CCPE is pleased to announce the ap-pointment of Ter-rence Graham as Associate Dean and Executive Di-rector for Interna-

tional Programs at CSULB. Terrence comes to CSULB from the Ameri-can Councils for International Ed-ucation in Washington, D.C., where he most recently worked as the Di-rector of Higher Education Programs. He has worked extensively in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other Eastern European countries with international education expatri-ates, university leaders, faculty, and students to create partnerships and develop programs.

Terrence double majored in Interna-tional Studies and English at the Uni-versity of Dayton (Ohio) and earned his Master’s degree in Russian Lan-guage, Literature, and Linguistics from Ohio State University. He is fin-ishing his Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration at George Washington University. He is fluent in Russian and has some profi-ciency in Spanish, German, French, and Serbo/Croatian. He started his position at CSULB in August 2013.

Terrence Graham Joins CSULB’s Center for International Education

In partnership with Goodwill Serv-ing the People of Southern Los An-geles County (SOLAC), CCPE is offering training and career servic-es for students in the Medical Billing and Coding certificate program. The four-week, 84-hour program provides training for those interested in work-ing with medical records and billing in the health care field. Classes take place at the Goodwill SOLAC head-quarters in Long Beach.

Janet McCarthy, President and CEO of Goodwill SOLAC, says that work-ing with CCPE has been a wonderful experience: “There is mutual trust and understanding, and the commit-ment is there. The fact that students

get a certificate from CSULB is criti-cal.” Eligible students also have access to Goodwill’s career services, which can include resume and interview guidance, externships, job place-ment, and assistance with the cost of the program.

“When you donate a shirt to Good-will, a portion of those funds are going to help someone get to work. We’ve had folks come to us home-less who are now making upwards of $42,000 a year and are completely out of poverty,” Janet said. “We’re all working with the same population, so we should work together to get people back to work and help bolster the economy.”

CCPE Partners with Goodwill to Provide Job Training and Placement for Students

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

It’s a pleasure to present another

of our bi-annual newsletters to the

CSULB community and beyond.

I hope you’ll enjoy reading about

the extraordinary breadth of pro-

grams and services featured in

this issue.

Over the years, CCPE has

teamed up with many community

partners to provide high-quality

education and training programs.

In recent months, we have part-

nered with Goodwill Serving the

People of Southern Los Angeles

County to offer job training and

placement in the health care field.

Read more about this effort on the

front page.

The Association for Continu-

ing Higher Education recognized

another successful partner-

ship with its 2013 Distinguished

Program Award for a Credit Pro-

gram. The Foundation Level Math

and General Science Credential

Program helped laid-off multiple-

subject teachers earn math and

science teaching credentials.

Many more examples of CCPE’s

dedication, effectiveness, and

excellence are documented in

these pages. I invite you to contact

us if they inspire you to consider

how CCPE may be able to help your

college or department fulfill the

mission of the university.

Enjoy this issue,

Jeet Joshee

Associate Vice President and Dean

Emergency Management Master’s Program Highlighted in FEMA ReportIn 2010, the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency (FEMA) launched the Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) to promote broad, long-term thinking about the changes in the world that are affecting the emergency manage-ment community and their impacts. SFI has engaged all levels of govern-ment, non-profits, businesses, and individuals spanning a broad range of fields and disciplines.

The Master of Science in Emergency Services Administration (EMER) degree program at CSULB, which prepares students for leadership roles in emergency and disaster adminis-tration, has successfully integrated SFI and strategic thinking about the future of emergency management

into its curriculum. As a result, the program was featured in a recent SFI report as one of 10 examples of independent efforts to fulfill strate-gic needs and help make the United States more resilient.

The report, titled Toward More Resilient Futures: Putting Foresight into Practice, highlights projects, individuals, and organizations that are pushing the bounds of current thinking and action in emergency management. The report says that the CSULB program is a model for inte-grating SFI into higher education. The program helps students understand the changes needed in local commu-nities and agencies to implement SFI and promote greater resilience.

