| Accomplishments Archive (2002-Spring 2007) |
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The Place to Learn About CSM's Accomplishments CSM Internal's Newspaper section features accomplishments of the College and its programs, services, administrators, faculty, staff and students. Those items are periodically archived here. Together, they form an impressive collection. The accomplishments are divided into the following three categories: Published, Featured in Articles, Appearances on TV Programs or in Movies, & Presentations... Awarded, Honors, Granted fellowships... Each category is divided by the highlighted group (e.g., administrators) and year (e.g., 2006). To locate a person, program, team, etc., please use the Find feature on your PC by holding down the control key ("Ctrl") on your computer and pressing "f" on your keyboard. Administrators 2006 Henry Villareal, CSM dean of Admissions and Records, was selected as the Western Regional representative to National Council on Student Development in August, 2004. In May, 2004, CSM Vice President of Student Services Pat Griffin was elected to a second term as president of the board of directors of the Mental Health Association of San Mateo County . Ernie Rodriquez, professor of psychology here at CSM, is also a board member and a previous president of the Association. The Mental Health Association has been actively involved in establishing programs, forming collaborative partnerships (including one with the District) and improving mental health services in the community for more than 50 years. Peter Landsberger, former president of CSM , has been named the acting chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District in January, 2004. 2001-2002 Sandra Mellor, District dean of corporate and community education, was the regional director for the National Council for Continuing Education and Training for 2001-02 . The council is nationally recognized for providing leadership to continuing education, community services and workforce development professionals. _________________________________________________________________ Faculty John LaTorra , a building inspection instructor in CSM's Technology Division, was elected to the International Code Council Board of Directors during the fall 2004 semester. During the summer of 2003, Diana Bennett, associate professor of multimedia at CSM , s erved as director of the Digital Media Academy at University of Texas , Austin . The Digital Media Academy is a non-profit technology immersion program that offers hands-on, project-based training for K-20 educators, adult learners and high school and college students. _________________________________________________________________________ Program Directors & Coordinators In Spring 2005, Gerry Frasetti of CSM's International Students Office was invited by the Institute of International Education to participate on a review committee to award scholarships to children of Chevron Texaco employees worldwide. Of the 15 participants on the four scholarship reviewing committees, Frasetti was the only person representing a community college. 2004 _______________________________________________________________________ Published, Featured in Articles, General CSM, Its Programs & Teams General CSM & Its Programs 2005 The August 8, 2005 edition of the San Mateo County Times carried a story which featured CSM's Transition to College program. The article described the critical role the program plays in helping students with psychological disabilities achieve their educational and career goals. An aerial view of the CSM's football field was featured on the cover of the SBC's 20005 phone book for Central San Mateo County . 2004 Counselor Tim Stringari of CSM's Psychological Services and the collaborative program he helped launch in 1991, "Transition to College," were featured in the March 2004 edition of Disability Compliance for Higher Education . The program, the model for which was recently approved by the District Board of Trustees , provides assistance such as counseling to students with psychiatric disabilities. 2003 In a March 2003 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle , San Mateo Middle College High School at CSM was mentioned prominently in an article entitled "Programs merge high school, college; Courses push disadvantaged students to continue their education." 2001 _______________________________________________________________________ Administrators 2005 At a state-wide conference in Sacramento in March 2005, the College's Elaine Burns and Eileen O'Brien of Student Services, English faculty member Anne Stafford and Vice President of Instruction Mike Claire presented a workshop on two initiatives at CSM that illustrate the collaborative working relationship between instruction and student services: a learning community and the emerging technology symposium last semester. The conference was attended by chief instructional and student services officers throughout the California community colleges. 2004 2003 _______________________________________________________________________ Faculty & Counselors Dale Kuhns, who has taught the Private Pilot Ground School class at CSM for 43 years, was featured in the February 9, 2007, edition of the San Francisco Examiner. 2006 CSM Business Division Professors Pam McGlasson and Craig Blake participated in the Project Management symposium at Visa in Foster City in early November. They were available to speak with individuals throughout the event and made a 10-minute presentation on CSM's Project Management courses and certificate programs. Two additional educational institutions participated: Stanford University and UC Berkeley. Two of the College's instructors had books published this summer: Gregory H. Davis, CSM emeritus professor of political science and humanities, who still teaches a political science section, and Dean W. Manders, adjunct professor of sociology. Davis' book is titled "Means without End: A Critical Survey of the Ideological Genealogy of Technology without Limits, from Apollonian Techne to Postmodern Technoculture," published by University Press of America. Manders' book in San Francisco State University's philosophy series is titled "The Hegemony of Common Sense: Wisdom and Mystification in Everyday Life." It was published by Peter Lang. Diana Bennett, associate professor of Multimedia at CSM, spoke at a Video Conference Symposium in May at the Imaginarium in Nevada City, California. The topic of her talk was "Technologies skills for teachers to match Students." CSM Art Instructor Noah Buchanan's works were displayed in an exhibition at the Gallery of Art & Science, New York Academy of Sciences, from March 10 though April 28, 2006. The works of CSM Photography Professor Lyle Gomes were showcased at the ARTshare 25 Gallery in San Mateo from March 6 through April 27, 2006. The exhibit, made possible by the support of the Peninsula Community Foundation, was entitled "Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes." The title is the same as the book published last year by the University of Virginia Press , featuring 60 of Gomes' black-and-white landscape photos taken over sixteen years in America and Europe . A black and white photograph, made by CSM Photography Professor Richard Lohmann, is featured on the front cover of the February 2006 edition of shutterbug magazine. Also, an article entitled "The Art and Craft of Richard Lohmann" and four additional works of Lohmann appear inside and are part of the publication's "Pro Profile" for the month.
CSM's Small Learning Communities program and two of its stalwart professors--Mike Burke and Jean Mach--were featured in a lengthy article in the October 2005 edition of AAC&U News. To view the article, visit http://www.aacu.org/aacu_news/AACUNews05/October05/feature.cfm. AAC&U stands for Association of American Colleges and Universities. CSM Photography Professor Lyle Gomes' book titled "Imagining Eden," a collection of black-and-white landscape photography by taken over a 16 year period in America and Europe , was published by Virginia Press and became available during the fall of 2005. The book is titled "Deconstructing the Mystique: An Introduction to Cinema." Written by CSM's Tony Kashani, an instructor in the College's Film Department, it has been published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (www.kendallhunt.com) and available since August 30, 2005. Judith "Jude" Pittman, an associate professor in CSM's Art Department , has been commissioned to make two large-scale public mosaics for the Pacifica School District . The first, 1 x 80 feet long, will be installed at Cabrillo School by the end of April, 2005. It's a long strip running down the middle of a new cement pathway from a parking lot to the school door. Images include fish, plants, African pattern, a mermaid and a perspective lesson. CSM Professor of Mathematics Jay Lehmann was a presenter at the California Mathematics Council of Community Colleges South (CMC3) conference held in Anaheim in March, 2005. His speech, “Can you Take the Heat: Curve Fit Global Warming,” was presented to an audience of more than 300 community college faculty. At a state-wide conference in Sacramento in March 2005, the College's Elaine Burns and Eileen O'Brien of Student Services, English faculty member Anne Stafford and Vice President of Instruction Mike Claire presented a workshop on two initiatives at CSM that illustrate the collaborative working relationship between instruction and student services: a learning community and the emerging technology symposium last semester. The conference was attended by chief instructional and student services officers throughout the California community colleges. CSM Professor Richard Lohmann's newest photography work was showcased at an exhibition titled “Atmosphere” in early 2005 at the 1870 Art Center in Belmont . “ Françoise Mallet-Joris ,” a book written by CSM Foreign Languages Professor Susan Petit, was translated into French as “ Femme de papier: Françoise Mallet-Joris et son œuvre ,” and was published in early 2005 by Grasset, a major commercial French publishing house. The work was originally published in English in 2001. The book is a study of the life and works of a Belgian and French writer born in 1930. Mallet-Joris is primarily a novelist, but her best-known work, “ Maison de papier ,” is a fictionalized autobiography. (The French title of Petit's book alludes to this work.) At 74, Mallet-Joris is still writing and the publication of Petit's book was timed to coincide with that of the January release of Mallet-Joris' latest novel, “ Portrait d'un enfant non identifié.” Both books are featured on Grasset's Web site at www.grasset.fr. 2004 CSM film instructor Tony Kashani had a paper published on August 7, 2004, in Dissident Voice , an online newsletter. The title of his work is " Hollywood an Agent of Hegemony: The War Film." Ken Pizzi of CSM Technology Division interviewed David Laderman of the College's Film Department for a cable TV access show, "Peninsula Speaks," in the campus theater . During the one hour interview, they discussed the contents of Laderman's book "Driving Visions: Exploring the Road Movie." The show would appear on Channels 27 and 28 in the Menlo Park , Palo Alto , Atherton, Stanford and East Palo Alto areas from June 15 through July 3, 2004. Counselor Tim Stringari of CSM's Psychological Services and the collaborative program he helped launch in 1991, "Transition to College," were featured in the March 2004 edition of Disability Compliance for Higher Education . The program, the model for which was recently approved by the District Board of Trustees , provides assistance such as counseling to students with psychiatric disabilities. The Daily Star , a newspaper based in Lebanon , featured in April 2004 an article about CSM professor of astronomy, mathematics and physics Mohsen Janatpour and his lectures/art exhibitions that explore art and science. CSM Foreign languages professor Susan Petit made it into print yet again --she published an interview with Michel Tournier (the subject of her first book) in Dalhousie French Studies in spring 2004. Petit had published in 2003 an interview she conducted in two stages in 2002 and 2003 with Françoise Mallet-Joris , a French and Belgian