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MAGAZINE & ALUMNI NEWS

Engaging with the community

CSUMB sets a national example by inspiring students to get involved

A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT HARRISON

Dear friends of CSU Monterey Bay,

I have seldom been more proud than I was in January when I represented our university in Washington, D.C., at a program called the White House Convening on Civic Learning. CSU Monterey Bay was showcased as a role model for how we engage our students in the world around them and prepare them to be active, involved citizens. That success, and its many outcomes, are the subject of the cover story in this edition of the CSUMB magazine. As always, the magazine includes stories of our university that are sources of pride for all of us the talents and accomplishments of our students, the anticipation surrounding our new Bachelor of Nursing Program, the impressive performance of our womens basketball team, and the generosity of our donors. Pride is just one of the emotions I feel as I prepare to conclude my tenure as president of CSU Monterey Bay and prepare to serve as president of CSU Northridge. For six years, I have joined with you our alumni and friends and with our wonderful students, faculty and staff to continue the historic development of this great university. Together, we have collectively expanded our academic programs, both graduate and undergraduate; we have greatly improved the experience of our students, both in and out of the classroom; and we have watched our enrollment grow as constant improvement has made CSUMB a destination campus. All of this has been accomplished in spite of repeated cuts in state funding for higher education. We have remained focused on our foremost objective: the success of our students. I am confident that with your help, CSU Monterey Bay will maintain that priority as it continues to evolve and flourish.

Dr. Dianne F. Harrison

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Sincerely,

Dianne F. Harrison, Ph.D.

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Senior Monica Ramirez studies in the Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library. She was featured in a televised nationwide AT&T chairmans message during the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, held Feb. 9-12.
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STUDENTS TAKE ACTION

By learning and thinking critically about what it means to be a citizen, CSUMB students are prepared to take an active role in their communities, before and after graduation.

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CSU SUMMER ARTS COMES TO CSUMB

Hundreds of students and thousands of local arts enthusiasts will be on campus for CSU Summer Arts first year in its new home.

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A BIG YEAR FOR WOMENS BASKETBALL

SUPPORT FOR FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN

Students who are making the transition from foster care as youngsters to a future as independent adults are receiving new guidance.

The Otters womens basketball team continued its record of success with a CCAA tournament championship and bid to the NCAA Division II tournament.

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8 SUCCESS Profiles of three academic standouts on unique personal journeys. 13-14 UNIVERSITY NEWS President Harrison will take over at CSU Northridge, CSUMB receives a $32M NASA grant, and Monterey County Business Council honors universitys economic vitality. 18-20 ALUMNI NEWS Board presidents letter and class notes.

NURSING PROGRAM WILL MEET A NEED

CSUMB has joined with four local colleges to create a collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that starts this summer.

EDITOR Scott Faust WRITERS Liz MacDonald Scott Faust Joan Weiner DESIGNER Joan Iguban Galiguis

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ON THE COVER CSUMB School of Business student Yvon Desjardins provides free tax-preparation help at the Seaside One-Stop Career Center. Photo by Randy Tunnell

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High school students from South Monterey County participate in the Conexion Comunitaria outreach program to learn film-making techniques from CSUMB student mentors.

Informed and participating

Programs, faculty and students converge to make the university a leader in civic engagement and alumni keep it going
The National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement has heralded CSU Monterey Bay as a model for preparing students to become engaged and socially responsible citizens. This federal task force composed of civic and higher education leaders has diagnosed the United States with anemic civic health, pointing to low voter turnout, poor civic knowledge among high school and college students, and civic apathy among the population. In a report called A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracys Future, the group calls upon U.S. colleges and universities to advance civic learning and democratic engagement. They point to CSU Monterey Bay as an institution that has tackled this challenge. In January, President Dianne F. Harrison joined other leaders in higher education, policy makers and stakeholders in Washington for the White House Convening on Civic Learning. The purpose was to discuss ways to weave civic learning and democratic engagement throughout K-12 and college education. Educators nationwide are eager to follow the universitys lead as they tackle the vexing challenge of increasing civic knowledge and responsibility. At CSU Monterey Bay, education toward democratic engagement starts with service learning, which the university requires of both lower- and upper-division students in every major. The Service Learning Institute coordinates this work and helps all faculty develop courses that support civic literacy from a relevant disciplinary perspective. Their focus is not merely on hours of service and the completion of projects, but also on creating discourse about justice and social responsibility across campus.

LINK TO SERVICE LEARNING

We push them to talk about policy and get into the debate, said Dr. Seth Pollack, the institutes director. Not that there is an easy answer. But we encourage them to become a part of the process and to act on the issues they care about. Senior Christopher Sakamoto is one student who became engaged through his service learning class, but wound up going above and beyond the basic course requirements because the class ignited a deeper passion. The Teledramatic Arts and Technology major selected Monterey Countys juvenile hall for his service learning placement out of a sense of responsibility to his hometown, Salinas, and the feeling that he could make a positive contribution. We were
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dealing with kids who are considered the worst of the worst murderers and attempted murderers. But take note that they were really kids, 15 or 16 years old. Chris and his class partner, Kayla Strasser, decided to create a documentary that illustrates the experience of incarcerated young men who spend over 18 hours per day alone in their cells. This project was slated to last six weeks, but Chris wound up visiting juvenile hall for 14 weeks, in part to complete the interviews and also because of the positive mentoring relationships he developed with the young convicts. It just felt good, he said. Long after the class ended, Chris is still working with officials at juvenile hall to finish an edited version that can be shown publicly. He hopes the resulting film will illustrate a more faceted story about the issues facing young people in Salinas than the public sees in news reports. His ideal audience would be middle schoolers. I think showing it to that age group could have a big impact on the choices they make, he said. Chris also screened a rough cut of the film as part of the Service Learning Institutes Social JusticeNot Just Us film series. Following the screening, the audience participated in a discussion of

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Safe Place Street Outreach Counselor Victor Martinez, left, joins Service Learning student Andrew Davis and Safe Place volunteer Paul McEnroe in the kitchen.

the criminal justice system in our nation. This illustrates the way student engagement begins with the service learning class experience, but often expands to continued discussion at multiple levels across campus and an on-going commitment on the students part. Though Chris will graduate this May, he is in talks with the TAT department to participate as an instructor in the Imagine College summer outreach program, sponsored by the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program, teaching introductory filmmaking classes to high school students.

