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Focus EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CORE ISSUES OF POVERTY IN OUR REGION:
LCOE's Construction Management Program in partnership with architect Art Dyson
is continuing the work on a project called Eco-village, which focuses on the design
and development of low cost shelters for the homeless.
The Craig School of Business publishes a monthly survey of business conditions in
the valley that includes views of future employment opportunities
Kinesiology, working with Athletics, helped sponsor Team Smile. This event
features local Dental Professionals who provide dental exams and care for about 100
children of financiall y disadvantaged families.
Public Health faculty Dr. Helda Pinzon-Perez, Dr. Miguel Perez, and Dr. Suzanne
Kotkin-Jaszi are working with the Public Health Training Academy to train
community health workers/promoters in Central California.
Social Work Education offers exceptional opportunities for students to gain a degree
and career in working with individuals and groups in need of social services and
support. A majority of students who enter this program are from impoverished
backgrounds.
American Humanics (AH) leads the efforts of the college in this area. It offers a
concentrated certificate in Non-Profit Management with an internship program that
places students in numerous non-profit organizations that focus on low income
housing, homelessness, and the needs of low-socio economic status families. The
program created the "Sustainable Partnership Project", where AH students partner
with consultants in the community-benefit field.
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ENGAGE WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE, AGRICULTURE, AIR
QUALITY, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
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The Craig School of Business is partnering with the International Green Hall of
Fame to hold their annual conference and awards on campus this year.
The International Center for Water Technology (ICWT) is hosting its third Water
Technology Conference on May 3rd.
The Center for Agricultural Business (CAB) hosted meetings of and participated
as member of the leadership team that developed a self-assessment of practices
template for multi-commodity stakeholders to use as a basis for, and fine tune, to
implement their own sustainability strategic plans. A self-assessment guide of
sustainable practices outlined approaches to air quality, energy management,
financial management, food safety management, soil management, ecosystems
management, pest management, human resource management, waste
management, water and water quality management.
Faculty and staff from CAB and ICWT participate as member of regional bioenergy consortium to attempt to secure funding for development of pilot sugar
beet energy project with potential regional income and employment benefits to
California Central Valley counties including but not necessarily limited to Fresno,
Madera, Merced and Kings.
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Biology performs research to produce plants that resist fungal diseases without
the need to apply fungicides.
The Institute of Climate Change, Oceans, and Atmospheres (lCOA) is engaged in
several projects with local organizations to address air quality and climate impacts
on the region and to evaluate health impacts or air quality. These include a study
of air quality and climate impacts of agricultural operations and students of the
effects of exposure to particulate matter pollution on asthma exacerbation.
The HCOP program provides a number of student support programs that engage
students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to
successfully complete educational programs that result in students gaining health
related careers and return to the Central California Region.
The LSAMP program provides students with research and supply support to
conduct studies addressing a number of regional concerns.
Nursing works with regional health care providers to adjust and adopt latest
practices to insure that graduates meet the needs of employers and are aware of
the critical issues facing our region.
Physical Therapy formed the Senior Awareness and Fall Education (SAFE)
Program to address a growing problem fall-related injuries and hospital
visits. Currently 64 agency members are engaged in the program.
The Department of Geography through the work of Dr. Segun Ogunjemiyo
conducts research projects in the area of air quality. Drs. Ogunjemiyo and
Hasson's (Dept. of Chemistry) research studies include projects that focus on
emissions measurements of volatile organize compounds in Central California
dairy farms.
Dr. Mohan Dangi (Dept of Geography) has partnered with Blue Tech Valley
members and is conducting research studies and projects around the area of illegal
dumping in city alleyways.
Dr. Mark Somma (Political Science) partners on a regular basis with the
California Department of Fish and Game and has been involved in numerous
clean-up and conservation projects with students focusing on cleaning the San
Joaquin River. He recently completed a project titled, "Clean: San Joaquin River
Small Fry Trial and Stormy Creek Project."
Dr. Andrew Jones (Dept of Sociology) is part of grant-funded interdisciplinary
research project working on the, "Resilience in an Urban Socio-ecological
System: Water management as a driver of landscape and biodiversity in the
Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area."
COLLABORATE WITH
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K-12 TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL STUDENTS:
LCOE is collaborating with the STEM coordinator, Fresno County Office of
Education on summer engineering camps for area students, and with CART on
the James Irvine Foundation grant.
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LCOEts MESA program is currently working with 24 middle and high
schools.(http://mesa.csufresl1().edu/index.shtml). About 1000 students are served
by the program. The program prepares and motivates middle and high school
students to pursue STEM education in college.