Single-Subject Credential Program Wins A C H E Distinguished Program Award

CSULB’s Foundational Level Math and General Science program re-ceived the Association for Continu-ing Higher Education’s (A C H E) 2013 Distinguished Program Award in the credit category. A partnership be-tween CCPE, the College of Educa-tion, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Long Beach Uni-fied School District (LBUSD), and

the Pacific Gateway Workforce In-vestment Network, the program was created to provide hundreds of laid-off LBUSD teachers with addition-al training and credentials to secure re-employment as a math or science teacher.

Chris Steinhauser, LBUSD Superin-tendent, said that the school district has been able to hire back some teach-ers after they earned their credential through this program. “We wanted to prepare good educators for great jobs,” Steinhauser said.

“The program gave us hope for find-ing a teaching position when no one else was offering any help,” said Steve Richardt, a graduate of the science program. “I also felt that the instruc-tors listened to us and tried to do what they could to make us successful.”

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Advanced Media Production Creates Video for CSU Nursing Programs

CCPE Introduces Online Programs for Summer Sessions

CCPE’s Advanced Media Production department (AMP) was commis-sioned by the CSU Chancellor’s Office to create a video to promote the nurs-ing programs offered at 19 campuses in the CSU system. The video high-lights the various degrees the CSU offers in nursing (Bachelor of Sci-ence, Master of Science, and Doctor of Nursing Practice or DNP) and the vital needs in health care services that are met by the graduates of CSU nurs-ing programs.

The goal of the video was to pro-vide a brief overview of the com-prehensive nature of CSU nursing instruction and how it adapts to the evolution of nursing practices brought on by the new realities of health care legislation.

The video serves as a recruiting tool for new students, a fundrais-ing vehicle for donor attraction, and a marketing piece for health care

providers searching for new hires in the nursing field. The video will be shown at the September 2013 CSU Board of Trustees meeting.

In an effort to broaden the ways in which CCPE helps students reach their educational goals, CCPE’s Tech-nology Enhanced Learning Center (TELC) worked with campus part-ners to convert 25 traditional face-to-face courses to completely online formats for Summer Sessions 2013.

In addition to a stipend, faculty members received instructional de-sign, media, help desk, training, and course creation support from the TELC team.

Faculty member Glenn Zucman spoke about his experience teaching Introduction to the Visual Arts com-pletely online for the first time. “The flexibility of online classes comple-ments our busy lives and the way stu-dents experience technology today,” Glenn said. “A few of my students

traveled around the world this sum-mer, and yet were able to complete a college course at the same time.” He added, “Large classes with hun-dreds of students can be intimidat-ing, and many students are introverts. By contrast, online stu-dents watch short vid-eos and are able to have ‘eye contact’ with the instructor and interact with each other. I think online classes have real potential for student engagement.”

“We talk about dif-ferent types of learn-ers, such as visual and auditory. I think face-to-face, online, and hy-brid should be in the

vocabulary now. Some students re-spond well to the asynchronous na-ture of online classes, while others prefer the regularity of face-to-face classes. Knowledge is more person-al now.”

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CSULB faculty member Glenn Zucman thanked CCPE for the oppor-tunity to teach Introduction to the Visual Arts online and hopes to teach an online course again next summer

A Nurse Practitioner provides pre-operation advice to a young patient and his mother at Kaiser Hospital

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS

The International Recruitment

Office hosted a group from

the Qatar Embassy’s Security

Office to discuss collaboration

opportunities.

The International Student Ser-

vices office launched an online

event calendar in an effort to

promote local and campus-

based events of interest to

CSULB students, staff, faculty,

and members of the commu-

nity. Visitors to the site are

invited to submit events for the

calendar and can search for

specific event categories.

Study Abroad at CSULB imple-

mented an online searchable

database called Studio Abroad

for prospective outgoing

exchange and study abroad

students. The database also

allows outgoing and incom-

ing students to apply to CSULB

programs online.

CCPE worked with the College

of Health and Human Services

to develop and implement two

short-term programs in Japan:

one in Sport Management at

Jobu University and one in

Sport Psychology at Shizuoka

Sangyo University. CCPE also

sent Kinesiology students to

Sendai University in late July. A

bilateral exchange agreement

is in development with Ritsu-

meikan University in Japan.

