Monterey Bay: The Magazine of CSU Monterey Bay Spring/Summer 2014, Vol. VII, No. I | Page 4

Features Departments 8 & 13 S tudents  Ania Flatau advocates for people with disabilities; Bernard Green works for bicycle-friendly policies. Vol. VII, No. I Spring/Summer 2014 20 Athletics Published twice yearly for alumni, donors and friends of Cal State Monterey Bay by University Communications. We welcome lively, respectful discussion. Send letters to the editor (and address changes) to [email protected]. President Eduardo M. Ochoa Director for Marketing & Communications George Machun Editor Patia Stephens Creative Consultant Jerry Takigawa Art Director Joan Iguban Galiguis ’06 [Top] Photo Jane Kim; [Bottom] Photo Jarrett McAdams Sonya Cabello (VPA ’13) works on her senior capstone project. Photo Scott Campbell Writers Renée R. Curry Kevin Gilmore Liz MacDonald Scott Roark Sara Santini Patia Stephens James Tinney Joan Weiner On the Cover Only about 500 Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep remain in the wild. Artist Jane Kim is working to make this endangered and rarely seen animal more visible with her Migrating Mural series, painted along a 150-mile stretch of California’s Highway 395. The cover image is a detail from a mural at the Lone Pine Airport. (story, page 14) New athletics director Kirby Garry shines national spotlight on Otter Athletics with televised game and social media successes. 22 Snapshot 6 Benefitting Others  Auctioneer Zack Krone’s career path was inspired by CSUMB’s emphasis on self-discipline and service learning. 10 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Ten-year, $32.4 million NASA grant funds research on agriculture, climate change, renewable energy and more. [ COVER STORY ] 14 Where Art and Science Converge Graduates of the Science Illustration certificate program at CSUMB find success in a specialized field. 24  avorite Activity in the United F States (So Far…) Serbian exchange student Sara Santini experienced the thrill of a ropes challenge course organized by Outdoor Recreation. Photos from recent Outdoor Recreation trips to Big Sur, Yosemite and Pinnacles national parks, Sugar Bowl Resort and the Ventana Wilderness. 26  aculty Adviser F Professor Renée Curry makes the case for understanding what it means to be human. 28 News Briefs New nursing program, Summer Arts, CalStateTEACH, and the President’s Speaker Series 30 A lumni Greg Gonzalez and Jon Vevoda use GIS skills learned at CSUMB in their jobs at Scheid Vineyards. 32 Class Notes Alumni news and accomplishments 27 Thinking Different Professor Johanna Poethig keeps the vision of the Visual & Public Art Department alive with campus and community mural projects. W  atch videos of Jane Kim discussing the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep and her Migrating Mural project at csumb.edu/multimedia t h e m a g a z i n e o f C S U M o n t e r e y B a y | csu m b . e d u / m a g a z i n e 5