Monterey Bay: The Magazine of CSU Monterey Bay Spring/Summer 2014, Vol. VII, No. I | Page 28
N e ws Br i efs
— Joan Weiner
Watch a video about Summer Arts at csumb.edu/multimedia
CSU Monterey Bay is expanding its nursing program.
Starting in June, the program will add a track for alreadyemployed nurses with associate’s degrees who want to earn a
bachelor’s while they continue to work.
Classes will be held in the late afternoons and evenings;
some will be traditional face-to-face classes, some will be
online. The curriculum will include courses on research
methods, evidence-based practice, health policy, informatics,
genomics and chronic care management.
Classes will be offered throughout the year; students can
graduate in 14 months.
In addition to nurses who are currently employed, the
program will admit recent community college nursing
graduates.
“The idea is for a seamless transition from community
college to CSUMB,” said Dr. Marianne Hultgren, interim
director of nursing.
The university started its nursing program in 2012, in
partnership with four local community colleges.
More information: csumb.edu/nursing
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Joan Weiner
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President’s Speaker Series helps
Monterey County flourish
CalStateTEACH pairs first-graders
with teacher candidates
With a theme of “Flourish Monterey County,” this year’s
President’s Speaker Series at CSU Monterey Bay provided
fresh insights into the challenges faced by local communities.
The series opened March 4 with a presentation by Mary
Jo Waits, director of the Economic, Human Services and
Workforce Division of the National Governors Association.
Her topic was “Leveraging Universities in Regional Economic Development.”
David Kennedy, former director of the Boston Gun
Project, followed with a March 28 talk on “Gangs, Guns and
Growth: Finding Alternatives to Violence.”
Jeff Edmondson, managing director of Strive Together,
spoke April 9 on “Collective Impact: A New Way of Doing
Business to Improve Educational Outcomes.”
The theme of next spring’s series will be “Future Monterey.” Speakers will examine how the county’s economy can
be diversified beyond agriculture and tourism.
Each June for the past four years, 20 first-grade students from
Highland Elementary have joined with 20 teaching credential candidates from Cal StateTEACH in a unique summer
tutorial endeavor at King Elementary School in Seaside.
The Summer Literacy Lab School Partnership provides
invaluable instruction for students not making adequate
progress during the regular academic year, as well as highquality mentoring for the teacher candidates tutoring them.
The 16-day program is a partnership between CalStateTEACH and Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.
The mostly limited-English-speaking students receive
one-on-one support in reading and language arts. The tutors
first administer assessments from CalStateTEACH’s Literacy
Case Study, then design instruction to close the literacy gap.
Roger Dahl, the CSUMB lecturer who designed and
leads the CalStateTEACH program, worked with MPUSD
personnel to address the need for focused instruction for the
English-learner population.
During the summer program, the student teachers receive
daily mentoring from two literacy experts from MPUSD, who
provide guidance on the best strategies and practices and
offer immediate feedback.
Results from the first four summers have been impressive,
with students in many cases making progress equal to what
they achieved during the school year in only three weeks of
focused instruction.
— Joan Weiner
[L] Graphic Jeffrey Lewis; [R] Photo Roger Dahl
CSU Summer Arts returns to campus for a third year in late
June with a lineup of 16 classes and dozens of public events.
Students – who come from CSU campuses, other fouryear and two-year colleges as well as the local community
– are immersed in rigorous training up to 12 hours a day
during the two-week sessions. Classes are offered in dance,
music, theater, creative writing, visual arts and filmmaking.
Public events include lectures, concerts and theatrical
productions, all priced to make them accessible to a wide
audience. In addition, each course concludes with a free public performance or “culmination,” where students showcase
their talents.
A list of classes is available at csusummerarts.org. The
schedule of public performances will be announced in late May.
New nursing program
accommodates working
professionals
[l] Photo provided; [r] Photo Joan Iguban Galiguis
Summer Arts returns to campus
— Roger Dahl
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