ALUMNI CONTINUE THE WORK

The civic engagement sparked through service learning on campus and in the community leads to long-term outcomes that manifest in CSUMB alumni another factor that impressed the national task force. CSUMB graduates display an ongoing commitment to participating in the public sphere whether through a lifetime of volunteer service, a career in government or nonprofits, or simply by participating thoughtfully and respectfully in public dialogue around issues that affect communities on the local,

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state, national and international levels. Take Vincent Delgado, for an example. This 2010 graduate of the Social and Behavioral Sciences department now works at Safe Place in Monterey, running programs for runaway and homeless youth, and overseeing the service placements of several current CSUMB students. Our main strategy is to strike up positive, mentoring relationships and try to get the youth engaged in constructive activities that also teach them skills things like how to cook, how to work in a team, Delgado said. That positive engagement then translates into the streets. When he transferred to CSUMB from a community college in Los Angeles, Delgado didnt have a specific career path in mind. His service learning placement at Walter Colton Middle School, where he supported the school counselor and had his own caseload of eight students, helped him recognize his affinity for working with troubled youth. As a friend and mentor to homeless youth, he has worked to foster positive relationships among local business owners, the county and the youth. One project, called National Safe Place, engages busi-

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nesses and other agencies as resources. If a youth is in crisis after we close at 6, they can go into a place like East Village (coffee house), sit down, have a cup of coffee and get a snack, chill out and call our 800 hotline to access additional services, Delgado said. Service learners at CSU Monterey Bay have assisted with this outreach message, providing information to businesses about Safe Place and its mission and enlisting their support.

IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS
Much of the civic engagement at the university involves youth outreach, but there are other examples as well. This tax season, for instance, business students partnered with the Internal Revenue Service and United Way of Monterey County to provide free tax-preparation assistance to individuals and families who earned less than $50,000 in 2011. The previous year, 20 students volunteered at eight county locations and helped taxpayers claim $1 million in refunds, said Professor Cathy Ku, who spearheads the project on campus. On another part of campus, students from the School of Information Technology & Communication Design joined other area college and university students and software engineers to develop mobiledevice applications for businesses, government agencies and nonprofits through an intensive coding competition called The Ideas of March. In the end, all the app code will be posted on the Internet so anyone can use and adapt it. Such initiatives, in service learning courses and beyond, are what make CSU Monterey Bay a model of civically inspired learning for other universities, said President Dianne Harrison. Our students, staff and faculty engage. They ask tough questions, think critically, discuss, reframe and seek solutions, Dr. Harrison said. They bring their knowledge Business student Daniel Wu reviews a cliand experience ents tax documents at the Seaside One-Stop to bear. Career Center.
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High school students from Salinas test the strength of Inca rope bridges they built while learning math.

BUILDING BRIDGES WITH ROPE HELPS STRENGTHEN STUDENTS MATH SKILLS

For his senior capstone at CSU Monterey Bay, Zac Walker wanted to create a project that used math for the betterment of society. He zeroed in on lower math and science scores among students of color and sought a way to get Latino students excited about math. Walker, who is majoring in mathematics with a minor in service learning, focused his lesson on Inca rope bridges and how people of color have contributed to mathematical theories throughout history. He recruited middle school students through the Recruitment in Science Education program, based at the Boys & Girls Club of Salinas. The students came to campus for a day-long workshop in spring 2011 on the mathematics of Inca bridge-building. Guided by high school and college mentors, they worked in small groups to design and build rope bridges, calculating the rope needed and how knots and braids would affect those measurements. All the students successfully constructed and crossed their bridges. Walker found that not only did their understanding of the mathematical concepts increase, but they also expressed more interest in math. Following graduation in 2011, he landed an AmeriCorps position in the Service Learning Institute, where he now coordinates the Service Learning Student Leader program. Hes also taking this time to apply to graduate programs so he can continue working to improve Americas educational system. Liz MacDonald
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Reaching out to fellow vets

Twenty years after graduating from high school in Gonzales, Rosalba Beltran is about to earn a degree at CSU Monterey Bay. In between, she served six years in the Navy both in New Orleans and on a transport ship based in San Diego. Rosalba Beltran Family responsibilities she has two daughters forced her to leave the Navy in 2001. After earning a degree at a community college, she transferred to CSUMB, where she has helped to start a chapter of the national Student Veteran Organization. Beltran said a student veteran is not an average student. We think differently and we approach situations differently, she said. Having an organization for veterans on campus helps facilitate the transition between military and academic worlds. The kinesiology major plans to earn a graduate degree in physical therapy. My goal is to work with and help veterans, she said.

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Ian Bowers studies in the Tanimura & Antle library.

IT student will spend summer at Microsoft

By Joan Weiner

What was once a hobby is now a career focus for Ian Bowers, a junior transfer student from Santa Cruz County. Bowers was drawn to CSU Monterey Bay to pursue a degree in computer science and information technology because, he said, I liked how the program is set up, and I liked the faculty. Theyre all passionate about teaching and are really helpful. Since his father worked in the field, he grew up around computers. I thought of it as a hobby, but about three years ago I started to put it together that this was what I could do for a career, Bowers said. He got a head start on that career when he landed a 12week summer internship with Microsoft, an opportunity he learned of through the campus-based Monterey Bay Regional Academy of Computing Education. The very competitive process involved a trip to Microsofts headquarters in Seattle. He had six separate hour-long interviews in a single day. It was intimidating because I was talking to students from schools all over the country, many of them from big schools, Bowers said. In my group of 12, two were from MIT. Bowers landed one of the coveted interships. Ill be developing software, as well as creating tools that other developers will use to test software, he said. Its an entry-level position, but its a good way to learn to be an engineer to break things.

Alumnus heads back to D.C.

