News from the College of Education
Literacy program expands services to help young people in probation programs
March 24, 2006
By Public Affairs Staff
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Sometimes the solution to a problem or the keys to a new future can be as simple as being able to read with confidence and competency.
Helping children improve their reading skills is the goal of a recently added program to the Literacy Center at Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Education that will focus on diagnosing the literacy needs of 30 young people between the ages of 14-18 who are in San Bernardino County Probation Department programs.
The center also will work with these young people for individual and tutoring programs, said Mary Jo Skillings, director of the Literacy Center and the chair of the Language, Literacy and Culture department in the CSUSB College of Education.
“It is our belief that this kind of support, both in literacy and in thinking beyond their immediate circumstances, will make a difference in our society, one child at a time,” Skillings said.
The program came as a result of San Bernardino Chief of Police Garrett W. Zimmon’s request to develop a literacy program to help these young people in probation. But since the university had already established a literacy center, the probation department turned to Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Education for help.
The university’s literacy center was established with the financial support of development company Watson & Associates, specifically company president James Watson and his wife Judy, who currently serve as co-chairs of the College of Education’s “Tools for Education” Campaign. The campaign is designed to help fund the college’s new $50 million building, which will hold its ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m.
The literacy program will work as follows: about 15 young people will be brought to campus to have their literacy needs diagnosed by the university’s credentialed reading specialists, Skillings said. Following the analysis, the young people will be attending individual and small group tutoring once a week at the campus,
CSUSB to offer first-ever doctorate in 2007
March 1, 2006
By CSUSB Public Affairs StaffSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Beginning in fall 2007, California State University, San Bernardino will offer a doctoral degree for the first time in its 40-year history. The doctor of education (Ed.D.) degree program will provide coursework in educational leadership.
"This is a remarkable breakthrough for our college and the university," said Patricia Arlin, dean of the university's College of Education. "We're really looking forward to formulating a high quality doctoral program that will help our region's educational administrators develop valuable administrative and leadership skills."
Cal State San Bernardino President Albert Karnig agreed and said, "The new doctoral program, coming as we celebrate our 40th anniversary, will provide a vital additional avenue for the university to help improve administration at each level of education."
"We produce a majority of teachers in the Inland Empire and have more than 80 education faculty members - by far the largest number in the region," Karnig said. "We're fortunate to have nationally-celebrated faculty, many of whom have directed doctoral work successfully at other universities."
The doctoral degree in educational leadership will be offered to school administrators drawn from elementary, secondary, community college and four-year institutions.
CSUSB's College of Education will work in close partnership with school district and community college leaders in the Inland Empire in developing the program and helping to assure that key skill sets are included in the program, Arlin said.
Cal State San Bernardino is one of seven California State University campuses that will offer the doctoral program in 2007. The other campuses are Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco.
In California, the educational doctorate has been offered primarily by private universities. Because of rising demand for more administrative leaders with doctoral training and because cost served as a barrier to many potential students, last year Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation (SB 724) that authorized the CSU independently to offer the Ed.D. degree. Previously, under California's Master Plan for Higher Education, the CSU could only offer bachelor and master's degrees, except for a limited number of doctorates via programs offered jointly with private universities or in partnership with the University of California.
Karnig added that the university especially appreciated the strong support for the doctoral program offered by Dave Long, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, and Herb Fischer, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools.
For more information, contact the university's public affairs office at (909) 537-5007 and visit the university's news Web site at http://news.csusb.edu.
SB College of Education receives $10,000 for 'Tools for Education' campaign
Feb. 22, 2006SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - First American Title Corporation has donated $10,000 to Cal State San Bernardino's "Tools for Education" campaign to help provide technology labs, literacy and educational assessment centers for the university's new College of Education Building, which is scheduled to begin construction in April.
The gift presentation was made Wednesday, Feb. 15, by Dan Williams, San Bernardino County manager for First American Title, who presented the check to CSUSB President Albert K. Karnig and College of Education Dean Pat Arlin.
Also participating in the presentation was James Watson, president of Watson & Associates. Watson and his wife, Judy, serve as co-chairs of the College of Education's "Tools for Education" Campaign. The campaign is designed to help fund the college's new building, which will hold its ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m.
For more information on the College of Education's program and the ground-breaking, contact Adrian P. Stevens, the college's director of development, at (909) 537-5659 or e-mail him at astevens@csusb.edu.
For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university's public affairs office at (909) 437-5007 and visit the university news Web site at http://news.csusb.edu.
Former UCI fundraiser joins CSUSB College of Education
Feb. 22 2006
By Public Affairs StaffSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Cal State San Bernardino's College of Education has hired Adrian Stevens as the college's new director of development. Stevens, who served as the director of annual giving programs at UC Irvine, is responsible for evaluating, planning and implementing fund raising activities and programs for the college.
Stevens will also serve as the campaign manager for the College of Education's new $50 million building project, which has ground-breaking set for later this spring. The new building is a long time in coming for the university's College of Education, which has consistently ranked among the leaders in the California State University system for educating teachers and is one of the major providers of teachers in the Inland Empire and surrounding areas.
The new building will cover 152,000 square feet and become one of the largest structures on campus. It will be built in the area of the current temporary classrooms north of the John M. Pfau Library. The structure will house classrooms, laboratories and much-needed office space for the college's faculty and staff.
College Dean Patricia Arlin said Stevens' leadership as the project's campaign manager will be vital in the process of cultivating, soliciting and creating strategies that will be crucial to meet the project's proposed fundraising goals.
Stevens' experience spans decades in fundraising, management and public speaking. He has worked with the Times Mirror Foundation as the director of development for the "Times in Education" program, having fostered various relationships with philanthropic organizations and individuals.
Stevens has a master's degree in international development from Hope International University and a bachelor's degree from Berea College in Kentucky. Presently, he is pursuing his doctorate degree in public administration from the University of La Verne.
He also enjoys teaching, traveling and public speaking. As a mentor-trainer for a non-profit, "Wholistic Diva," Stevens assists in motivating women through self-improvement workshops. As an instructor at the college level he has taught courses in fundraising and management.
For more information about the College of Education, call (909) 537-5600.
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