CSUSB receives WASC 10-year accreditation

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has renewed the accreditation of California State University , San Bernardino praising it as a “dynamic institution” that “is responding boldly to the demographic shifts in its region.

Cal State San Bernardino is “a plethora of initiatives and a ‘culture of evidence’ that have been nurtured to evaluate them. This energy and a willingness to review results pervade the academic, cocurricular, and administrative sectors of the University,” wrote WASC executive director Ralph A. Wolff in a letter to CSUSB President Albert Karnig.

Wolf added that the university has received a high rating as one of the Inland Empire ’s best places to work “in part because of its attention to the cycle of training, assessment, and feedback.”...read the complete story.

Academy Award Nominee to speak on 

“The Science and Art of Special Effects”

Tom Martinek, technical director and computer graphics supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic, a Lucasfilm Company, will be the featured speaker April 9 in the Department of Biology Seminar Series.  Martinek, whose feature film credits include Master and Commander:  The Far Side of the World, The Hulk, A.I., Deep Impact, Twister, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, will speak on “The Science and Art of Special Effects” at 3:00 p.m. in Jack Brown Hall’s Anheuser-Busch Auditorium.

Sponsored in part by the College of Natural Sciences, the program is family-friendly and admission is free.  There will be a $1.50 parking charge for those without a valid CSUSB parking permit.  For more information, please contact Dr. Stuart Sumida at (909) 880-5346 or ssumida@csusb.edu...read the complete story.

Eberst receives CSU's first Linton Award

Professor Richard M. Eberst, director of Community-University Partnerships (CUP) at Cal State San Bernardino, has become the first faculty member from the 23-campus California State University system to be named recipient of the 2004 Ernest A. Lynton Award for Professional Service and Academic Outreach.

The Lynton Award is annually presented by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education to an educator in the United States who most effectively and broadly incorporates his or her professional service and academic outreach into making significant contributions to improving the overall quality of life and health in the university’s service region...read the complete story.

Portillo accepted in California Senate Fellowship

Of the more than 500 applicants vying for spots in the California Senate Fellowship program, Luis Portillo, B.S. info management 2003 , is one of only 18 actually selected to take part in the program.

Portillo is currently working in the Capital Building in Sacramento under State Senator Roy Ashburn, who represents the 18th district, which includes northern San Bernardino County . His responsibilities for the California Senate program include helping to develop legislative proposals, researching and analyzing bills, responding to constituent inquiries and writing press releases and speeches...read the complete story.

Scholarship fund donors recognized for contributions

Gerry Fawcett (B.A. administration 1974) and Eric Herbert, representing Fontana-based West Valley Material Recovery Facility (MRF), were honored March 5 at a ceremony recognizing university scholarship donors.  West Valley MRF, in partnership with Kaiser Ventures, Inc. and Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc., established a $72,000 scholarship program through the CSUSB Alumni Association.  

Fawcett, vice chairman of the board for Kaiser Ventures and former president of the Alumni Association board of directors, and Herbert, vice president for Burrtec, are pictured here at the reception with the first two recipients of the MRF scholarship, Tiffany Pointer (junior, mathematics) and Tom S. Lee (junior, computer science)...read the complete story.