Doctoral program faculty and students are working with Lindsay Unified in
implementing a dramatic reform in their district. As a district, they have moved
away from promotion through grade levels through promotion based on
performance (PBS Performance Based System). We are partnering with
Lindsay Unified, Marzano and Associates, and WestEd. Currently, doctoral
students are gathering data on the level of implementation as part of a course
requirement. Later, we will be assisting in developing and validating assessments
for movement of students in the PBS model.
The School Psychology Program produces competent practitioners who work to
enhance the educational achievements of K-12 students.
Several faculty in Biology participate in the Kings Canyon Schools District's
Teaching/Learning Collaborative Program which is a teacher/professor
partnership that produces hands-on science activities teachers use in their course.
The Downing Planetarium and Museum serve as effective outreach centers that
attract thousands of K-12 students and their teachers who gain great exposure to
physics and the sciences.
Mathematics has conducted its annual Field Day for secondary students for
several years. This year's event attracted over 700 students (a record) from 32
schools including 7 schools attending for the first time.
Kinesiology places approximately 30 student teachers in Physical Education
programs each year.
Dr. Greg Thatcher (Public Health) is working with Washington Union School
district to continue its development of a health professions career pathway
program. This is one of just 32 such programs funded in the state.
Dr. Janice Peterson (Department of Economics) is an Economics Educator and
works closely with area high school teachers. This past summer, she received a
foundation grant from a local bank to conduct a one day summer workshop for
Central Valley teachers titled "The Central Valley Youth Literacy Project". This
is one of many efforts to train and assist Central Valley teachers on developing
curriculum units for the classroom focusing on economic and financial education
for K-12 students.
Faculty in the Department of History are engaged in three federal/state funded
projects designed to provide professional development and graduate work
opportunities for History and Social Science teachers. The Teaching American
History (TAH) Project is a collaborative project between the Department of
History and Clovis Unified School District and is funded by the U.S. Department
of Education. Overall, this project provides 50 teachers with a three-year grant to
complete an MA degree in History. The project also provides six 2-hour seminars
on history content each year, four 2-day colloquia, and a summer study trip for its
teacher participants.
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The History Department also has a small three year grant that focuses on K-5
teachers. Starting with 3rd grade teachers, this project will work with one grade
level per year to provide professional development to teachers through two
history department-led colloquia each semester and one summer study trip.
The History Project @ Fresno State is part of the statewide California History
and Social Science Project (CHSSP) initiative funded and administered through
the University of California's Office of the President (UCOP). It offers Central
Valley teachers workshops and seminars on U.S., European, and World History,
and is a vital avenue of community interaction. The History Project @ Fresno
State maintains close relationships with the Fresno County Office of Education
(FCOE), the Tulare County Office of Education, and many local school districts.
Dean Luz Gonzalez is a member of the FUSD Graduation Task Force and is
working with 34 other community members on developing recommendations to
decrease the drop-out rates and increase the graduation rate of high school
students. Emphasis is on 3 rd grade, middle school, and high school students.
BUILD A CULTURE O}<' RELEVANT APPLIED RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO ADDRESS
REGIONAL NEEDS.
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LCOE faculty are working in such diverse areas as radar systems, space
communications, levee design, ground water modeling, unmanned aerial vehicles,
etc.
The Chuckchansi Language Revitalization Project conducted by faculty and
graduate students from the Department of Linguistics to preserve and revitalize
the Chuckchansi/Yokut language. The project involved four faculty members
from the department and graduate students in Ling 249, Field Methods.
Additionally some graduate students have written their MA thesis and research
papers on the language. Plans for preservation of the language include developing
a lexicon of the language, currently over 1000 words have been collected and
classified; writing a linguistic grammar of the language; writing a pedagogical
grammar of the language; developing teaching material for elementary age tribe
members; collection of stories and traditions. The project received confirmation
and visibility by the tribal council recognizing its educational and cultural value
and providing funding support for five years for a total 1 million dollars.
Several faculty in the Craig School research and publish in the areas of
entrepreneurship, economic development, and family business issues.
The students in the doctoral program are doing applied and action research as part
of meeting the program requirements. Most of the dissertations of the first three
graduating cohorts have been based on problems of practice in the Central
Valley. Below is a partial list of some of the dissertation titles completed in the
last 3 years.
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Factors Affecting the Attrition and Retention of Middle School and High
School Mathematics Teachers
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Variables of High-Performing Hmong English Language Learners
The Impact of Collaboration in After-School Programs on Student
Achievement and School Attendance
• The Effects of Coaching on Teacher Efficacy, Individual Academic
Optimism and Student Achievement.