novelist about whom she published a book in 2001. The interview is " 'La véritable patrie de l'écrivain est la langue dans laquelle il écrit' : Entretien avec Françoise Mallet-Joris." It was published in Women in French Studies 11 (2003) . This is an annual journal published by the scholarly association Women in French. The same number of the journal included a review she wrote of a book, "Ut Philosophia Poesis " : Etudes sur l'¦uvre de Jeanne Hyvrard, edited by Jean-François Kosta-Théfaine. Jeanne Hyvrard is a contemporary French poet and novelist, and the book she reviewed is a collection of essays on her work.Petit had a number of other articles and reviews, listed below, published in 2003: Articles •"Le Parcours littéraire de Béatrix Beck." Brèves: Actualité de la Nouvelle 68 (2003): 58-61. •"Béatrix Beck et la critique littéraire." Co-edited with Jean-François Kosta-Théfaine. Brèves: Actualité de la Nouvelle 68 (2003): 66-73. •"Proper Names and Improper Meanings in Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd ." Names: A Journal of Onomastics 51 (2003): 35-53. Reviews • Poésie et mythe dans l'¦uvre de Patrick Modiano : Le fardeau du nomade , by Paul Gellings. French Review 76 (2003): 825-26. • La Petite Italie , by Béatrix Beck. French Review 76 (2003): 844-45. • A Self-Conscious Art : Patrick Modiano's Postmodern Fictions , by Akane Kawakami. French Review 76 (2003): 613-14. Petit had two articles published in Christianity and Literature, one in 2001 and one in 2002. She was involved in a published dialog with another author and her pieces were responses to his on the subject of whether Michel Tournier is a Christian writer. She has also over the past two years been reviewing works of criticism, including her book review of " La Double Confidence " by Francoise Mallet-Joris published in the October 2002 edition of French Review 76.1, and La Séduction policière : Signes de croissance d'un genre réputé mineur: Pierre Magnan, Daniel Pennac et quelques autres , by Pierre Verdaguer. French Review 76 (2002): 408-09. In 2001, Petit published a book titled "Francoise Mallet-Joris" ( Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2001). She is also a contributing author of another book published in 2000, "Divine Aporia: Postmodern Conversations about the Other." Professor Lyle Gomes' photographic study of idealized human-made landscapes, “Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes,” was featured in the January/February 2004 issue of View Camera , a journal of large-format photography. The piece included nine of the CSM photography professor's landscape photographs and an accompanying article written by Gomes. Modesta Garcia , a CSM professor and counselor, was a presenter in February 2004 at the Public Policy Leadership Conference sponsored by Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government . The conference in Cambridge , Massachussets, is designed to encourage undergraduates committed to public service to prepare for graduate studies in this field. CSM Women's Softball Coach Tom Martinez was linked with star quarterback Tom Brady of this year's Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in a February 2004 San Mateo County Times article. A star in his own right with more than 1,200 community college coaching victories combined in football, basketball and women's softball, Martinez began "teaching" Brady about quarterbacking about 13 years ago and worked with him through high school, college and into his pro career. Also named in that article are others with CSM connections and Super Bowl championship success as coaches: former CSM player Bill Walsh with the San Francisco 49ers; one-time CSM player John Madden with the Oakland Raiders; and past CSM assistant coach Dick Vermeil with the St. Louis Rams. Others mentioned were former CSM players and coaches who earned Super Bowl rings, namely, retired fullback Bill Ring (CSM player) with the 49ers as a player; Neal Dahlen (CSM player and assistant coach) as administrator with the 49ers and Denver Broncos; and Steve Shafer (CSM head football coach) as assistant coach with the Baltimore Ravens. In another feature on Brady in a January, 2004, San Francisco Chronicle article, Madden, Walsh and Vermeil were named as those with connections to San Mateo who have achieved prominence in pro sports. CSM astronomy professor Darryl Stanford was the interviewee in a February, 2004, San Mateo County Times question-and-answer feature in which he discusses mainly the investigation and exploration of Mars. And retired CSM music professor , jazz expert and accomplished performer Fred Berry was the subject of an article in the San Mateo County Times in January, 2004. The piece reveals Berry as one of the founders of the Art Ensemble of Chicago , whose song "Odwalla" was the inspiration for the name of the natural juice and energy bar company. It also gives a thumbnail sketch of Berry 's career, and highlights the presentation on the Art Ensemble of Chicago that Berry made last weekend in Menlo Park in honor of Black History Month. 2003 On November 24, 2003, Guillermo Galindo, CSM adjunct music instructor, performed his compositions in a musical exploration series at the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles . He performed "Haiku II" and "Cisma" for alto and bass flutes with electronic textures as part of a program that featured composers from Latin America and the U.S. On October 25, 2003, Diana Bennett, associate professor of multimedia at CSM , was a presenter at the CUE ( computer-Using Educators, Inc. ) Conference in Santa Clara . The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology exhibition in California . CSM Astronomy Professor Darryl Stanford and the College's renewed partnership with the San Mateo County Astronomical Society were highlighted in a front-page feature article in the San Mateo Daily Journal in November, 2003. In June, 2003, CSM Social Science Professor Minu Mathur was in England , Israel and Ireland offering intercultural training to Intel Corporation managers who were to work with Indians in India . And, in August, she made a two-hour presentation at the annual Association of Pacific Ports Conference on the "Do's and Taboos Around the World: A Guide to International Behavior and Gestures." The College's student newspaper, The San Matean , reported in its latest edition that CSM Fire Technology Instructor Frank Fraone appeared in a September 7, 2003, KTVU, Channel 2, news story about the effects of being exposed to the "Ground Zero" area after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks caused the Twin Tower buildings in New York to collapse. Fraone and other CSM fire technology instructors Harold Schapelhouman and Troy Holt were part of the clean-up efforts, working long hours for a number of days, following the destruction of those structures. CSM CIS Adjunct Professor Stan Isaacs , who is a dance scholar, was quoted in an August 22, 2003, San Francisco Chronicle article entitled "Art Deco group revives tunes, dances of 1920s." During the summer of 2003, CSM Photography Professor Lyle Gomes served on a panel about landscape at "Photo San Francisco," an international photographic exposition in San Francisco from July 24 to 27. And from from April 25 through June 1, 2003, the Houston Center of Photography exhibited Gomes' works. At the Center on the day before the opening, Gomes made a presentation entitled "Elements of the Hand-made Landscape" and on April 26 he gave a workshop on "Professional Practices: Using Digital Technology to Promote Your Work." On the exhibition's promotional postcard, Gomes' work is described as: "These elegant photographs are a contemporary study of historic garden landscape design. The work investigates the romantic ideal directly linking the individual attempts of Italian, British and North American cultures to harmonize with nature." In a February 2003 issue of the San Mateo Daily Journal , there was a feature about new CSM Swimming and WaterPolo Coach Randy Wright . Also during that week, two CSM women hoopsters Sarah Faulkner and Kimberly Flower were featured in the San Mateo Daily News article. Christine Bobrowski , College of San Mateo assistant professor of music, performed and spoke at the Sound Art and Science Festival in Barcelona and Alaconte , Spain , January 14-20, 2003. She is also CSM's resident expert on MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) music and was the primary focus of a lengthy article entitled "Electric Ladyland" in the April 2001edition of Electronic Musician. Fred Berry , CSM music professor since 1969, was featured in a January 2003 San Mateo County Times article in late January. An expert in jazz and accomplished jazz musician, Berry will retire from CSM at the end of this semester. The article traces the 62-year-old's career that includes his meeting Louis Armstrong and playing with the likes of Count Basie, Ray Charles and Lena Horne. Berry is well-versed on Armstrong, so much so that he was invited to present a talk on the famous jazz musican on the first day of Black History Month on February 1 at the Menlo Park Library. 2002 In a January 2002 front-page story in the San Mateo County Times, a link was revealed between present CSM Women's Softball Coach Tom Martinez and Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady. Through Brady's high school, college and earlier years as a pro, Martinez coached and advised the young quarterback. 2001 CSM history instructor and San Mateo County history and cemetery guru Michael Svanevik and his wife, Shirley Burgett, published their 14th book in 2001 titled "San Mateo County Parks - A Remarkable Story of Extraordinary Places and the People Who Built Them. In spring 2001, Svanevik appeared in a program for the History Channel called "History's Mysteries." The segment was entitled "Coffins, Crypts and Corpses." On the History Channel special about a teen involved in a drunken driving accident that aired in January 2001, Santa Clara County paramedic Kimberly Roderick , an EMT instructor in CSM's FireTechnology Program, was interviewed about what she saw as one of the first paramedics on the scene of the automobile crash. While on the job, Roderick was also filmed for The Learning Channel television series titled "Paramedics" that aired in November 2000. Back in 1992, the paramedic was followed by camera crews for the then-television series "Street Medics" which appeared on the Discovery Channel. _______________________________________________________________________ Program Directors, Coordinators & Staff 2006 Yanely Pulido of CSM's Financial Aid Office was interviewed for a story that appeared on both television (July 1, KDTV Univision 14 and KFSF TeleFutura 66 or Cable 20) and radio (July 2, Estereo Sol 98.9 am/99.1fm and La Kalle 100.7am/105.7 fm). The interview, which was conducted in Spanish, focused on financial aid for college. An article by Karen Wiggins-Dowler of CSM's Child Development Center appeared In the June edition of iJournal, an Internet publication focusing on student services. It's entitled "Collaborative Construction Project" and discusses ways for childcare professionals to create learning experiences by involving children in construction projects. Visit http://www.ijournal.us/issue_13/ij_13_00_TOCframe.html to read the entire article. 2005 Claudia Menjivar, director of Financial Aid at CSM, was featured in a story in a KPIX Channel 5 story that aired on July 20, 2005. Jeanette Pavina, who reported the story on how students can obtain financial support for their college education, and Alan Blaich, the cameraperson who filmed the segment, both took broadcasting classes at CSM. At a state-wide conference in Sacramento in March 2005, the College's Elaine Burns and Eileen O'Brien of Student Services, English faculty member Anne Stafford and Vice President of Instruction Mike Claire presented a workshop on two initiatives at CSM that illustrate the collaborative working relationship between instruction and student services: a learning community and the emerging technology symposium last semester. The conference was attended by chief instructional and student services officers throughout the California community colleges. 