CCPE Hosts Third Chinese Culture FestivalAlong with China Central Televi-sion (CCTV) and International Daily News, the International Training Programs Office at CCPE hosted the third Chinese Culture Festival, this time focusing on regional Chinese cuisine.

The lead-up to the festival featured a contest and a drawing, both spon-sored by CCTV and the popular Chi-nese television series A Bite of China, which offers insights into the geo-graphical, historical, and cultural dimensions of Chinese food. The win-ner of the contest was presented with a nine-day tour of China, including hotel and airfare, and the winner of the drawing received round-trip air-fare to China and three nights in a hotel in Yangzhou. Both the contest and the drawing focused on the show A Bite of China.

The opening ceremony, which took

place in the Beach Auditorium at CSULB on April 22, featured distin-guished speakers including China Central Television’s Bai Hua, CSULB Interim President Donald Para (then Provost), Consul General of China in Los Angeles Qiu Shaofang, former State Assemblyman Mike Eng, and a video message from Congresswom-an Judy Chu. After a presentation of gifts, the audience was treated to a Bian-Lian (face-changing) perfor-mance, teapot juggling, and a musical performance by Veronica Lopez and the South California Philharmonic.

The ceremony was followed by a well-attended banquet that featured food demonstrations by Master Chef Martin Yan and Iron Chef Tony Wu and an eight-course Chinese meal. Events throughout the week includ-ed food and art demonstrations on campus.

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A performer juggles a teapot with a wooden stick

Iron Chef Tony Wu (left) and Master Chef Martin Yan demonstrate food preparation at the banquet

Dancers from the American Association for Chi-nese Culture Promotion perform at the banquet

The “ face-changer” changes masks in a split second

Cuisine and entertainment from around the world were celebrated at the 46th Annual International Dinner and Culture Show, which took place on April 27 in CSULB’s University Student Union Ballroom. This year’s event was sponsored by the Interna-tional Student Association (ISA) with co-sponsorship from Associated Stu-dents Inc. and support from CSULB’s Center for International Education and local businesses and restaurants.

Following a dinner represent-ing various cultures, the program featured international students and local acts performing musi-cal entertainment and dancing from genres such as Bollywood, folklorico, salsa, belly dancing, flamenco, and Chinese folk mu-sic, as well as acts with Polyne-sian, Chinese, Aztec, and Lebanese origins. Students also presented a fashion show featuring traditional clothing worn in a variety of coun-tries across the globe.

“This year’s show was truly a suc-cess,” said International Student Ad-visor Sasha Leonardo. “The house was packed with students, faculty, staff, family, and friends who all came out to support the performers and enjoy the delicious food. I am so thrilled that I was able to assist the students with this wonderful evening. We are

all so proud of the show they put to-gether for our campus community.”

CCPE HOSTS LOS ANGELES PROFESSIONALS IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE

The International Student Ser-

vices office (ISS) was proud to

host the quarterly meeting of

the Los Angeles Profession-

als in International Education

Roundtable (LA PIER). Over 60

international education pro-

fessionals, including program

directors and foreign student

advisors from Los Angeles-

area private and public colleges

and universities, gathered to

confer on immigration regula-

tions, enrollment trends, and

best practices in the field.

Presentations addressing inter-

national student employment

regulations and strategies for

paperless international offices

were followed by a tour of the

CSULB campus, the Ameri-

can Language Institute, and

the Center for International

Education.

46th Annual Multicultural Dinner Show Highlights Global Culture

Associate Vice President and Dean Dr. Jeet Joshee was honored with the inaugural International Leader-ship Award by the University Pro-fessional and Continuing Education

Association (UPCEA) at its annual conference in April 2013. The award recognizes an individual for repre-senting innovative leadership in ed-ucational programs and services,

administrative practices, collaborations and part-nerships, or research.