• Factors of High School Dropouts: Success Stories of Former Dropouts
Who Earned College
• Predictors of Success and Failure for ADN Students on the NCLEX-RN
• Investigation Differences Among Asian American Youth Participating in
Grant-Funded High School After-School Programs
• Effective Implementation of Professional Development and Student
Achievement
• The Academic Success of School Choice Within the Public School
System: Are There Academic Achievement Differences When Parents
Choose Their Child's Public School?
• Remedial Policy in the California State University System: An Analysis
Cohorts of new faculty with interests in Urban and Regional Transformation and
Health Disparities joined existing faculty in these areas to move forward
collaborative research projects focused on sustainability, health access, and
wellness.
Five new faculty with interests in water management, technology, and quality
were hired. They will join existing faculty with these interests in fall 2012.
CAB contributed a chapter on California Agriculture's Role in the Economy and
Water Use Characteristics in study commissioned by the California Water
Coalition and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation entitled Agricultural Water Use in
California: A 2011 Update.
ICWT is in the process of finalizing a MOU with the US EPA Region IX for
cooperation in a range of activities including joint research, student internships,
jointly sponsored public forums and faculty serving was visiting scientists at the
EPA
The Center for Agricultural Business (CAB) provided analysis of alternative
energy projects in the report A White Paper on Solar Energy: Economic and EcoSystem Considerations in response to U.S. E.P.A. in examination of potential
solar energy project development in California.
CAB produced national professional society peer reviewed publications on topics
of critical importance to the regional stakeholders such dietary guidelines and
obesity, economic effects of food borne illness resulting from consumption of
specialty crops, international competitiveness and the economics of federal
agricultural marketing order programs.
The recent report form the Center for Irrigation Technology entitled Agricultural
Water Use in California by Pete Canessa, Sarge Green and David Zoldoske
continues to be used extensively in framing the discussion and debate of
managing water resources in the state for multiple purposes ..
The Central California Autism Center is a good example of a campus program
that meets the needs of children and families in the region.
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EES faculty and students are engaged in a number of research projects in
groundwater hydrology, soil erosion, mine reclamation, and landslide mitigation.
Faculty members in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies are conducting a
number of studies into the diagnosis and treatment of autism in children as well as
the treatment of other childhood communication disorders. These studies are
important and relevant to the needs of children and families in the region.
The ongoing work of the Cultural Brokers demonstrates outcomes associated with
applied research in Social Work Education. The department, in partnership with
community members, the university and The California Social Work Education
Center (CaISWEC), has become an innovative program providing support to
children and families who need child welfare assistance. This model is viewed as
a promising practice and is being embraced by systems, both local and national.
Professors Roger Lajeunesse and John Pryor, through the The Institute for
Public Anthropology, conducted a Cultural Monitoring Training Program at
Buena Vista Rancheria. The project was designed to teach archeology and
osteology to Native Americans so that they would be in a better position to
perform archeological monitoring on Cultural Resources Management projects.
Participants were Native Americans from all over California as well as Nevada
and Hawaii.
The Center for Economic Research and Education of Central California leads the
way in working closely with community partners to provide economic and
financial education to K-12 to students who will be tomorrow's tax paying
citizens. The Center added a research division that is engaged in current regional
economic research.
The director of the Community and Regional Planning Center (CRP Center) is
beginning to partner with the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention
Program (CCROPP) and the Non-Governmental Organizations through the Smart
Valley Places Grant (SVP) and is assisting in the coordination of several modules
that include Land Use and Environmental Resources and High Speed Rail Project
and its relationship to the Smart Valley Places Grant. He is also partnering the
CRP Center with the Community Services and Employment Training agency
(CSET) located in Visalia to develop a summer academy for its Youth Leadership
Academy looking at using the following methods of leadership training and
engagement:
DEVELOP INDUSTRY CLUSTERS TO IMPROVE THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND VITALITY.
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LeOE faculty from Mechanical Engineering are working with the Fresno RJI
Manufacturing cluster, and the HV AC-R industry. Collaborations have led to the
Annual Chemical Safety Day Conference, the new University Center to Advance
Manufacturing (joint effort between LCOE and JCAST); The Valley Industry
Partnership program is a council of 14 regional engineering firms that hire our
students, and support education and research in LCOE.
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EMPOWER SOCIAL NETWORKS TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
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Through the University Business Center, the Craig School helps to coordinate the
Tourism Cluster for the RJI, and has assisted and supported the newly created
Urban & Regional Transformation cohort of faculty.
ICWT has a long history of collaborating with the Fresno regional Workforce
Investment Board on their Water Cluster. They currently provide the lead on a
number on initiatives, objectives, and tactics all aimed at developing a vibrant
Blue Technology Center that provides the Anchor point for the Blue Tech
Industry.
