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I N S I D E :What will the proposedobservatory planned forBadger Hill be like?page 10There’s a new high school inRialto, and no one could bemore pleased than Aminapage 25The Publicand Private Life ofJuan Delgado'sPoetryPage 14Volume 13 Issue 1Fall/Winter 2004News forAlumni andFriendsof theUniversity

Are you partof the Cal Statewinning tradition?Every $25, $35or $50 gift helpsus reach our goals.(909) 880-5009http://development.csusb.eduCSUSB Athletics: Championships. Regional titles. MVPs. Twenty years of history.Here’s the score: In this game, it doesn’t matter how much you give – we just need you on ourteam. Your gift, combined with others, builds up to big wins for Cal State, such as in athletic andacademic scholarships, top–notch curricula, innovative research and an exceptional education at anaffordable price. How’s that for a winning tradition?Join the team. Make your contribution today. Every player makes a difference.Cal State San Bernardino Magazine is published by the Officeof University Advancement at California State University, SanBernardino for alumni, friends, parents and colleagues. It is producedtwice annually in the fall and spring quarters.This publication is partially funded with non-state resources,including a grant from the CSUSB Alumni Association. Opinionsexpressed in Cal State SB Magazine do not necessarily reflect theviews of the editors or represent the official policy of California StateUniversity, San Bernardino. The editorial committee reserves theright to edit all submitted material. Editorial and alumni informationand photographs should be sent to:Cal State San BernardinoPublic Affairs: Magazine Editor5500 University ParkwaySan Bernardino, CA92407-2397Good quality color photographs are welcome. Polaroids orphotographs printed on textured paper are not accepted.Alumni and Graduating StudentsPlease note that your name, address, phone number, schoolor college, and the year of graduation may be used byCSUSB for the development of university affiliated marketingprograms. If you do not wish to have this information used,please notify the university by writing to the Office ofUniversity Advancement at 5500 University Parkway,San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397.EDITORSid RobinsonMANAGING EDITORSam RomeroPRODUCTION MANAGERAlan LlavoreGRAPHIC DESIGNJuliet ConlonSENIOR WRITERSJiggs GallagherJoe GutierrezDEPARTMENT EDITORSALUMNI ADVANTAGE/NOTESPamela LangfordNick NazarianCONTRIBUTIONSMarilyn KarnigMike TraceyPACK TRACKSMike MurphySTUDENT SCAPESCarol DixonCONTRIBUTING WRITERSDamian SecoreSusan SummersPHOTOGRAPHYRobert WhiteheadVolume 13 Issue 1Fall/Winter 2004News forAlumni andFriendsof theUniversity

D e p a r t m e n t sWhen Juan Delgado creates a poem, he’s giving flesh to something from themost private of worlds — the mind — and sharing it in the most unlikely andopen spaces. Page 14F e a t u r e sUpdate Feature _____________________3The Inland California TelevisionNetwork news turns one.Contributions Feature _____________ 17A legacy of family giving brings$100,000 in scholarship money toHigh Desert students.Athletics Feature _________________19Can Nancy Simpson run a successfulathletics program with grit, determinationand, of all things, kindness?Student Feature __________________ 22Corey Jackson is only the secondstudent in CSUSB history to beappointed as a student representativeto the CSU Board of Trustees, and,perhaps, the only CSUSB student who’llever be appointed by the “Governator”.Alumni Feature ____________________ 25She got busy drumming up support fora new high school, never knowing somewere drumming up support to make ither high school.Salute to sacrifice(page 5)Seeing stars(page 10)“Ethel” is back(back page)President’s Observations ___________ 2San Bernardino and Riverside counties aregrowing — and fast. The boom in buildingsat CSUSB is critical to meeting the growing needsof students as well.Update ______________________________ 6The university goes electronic with itsdaily news Web site.College News _______________________ 11The thorny issue of making sure electionsare honest and fair took political scienceProfessor Bill Green to a foreign nation justtwo months before Americans cast theirballots for a new president.Contributions ______________________ 18Every development professional loves itwhen contributions receive “matchingfunds.” Cecilia Soriano is working atmatching contributors with funds.Pack Tracks ________________________20The CCAA named women’s volleyball starKim Morohunfola its 2003-04 conferenceAthlete of the Year.Student Scapes ____________________23Four Cal State San Bernardino students areplaying their own version of “odds and evens.”Alumni Advantage _________________26CSUSB celebrates its 40th birthday nextyear, and wants to take a walk with youdown memory lane.Calendar __________________ back coverIf you missed “Ethel” the first time around13 years ago, now’s your chance to catchthe one-woman musical that won a specialcommendation from the Kennedy Center.F A L L / W I N T E R 2 0 0 4CSUSB

PRESIDENT’S OBSERVATIONSThis fall our San Bernardinocampus is eagerly watching therenovation and expansion of theSantos Manuel Student Union.It’s one of many newly built orrenovated buildings that willenhance the student experienceat CSUSB.We’ve brought in temporarybuildings to house AssociatedStudents, Inc. (ASI), the studentunion administration, theWomen’s Resource Center,the Cross Cultural Center andother functions. The expansionwill double the space forthose student service functions,add a new theater on one side,and enclose the outdoor spaceAlbert Karnigbetween the Events Centerentrance and the main buildingwith an airy, two-story indoor atrium. Construction is due tobe completed in the summer of 2005.Students in 2001 voted to increase their activity fees inorder to finance the student union expansion – further supportedwith a gift from the San Manuel Band – and a studentfitness center. The fitness center is finally underway, after twoyears of having a temporary building housing some of its functions.This spectacular, glass-walled building will sit on the eastside of campus, on former tennis courts, and will feature stateof-the-artexercise equipment for the benefit of the campuscommunity.These are just two of several extensive projects now underwayor in the planning stages. In all, current and future constructionwill total more than $200 million.RISING NEEDS, RAISING ROOFS“...When the dust settles, we’ll have some fine new structures in which tocontinue to improve the vital educational, research and service programsthat have marked Cal State San Bernardino’s excellence.”Our new science facility will be known as the ChemicalSciences Building and is due to be completed by next January.Connected to the Biological Sciences Building, the constructionwill bring new classroom, lab and faculty office space,including three large classrooms. Next to the main building,and joined to it, will be a new science museum. This wonderfulasset to our educational environment brings the numberof museums on campus to three – together with our recentlyopened Anthropology Museum (in the College of Social andBehavioral Sciences) and the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum,dating from 1996. All three museums will be visible to oneanother, across a short expanse of lawn.After the Chemical Sciences Building is completed, we willclose parts of the 1960s-era Biological and Physical Sciencesbuildings for a much-needed update and modernization. Manyof their classes, labs and offices will move temporarily into thenew building.This fall saw the opening of the beautiful and functionalUniversity Village across Northpark Boulevard. A cooperativeventure between CSUSB and American Campus-Titan,University Village brings 480 new beds in a well-appointedapartment complex, with its own clubhouse, pool, spa and coveredparking. The university administers the complex, just as wedo with Serrano Village. University Village is now totally rented.Total beds available to live-in students now number more than1,500 – an increase from 400 just four years ago.Further east on the I-10, the Palm Desert Campus continuesto grow. The Indian Wells Center for Educational Excellence isnearing completion this winter. It includes a classroom building,which will house many of the teacher-training and credentialprograms taught there, and the 300-seat Indian Wells Theater.The theater will accommodate many large lecture classes as wellas community events. With the completion of the Indian WellsCenter, nearly all Palm Desert Campus classes will take placeat our Cook Street campus, which includes the Mary StuartRogers Gateway Building. Now the campaign continues toraise $10 million in community support to begin PDC’s HealthSciences Center, which will complete Phase I of the Palm DesertCampus.And the seemingly endless building program will not stopwith these structures. California voter approval of Proposition55 this past March gave the green light to planning for CSUSB’slong-awaited College of Education Building. Bringing togetherin one building all of the San Bernardino campus’s teacher training,credential and liberal studies faculty and classes, this edificehas been a dream that is long overdue – and sorely needed bythousands of our students and faculty. This nearly $50 millionbuilding will sit behind thelibrary, toward the mountains.With its constructionwill come the completionof a roadway around theperimeter of our campus,linking with CampusDrive, a new road the cityof San Bernardino will build out to Kendall Avenue on the campus’snorthwest side. We hope construction of the EducationBuilding will begin in 2006.All of these projects are necessary to better serve a studentpopulation that, while it dipped to 16,200 this fall, is still projectedto grow to more than 20,000 by decade’s end and 25,000in the future, making us larger than the great majority of thenation’s universities.We’re happy that when the dust settles, we’ll have some finenew structures in which to continue to improve the vital educational,research and service programs that have marked Cal StateSan Bernardino’s excellence.2CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

UpDateON CAL STATETelling the StoryOne year after its November 2003launch, ICTN News is the newsCal State San Bernardino’sleadership in forming aregional cable television networkfor the inland SouthernCalifornia area might well bethe first university-led cablenews operation in the country,according to the Radio andTelevision News DirectorsAssociation.The Inland CaliforniaTelevision Network (ICTN)debuted in November 2003with live, local television newstargeted at Inland Empireviewers, who’ve long feltunderserved by Los Angelestelevision news. Besides thelive newscast at 10 p.m.Monday-Friday on cableChannel 3, ICTN repeats thenews immediately at 10:30p.m., and rebroadcasts it at11 p.m. on the local PBS affiliateKVCR-TV, which reachesnearly 4 million satellite andcable viewers.About two months afterICTN News launched, theuniversity sampled vieweropinions as part of the eighthannual Quality of Life study inSan Bernardino County. Theresponse was a resoundingaffirmation. Viewers said theprogramming provided usefulinformation and covered goodtopics.“More than 70 percent ofthe respondents said ICTNNews is good to excellent,”said Cindi Pringle, executivedirector for ICTN. “We wereamazed and very pleased bythe ‘early returns’ on our newsproduct.”ICTN is a publicly-supported,community-basedtelevision network formed byCal State San Bernardino inpartnership with local municipalgovernments to deliverlocally targeted informationto the fast-growing InlandEmpire area. In addition tothe news, which is preparedin collaboration with two dailynewspapers in the county,The Sun and Inland ValleyDaily Bulletin, ICTN producesand transmits cultural andeducational programmingto the government accesschannels (all cable Channel3) in 15 cities: Big Bear Lake,Chino, Colton, Fontana, GrandTerrace, Highland, Loma Linda,Montclair, Ontario, RanchoCucamonga, Redlands, Rialto,San Bernardino, Upland andYucaipa.Corporate sponsorships,program underwriting, grantsand contracts are the basisof ICTN’s funding, whichwas seeded initially by federalmonies. With $1.3 million,ICTN installed digital televisionequipment at studios sharedwith KCSB-TV3 of the city ofSan Bernardino.“Cal State San Bernardinohas created a regional televisionasset for the InlandEmpire. Now it’s time for theregion to step up and supportthe area’s only local televisionnews operation through sponsorshipsand underwriting,”Pringle said. Businesses receiverecognition three times eachevening the news airs. Otheron-air announcements can beseen before and after culturaland educational programming,based upon the sponsor’swishes. Information on newssponsorship and programunderwriting is available fromPringle at (909) 384-7280.“... live, local television news targetedat Inland Empire viewers, who’velong felt underserved by Los Angelestelevision news.”NEWS CAST AND CREW — Plans for the new television station came into final focus Nov. 10, 2003, the night this picture was taken of the Inland California Television News family, representativesfrom CSUSB and KCSB-TV 3 and family and friends following the inaugural broadcast of ICTN News. (Photos by Robert Whitehead)Fall/Winter 20043CSUSB

UpDateON CAL STATEThe Strategic Plan in MotionThe Roadto Distinction4CSUSBAwards always put theirrecipients in a flattering light,but that glory can often comesplashing over to those thingshe or she is associated with.That's the case with three topadministrators, who are helpingmake a name for Cal State SanBernardino.CSUSB President AlbertKarnig was selected as the2004 Inland Empire PublicSector Leader of Distinction.“I'm extremely honoredby this meaningful award, andI'm delighted to accept it, butthis is really an honor rootedin the efforts and energy ofour faculty, staff and studentswhose achievements havebuilt — year in and out — anincreasingly excellent university,”Karnig said.A panel of independentvolunteer judges selected winnersand finalists in six differentcategories. Karnig's awardwas accompanied by a $1,000contribution to the President’sAcademic ExcellenceScholarship program at CalState. Karnig is entering hiseighth year in leading theuniversity. Since assuming hispresidency in 1997, he countsamong the major accomplishments:• Records in enrollment, diversityof faculty and students,grant and contract funding,overhead funds, fundraising,patent applications and internationalprogram development;• The adoption of a focuseduniversity strategic plan;• The allocation of additionalresources to advance academicexcellence;• Raising $20 million toward athree-building, privately-fundedbranch in Palm Desert, andcompletion of the university'sfirst scholarship campaign;Fall/Winter 2004• Expansion in campus facilities,including four new academicbuildings, doubling the size ofthe Student Union and adding1,130 new residence beds;• Higher student retention andmany community-based effortsto promote college attendance;• Creation of research andservice centers and initiatives;• A renewed emphasis oncommunity partnerships thatpromote economic, social, andcultural development acrossthe broad area served by theuniversity, including managementof a cable television networkwith 15 cities and accessto more than 1 million viewers.A national honor cameto the university's LouisFernandez, provost andvice president of academicaffairs, when he receivedthe Outstanding Supportof Hispanic Issues in HigherEducation Award at theHispanic Caucus of theAmerican Association forHigher Education.Fernandez, who was aprofessor of geology beforebecoming the university'sprovost and vice president foracademic affairs, received theaward in April at the association'sannual conference heldin San Diego. The award isgiven to someone in the communitywho has demonstratedoutstanding accomplishmentand support of Hispanic issues.Fernandez has served onmany national and state committeesand organizationsthat promote diversity. Hehas been an active memberof the National Associationof Geology Teachers MinorityAffairs Committee, which hechaired for several years. AtCSUSB, he was instrumental inCONTINUED ON PAGE 5Learning …Over the years, distance learning has become more away of life at colleges and universities. CSUSB's distributedlearning programs are evidence of that growth. Today more than7,000 students and 250 faculty take advantage of distance learningtechnologies. Among the newer developments arethe online nursing program, online upper division liberal studiescourses and remote student advising partnerships with communitycolleges.Partnerships …When Clifford Young accepted a post as supervisor for SanBernardino County’s Fifth District late last year, it amounted towhat, on one level, was a talent loan. Young, a tenured professorin CSUSB's public administration department, became theexecutive assistant to university President Albert Karnig in 1999.Once his supervisory duties close in December, he's not sureyet what will develop after that. He does say, “Because the universityis very dear to me I want to continue to build bridgesbetween the university, the county and the federal government.My experiences as a county supervisor have also given me anew perspective on state and local politics that I would like tobring back into the classroom.”Campus Environment …Three of the service departments at Cal State — facilities,mail and procurement — were all ranked No. 1 over likedepartments at CSU campuses that took part in the 2004system-wide customer satisfaction survey. Beyond these toprankings, the university's human resources and parking servicesdepartments finished at No. 2 in recruitment, and library services,financial aid and the university police finished No. 3 in theirrespective categories.

