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Administration
James T. Strong
Dean

Jeff Badrtalei
Associate Dean

Kenneth Poertner
Director Of Graduate Programs

Ryan Brandt
Editor

Farhad Mansouri
IT Coordinator

Department Chairs
Bear Chang
Accounting and Law

Fahimeh Rezayat
Finance and QMS

Raoul Freeman
Information Systems

Barbara Chrispin
Management

Roger Berry
Marketing

Gus Martin
Public Administration

Richard Palmer
Political Science/ Economics/Labor Studies

General Contact
Judy Case
Dean's Office
310-243-3548


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  The 17 CBAPP faculty members, eight of whom are pictured here, repeatedly say the people with whom they interacted made their years on campus enjoyable.
                                                                                                                                  
CBAPP Faculty Say ‘Farewell’ After 444 Years of Service
Highlighted by six faculty members who have departed in the past year, a generation of 17 CBAPP faculty members has retired in the past five years. While paving the way for a new class of top faculty, they say goodbye after 444 years of combined service to the Carson campus. Full story

10 Questions…on Phase 2 of the Home Depot Center Partnership for CSUDH Vice President George Pardon
As the vice president of administration and finance, George Pardon was the campus’s key figure behind the partnership with AEG, which brought the $150-million Home Depot Center (HDC) sports complex to campus in 2003. Phase 2 of the project was announced last month, which, if given final approval by the CSU Board of Trustees in May, would bring in four new buildings including a 200-room luxury hotel and conference center. Here, he discusses the new project, the things he and the university have learned from the relationship, and the considerations a public institution must make before diving into such an agreement.
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On Point: The State of Healthcare in America
Based on years of research and teaching on healthcare topics, Iris Baxter, assistant professor of public administration, designed and created the new Healthcare Issues in Public Administration class that debuted last fall. Here, she addresses what she calls a crisis in our healthcare system, misnomers of managed care, never-ending cost increases, and what every American should do to make sure they are taken care of. Full story

CBAPP and Campus News

MBA Doubles Number of Concentrations

Two new concentrations will be added to CBAPP’s MBA program in 2005. The finance concentration will debut this semester. The marketing concentration was approved by the University Curriculum Committee in December and will be launched next fall. The entire curriculum is available both on-campus and online. Full story 

Newsmakers

Robin Bittick, associate professor of public administration, had two papers published in the 2004 edition of International Business Trends: Contemporary Readings, titled “Social Equity and Property Rights: Bringing Locke Back into the Debate” and “Institutional Credibility: Connecting Ethical Public Administration with a Nation’s Institutional Environment.” He also co-authored a paper that appeared in the Summer 2004 issue of Public Integrity, titled “The Squeaky Wheel Approach to Teaching Ethics: The Unethical Complaint Letter as a Pedagogical Tool.” 

Margaret Blue, associate professor of political science, served as a member of the panel discussion, titled “CSU Program for Occupational Students Using Distance Education via Satellite” at the fall conference of the California Community Colleges Association of Occupational Educators on Oct. 8. 

Guy Fox, a member of the Dean’s Business Advisory Board and executive vice president of Stonepath Logistics, delivered four presentations at the Japan-U.S. Cities Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 15-20, upon the invitation of the Japanese Government, the Japan External Trade Organization, and the City of Hiroshima. Fox, who served as an emissary for Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn and Torrance Mayor Dan Walker during the visit, also met privately with the Mayor of Hiroshima.  Fox’s presentation dealt with how to set up and maintain successful relationships and partnerships between Japanese and American businesses for mutual benefit.  

Jo Purcell (M.P.A., 1991) recently retired from her position as the city clerk of Rancho Palos Verdes after 29 years of service. “Since coming to work I have had the great fortune to work with dedicated staff and city councils, and have been privileged to meet and serve many of the City’s fine residents,” she wrote in a letter to Mayor Peter Gardiner, City Council Members and City Manager Les Evans. 

Junior Rashina Young, public administration, was selected as the first CBAPP student to join the McNair Scholars Program on Dec. 7. As one of 22 CSUDH students involved in the program, Young will take a special research course next semester and complete a full-time research project this summer under the guidance of a public administration faculty mentor with the intent of subsequently presenting her research at a professional conference next year. Now in its second year on campus, the McNair Scholars program is a national program geared toward assisting first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students pursue their doctorate and subsequently teach at the university level. As a McNair Scholar, Young will be eligible for a number of fellowships and other benefits in applying to graduate schools across the country.  

Senior Tsebaot Rediet, business administration: accounting, was recently selected to the Boeing Satellite Systems Internship Program for the Spring 2005 semester. Rediet, who previously served as the president of CSUDH’s Accounting Society, will complete her internship in Boeing’s Finance Division in El Segundo.

If you are interested in becoming active in the in the College Alumni Group, please contact Leslie Patterson, CBAPP director of development, at lpatterson@csudh.edu.
 


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