Posts tagged with Educator
April 23rd, 2013 • Educational Quality, Impact on California
By Rebecca Mieliwocki
Seventh Grade English Teacher
at Luther Burbank Middle School
National Teacher of the Year, 2012
Alumna of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and CSU Northridge
Mieliwocki is honored by the CSU Alumni Council and Board of Trustees on March 20, 2013. From left to right: Alumni Council President Guy Heston, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey D. Armstrong, CSU Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison, Rebecca Mieliwocki and CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White.
The central premise of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is “learn by doing.” This principle permeates every academic course and every student activity. It has also become my motto in life.
In high school, I wanted to attend Cal Poly to become an architect. That program was highly impacted, so I went into Speech Communication instead. It turns out that was a perfect major for me and I loved the program. I went from earning a Speech Communication bachelor’s degree at Cal Poly to completing a credential program at CSU Northridge.
As many do, I found a different path forward in life than what I planned as a child. I am thankful that the education I received in those early years and at the university prepared me to go in many different directions. I try to keep that in mind when I’m preparing my own students. More …
Tags: Alumni, Educator, Service
March 27th, 2013 • Environmental Sustainability, Impact on California
By Erik Fallis
CSU Public Affairs
Chico State students are thinking through the consequences of collective human actions. Much of the evidence is that our species is making poor decisions, utilizing record levels of the earth’s productive capacity while choking that productive pipeline for future generations.
A coalition of students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and activists are striving for a better path, a healthier path. This Way to Sustainability is an enormous undertaking – a student-run conference that hosts more than 100 speakers and 1,400 participants. This conference brings together those who dare to question the decisions we make today. In so doing, they find many answers about how we might move toward a sustainable future.
Decked out in an elaborate dress of plastic bags, Health Education major Alexandria Gipson (center) quizzes and informs students with trivia about the impact of plastics in the environment. More …
Tags: Advocacy, Educator, Environmental Sustainability, Green, Health, Ocean, Service, Student
February 28th, 2013 • Access for Students, Impact on California
By Timothy P. White
California State University Chancellor
Alumnus of Fresno State and CSU East Bay
At West Angeles Cathedral, CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White (right) meets with the actors who portrayed the story of Autherine Lucy, the first African American student to enroll at the University of Alabama.
It is an amazing thing to be welcomed into someone’s home, treated as a member of the family and given a place of honor. More amazing is to know that the visit preludes a long future of close partnership, that we have formed a family of common interest with shared plans for the future and hopes for our children. This is how I feel along every step of the journey that we call CSU Super Sunday and the CSU African American Initiative.
Pastor Antonio Alfred of St. John Missionary Baptist Church used the apt analogy of rising up on the wings of eagles. It is true that the church and university working together can create lift for our youth to fly. It is right that we support each other in lifting our communities out of poverty and despair. It is profound that we have all recognized that it takes a village to love, support and guide our children every day to a better future. More …
Tags: African American Initiative, Alumni, Educator, Super Sunday
February 25th, 2013 • Access for Students, Impact on California
By La Roya V. Jordan
Pastor of Christian Education and Children’s Discipleship
Faithful Central Bible Church
Pastor La Roya V. Jordan
Paul writes to the Corinthians, “I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.”
I love that verse and it is so true about the partnership between the California State University and churches like mine. The brilliance of CSU Chancellor Emeritus Charles Reed was that he realized the university alone could not reach all children, schools alone could not reach all children, parents alone could not reach all children and churches alone could not reach all children. Yet, we together as the CSU African American Initiative strive to become all things so that we might save our children from poverty, frustration and the worse curse of all – failure to achieve their potential.
This month our efforts took shape as CSU Super Sunday. This clarion call from the pulpit focuses our efforts throughout the year, reminding both the university and church about our common mission. More …
Tags: African American Initiative, Educator, Super Sunday
February 18th, 2013 • Access for Students, Educational Quality
By Rudy Silva
CSU Long Beach student
Silva shares his story with the CSU Board of Trustees during their January meeting. His speech acknowledges Bob Cole, whose generosity continues to support music instruction and student scholarships at CSU Long Beach.
As a kid from Indio, it was impossible to realize that the clarinet would be my path to Cal State Long Beach.
At the urging of a church friend, I somewhat reluctantly decided to explore the band program in middle school. The clarinet was my choice for a simple reason: I was able to get a decent sound out of it on the first try. With no musicians in the family, that note – if it could be called an actual note – opened up an entire world. I went from dancing with the radio to quickly advancing through music books. In fact, my teacher would not believe me at first when I told her I was ready for new material.
