February 2011
- March 15 Workshop on Transitions in Family Business
The future of family businesses often rests with the next generation as current leaders phase out of the daily grind. On March 15, Ron Stein, vice president of business development for PTS Staffing Solutions, will moderate a panel discussion on "The Secrets of Transitioning and Transferring the Tools for Success to the Next Generation." The Family Business Council program is sponsored by Cal State Fullerton's Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.
- Forum on How to Boost Number of African American College Graduates
Cal State Fullerton's African American Resource Center is sponsoring a community dialogue to discuss how to increase the number of African American college graduates. The forum is free and open to the public.
- Recognizing Faculty Authors
Cal State Fullerton, in a celebration of accomplishment, honored faculty authors during a Wednesday, Feb. 23, luncheon in Portola Pavilion A of the Titan Student Union. The annual event recognized faculty members for textbooks, works of fiction, poetry, art and anthologies, as well as edited books published in 2010 and 2011.
- Children's Book Author Deborah Nourse Lattimore to Speak
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Mildred Donoghue Children's Literature Center, Cal State Fullerton's Pollak Library presents a March 7 lecture by children's book author and illustrator Deborah Nourse Lattimore.
- End of the World? Mayan Calendar Talk March 1
The Mayan calendar, which some believe predicts the end of the world at the end of 2012, will be discussed Tuesday, March 1, at Cal State Fullerton by anthropologist and author Bruce Love. The free lecture is open to the public.
- Children's Center Director Q & A
Betsy Gibbs promotes early learning at Cal State Fullerton's Children's Center
- Student Works in Children's Center
Biochemistry Student Gayle Villapando helps teach young children in the university's new Children's Center.
- New Children's Center
The new $8.7 million Children's Center is open and serving the pre-school children of students, faculty and staff with eight master teachers, a cook, 60 teacher aides and 25 student interns. Funded with student fees, the center is a program of Associated Students Inc.
- Graduate Student Is Semifinalist for Student Service Award
Through a national web-voting contest, Cal State Fullerton nursing graduate student Austin Nation has been named one of 50 semifinalists for the 2011 Students in Service Award.
- Alum Matthew Libatique Nominated for Academy Award
Cal State Fullerton graduate Matthew Libatique is a nominee for an Academy Award as cinematographer on the film "Black Swan."
- CSUF President to Address Congregation in Norwalk
Cal State Fullerton President Milton A. Gordon will address congregants Sunday, Feb. 27, at the New Covenant Baptist Church in Norwalk as part of a California State University effort to encourage early planning for college and the involvement of community members as mentors for young people.
- Author Speaks of World War II Experience
Author and Cal State Fullerton alumna Margot E. Palmgren will talk about her experiences during World War II in Germany as part of Cal State Fullerton's "Eyewitness to War" lecture series.
- Robert Koch Honored by Engineering Council
Robert A. Koch, acting dean of Cal State Fullerton's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, will be honored Feb. 21 with the Orange County Engineering Council's 2011 Distinguished Engineering Merit Award.
- Preparing Educators for 21st-Century Classrooms
Cal State Fullerton's President Milton A. Gordon, Steven N. Murray, acting vice president for academic affairs, Claire Cavallaro, dean of the College of Education, and Robert A. Koch, acting dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, along with teacher education faculty members and other education stakeholders from across the country, attended the Feb. 14 California State University's Summit on Teacher Preparation in Irvine.
- Educator's Pathway and Passion to Teaching Science
Victoria B Costa shares the reasons why she strives to help prepare future educators for teaching science -- including her lifelong passion for being a teacher herself.
- Aikens to Receive CSUF's OC Titan Award
Bette and Wylie Aitken of Anaheim Hills are this year's recipients of the Orange County Titan Award, presented each year by Cal State Fullerton to an organization or individuals who have made a positive impact in Orange County. The award will be presented during the university's Feb. 19 Front & Center event at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
- Remediation Effort Becomes an Early Start to College
Incoming freshmen for the fall 2012 semester may be entering classrooms early -- if they need remediation in math and/or English -- as part of an Early Start Program being offered at Cal State Fullerton and mandated by the California State University system.
- Fossils Curated by CSUF at Fullerton Museum Center
An 11,000-year-old Columbian mammoth tusk, the skull of an ancient whale and a 10- to 15-million-year-old fur seal skeleton are a few of Orange County's artifacts on display through May 8 at the Fullerton Museum Center. The pieces, part of the center's "Before Fullerton: The Prehistory of North Orange County" exhibit, are examples of the county's fossils that Cal State Fullerton has been curating and preserving as part of its Cooper Center project.