2003 As part of its traditional Mexican “Day of the Dead celebration on November 1, 2003, the Redwood City Public Library invited Elizabeth McCarthy of CSM's Math/Science Division to demonstrate the several steps involved in creating the traditional sugar skulls, or “calaveras. CSM's Li Miao, a coordinator for the College's CSM Connects program--a campus-wide initiative led by faculty, administration, and students to promote volunteer community service-- was on the public radio (KQED 88.5 FM) airwaves in late April and early May, 2003, giving her perspective entitled "California Water - Guarding the Public Interest." Miaohas developed a flourishing side career as a freelance writer. Late in 2002, in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miao had yet another article published. This one was headlined "Samaritan House offers hope for the holidays, Chain of giving links Peninsulans." In late spring 2002, she had an article published in the San Francisco Chronicle , this one a feature on Masankho Banda, a dance teacher and refugee from Malawi who has honored by the Dalai Lama for peace work. In early spring 2002, Miao voiced her perspective on public radio station KQED FM. During "Perspectives," a regional program that gives people an opportunity to express their views about social issues, politics, and modern life, Miao read her essay on the loss of human connections in our culture, and the irony that corporate forces make our interactions sound more personal than they really are. "In my culture, women of status used to have their feet bound so that they could hobble around daintily their whole lives. Fortunately, I grew up in America in the 70's and 80's." That's how Miao began a published article about how she hiked 600 miles of the Appalacian Trail during the summer of 2001, seeking freedom and a "chance to get out of one's skin and gray matter for a while." The first-person account appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, which ran the story in its "Living Voices" section in December, 2001. 2002 _______________________________________________________________________ Students 2005 Jarmo Siimento, a former CSM student and scholarship awardee, directed and edited the music video " Sahara " that aired during spring of 2005 on BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). The video features Bohemia The Punjabi Rapper. 2004 2003 In a June, 2003, article in the San Mateo County Times , reporter T.S. Mills-Faraudo wrote about how CSM and its EOPS program helped a student emerge from a life of drugs and homelessness to graduate with honors . The 35-year-old student, Teresa Craven, will be attending Notre Dame de Namur University this fall to study art therapy and psychology. Joan Brennan, a CSM track and field star in the hammer throw with an number one state ranking, was the subject of a feature article in the Daily Journal on March 31, 2003. In a February 2003 issue of the San Mateo Daily Journal , there was a feature about new CSM swimming and water polo coach Randy Wright . Also during that week, two CSM women hoopsters Sarah Faulkner and Kimberly Flower were featured in the San Mateo Daily News article. 2002 Casey Rodrigues , a 5-foot-5 left-handed guard for CSM's women's basketball team, was the subject of a feature article that appeared in the San Mateo Daily News on January 16, 2002. _______________________________________________________________________ KCSM Dick Conte, long-time disc jockey with KCSM-FM, was the subject of a feature article in the October 25, 2005 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle. The article describes Conte's jazz background and his parallel careers as on-air jazz personality and jazz musician. 2003 _______________________________________________________________________ Alumni CSM Women's Softball Coach Tom Martinez was linked with star quarterback Tom Brady of this year's Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in a February 2004 San Mateo County Times article. A star in his own right with more than 1,200 community college coaching victories combined in football, basketball and women's softball, Martinez began "teaching" Brady about quarterbacking about 13 years ago and worked with him through high school, college and into his pro career. Also named in that article are others with CSM connections and Super Bowl championship success as coaches: former CSM player Bill Walsh with the San Francisco 49ers; one-time CSM player John Madden with the Oakland Raiders; and past CSM assistant coach Dick Vermeil with the St. Louis Rams. Others mentioned were former CSM players and coaches who earned Super Bowl rings, namely, retired fullback Bill Ring (CSM player) with the 49ers as a player; Neal Dahlen (CSM player and assistant coach) as administrator with the 49ers and Denver Broncos; and Steve Shafer (CSM head football coach) as assistant coach with the Baltimore Ravens. In another feature on Brady in a January, 2004, San Francisco Chronicle article, Madden, Walsh and Vermeil were named as those with connections to San Mateo who have achieved prominence in pro sports. 2002 In a February 2002 column, San Mateo County Times' John Horgan reported that four people with ties to CSM possess 13 National Football League championship rings. In confirming how many each individual has, Horgan said late last week that there has been change to the item and that five former CSM football players or coaches have at least 15 NFL rings. Horgan's information source was Fred Baer, a former CSM student and editor of the San Matean in the early 60's. Baer, whose wife and oldest daughter are CSM alums, worked in a public relations capacity during the 60's and early 70's and has maintained close ties with the College through today as a consultant to the Physical Education Division. Baer provided this detailed information to csminternal last Friday about the former ring-possessing players and coaches: Neal Dahlen , CSM football player in the late 50s and assistant football coach in the early 60s, has 7 rings in a management capacity for San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos; John Madden , CSM football player in the early 50s, has 1 ring as Oakland Raiders head coach; Bill Ring , CSM football player in the late 70s, has two rings as San Francisco 49ers player ; Dick Vermeil , CSM assistant coach in the mid-60s, has 1 ring as St. Louis Rams head coach; Bill Walsh , CSM football player in the early 50s, has 4 rings as San Francisco 49ers head coach and executive "How many community colleges in the country have 15 rings?" asked columnist Horgan, rhetorically. "Not that many." A former CSM student Michael Collopy's 2002 book of photography entitled "Architects of Peace" features actor Robert Redford, Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama. _______________________________________________________________________ Awarded, Honors, Granted fellowships… General CSM, Its Programs & Teams General CSM, Its Programs & Teams CSM CSM's baseball team ended the regular season as champions of the North Coast Conference with a 21-4 record (32-7-1 overall). The Bulldogs had the second best record in the state behind Fresno St., entering postseason play. CSM's softball team was co-champion of the North Coast Conference, sharing its first place finish with Ohlone College. The Bulldogs finished the regular season and entered the playoffs with a conference record of 20-4 (32-13 overall). The team was ranked 13th in the state. For at least the sixth year in a row, CSM was voted Best College/Vocational School of the Peninsula for 2006 by readers of the San Mateo County Times in a poll conducted last fall. Early this year, the College was informed that CSM's Beta Xi Eta Chapter has achieved the Pinnacle Silver level in Phi Theta Kappa's (an international honor society for two-year colleges) 2006 Pinnacle Scholarship Award Program. The chapter received a $100 scholarship award for this accomplishment. To reach the Pinnacle Silver designation, a chapter must increase its membership acceptance rate by 10 per cent over the previous year. CSM Professor of Philosophy Jeremy Ball is advisor to the College's Phi Theta Kappa organization. CSM's football team was ranked 11th in the state and fifth in Northern California in the final 2006 polls of the California Community College Football Coaches Association released in early January. 2006 CSM's nursing department received a $9,640 grant recently from Kaiser Permanente to upgrade the computers in its skills lab. After checking with the Washington, D. C., office of the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program, College Speech Communication Professor Kate Motoyama discovered that CSM is one of only three community colleges in California to host a Fulbright Scholar since 2004. CSM's Technology Division learned in the fall that it was awarded $500,000 for a new program in instrument calibration. The funding will come from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. A fast track version of the program will be offered in the spring of 2007, with a two-year iteration beginning next fall. CSM’s nursing program was awarded this summer $136,504 from the California Community Colleges Chancellors' Office (CCCCO) for the fiscal years 2006-07 and 2007-08. The grant will help maintain an augmented enrollment of 60 nursing students and will help underwrite equipment, materials, nursing faculty and other personnel. This is the second grant CSM has received this year to support enrollment growth for 2006-2008. In January 2006, the Peninsula Health Care District awarded CSM $257,030 to help maintain the expanded nursing class.Both awards are intended to help address the widely-publicized nursing shortage within the county and the wider San Francisco Bay Area. The women's 2006 softball team, under new coach and faculty member Nicole Borg, went 13-7 in its conference for a second place finish and again this year played in the post season tournament. With an overall 18-16 record, the Bulldogs ranked 15th in Northern California. In May, CSM was informed that it was selected to participate in the prestigious Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Higher Education Program's Institutional Leadership Program. The College's selection was based on its commitment to integrative learning, espoused by a core team of CSM faculty members and administrators. The select group is invited to attend the annual conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Washington, D.C., in November with all other CASTL partners. It will also have access to electronic workspace, an online environment and a set of tools for communicating and sharing resources with other partners. CSM's integrative learning team consists of faculty members Jeremy Ball, Mike Burke, Dave Danielson, Cheryl Gregory and Jean Mach, and administrators Vice President of Instruction Mike Claire and Dean of Language Arts Susan Estes. The track team: At the Nor Cal Community College Track & Filed Championships in Sacramento, CSM's Pat Smith finished first in the javelin throw, while he and seven other Bulldogs qualified for the state championships at Bakersfield College. CSM's track team had five first place finishers in the Coast Conference Track & Field Championships held at the College new facility in April. The winners were Shawna Gildea (javelin); Ray Hisatake (discus throw); Krystal Nzoiwu (high jump); Kelly Schumacher (hammer throw); and Pat Smith (javelin). They, Arturo Huezo (3,000 meter steeplechase), Helena Silva (heptathlon & 100 meter hurdles) and Andrew van Straaten (decathlon) comprise the group going to Bakersfield for CSM. CSM's student team placed 12th in the country (153 schools competed) in the 2005-06 American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges Competition, reported CSM Math Professor and the team's advisor, Bob Hasson. CSM's football team hosted and won the first-ever community college football bowl game in San Mateo County, 41-39, against College of the Sequoias on November 19, 2005. The victory in the Bulldog Bowl cemented the Bulldogs ranking in the top ten in California with an overall 8-3 record. CSM ended its regular season in second place in the extremely competitive NORCAL Conference, which had five of its six teams ranked in the top 10 in Northern California and the top 20 in the state. Perennial powerhouse