I continued making music throughout high school with the marching band, jazz band, district honor band, and community orchestra. I even found myself as drum major in my junior year of high school. With all that, I never thought of my future in music until my band teacher asked me, “Are you going to be an artist or a band director?” as we worked on a prop for a performance. The potential that he saw in me made the next step seem possible. More …
Tags: Alumni, Arts, Educator
January 29th, 2013 • Access for Students, Educational Quality, Impact on California
James M. Rosser
President
California State University, Los Angeles
Cal State L.A. President James M. Rosser greets prospective CSU students from the congregation of the New Covenant Baptist Church in Norwalk.
Like many of the thousands of CSU employees, alumni, students, and, of course, our partners in church congregations across the state, I placed high hopes on the Super Sunday effort and our collective aspirations of encouraging more young African Americans to enroll in college.
From those very first town hall meetings that inspired the CSU African American Initiative, to now our eighth year in this effort, our success is more than apparent; it is applauded and serves as a model for educational outreach and change across the nation.
Next month, when I again stand in front of a congregation to discuss the Road to College and the life-enriching benefits of a college degree, I look forward to making meaningful connections with the young people and those for whom this information is so critical. For some, shedding a little more light on the path is all that is needed. For others, the information is a call to action.
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Tags: African American Initiative, Educator, Super Sunday
November 21st, 2012 • Access for Students, Educational Quality
Rear Admiral Thomas A. Cropper
President, California Maritime Academy
President Cropper and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood during LaHood's recent visit to The California Maritime Academy
Great organizations lead with best-in-the-world attributes. The California Maritime Academy is a world leader in “pracademics” — the practical reinforcement of academics by real world application. Cadets seamlessly go from learning metallurgical concepts in the classroom to creating functioning parts on the Training Ship Golden Bear. Intellectual learning is tested throughout summer training cruises under the guidance of strong faculty and proven maritime professionals. Cal Maritime is exemplary of a devotion to hands-on learning that one encounters on all Cal State campuses. I know the power of this type of education — I have personally witnessed the tremendous benefits of the CSU approach as the proud father of a son who completed his Cal Maritime degree and a daughter who is finishing at San Diego State. More …
Tags: Advocacy, Educator, Ocean, Public Administration, Veteran, Workforce
October 17th, 2012 • Access for Students, Educational Quality, Impact on California
By Jamillah Moore
Chancellor, Ventura County Community College District
Sacramento State Alumna
Dr. Moore speaking with Ventura County Community College District faculty.
I take to heart the fact that community colleges exist to serve the community. Building and strengthening the neighborhoods surrounding the 112-campus California Community College system is a shared mission, central focus and key identifier. This mission involves extending a welcoming hand to high school students and giving our college students a supportive boost into their next phase of life.
The California Masterplan for Higher Education also envisioned a public system that would allow any student to work their way to the highest levels of education. Open access community colleges play a critical role in that plan. Some high school graduates’ grades or family finances are not ready for the university. For them, the community college system is the transfer pathway to success. The CSU and community colleges have been working especially hard over the last two years to make that process smoother as more and more students embrace the community college route to a four-year degree.
As the youngest of six girls, I can relate to family financial pressure. Still, my mother early on laid out “the choice” for her children. We could get a job and support ourselves or go to college and my parents would provide all the support they could. My mother was never very subtle about the option she preferred. A woman who experienced the segregation of the Deep South, she knew that education was the path to empowerment.
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Tags: Advocacy, Alumni, Educator, Public Administration, Service, Working for California
September 19th, 2012 • Access for Students, Educational Quality, Impact on California
Speech by Marilyn Thomas, San Francisco State student
and Maija Glasier-Lawson, Chico State student
The 2012 William Randolph Hearst/CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement recipients
Before an audience of alumni, faculty, administrators, CSU trustees, CSU Foundation governors, peers, friends and family, two students present themselves and their fellow recipients of the Hearst/CSU Trustees’ Award.
As the 2012 Razi Scholar, Marilyn Thomas best exemplifies the principles of the award — financial need, personal hardships, and attributes of merit, including superior academic performance, exemplary community service, and significant personal achievements. As the 2012 Galinson Scholar, Maija Glasier-Lawson best exemplifies extraordinary public service to her home, university or global community.
These remarks are as prepared prior to delivery on Sept. 18. More …
Tags: Alumni, Educator, Health, Hearst/CSU Trustees' scholar, Research, Service, Student
September 13th, 2012 • Educational Quality
Photos and captions by Erik Fallis,
Edwin Lockwood and CSU Fullerton
“I love empty theatres because they are so full of possibility,” said Joseph Arnold, dean of the College of Arts at CSU Fullerton.
The entire world may be a stage. However, many actors, musicians, dancers, directors and designers experience moments when other considerations fall away and the stage becomes their whole world. Those moments leave a lasting impression, something Arnold reflects on as he leads a tour through the CSUF Clayes Performing Arts Center. More …
Tags: Arts, Educator
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