Dr. Joshee has been in-strumental to the strategic growth of internation-al programs and educa-tion at CSULB. Sue Maes, Dean of Continuing Ed-ucation at Kansas State University, also received the award.

AVP and Dean Joshee Receives International Leadership Award

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AVP and Dean Jeet Joshee (center) receives his award at the UPCEA conference with (left to right) CCPE’s Irma Hill, Associate Dean Eric Bullard, Anna Behar-Russell, and Michael Jones

Members of Danza Curicaueri perform an Aztec dance

CSULB’s Grupo Folklorico Mexicana perform a tradi-tional folk dance

CITT Graduation Honors Students and Instructors

CITT Hosts 2013 Town Hall Meeting

In May, the Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) hosted the 2013 State of the Trade and Transportation Industry Town Hall Meeting at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSULB. Titled “Effi-ciency and Competitiveness: Securing Cargo and Jobs,” the meeting fea-tured a panel of industry experts and was moderated by Thomas O’Brien, CITT’s Director of Research. “Our goal was to help the audience dis-cover how efficiency across the supply chain impacts the region’s economy, affects the community, and provides job opportunities,” he said.

Setting the stage for the panel dis-cussion was a video produced by CSULB’s Advanced Media Produc-tion department. The 20-minute doc-umentary provides a comprehensive assessment of how logistical planning and implementation actually work in the harbor community and suggests

how those logistical arrangements could be improved to provide greater efficiency and faster throughput for cargo container delivery.

Panelists included Vic La Rosa, President and CEO of Total Transpor-tation Services, Inc.; Alan McCorkle, Senior Vice President of APM Ter-minals; Jeff Coppersmith, President of Coppersmith Global Logistics, representing cargo owners; Michael Podue, President of Marine Clerks Association, International Longshore and Warehouse Union-Local 63; and Roger Rowe of the West Long Beach Association, representing a critical community perspective.

CITT held graduation ceremonies on June 26 at the Port of Long Beach for students in the Global Logistics Spe-cialist (GLS) program and the Marine Terminal Operations Profession-al (MTOP) program. In addition to recognizing the achievements of the graduates, four instructors were hon-ored at the ceremony. Tom Gould and Susan Dexter received the George Marshall Favorite Instructor Award for the GLS program, David Trem-blay received the Bill Wisener Dis-tinguished Service Award, and Steve Ruggiero received the MTOP Out-standing Instructor Award. Harbor Commissioner Susan Wise offered

welcome remarks, congratulating stu-dents on their accomplishments and acknowledging family members for their support.

Students in CITT programs re-ceived $55,050 in scholarships in 2012-2013 from the Port of Long Beach, the Harbor Transportation Club, the Container and Intermodal Institute, the Los Angeles Transportation Club, and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. The win-ners of the Richard Hollingsworth Scholarship and the Kevin Turn-er Scholarship, GLS students Miguel Hernandez and Jared Sullivan, were also recognized at the ceremony.

CITT HIGHLIGHTS

Dr. Thomas

O’Brien,

Director of

Research for

the Center

for Interna-

tional Trade and Transportation

(CITT), was elected to the Exec-

utive Committee of the Council

of University Transportation

Centers (CUTC) in June 2013.

He will also serve as Roundta-

ble Treasurer in 2013-2014 for

the Southern California Council

of Supply Chain Management

Professionals.

CITT and METRANS Transpor-

tation Center (a partnership

between the University of

Southern California and CSULB)

received a $3.7 million grant

from the Volvo Research and

Educational Foundations (VREF)

to establish METROFREIGHT,

an international center of excel-

lence in urban freight research.

METROFREIGHT is a consor-

tium with university partners in

Los Angeles and Long Beach,

Paris, New York, and Seoul.

The CSULB team will partici-

pate extensively in the goals

of establishing freight educa-

tion and training programs and

conducting research. The USC

team will “aim to develop a

better understanding of urban

freight problems and develop

effective, sustainable, and

implementable strategies for

solving these problems,” said

Dr. Genevieve Giuliano of USC.