City College of San Francisco took first place. Youth Service America (YSA) has selected CSM Connects, the College's volunteer community service program, as a 2005 State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award winner. The prestigious State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning grant is administered by Youth Service America and funded by State Farm. The grant helps underwrite youth service projects for National and Global Youth Service Day in the U.S. on April 21-23, 2006. As one of 100 grant winners, CSM Connects was chosen out of more than 300 applicants from across the United States for its leadership and commitment to engage youth in service, according to a congratulatory letter from YSA. CSM's men's baseball team finished its season 20-5, with a 6-2 victory last Thursday over Gavilan College . The Bulldogs are ranked third in Northern California among community colleges, and their overall record is 28-8. They've won the conference championship the last four years. Now, the team will be entering postseason play for the ninth time in the last 11 years, with the regional championships set to start this Saturday. CSM will be a first-round host. The Bulldogs will play at 1 pm on Saturday and 11 am on Sunday. If necessary, a tie breaking game will be played immediately after Sunday's contest. The team's opponent will be announced this week. The perennial successful CSM women's softball team finished its season with an overall record of 24-5 and played in the regional championships, which began this past weekend and will continue today. The CSM track team won seven first place finishes at its conference's championship meet in April. And, both CSM's women's and men's swim teams finished fifth at the conference championships in April. Before the tournament, CSM Swim Coach Randy Wright guaranteed that the men's team would not finish last and Wright was right. The finishes were quite an accomplishment for a program that was just revived a couple of years ago after a lengthy hiatus. This is what Wright has to say about his team: "What a great season, 40 swimmers on the team, a number that's great even for programs rich in tradition and with a state-of-the-art pool facility. The team had a blast and they want to win. If you make work fun, training and competing in the pool is an unforgettable experience. Today I graduate some swimmers that started this program and they will be missed, but I know there time here was productive and they will tell future swimmers that the CSM swim team is where it's at. Each year we get stronger and take one more step forward. Until water polo in the fall..." CSM's math team placed 15th out of 158 colleges nationally in the 2005 American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Math League Competition. CSM Professors Bob Hasson, Mel Hom, Leon Faure and Jay Lehmann, along with Dean of the Math and Science Division Bob Kowerski, coordinated the College's efforts which attracted more than 180 CSM students this year. Flex Your Power, California 's statewide energy efficiency campaign, has recognized the San Mateo County Community College District as a leader in energy efficiency with a 2005 Flex Your Power Award. A total of 35 businesses, local governments and institutions were selected from a highly competitive pool of more than 260 applications for the award. By implementing a variety of energy efficiency projects over the past several years, the District has reduced energy consumption at its three college campuses by 56 percent, saving more than $1 million in energy costs annually. The energy efficiency projects implemented range from new lighting to installation of advanced cogeneration units, such as the one at CSM, that reuse waste heat from onsite electricity generation to heat the campuses. New construction at the colleges is designed to standards that beat California 's energy efficiency requirements—some are as much as 42 percent more energy-efficient than the state standards require. The District's energy efficiency measures saved more than 7.2 million kilowatt hours (enough to power 1,116 homes) and helped the state avoid 3,200 tons of carbon monoxide emissions annually. In February 2005 , the Peninsula Health Care District (PHCD) approved an additional $108,650 in funding for CSM's nursing program. This most recent award, added to the $224,450 that was approved earlier in the year, brings the total financial support provided by the PHCD to $333,100 since January 2005. Now, the Nursing Department will be able to admit up 24 more nursing students (60 in total) to the two-year program that begins in the Fall. The health care district has been supporting CSM similarly since 2000. Early in 2005, CSM's Office of Institutional Research announced that according to the most recent data on the subject (1995-2003) from the California Community Colleges State Chancellor's Office, CSM is a leader in graduation and transfer success in the 109-community college system. The College is fifth in the state in AA/AS degree and certificate ranking, 14th in the transfer ranking and fifth in the academic success ranking (a combination of the first two rankings. 2004 The football team had an overall record of 6-5, playing in a highly-competitive conference. The Bulldogs did receive a bid to play in the post-season Silicon Valley Bowl, which they lost to Foothill College . The women's water polo team finished its season with an impressive 16-5 record , placing third in the Coast Conference, ranked ninth in Northern California and nar rowly missing the NorCal regional tournament by a few spots. It was only last year that CSM fielded its first-ever women's water polo team, finishing 2-13 and fifth in conference last year. CSM's women's cross country track team finished ninth in the 25-team community college Northern California regional tournament, qualifying for the state finals. CSM's Nursing Program was notified during the fall 2004 semester that it was the recipient of a generous bequest from the estate of Margaret Gerlinger, who worked as a nurse in San Carlos . Gerlinger left a promissory note, with a balance of $806,594, bearing interest at 10 per cent per year, to the San Mateo County Community College Foundation to continue her scholarship for nursing students at CSM. The Foundation will receive monthly payments of $8,117 until May 2022. Middle College High School at CSM teacher Michael Clardy received a $1,600 award during the fall 2004 semester from the Peninsula Community Foundation for a community service project that included collaboration with the Mary Meta Lazarus Child Care Center . Both the high school and center are located at CSM. The Middle College students researched, designed, built and installed hands-on learning activities for the Center. In doing so, the students worked closely with the Center's director, ouise Piper, to identify the spatial and cognitive needs of the children. The project fulfilled the program's community service requirement of “owning” a project from start-to-finish. During fall of 2004, CSM received a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of its support of the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Program and effective collaboration with the San Francisco District of the California Department of Rehabilitation (DR). Marie Paparelli, Carolyn Fiori, Sue Roseberry and Joan Hare from CSM's Disabled Students Programs & Services and Eileen O'Brien from the Student Employment Office have worked closely with DR for several years. CSM's Public Relations & Marketing Department won two 2004 silver medallion awards at a National Council of Marketing & Public Relations ( NCMPR) District 6 conference. The first was in the logo design category --congratulations to David McLain who developed the award-winning CSM Computer Forensics Program logo. The second was in the Marketing Plan/Recruitment Program category that CSM won for its comprehensive, nine-piece communication/recruitment campaign for CSM's SBC-sponsored Network Connectivity Technician Program. NCMPR District 6 is comprised of community college marketing, PR, communications and design professionals from Arizona , California , Hawaii , Nevada and Utah . In numerous categories, there were more than 400 submissions for this year's competition. During the summer of 2004, CSM received the American Red Cross "Good Neighbor Award at the Local Level" for "having made significant humanitarian contributions" in support of the humanitarian organization. On June 30, 2004, CSM's Transition to College Program was honored with the Bridge Builder Award by the Community Transitions Center of Palo Alto VA Health Care System for "providing veterans with a bridge to the community." The Transition to College Program, which is part of the College's Disable Students Programs & Services, provides educational support services to students with psychological disabilities resulting from mental illnesses, trauma or abuse. Students are provided appropriate educational accommodations designed to assist them to succeed in college. The men's baseball team was the 2004 co-champion of the North Coast Conference. In the community college playoffs, the the Bulldogs advanced to the state's super regional title game but lost a heartbreaker, 9-8, to Fresno City College . Continuing a 10-year pattern, all 14 sophomores on CSM's 2004 baseball team will be transferring to four-year institutions , including Stanford University . Seven will receive scholarships. According to CSM's Dean of Physical Education Gary Dilley, 118 of 124 of the College's players have transferred to a four-year school or signed a professional contract since 1995. The track and field team had seven first-place finishes at the 2004 Coast Conference championship. CSM's math team placed 19th in the 2004 AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges) Math League out of 157 colleges nation-wide. Last year, CSM finished 20th in its first year of competition. Four CSM math teachers have worked with the team over the last two years: Bob Hasson, Rick Kavinoky, Leon Faure and Mel Hom. A CSM Public Relations & Marketing Department-designed promotional postcard won a first-place award at a March 2004 state-wide community college public relations organization in the "Wild Card" category . 2003 In November 2003, CSM was notified that it is one of ten colleges selected to participate in "Integrative Learning: Opportunities to Connect," a project sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. CSM was chosen based on the progress that faculty members have made in fostering learning communities. San Mateo County Times readers have spoken again on which is the best college in the area . For the third year in a row, they have selected CSM. The results of the recent "Best of the Peninsula " survey were announced in a special section of the October 20, 2003, edition of the publication. The Farmers' Market at CSM was also the winner in its category . Electronic Arts in Redwood City donated $32,000 to CSM for the SpringBoard to Careers Program. The program, in partnership CSM and the San Mateo Union High School District, provides opportunities for high school seniors to begin an occupational one- or two-year certificate program at the College while remaining enrolled in their home high schools. Senior officials of the Federal Aviation Administration were on campus for a signing ceremony on September 17 to formalize their selection of CSM as the only designated site in San Mateo County and one of only five in California to offer the agency's electronics technician training program. During the summer of 2003, CSM was awarded a $15,000 grant from SBC to launch a new entry- level career program, Network Connectivity Specialist, beginning in January, 2004. This program builds on CSM's current three-course Network Cabeling Specialist certificate. During the summer of 2003, the San Mateo County Workforce Investment Board awarded a grant for $161,629 to CSM's Nursing Program. This grant will fund a nursing faculty member for two years and train 16 new registered nurses for San Mateo County . CSM was among 19 colleges and universities selected to participate this summer in a National Learning Communities Project aimed at strengthening innovative approaches to college teaching and learning. The institute took place at Evergreen State College in Olympia , Washington . CSM's men's baseball team took a 5-0 postseason record into the "double-elimination" state championships in May, 2003, but met defeat early in a close 3-0 game and then again later in a lopsided 11-1 contest against Saddleback College. In between, the Bulldog's beat Feather River College 6-1. Cypress College was the eventual winner of the tournament, beating Saddleback 13-3 yesterday at Fresno City College , the site of the Memorial Day weekend's games. The Bulldogs ended the regular season atop its Coast Conference with a 22-2 record , clinching first place seven games before the season ended on May 3. Including postseason play, their overall record was 40-9. CSM's women's softball team , with a 14-2 record, was the champion of the six-team Coast Conference, North Division, and The Bulldogs reached the championship game in the Northern California community college regional playoffs, losing in a close 3-1 game to the tournament winner College of Siskiyous recently. The team ended the season with a 37 wins against only eight losses. The women's basketball team made the playoffs for the third consecutive year. The team ended the regular season with an 11-5 record in Coast Conference play, 7-3 in Division play and 15-15 overall. During the spring of 2003, CSM was approved for a $20,000 grant from Oracle Corporation to fund a 20-hour math training program for 25 third through fifth grade teachers from the San Mateo/Foster City School District. CSM's theatre was added to BayDance.com , a prestigious ballet and modern dance website, in the spring of 2003. 