Sacrifices,Large and SmallUpDateON CAL STATEFor a short while it almost felt like rain. Themorning marine layer that had camped inthe San Bernardino valley all week long wasparticularly thick on May 28, the start of theMemorial Day weekend and the day the universityset for its first official observance of theholiday. Everyone hoped that by 9:50 the heavygray soup would give way in time to make it safefor the planned flyover. The mist had no suchschedule. On the day the country honored theAmerican souls who had courageously foughtand then relinquished their futures, “Discretionwas the better part of valor,” observed a reporterattending the event once he heardthat the flyover by four Korean War T-34swas scratched. Earlier, retired Navy officer BobTiberi, a CSUSB information technology consultantclad in Navy whites, said in a short addressthat Decoration Day, so called when it wasestablished in 1868, was never meant to singwar's praises. “My own earliest remembrances,”he said, “are of accompanying my parents asthey went to the cemetery to decorate thegraves of family members with flowers andflags.” After the ceremony ended and most ofthe crowd had left, a woman from the audiencewalked up and asked him if he knew if RiversideNational Cemetery would be holding a similarservice. She hadn't visited her veteran husband'sgraveside since she'd buried him four monthsprior. Moved by Tiberi's speech, now she would.Memorial Day was as much a day for the livingas it was for the dead, a reminder that the greatsacrifice made by so many deserved at the veryleast a small sacrifice of gratefulness.CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4bringing to the university twonew concentrations and aminor in Chicano/Latino studies.The university has offeredcourses in Chicano and Latinostudies for years, but the newconcentrations put thesecourses under one umbrella.While the awards to Karnigand Fernandez were for theiradministrative efforts, geographyprofessor Jenny Zorn'smost recent honor has comein the world of athletics. Justthis past spring one of heralma maters, Flagler College,inducted her into its Hall ofFame. In some of its earliestyears, Flagler nabbed Floridastate championships in women'sbasketball and volleyball.Zorn was an all-star center ofthe 1976-1977 and 1978-1979championship teams, and as amiddle blocker and setter wasnamed most valuable player onher 1979 volleyball squad.Zorn has received inrecent years her academicaccolades as well. In 2001, shebecame only the third womanin the 55-year history of theCalifornia Geographical Societyto be elected as president. Alsoin 2001 Zorn received theCSUSB College of Social andBehavioral Sciences' outstandingservice award.And early this summerZorn took over as the newassociate provost for academicprograms at Cal State SanBernardino. Zorn, who was theassociate dean for the Collegeof Social and BehavioralSciences, takes over for JerroldPritchard, the longtime headof academic programs whoretired at the end of the 2003-04 school year.Fall/Winter 20045CSUSB

UpDateON CAL STATEAnd Now, Your CSUSB NewsLife for reporters and general news junkies is just a littlebit sweeter today. The office of public affairs at California StateUniversity, San Bernardino has launched a new Web site. Life issweeter, because at http://news.csusb.edu they can now get theirnews of the university through one site and every day.The site features up-to-date news about activities and eventsat CSUSB. Stories are updated daily. It also has a detailed listing ofcampus events, along with links to other media Web sites containingstories about the university. There are also resources for mediathrough the public affairs office, including an updated faculty expertsguide. An online version of Cal State San Bernardino Magazine isalso featured.“The news site is dynamic and constantly changing,” said universityPublic Affairs Director Sid Robinson. “The content is updatedso that people who visit the site in the morning will be inclined tocome back at the end of the day to see what’s new. This will be theplace to find the latest updates should we encounter an emergencysituation like we had last fall during the wildfires.”TransitionsNew RoadsThe faculty who retired at the end of the 2003-2004 yearnumbered 21, including five instructors from CSUSB's accountingand finance department. To all a big “thanks“ for the years ofwork, and the best of luck on the road ahead.Cynthia Bird, accounting and financeDavid Bourquin, libraryCharles Christie, public administrationEsteban Diaz, educational psychologyStuart Ellins, psychologyLanny Fields, historyLoren Filbeck, musicBruce Golden, EnglishCraig Henderson, student servicesLinvol Henry, accounting and financeIrvin Howard, educational leadership and curriculumKenneth Johns, language, literacy and cultureMichael LeMay, political scienceCarolyn Martin, kinesiologyTom Meisenhelder, sociologyGordon Patzer, business and public administrationJerry Pritchard, musicJohn Scribner, accounting and financeHossein Shalchi, accounting and financeBob Stein, mathCurt Westbrook, accounting and financeHelping HandlesHaving the right tools asyou work around the househelps in doing the job right.That's more important stillwhen it comes to handling life,and the Community CounselingCenter at Cal State SanBernardino is another goodsource that can supply you withthose tools.The center assists menand women struggling withdepression, anxiety, eatingdisorders, life changes andrelationship problems, includingmarital issues. Counselingfor children or those simplywishing to work on personalgrowth are offered as well.The center can be reached at(909) 880-5569. It will respondto inquiries during the holidays,and begin taking appointmentsafter the fist of the year.Affordable and confidential,the 50-minute sessions run aminimal cost for clients, and thefee can be waived if need be,said center director Ed Teyber.Day and evening appointmentscan be made, and the centeralso gives referrals. Many clientswant longer term counseling,and so are seen throughout theacademic year, said Teyber.The Community CounselingCenter is staffed by severalgraduate students andoverseen by Cal State SanBernardino faculty. The centeroffers counseling to students aswell as the general public.6CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

C O L L E G E N E W SEri Yasuhara, dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arts & LettersQUICK TAKESFROM COTTON TO COURTS — At a June commencement, 2004 honorary doctorate recipient Florentino Garza recounted working in Texas cottonfields, and reflected upon rewards of his career as a trial lawyer.Florentino Garza has seenhis share of hard cases as alongtime trial lawyer, and hiswork has won him honors. Butit’s the hard knocks in early lifethat also have brought rewardsand regard to his door.A partner of the SanBernardino law firm of Garza,Garza & Pacheco, Garza hasa internationally known practicein the areas of civil rights,civil appeals, personal injuryand environmental law. He isa fellow of the InternationalAcademy of Trial Lawyersand the American Academy ofTrial Lawyers, and was namedCalifornia Trial Lawyer of theYear in 2000 by the AmericanBoard of Trial Advocates. InJune, Cal State San Bernardinorecognized that career with anhonorary Doctor of LettersTHE HONOR IN ENDURANCEdegree during the university’sannual Commencement. He’sthe university’s fourth recipientof an honorary doctorate.Among his many honors,however, also has beenan award established by theSan Bernardino County BarAssociation, an award that hadless to do with the job of triallaw and more to do with hischaracter. In 2002, the associationestablished the FlorentinoGarza Fortitude Award, honoringattorneys who “exhibitstrength of mind that enablesthem to encounter danger orbear pain or adversity withgreat courage.”On his way to becomingan attorney Garza had leapedplenty of hurdles. At 76,he said during twoCommencement speeches hedelivered at CSUSB, he couldlook back and be thankful forwhat the country had givenhim. A native of Texas, heonce worked Texas cottonfields and spoke little English.Presbyterian missionariesbrought him into their familyafter he was orphaned, and in1956 Garza graduated fromthe UCLA Law School – oneof the first Mexican Americansto do so. At Commencementhe remembered those rootsand reminded the new graduatesto remember theirs and togive back to their communitiesand their country.“I realize,” he said, “whatthis great country can offerif you are just willing to sacrificeand pay the price foran education.”On the heels of a 2003Outstanding Teacher Awardfrom the Inland Empire ForeignLanguage Association, theCalifornia Language TeachersAssociation awarded Terri Nelsonits 2004 Outstanding TeacherAward. Nelson has worked withhigh school language teachersand helped found CSUSB’sCenter for the Advancement ofSecond Language Acquisition,which awards scholarships tohigh school students. She alsodeveloped Internet exercises for“Volilà,” a French language textbookdistributed nationwide.■Risa Dickson, who served as thecommunications departmentchair for four years, has beenappointed associate dean forthe College of Arts and Letters.She succeeds Loren Filbeck, whoretired in July after 32 years atCSUSB. Dickson has been at theuniversity since 1991. A communicationstheorist who specializes inattachment, gender relations andinterpersonal and organizationalcommunication, Dickson haswritten book chapters and hasbeen published in several journalpublications as well as presentedpapers at national and internationalconferences.■“If a family comes from a poorarea of Latin America,” saysMirta Gonzalez, who was bornin Cuba, “the only idea theymight have for the girl is to get ajob and be able to buy materialthings, instead of being behindthe girl to study and be whatevershe wants to be.” Gonzalez is aprofessor of Spanish at CSUSB.When she was 20 a priest put heron a plane to Kansas City, Mo.,where she lived with a Cubanfamily in public housing, married,gave birth to her first child andearned a bachelor’s degree. Shewent on to earn a master’s andat 49 her Ph.D. Earlier this year,the national publication HispanicOutlook for Higher Educationmagazine named her one of 20“Trail-Blazing Mujeres.”Fall/Winter 20047CSUSB

Business & Public Administration C O L L E G E N E W S. . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Dill Bowerman, deanQUICK TAKESIf Klaus Brasch is a biologyprofessor at Cal StateSan Bernardino, why didhe receive an award fromthe U.S. Small BusinessAdministration? It’s becauseBrasch champions innovation.The organization hashonored him with its 2004Research Advocate of theYear award. The executivedirector for research,development and technologytransfer at CSUSBsince 1998, Brasch has promotednot only researchand innovation on campus,but also in the community.His expert advice, particularlyto companies ownedby minorities and women,has supported the productsof many of these small businesses.Brasch was one of10 awardees honored by theSanta Ana office of the SmallBusiness Administration.■In a class offered for thefirst time this past spring,students are learning the insand outs of sports marketing,including merchandising,promotions and ticketing.They’ve worked with suchevents and organizations asthe PGA Charity Classic golftourney, the Inland Empire66ers and Motocross desertracing.GOODVIBRATIONSThe aura of Karen Dill Bowermanwas shining bright in early August.Just four days on the job, the newdean for the business college stoleaway from her office to mingleamong university advancement divisionstaff and managers as they heldKaren Dill Bowermantheir annual work retreat. It was during lunch thatguest speaker Katherine Wysocki, a psychologist,author of the book “Your Personal Coach” and onewho had a talent for reading auras, mentioned asshe spoke that Bowerman’s energy vibrations werein particularly good supply — confirmation that theCollege of Business and Public Administration wasgoing to be in good hands.Those who’d met Bowerman at the retreat andthose who’d interviewed her for the job already hadan inkling. After accepting the post and well beforearriving at Cal State, the former associate dean ofFresno State University’s Craig School of Businesswas already plotting a course for her new academiccharge. She began by tackling CSUSB’s lengthy andrecently completed Western Association of Schoolsand Colleges report as well as reading an Associationto Advance Collegiate Schools of Business assessmentof the university’s business college. The AACSB hadrecently renewed Cal State’s accreditation status. Thereports, she says, showed that “the faculty and studentsare already deeply involved in the community,and there are many more opportunities for the collegeto foster business growth in the Inland Empire.”No less bright than Bowerman’s personal qualitiesare her professional credits. At Fresno she hadbeen a professor of management and human resourcesmanagement since 1979.She also has been a memberof the California Awardsfor Performance ExcellenceBoard of Governors, haspublished several instructors’guidebooks and video casesfor human resource managementtextbooks, and hasoffered expert testimony inthe areas of human resourcesand management. Bowerman,who took over from NortonMarks, the CSUSB professorof marketing who had beenserving as the college’s interimdean, earned her bachelor’s degree in political science/speechin 1969 from Wichita State University.Her master’s degree in interpersonal relations camefrom Kansas University in 1970 and her doctoratecame from Texas A&M University in educationaladministration in 1979.“Understanding others’ dreams for our collegeis critical,” says Bowerman. “Our visions and goalsoften gel when we write them down and invite feedback.”So key on her agenda for now is to listen.She’s meeting with students, professors, alumni,administrators and, naturally, she adds, people in thecommunity.Essentially, Lou Fernandez, vice president andprovost for CSUSB, had spied in Bowerman thesame vim as had the lunchtime speaker at the Augustadvancement retreat. “Dr. Bowerman brings with heran enthusiasm, vitality and vision that I feel will bea tremendous asset to the College of Business andPublic Administration,” he had said when the universityhired her.“I’m a positive person and like to be surroundedby others who are positive,” Bowerman says. “Maybethat approach to life leads to energy and enthusiasm.We all have days that are more rough than others,but when we realize what a blessing life is, beingpositive comes naturally.”The rash of revelations onfraudulent or questionablebookkeeping methodsby top management inmajor U.S. companiesis the backdrop fora new course beingoffered at Cal StateSan Bernardino.The ethics inaccounting class examinesthe effects on investors, businessesand government when companies deliberatelymislead by manipulating their financialstatements, how companies “cook their books”ENRON: A FINE EXAMPLE OF POOR JUDGMENTand the role of corporate management,auditors and financial analysts in hiding thetruth, said CSUSB lecturer Steven Mintz,who developed the course for accountingand business students. The course’s goal isto instill a strong sense of ethics in CSUSBbusiness students.“Our hope is that they will resist pressuresimposed by some in top management to be a‘team player’ and possibly become part of thekinds of scams and cover-ups that have broughtdown all too many U.S. companies,” Mintz said.The class was developed in response to thoserevelations and the financial repercussions – insome cases ruin – seen by shareholders and companyemployees. Many have watched their companystock holdings, investments and retirementfunds drop to next to nothing.The “financial shenanigans” by companiessuch as Global Crossing, Enron, Adelphia andWorldCom have triggered stock price declinesof literally 99 percent in all of these cases, Mintzsaid. The revelations of those business dealingsled to Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan warningCongress that the corporate financial scandalsthreaten the nation’s slowly mending economy.8CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