Steven Avilas passion for politics and government took him to Washington, D.C., in 2010. Now, its taken him back to work in the White House. The Palmdale native a fall 2011 graduate with a degree in business administration got his first taste of life in the nations capital through the Steven Avila Panetta Institute for Public Policys Congressional Internship program. Now that Im interning at the White House, I am able to see it through an exciting new perspective. Avila (11, Business) started the four-month stint in January, working in the Office of Presidential Correspondence. The office handles official correspondence on behalf of the President, responding to the letters he receives. Joan Weiner

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to talk about the needs of former foster youth. She and other students from similar backgrounds identified year-round housing as a roadblock to college. Thats now available to them at CSUMB. Also, a retention adviser in the Educational Opportunity Program has been assigned to work with them. Ramirez has taken her advocacy work on behalf of foster youth beyond campus. She is vice president of Montereys chapter of California Youth Connection, an organization of current and former foster youth who advocate in Sacramento. The group had a role in last years passage of Assembly Bill 12, which extends the age at which students age out of care from 18 to 20. She also serves as Monterey Countys representative to the statewide Youth Council, which works with several state agencies on implementing Assembly Bill 12. She travels to Sacramento every six weeks to attend meetings. Ramirez entered care at age 4 when her mother was deported. She lived in nine homes. Her last placement came at age 11 in San Diego, and she still considers that her home. After graduating from high school and aging out of care at 18, she connected with CSUMBs outreach programs to ease her transition to university life. Shes beating the odds. Only half of foster children graduate from high school, and only 20 percent of those enroll in college, according to the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Fewer than 5 percent earn degrees. While support programs can help ease the way, It comes down to a personal decision, Ramirez said. You have to decide that you want something better for yourself.
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Emma Ramirez has supported development of new campus services to assist students like her who grew up in foster care.

Path to success
Campus programs offer support to former foster children
By Joan Weiner

or Emma Ramirez, being a foster child didnt define who she is or where she is going. At CSU Monterey Bay, shes working to make sure other former foster youth can say the same thing. My goal growing up was to graduate from high school, Ramirez said. Now, Id like to earn a masters degree in higher education administration. Id like to create an Upward Bound-type program for foster students. CSUMB is among an increasing number of colleges and universities that offer more services to students who grew up in foster care, including a support group that meets regularly at the Personal Growth and Counseling Center. Several years ago, the university established a Former Foster Youth Presidents Advisory Council to identify needs and establish programs to meet them. The university and the Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services recently signed an agreement to identify foster youth while theyre still in high school and help them transition to the university. Ramirez, a junior Liberal Studies major, has met with campus administrators

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Yes to nursing
University partners with local colleges on B.S.N. degree

Two-year nursing students practice care techniques on a patient dummy in a simulation lab at Monterey Peninsula College.

By Joan Weiner

o help meet a growing demand for bachelors-prepared nurses, CSU Monterey Bay has added a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program, and the first class of students will start this summer. The program is launching at a critical time, when the pace of change in nursing has rapidly accelerated. The health care industry is coping with the silver tsunami of aging baby boomers combined with the impact of health care reform, and nurses will play a big role in meeting both challenges. In a 2010 report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examined future demands. The report recommended improving nursing education and suggested the proportion of nurses with bachelors degrees increase to 80 percent by 2020. Today, only 30 percent of California nurses have bachelors degrees. There is strong community support, and need, for baccalaureate-prepared nurses, said Dr. Kathy Cruz-Uribe, provost at CSU Monterey Bay. There is no four-year nursing program in the tri-county area. The university is collaborating with four local community colleges Monterey
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Peninsula, Hartnell, Cabrillo and Gavilan to avoid a costly duplication of classes, labs, equipment and faculty. This is an historic moment in nursing education, said Dr. Tom McKay, director of CSUMBs program. This isnt just another nursing program. This intense collaboration with community colleges is historic in the California State University system. This may be a model for a new way of doing nursing education. In a typical bachelors program, the curriculum focuses on the clinical aspect of the profession rather than its public policy implications. At CSUMB, Dr. McKay said, students will look at the broader picture. They will be educated to serve as health care navigators, helping patients manage multiple conditions such as hypertension and diabetes outside the hospital setting. Students will begin the program in June and spend a calendar year in university classes, including courses in information technology and research methods. Then they will complete the standard two-year community college program before returning to the university for a final semester that includes classes in public health and a capstone or culminating project. The entire program can be completed in 37 months. In the final semester, it will all come together for students, Dr. McKay said. Thats when theyll see the global picture. While news reports indicate that nurses have lost jobs during the current economic downturn, Dr. McKay said there is hidden demand. New graduates cant find jobs because older nurses are working longer, he said. When the wave of retirements comes, a big demand will become apparent. Its a crisis in the making.

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To get involved
Fundraising is under way to meet the need for scholarships. If you would like to help, contact Director of University Development Barbara Zappas at 831-5823070 or visit CSUMB.EDU/give.

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decade, San Francisco State and Chico State to be the host campus. We were selected because our facilities are multi-purpose and we were open to a wide variety of art forms, Dr. Curry said. And we have great support from local arts organizations. Students are immersed in rigorous training, 12 to 14 hours a day, every day during the two-week sessions. They earn three units of academic credit for each course. Master teachers and guest artists teach the classes. Each offers a public performance or culmination at the end of the session. Dr. Umi Vaughan is one of those teachers. An assistant professor of Africana Studies at CSUMB, he will teach an Afro-Brazilian rhythm workshop. The course will bring together two of Brazils most famous musical organizations Manguiera and Ile Aiye for the first time ever. Dr. Vaughan said he expects the class to be a game-changer for anyone interested in performing Brazilian music. Stage combat is another one of the classes being offered. It gives participants an opportunity to channel their inner swashbuckler while learning to perform exciting, historically accurate and safe stage sword fights. Preparing classrooms, assigning residence halls, working with course coordinators, arranging for meals and reaching out to community arts organizations are some of the ongoing activities to get CSUMB ready for Summer Arts. The budget is $1.7 million, Sharp said, a welcome addition to the local economy. That doesnt include money spent by the 250 to 400 students and instructors who are expected to attend.

Cornerstone Theater Company students present the culmination of their music and dance performance during the 2011 CSU Summer Arts.

