Special Graduation and Careers Issue
2006 Graduates Series: Arek Arakelian
When Arek Arakelian (M.B.A., concentration in finance), arrived at LAX alone from his homeland of Syria in 2003, bent on completing a master’s degree at CSUDH, he spoke only broken English. Today, he’s fluent in accounting, not just English, and he recently landed a full-time job with Santa Monica-based accounting firm Gumbiner Savett, Inc. with plans to take the CPA exam. While on campus, he served as the Accounting Society vice president, teacher’s assistant (TA) in the M.B.A. program, volunteer tax preparer for students and the underprivileged, and assistant with campus’ American Language  and Culture Program.
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The 2006 Graduates Series will run throughout the summer
Next month: Rafael Pineda, a mid-career professional who worked tirelessly for 30 years to complete his degree, a goal that he realized this year.

10 Questions...on International Trade Trends for Joan Rollins
For 28 years, Joan Rollins has seen how hiring trends today can lead to the economic trends of tomorrow and vice versa as the president of Rollins Associates, an international trade and transportation headhunting firm. Here, she looks at some of those past and future trends while also highlighting some occupations that might have surprising crossover into the transportation sector. Full story

On Point: Today’s Job Dance
Larry Gray, director of Student Development, has orchestrated the courting between employers and graduating students looking for jobs since 1977. As he details here, the dance has drastically changed, and if you’re still doing the Macarena – as an employer or candidate – you’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Here, he provides a 21st-century rundown on the process that hiring managers, new grads, and mid-career professionals should check out to make sure they’re up to speed. Full story

CBAPP and Campus News
CSUDH Hosts System-wide AACSB Accreditation Workshop
Last month, Dean Jim Strong welcomed fellow CSU business deans, faculty and staff to campus for a day of meetings and panel discussions on the new standards set by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the accrediting body of which CSUDH is a candidate. In addition to providing insight into the candidate and reaccreditation processes, the workshop served as a poignant indicator of the benefits of collaboration within the CSU Association of Business Deans and the CSU System. Full story

Newsmakers
Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel (M.B.A., 1974) recently delivered the keynote address at the 2006 CSUDH Honors Convocation. Hamel is the commander of the U.S. Air Force Base Space and Missile Systems Division in El Segundo, CA.

Mary Ann Rodriguez, (M.B.A., 2004) assumed her new position as CSUDH vice president of Administration and Finance on May 22. Rodriguez started work for the Chancellor’s Office as an assistant budget officer and progressed up the ranks to director of administration.  She left the Chancellor’s Office in 2002 to become CSUDH’s associate vice president of Administration and Finance. 

Franklin Strier, professor of accounting and finance, had his article, "How Our Fiduciary Institutions Have Betrayed Our Trust," published in the Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues this spring. 

O.W. Wilson, professor of political science, received the CSUDH 2005-2006 Presidential Outstanding Professor Award this spring. Recognizing excellence in teaching, the award is one of just two annual campus faculty awards given each year.  

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