C O L L E G E N E W SPatricia Arlin, dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EducationGOING PROFESSIONALAlma Avalos and Jennifer Coronado, both educationparaprofessionals interested in becoming teachers,attended one of the once-quarterly Saturday workshopson teacher diversity at Cal State San Bernardino.Both have been participants in the paraprofessionalprogram for the past two years. Coronado discoveredin her sophomore year of college that she wanted tobecome a teacher, and Avalos had already been workingas a translator and computer trainer in the FontanaUnified School District. They were recruited as paraprofessionalsto study for the teaching profession.The Paraprofessionals Project identifies and workswith paraprofessionals and classified school districtemployees, such as aides, clerical staff, bus drivers,custodians and others who want to become multiplesubject teachers, and recruits them for Cal State SanBernardino’s credential program.The Paraprofessionals Project, now in its thirdyear of a five-year federal grant for $200,000, wasdeveloped through CSUSB’s Center for Equity inEducation. The center was founded in 1989 byCSUSB professors Esteban Diaz, Juan Gutierrez andBarbara Flores to focus on equal opportunities in educationfor everyone: disadvantaged, low socio-economicstatus, special education, minorities and English-asa-second-languagestudents.Diaz believes that about 200 paraprofessionalsand classified school district employees will participatein the project over the five-year period. This currentschool year has 75 students who are being supportedwith a $2,000 annual stipend that pays for theirtuition, books and CBEST examinations. If a studentreceives an internship or other paid position, he or sheno longerreceives funds.Participantsare pre-credentialedjuniors,seniors and/or credentialstudents in liberalstudies/single subjectteacher education at CSUSB. The project creates a“pipeline with multiple entry points at the communitycollege and university level,” said Diaz.Gutierrez also is committed to the project becausehe believes it “just opens doors for people who neverthought they could become teachers because theydidn’t have the opportunity to do so.”Diaz hopes more federal and state funding willbecome available to enable continued support of nontraditionalstudents. “My concern is that the emphasison standards and testing without needed resources toimplement them may cut some districts and studentsout of the pie of money necessary to address needs ofthose in poverty and those with special education andESL needs,” he said.“This program,” Coronado said, “helped mesocially in meeting other teachers who share theirexperiences and solutions to classroom problems,such as discipline.”Avalos agreed, adding, “I will finish my studentteaching in February, but would have had manymore problems understanding the state requirementsand the standards if I hadn’t had the guidance fromthis program.”QUICK TAKESIn March, California votersapproved Proposition 55, the$12.3 billion statewide schoolrepair and construction bond.It has paved the way for futureconstruction of a $50 millionbuilding to house CSUSB'sCollege of Education. The collegeconsistently ranks amongthe leading teacher-preparationprograms for the entire23-campus CSU system andthe nation. The new buildingwill cover 152,000 square feetwith lecture and lab space andfaculty offices. Construction isscheduled to begin in January2006. A tentative completiondate is set for August 2007.Along with the building, theproject will include a newperimeter road around thecampus, connecting it withNorthpark Avenue and CoyoteDrive.Joy ofReadingIn math and social studies, 9-year-old Adam Lyons had itdown. Reading? That was another story. When his school tutoringin phonetics failed and private tutoring proved too pricey,Adam's mother, Jane, brought her son to Cal State. They metMary Jo Skillings, a CSUSB literacy, language and culture professor,who decided to work with Adam personally. Week afterweek and for months, Adam's mother drove him to the universityfor the 40-minute sessions. Skillings taught him how tobreak up words and gave him reading tips, and “Adam loved it,”his mother said.About the time Adam was working on his reading, SealBeach developer Jim Watson was thinking about houses. Hiscompany, Watson & Associates, was set to open constructionon a project directly across the street from Cal State SanBernardino. With a history of funding programs in the communitieswhere his company embarked on projects, Watson asked theuniversity about the local possibilities. In time, discussions led totalk of a literacy center, which appealed to Jim Watson instantly.The stage was set. It was in the fourth grade, about the age thatAdam is now, that Watson also had problems reading. BetweenWatson's initial gift of $100,000 and Adam's personal story, aLiteracy Center at CSUSB has been launched. At an event inSeptember, Watson and his business partners announced stillanother $100,000 contribution, and Adam, standing by his motheras she spoke, offered a bouquet of flowers to Mary Jo Skillings.Fall/Winter 20049CSUSB

Natural SciencesC O L L E G E N E W S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Carlson, deanQUICK TAKESEllen Daroszewski, an assistantprofessor of nursingat CSUSB, has received aCaring Spirit Award as aNurse of Distinction. Theaward recognizes nursesfor their outstanding accomplishments,excellence in nursingpractice and education.Daroszewski joined more than300 other nurses who werenominated in 12 categories.■Avenues to more meaningfulresearch and more scholarshipsfor CSUSB students are majorbenefits of CSUSB’s entranceinto the California SpaceGrant Consortium. The spacegrant opens doors to moreaerospace-related research,education and outreach programs,statewide activities andprograms run by NASA andby the nation’s other 51 spacegrant consortiums.■In a region of 10 westernstates, the American DieteticsAssociation named DorothyChen-Maynard an OutstandingDietetics Educator this pastspring. Also, the California ADAhanded Chen-Maynard, an associateprofessor ofhealth science, its Excellencein Education award, whichgoes to one dietician in thestate. Meanwhile, her healthscience colleague RichardEberst earned the 2004Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Awardfor Service Learning. He waschosen from among 72 nomineesnationwide for his effortsto make service learning aninstitution in CSUSB’s programs.He also has received the2004 Ernest A. Lynton Awardfor Professional Service andAcademic Outreach. This pastsummer, Eberst left for Arizona,where his wife accepted a postas president and CEO of a newhospital.10CSUSBFall/Winter 2004A LARGER WINDOWTO THE COSMOSThe story our solar systemand the galaxy in which it moveshas to tell will be orbiting closerto home in years to come. TheW.M. Keck Foundation – theLos Angeles-based organizationwell-known for funding the twolargest optical telescopes in theworld, Keck I and Keck II, onMauna Kea inHawaii – has madea $600,000 challengegrant thatwill help erect amodern astronomyobservatoryat Cal State SanBernardino.The KeckFoundation, aworld-renownedsupporter ofscientific researchand education, issupplying fundingfor an observatoryat CSUSB,the first time ithas provided suchfunding for anyof 23 campuses in the CaliforniaState University system. The $1.4million, state-of-the-art observatorywill sit on Little BadgerHill north of the campus, andwill feature two observatorytowers, facilities for astronomyequipment and an array of instrumentationfor laboratories andresearch to complement bothtelescopes. One tower will housea research-grade, 20-inch RitchieChretien telescope for nighttimeobservation and the other willaccommodate the university’s12-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopeand a new solar telescope.The observatory will helpmeet new California sciencerequirements by providing laboratoryspace for future teachersat all levels and for faculty andstudent research projects. Theobservatory’s purpose is to providefuture teachers and scientistshands-on experience in modernobservational astronomy andimaging.“The Keck Foundation grantrecognizes the inland region’sneed to expand science opportunitiesfor students and faculty,and Cal State San Bernardino’scontinuing commitment to providingan exceptional educationto students,” University PresidentAlbert Karnig said. “The observatorywill have a significantimpact on our physics and sciencestudents, and it will betterhelp prepare teachers for 21stcenturyscience education.”Susan Lederer and LeoConnolly, both professors in thedepartment of physics at CSUSB,are the university’s principal facultymembers heading the project.They worked with RobertCarlson, CSUSB dean of theCollege of Natural Sciences, andKlaus Brasch, director of researchdevelopment and technologytransfer. Lederer, an experton comets and asteroids, hasreceived a three-year, $495,000award from NASA for an astronomyprogram that will directlyinvolve CSUSB students participatingin her research. Connolly,the university coordinator of liberalstudies, the degree programfor approximately 2,500 futureK-8 teachers, also is an astronomer.“The Keck challenge grantis a great opportunity for theInland Empire community tohave a hand in building theobservatory by giving directlyto this project,” said Carlson.Each dollar raised will go directlytoward the funding still neededto build the observatory. Theuniversity has invited communitymembers to join its otherbusiness partners who havealready committed to the project,including Matich Corp. of SanBernardino; Yeager/Skanska ofRiverside; Associated Engineers,Inc. of Ontario; Orco Block inRiverside; Fourth Street Rock ofSan Bernardino; and NewportBeach-based architects HillPartnership, Inc.Beyond seeking support fromexisting CSUSB partners, saysnatural sciences’ developmentofficer Roberto Redondo, theuniversity is looking for contributionsfrom new partners, andhas made naming opportunitiesand endowment support avail-

C O L L E G E N E W SJohn Conley, dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Social & Behavioral SciencesOBSERVATIONS OF AN ELECTIONMONITOR IN KAZAKHSTANby Alan LlavoreMaybe onelone vote in a sea of about 120 million ballots castin the Nov. 2 elections didn’t directly influence anygiven race, but that shouldn’t diminish the importanceof going to the polls.“A lot of people don’t understand how importantvoting is for a democracy,” said CSUSB political scienceProfessor Bill Green, who spent two weeks inKazakhstan in mid-September as an elections observerfor the Organization for Security and Co-operation inEurope (OSCE). “They say, ‘My vote won’t count.’Of course, the idea of any one citizen deciding theoutcome of an election is preposterous.“But, in general, if there is a high level of activityand a high level of demand for good, honest elections,it translates into a healthier political system.”The political science professor was a member ofa large team of observers sent to Kazakhstan for theparliamentary elections by the OSCE, one of threesuch organizations that are part of the United Nationssecurity structure. The OSCE has 44 member nations,including the United States and Canada, as a result ofthe Cold War era in the late 20th century.Essentially, the monitors are charged with makingsure the election meets international standards of fairness,and to assess how a country did. The OSCE alsosent a team to observe balloting in the United Statesduring the Nov. 2 elections.Kazakhstan is an oil-rich country that was a partof the Soviet Union until its break up in 1991. It heldjust its third cycle of parliamentary elections since1994 in September. The OSCE monitoring missionconcluded in a report that, while elections were generallyfreer and more transparent than in the 1999election, the process still fell short of accepted internationalstandards. The problems included barriers thatmade it difficult for opposition parties to reach themedia, the denial of some party leaders to register andthe disenrollement of others close to Election Day,making it difficult toappeal in time to bereinstated.“The biggestproblem, though,was that Kazakhstanwas implementingelectronic votingfor the first time,”Green said. “The electronic voting seems to havebeen manipulated so that it gave a disproportionatenumber of votes to the parties associated with the rulinggovernment.”Green and his partner monitored 12 of 68 votingprecincts in a district called Kostenai (similar to astate in the U.S.). “What we saw, and this was true inregions like the Kostenai District, was that paper ballotingappeared to be conducted fairly,” he said.In contrast, the OSCE team observing the U.S.election, in a preliminary report soon after Nov. 2,said, “In what was perceived to be a very close race,the leading presidential candidates enjoyed the fullbenefits of free and vigorous media coverage throughoutthe campaign.” Still, the observers said somereforms implemented in 2000, appeared to be “awork in progress,” and that the government neededto lift barriers in some jurisdictions where some internationalobservers were not allowed to monitor theballoting.In Kazakhstan, while there seemed to be some resignationthat the ruling party had a lock on the election— the general sentiment was that the president,Nursulatan Nazarbayev, seemed to be doing a goodjob — there was still a strong desire to have free andfair balloting.“At the local level, most of the community leaderswho were staffing the precincts really wanted honestelections,” Green said. “That has to have someimpact on the country as a whole.”QUICK TAKESHart Crane, Anne Sextonand Sylvia Plath were allgreat poets and, sadly, allbecame members of whatcould aptly be called a prematurelydead poets’ society,a club to which manypoets belonged, accordingto research done by CalState San Bernardino psychologyProfessor JamesKaufman. Of 1,987 writersfrom many centuries andcountries, poets — as a category— died at an averageage of 62.2 compared to alifespan of almost 68 yearsfor nonfiction writers, 66years for novelists and 63years for playwrights. WhileKaufman didn’t study thewhy poets die younger, hecites other studies that sayit could be that many poetslive more introspective andself-destructive lives, orthat they become knownearly making their deathsmore apparent. His studygained national attention ina Reuters story picked upby the New York Times andanother written for the LosAngeles Times.■The Inland CaliforniaTelevision Network (ICTN)is airing a new program,“In the Public Interest,”which addresses socialissues facing the communitiesand people living inthe Inland Area. Cal StateSan Bernardino politicalscience professor AlMariam hosts the program.The 30-minute programairs on Thursdays at 9 p.m.with a repeat broadcast onSundays at 9 p.m.DIPLOMATIC HONORS — Mayor Judith Valles (far right) and the San Bernardino City Council honored members of CSUSB’s Model United Nations and ModelArab League teams from CSUSB at City Hall during a May meeting. Led by political science professor and team advisor, Ralph Salmi (next to Valles), the honorcame after the ninth consecutive year that the university earned the Outstanding Delegation award at the annual Model United Nations conference, which washeld in April at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Receiving one of 12 Outstanding Delegation recognitions put the team among the top 5 percent of schoolscompeting from five continents. The Model U.N. honors came roughly a month after Cal State San Bernardino students received the Outstanding Delegationhonor at the Model League of Arab States competition, where the team won for the 14th consecutive time. CSUSB President Albert Karnig (far left) also attendedthe ceremony.Fall/Winter 200411CSUSB

Palm Desert Campus C O L L E G E N E W S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Jandt, interim deanFAMILIES TACKLINGTHE AUTISM PUZZLEWith the reported incidenceof autism increasing dramatically— sometimes as much as 15percent in a year — experts arestill uncertain if better reportingis bringing more cases to lightor unknown factors are actuallycausing more autism.“It’s clearly a bio-physicaldisorder,” said Dwight Sweeney,director of Cal State SanBernardino’s University Centerfor Developmental Disabilities(UCDD), “and it boils downto two questions: Why are certaingenes predisposed to autism?And what is triggering thedisorder in those predisposedgenes?”The directorof Cal State SanBernardino’s UCDD since1997 and a professor ofeducational psychologyand counseling at theuniversity, Sweeney opened anew comprehensive program foryoung people with autism andtheir families in the CoachellaValley earlier this year. The programserves local families copingwith autism and other pervasivedevelopmental disabilities. It’sbeen operating at the CSUSBcampus for 13 years.“Autism isn’t an automatic‘life sentence,’ as long as parentscan find support and use it,”said Sweeney, who is a nationallyknown expert on autismresearch, with experience in thefield in Colorado, Michiganand Pennsylvania. He is also apast president of the CaliforniaCouncil for Children withBehavioral Disorders.“The problem with autism isthat it’s not just one thing. It’sa ‘spectrum disorder’ affectingcommunication and social relationships.”Most parents of children withautism discover symptoms ofwithdrawal occurring between theages of 3 and 5. In many cases, asudden onset seems to be relatedto an experience like the flu, avirus, a strong reaction to fever oreven a toxic reaction to commonchildhood vaccines. However, inother cases symptoms developgradually, or seem to be apparentfrom birth or shortly after.“Nobody knows what causesit,” Sweeney said. “Nobody hasa cure. At this point there’s nogenetic test to predict the presenceof autism.” He said researchis continuing and scientistshope to make progress in bothtreatment and diagnosis in comingyears.The support services forfamilies at the UCDD includeinstruction to children to increasesocialization, communication andappropriate behaviors, activitiesfor parents and siblings, instructionin parenting techniques andexercises to enhance cooperationof schools and agencies that servechildren enrolled in the program.The UCDD is one of the largestsuch programs in the nation,serving more than 90 familieseach week. Treatment usuallyconsists of a once-a-week session,lasting two and one-half hours.(More treatments per week areavailable in some instances.)Parents participate in a separateweekly information and supportgroup. Sweeney said the typicalcourse is two years.During construction of thepermanent Palm Desert Campuson Cook Street, UCDD is temporarilyhoused at the WorkforceDevelopment Center in Indio.The planned third building at thecampus will be for health sciencesprograms, including UCDD. Thefund-raising campaign for thatbuilding is already underway.Recently, a gift of $5,000 to thePDC from the Agua CalienteBand of Cahuilla Indians wenttoward the construction of thehealth sciences building.The university has set a goalof raising $10 million in private,foundation and/or local governmentfunds to erect the healthsciences building, which willhouse the nursing educationprogram and other allied healthsciences.DESERT HISTORY — Cabazon tribal elder Joe Benitez talks about the exhibit of Native American artwork ondisplay in the Mary Stuart Rogers Gateway Building at the Palm Desert Campus. The exhibit is on indefiniteloan from the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum and the Cabazon Cultural Museum.SAVING TIMEThey included student papers predicting howthe world would look in 2054, a laptop computer,issues of The Desert Sun newspaper, issues of theFuturist and Time and pictures of local students. Forthis dedication of a time capsule, Palm Desert MayorBob Spiegel led Cal State San Bernardino, Collegeof the Desert, area high school and World AffairsCouncil of the Desert representatives and guestsas they collected at Cook Street and Frank SinatraDrive to bury the past before it ever was.When guests arrived they signed a document thatwas placed with the other memorabilia in the capsule,marked with a bronze plaque. Michelle Pollard,a student at the Palm Desert Campus, later read aportion of the predictions she made in her paper.Fifty years from now, on Oct. 10, this snapshot intime will be broken open.12CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