Summer Arts!
CSU program prepares for exciting debut at CSUMB
By Joan Weiner

word fights, improvisational comedy, animation, hip-hop: Summer school was never this much fun. Several hundred students from throughout the California State University system and beyond will come to CSU Monterey Bay in July for the annual CSU Summer Arts program. High school and community college students and faculty, as well as local residents are also welcome to enroll in the 15 classes that will be offered. Summer Arts will benefit students and the local community by providing them with opportunities to study with premier artists from around the world, said Professor Renee Curry, who led the effort to relocate the 28-year-old program to CSUMB. Bringing Summer Arts to campus clearly announces to our tri-county area that we have come of age as a provider of significant arts education to students and as a provider of extraordinary performances to the community. According to Joanne Sharp, assistant director of CSU Summer Arts, more than 35 public events will be held, including lectures, readings, concerts and theatrical productions. In other words, the areas summer arts scene has gotten a lot more interesting. Summer Arts will be based at CSU Monterey Bay for at least five years. The university beat out Fresno State, which housed the program for more than a

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Schedule, registration and scholarship information are available at www. csusummerarts.org. More than 70 percent of students receive scholarships. In mid-May, the schedule of public performances will be available online. Tickets can be ordered online or by phone starting June 1. Call 831-582-3499.

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The CSU Monterey Bay womens basketball team celebrates its California Collegiate Athletic Association tournament championship after a March 3 victory over CSU Los Angeles. Coach Renee Jimenez is at far left, and CSUMB Athletic Director Vince Otoupal is at far right.

A well-oiled machine
Otters win CCAA tournament championship and compete in NCAA tournament
By Scott Faust

ith a CCAA tournament championship in hand and a strong corps of returning seniors, CSU Monterey Bay womens basketball coach Renee Jimenez has plenty of reasons to be optimistic about next year. But she sees an even bigger picture, an arc of progress for a program indeed for all of Otter athletics that has built a tradition of winning on hard-earned pride. The biggest thing was changing the culture to its not OK to lose, said Jimenez, who completed her fourth season with an injury-plagued 21-9 record, a top-25 Division II ranking and a first-round loss in the NCAA West Regional tournament. The team also had its highest-ever combined GPA over 3.0. We expect to win every game, Jimenez said. We expect to win in the classroom, and we expect to win in the community. She credits next years seniors with doing the hard work to
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establish that culture. Were starting to be a well-oiled machine, where those older guys are starting to run this program for us, which is really nice as a coach, Jimenez said. Five of the recruits who will help keep that machine going were in the Otters Kelp Bed when CSUMB defeated CSU East Bay in the first round of the CCAA tournament , which they went on to win March 3 with a buzzer-beater against CSU Los Angeles. The Feb. 28 sellout crowd of student Blue Crue boosters made quite an impression on the recruits, Jimenez said. Success is fostering success. More coaches are wanting to send their kids to us, she said. I think thats really a testament to what our players have done, as well as to the strong momentum of our entire athletic department.

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President Harrison named to top job at CSUN

The California State University Board of Trustees has named Dr. Dianne F. Harrison, president of CSU Monterey Bay since 2006, the new president of California State University, Northridge. I am excited and honored to be selected as president of another fine institution within the California State University system, and look forward to working together with the entire campus community on the many opportunities for the future, Dr. Harrison said. She is expected to begin her new position as president sometime in June, succeeding Dr. Jolene Koester, who retired after serving as CSUN president since 2000. Dr. Harrison brings an outstanding portfolio of administrative experience, academic credentials and student-focused approach to her new position as president of Cal State Northridge, said CSU Trustee Bob Linscheid, who was chair of the presidential search committee. She has an impressive record of accomplishments, a commitment to scholarship, and will provide strong leadership as the CSUN campus moves forward.

CSUMB will share in $137M NASA grant to study climate

NASA has awarded $137 million to a team of research institutions including CSU Monterey Bay to study climate change and ecosystem processes over a 10-year period. CSUMBs share of the award is $32.4 million the largest grant ever received by the university. It will support 20 fulltime research scientists and five to 10 student researchers each year. Most of the scientists will work at NASAs Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View. Collaborations with campus-based faculty members will be developed as part of the research. Projects will include wildfire and natural disaster monitoring, flood forecasting, crop yield predictions and fog detection. Scientists will apply satellite data to study environmental conditions and ecological processes that affect agriculture, public health and vector borne disease.

The CSUMB community bested other campuses in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties to take top honors in the College Challenge division and earn $500. The 70 Otters who participated in the month-long contest traveled 21,048 miles without driving alone meaning they walked, biked, shuttled, bussed, carpooled and skated. Competition was held in categories for employers, non-profits, colleges and individuals.

Four seniors earn National Science Foundation fellowships

Four members of this years graduating class have won prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Isael Rubio of Salinas, Kevin Johnson of Hollister, Eric Ross of Los Osos and Alexandra Davis of Albuquerque, N.M., are all recipients of the fellowship, which provides $90,000 plus tuition and fees, to support three years of graduate education. Rubio worked with Dr. Carolee Bull at the U.S. Department of Agricultures research station in Salinas, investigating bacterial plant pathology. Johnson, mentored by Dr. Aparna Sreenivasan, researched freshwater cyanobacterial algal blooms in the Monterey Bay area. Mentored by Dr. Susan Alexander, Ross investigated whether seabirds use smell to assess mate compatibility. Davis studied seafloor mapping and invasive lionfish at the Perry Institute for Marine Science in the Bahamas, mentored by Dr. Rikk Kvitek. Rubio is headed to the University of Wisconsin or Oregon State; Ross will attend the University of Wisconsin; Davis is choosing between Oregon State University and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science; and Johnson is going to the University of California, Santa Barbara. CSUMB.EDU/news SPRING/SUMMER 2012 13

CSUMB bikes, buses and carpools to victory

Students, faculty and staff from CSU Monterey Bay beat the competition to win their division in the annual Rideshare Month event sponsored by the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments.

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vital to the programs continued success. The Osher gift recognizes OLLIs ability to sustain membership growth, include university faculty members among its course instructors, and remain strong in the future. OLLI now has a community of 500 members, up from 100 members at the end of its first year, in spring 2008. Local residents 50 and over are invited to join. The spring lineup of classes is available online at olli.csumb.edu/courses.

Blue goes green: University Police get a hybrid vehicle

Joined by other recipients, Dr. Dianne Harrison shows off an MCBC Economic Vitality Award presented to CSUMB. CSU Monterey Bays Police Department has joined a growing number of law enforcement agencies parking Toyota Prius hybrids next to their Crown Victoria cruisers as they go green. Dozens of police departments including New York City and London have adopted the fuel-efficient vehicles for various uses. University Police Chief Earl Lawson was quick to point out that the Prius is for civilian use, such as parking enforcement and escorting students through the night walk program. We traded in a big gas-guzzling Ford F-150 for the Prius, Lawson said. We wanted a smaller, more efficient, more environmentally friendly vehicle.

