Marketing chairman Roger Berry (left) and Dean James Strong (right) expect the Home Depot Center will serve as an on-campus case study of how to fold sports, entertainment, and hospitality management together.
New Management Concentration Makes Debut
Many business schools offer programs focused on sports, entertainment, or hospitality management individually. CBAPP’s new Sports Entertainment and Hospitality Management concentration will be unique by serving as a nexus for all three. Full story

2006 Graduates Series: Rafael Pineda, computer information systems
Rafael Pineda began his college education in 1975, and some 30 years later, he received his bachelor’s in CIS this May.

For most of the three decades, he took one or two
classes a semester simply because he enjoyed learning, but after he was laid off two years ago and his pending degree became one of the biggest reasons he was able to land a new job, he found new worth and respect for what a college education could deliver. Full story

The 2006 Graduates Series will run throughout the summer
Next month: Tai Ho Lee, a native of Korea who made it his mission while on campus to bring CSUDH’s Accounting Society to another level.

10 Questions...on Web 2.0 for Larry Press
Web 2.0 has become a catchphrase used to define everything from Skype to Google to Wikipedia. But what it really means is a second era of innovation and creativity on the Internet that Larry Press, professor of computer information systems, says is just as exciting and promising as the first days of the personal computer. Full story

CBAPP and Campus News
Grant to Develop Online Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management Programs
In June, CBAPP was awarded $42,000 by the CSU Commission on Extended Education to develop an online MBA concentration and online graduate-level certificate in global logistics and supply chain management. The programs will be launched in the fall in concert with the debut of the undergraduate, on-campus program of the same name, which was made possible by a $250,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant received in Sept. 2005. Full story

Toros Athletics Delivers 2005-06 Year in Review
The 2005-06 year was highlighted by a Regional Championship, two Coaches of the Year, two Players of the Year, four All-Americans, 12 All-Region selections, and 36 All-CCAA honors. Five of the 11 sports qualified for NCAA post-season action, with men’s soccer taking the Far West Title and softball making it to the Far West title game. Full story

Save the Date: Aug. 12 Alumni Summer Celebration at JP Morgan Tennis Event
The Office of Alumni Relations is sponsoring its second annual summer extravaganza at the JP Morgan Chase 2006 Open held at the Home Depot Center on Aug. 12. Alumni, friends, and family are invited for the semi-final match of the tournament that features some of the top pro tennis players in the world. The event will also include a fireworks display and a youth tennis clinic. The clinic begins at 5 p.m. with the semi-final match kicking off at 7 p.m. Cost is $30 per person.

Other upcoming alumni events:
Alumni night at the L.A. Galaxy soccer game vs Chivas
The Home Depot Center, Sept. 30
$20 per person.
For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (310) 243-2237, alumnirelations@csudh.edu.

Alumni Wanted for Volunteers in Action Program
Applications are now being accepted by the Office of Alumni Relations for alumni willing to join the Volunteers in Action Program. The program seeks alumni interested in representing CSUDH at various university and community events. For more information, contact Alumni Relations at 310-243-2237, alumnirelations@csudh.edu or apply online at www.csudh.edu/alumni/ua_pages/volunteer.htm.

Newsmakers

Linda Brown (B.S. accounting, 1988) was recently elected as the new financial officer of the CSUDH Alumni Association for 2006-07. Martin Chavez (M.P.A., 1982), Glendy Melgar (B.S. political science, 2002), and Carolyn Veek (M.P.A., 2005) were all elected as directors-at-large. All four of the CBAPP alumni were inducted and began their year of service on June 15.

Larry Press, professor of computer information systems, gave an invited talk, titled “Moving Beyond Policies of Privatization, Competition and Independent Regulation," at the International Telecommunication Union Conference on Digital Transformations in the Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland, June 1-2.Myron Sheu, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, was recently announced as CBAPP’s acting associate dean. Sheu will begin his post in August at start of the Fall 2006 semester. A search for the permanent position will begin in the fall.

Michael Spahr (B.S. public administration, 2006) and Apollo Williams (B.S. business administration: concentration in marketing, 2005) were commissioned as U.S. Army second lieutenants, the junior rank in the officer corps, on May 24 in the campus Sculpture Garden. This was the first Commissioning Ceremony for the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) held on campus. Spahr is currently a member of the 140th Chemical Company in the California Army National Guard and will be on active duty status in the Chemical Corps branch of the Army. Williams is currently a member of B Battery, 1-144 Field Artillery in the California Army National Guard and will serve as a disbursement officer in the Finance Corps branch of the California Army National Guard. He is now working on a certificate in information systems at CSUDH.

Franklin Strier, professor of accounting, had his article, “Proposals to Improve the Image of the Public Accounting Profession,” published in the March issue of The CPA Journal. Arguing that the profession needs to return to a policy of acting for the benefit of the public by maintaining complete independence from its audit clients, the article is available online at http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2006/306/essentials/p67.htm.

Senior Akiko Yonezawa, accounting, recently received the Los Angeles chapter of Financial Execuitve International’s Annual Scholarship Award. The annual awards are given to Southern California’s most deserving accounting and finance students. From Japan, Yonezawa is the fourth student from CSUDH to receive the award in the past seven years.

If you are interested in becoming active in Friends of the College or would like to receive information on Friends Mixers and other upcoming events, please contact deanstrong@csudh.edu.

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