C O L L E G E N E W SC O L L E G E N E W SSusan Summers, interim dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Extended LearningA NEW LOOK, A NEW PROMISEBusy working adults in the Inland Empirehave spoken. In a survey conducted for theCollege of Extended Learning (CEL) last year,a significant percentage of the groups surveyed— current students, prospective students (peoplealready on mail lists) and people who havemoved to new residences in the Inland Empire— said they were now accustomed to takingcare of personal business on-line.With the help of the Claremont firm ofWilkin-Guge Marketing, current students andthose unfamiliar with CEL were surveyed ontheir awareness of the college and its services,opinions about the college’s image and reputation,as well as attitudes about the value ofcontinuing education.The survey showed that these students andprospective students expect online service evenfrom non-profit organizations, such as educationalinstitutions. The students are also lookingfor better access to educational programs,whether they’re coming by automobile or byInternet.The cumulative impact of these responseswas inescapable, said Susan Summers, interimdean for CEL. “The College of ExtendedLearning had to move forward in becomingeven more convenient, customer-centered andaccessible for our students. It’s clear that theyput a high priority on convenience, service andquality education programs that meet theirparticular professional advancement needs.”There’s no big surprise here, she added.Everyone values convenience and quality. Sowhat difference does the data make? In CEL’scase, Summers said, it will make a big difference.Beginning in October 2004, CEL studentscan browse the college’s certificate and courseofferings on its Web site (http://cel.csusb.edu), and also registerat the same site. Theycan even purchasecampus parking permitson-line, savingtime and energy whenarriving for classes.The college is alsoimproving access toits extension offeringsby adding many moreon-line courses, andsoon it will add staffingat the Palm DesertCampus to increasecontinuing educationservice to theCoachella Valley.In addition, a varietyof discounts areavailable for membersof certain professionalassociations,as well as for educatorswho register forCEL bulletin of courses covermultiple courses in the same quarter. Popularprograms, such as the certificates in humanresources, grant development and management,Web page design and logistics managementand desert studies courses, are the samethis year. But the computer-aided draftingcertificate and the management and leadershippractices certificates have been updated withnew materials and software.With all the changes, Summers and herstaff have also given the college a new look.She believes it conveysthe messageof convenience andquality that’s “withinreach” for area residentsand even thoseabroad.CEL has alreadyused that look on itsbulletin of coursescover and in newspaperads. The cleanand simple style highlightsthe Web site aswell as faces of students.And the newlook includes a newlogo, which was chosenby several sampleconstituent groups.It combines theuniversity’s logo witha fresh use of color,and incorporatesCEL’s “within reach”tag line. The college’s look, Summers said,now emphasizes its promise of convenience,service, quality, access and affordability.INSIDE THE HALLS OF POWEROne of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious legislative fellowshipprograms has selected Qiana Charles, former program administratorin the College of Extended Learning, for the 2004-2005 Jesse MarvinUnruh California Assembly Program.Qiana was chosen as one of 18 participants from a field of 300 applicants,which went through a rigorous two-stage selection process. The11-month program provides an introduction to public policy formationand adoption in the California Legislature through full-time work asa professional legislative staff member. Qiana wanted to enter the fellowshipprogram to learn how laws are created, written and eventuallypassed. When she’s done, she hopes to have a better understanding oflocal governance and how it impacts the community.Qiana’s areas of interest include higher education, jobs, economicdevelopment, cyber crime, bridging the achievement gap and urbanyouth. She looks forward to utilizing the fellowship program as a stepping-stonetoward attending law school and becoming a communityactivist. She is an alumna of CSUSB, graduating from the universityin 1998 with a B.A. in communication, and then going on to HowardUniversity, where she earned an M.A. in organizational communicationin 2000. Says Qiana, “As a proud product of all things wonderful in SanBernardino, I could not think of a better way to give back to the community.”If this were not enough, the League of Women Voters in SanBernardino honored Qiana as a 2004 Citizen of Achievement. She wasrecognized for performing more volunteer service in her young adultlife than many people do in a lifetime. Beginning with her volunteerismwith the Black Future Leaders, Inc., she ascended to a board of directorsposition, and is responsible for outreach and enrollment. In addition,she has volunteered her time and technology skills in the assistance ofthe national Council of Negro Women and to the Kappa Alpha Sorority.Qiana left her post as an administrator in the College of ExtendedLearning this fall to take up her new duties as an Unruh Fellow inSacramento.Fall/Winter 200413CSUSB

14CSUSBby Sam RomeroOn the way from Guadalajara to theUnited States, his family rode throughdesert, jungle and towns, traveling fortwo or three days by bus and train so that hisfather could look for work. The family came often.They would stay for a year, two years, three yearsand then, for reasons not always clear to Juan,return to Mexico. By the early 1970s the frequenttrips to the U.S. turned into relatively frequentmoves from homes around Southern California.They moved from Chinatown to El Monte toColton to Rialto in just a few years, and Juan, only5 when he saw America for the first time, wouldcome to regard these early trips as central in thelaying of his landscape — the people, places andexperiences that shaped him. In his life, the familiarterritory of “crossing borders,” as he now tells it,has been a traveling companion throughout.Five years ago, on its surface, it just didn’t sitright for Juan Delgado, a poet, to accept a postas an assistant to the provost for academic affairsat Cal State San Bernardino. The high-powered,cool and configured halls of administration seemthe opposite of art. But Juan, a CSUSB Englishprofessor who’s crossed borders his whole life,slipped into the role without so much as a scrape.Energized by the challenge, he could be seen walkingthe campus in his black horn-rimmed glasses,dress shirt and rolled-up sleeves, tie and slacksor maybe jeans as he worked on special projects,such as the university’s accreditation report andmatters related to the university’s national classificationas a Hispanic-Serving Institution.After taking some professional leave earlierthis year to teach as a poet-in-residence at theUniversity of Miami, he returned this past summerand hadn’t been back long when CSUSB askedhim to serve in another administrative position,this time as interim chair for the communicationstudies department. Making the move wasn’t foreignto him. Over time he’d grown comfortablewith transition, with learning new things and facingthe mystery of rediscovering who he was. Forinstance, in 1989, around the time he became anaturalized U.S. citizen and crossed that boundaryinto a new allegiance, his feelings floated betweenhis identity as a Mexican national and his standingas an American citizen.“One of the more important things aboutwriting when you’re creating art is not the endresult of creating a poem,” he says, “but goingthrough the process of discovery — what I wantto say … the issues and the questions and thedoubts. That’s much more meaningful.” The processof learning administration, he says, was justlike that.In a land where borders can be impenetrablebarriers to some and an invitation to explore forothers, it was less extraordinary for Juan to stepinto an Ontario, Calif., furniture store one day andread his poetry. He sat on couches with familiesand read and talked about poetry as they listenedand asked questions. While he’s never consideredFall/Winter 2004himself much of a performer of poetry, he doesconsider a furniture store, a retirement home, ahome for runaway children, a factory, a veterans’meeting, a community center for transvestitesand gays, a small general store on Olvera Streetin L.A. or continuation schools — all places he’sread — as fine a choice of venues for dispensingliterature as any quaint bookstore or grand hall ona college campus.Not one for keeping strictly to the prescribedart zones, Juan believes these are the very spotsart belongs. He likes to say, “Poetry is an act ofsharing,” and not only with the elite, erudite orcertifiably artistic. “Could you imagine somewherein the mall, in the corner, we were going to havefive poets read? ‘Come bring your family, share,listen.’ Why does that only have to happen at theuniversity?” he asks. “Galleries, bookstores, librariessometimes frame and create cultural placeswhere art can exist … where people can read. Ithink that’s wonderful. I guess my philosophy isthat we have to find other places to keep doingthat. In other words, we go to the furniture storeand by reading there people realize, ‘Wait, this canbe a cultural place.’”In art and education, Juan is a lot about theworking-class and the disenfranchised,anyone whose impedimentsto the cultural avenuesare intimidating or unyielding.He shares that view ofthe landscape with novelistHelena Viramontes, a CornellUniversity professor andauthor of the acclaimed book,“Moths and Other Stories.”She and Juan were among thefirst Latinos ever acceptedinto the University ofCalifornia, Irvine’s M.F.A.program, Helenabeing the first Latinaever accepted to theschool’s fiction writingprogram. By the time Juancame to hear Helena read inLos Angeles years ago, she’dalready learned of him andadmired his work, recognizingthe voice she heard in hispoetry, because it was as muchhers as his. When they arrived atUCI, the two writers had broughtwith them the mind of the workingclass Latino, compressing intolines of rhythm or tone or meterthe message of citizens andimmigrants, laying open lifeand work around the fields,suburbs and city.“Because of the language,because of thedensity,” Helena says, apoem of Juan’s “speakswith different layers ofGrandfather was always a bit foggy on wherethe groves were in which he and his sonpicked fruit, but Juan remembers, and everyday on his way to the university he passes bythe mural that reminds him of the work hisgrandfather and father did around Mentoneand Redlands.Photographs by Robert Whitehead

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meaning. When you first read it you think of apoem about the disenfranchised, or you thinkof the meter, you think of the rhyme.”UCI had then and still has one of thetop writing programs in the country. But ittook gains and losses to get Juan there. Inthe early 1980s, with just a year’s work leftin his accounting degree from Cal State SanBernardino, Juan wanted to shore up hisEnglish skills before graduating and heading forthe job market. He met with Larry Kramer, aCal State English professor, who suggested thatJuan take a creative writing course. Creativewriting? He barely knew what that meant, andasked, “Will I be writing?”He had just finished one or two writingcourses at the college when his fatherdied, forcing Juan to drop out of school withjust one class left to complete his accountingdegree (a fact that remains true to thisday). Now a family of five — two sisters, twobrothers and their mother — each of theDelgados pitched in to make ends meet. Juantook work as acook and busboy,and on weekendsshuffled out thedoor at 4 a.m. toscrub the largeyellow Stater Bros.Markets deliverytrucks — 85 ofthem — withthree other workers.While heworked, the shortnessand unpredictabilityof life camehurtling into view,blowing apart alongthe way all of hisideas about the meaning of adegree and career. It wasn’t about prestige orgood pay anymore. He thought that if he wasgoing to get a degree, he wanted to get onein a field he liked. He was 21, and the morepractical, financial appeal of a traditional careerwas morphing into something else, somethinghe could only define as “a calling.”In the fall Juan returned to Cal State SanBernardino as an English major. Those firstcreative writing classes, unlike accounting,didn’t feel like work, and he never saw itcoming. From the converted chicken coop,where his family lived in El Monte, he neversaw the developing landscape. Being the onlyboy who didn’t speak English in an elementaryschool class, the teacher gave him a couple ofbooks and then left him to draw for two orthree hours. And at Eisenhower High SchoolSpecial thanks to Analytic Rehabilitation in Mentone, whereappears a mural based on an old packing crate label fromCrafton Orange Growers, and to Olverita Village on OlveraStreet in Los Angeles.16in Rialto he was never the “literary or academicstudent type.”He began to live by words, reading poetry,writing it, writing about life as a boy in Mexico,about growing up in Southern California, writingabout loss. Eventually, he came to believethat poetry, once a stranger, had rescued him.While at CSUSB, Juan got out one day toplay racquetball. His partner invited an extraplayer, Jean Douglas, a French major who,Juan would learn in time, was not a writer bynature and by her own admission. (Jean saysThe Ward’s RoostersFor JMDI preferred you pacing the yard naked,Pruning your roses at midnight by flashlightTo the man I visited on Saturdays who eyedThe number on his wristband, a code,A prescribed routine of pills and therapy,I preferred the father who decided one nightTo break all of our neighbor's flower pots,Freeing the roots from their clay cages.When they committed you to a mental ward,I saw my shadow vanish like Peter Pan's.Two fences surrounded the county hospital,And driving by them, I pressed on the gas,Watching the coils of barbed wire worm.The questions I had about your illnessDangled like the vines on the security gate.You had had an episode, so they had canceledYour visiting hours, and I drove to a parking lotAnd slept in my car, waxed into a red appleFor a high school girl I had started to date.I phoned, asking for you in the morning.Spider webs, gas meters, sprinklers, my visits,Dripping faucets, lunch bells — you used anythingYou could to measure your passing days.After they had you swallow your medicine,Your mouth and tongue hardened, cement-slow,Your eyes in a glare, a sidewalk's broken glass.In the smoke of my weed I wore those eyes,And sitting in my car I rested and dreamt:The stockings of a nurse paced by your bathtub;Her gloved hand reached down, pulling the plug.The panic and illness in your head swirled, dirtSnaking down the drain, funneling throughThe hospital's pipes, then spilling into the gutter,Mixing with a stream of clippings and grass.You dressed in a suit and checked yourself out,And when you crossed the yard to the gate,The sprinklers popped out, the ward's roosters.They spread a tiny rainbow among themselves,And pinches of bread lay ahead of you.now, “Some people say, ‘I’ve always wanted towrite the great American novel.’ I’ve alwayswanted to read the great American novel.”)Two years later they married, and shortlyafterward UCI chose Juan as a Regents Fellow,a heady achievement because only three ofabout 300 students who applied to the M.F.A.program that year made it in.Two years after graduating from UCI Juanreturned to the area where he’d done muchof his growing up, taking a teaching post atCrafton Hills College in Yucaipa, near the veryfields — in Mentoneand Redlands— where hisfather and grandfatherhad once— Juan Delgadopicked orangesand grapefruit. In1988, he landedin the Englishdepartment atCal State SanBernardino. Ayear after theirthird child wasborn, Jean, whotoday speaksthree languagesbesides English,began teachinglinguisticspart-time forthe department.Juan publishedhis first book ofpoetry in 1994and one everyfour years afterthat, “A Rush ofHands” being hismost recent. Hisfirst book hadtaken 10 years towrite. But recognitionwas notfar behind onceit was released.It received aContemporaryPoetry Seriesprize from theUniversity ofGeorgia in 1994.That accomplishmentwas followedfive yearslater by a two- orthree-week stayat the home ofwriter RudolfoAnaya, whoinvited writersCONTINUED ON PAGE 32CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