EFFICIENCY AND COMPETITIVENESS

SECURING CARGO AND JOBS

EFFICIENCY AND COMPETITIVENESS

SECURING CARGO AND JOBS

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Saturday MBA Students Travel to MoroccoEach year, CSULB Saturday MBA students travel across the globe for a weeklong International Business Experience advanced study course. This year, the group visited Morocco. Students were greeted in Casablanca by representatives from the ESCA School of Business, who arranged for the group to visit the Casablanca Stock Exchange, which is the third largest in Africa and was established in 1929.

“The students were able to get an inside view of stock and securities trading in the Northern African area,” said Kathy Rice, Coordinator of the MBA program. The students also visited the Casablanca manu-facturing plant for Nexans Wire, the worldwide leader in the aircraft ca-ble industry.

Next, the students traveled to Mar-rakech to visit Cartier Saada, which specializes in processing and pre-serving fruits and vegetables for high-end grocery markets and has been in business for over 60 years.

Brian Jackson, a student in the pro-gram, said that the international ex-perience was eye-opening. “Being a part of a foreign culture for even just a week provides so many different

experiences that cannot be taught in a classroom,” he said. “Being able to adapt and learn about people, cul-ture, and language is necessary to be successful in business abroad.”

Nahi Abraham, another student in the program, said that the interna-tional experience was very unique. “Although I had visited many coun-tries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, this trip was different because of the set-ting. Traveling with a group of stu-dents and visiting businesses made the experience richer than a nor-mal tourist visit. Since I am the only student who spoke Arabic, I had the pleasure of helping students at the market with my bargaining skills. It was a great experience that I certain-ly enjoyed.”

Nahi added: “The preparation for the trip and the tutoring during the

trip gave me the oppor-tunity to understand a different country’s in-frastructure, economy, social life, and poten-tial future growth. In this respect, I am more knowledgeable about Morocco and am also more equipped to re-search any country as an investor to make fi-nancial decisions.”

California State University Long Beach

College of Continuing and Professional Education

Jeet Joshee Associate Vice President and Dean

Eric Bullard Associate Dean

Terrence Graham Associate Dean and Executive Director for International Programs

Michael Jones Senior Director, Finance and Busi-ness Services

The College of Continuing and Pro-fessional Education (CCPE) is one of the eight academic colleges and the self-support educational out-reach division of the university. CCPE plays a key role in extending CSULB’s high-quality educational programs beyond the walls of the university by offering a wide range of programs and services that help spur economic development both locally and globally. We collabo-rate with business and industry, non-profit organizations, public schools, and various government agencies to provide education and training. CCPE reaches beyond our regional service area with online programs, and is increas-ingly extending to all corners of the world with our international pro-grams and services.

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SMBA students visiting the Cartier Saada plant in Marrakech

Students in the Saturday MBA program at Nexans Wire, a major airline cable manufacturer, in Morocco

As the Youth Marketing Special-ist for the San Francisco 49ers, Tori Willis gets to combine her love of sports with her career. Heading into her fourth season with the 49ers, she works on general marketing proj-ects, as well as youth programs such as Kids Club and Youth Football/Play 60 initiatives, and helps with team events. She graduated from the Master of Arts in Kinesiology, Option in Sport Management program at CSULB in August 2011.

During the first year of the pro-gram, Tori interned for Long Beach State Athletics as a marketing grad-uate assistant, and then began an in-ternship with the San Francisco 49ers.

When she returned to Long Beach to finish the program, she was hired as a game-day worker in the Premium Sales depart-ment for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After graduat-ing, she was hired back by the San Francisco 49ers.

Tori said she recom-mends the program to “self-starters and highly motivat-ed students who are looking to blaze their own trail.” She added: “This pro-gram is a great foundation for those who wish to pursue a career in the sport industry, but you have to put in genuine effort and time to reap all the

amazing benefits the program yields.” Her advice to students is to “volun-teer at a variety of events outside your comfort zone, follow your profession-al intuitions, and don’t be scared to narrow down your interests to find your ideal job.”

Real Students, Real Stories: Tori Willis, Sport Management Graduate

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Tori Willis at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, Louisiana