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It was mildly ironic that
Margaret Doane hadn’t been
around much to do the very
job for which she was about
to be honored. When Cal
State San Bernardino President
Albert Karnig told her she’d
been named the university’s
Outstanding Professor for 2005,
the truth was that Doane had
been on sabbatical and was
actually sitting in a meeting she’d
been asked to attend —
a ruse to bring her to campus.
The English professor had
been noticed because, as a faculty
member since 1976, she
has developed 10 new courses
at CSUSB, including “Regional
American Literature,” “Shelley
and Browning,” “Utopian
Literature” and “The Victorian
Novel.” She also created the
successful English Honors
program and EPIC, an advising
center for undergraduate
English majors. Just as significant,
though, is her work with students.
During her career Doane
has mentored 398 independent
study projects (about 16 per
year) and directed more than
70 internships.
“What’s remarkable is that
she does all of these things
well,” said Karnig. “I do this every
few years with Margaret,” he
added. “She was the Golden
Apple Teaching Award winner in
2002, and Outstanding Adviser
in 2001, so it seems I’m always
presenting her an award.”
This year’s Golden Apple
Award winner, who was named
last November, is Eugene Wong,
a professor of psychology. Past
Zine E-volution
For those who prefer reading their news online, or perhaps seeing that news online
just feels more glamorous, Cal State San Bernardino Magazine is now on the Web. The
university’s twice-yearly publication is published in mid-fall and mid-spring. Readers
can log onto the Web site at http://magazine.csusb.edu and view a text version, or
click on the PDF prompt and download the magazine as it actually appears in print.
Straightforward and simple to navigate, the text version lets readers go directly
to the sections of the magazine in which they’re most interested, be it favorites
such as class notes from CSUSB alumni, news about the academic college
from which an alum graduated, the cover feature of that particular issue or the
events calendar.
For years the cover of Cal State San Bernardino Magazine chiefly has
featured professors who have gained state, national and, in some instances,
international recognition in their fields. Issues of the magazine dating back
to spring 2002 can be downloaded as PDF files. The spring and fall 2004
editions can be read online as well as downloaded.
High Class Acts
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS — Campus community members celebrate English faculty member Margaret Doane, CSUSB's 2005 Outstanding Professor. (Photo by Robert Whitehead)
award winners and administrators
accompanied Karnig to
break the big news to Wong at
an unannounced visit to one of
his classes.
“I spend most of my days
with students,” Wong said, “and
I love what I do. It’s very nice
to be recognized.” The Golden
Apple is an annual award given
for excellence in teaching, advising
and mentoring.
Karnig praised Wong as “a
great teacher who has developed
and taught 14 different
courses at CSUSB. He has an
extraordinary ability to explain
complex concepts.” Wong has
taught psychology, human development
and education classes at
the university since joining the
College of Social and Behavioral
Science’s faculty in 1994. He has
served as coordinator of the
Human Development program
since 1997, a capacity in which
he advises about 10 students
every week. He has also advised
international and graduate students
and for years has chaired
the university’s McNair Scholars
Program Research Project. The
McNair Scholars program aids
minority students in pursuing
graduate studies.
Doane and Wong were honored
in March along with other
faculty and staff from CSUSB,
San Bernardino Valley College
and the San Bernardino City
Unified School District at the
San Bernardino Mayor’s Golden
Apple Awards event.