High DesertBloomsC O N T R I B U T I O N SThe Tatum Foundation and the Citizens Volunteer Corps,a Tatum family charity based in Victorville, have donated$100,000 to support High Desert students attending Cal State SanBernardino. The contribution is going toward the President’s AcademicExcellence Scholarship program.The Tatum family, well known for its philanthropic work in the HighDesert, strongly believes in supporting the education of young people. “By providingscholarship support for these students we are helping create the future leadersof our communities,” said Madeline Tatum of American Housing Group, oneof the Tatum family companies.“The Tatum family’s gift will help us recruit the top students from the HighDesert, and since graduates frequently settle close to where they went to college,the gift also will help us retain these high achievers in the High Desert and broaderregion,” said CSUSB President Albert Karnig.The Tatum family has been building homes in the High Desert for 30years. It was Clyde Tatum who built 3,000 homes in what later becameGeorge Air Force Base, and went on to build 7,000 homes in theVictor Valley. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, his constructioncompany subdivided and developed what is now Victorville.Today, the American Housing Group — led by Jim Tatum,Clyde’s son; Jim’s wife, Madeline; and their son, Todd— has seen tremendous growth in the High Desert.The President’s Academic Excellence Scholarshipprogram, now in its third year, has attracted (as offall 2004) almost 50 of the top one-percent of highschool graduates from San Bernardino County.Twenty percent of these best and brightest havecome from High Desert area high schools.“The residents and businesses of the HighDesert have been very supportive of their outstandingstudents,” said Rob Carlson, dean of CSUSB’s Collegeof Natural Sciences. “By working together to encouragethese students to attend college in this area, CSUSB is able topartner with the High Desert in preparing tomorrow’s leaders.”In cooperation with two recognition programs that identify thetop graduating seniors, CSUSB established the President’s AcademicExcellence Scholarship — a four-year renewable scholarship that awards$5,000 annually to cover fees, books and tuition for those choosing to attendCSUSB and who maintain a 3.5 grade point average. The uniqueness of thescholarship program is CSUSB’s commitment to match every dollar receivedfrom generous contributors.Representing the High Desert and receiving the President’s Academic ExcellenceScholarship are Malaina Johnson, an art major from Victorville; Isabel Carvajal, a prenursingstudent also from Victorville; Amber Schooley, a biology major from YuccaValley; Georgia Pallas, a math major from Phelan; Audra Wise, a pre-med biologystudent from Hesperia; Megan Robinson, a biology major from Hesperia; StephenPappas, a finance major from Hesperia; Tanya Zeferjahn, an administration majorfrom Hesperia; and Sarah Courtney, an undeclared major from Lucerne Valley.The Tatum family’s $100,000 gift follows the course set by Jim’s father. Witha heart for community service, Jim and Madeline dedicated parks and sponsoredsports teams in areas in which they built during the 1980s and 1990s. Madelinehas served on many philanthropic boards, and San Bernardino County namedher Woman of the Year for three straight years. She also has been recognizedby the State of California as an Outstanding Citizen.Fall/Winter 200417CSUSB

C O N T R I B U T I O N SShelby and Charles ObershawThe Upper Commons dining areaat California State University, SanBernardino has a new name. It is nowknown as the Charles and ShelbyObershaw Dining Room, named afterthe longtime San Bernardino residents.A dinner to honor the couple isplanned for January to recognizetheir lasting legacy.Ever civic-minded, the Obershawshave been honored by the university fortheir substantial support of scholarshipsCreating a Legacyat CSUSB. “Chuck and Shelby havebeen exceptionally generous to Cal State— giving of their time, commitment andwealth, especially to our endowed scholarshipcampaign,” said CSUSB PresidentAlbert Karnig at a reception honoringscholarship donors. “They are truly leavingan exceptional legacy at Cal State,”added Marilyn Karnig, wife of the president.Charles Obershaw said he and hiswife are honored by the recognition, butthis is not the reason they give. “Shelbyand I are absolutely delighted by thisgenerous action of the university,” saidObershaw. “We’re both delighted to giveback to the system that has been so goodto us. During Shelby’s last year in collegean alumni scholarship made it possiblefor her to complete her degree. We bothunderstand how important scholarshipsare to a student’s success.”In 2001, the Obershaws providedthe lead gift in a $1.5 million campaignto raise money for endowed scholarshipsat CSUSB. They donated $517,000 tothe campaign, launching it and helpingto meet its goals ahead of schedule. TheObershaws have since donated morethan $200,000 this year to the Charlesand Shelby Obershaw ScholarshipEndowment.The Obershaws, who have supportedscholarships and other activitiesat the university for many years, sharea special concern for teacher training atCSUSB. For years Shelby Obershaw wasan elementary school teacher in the SanBernardino city school system. Today,she serves on the dean’s advisory boardfor the College of Education at CSUSB,and Charles Obershaw serves on theuniversity’s Foundation board. He isthe former owner of Chuck ObershawToyota.18CSUSBA Treasure Trove of PossibilitiesFor the new development director in the social sciences college, inspiring giftsto the university is often a matter of fitting the philanthropists with the needsCecilia Soriano sees her job as buildingrelationships between Cal State SanBernardino’s academic programs and thepeople who have the heart and resourcesto help the university in its educationalmission.“It’s really about establishing relationshipsand partnerships with yourconstituents, so your constituents arepart of the vision” of the university, saidSoriano, hired last spring as the developmentdirector for the College of Socialand Behavioral Sciences. The constituents“support the goals of the institutionbecause they were involved in creating it.That’s real partnership.”Soriano has been busy building thoserelationships and seeking to establishnew ones since joining the university’sdevelopment staff. It’s part of the trackrecord she brings from San Jose StateUniversity, where she was director ofcorporate and foundation giving from1998 to 2004. Prior to that, she workedFall/Winter 2004for 21⁄2 years at Chapman University inOrange, Calif., where she was responsiblefor foundation giving. Originally fromManila, Philippines, Soriano earned herundergraduate degree in history at theUniversity of Philippines, Diliman, andher M.B.A. at Chapman.It was in Orange County where shefound her niche in fund-raising for nonprofitorganizations, working at theVolunteer Center as its library coordinator.In that job she helped organizationsestablish relationships with private foundationsby providing them informationon how to contact foundations seekingto share their wealth with worthy groups.Since joining Cal State SanBernardino, Soriano has been workingto establish what she calls the infrastructurefor development at the college anddepartment level. That means emphasizing,and in some cases clarifying, herrole to assist the College of Social andBehavioral Sciences departments and programsby showingthem thedifferent wayspeople can contributethroughvehicles such asplanned givingor the establishmentof endowments.For somewithin the college, it is a different wayof looking at the process of charitablegiving. She gave the example of a departmentchair who wants to raise scholarshipmoney and has seemingly run out ofpossible resources. But, Soriano said, thedepartment chair has established relationshipswith retired faculty, and meets withthem as a group regularly. After discussingthe matter with a development director,it could be as simple as tapping theretired faculty because of their ties to thedepartment, using opportunities such asplanned giving or estate planning, andpresenting those options to them.“It may have crossed the departmentchair’s mind, but she would not havefocused on it as I would,” Soriano said.

N o L i m i t sPACKTHE DEN — For Nancy Simpson, contact with Coyote coaches and players is not all business. On occasion, she celebrates with teams at her home in Victorville.Sometimes the Nice Finish Firstby Damian SecoreThis fall marks the beginning of Nancy Simpson’s 10th fullschool year as CSUSB director of athletics, her “tin” anniversaryif you will. Yet when reflecting upon the evolution of the athleticprogram since she officially took over in February of 1995, thatterm “tin” doesn’t seem appropriate, because Simpson has set agold standard within CSUSB athletics.Scholarship money is up (a 2001 referendum increased annualmonies by $280,000 a year), as are many championship banners inthe rafters of Coussoulis Arena. The men’s basketball and women’svolleyball teams have emerged as the university’s marqueeprograms, and the arena as the crown jewel of the many sportfacilities introduced during Simpson’s tenure.You can’t say Simpson, 49, had foreseen it all upon arriving atCSUSB in 1991 as associate director of athletics and senior women’sadministrator. But today’s athletic landscape was certainly oneshe had envisioned. “We were able to make the move into NCAADivision II as kind of the new kid on the block. We were fledgling.Now we’re established,’’ Simpson said. “My hopes and expectationshave always been the same. I’m just at a different juncturenow.’’Simpson arrived at this successful juncture by acting upon thevalues with which she was raised. Surround yourself with the samekind of people and it will breed success. Colleagues repeatedlymention her redeeming qualities of sincerity and overwhelmingkindness, integrity, loyalty and energy before athletic accolades areever introduced.CSUSB President Albert Karnig sees still more in Simpson’s legacy.“She’s a good recruiter of coaches. She’s a good supporter ofcoaches and a good colleague with them. Secondly, she really doesemphasize the integrity of the program, and that’s not always beenthe case here. Thirdly, and this is really, really important, almost allof our kids carry themselves nicely. And finally, they are increasinglywinning teams.The only person that refrains from talking up Simpson isSimpson, who prefers to remain behind the scenes. “If you evercompliment her, she just can’t handle it. She gets embarrassed,”said Laura Watkins, the CSUSB head trainer for the past 20 yearswho served on the committee that originally hired Simpson.Family atmosphereSimpson was raised in Smyrna and Marietta, Ga., before packingup and driving west for UC Riverside, where she was hired tocoach women’s basketball and softball, and teach several physicaleducation classes at the ripe age of 23. Those famous notions ofsouthern charm and hospitality never left her.“Probably the No. 1 quality she has is she is just so nice,’’CSUSB volleyball coach Kim Cherniss said. “People meet her andthey’re, like, ‘That can’t be real.’ She comes into work every dayin a good mood, loving her job. And it’s infectious. It makes youwant to be at work. She respects everyone. That is rare, especiallyin this day and age, and especially in Southern California. She’s justgood to the bone.”The athletic department is Simpson’s extended family. Sheallows her coaches the autonomy to do their jobs without micromanaging.At the same time, a simple trick keeps heads poppinginto her office. “I’ll have candy on my desk. People love chocolate,’’Simpson said. “I have an open-door policy. I feel I servethem, too.”Added Cherniss: “She can be really goofy and she’s very girly,too. She has that Southern belle quality, it’s really cool. It’s a verydelicate balance for her because she has a personal relationshipwith those she works with but at the same time she has to be theboss, and everyone knows it.’’Fall/Winter 2004TRACKS319CSUSB

PACKTRACKS20CSUSBBlazing new trailsThere was a time, in the early to mid 1990s, when CSUSBathletes made more news for unflattering incidents away fromtheir play than they did for any competitive success. Simpson’smission statement in taking over – “I wanted to be sure we havewinning grades and a winning image” – helped to rid CSUSB ofmuch of that tainted history. Now, the average CSUSB athletecarries a grade point average of about 3.0 and athletics generatea source of greater pride for the university.It took a strong woman to become one of the firstfemale administrators in college athletics in SouthernCalifornia, first at UCR. It’s likely there were stereotypesand barriers facing Simpson, whether she was aware ofthem or not, some in upper management and others inexecutive positions. Yet Simpson’s prominence is illustratedby her continued service on the NCAA DivisionII Championship Committee, as CCAA president(among athletic directors) last year, and she is a consistentadvocate of Title IX. She established the women’swater polo program as CSUSB’s seventh NCAA-sanctionedfemale sport, to go with CSUSB’s four men’ssports. “Our compliance with Title IX, I know that is oneof the things she is most proud of,’’ CSUSB men’s basketballcoach Jeff Oliver said. “Nancy is very by-the-book.’’Added CCAA commissioner Robert Hiegert: “NancySimpson has been a great role model for the new women administratorsworking on CCAA campuses.”Shared loyaltyCSUSB’s athletics program has maintained high levels of successand experienced marked improvement in other areas, due inpart to continuity with Simpson’s coaching staff. That’s why it wasso difficult for former CSUSB basketball coach Larry Reynolds totell Simpson, who knew him as a UCR assistant and gave him hisfirst head coaching opportunity in 1997, he was leaving for LongBeach State. “I was an assistant coach for 18 years before andif she hadn’t hired me I’d probably still be an assistant coach,”Reynolds said.By the time he left CSUSB in 2002, the university’s premierprogram had established suchsuccess it could have easilyoverlooked Jeff Oliver. Hehad no previous NCAAhead coaching experience.But Simpson hasalways tried to rewardpeople she is familiarwith, not out of favoritismbut because sheknows the caliber ofpeople she chooses toassociate with and truststhem. “One of her bestattributes is her fairness,’’Oliver said. “She allowed me tohave a tremendous opportunity … toshow I was the man for the job and I’m extremely grateful. She’sextremely loyal. She could have opened up the job and flown it(outside the university).’’Channeling energy, emotionsSimpson shows an amazing ability to spread herself overmany duties and projects and still be upbeat at the end of a day.“Nancy’s true spirit was no better displayed than this (past)year,’’ Hiegert said. “In spite of the devastating fires and ter-Fall/Winter 2004Making a Little HistoryFour-time volleyball All-American Kim Morohunfola of CalState San Bernardino was voted as the California CollegiateAthletic Association's Female Athlete of the Year by sportsinformation directors of the 12-memberconference.Morohunfola is the firstCoyotes' athlete — male orfemale — to earn a conference"athlete of theyear" honor since theCoyotes moved upto NCAA DivisionII and joined theCCAA in 1991-92.The award is theicing on the cakefor the 5-foot,11-inch middleblocker. In May, shewas named CSUSB'sFemale Athlete of theYear. She was selectedas the NCAA/ AmericanVolleyball CoachesAssociation Division II NationalPlayer of the Year last December.The Upland High School graduate ledthe Coyotes to a 29-5 record in 2003 and their third straightCCAA championship and the team's first-ever Pacific Regiontitle. The team, ranked No. 1 in the final regular season poll,defeated No. 2-ranked Tampa 3-1 in the NCAA quarterfinalsbut lost to Concordia-St. Paul, 3-2, in the semifinals.Morohunfola is only the fourth Division II player in history toearn All-America honors all four years of her college career.For highlights of the Coyotes 2003-04 sports season, seethe “Top Guns” story on page 32.rible budget cuts, CSUSB had one of its best years, hosting threechampionship events – NCAA volleyball, NCAA basketball andCCAA baseball – in addition to CCAA presidential duties. Nancyoperated as the same person.’’Simpson’s sporting background stems from her playing daysat Berry College in Georgia. There, she was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball and basketball, in which she was MVP of the1976 national championship team (small college division) beforethe NCAA recognized women’s sports. Her emotional releaseis outdoors, be it boating on the Colorado River or golfing, butanyone who has seen Simpson at a CSUSB athletic event knowsher competitive juices prevent her from sitting still during biggames and climactic moments. Cherniss’ favorite Simpson pose iswhen Simpson clasps her hands onto her cheeks while sighing. YetSimpson wouldn’t trade those moments for anything else. Noteven for vacation. “I couldn’t wait to get back to work. I wantedto see everyone. I was so excited,’’ Simpson said in describing herreturn from a family trip to Amelia Island, Fla.,in July. It is Simpson’s pleasure to work for CSUSB. But hercolleagues will tell you she is worth her weight in gold, not tin.Damian Secore is a freelance writer living in Highland, Calif. He writesmost frequently for The Sun newspaper in San Bernardino, and is a 1996graduate of CSUSB with his degree in communications.

