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palm desert campusOn trackA new program in integrated liberal studies will save PalmDesert Campus students both time and money.College of the Desert is a partner in the new degree program.Students beginning their academic careers at COD are puton a path to finish their bachelor’s degree or a multi-subjectteaching credential in four years instead of five at Cal State SanBernardino. The two schools have a dual admission programwith counselors available at both campuses to guide studentsthrough their required classes. If students choose the dual admissionpath, there is no need to reapply when transferring toCSUSB. Application fees are waived as well.The multi-subject credential allows the individual to teachat the elementary school level immediately after receiving theB.A. degree without continuingteacher preparation classes in afifth year.“There is a misconception thatadditional teachers aren’t neededin the Coachella Valley. This isdefinitely not the case,” says Kim Hartnett-Edwards, director ofpost graduate education programs at the Palm Desert Campus.“Two Coachella Valley school districts, Desert Sands Unifiedand Palm Springs Unified, rank as two of the largest schooldistricts among 30 others in Riverside County. Teachers are inhigh demand to meet the growing needs.” ●The gold standardThe 23,000-square-foot building has no harmful chemicals such as formaldehydeand arsenic in the wood, carpeting, paint and glue. It’s all very ecological.Even the waste left from the project is being recycled. “It’s the thing to dotoday,” Fred Jandt, dean of the Palm Desert Campus, told one newspaper lastJuly. “It’s the right thing to do.” When the Palm Desert Campus’s Health SciencesBuilding opens to classes in the fall, university officials hope it will gaingold LEED certification. That’s the second highest national ranking a buildingcan get from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. With the certification,the building will be officially recognized as a “green” building. ●the year and met with administrators,nursing supervisors and nurses.The program took the visitors to variouscities, including Los Angeles, LasVegas, Washington, D.C., and New YorkCity and was coordinated by Cal StateSan Bernardino’s College of ExtendedLearning, which conducted classroomlectures on nursing practices and administration.The Chinese executivesreceived training in the U.S. nursingsystem, including how a nursing departmentoperates within a hospitaland in care and communication withpatients, as well as an overview of nursingmanagement. ●csusb magazine | 13