Chico State Commencement May 23, 24, 25

After two ceremonies at Sac State, I was able to attend the Chico State Graduate School Commencement in Laxson Auditorium that same day. Over 250 graduates were "hooded" by their respective college Deans and shook hands with President Paul Zingg. It was amazing to me that over 30 graduates degrees (my estimate) were given to students in the field of Computer Science/Engineering. Every single one from diverse populations or international students. What can we do to make this field of study more prevalent in our schools here in Chico?

Photos for the graduate school commencement are available on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1131122717&aid=2823

Commencement-Sacramento State-May 23rd

I had the opportunity to attend two separate graduation ceremonies for Natural Sciences and Arts and Letters in the Arco arena with fellow Trustee Margaret Fortune. It is amazing to me to see how accomplished our graduate have become. The jobs our graduates are accepting right out of college is gratifying. Our Faculty should be particularly proud of the role they play in helping our graduates secure in industry.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24412&id=572054023&saved

Commencement- Channel Islands May 17, 2008

What a glorious day in Southern California for Commencment at Channel Islands. The weather was really hot and the excitement filled the air. The event began at 9 am and over 600 graduates entered the stage to shake hands with President Richard Rush. Photos for the event are posted on my facebook page and are available at the following link, you must be a member of facebook to view the photos. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=23565&id=572054023

President Rush has done a marvelous job in building relationships with the Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni at the Channel Islands campus. At 4 pm, President Rush and his wife, Jane hosted the Faculty at their home for a celebration of another successful year.

Enjoy the photos.

Board of Trustees- May 12-14, 2008

San Jose State President Selected

On Monday May 12th the Trustees interviewed the top three candidates for the campus President position at San Jose State. On Wednesday the 14th the trustees made it official that Texas Tech President Jon Whitmore would assume the duties as President replacing the popular President Don Kassing who was retiring at the end of this school year. A complete press release is available at the following link:

http://www.calstate.edu/PA/news/2008/SJSUpresident.shtml

Trustees Increase Student Fees by $276.00 per year

After considerable discussion, the Trustees voted to increase student fees for the upcoming year by $276.00.

Press release fo this action is available through the following link:

http://www.calstate.edu/PA/news/2008/feeincrease08-09.shtml


CSU Strategic Plan Adopted

The CSU Trustees adopted the Access to Excellence strategic Plan following a comprehensive process. The effort was the passion and vision of Board Chair Roberta Achtenberg. Thousands of hours from faculty, staff, students, alumni and administration went toward this effort. Complete infomation on this process is available by the following link:
http://www.calstate.edu/PA/news/2008/accesstoexcellence.shtml

May Activities Planned

• May 12- 14- Board of Trustees
• May 17- Commencement- CSU Channel Islands
• May 23- Commencement-Sacramento State
• May 24-25- Commencement-Chico State

Plans are also underway for a group picnic at the Chico Outlaws game on Saturday June 21st with the Alliance for the CSU. All members of the CSU family and supporters are encouraged to attend.