All listings in this calendar are home contests.For the entire women’s and men’s basketballschedules, which includes both home and awaygames, and for the schedules of other sports, visitthe Coyote Web site at http://athletics.csusb.eduor call the athletics department at (909) 880-5011.December14 Men's Basketball.Vanguard University, 7:30 p.m.17 Women's Basketball.Seattle University, 7 p.m.18 Women's Basketball.Central Washington, 7 p.m.29 Men's Basketball.Point Loma Nazarene, 7:30 p.m.January 200515 Women's Basketball.Cal State Monterey Bay, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.Cal State Monterey Bay, 7:30 p.m.28 Women's Basketball.San Francisco State, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.San Francisco State, 7:30 p.m.29 Women's Basketball.Sonoma State, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.Sonoma State, 7:30 p.m.February1 Men's Baseball.UC Irvine, 3 p.m.11 Women's Basketball.Cal State Stanislaus, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.Cal State Stanislaus, 7:30 p.m.12 Tennis.Cal State L.A., 11 a.m.Women's Basketball.Chico State, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.Chico State, 7:30 p.m.15 Softball.Point Loma Nazarene, doubleeader, 1 p.m.16 Tennis.Cal Poly Pomona, 2 p.m.Women's Basketball.UC San Diego, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.UC San Diego, 7:30 p.m.18 Baseball.Cal State L.A., 2 p.m.19 Baseball.Cal State L.A., doubleheader, 11 a.m.20 Tennis.UC San Diego, noon.22 Tennis.Hope International, 3 p.m.Baseball.UC San Diego, 6 p.m.25 Softball.SPORTS CALENDARChico State, doubleheader, 1 p.m.Women's Basketball.Cal State Dominguez Hills, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.Cal State Dominguez Hills, 7:30 p.m.26 Tennis.Sonoma State, 11 a.m.Softball.Cal State Stanislaus, doubleheader, noon.Women's Basketball.Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball.Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.March1 Softball.Concordia-St. Paul, doubleheader, 1 p.m.4 Softball.San Francisco State, doubleheader, 1 p.m.Baseball.Cal State Stanislaus, 2 p.m.5 Baseball.Cal State Stanislaus, doubleheader, 11 a.m.Softball.Sonoma State, doubleheader, noon.6 Baseball.Cal State Stanislaus, noon.8 Softball.Cal Baptist, doubleheader, 1 p.m.Baseball.Biola University, 2 p.m.PACKTRACKSThose New Look YotesCal State San Bernardino’s men’s andwomen’s basketball teams began play inNovember with the men looking to puttogether what they hope will be anunprecedented sixth straight conferencechampionship season, while thewomen will be looking for a seasonon the plus side of the .500 markafter an 11-16 (8-14 in CCAA)result in 2003-04 and a top-fivefinish in the California CollegiateAthletic Association.Coach Jeff Oliver is 49-10 overalland 40-4 in the CCAA in his firsttwo seasons.Only one starter returns fromthe 2003-04 CCAA championshipteam that went 26-3 (21-1 inthe CCAA) – guard Trenell Eddings,a second-team All-CCAA and NCAA West Regionalall-tournament selection. The 5-10 Eddings averaged12 points and 3.5 assists a game for CSUSB in2003-04. But Oliver and his staff have recruiteda half-dozen new players as they try to fill thevoid left by the departure of the nucleus oflast year’s squad.The women’s team lost its top scorerand rebounder – All-CCAA first team pickHannah Low – but returns several players,including senior Leilani Tirona, who sat outlast season with a broken leg suffered insummer league play.While emerging as the top defensiveteam in the conference in 2003-04, theCoyotes women were last in scoring offense, afactor that Coach Kevin Becker wants torectify in 2004-05.Fall/Winter 200421CSUSB

S T U D E N TS C A P E Sby Joe GutierrezOne of the issues CoreyJackson plans to lookinto is increasing financial aidgrants to students. It’s a plansure to win support amongany of the 409,000 CaliforniaState University students oncethey hear, of course, thatJackson was appointed byGov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerto the California StateUniversity Board of Trustees.A junior and a political sciencemajor at Cal State SanBernardino, the 22-year-oldis only the second CSUSBstudent in school historyappointed to the CSU board.He’s serving a two-year termas a trustee and is one of twostudent representatives on theCorey Dives InPOSITIVE FORCE — With experience as the chairman for Rialto’s Beautification Commission, CSUSB student Corey Jacksonwas already prepared to get to work on the CSU’s board of trustees. (Photo courtesy of The Press-Enterprise)24-member body. Even thoughhe doesn’t have full votingrights in the first year of histerm, he plans an active twoyears, a pace he’s accustomedto as an activist from Rialto.“I don’t plan to sit on thebench and just watch. I wantto work on issues that affectstudents at Cal State SanBernardino and other CSUcampuses,” Jackson said. “Iplan to meet with people atCSUSB and the chancellor’soffice on what issues areimportant to them. I plan towork with the other trusteesand the governor’s office.”The Board of Trustees setspolicy and provides guidancefor the 23-campus system, itsstudents and 44,000 facultymembers. The CSU systemis the largest single-administrationprovider of highereducation in the world. Anyincreases in financial aid by theboard could reduce the overallamount of student loans andlower the staggering amountof debt newly graduated studentsaccumulate from thoseloans.CSUSB President AlbertKarnig praised Jackson as ayoung man determined tomake a difference in dealingwith issues that affect CSUstudents, faculty and staff.“Corey Jackson is a specialyoung man,” Karnig said. “Infact, despite being only 22, healready has an established andwell-respected track record indealing with K-12 and highereducation issues. Corey isthoughtful, extremely personable,very intelligent and committedto educational excellence.”The trustees also appointthe chancellor and vice chancellorsfor the system as wellas campus presidents. Jackson,who as the student representativewill have full votingrights in the second year ofhis term, was one of eightindividuals appointed by thegovernor. Unlike the otherappointees, Jackson does notneed legislative confirmationbecause he is a student representative.CSUSB’s first studentCSU trustee was KevinGallagher, who served from1978-80.“Each of these highlyqualified individuals shares mycommitment to higher educationand will work passionatelyto ensure the continuing successof the California StateUniversity system,” said Gov.Schwarzenegger of Jacksonand his other new appointees.At CSUSB, Jackson hasserved as a member ofthe Student Union Boardof Directors and as legislativecoordinator for theCalifornia State University, SanBernardino Lobby Corp. Healso serves as the chairman ofthe Housing Redevelopmentand Beautification Commissionin the city of Rialto. He hasparticipated in a number ofcommunity activities andgroups. He has been the statepresident of the CaliforniaState NAACP Youth andCollege Division, founderof the Future ProfessionalLeaders Organization andstudent board member of theRialto Unified School DistrictBoard of Education.22CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

S T U D E N TS C A P E SOdds and Evensby Carol DixonFor four Cal State SanBernardino students, the oftenbumpy road hasn’t kept themfrom overcoming some toughodds. Now their education ishelping to even those odds stillmore.Connie Jones was born withcongenital cataracts. Theseare not the kind that can beremoved. They severely impairher vision. She doesn’t drive,but she can do just abouteverything else given theassistive technology providedby Cal State San Bernardino.Through the use of Zoom-Text Jones can see wellenough to read and write easily.When she arrived at CSUSB,she started out as a transitionspecialist, a graduate internshipposition under the WorkabilityIV program. Workability IVpartners with the Departmentof Rehabilitation to developjob skills and to locate workfor individuals with disabilities.The service is available up untiltwo years after graduation.Currently, Jones has moved upfrom her internship role to apart-time staff position as agrant writer for the Servicesto Students with DisabilitiesOffice. Jones is pursuing hermaster’s degree in rehabilitationcounseling and is finishingher coursework in time forgraduation this December.Jones plans to continue withher grant writing to supportherself as she moves to hernext challenge — a Ph.D. inhigher education.Wesley Farris is a Cal StateSan Bernardino alumnus whograduated in June 2003 with abachelor’s degree in psychology.He is also a 40-year-oldquadriplegic who explains that22 years ago he was in anaccident in which it was “a carversus a tree.” Farris choseto attend CSUSB because ofits close location to his homeand he has fond memoriesof his instructors. GeraldineStahly, one of his psychologyprofessors, had submitteda paper written by Farrisand four other colleagues, tothe American PsychologicalAssociation conference. Thework was accepted and Farriswas invited to present thepaper on July 28 in Honolulu,Hawaii. This is one of the largestconferences given by theAPA. The topic of the paperwas, “Family Violence ImpactsChild Custody — a Study ofCourt Records.” The hypothesisof the paper was that morefathers are seeking custodynow. In 1994 the oppositewas true and mothers wereprimarily seeking custody. Inspeaking about CSUSB, hesays, “My experience at CalState was a very rough andConnie JonesRosa Padillapleasant one.” The rough partwas dealing with the disabilityand the need for accommodation,but the pleasant part wasworking with all of the instructors.Rosa Padilla was injuredin 1996 after 20 years on thejob as a vice president with alocal bank. She was diagnosedwith myosascitis cericalgia. Thisinjury caused her to lose theuse of the right side of herbody. Through workers compensation,Rosa started on theroad to recovery through retraining.She became Microsoftand Cisco certified and waseventually elevated to therole of director of training forthe Vocational RehabilitationTraining Facility. After budgetcuts sparked by the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks forcedher to downsize the staff,eventually her own positionwas eliminated. She had alwaysrisen to the top by relyingupon her own skills. But afterher physical setback Padilladecided she should return toschool for a bachelor’s degree.At 43, she agreed to join her21-year-old daughter Michelleat Cal State San Bernardino.She has found a welcomingcampus that can accommodateher special needs. In the classroomshe has had occasionto use tape-recorded lecturesand she is often provided witha scribe. Sometimes Michelleherself has filled that role, andhas received volunteer creditsfor her efforts. Mother anddaughter are both majoring inbusiness. Says Padilla, “It’s scarywhen you come back (to college)as an adult. But the SSDstaff has been wonderful intheir accommodations.”Colleen Murphy hasreceived the Dale M.CONTINUED ON PAGE 32STUDENT UNION MAKEOVER: THE SHOW — You might thinkthat the Santos Manuel Student Union just couldn’t miss outon the extreme makeover rage sweeping the planet, but it’sreally just progress. The union is getting, O.K., a facelift that bySeptember 2005 will add more dining space, more space for theCross Cultural Center, more restaurant choices, a 200-seat theatreand a grand lobby and lounge area. … Ummm, stay tuned.Fall/Winter 200423CSUSB

S T U D E N TS C A P E SPhotos by Robert WhiteheadTo meet the expanding, demanding needs oftoday’s students, University Village has addedan absolutely new dimension to Cal State SanBernardino, joining Arrowhead and Serrano villagesas the latest addition to the university’s residentiallife complex. The modern village offers 4 bedroom/4bath, 4 bedroom/2bath and 2 bedroom/1 bathoptions, and you may never look at college campusliving the same way again.Says Alex Winborn, general manager ofUniversity Village, “If students aren’t happy withSerrano or Arrowhead Village, we keep them fromgoing off campus. We’re like the safety net. We fallinto that niche.” The new village features plentyof amenities, including fully furnished units, a T5Internet connection in every room, an activitiesroom, a fitness center, a computer/study room, amulti-purpose room, on-site laundry, and a resortstyleswimming pool with handicapped access.“University Village is a nice progression from theother housing options,” said the director of housing,Happy Cimenski-Almogela. Freshmen can start theiron-campus living experience in Serrano Village (384bed spaces), which offers the most in communityliving. There, students have a shared kitchen, loungeareas and a true traditional dorm-style experience.The following year students can move up to theArrowhead Village (583 bed spaces), where theycan cook for themselves in an apartment-style setting.They can get a taste of independent living yetremain on campus. Finally, they can move to theUniversity Village (464 bed spaces), which is acrossthe street (technically off campus) and enjoy a littlemore independence and premiere style living. Theinflux of so many residential students will add considerablyto the active student life on campus.The Good (Campus) Life24CSUSBFall/Winter 2004

Get the Alumni Advantage! …and get 25% off CSUSBlogo merchandise at the Coyote Bookstore.Show your CSUSB pride!By Sid RobinsonThe dignitaries posed intheir proper places in frontof the camera, all wearing theirbusiness suits and hard hats,smiling as they shoveled thefirst grounds of dirt from theland that would soon become aconstruction zone.This day in early June2001 would be rememberedin Rialto, as the school board,city and county officials, localdignitaries and volunteers gatheredto break ground for abrand new high school. Perhapswithout notice at the time, onekey face didn’t make it into thepicture that day. Her absenceIf You Became a High Schoolfrom those photos is a bit moreconspicuous now.“I was delayed getting to thegroundbreaking ceremonies, soI sat in the back and watched,”recalls Wilmer Amina Carter,laughing at the irony. On thatday, the retired four-term RialtoBoard of Education memberwas simply one of many peoplein attendance who looked outat the undeveloped acreageand proudly visualized whatthe new state-of-the-art schoolwould look like. As for whatelse was in store, “I had no idea— nobody did at the time.”Nearly a year after breakingground, the future “Rialto HighSchool No. 3” would becomeknown as Wilmer AminaCarter High School. On Aug.31, some 2,200 students in 9th,10th and 11th grades becamethe first to attend classes. “I’vetried and tried and tried tofigure out how this happened,and the only thing I can think isthat it is divine intervention,”reasons Amina. “So many othershave played important rolesin bringing this school to reality,and I am no more special thananyone else.”Ray Johnson, the first principalat Carter High, sees Aminaa bit differently. “She is verygracious and very humble, butfrom the first time I met her itwas very obvious to me whyshe was chosen,” says Johnson.“She has a love for educationand young people, and her passionis something that should betreasured and honored.”Amina is the first livingAfrican-American woman in theInland Empire for whom a highschool has been named. She isprobably the first Cal State SanBernardino alumna — a 1972bachelor’s degree in English anda 1976 master’s in education— to have any building namedin her honor, let alone an entirehigh school. For that matter,she can also likely claim thatdistinction among all currentandformer CSUSB employees,having worked for two yearsat the university as a legislativeand community liaison. In all,18 people were nominated tohave the new high school carrytheir name.Amina served four four-yearterms on the Rialto Board ofEducation from 1983 through1999. For 23 years beginningin 1973, she was a fixture inRialto and the local communitiesas part of CongressmanGeorge Brown’s staff, includingher position as district director.Along the way she has managedto serve and volunteer her timeto more than 35 local, regionaland national organizations, fromthe San Bernardino CountyDistrict Advocates for BetterSchools and the FeldheymPublic Library Literacy board tothe Center for Civic Education.She is a founding memberof the Martin Luther Kingannual prayer breakfast committeeand a member of theNational Organization of BlackEducators. Most recently, shereturned to public service as afield representative for CliffordYoung, who just finished servingas interim supervisor ofSan Bernardino County’s fifthdistrict. Young is the director ofgovernment relations at CSUSB.Her passion for giving backis just as obvious when it comesto her former university, whereshe is a life member of theCSUSB Alumni Association anda founding member of the university’sBlack Future Leaders.GOING UP — Three classroom buildings, anadministration building, gymnasium andathletic fields were a good month old whenWilmer Amina Carter High School was dedicatedOct. 9. Construction will continue overthe better part of the next year to add moreclassrooms, a performing arts complex andother facilities. (Photo by Robert Whitehead)The Alumni Association honoredAmina as its DistinguishedAlumna in 1981. In 1999 shereturned to campus, workingfor CSUSB President AlbertKarnig for two years as coordinatorof governmental relations.Amina remembers going outto the community to encourageits support for the bondmeasure that would fund thebuilding of the new high school.Later, when the school districtsent out the call for nominationsto name the school, shebusily searched for candidates.Little did she know that aground-swell of support forher own nomination was risingbehind her. “It was so excitingto see the community get soinvolved in the entire processof building this school,” shesays. “But then I found out Iwas being nominated to havethe school named after me.That was something thatCONTINUED ON PAGE 31Fall/Winter 200425CSUSB

