. NSF. $148,030. (August 2020 - July 2023)
 
Thomas Gredig. MRI: Acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscope for Materials Science Research and Student Training. Physics and Astronomy. CNSM. NSF. $335,858. (September 2020 - August 2022)
 
Paul (Hui) Sun. Collaborative Research: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Interacting Bacterial Communities in Compact Colonies. Mathematics & Statistics. CNSM. NSF. $257,741. (August 2020 - July 2023)
 

The next Provost’s Message will be Wednesday, September 16. Items for the upcoming message should be submitted by Friday, September 11 to aa-communication@csulb.edu. All submissions must include a hyperlink with a title.