County Business Council honors CSUMB for impact

CSU Monterey Bay was honored for its contribution to the economic vitality, growth and preservation of the area at the Feb. 4 anniversary gala of the Monterey County Business Council. The university, one of six organizations to be honored in key industry clusters, was recognized for education and research. The university leads the transformation of Fort Ord. The economy has delayed several projects on the former Army base, but the university has continued to move ahead in enrollment, employment, facilities and housing. With a payroll of nearly 900, the university is one of the countys 20 largest employers and a key player in its vital economic sector of higher education. Its annual financial impact of $270 million sustains an additional 1,400 jobs.

Otters hire new coach to lead womens golf program

Alexis Edwards has joined CSUMB as the womens golf coach, just in time for the spring season. Last fall, Edwards served as the
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OLLI@CSUMB receives $1M grant for lifelong education

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CSU Monterey Bay, also known as OLLI@CSUMB, has been awarded $1 million by the Bernard Osher Foundation. The foundation, which since 2006 has supported OLLI at CSUMB with annual grants, contributed both a permanent endowment of $950,000 and a $50,000 operating grant for the current fiscal year. Investment income from the endowment will help fund OLLI operations, though community involvement and support will remain 14 SPRING/SUMMER 2012 CSUMB.EDU/news

interim head coach at Fresno State. Her background in golf administration includes stints as Alexis Edwards manager of the Haggin Oaks golf tournament program and chair of the Sacramento Golf Club. She also was a PGA apprentice professional. Edwards was an Academic AllAmerican at Brigham Young University. She helped the BYU Cougars earn three NCAA regional berths and qualify for the national championship tournament her junior season. She has a bachelors degree in communication studies from BYU in 2007 and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

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CSUMB faculty spotlight

Among recent publications by Dr. Kent Adams, chair of the Kinesiology Department, is a study of chronic disease in veteran rugby players in the International Journal of Biological and Medical Sciences, and a study of the body mass index of masters basketball players in the journal Medicina Sportiva. Research by Dr. Ignacio Navarro, assistant professor in the Department of Health, Human Services and Public Policy, has been published by the World Institute for Development Economics RePROVIDED

Dr. Earl Brown, assistant professor in the School of World Languages and Cultures, is finishing Corpus of Mexican Spanish in Salinas, a project to create an online database of interviews with speakers of Mexican Spanish who live in Salinas. This spring, he will give a presentation on the project at the International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics at the University of Arizona. Women, Shared Leadership, and Policy: The Mano River Peace Network Case Study an article by Stephanie Johnson, associate professor in the Visual and Public Art Department, has been published in the Journal of Pan African Studies. Professor Johnson has also been appointed a Fellow for the Wildflowers Institute in San Francisco. According to the organization, she will provide leadership in developing community think tanks and training programs. Laura Lee Lienk, M.S., lecturer in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy, was honored with the GREEN Educator Award for her work in promoting environmental issues. Earth Force, a Colorado-based nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people to be stewards of the environment, and the General Motors Foundation sponsor the award. Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, professor of Japanese Language and Culture, is editing Japanese Language Education: Current Issues and Future Agenda, a book to be published this year by the National Foreign Language Resource Center in Honolulu. Dr. Saito-Abbott offers seminars and workshops for language teachers throughout the
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search, part of the academic arm of the United Nations. His work Dr. Ignacio Navarro focuses on how housing markets are affected by money laundering in cocaine exporter economies in South America. Mary Jo Zenk, MPM, a lecturer in the Department of Health, Human Services and Public Policy, has written The 7 Keys To Unlocking The Secrets of Your Citys Budget, a text for use in college and adult education courses in public administration and government. It explains how local governments make decisions on the use of tax dollars. Dr. James Lindholm, director of CSUMBs Institute for Applied Marine Ecology, was awarded $780,000 from the California Ocean Protection Council to study newly designated Marine Protected Areas along the Southern California coastline. This is in addition to $1 million awarded last year to conduct similar work in Northern California. He and his team use a remotely operated vehicle to record video and still images of the marine organisms and the habitats in which they live. Dr. Qun Wang, professor in the Division of Humanities and Communication, traveled to China to deliver a lecture on American literature at Fu Dan University, the top-ranked university in Shanghai. President Obama gave a speech at Fu Dan while visiting China. Dr. Ryan Luke, assistant professor of kinesiology, was named the outstanding doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Georgia State University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 2011. CSUMB.EDU/news SPRING/SUMMER 2012 15 Dr. James Lindholm

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Central Coast region. Diana Garcia, M.F.A., professor in the Division of Humanities and Communication, has been invited to judge the Poetry Out Loud semifinals in Washington, D.C., in May. The National Endowment for the Arts is a co-sponsor of the event. Poetry Out Loud is featured on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, A Prairie Home Companion, BBC World News and National Public Radio.

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Students inspire couple to give

Barbara Baldock and Dr. Phillip Butler are comitted supporters in the success of talented students in CSU Monterey Bays Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC). The Monterey couple first donated money to sponsor a student researcher in the 2010-2011 academic year. That was Kevin Johnson, a graduating biology student who has been accepted into two Ph.D. programs UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz. Baldock and Butler sponsored two more UROC students this year and will do the same in 2012-2013. It was such a delight to meet the students and to feel their excitement and enthusiasm for what theyre doing, Baldock said. Clearly, we wanted to do it again. Added Butler, We see it as helping give a little bit of a push to a student on their way to a higher-level degree. Dr. Butler is a retired Naval educator and former prisoner of war
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Dr. Phillip Butler and Barbara Baldock

in North Vietnam. After earning his Ph.D. in 1981, he founded a management consulting firm. Baldock, a former TWA flight attendant, joined him as marketing director, and they married 31 years ago. We feel like these people are going to be leaders, and theyre going to make a difference, Baldock said of the UROC students. That really resonates with both of us. Scott Faust

