The board's mission is to enhance
the teaching, outreach and research efforts of the College of Education
and strengthen its ability to meet the educational needs of Orange
County.
January 19, 2005 :: No. 113
A newly formed group of educators and business
and community leaders will focus their efforts on building support
for Cal State Fullerton's new College
of Education.
The 11-member CSUF College of Education Advancement
Board will hold its inaugural meeting tomorrow, Jan. 20, on campus.
The founding members are: Newport Beach resident
Marian Bergeson, a member of the California Transportation Commission
who formerly served as state secretary of education, senator and
assemblywoman; Huntington Beach resident and CSUF alumna Rachelle
Cracchiolo, president and founder of Teacher Created Materials and
former elementary school teacher; Laguna Beach resident Edward B.
Fry, emeritus professor of education and former director of the
Reading Center at Rutgers University; Huntington Beach resident
John Reynolds Gardiner, children's author and adaptor of children's
stories for television; CBS 2 News anchor Harold Greene of Los Angeles
, Placentia resident and alumna Peggy Hammer, former teacher, reading
specialist and reading supervisor and longtime Titan supporter;
Fullerton resident Deborah Osen Hancock, emeritus professor of education
and first woman dean of education in the CSU system (Bakersfield);
also of Fullerton, Barbara R. Kilponen, Fullerton Joint Union High
School District trustee; Irvine resident Marsha D. Link, principal
in Spectra Consultants and former educator; Anaheim resident Joel
Slutzky, MAXxess Systems Inc. and StealthKey Inc. chair; and Irvine
resident Margie Wakeham, Families Forward executive director.
“The quality of the College of Education Advancement
Board is humbling,” says Ashley
Bishop, acting dean of the College of Education . “The
members bring rich, varied backgrounds and accomplishments to the
college. On our board, we have the author of a best-selling children's
novel, an innovative and successful business leader, the first women
dean of education in the CSU system, an anchorman for a major network,
and individuals with long and rich Fullerton service histories.”
The board's mission is to enhance the teaching,
outreach and research efforts of the College of Education and strengthen
its ability to meet the educational needs of Orange County and surrounding
service areas. To that end, board members have committed to such
goals as enriching the college's connections with educational, civic
and government agencies; enhancing ties between the college and
alumni; generating strategies for expanding research efforts of
the college through new funding opportunities; and providing strategies
for development and fund raising.
Media Contact: |
Ashley Bishop, College of Education , 657-278-4021 or abishop@fullerton.edu
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