2002 At a recent NCMPR Conference (National Council for Public Relations and Marketing), CSM's Public Relations & Marketing Department won a coveted 2002 bronze Medallion award for its new Honors Program Brochure. The competition for these design and marketing awards is fierce -- with community colleges from five states submitting entries -- and CSM is especially honored to have won in the most competitive of the categories, that of the "4-Color Brochure". NCMPR is a national community college-specific public relations organization, and CSM is part of its District 6 membership, which is comprised of schools from California , Arizona , Utah , Nevada and Hawaii . The proud marketing team would like to recognize former CSM Production Artist Michelle Murdock for her excellent work, and CSM Honors Program Coordinator Jeremy Ball for his cooperation and assistance. Last year, CSM won three Medallion awards -- two golds and one bronze. Golds were awarded for last summer's postcard mailer and a series of four Technology Division brochures, and the bronze for the 2001-2002 Catalog. On behalf of CSM's Speech Communication Department , Professors Kate Motoyama and George Kramm accepted the 2002 "Model Teaching Program Award" from the Western States Communication Association at the organization's annual meeting in Long Beach earlier this month. The Department received a plaque recognizing it as "the outstanding community college communication program in the West-2002." Motoyama, Kramm and a former student gave a presentation later at the meeting about the College's Speech Communication Program, including the positive impact of the Speech Lab on student success. Anita Alleyne, Kramm, Yaping Li, Motoyama, Pat Paoli, Karen Reed, and Charles Rope make-up the Department's faculty. The San Mateo County School Boards Association awarded the "exemplary program" CSM Connects with the J. Russell Kent Award for 2002 . "Your vision and creative efforts have fashioned a program worthy of celebration," wrote Mark Weinberger, chair of the association's awards committee, in a letter to District Chancellor Ron Galatolo. "We hope that your Kent Award will inspire other educators to implement new programs to help students achieve success." CSM Connects and other recipients from throughout San Mateo County received their honors at the 21st Annual Kent Awards Banquet. Ranked fourth in California this spring, CSM men's baseball team reached the state championships for the first time in 16 years this spring after finishing atop the seven-team North division of the Coast Conference with 20 wins and 5 loses. Ranked seventh in Northern California , the women's softball team reached the state championship after finishing the regular season in second place in the Northern Division of the Coast Conference with 31-10 overall record this spring. Without a player taller than 5'10" on its roster , CSM women's basketball team finished second with a 7-3 record in the six-team Coast Conference South Division and reached the postseason tournament for the second year in a row. For the second consecutive season, CSM 's football team was a conference champion in 2002 and received an invitation to play in a bowl game. _______________________________________________________________________ 2006 2002 _______________________________________________________________________ Faculty & Counselors CSM Softball Coach Nicole Borg was named North Coast Conference Coach of the Year. 2006 CSM Photography Professor Richard Lohmann received a grant from the Peninsula Community Foundation for a photography project that he will undertake in China this winter. Rudolph Lapp, CSM emeritus professor of history, was honored at the Conference of California Historical Societies where he received the conference's Award of Merit for Scholarship/Authorship. The award honors his distinguished research and writing on the history of California, specifically on the topic of Blacks in the state. He is the author of the highly-regarded "Blacks in Gold Rush California", "Archie Lee: A Fugitive Slave Case in California" and "Afro-Americans in California." Lapp retired from full-time teaching at CSM in 1983 but continued to teach here in post-retirement into the 1990s. In April 2006, CSM Associate Professor Audrey Behrens, who directs the dental assisting program at CSM, was selected as a 2005 recipient of the San Mateo County Dental Society's Community Service Award. CSM astronomy professors Mohsen Janatpour and Darryl Stanford were notified in early 2006 that they were accepted into the national Space Foundation Teacher Liaison program. As "Teacher Liaison Officers," the two men will serve as a link between the Space Foundation, NASA, CSM and the District. CSM Fire Technology Instructor Harold Schapelhouman led a rescue team to New Orleans to help those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. He and the team left in late August and returned around September 19, 2005. Schapelhouman is division chief for the Menlo Park Fire District and California Task Force 3. On August 27, 2005, CSM Astronomy Professor Darryl Stanford was presented with the Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC) 2005 Professional award. The award recognizes outstanding and continuous support in distinguishing and fostering amateur astronomy. Mike Burke, a math professor at the College, was selected as a 2005 Carnegie Scholar by the The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL). Burke was one of just 21 faculty members selected from more than 300 U.S. and international applicants, according to CASTL. The applicant pool included faculty from two and four-year institutions, and Burke was one of just four chosen from community colleges. As a Carnegie Scholar, Burke will work on a special project during the 2005-06 academic year. His project will involve taking some of the integrative learning ideas used in Learning Communities and explore applying them in traditionally-taught classes. In Spring 2005, CSM Professor Kenneth Brown was one of six instructors to receive the 2005 Teaching Excellence Award from the California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges. According to an article in the organization's Spring newsletter, Brown and his co-winners "stood out this year as instructors who provided special learning for their students." 2004 CSM French Professor Susan Petit recently had published an interview with French novelist Michel Tournier called "Une conversation avec Michel Tournier: de Kant, Gide et Simenon à la sexualité et aux vampires." It has appeared in the spring 2004 number of Dalhousie French Studies . The interview covers not only philosophers, novelist André Gide and Georges Simenon (creator of Inspector Maigret) but also whether writers (as writers) have gender. It ends with a discussion of Tournier's current work in progress, which involves vampires. CSM German Professor Roslyn Raney reported that the National German Examination for High School Students is taken by more than 23,000 students. All who score at the 70th percentile or above receive a certificate from the American Association of Teachers of German. In the association's Northern California Chapter, those who score at the 90th percentile or above also receive a medal and a small German-themed gift. Three high school/CSM students took the exam in 2004, and all of them scored above the 90th percentile. Their names are Manuel Kernen, Karina Murtagh, and Nina Schickenberg. CSM Chinese Professor Jing Wu reported that her Chinese 111 student Sylvia Hie received a 2004 honorable mention award for outstanding performance in the annual Chinese Mandarin Speech Contest , sponsored by the Chinese Language Teachers Association of California. Mike Galisatus , CSM adjunct music faculty , was honored as 2004 Jazz Educator of the Year by the California Music Educators' Association (CMEA) and Instrumental Music Educator of the Year by the Bay Section of CMEA. 2003 CSM Speech Communications Professor Kate Motoyama has won the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) "Full-Time Faculty of the Year" award and will be presented with the honor at the state-wide association's convention in San Francisco in November, 2003. For the second year in a row, CSM Baseball Coach Doug Williams was selected Coach of the Year and Feldman was named Pitcher of the Year. CSM Speech Communications Professor Kate Motoyama received the 2003 "Stanback-Stroud Award for Diversity" for Area B of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC). She was presented the award at the ASCCC's 2003 Spring Plenary session on May 2, 2003 in Millbrae , California . One of the main objectives of the ASCCC is to unite the faculty senates of the 108 California community colleges. Area B encompasses the San Francisco Bay Area region and includes about 30 colleges. "Kate's entire life, both professional and personal, has been devoted to working for ideals and principles in support of diversity," wrote CSM Academic Senate President Rick Ambrose in a letter supporting Motoyama. Modesta García , a counselor and alumna of CSM, received the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Alumni of Color Achievement Award in March, 2003, at a conference in Cambridge , Massachusetts , for "outstanding service and work in the areas of race, class, gender and identity." García was one of three to be honored at the First Annual Alumni of Color Conference at Harvard University . She was one of three awardees selected from a national pool of nominees. Those being considered for the honor were nominated by various individuals familiar with their accomplishments. CSM Math Professor Bob Hasson reported that in March, 2003, a team of CSM students participated in the AMATYC (American Mathematical Association for Two Year Colleges) Mathematics League for 2002-03 and finished the competition 20th in the country out of 156 colleges. Not bad at all for our first time competing, said Hasson. CSM Professor Rick Kavinoky played a major role in the students' participation, he added. 2002 Carol Steagall , College of San Mateo adjunct professor of aeronautics, was honored with the "Mary Ann Eiff Teacher of the Year Award" for 2002 by the Association for Women in Aviation (AWAM). A recipient is "someone who is devoted to her/his students, school, community, profession and supports women in nontraditional roles...