Scholarships in mothers honor

dents to set and achieve ambitious goals, and since 2006 he has helped them get started through an endowed scholarship fund he established in her honor. Jane Pere Johnson, who was 85 when she died in 1992, came to Monterey County as a 13-year-old girl from the Pyrenees region of France. As a young woman, she married Harry Johnson and raised three sons near Chualar, south of Salinas. She instilled in her children the values of education and hard work, and all three went to college. The older I got, the more I reflected on what she accomplished in her life with almost zero education, said Bob Johnson, who is secretary of the Foundation of CSUMB. I still have a hard time believing it, but
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Twenty-one years after his mothers passing, retired Salinas Valley grower Bob Johnson remains awed by her accomplishments. He hopes her example can inspire stu16 SPRING/SUMMER 2012

it really happened. The Jane Pere Johnson Scholarship is awarded on a priority basis to students who have attended Chualar Elementary School, Gonzales High School or Hartnell College in Salinas. Twenty-seven recipients have each received $1,000 in support of their education at CSU Monterey Bay. Jane Pere Johnson attended Chualar School, as did her sons and most of her grandchildren. Many Chualar students now come from immigrant farm worker families, and Johnson said he wants to encourage them to reach for the opportunities made possible by a college degree. Education is the ticket to a better life, he said. Scott Faust

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Melody Rico

Keeping in touch with our alumni

With the addition of this years graduating class, CSU Monterey Bay will have more than 7,000 alumni. As you can see from the map below, they are spread across the entire country and around the world. We also are proud that so many remain to live and work in the tri-county area. You can read on Page 18 about our associations efforts to reach out and connect with alumni who live outside the Monterey Bay region. Melody Rico, president, CSU Monterey Bay Alumni Association
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PRESIDENT Melody Rico, 06 B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy VICE PRESIDENT Manuel Arenivaz, 03 B.S., Business Administration CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Brandon Wehman, 08 B.S., Business Administration SECRETARY Hayley Azevedo, 10 B.S., Business Administration DIRECTORS Traci Shane Davis, 05 B.S., Business Administration Belia Garcia-Navarro, 05 B.A., Liberal Studies John Scalla, 05 B.S., Telecommunications, Multimedia and Applied Computing Sam Abushariefeh, 09 M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies Nicole Charles, 09 B.A., Human Communications Erik Edmonds, 06 B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy Auvria Hampton, 08 B.A., Human Communications Joshua Mann, 05 B.S., Business Administration Bruce Martin, 06 M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies Wyatt Meiggs, 08 B.S., Business Administration Chris Vasquez, 08 M.S., Management and Information Technology

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1997
DEBORAH ANN HELDT-CORDONE (B.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences) received a Master of Arts in Geography from CSU Chico in 2000.

1999
KEITH JASON DUGGINS (B.A., Telecommunications, Multimedia & Applied Computing) is a database administrator at Community Hospital of the Monterey Pensinula, where he has worked for nearly 10 years. He and his wife, Heather Scott, live in Carmel Valley with their daughter.

JOSH BARRAK (B.S., Management and International Entrepreneurship) is retired from federal service and now owns Tomte Kull Farms, a Boer goat ranch and organic farm. He lives in Shelton.

Attending the March 24 alumni mixer in Long Beach were (left to right) Chris Vasquez, Pilar Gose, Michael Schwartz, Michael Lugwig, Matthew Fox and Jessica McKillip.
She just completed a book, Pawsitive Reflections. Her volunteer work includes the American Association of University Women and the California Grand Jury Association. HeldtCordone has one son and lives on the Northern California coast.

2003
MARISA (BOND) EYTALIS (B.A. Teledramatic Arts & Technology) is marketing communications specialist for the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.

2000
ZACHARY KNAPP (B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) is a partner in Holland & Knapp Construction, a company he helped form in 2011. He and his wife, Sandra, live in San Luis Obispo County.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COULD BE COMING TO YOUR TOWN

Stay tuned, because there could be a CSU Monterey Bay Alumni Association event coming to your town soon. After years of focusing its programs and events primarily on the Monterey Bay region, the association has begun reaching out more actively to alumni throughout California and across the country. That change was evident this winter in the associationsponsored Alumni Mixers, held Feb. 23 in Sacramento and March 24 in Long Beach. CSUMB alumni also gathered in late February in New York City and Washington, D.C., to participate in CSU alumni receptions, attended by President Dianne Harrison. It is especially important for all alumni to make sure the association has their current address so they can be alerted when events and programs are being planned in their area. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are other good way to stay connected. Networking is one obvious payoff from more regional alumni awareness, as well as sharing pride in CSUMB. Once an Otter, always an Otter! alumni@csumb.edu 831-582-GRAD (4723) CSUMB.EDU/alumni 18 SPRING/SUMMER 2012

2001
JESSICA SMILEY (B.A., Human Communication) is owner and president of West Coast Music & Dance FX and a dance educator at Christopher High School in Gilroy, where she also is spirit coach. She lives in Hollister. She writes screenplays, and one of her short scripts, I Heart Joey McIntyre, was a finalist in several competitions. She lives in Las Vegas with her husband, Mark, and their daughter, Ruby.

1998
JOSH EVANS (B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) is a registered nurse at Mercy Medical Center in Merced.

He received an RN with an ASN from Merced College and is pursuing his BSN online from the University of Texas in Arlington. He volunteers with the Mariposa Playhouse theater company. Evans and his wife, Stephanie Negrey Evans (98, Teaching Credential) live in Catheys Valley with their three sons, Wyndham, Reese and Levi.

AMANDA GREENVOSS (2000, B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) is youth volunteer coordinator for the Oregon Zoo, where she works with 350 teens, teaching them to educate the public about animals and conservation issues. She lives in Portland with her husband Zachary Greenvoss (00, Telecommunications, Multimedia & Applied Computing) who is a software engineer at ADP, and their children, Stella, 7 and Darwin, 4.

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2004
LOURDES MORA LLATA (B.A., Integrated Studies Special Major) is a technical editing consultant for the Florida State Department of Children and Families Human Services, and lives in Pembroke Pines. JAMES JET BLACK (B.A., Visual & Public Arts) is a graphic designer for Consensus

HEATHER HOSKINS (B.A., Human Communication) is director of search-engine optimization and communications for WineRackStore.com.

