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  Assistant Professor Frank Papa evaluated the economic impact CSUDH has on the state and local community. EIS: University Contributes $700 Million to State Economy Each Year Last summer, Assistant Professor of Public Administration Frank Papa developed an Economic Impact Study (EIS) to put a dollar figure on CSUDH’s role in the local South Bay economy and in the state of California. Using conservative measures, what he found is that the University’s impact goes well beyond the $711 million brought to California and $574 million put into the local community each year. Full story On Point: The Reemergence of the Left in Latin America
Hugo Chavez, the brash
president of Venezuela, has made waves by repeatedly speaking out against
Western influence in his country and Latin America. Many have speculated
that he's establishing himself as the leader of a reemerging left wing in
Latin America not seen since the rise of Fidel Castro. They speak of grave
implications for U.S. foreign policy, but as Adjunct Professor of
Political Science Emily Acevedo, an expert in
international relations and Latin American political and economic
development, explains, that's not the whole story.
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Expansion Clears Hurdle Newsmakers Wade Downey (B.A. Business Administration: Accounting, 1992), a partner in the accounting firm Downey, Smith & Frier, was appointed to the CBAPP Business Advisory Board last month. Downey has been a longtime supporter of the CSUDH Accounting Society and recently hired two CSUDH accounting majors, a graduating senior for a full-time position and a current senior as a summer intern at the firm. Rod Freed, professor and chair of economics, has presented several works during the 2004-05 academic year. He presented “Solving Members of a Certain Class of Integral Equations by Utilizing the Isomorphism Between This Class and the Set of Diffusion Processes,” at the sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Santa Barbara in April. In March, he delivered a presentation, titled “Optimal Payout,” to the annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute in Vancouver, B.C. with Senem Alkan, a CSUDH alumna. He also presented “Using the Principles of Statistical Mechanics to Model the Behavior of a Macroeconomy” with another CSUDH student, Lily Llamas, at the sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico in November 2004. Senior Tai Ho Lee, accounting, was elected as president of the CSUDH Accounting Society for Fall 2005. He also recently received an award from the Association of Governmental Accountants of Southern California at its annual awards luncheon last month. Senior Ahmad Ishaq, computer information systems, was recently presented with a letter of appreciation for his work with the Technology Referendum Fund Committee by Vice President of Administration and Finance George Pardon and Associate Vice President of Information Technology Min Yao. Ishaq was instrumental in the Wireless Campus project, which now allows the campus community to access the Internet from anywhere on campus. Larry Press, professor of computer information systems, has developed an online alternative to a textbook for CSUDH’s introductory computer programming course. He demonstrated how the course would function at both the CSU Regional Symposium on University Teaching at Cal Poly Pomona on April 2 and the TechEd International Conference & Exposition, held April 4-6 at the Pasadena Conference Center. Press also recently joined the peer review panel of the International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology. Press is now on the editorial boards of five journals relating to networking and development. Graduating senior Huikyong "Annie" Song, accounting, was named 2005 CSUDH Student of the Year by the Institute of Management Accountants at its annual awards dinner in April. Song, who graduated summa cum laude last month, was a member of the CSUDH Accounting Society and was recently inducted into Delta Mu Delta, a national business administration honor society. Graduating senior Elizabeth Wilson, political science, was selected as one of six CSUDH students for the Forgivable Loan/Doctoral Incentive Program (FLP) offered by the CSU. The FLP program is designed to provide up to $30,000 of support for students who receive their bachelor’s degree from the CSU to support their pursuit of a doctorate. The loan is forgiven 20 percent per year for each year the recipients teach full-time in the CSU after receipt of their doctorate. Wilson joins other FLP recipients coming from CSUDH in years past and others who are have completed the program and are now back teaching on campus. If you are interested in becoming active in
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