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CSUSB President Dr. Albert Karnig

President Albert Karnig was among six top Inland Empire professionals hailed by the Business Press as 2004 Leaders of Distinction.  Dr. Karnig was recognized for his leadership in the public sector.
 
Since arriving at CSUSB in 1997, Dr. Karnig has helped make the Cal State campus a well-known and respected institution regionally and nationally.  During his tenure, the university has seen records in enrollment, freshman applications, student retention, diversity of faculty and students, grants and contract funding, fundraising, patent applications and international program development, as well as the addition of many new campus facilities.

Coyotes ranked No. 7 in NCAA volleyball pre-season poll

Cal State San Bernardino's women's volleyball team was ranked No. 7 in the nation among NCAA Division II schools in the annual American Volleyball Coaches Association pre-season poll released Tuesday.

The Coyotes, three-time defending California Collegiate Athletic Association champions and defending NCAA Pacific Region champions, finished 2003 ranked No. 3 in the nation after being ranked No. 3 in the 2003 pre-season poll.
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CSUSB still accepting student applications for Fall 2004

With the approval of a new California state budget that includes additional funding for higher education, California State University, San Bernardino and its Palm Desert Campus are accepting student applications for fall 2004.

First-time freshmen and transfer students with at least 56 transferable semester units, the required four basic skills courses and a minimum 2.0 grade point average are eligible to apply. The university is also open to graduate students (including second baccalaureate), credential students and international students....read the complete story.

CSUSB announces faculty retirementsClick to send a personal note of congratulations.

As faculty members they taught, led by example and inspired students and fellow faculty at California State University, San Bernardino. Now, as they have retired and left behind a legacy of knowledge that will continue to inspire, Cal State San Bernardino recognizes them for their years of service and dedication...read the complete story.

Send a personal note to alumni@csusb.edu and the Alumni Association will gladly forward it to the retiring professor of your choice!
 

New Dean for College of Business and Public Administration

Karen Dill Bowerman, former interim dean of the Craig School of Business at Fresno State University, has been named the new dean of the College of Business and Public Administration at California State University, San Bernardino.

Bowerman, who has been at Fresno State since 1979, assumed the deanship on Aug. 1, said Louis Fernandez, CSUSB provost and vice president for academic affairs....read the complete story.

Schwarzenegger appoints CSUSB student to Trustee Board

Cal State San Bernardino junior Corey Jackson, a political science major and local community activist, has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State University Board of Trustees.

Jackson, 22, a Democrat from Rialto, becomes the second Cal State San Bernardino student to be appointed to the CSU Board of Trustees
He will serve a two-year term as a trustee and becomes the second student representative on the 24-member board, which sets policy and provides guidance for the 23-campus system, its 409,000 students and 44,000 faculty members....read the complete story.

Mountain gala raises over $60,000 for scholarships

 

 

 

“Of Pinecones and Pineapples,” a tropical-themed gala event at the Arrowhead Woods home of Neale and Patricia Perkins, raised more than $60,000 July 11 to help support scholarships for mountain community residents attending Cal State San Bernardino.

 

The dinner drew over 200 friends and alumni to La Chateau Belle Maison, the Perkins’ elegant French Normandy-style home in Lake Arrowhead.  Neale Perkins is chair of CSUSB’s University Advisory Board...For a photo gallery of the evening, click here.

 

Coyote Class Notes

Eldon Heaston '90

Eldon Heaston, B.S. health science 1990, is the deputy Air Pollution Control officer of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and the Antelope Valley AQMD.  Eldon oversees the day-to-day operations of both districts, including compliance, regulatory development, engineering, and air monitoring.

Eldon stays connected to Cal State by serving as an adjunct professor in CSUSB’s Health Sciences department, and has been instrumental in securing internships for CSUSB students in his District.  Through a Community-University Partnership (C.U.P.) with CSUSB professor Dr. Lal Mian, his District also donated specialized air-quality monitoring equipment and valuable scholarship funds.

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