(and who) has demonstrated a commitment to community and/or campus service, leadership, responsibility, and professionalism," said Robin Lamar, AWAM president. CSM Speech Communications Professor Kate Motoyama, on behalf of her Speech 111 and 112 classes, received a Living History Centre "grant" of $2,000 in 2002 to fund her students' proposal to script, stage and promote Readers Theater performances of "Seedfolks," written by Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman. This spring, her classes will offer complimentary performances to public libraries and youth organizations in San Mateo County . Doug Williams, CSM baseball team's skipper, was named Conference Coach of the Year. For the second consecutive year, CSM Adjunct Music Instructor I'lana Cotton, a classical music composer, won an American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Award in 2002. The grant is awarded by "an independent panel" and is "based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the Society," said the president of ASCAP's board of trustees, Marilyn Bergman. Louise Pasternack , adjunct faculty librarian at CSM, was selected from more than 150 applicants to be the librarian for the University of Pittsburgh 's Semester at Sea . Pasternack is away from the CSM Library this Spring, serving as a librarian on the education-on-a-ship program that will travel to Venezuela , Africa, India , Korea and other countries from January 10 through May 10, 2003. Technology Electronics Professor Roy Brixen received the Allan Maxwell Service Award from the California Council of Electronics Educators. The award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to electronics education. Middle College High School at CSM English teacher Jennifer Fraser was awarded $10,000 by National Semiconductor Corp. as a winner of the third annual Internet Innovator Awards . Fraser was one of 15 winners from across the country who impressed judges by using the Internet in her classroom. Fraser more recently received certification recently for passing the rigorous National Board for Professional Teaching Standards exam. Fraser was one of 36 teachers from Salinas to San Francisco to receive recognition. Fraser completed a yearlong process, analyzing her teaching practices and results according to standards established by the board. In the area of English Language Arts, Fraser was scored on her ability to analyze student responses to text, student writing, and class discussion. She also submitted evidence that she participated in family and community outreach and played a lead role in collaboration with the professional community. She compiled a 100-page portfolio of her work and reflections about her teaching practice. In spring 2001, Fraser successfully completed an eight-hour test in which she demonstrated her ability to create interdisciplinary units, analyze student writing and prescribe a program for improvement, and showed how research articles could be applied to a classroom setting. Dr. David Schmitt , CSM adjunct instructor of biology, was offered a two-to-four year fellowship to continue his research on the primitive nervous system of the lancelet (marine microorganism) at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm , Sweden . The Karolinska Institute is the site of the Nobel Prize award ceremony and has many Nobel laureates in the science and medical programs. CSM Softball Coach Tom Martinez was recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association at its national convention on December 5, 2002 in St. Petersburg , Florida , for amassing more than 700 fast-pitch women's softball game wins, announced Physical Education Dean Gary Dilley last week. Martinez , who joined the CSM faculty in 1976, has coached not only softball but women's basketball and men's football. With 1260 wins in those three sports, Martinez has more victories than any other California community college coach, according to Dilley. The winning coach led the Bulldogs to a Coast Conference championship and into the final eight in the California State Championship Tournament last season. Martinez has led the softball team for the last 26 years. In the fall of 2002, CSM Football Coach Larry Owens was selected "Coach of the Year" for the second season in a row. _______________________________________________________________________
In early 2006, Steve Robison, coordinator of CSM's Student Activities, was named a Sam W. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow by the Students in Free Enterprise. Founded in 1975, the Students In Free Enterprise is a non-profit organization that mobilizes university students to create economic opportunities for others while discovering their own potential. 2004 CSM Program Services Coordinator Michelle Schneider's detailed outline for CSM's Administration of Justice program is so good that it will be used as a statewide model by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST), the organization to which the outline is submitted. In a spring 2004 email to the Technology Division staff assistant, a POST official wrote that of the more than 35 outlines reviewed Michelle's was "the perfect one." 2003 2002 Louise Piper , coordinator of the child development center at CSM, received the Family Advocate Award for San Mateo County in November 2001 in the category of "Role Model--for someone who sets an example by his or her efforts to help children and their families." The Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County presents such an award to community leaders recognized for their contributions to children and families. Phyllis Wilcox of the President's Office at CSM received recently the first annual Charles Lamb Memorial Political Activist of the Year award in 2002. "I am very proud to be the first recipient of this award, " said Wilcox, who is the political action coordinator for California School Employee Association (CSEA) Chapter #33 and for Region 5 ( San Mateo County ). Wilcox was recognized for her many years of political action work but particularly for her tireless campaign efforts on the successful Measure C, the $207 million bond measure for the District's community colleges that passed last November. Wilcox was honored at the annual Golden Bear Awards Ceremony at which awards are given to those classified employees such as site representatives, job stewards, regional representatives or political action coordinators who contribute significantly to their chapter or region. Charles Lamb, after whom the new award is named, started working for CSEA around 1985 as a Labor Relations Representative (LRR). Over the last 17 years, Wilcox worked with Lamb on a number of political action activities, including campaigning for bond measures, walking precincts and staffing phone banks. Lamb passed away late last year. "When he became the senior labor relations leader at the South Bay field office I had the pleasure of working with him and all the political action coordinators in the South Bay and we were all fond of Charles," Wilcox said. _______________________________________________________________________ Students Three CSM students received awards for either service or academic achievement at the statewide Alpha Gamma Sigma conference in Ontario, California, recently. AGS is the state community college scholastic honorary, and has been at CSM since 1937. The CSM AGS awardees are Roger Nishimoto, the chapter president; Ayumi Ode, chapter treasurer and international student from Japan; and Laura Van'T Hof, AGS representative to the InterClub Council. Nishimoto won the Ed Walsh Service Award. Ode and Van'T Hof received the Kathleen D. Loly Award for academic achievement. Each of the awards, Walsh and Loly, has a monetary value, and these students were recognized at the conference's awards ceremony on April 21. About 45 California community colleges were represented, and each college was limited to two Loly nominees and one Walsh; not all colleges used their quota. CSM had altogether 11 students who went down to Ontario. There were some 47 Loly nominees, and about 25 who received awards, while there were some 31 Walsh nominees, of which some 20 were award recipients. Alexis Terrazas, editor of The San Matean, captured first place honors in March at the annual gathering of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges in Sacramento. Terrazas, 19, was among more than 50 students who entered an opinion writing contest. The students had 75 minutes to write an opinion article based on a presentation about disaster planning. Terrazas, a journalism major, was awarded first place. Terrazas already has won several scholarships and will be working during the summer at the San Francisco Examiner on a $1,500 internship from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. He was among only three community college recipients of this prestigious internship. The California Community Colleges Satellite Network (CCCSAT) has recognized the 30-second promo of five CSM broadcasting students with an Honorable Mention award in the Commercials/Promos/PSA category. The students crew was comprised of Alex Andal, Noel Chavez (appeared in the spot),Tomomi Komura, Leo Medrano and Rachel Perey. Visit http://www.cccsat.org/RightLinks/CSFAVF2007.html for more information about the recent CCCSAT competition that was open to all community college students in California. CSM softball team's Michelle Tating was named North Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year and Chelsea Martin Player of the Year. The recognitions didn't stop there, however. Three Bulldogs were selected to the conference first team: outfielder Jamie Vanover; infielder Heather Huddleston; and pitcher Nicole Guttormsen. Second team selections were CSM players infielder Cassie Avila; outfielder Angela Woerz; utility player Francesca Murphy; and catcher Kaylene Bolla. Two CSM students (Valerie Thompson and Dana Constance) and their instructors were recognized for their outstanding entries in the 2007 Media Arts Competition, a statewide contest open to California Community College digital media students.Thompson was selected the Category Winner in the Photography category. Her instructor is Richard Lohmann. In the Graphic Design – Package Design category, Constance was awarded a Merit Award. His instructor is Claudia Steenberg. In its eighth year, the competition received 400 entries in 14 categories for 2007 and gave awards to 50 students from around California for the quality of their entries. Fifty faculty screened entries in the various categories and another 50 industry judges selected the final award winners. CSM fire science student Victoria Devan received a $1000 scholarship award for an essay she wrote entitled "How My COOP/Internship Experience Influenced My Career Direction." She received her award from the California Cooperative Education and Internship Association at a luncheon in Bakersfield on March 8. Her 750 word essay was selected from among 15 other community college student essays as the best in a competition that was open to students from all 109 California community colleges. In the photo at left, Devan displays her award trophy with CSM's Eileen O'Brien, director of the the College's Career Development Center, at her side. CSM concurrent enrollment student and Hillsdale High School junior Jasmine Nachtigall was presented with the Young Women of Excellence award at the 23rd Annual San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame Awards ceremony in March. Nachtigall has been a fundraiser for numerous domestic and international causes, is a volunteer at the San Mateo Medical Center and serves as a student tutor. She excels at academics and expects to receive her associate degree in biological sciences from CSM next year, when she'll also graduate from high school. Nachtigall is also a talented violinist and Unites States Tennis Association ranked tennis player. CSM women's basketball team center Karlynn Lee, a sophomore, was selected first team All-Coast Conference. Bulldog guard Hazel Mauk, a freshman, earned honorable-mention honors. CSM journalism student Alexis Terrazas was selected for a prestigious paid newspaper internship this spring. Alexis Terrazas, 19, is among 10 journalism and media students from four and two-year colleges selected for the $1,500 internships by the California Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation. Only two other recipients were selected from community colleges. Terrazas, a journalism major who plans to transfer this fall to a four-year institution, will perform