ALUMNI DONOR PROFILE

EMILY MCDANIEL (B.A., Liberal Studies) teaches second and third grades at a public charter school in the Sacramento area, after receiving her Master of Arts and teaching credential from UC Santa Cruz. She and her husband, Mark McDaniel, live in the Sacramento area with their daughter, Samantha, and son, Brandon. ERIC CHAVEZ (B.S., Telecommunications, Multimedia & Applied Computing) is the web and database administrator for the Monterey County Superior Courts. He lives in Salinas with his wife, Gabriela Lpez Chavez (03, Human Communication) and their two daughters. MAGNOLIA ZARRAGA (B.A. Collaborative Health & Human Services) has her own law office in Salinas, specializing in small business bankruptcy and immigration matters. She received

She and her husband, Brent Hoskins, live in Olympia, Wash., with their daughter Elyise. KAREN MILLER (B.A., Teledramatic Arts & Technology) received her Masters in Counseling from Saint Marys College and has been accepted into a counseling psychology doctoral program at Purdue University. She lives in Moraga. RYAN ARBA (B.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences) is a legislative consultant with the

Orthopedics. He volunteers as an assistant swim coach for Del Oro High School. Black lives in Loomis. JESSICA JENKSBUNN (B.A., Liberal Studies) teaches sailing and works for The Farm, her husbands familys farm stand, in Salinas. She and her husband, Christopher Bunn, have two sons, Finnian and Jesse, and are expecting a third child in August. The family lives in Salinas.

The beloved spirit of CSUMB employee and former student Mahito Shirako lives on in a Memorial Scholarship account that has grown to over $20,000 since his passing in November 2010. That will allow a scholarship in his name to be awarded to a deserving CSUMB student every year, in perpetuity. Shirako, who died in a motorcycle accident, was known for his full embrace of life enthusiasm for his hobbies, a passion for music, skilled work as an audio-visual specialist, and deep bonds of friendship. In addition to individual contributions from friends, family, coworkers and alumni, the Mahito Shirako Foundation raised significant funds through several special events that reflected Shirakos zest for life. Among them were a memorial motorcycle ride and barbecue, a Mahitopoalooza music and comedy festival, and the Warrior Dash, a 3-kilometer run and obstacle course. Future events are planned. For information on how to support the Mahito Shirako Scholarship fund or begin a similar fund, contact Pilar Gose at 831-5823595 or email pgose@csumb.edu.

2005
THOMAS WHITE (B.A., Human Communication) is senior sales and administrative coordinator at the

California Department of Social Services. He and his wife Catherine Kite live in Sacramento with their dog, Hank.

2006
MATTHEW MOREY (B.A., Teledramatic Arts & Technology) is an IT Tech I for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. He also does freelance graphic design and videography. He currently lives in Riverside with his girlfriend Dana DeVries (07, Earth Systems Science & Policy).

her Juris Doctorate degree from the Monterey College of Law. She lives in Salinas with her 5-year-old daughter. Monterey Bay Aquarium. His partner is Christina Del Porto (01, Human Communication). The couple live in Marina.

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2007
HENRY GOWIN (Master of Public Policy) is the aide to Supervisor Lou Calcagno of

2009
COY WILLIAMS JR. (B.S., Business Administration) works with Business Development at FoodSource, a CH Robinson Company. He volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and participates in several Cancer Society events throughout the year, including Relay for Life. He lives in Marina with his wife Melissa, their daughter Naylani, 10, and their son Dante, 8. ELEANOR WYLDE MORRICE (B.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences) has nearly completed the Masters in History program at CSU East Bay. She is a substitute teacher in the Salinas Union High School District and volunteers at the Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers, San Carlos Cathedral History Center, Monterey District State Parks, and the city of Monterey. She lives in Salinas with her life partner, Kevin Hanstick.

Zoe Carter and first dog Bo, at the White House.

the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. He is past president of the Rotary Club, vice president of development for the Arts Council for Monterey County, and a member of the Palma Tomorrow Campaign Committee. He lives in Salinas.

CAROLINA MELENDREZ (B.A., Human Communication)in December completed her Master of Arts in Peace and Justice Studies from the University of San Diego. She is living in Copenhagen, Denmark, preparing to travel this summer to Sierra Leone, West Africa, where she will conduct a pilot project on digital storytelling with marginalized youth.

2011
DIANA VASQUEZ (M.A., Public Policy) is spending this year as a Capital Fellow in Sacramento, where she

CSUMB GRAD THRILLED TO GET WHITE HOUSE INTERNSHIP

CSU Monterey Bay alumna Zoe Carter knew an internship in the nations capital was a long shot, but she applied anyway. She said her first reaction to learning that she had been accepted was, Take that, you Ivy League kids. This CSU kid is at the White House. Carters four-month, unpaid stint at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was better than anything she could have expected. Having the opportunity and privilege to work in the East Wing and meet and work with the people I did is something I will never forget, she said. Carter worked in the office of First Lady Michelle Obama from late August through mid-December, on Mrs. Obamas Lets Move initiative to combat childhood obesity and her project that supports military families, Joining Forces. Carter, 24, graduated from CSUMB in 2010 with an Integrated Studies degree that combined journalism and global studies. While an Otter, she served as Associated Students president and as chair of the California State Student Association. She also studied in Spain and had an internship in London. She has relocated to New York City. Joan Weiner

2008
VERA HAMPTON (B.A., Human Communications) began working with the CSUMB Office of Admissions in July

2010
CODY BARNES (B.S., Biology) is pursuing a Masters in Biology degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and focusing his research on the possible effects of climate change

is assigned to the office of Assemblymember Mike Eng, focusing on educational issues. ELIZABETH DIXON (B.A., Human Communications) is the Administrative Assistant and Outreach Coordinator for JDRF in Sacramento. Prior to becoming a staff member she volunteered for six years with JDRF and raised over $25,000 for the organization, which is the largest charitable supporter of Type 1 Diabetes research. In November she created a YouTube video entitled November 2011-National Diabetes Month which features more than 80 people, including CSUMB students and alumni, giving T1D the finger (the index finger that is). Dixon lives in Granite Bay.

