About
the President
Dr. Albert Karnig is Cal State San Bernardino's third president. He has extensive university experience as a public affairs and political science professor, as Provost at the University of Wyoming, and as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Arizona State University. While at ASU, he also directed the School of Public Affairs, which was ranked among the nation's ten leading public policy and administration programs.
Since assuming the CSUSB presidency in 1997, he counts among the major accomplishments:
- records in enrollment, diversity of faculty and students, grant and contract funding, overhead funds, fundraising, patent applications, and international program development;
- adoption of a focused university Strategic Plan;
- significant reformulation of budget, personnel review and related processes;
- allocation of additional resources to advance academic excellence;
- raising over $40 million toward a four-building, privately-funded branch campus in Palm Desert without the use of state funds;
- creation of the President’s Academic Excellence Scholarships, with over 100 scholars who were in the top 1% of their high school graduation classes;
- a five-fold increase in federal grant funds since 1997;
- expansion of over 1 million square feet in campus facilities, including four new academic buildings in San Bernardino, doubling the size of the Student Union, adding 1,130 new residence beds and a 37,000-square-foot fitness and recreation center;
- higher student retention, the provision of a fuller array of student services across the day and week, and multiple community-based efforts to promote college attendance;
- creation of 10 new research and service centers;
- a renewed emphasis on community partnerships which promote economic, social, and cultural development across the broad two-county area served by the university.
Since he arrived on campus in 1997, President Karnig's contributions have been recognized by the:
- El Sol Azteca Award” from La Prensa (2001)
- Keeper of the Light Award” from the CSUSB Black Faculty and Staff (2002)
- NAACP's Pioneer Award” (2003)
- Diocese of San Bernardino's Vision of Hope Award” (2003)
- Congressman Joe Baca's “Community Leadership Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Community” (2004)
- Business Press “Public Sector Leader of Distinction for the entire Inland Empire,” (2004)
- Community Leadership Award” by the Baldy View Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California (2004)
- Citizen of Achievement Award" by the San Bernardino Chapter of the League of Women Voters” (2005)
- Community Service Award,” from the Central City Lutheran Mission of San Bernardino (2005)
- With his wife, Marilyn, chosen by the San Bernardino YWCA as “Humanitarians of the Year,” (2006)
- Educator of the Year Award” from the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, (2007)
- Commitment to Diversity Award” from Minority Access Association, Inc., (2007)
- College Opportunity Champion” from the Campaign for College Opportunity, (2007)
- Honorary Black Rose Award” from the San Bernardino Black Culture Foundation, (2007)
President Karnig's academic work includes two books; 60 refereed articles and monographs; grants from national and state agencies; and consulting with the Brookings Institution, the U.S. Department of Labor, International City Managers' Association, and other organizations.
He received a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Augustana College, where he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, an N.D.E.A. Fellow and a Kendric C. Babcock Fellow at the University of Illinois, where he was awarded a master's and Ph.D. degree in political science.
Born and raised in New York,
he is married to Marilyn, and has three sons. The Karnigs live in San Bernardino.
Service on
Various Community, State and National Boards
- Co-Chair, University of California - California State University Joint Graduate Board -- current
- Chair of the Board, The California State University Foundation, San Bernardino -- current
- Member, External Advisory Board, Quality Education for Minorities/NASA Ames Research Consortium -- current
- Member, Board of Directors, Community Hospital of San Bernardino -- current
- Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, The Riverside-San Bernardino Community Foundation
- Member, Board of Directors, Inland Action, Inc. -- current
- Member, Board of Directors, California Council on Economic Education -- current
- Member, KVCR Educational Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors -- current
- Member, San Bernardino County Alliance for Education Steering Committee -- current
- Member, P-16 Council, San Bernardino County Schools -- current
- Member, San Bernardino County Schools' Horizons Partnership -- current
- Member, San Bernardino County International Trade Advisory Council -- current
- Member, Program Development Committee of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) – 1998-2002
- Member, International Initiatives Program of the American Council on Education (ACE) – 1998-2002
- Chair, California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), 2003-04
- Member, Board of Directors, Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP) – 2000-2005
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