his internship this summer at the San Francisco Examiner. He is editor this semester of the campus newspaper, The San Matean. He already has received two other scholarships since coming to CSM. These are CSM's Bob Foster Memorial Scholarship, which provides $250, and is named for the respected local columnist, and the Peninsula Press Club's $1,500 Herb Caen Scholarship whose namesake won the Pulitzer Prize for his column at the San Francisco Chronicle. “Alexis continues to make amazing strides in his pursuit of a journalism career,” said Ed Remitz, CSM journalism adviser. “Since his Herb Caen scholarship, he also has won several journalism awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges in Northern California competition. These include sharing a second place for coverage of a clash between KCSM TV and the Federal Communications Commission over a $15,000 fine for alleged obscenity.” The CNPA, a Sacramento-based organization representing publishers throughout the state, initially selects candidates based on academic excellence, published work, recommendations, and an essay. Finalists are subjected to a rigorous in-person interview with news professionals. “They gotta think pretty quickly on their feet,” said Joe Wirt of the interviews. Wirt oversees the CNPA's outreach and training programs. In November, the 2006 All NorCal Conference Football Team was announced by the selection committee of coaches and three CSM players were selected: Offensive linemen Jacob Orth and James Williams and defensive lineman Latu Moala. Five CSM water polo team players were selected to the all-Coast Conference team: Anna Krejci and Rocio Medina made the first team, Lily Arnaudo the second and team captain Kerry O'Shea and Meagan Shields were honorable mention selections. CSM broadcasting student Rachel Perey was selected as a Bay Area Society of Television, Advertising and Radio (STAR) Outstanding Intern for 2006. Perey serves as a production assistant intern at TV20 KBWB. Bay Area STAR is a professional, non-profit organization that promotes the common business interests of those in the Bay Area who are actively involved in the advertising and communications industries. Perey was presented with a certificatend check for $500 at a luncheon in November at KGO-TV. Alexis Terrazas, a CSM journalism major and sports editor of the San Matean , was named the 2006 college selected for the Peninsula Press Club's Herb Caen Scholarship among a pool that included community college and university students. He received $1,500 for continuing his studies at a four-year college or university. Earlier this year, Terrazas also received the Bob Foster Memorial Scholarship for his work at CSM. Herb Caen was a legendary columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Bob Foster was a television and radio columnist for the San Mateo Times for 40 years. CSM French students earned honors in the spring 2006 Grand Concours Universitaire of the American Association of Teachers of French of Northern California, an essay-writing contest for students from two- and four-year colleges and universities. Student Gabrielle Cihlarova placed second in the first-year category; Ursula Dominguez and Amy de la Salle each received an honorable mention in that same category. The students are in classes taught by Professors Susan Petit and Marilyn Carter. CSM baseball team's Kyle Woodruff was named Conference Pitcher of the Year and Cody Himes was selected Player of the Year for 2006. The women's 2006 softball team had three players named to the all-conference team: Christine Harms, Jamie Vanover and Heather Huddleston. CSM Connects students helped create an organization, Citizens for Clean Air, that prompted Pacifica's June decision to ban smoking on its beaches. Students Esmeralda Cabrera (2004) and Kate Steeper (2005) helped establish the not-for-profit group last summer. They worked with and under the direction of CSM Connects supporter Susan Danielson, former director of Save Our Shores and present founder of a community-minded organization. Veronica Hernandez, another CSM student, joined Citizens for Clean Air last fall; CSM student Chennie Castanon just joined the group. The environmental effort received considerable press in July in publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle and San Mateo County Times. CSM Connects is CSM’s volunteer community service program that enables students the opportunity to learn while they serve the community. At the state convention of Alpha Gamma Sigma, the California community college scholastic honorary, held in San Jose , April 7-9, 2006, CSM Eta Chapter President Marcela Cabrera received an Ed Walsh Service Award. She was among the 20 AGS members statewide who received a Walsh Award for outstanding service to their chapter and campus. Cabrera, an anthropology major, has been the Eta Chapter president for 2005-06. Previously, she had been the chapter's representative to the campus InterClub Council. She also serves on the student senate. Marcela hopes to transfer to UC Santa Cruz or UC Berkeley next year. The Walsh Award was worth $500 this year. A total of $34,000 scholarships and awards were made at this annual event. A CSM journalism student got a quick lesson in deadlines and serendipity in February, 2006, when Harper's magazine called advisor Ed Remitz. The magazine, based in New York City , needed some legwork performed quickly in San Mateo County for background and an innovative staffer thought a college journalism student on the scene might be able to help. San Mateo is part of the college's title and that provided the flag needed to attract enough attention for the phone call. Within 15 minutes of the call, CSM journalism student Francesca Jayne, 18, was enlisted to conduct research at the San Mateo County courthouse for a story still in the works. Besides the experience of working long-distance with an editor of a major magazine, Jayne received nearly $200 for her efforts. Julian Edelman, CSM's outstanding freshman quarterback, has accepted a full scholarship to play football at Kent State University this fall, 2006. In 2005, he threw for 1,312 yards, set a CSM single-season rushing record of 1,253 yards, scored 17 touchdowns and tied the Bulldogs' record of four touchdowns in one game. He earned a number of state honors, including his selection as the most valuable player on the All-State Region 1 football team by the California Community College Football Coaches Association and NorCal Conference Offensive Player of the Year. In spring 2006 CSM track stars Andrew van Straaten and Helena Silva earned spots in the California Community College Track and Field Championships in May at Bakersfield College . The two freshmen earned their positions by posting solid second day performances in the Northern California Combined Events Championships, which concluded last Wednesday afternoon at CSM's new Mondo track. Van Stratten finished third in the 10-event decathlon. Silva placed fifth in the seven-event heptathlon. The top six finishers in the events qualify for the state track meet. This is the sixth consecutive year a CSM student qualified for the decathlon finals, the fourth time in a row a Bulldog has made it in the heptathlon championship. Pachara Arunleung, a guard on this year's CSM women's basketball team, made first team All-Coast Conference, it was announced in March 2006. She averaged 14 points per game and led the conference in free throw accuracy with 88 percent shooting. The Bulldogs' point guard Angelique Bocarra made second team All-Coast Conference, averaging 10 points and leading the conference in assists with eight a game. Serah Pele received honorable mention. The CSM center averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game. CSM graphics student Sophia Valko's design was a first place winner in the state-wide 2006 Media Arts Awards Competition. Her poster promoting an opera performance was picked tops in the graphic design category, "Promotional Materials." Valko also won a merit award in that same category for another poster design. Winning two awards in the same category is unprecedented in the seven-year-old competition, according to CSM's John Avakian . He is the California director of the Multimedia & Entertainment Initiative (MEI), a state-wide network of Community College educators working in strategic partnerships with industry and community organizations to identify and meet California 's workforce and economic development needs. MEI presents the competition. Additionally, another of Valko's entries won a merit award in the graphic design category of "Cover Design." Merit awards are given to the runner-up finalists in a category. CSM student Jonathan Ng was a winner in the audio category. The students' entries stood out among the 400 entries in 14 categories, screened by 50 faculty and judged by another 50 industry professionals. Valko is a student of CSM Instructor Claudia Steenberg, Ng is a student of CSM Associate Professor Chris Bobrowski. In late 2005, two CSM football offensive linemen, James Tretheway and Alex Reyes, were named to the 46th Annual J.C. Grid-Wire Junior College All-American First Team. It was the first time in CSM history that two players have been named to the first team. Andrew Havili, another CSM offensive lineman, was awarded Honorable Mention honors. CSM quarterback Julian Edelman was selected 2005 NorCal Conference Offensive Player of the Year. He received conference first team honors, along with five other Bulldogs: offensive linemen Alexander Reyes, James Tretheway and Landon Laurusaitis, defensive lineman David Lomu and linebacker Gerald Thompson. CSM cosmetology students won first place in the 2005 Nino Faggiano Student Team Competition presented by the Cosmetology Association of Central Bay, Santa Clara Valley and Golden Gate . The competition included 47 teams representing both private and public cosmetology programs throughout Northern and Central California . CSM's team consisted of four students: Krystal Gonzalez, model; Catherine Lima, hairstylist; Adriana Serrano, makeup artist; and Maya Morimune, nail technician. The team won the two top awards: First Place Hairstylist and Best Overall Team. The Hairstylist winner received $150 and a trophy. The team received $500 and, for CSM's cosmetology department, a trophy. In photo (l-r) are CSM Cosmetology Department Professor Suzanne Russell and students Serrano, Morimune, Lima and Gonzalez. CSM Connects students Esmeralda Cabrera (2004) and Kate Steeper (2005) helped create The Citizens for Clean Open Spaces (CCOS) during the summer of 2005. They worked with and under the direction of CSM Connects supporter Susan Danielson, former director of Save Our Shores and present founder of a community-minded non profit. Cabrera and Steeper "get full credit for naming the group," said Danielson. Together, the three also created the CCOS Web site at www.cleanopenspaces.org. In August, 2005 , CSM baseball slugger and infielder Henry Wrigley signed a professional contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and will report to the major league baseball franchise's instructional league team in September. During the summer of 2005, former star pitcher Scott Feldman was promoted from the minor leagues to play for his major league team, the Texas Rangers; another former Bulldog stand-out, Mike Mooney, is moving up in the minor league ranks with the San Francisco Giants. From the 2005 group of sophomores, 10 CSM baseball players transferred to four-year colleges and universities, seven of which received scholarships. Over the last 11 years, 94 percent of the student/baseball athletes have either transferred to four-year schools or signed professional contracts. CSM pitcher Ben Langridge was selected as a community college baseball All-American by California community college coaches last May. Landridge, along with teammates Daniel Nava (outfielder) and Eddie Browne (shortstop), picked by the coaches to be on All-Northern California teams. CSM stand-out student Sandra Rivera was one of just 400 students nation-wide to receive a monetary scholarship this year through the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program because of their academic achievements and record of community service. It was announced over the summer of 