2008 and was an advisor to Black Students United and National Society of Leadership and Success. In 2011, she began work as a Senior Evaluator/ Counselor at UC Santa Cruz in their Undergraduate Admissions Office. She lives in Capitola. STEVE BECKER (B.A., Human Communications) is currently serving as Director of Basketball Operations at Cal State Fullerton and hopes to obtain his masters degree this May from Concordia University Irvine, in coaching and athletic administration.

on salamander species distribution in the Ouachita Mountains. He lives in Little Rock.

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The 2012 Have a Heart for Students Dinner and Auction on Feb. 25 raised almost $160,000, putting the event over the million-dollar mark in its 14-year history.

Nancy Kotowski, at left, and Sylvia Panneta.

Alumni Association Board members, Brandon Wehman, at left, Melody Rico (president), Vera Hampton, Nicole Charles, John Scalla and Josh Mann. Senior Kevin Johnson describes how scholarships have inspired his research as a biology major.

John Wujack, at left, Dr. Richard Dauphine and Dr. Dianne Harrison.

Sue Antle and Bob Antle enjoy the silent auction reception.

Photos by Randy Tunnell

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ON AND OFF CAMPUS

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Shift leader Aracely Garcia takes an order from Gabby Rubio in CSUMBs both food and beverage items.
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new Starbucks, which opened Jan. 23 in the Student Center and serves

Kinesiology students Sarah Whiteford and Justin Valdez perform a V02 Max test in the universitys exercise physiology lab.

Joining in a Jan. 13 check presentation from Wells Fargo to the

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CSUMB Small Business Development Center are, from left, Diane Howerton, the UC Merced regional lead SBDC director; Dr. Brian As OceanGate Foundation team member watches on Oct. 22, sophomore Josh Ambrose climbs into Antipodes, a small submarine in which he and other students tested remote-control operation of underwater research tools. 22 SPRING/SUMMER 2012 Simmons, dean of the College of Professional Studies; Deborah Howitt, leadership gifts officer; Dr. Marylou Shockley, chair of the School of Business; Andrea Zeller-Nield, SBDC director at CSUMB; Terrie L. Fuentes, regional VP for Wells Fargo; Sandy Cha, Wells Fargo community affairs manager; and Dr. Patti Hiramoto, vice president for University Advancement. CSUMB.EDU/news

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CALENDAR
MAY 10, OLLI LECTURE SERIES, Ray March on River in Ruin: The Story of the Carmel River, 6 p.m., OLLI Building, 831-582-5500 MAY 17-18, CAPSTONE FESTIVAL, all day, campus wide, 831-582-3680; CSUMB.EDU/capstone MAY 18, PARENTS RECEPTION, 4:30 p.m., Alumni & Visitors Center, 831-582-4723; CSUMB.EDU/alumni MAY 19, COMMENCEMENT, 10 a.m., Freeman Stadium, free tickets required, 831-582-4001; CSUMB.EDU/commencement JUNE 23, HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SHOWCASE CAMP, 831-582-3738; otterathletics.com/ baseballcamps JUNE 23-26, HIGH SCHOOL RESIDENTIAL SOCCER CAMP for girls, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/ wsoccercamps JUNE 24-27, HIGH SCHOOL RESIDENTIAL WATER POLO CAMP for girls, 831-582-3015; otterathletics. com/waterpolocamps JUNE 25, ORIENTATION FOR FRESHMEN, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation JUNE 25-28, BASKETBALL YOUTH CAMP for boys 6-14, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/mbbcamps JUNE 29-30, BASKETBALL CAMP for boys in grades 10-12, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/mbbcamps

JUNE
JUNE 11-14, BASKETBALL YOUTH CAMP for boys 11-14, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/mbbcamps

CSU Monterey Bays 16th annual Commencement ceremony is set for 10 a.m., May 19 in Freeman Stadium. The Class of 2012 will swell the ranks of university alumni to more than 7,000.

JUNE 15, ORIENTATION FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation JUNE 15-17, HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM CAMP for boys, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/mbbcamps JUNE 16, ORIENTATION FOR FRESHMEN, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation JUNE 18, ORIENTATION FOR FRESHMEN, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation JUNE 18-21, SOCCER YOUTH CAMP for girls 6-13, 831-5823015; otterathletics.com/ wsoccercamps JUNE 18-21, BASEBALL YOUTH CAMP, 831-582-3015; otterathletics. com/baseballcamps JUNE 20-22, HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM CAMP for boys, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/ mbbcamps JUNE 21, ORIENTATION FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation JUNE 22, ORIENTATION FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation JUNE 23, ORIENTATION FOR FRESHMEN, 831-582-3738; CSUMB.EDU/orientation

JULY
JULY 8-11, HIGH SCHOOL RESIDENTIAL WATER POLO CAMP for girls, 831-582-3015; otterathletics. com/waterpolocamps JULY 9-12, BASEBALL YOUTH CAMP, 831-582-3015; otterathletics. com/baseballcamps JULY 9-13, SOCCER YOUTH CAMP for boys 5-13, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/soccerschool JULY 13-15, HIGH SCHOOL RESIDENTIAL SOCCER CAMP for boys, 831-582-3015; otterathletics.com/ soccerschool JULY 21, HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SHOWCASE CAMP, 831-582-3738; otterathletics.com/ baseballcamps JULY 30-AUG. 2, BASEBALL YOUTH CAMP, 831-5823015; otterathletics.com/ baseballcamps

APRIL
APRIL 20, OLLI LECTURE SERIES, MIIS Professor Jason Scorse on What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, 10 a.m., OLLI Building, 831-582-5500 APRIL 27, OPENING RECEPTION, exhibit of work by students in the Science Illustration program, 5 p.m., Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 831-582-4500 APRIL 28, SPRING CONCERT, CSUMB Chorale and Singers, Nuovo Plasir and ensembles, 7 p.m., World Theater, 831-582-3009; CSUMB.EDU/music

MAY
MAY 1, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SHOWCASE, 6 p.m., University Center Ballroom, 831-582-5222; CSUMB.EDU/business MAY 2 and 3, PERFORMING ARTS SERIES, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m., World Theater, 831-582-4580; CSUMB.EDU/worldtheater

AUGUST
AUG. 23, DAY OF WELCOME, PRESIDENTS MEDAL AWARDS & STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS, 3 p.m., World Theater, 831-582-4141; CSUMB.EDU/dayofwelcome

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