Get the Alumni Advantage! …and get a 10% discount onregistration fees for College of Extended Learning courses. Letthe Alumni Association be your connection to lifelong learning!DistinguishedAlumni Awards2004Happy Birthday,Alma Mater!Calling all grads! CSUSB celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2005-06 and you're invited to be apart of the fun. Visit the CSUSB Alumni Association Web site, www.csusbalumni.com, and find outhow you can get involved with upcoming anniversary events and activities. Take a moment to updateyour information, then share your favorite Cal State memory and let us know what made Cal Stategreat for you. Reconnect with Cal State and share the excitement! Visit us on the Web or call thealumni office at (909) 880-5008.26CSUSBAdam N. TorresB.S. accounting 1986, was the2004 Distinguished Alumnusfor the College of Business andPublic Administration. Adam isthe U.S. Marshal for the CentralJudicial District of California.As the top official for the U.S.Marshal's Service in this district,Adam oversees a seven-countyarea, representing 18 millionresidents. He is responsible forproviding protection for all federalcourthouses in the CentralDistrict, transporting federal prisoners,protecting federalwitnesses, managing assets seizedfrom criminal enterprises, andapprehending federal fugitives.Previously, Adam worked forthe Internal Revenue Serviceas supervisory special agent forCriminal Investigations in LosAngeles. While with the IRS,Adam made presentations toCSUSB students and representedthe agency at the university'scareer fairs. ▲Fall/Winter 2004Were you involved in astudent club? Studentleadership? Rec sports? Thestudent newspaper?If so, the CSUSB AlumniAssociation and the CSUSBRetirees Association inviteyouto join us Jan. 29 at3 p.m. as we look overcampus photos from thelibrary archives and tryto identify who's who. Enjoyreconnecting with yourformer professors and classmates.Bring your favoriteCal State pictures and let usscan them.The Motor Enthusiast's Club was one of the first student clubs onthe new Cal State campus. Today, the university offers more than100 student organizations.Those interested in participatingare asked to call or e-mail thealumni office at (909) 880-5008 oralumni@csusb.edu.California State College at San Bernardino wel-comedvisitors and gave tours of the fledglingcampus. Do you recognize any of the tour guides?

Get the Alumni Advantage! …and get $20 offCoyote men's basketball season tickets. Come outand root on the 'Yotes!Get the Alumni Advantage!For more than 35 years the Alumni Association has played a vital role in the CSUSB community.The association exists to support campus programs that provide outstanding service to alumni andstudents and that bring prestige to the university.DistinguishedAlumni Awards2004Why should you become a member?Besides great benefits and privileges, membership in the Alumni Associationallows you to give back to your alma mater. Membership fees go a long wayin helping the Association:• Recruit and reward some of the region's most talented and deservingstudents in the Inland Empire through the Alumni Scholarsprogram• Honor alumni, students and departments for their extraordinaryachievements• Help our newest grads transition from college students toalumni at Grad Days, the university's award-winning “Welcometo the alumni family” celebration.What's in it for you?Let the Association keep you connected to CSUSB withour online monthly newsletter, the Cal State Connection. Orpost a resume or job opportunity on the Association's Website, www.csusbalumni.com, and take advantage of ournetwork of more than 50,000 alumni. Members also enjoyexclusive on-campus discounts and privileges, such as saving25 percent at the Coyote Bookstore*, 10 percent onCollege of Extended Learning courses* and $20 off men'sbasketball season tickets.How do you join?Getting the Alumni Advantage has neverbeen easier or more convenient! Join online atwww.csusbalumni.com, or call the alumni officeat (909) 880-5008 to request an application.*Some restrictions apply.Getyourhere!Log onto www.csusbalumni.comfor more information on the great benifits of membership!e-newsWant to know if your favoriteprofessor retired or received aprestigious award? Interested inknowing what's new at Cal State? Beenwondering what your former classmatesare up to these days?You'll find that and more news inThe Cal State Connection, the AlumniAssociation's monthly e-newsletter.For your free subscription, registeronline at the Alumni Association Website www.csusbalumni.com or e-mailthe association at alumni@csusb.edu.Don’t have an e-mail account? Call usfor your own FREE e-mail address andGet the Alumni Advantage!Ann VesseyM.A. special education 1986 andM.A. educational administration1999, was honored as the 2004Distinguished Alumna for theCollege of Education. Over thepast 20 years, Ann has made significantcontributions to the field ofspecial education as a K-12 teacherand administrator and as an adjunctfaculty member at CSUSB. Annis the district coordinator of specialeducation for Moreno ValleyUnified School District, overseeingall programs and services for childrenin the district with severe disabilitiesand exceptional needs. Shealso is principal and site administratorfor Rainbow Springs School,which focuses on early interventionprograms for kids from birththrough preschool who exhibitsignificant delays in developmentor who are at risk due to medicalconditions. ▲Fall/Winter 200427CSUSB

Alumni NotesGet the Alumni Advantage! …and get access to the campus library and computer labs.Members enjoy checkout privileges at any CSU library!28CSUSBDistinguishedAlumni Awards2004Dr. Travis HuxmanB.S. biology 1993 and M.S.biology 1996, is the 2004Distinguished Alumnus for theCollege of Natural Sciences.Travis earned his Ph.D. in biologyfrom UNLV and todayis professor of ecology andevolutionary biology at theUniversity of Arizona, Tucson.In his three years at U of A,Travis has distinguished himselfin both teaching and research.He has produced more than 35peer-reviewed publications andattracted more than $1 millionin grants to support his researchthat explores how past climateshave influenced plant evolutionand how future climatesmay alter relationships betweenplants and their environments.▲Fall/Winter 20041 9 6 0 sDarrow Milgrim, B.A. political science 1968,is president of DM Insurance Services anddirector of Spear and Company InsuranceBrokers. ▲Mary L. Christelman, B.A. sociology 1969,M.A. educational administration 1992, is aresource teacher for Vermont School in SanBernardino. Mary received National BoardCertification in November 2000. ▲1 9 8 0 sTaylor Whitney, B.A. psychology 1982, ispresident and founder of Preserving the Past,a photograph preservation company. Findout more about Taylor's company at: www.preservethepast.com.Richard Piercy, M.A. special education 1983,is the founder of the Academy for AcademicExcellence charter school in Apple Valleyand was appointed to the California CharterSchools Association board of directors.Jon D. Boeche, B.A. economics 1987, ownsseveral Dairy Queen restaurants. Jon'sBloomington location was selected to filmfour commercials, which were the firstnationally televised spots in the history ofDairy Queen. ▲1 9 9 0 sBenjamin Adams, B.S. marketing 1990, hasreceived his master of arts in teaching fromAzuza Pacific University.Amro Albanna ’91Amro Albanna, B.S. information management1991, is president and chief executiveof QMotions in Riverside. QMotions hasinvented an interactive companion to theworld of virtual golf, allowing users to perfecttheir swing while playing the world's finestgolf courses from the comfort of their ownhome. Find out more about QMotions atwww.qmotions.com. Amro was the 2003Distinguished Alumnus for the College ofBusiness and Public Administration.Michael Bracken, B.A. marketing 1992, M.P.A.1999, has been named by the RiversideCounty Board of Supervisors as chairmanof the Riverside County WorkforceDevelopment Board's Business and IndustryCommittee. Bracken is the founding partnerof Development Management Group, Inc.,which provides economic development anddevelopment consulting services to morethan 25 clients throughout California.James Kaufman, B.A. marketing 1992, is directorof the Learning Research Instituteat CSUSB. James wrote a study, “The Costof the Muse: Poets Die Young,” which was publishedin the journal, “Death Studies.”Lorraine D. Kearns, M.A. elementary education1992, is a teacher with Rim of the WorldUnified School District. Lorraine completed30 years of teaching in California publicschools in June.Shawn DeWitt ’93Shawn DeWitt, B.S. marketing 1993, isthe master brewer and co-owner of theCoronado Brewing Company, a restaurantand microbrewery located in San Diego.Shawn oversees beer production at the CBCas well as its off-site beer production facilityat the Mission Brewery Plaza. Find out moreabout the Coronado Brewing Company on itsWeb site: www.coronadobrewingcompany.com.David Patterson ’94David Patterson, B.A. English 1994, has beenpromoted to captain at Airtran Airways.David flies the Boeing 717. He has beenworking as a pilot since graduating fromCSUSB. David resides in the Dallas-Ft. Wortharea with his wife and two children.▲ Denotes CSUSB Alumni Association member

Get the Alumni Advantage! …and get the most up-to-date CSUSB news with theCal State Connection, our free monthly online newsletter. Stay connected to your alma mater!Alumni NotesCheryl Austin ’95Cheryl Austin, B.A. liberal studies 1995, wasnamed principal of Holy Rosary Academy in July,where she has taught since 1996 and where shepreviously served as vice principal.Julie Makerov, B.A. music 1996, is a worldrenownedsoprano. Julie preformed in LakeArrowhead Arts Association's Concert MasterSeries on May 23. She returns to Sarasota, Fla.,for this season's “Opera's Great Moments” concertin November 2004.Rozanne Dominguez DeWeese ’92Rozanne Dominguez DeWeese, B.S.kinesiology 1997, is the assistant coach for thewomen's soccer team at UC Davis. Rozie playedin soccer for CSUSB from 1992 to 1996, andranks third on the Coyotes' career goals-scoredlist. She was a three-time All-CCAA selectionand All-West Region Academic Female ScholarAthlete of the Year. Prior to going to UC Davis,she was assistant coach on the Indiana StateOlympic Development program for soccer.Angela T. Houlemard, B.S. accounting 1997, isan attorney with Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean,LLP. Angela received one of 12 scholarshipsfor the pilot program of the Access & FairnessLeadership Academy.2 0 0 0 sJennifer Fraser, B.A. sociology 2000, wasnamed assistant athletics director for complianceat Metropolitan State College of Denver.Previously she was coordinator of complianceand senior woman administrator for theCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association.Connie M. Osborne, B.A. communication 2000,M.A. education 2002, was recently recruited byOlympic College in Bremerton, Wash., as thesite coordinator for the TRIO program.Anthony Cummings, B.A. communication2001, is a graduate resident director at theUniversity of the Pacific in Stockton.Jose A. Cartagena, Jr., B.A. art 2002, earned anM.F.A. from the California College of the Artsin June. Jose also received the Barclay SimpsonAward in Graduate Fine Art.W e d d i n g sWallace D. Johnson, M.A. national securitystudies 1988, married Kimberly M. Snyder, Jan.3 at the Mission Inn in Riverside. Wallace isan instructor of government at South TexasCommunity College and an adjunct lecturer ofpolitical science at the University of Texas PanAmerican.Jacqueline R. Van Sickle, B.S. finance 1988,M.P.A. 1993, married Lawrence E. Fealy, Sept.27, 2003, at Our Lady of Mount CarmelChurch in Montecito. The couple lives inValencia.Robb Watson, B.A. criminal justice 1992, marriedMeghan Stienman March 27 in PalosVerdes. Robb owns and operates San DiegobasedAvant-Garde Limousine, which providesEldon Heaston, B.S. health science 1990, is the deputy AirPollution Control officer of the Mojave Desert Air QualityManagement District (AQMD) and the Antelope ValleyAQMD. Eldon oversees the day-to-day operations of bothdistricts, including compliance, regulatory development, engineeringand air monitoring.DistinguishedAlumni Awards2004Kent PaxtonB.A. English 1972, B.A. sociology1978, M.P.A. 1989, was namedthe 2004 Distinguished Alumnusfor the College of Social andBehavioral Sciences. Kent hasdedicated himself to improvingthe quality of life for children inSan Bernardino County. Since1974, he has worked with thecounty in its Mental Health andChild Protective Services departments.In 1988, Kent was namedto head the Children's Network,which organizes the countywideeffort for services for kids deemedat risk. Under his leadership, theChildren's Network today is recognizedas a model throughoutCalifornia for improving communicationand coordination among themany agencies that serve at-riskchildren and their families. ▲Eldon also serves as an adjunct professor in CSUSB's healthsciences department and has been instrumental in securinginternships for CSUSB students in his district. Througha Community-University Partnership with CSUSB ProfessorLal Mian, his district also has donated specialized air-quality29monitoring equipment and scholarship funds. Fall/Winter 2004 CSUSB