- Business Students Offer Tax Assistance
Cal State Fullerton students are offering income tax return preparation and filing assistance. More than 100 students and alumni -- all certified -- take part in Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, an IRS-sponsored community program that helps low-income families and individuals prepare federal and state returns.
- CSUF Alum Sees Commercial Air During Super Bowl
The third time is definitely a charm for former radio/TV/film student Nick Simotas, whose spot for Pepsi Max aired during this year's Super Bowl. The ad, "First Date," earned a top 10 spot in the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" competition.
- Costa Discusses STEM Teacher Preparation
Victora B. Costa discusses her "roadmap" for preparing teacher credential students for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the classroom. She is making a presentation on the subject today at the California State University Summit: Transformative Change in the Preparation of Teachers" in Irvine.
- Effects of a Mammoth Mountain Eruption
- Fullerton Faculty, Students Present at CSU Teacher Summit
Two CSUF teacher credential students and the university's director of science education will make presentations focusing on readying future educators for the 21st-century digital classroom at the Feb. 14 California State University Summit "Transformative Change in the Preparation of Teachers."
- Moot Court Student Is Seventh in Nation
Senior political science major Brian Del Vecchio has made a name for himself: he is the seventh best orator in the nation. Del Vecchio recently earned the ranking at the American Collegiate Moot Court Association Championship.
- Cunliffe Nominated for Grammy Music Award
Bill Cunliffe, Cal State Fullerton associate professor of music, has received his fourth Grammy nomination.
- Award Night Celebration Benefits College of Communications
Instead of staying home to see which film will win Best Movie of the Year, join other movie fans and experience Hollywood's biggest night on the big screen in one of Orange County's premier movie theaters. Cal State Fullerton's College of Communications, in cooperation with UltraStar Cinemas at Anaheim GardenWalk, will host a live viewing of the ceremony beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27.
- McNair Scholar Finds Passion is Art
Danielle Gibbons hopes to pursue a doctoral degree to teach what has become her passion: art
- Teaching the History of Racism
Lezlee Hinesmon-Mathews teaches the History of Racism course at Cal State Fullerton with aim to end discrimination.
- Afro-ethnic studies faculty
Afro-ethnic Studies Department faculty members lead about 40 courses on various topics.
- Stan Breckenridge
CSUF alumnus, musicologist and lecturer of Afro-ethnic studies talks about his career
- Former Foster Youth Serves as Role Model
Guardian Scholar Talitha James plans to complete her degree in May and pursue graduate school on her way to becoming a social worker for foster youth.
- COPH African American Oral Histories
Cal State Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History features scores of African American oral histories.
- Black History Month
Black History Month at Cal State Fullerton
- New CSUF Children's Center Opens
A newly built Children's Center at Cal State Fullerton offers expanded play and learning areas for the campus' youngest members -- the children of its students.
- Jobitt Kicks Off Town and Gown Lecture Series
Steven Jobbitt, Cal State Fullerton assistant professor of history, will present the first in a series of free lectures featuring CSUF faculty members speaking on a variety of topical issues. The university and Fullerton Public Library are co-sponsoring the 2011 Town and Gown International Lecture Series.
- Black History Month 2011
Cal State Fullerton celebrates Black History Month with various events including film screening, lectures, a concert and panel discussion. All events are open to the public.
- Jon Bruschke on Publicity Impact on Jury Trial Outcomes
While it will likely be many months before Jared Lee Loughner, charged with the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting that killed six people, and left 14 others injured, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, media coverage continues. Last week, on January 24, Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) Kerri Miller, a veteran newspaper and radio reporter and host of Midmorning interviewed Cal State Fullerton's own Jon Bruschke, on the impact of pre-trial media coverage and publicity on jury trial outcomes. His interview can be heard about 3/4s of the way through the second hour of the show podcast (at 44 minutes, 30 seconds into the segment for that day which is available for listening at Minnesota Public Radio's podcast archive.
- Keeping the Entrepreneurial Flame Alive Subject of Workshop
Two family business consultants will be sharing tips and techniques for "Keeping the Entrepreneurial Flame Alive" during a Tuesday, Feb. 8, Family Business Council workshop sponsored by Cal State Fullerton's Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.
- Marshal Kennedy Carolan in Hair
Photos of Cal State Fullerton theatre alumnus Marshal Kennedy Carolan and some of his cast mates in "Hair" during a midday performance at South Coast Plaza Jan. 27 to promote the national touring production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical," now on stage through Feb. 6 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
- Certificate Program Graduate Volunteers in Gulf of Mexico
Cuong Lien put his interpreting skills, learned through Cal State Fullerton's University Extended Education, on the front lines last summer, just three weeks after the massive April 20 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Lien was one of the first to sign up for Extended Ed's Legal Interpretation and Translation Program.