The University has become a lead partner for the Blue Tech Valley initiative that
has developed as an outgrowth and refocusing of some of the initiatives of CVBI.
LCOE students have worked on various projects including the Lowell
Neighborhood revitalization project, Habitat for Humanity etc. LCOE faculty
member Fariborz Tehrani has actively participated in Engineers Without Borders
projects.
COSS is contributing to this goal specifically through the upcoming work of the
director of the Community and Regional Planning Center. Keith Woodcock is
involving the Center on a number of projects that include proposals designed to
build social capital within communities that will in turn support sustainability
projects in their neighborhoods and regions. If community members do not take
ownership or leadership for the policies and programs implemented in their
communities, these will fail.
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology are very involved with the EI
Dorado Park Project and are making great progress in revitalizing this
neighborhood.
Dr. Don Matlosz (Public Health) has been working with regional health care
executives to develop an Executive MPH option.
Faculty members in Recreation Administration serve on the Fresno Unified
Neighborhood Board while more than 200 students engage in community service
at sites including EI Dorado Park, Stone Soup and Fresno Boys and Girls Club.
ENHANCE THE QUALHY OF LIFE AND CELEBRA.TE CUI"TURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH
PARTNERSHIPS IN THE ARTS.
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The Center for Creativity and the Arts launched its inaugural year with a major
commissioned exhibit and numerous cultural and educational programs including
lectures, panels, film series, and many other activities. Thousands of community
members attended these events.
The programs in the arts and performing arts offered by the College of Arts and
Humanities, including theatre and dance productions, art exhibits, Keyboard
Concert series, music performances, readings by creative writers, film series and
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lecture series by the ethics center, Middle East Studies program and numerous
departments have engaged and brought thousands of campus and community
members to campus.
The Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies and Africana Studies
Program lead the way in this area. The University Gospel Choir from the
Africana Studies Program celebrates diversity with their performances throughout
the Fresno County. Los Danzantes de Aztliin continues to engage the regional
through their cultural and folkloric dance performances. This group is a member
of numerous state, national, and international organizations in folkloric dance.
SUPPORT A MORE INTENSIVE AND VISIBLE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CREATE
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
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At the student level, LCOE"s CM program has instituted a formal leadership
program to develop future leaders in construction. About 15 students are currently
participating. At the College level, LCOE is taking the lead to develop a regional
partnership of community colleges, and K-12 stakeholders to develop the
Engineering Education Partnership of Central California which will focus on the
developing Pathways for Engineering and Construction Management Careers.
In partnership with OCED and Continuing Ed, we offer a leadership program for
a Certificate in Economic Development, providing leadership and management
skills training to employees of companies who contract for this training.
To date, the independent doctoral program in educational leadership has
graduated 43 doctoral students who are prepared to be transformational
leaders. Many of these graduates are not serving in leadership roles in their
school districts. A chapter in a forthcoming book from the Carnegie Foundation
will feature a number of our students and how they are leading change in their
school districts.
The Central Valley Educational Leadership Institute has provided leadership
training and leadership development opportunities throughout the Central Valley
through the following projects:
i. State Center Community College Leadership Development Program
ii. CSU Leadership Development Program
iii. Middle Leaders Training Program
iv. Rural Schools Networks
v. Exemplary Practices in Education Leadership Conference (over 800
Central Valley Leaders attend annually)
The E.D.G.E. Challenge Course (Recreation Administration) develops leadership
in the Valley through offering 120 leadership development programs each year.
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DEEPEN OUR CONNECTION WITH OUR ALUMNI THROUGH UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES.
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The Craig School holds university activities involving alumni and the business
community. Some of the more significant activities include (a) the annual Wine
Tasting (fall) and Golf Tournament (spring) coordinated by the school's Alumni
& Friends, (b) the Business Associates organization consisting of nearly one
hundred members and which includes an annual meeting of business leaders, (c)
the Business Advisory Council (BAC) of approximately 25 business executives
who meet twice per year as well as a biannual breakfast for past BAC members,
(d) the school's annual awards dinner sponsored by local businesses, and (e)
frequent community activities for the Institute for Family Business and the
Gazarian Real Estate Center.
. The College of Science and Mathematics hosted the first of a series of open house
events in April for friends and supporters of the college at the Downing
Planetarium and Museum. Over 75 people attended, the majority of whom had
not visited the college in the past.
Nursing has developed an exceptional resource by finding over 95% of all known
graduates since the program began in 1962. The department will host its 50th All
Class Reunion in May of this year.
COSS pursues this goal through work with the Latino Commencement
Celebration, Dean's Leadership Circle, Criminology Advisory Board, and the
numerous events and activities that bring community members to campus.
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