Alumni NotesGet the Alumni Advantage!…and get discounted admission to university theatre, musicand Coussoulis Arena events. Show your Alumni Association membership card and savewhen you purchase event tickets!30CSUSBDistinguishedAlumni Awards2004Dr. Deborah GreerCurrierB.A. theatre arts 1992, is the2004 Distinguished Alumnafor the College of Arts andLetters. Deborah earned amaster's degree and Ph.D.in theatre arts from theUniversity of Oregon, Eugene.She is a professor of theatrearts at Western WashingtonUniversity in Bellingham andshe also is director of GraduateStudies and the Theatre forYouth Program. Deborah hasearned numerous honors forher teaching and directing, andshe is recognized for her extensiveexperience in the field ofchildren's theatre. She createdand directs the MulticulturalOutreach Touring Project(MOTley Crew), a communityoutreach theatre for youth performancetour, and she serveson the Washington Alliance forArts in Education board. ▲Fall/Winter 2004luxury ground transportation to SouthernCalifornia communities. Visit the Avant-GardeWeb site at www.avant-garde-limo.com andrequest the CSUSB alumni discount.Jolene Marie Balakoski, B.A. English 1996,married David Gwyllm Evans, May 15 at TivoliTerrace in Laguna Beach. Jolene is the assistantvice president of Merrill Lynch Trust Co. in LosAngeles.Nick Nazarian ’96 andCrystal Vickery ’00Nick Nazarian, B.A. communication studies1996, and Crystal Vickery, B.A. communicationstudies 2002, were wed Aug. 28 at theCastaway Restaurant in San Bernardino. Nickis the assistant director for alumni affairs atCSUSB and Crystal is an assistant at the universityin the IRT vice president's office. ▲Shayne Kenneth Riddell, B.A. management1996, married Adrian Marie Melei, Aug. 1 atSan Segundo De Asti in Guasti. Shayne ownsand operates DJ Productions.Jennifer Beckett, B.A. communications 1998,married Anthony Phaller July 17 in Santa Ana.Jennifer is a teacher for the Colton UnifiedSchool District.Jennifer M. Muller, B.A. marketing 1998,married Jason D. Cerswell on Oct. 18, 2003 atPadua Hills Theatre in Claremont. Thecouple lives in Upland.Kimberly Jordan, B.A. psychology, humandevelopment 1999, and Daniel Graham, B.A.economics 2002, were wed April 18 at PaduaHills Theatre in Claremont. Kimberly works forthe county and Daniel is serving actively withthe U.S. Army Reserves.Aileen Lauritzen, B.A. liberal studies 1999,married Brandon Bluhm June 25 in LosAngeles. Aileen is a teacher for the LosAngeles Unified School District.Shannon Stratton, B.S. kinesiology 1999,married Dorie Gazca July 4, at the EdwardsMansion in Redlands. Shannon is a professorof kinesiology at CSUSB and assistant coachfor Cal State's women's water polo team.▲ Denotes CSUSB Alumni Association memberAnn Marye Mitchell, B.A. social sciences 2000,married King Geiser, B.A. physics 1984, July10 in Lake Tahoe. Ann Marye is a teacher atSierra Vista Elementary School in Perris andKing owns King's Horseshoeing, in Riverside.Rosemarie Gonzales, B.S. nursing 2001,married Amro Habib, March 27 at EtiwandaGardens Chapel in Rancho Cucamonga. Thecouple resides in Tucson, where Rosemarieis a registered nurse, working in the intensivecare unit.Angelica Lemus, B.A. sociology 2002, marriedJoseph Rivera July 17 in Moreno Valley.Angelica is a social worker for the RiversideCounty Department of Social Services.Melissa A. Penny, B.A. liberal studies 2003,married Michael J. Duffey, Aug. 16, 2003 atPadua Hills Theatre in Claremont. Melissa is afirst grade teacher at Rancho Heritage School. ▲B i r t h sJuliana Kutsche, B.A. art 1991, and her husbandJ. Keith, announce the birth of their son,Asher John Kutsche, born Feb. 16. While atCSUSB, Juliana was a university ambassador.Tony Papin, B.S. physical education 1995, andAthena Palma announce the birth of theirdaughter, Kaya, born Aug. 9. Tony is a specialeducation teacher in the Fontana UnifiedSchool District.In MemoriamPamela Joan Daniel, B.S. marketing 1995, diedAug. 20. Pam was a pharmaceutical sales representative,and a volunteer with the Boys andGirls Club of Redlands and the CommunityHospital of San Bernardino Foundation.Robert E. Wilson, B.S. mathematics 1987, diedApril 28 in a car accident. Robert was a policeofficer with the City of Corona.Arene Wagner, M.A. education 1987, diedAug. 27. Arene was a teacher, counselorand cheer coach at Ramona High School inRiverside.

If You Becamecontinued from page 25was beyond anything I ever thought.”Choosing Amina is no surprise. But it isamazing considering that her early education inthe 1940s was at home in segregated NeshobaCounty, Mississippi, thanks to her grandfather,Anderson Carter. Raised from infancy by herAunt Beatrice and Uncle Caesar on her grandfather’srural Southern farm, she learned to readat the age of three. Anderson Carter was a circuitteacher who taught schoolin the community church with a personal touch,making sure, too, that his granddaughter got aproper education. Even as a youngster, shewas writing and reading letters for peoplewho couldn’t read or write.After her grandfather died, Amina movewith her aunt and uncle to California and settledin San Bernardino. She has been in the area eversince, graduating from San Bernardino HighSchool in 1958 and taking several jobs locally.To help earn extra money during the holidayseason, she applied to the local Sears store.There, she excelled at selling toys and women’sapparel. Still, her passion was public service. SoAmina went to work for the California StateUniversity system at the San Bernardino office.She was soon promoted to administrator in theEducational Opportunity Program. Her earlysuccess led to a transfer to the chancellor’soffice in Los Angeles.“I wanted to work in the big city, but I quicklyrealized I was a small-town girl,” she admits.She returned to San Bernardino to the system’sstudent services department. “That was duringa time that a lot of minorities started going toCal State San Bernardino, and I knew I wantedto do more, so I started taking night classes bothat San Bernardino Valley College and Cal Stateback when the campus had just three primarybuildings.” Within three years she earned abachelor of arts in English.It wasn’t long before Amina launched herpublic service career. She moved to Rialto andjoined Rep. Brown’s staff in 1973, serving the36th Congressional District and the communityfor 23 years. For three years she left her postto manage the School-to-Work Program forthe National Council of Negro Women andEducational Training Service to help high schoolstudents in their transition to the working world.“After I returned, Mr. Brown and othersencouraged me to run for a position on theschool board.” In 1983, the Black communitymade up only 7 percent of the city’s population,Amina says, and the only two African-Americansto ever run for office were not successful.“Nobody thought I would win, but I did.” Thatyear, Amina became the first African Americanelected to the Rialto Board of Education, a postshe held for the next 16 years while also workingfor Rep. Brown.She made an immediate impression, developinga style unique among today’s public officialsas she borrowed a technique used by her lategrandfather. “I have tried to work with studentsand parents on a personal level to resolve theirproblems. Sometimes those weren’t all resolvedto their satisfaction, but at least they gotanswers and they knew they were being heard.”She spent the past year soliciting contributionsfor the new school’s library and scholarshipprogram, and she figures to be a fixture aroundcampus now that it has opened. “As a citizen,”says Amina, “I think I can contribute as much as Idid when I was on the school board.”Through all of the praise and celebration,Amina remains humble and grateful. “I am notrich, but I’m rich in friends and in health, so Ireally am extremely rich,” she says. “Of course,I’d still really love to win the lottery, but I alreadyhave more than anyone could ever ask for.”Fall/Winter 200431CSUSB

Top GunsMore than 200 student-athletes,guests and friends filed into Cal State SanBernardino’s Santos Manuel Student UnionEvents Center in May to celebrate thehigh marks of the 2003-04 season thatproduced a record three CCAA champions.The annual All-Sports Banquet isan eager affair that hands out awards todeserving athletes and celebrates all with amulti-media presentation produced by theuniversity academic computing and mediadepartment.This year Kim Morohunfola, a seniormiddle blocker on the CCAA and PacificRegion champion volleyball team, wasnamed the female athlete of the year.Morohunfola was the CCAA player of theyear and the American Volleyball CoachesAssn/NCAA Division II player of the year.Jonathan Levy, a senior forward-guardon the CCAA champion men’s basketballteam, was named male athlete of the year.Levy was the CCAA player of the yearand leading scorer at 19 points a game.He was also a first-team All-West Regionand second-team National Association ofBasketball Coaches/NCAA Division II All-American.For the first time, three young womenwere honored as female scholar athletes ofthe year. They were Stephanie Sheldrick,a 4.0 student and member of the soccerteam; Tanya Zeferjahn, a 3.82 studentand member of the cross country team;and Jennifer Newman, a 3.89 studentand member of the tennis team. Themen’s scholar athlete of the year was J.R.Reyes, a senior and member of the golfteam with a 3.56 GPA. Reyes was also anNCAA College Division All-West RegionAcademic team selection.The Coyote Pup Award went toChristina Vaughn. A freshman and memberof the softball team, she received theaward for making second-team All-CCAAand earning a 3.0 grade point average. Theaward honors first-year players who madea difference on and off the field or court ofcompetition.Finally, the Morgan Stanley/Tal WilsonAward was captured by Dumas Martin ofthe men’s basketball team for being themost inspirational senior on the team.Tal Wilson, who earned bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees from CSUSB in the early1980s and was a senior vice president forMorgan Stanley, died in 2003. A memberof the Alumni Association Board for manyyears, he was an avid fan of the CSUSBathletics program.32CSUSBFall/Winter 2004Border LinesCONTINUED FROM PAGE 16of note into his home every summer to spendfocused time with their craft, and then, undera Whittenberger Fellowship, an invitation toteach promising high school poets at AlbertsonCollege in Idaho.It was nice being noticed, but Juan wouldwrite even if notice never came, even if hewere never published. He says this knowing fullwell that recognition eludes most writers, particularlypoets, who should not be in it for themoney or the fame. “There are probably morepoets than there are readers of poetry.” So beit. He’s unconcerned. When he thinks of recognitionof his work the first scene that enters hismind is that of his nine-year-old fraternal twinsafter a Long Beach reading several years ago.From their seats and for an hour or so theyhad watched their father read in an auditoriumfull of people. This was different than what theywere used to at home. At home, they didn’tsee him write, and he didn’t read his poemsaloud. As they listened in the auditorium, theyrealized for the first time that writing could bepublic, and that, as he had said, it was meantto be shared. In the car on the way home, itseemed to Juan that the twins were unusuallyquiet. Then one of them, in some amazementand as if they had finally scared up the guts tospeak, said something like, “Dad, people werereally listening.”Of the borders Juan has seen, that was onehe was proud to see his children cross. Theyhad witnessed the power the spoken wordcould wield in public. The audience's pleasure,however, could not outdo the difference theact of writing and the written word had madein private years ago, and that continued nowwhen dad would become kind of quiet aroundthe house, and head up to his office in the attic,where he could be silent and think about thenext line.Odds and EvensCONTINUED FROM PAGE 23Schoettler scholarship for visually impairedstudents. Distributed once a year to only onestudent in the entire 23-campus CaliforniaState University system, the scholarship awardsMurphy, who lives in San Bernardino, $5,000 forthe 2004-2005 academic year. With the helpof the state Department of Rehabilitation andthe WorkAbility IV program, SAIL, EOP, andServices to Students with Disabilities officesat CSUSB, Murphy has turned her life aroundafter surviving an abusive relationship, drugaddiction and losing her children to foster care.“Anyone can succeed if they are determined,”says Murphy. “There are a lot of services inplace to help anyone with a disability. The key isto plug into those services and allow them tohelp you through the particular challenges youface. I had access to great scholastic counselingand I had so much support I felt that I was ableto overcome the obstacles in my life becauseI was not doing it alone.” Murphy entered themaster’s program for social work this fall.Studies in MovementIn Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan province, the warm monsoon moisture tempered the cold mountain air and artist Ting, Shao Kuangpainted in the evenings and burned his work the next morning. Fear of reprisals from Mao Zedong's Communist government kept him watchful.He later dodged imprisonment when he fled to northern China. By the close of the Cultural Revolution, in 1976, Ting, the man who Chinatoday considers its Picasso, had destroyed 1,500 original works. It was about 30 years ago that the art Ting (right) and He, Neng (left) had beencreating began to come into its own. The Yunnan School of Art was a style that infused the traditional art forms and symbolism scripted inChina with heavy color and abstraction. While Ting is the “acknowledged leader” of the Yunnan School, He is certainly one of its acknowledgedcreators. At CSUSB this past summer, the two artists along with several students and faculty from Yunnan exhibited their work at the Robert V.Fullerton Art Museum. (Photo by Corinne Jamieson)

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Whether it's art, music, theatre, lectures or other special events, there's something for everyone on the Cal State San Bernardino calendar.Share and enjoy. All numbers are in the 909 area code. Parking prices may vary.D E C E M B E RNOWART EXHIBIT.Three shows: “BetweenWonderlands and Realities: Bestin Children's Book Illustration,1880-1940.” Through March 5,2005. Also, “Ponds, Gardens andPaths,” Jay Willis, and “Kamikaze,”Misty Burruel. Through Feb. 12,2005. Robert V. Fullerton ArtMuseum. Museum hours: Tuesday,Wednesday, Friday and Saturday,10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday,10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. 880-7373.J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 5521MUSIC.First Wednesdays presents“Amahl and the Night Visitors.”A children's holiday opera by theRiverside Little Opera. 7:30 p.m.,Performing Arts Building RecitalHall. General admission $15, AlumniAssociation members,senior citizens $10, students $5.880-7516.PERFORMANCE BASKETBALL.The Harlem Globetrotters atCSUSB. 7 p.m., Coussoulis Arena.Gold Circle seating $50, reserved$30, general admission $22.50,CSUSB general admission $18.50.Service fee per ticket $1. Parking $5.880-7360.F E B R U A R Y2592526MUSIC.First Wednesdays presentsCancryn/Carlisle Duo, soprano andpiano. 7:30 p.m., Performing ArtsBuilding Recital Hall. General admission$15, Alumni Association members,senior citizens $10, students$5. 880-7516.JOB FAIR.The annual Education Job Fair willhave more than 85 school districtsthroughout California seeking candidatesfor teaching, counselingor administrative positions. Bringresumes. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., CoussoulisArena. Free. 880-5250.MUSIC.CSUSB Symphonic Band andChamber Winds. 7:30 p.m.,Performing Arts Building RecitalHall. General admission $8, AlumniAssociation members, senior citizens$6, students $4. 880-7516.THEATRE.“Ethel.” The return of the successfulone-woman CSUSB musical starring“Ethel” starring Val Limar-Jansen, Feb. 25 & 262alumna Val Limar-Jansen, portrayingthe mother of the “sophisticatedblues," Ethel Waters. Feb. 25 and26, both shows 8 p.m. PerformingArts Building Recital Hall. Theatrefundraising event for Ronald BarnesScholarship Endowment. Tickets$50. 880-5884.M A R C HMUSIC.First Wednesdays presentsM-Pact, Contemporary Vocal JazzEnsemble. Performing Arts BuildingRecital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Generaladmission $15, Alumni Associationmembers, senior citizens $10, students$5. 880-7516.“Between Wonderlands andRealities: Best in Children's BookIllustration, 1880-1940,” art exhibitruns through March 200511151820THEATRE:OPENING NIGHT.Shakespeare's “Macbeth.” Aftera noble warrior learns he is destinedto rule Scotland, he and hiswife murder the rightful king and adownpour of blood and destructionensues. Ronald E. Barnes Theatre.March 11,12, 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m.and March 13, 20 at 2 p.m. Generaladmission $10, Alumni Associationmembers, senior citizens $8, students$5. 880-5884.MUSIC.CSUSB Concert Choir. 7:30 p.m.,Performing Arts Building RecitalHall. General admission $8, AlumniAssociation members, senior citizens$6, students $4. 880-7516.MUSIC.CSUSB Jazz Ensemble and CSUSBVocal Jazz/Show Choir. 7:30 p.m.,Performing Arts Building RecitalHall. General admission $8, AlumniAssociation members, senior citizens$6, students $4. 880-7516.MUSIC.CSUSB Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m.,Performing Arts Building RecitalHall. General admission $8, AlumniAssociation members, senior citizens$6, students $4. 880-7516.MUSIC.CSUSB Chamber Winds andChamber Singers. 4 p.m., PerformingArts Building Recital Hall. Generaladmission $8, Alumni Associationmembers, senior citizens $6,students $4. 880-7516.California State University, San Bernardino5500 University ParkwaySan Bernardino, CA 92407-2397Change Service RequestedParents Please Note: If your son or daughteris no longer at this address, please send anaddress correction to us at the above location.STANDARD MAIL ANON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGEPAIDSAN BERNARDINO, CAPERMIT NO. 1649If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailpiece or you aregetting more than one copy, please call us at (909) 880-5006.