2005 that Rivera was selected to receive a $1,000 award from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, a complement to the beverage company's scholarship program. Also this summer 2005 , Rivera was informed that she was awarded yet another scholarship—this one for student leadership from the California Community College Student Affairs Association, one of 10 awarded state-wide. And more recently, another scholarship is coming her way: the Voice Solutions Scholarship Fund for People with Disabilities. Last May, 2005, CSM student Patricia Lopez was selected as a Karl S. Pilster Leadership Opportunity Awardee, one of 12 regional community college students picked to receive $20,000 scholarships to attend UC Santa Cruz this fall. CSM track team's Matt O'Connor placed sixth in the USA Junior National Track and Field Championships in Carson , California , over the summer, 2005. Competing in only his third decathlon competition, O'Connor was the first CSM athlete to qualify for the junior (younger than 20 years old) nationals, according to the College's track coach Joe Mangan. Five CSM foreign language students won first ( Katherine Goebel) , second (Danielle Tran), third place (Eric Savoth ) and honorable mention (Michael W. Conner and Michael G. Zúñiga) prizes for first-year students in the 2005 Grand Concours Universitaire held by the Northern California chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. The students were enrolled in classes taught by CSM Professors Marilyn Carter and Susan Petit. Another CSM student , John Falxza taught by Carter, won an honorable mention award for second year students. And, in the university/college group of 2005 California Mandarin Speech Contest, student Bruce Engle won second prize. He is enrolled in a class taught by CSM Professor Jing Wu. CSM track team members: Kelly Schumacher was the women's Coast Conference champion in the hammer throw, discus and shot put, while Samantha Belvini took the top prize in the high jump. On the men's side, Matt O'Connor won both the high jump and long jump titles and Brain Wilhelm was number one in the discus throw. Based on their performances in the Northern California championships, the following CSM team members participated in the state finals: Matt O' Connor (long jump and decathlon); Shawn Maghzi (decathlon); Jeremy Vukasinovic (decathlon); Brian Wilhelm (shot put and discus); Ray Hisatake (discus); Samantha Belvini (long jump and heptathlon); Kelly Schumacher (discus and hammer); and Francesca Streb (hammer). At the state-wide spring 2005 conference of Alpha Gamma Sigma, CSM student Celine Cheung was honored as the recipient of an Ed Walsh Service Award. AGS is the California community college scholastic honorary, founded in 1926, and Cheung is the organization's chapter president at the College. She was recognized for her outstanding service to CSM's AGS chapter since joining in the fall of 2003. She received a $500 scholarship. Raymond Kei , a business major at CSM, was one of four recipients of a Virginia Coffey Award at the 2005 statewide spring conference of Alpha Gamma Sigma. AGS is the California community college scholastic honorary, founded in 1926. Kei was a nominee for a Loly Award, a scholarship named in honor of one of AGS's founders. To qualify, a student must have at least a 3.75 cumulative grade point average, be a member in the local AGS chapter (Eta at CSM) and have at least 60 units completed by the end of this spring semester. The scholarship committee for the Loly Award, after reviewing Kei's accomplishments, selected him for the“super-Loly” Coffey Award, an augmentation to the Loly funded by a bequest from a late advisor from Mt. San Antonio College. The Coffey Award was in the amount of $700 this year. Kei has been president of the Business Club at CSM, is a student senator and secretary of Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma, and has been helping in the CSM Connects office. Plus, he is a volunteer at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University . He has been accepted into the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Four CSM graphic students won statewide 2005 Media Arts Awards , sponsored by the Multimedia & Entertainment Initiative of the California Community Colleges. Masako Sakamoto was the category winner and Michel Echeverria received a merit award in the Graphic Design-Cover Design category; Domuel Bacani was given a merit award for Web site Design; and Michael Tello won a merit award in the Interactive Multimedia and Motion Graphics categories. The students are enrolled in classes taught by CSM professors Claudia Steenberg and Diana Bennett . Tony Aguilar and Bee-oh Kim of the cross country track team finished in the top half of the 128 runners in the NorCal tournament to qualify for the state finals. Three CSM students--Stephanie Cheung, Irina Druker and Eric Lin-- received scholarships from the California Society of CPAs (Peninsula Chapter) on November 6, 2004. The recipients were selected based on their academics and extra-curricular activities. CSM students Joanne Tse and Vincent Chan , both former presidents of the CSM's Business Club, were selected to participate in the final round of the Wharton Global Business Forum's business plan competition during the fall of 2004. Their business plan, “Touch the World,” was one of three chosen from 27 submissions from around the world. Four baseball players on CSM's successful co-conference champion men's hardball team were recognized for their outstanding play in 2004. The California Community College Baseball Coaches Association named infielder Cody Himes and outfielder Daniel Nava 2004 Northern California All-Americans and selected pitcher Chris Mezzavilla and catcher Dan Rosaia for the 2004 All-Northern California team . CSM women's softball team pitcher Cassie Vanover was named to the 2004 all-state and all-Northern California community college teams . She was also this year's "Player of the Year" in the Coast Conference . Infielder Leinata Tuipulotu also made the all-Northern California team. Shortstop Christine Oikawa and outfielder Brittany Gotthardt joined Vanover and Tuipulotu on the all-conference first team . Infielders Monique Castillo and Joylyn Meyer, catcher Shelly Hansen and utility player Alyssa Fonseca made the conference's second team . CSM engineering student Rose Li has been awarded a 2004 $1000 scholarship by the Peninsula Association of Contractors and Engineers. The awards committee was impressed with Li's preparation for study in civil engineering, noting her excellent academic record and current internship with company managing the Capital Improvement Program at CSM, as well as at the other colleges in the District. CSM football star Steve Haren will be the first white quarterback, and the Bulldogs' outstanding linebacker Semesa Vaka will be the first Tongan player, in the 94-year history of Jackson State University 's football program. Haren, along with long-time friend and teammate Vaka, have accepted scholarships to attend the Mississippi school this fall, 2004. The track and field team's Sarah Faulkner won the women's 2004 javelin title at California community colleges state championships in Bakersfield . Her winning throw of 141-7 feet was a personal best and CSM school record. The track and field team's Ezra Kwong was the 2004 champion in the shot put at the Northern California community college track and field finals . He was also recognized as the "male field event athlete of the meet." Track stars: Katie Isola was tops in the shot put, discus and hammer Coast Conference championship competition. Ezra Kwong was number one in shot put. Sarah Faulkner won the javelin matchup. And Samantha Belvini was the long jump and triple jump winner. Three CSM French students received awards in a 2004 writing contest sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French. Kathy Halverstadt, a student in professor Susan Petit's French 802 class, received an honorable mention. Barbara Ballard, a French 121 student, received a third Prize, and Jim Garrison, a French 132 student, received an honorable mention. These two students are in professor Marilyn Carter's French classes. CSM Connects student Amber Sanchez was honored at a League of Women Voters of San Mateo County (LWV) luncheon on May 7, 2004 for her service to a youth forum held on campus earlier this spring and cosponsored by the CSM Connects, the LWV and Youth Community Service. The top CSM math team scorers in the 2004 AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges) Math League for this year were Charles Ip, Kang Man Wong, Wing Chi Cheng, Theophilus Chu and Igor Polyakov; last year's were Ban Tang, Ting Sit, Ilhan Leonard, Qing Qi Fan and Theophilus Chu. Jennifer Adan, a CSM English major and Cooperative Education student, won a $1,000 California Cooperative Education and Internship Association's (CCEIA) scholarship for an essay she wrote on "The Magic of Co-Op/Internship: How my Co-Op and/ or internship enhanced my career goals. " Adan competed with 50 other students from across the state for the CCEIA's 2004 Bernie L. Hyink award. CSM journalism students garnered a number of Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) awards for articles they wrote for The San Matean , CSM's student newspapers. The student journalists were competing with peers from among 65 community college journalism programs throughout California and Arizona . CSM winners, including staff writer Mark Helfen who won first place in the profile feature story category, were announced a t the JACC convention in Los Angeles in April, 2004. Staff writers Erik Ruzek and Helfen won third place in the in-depth news story/series category. Sunny Huang won an honorable mention for an opinion article and Ian Patterson won two honorable mention awards for advertising design. Plus, the staff of The San Matean picked up an honorable mention for inside page layout in the tabloid category. Ryan Hedge , a chemistry major at CSM, received a Kathleen D. Loly Award at the statewide spring conference of Alpha Gamma Sigma on April 24, 2004 in San Jose . AGS is the California community college scholastic honorary, founded in 1926. To qualify for a Loly Award, named in honor of one of AGS's founders, the student must have at least a 3.75 cumulative grade point average, be a member in the local AGS chapter (Eta at CSM), and have at least 60 units completed by the end of this spring semester. Hedge has a 3.9 GPA. CSM women's basketball team players Lisa Harrison, Stephanie Vorrises and C.C. Ellington were 2003-04 season All-Conference selections. 2003 CSM's football team quarterback Steve Haren and its defensive back Surrell Davis were selected the Goldern Gate Conference offensive and defensive player of the year , respectively, by the league's coaches. In December, 2003, Haren was named to the J.C. Football.Com Academic All-American team . Numerous other Bulldogs were also picked as all-conference players as well . Joining Haren on the all-conference offensive team are Sione Tavake, running back; Marque McCray, receiver; Brandon O'Bannon, receiver; Victor Brankovic, offensive line; Mark Emmons, offensive line; Thomas Vanicek, offensive line; and Sven Lyssand, kicker. Joining Davis on the all-conference defensive team are Phil Jordan, defensive line; Semesa Vaka, linebacker; Eddie Smith, defensive back Corkey Lindsey, defensive back. Return specialist Marque McCray was selected to the all conference team, while defensive lineman Sean Tili and Jermekio Barlow received honorable mention honors. CSM's track team member Emily Patton, during her first harrier season, was the Coast Conference women's cross country 2003 champion , after winning her 2.9 mile race on October 30 by 37 seconds over the second place finisher in the community college title event in Belmont . She was also the top Northern California finisher in the California Community College Women's Cross Country Championships on November 22. She placed ninth among the 132 finishers. over the five kilometer course at Fresno 's Woodward Park . CSM journalism students captured an array of awards on October 25, 2003, during a regional Journalism Association of Community Colleges conference. Erik Ruzek and Mark Helfen, staff writers for The San Matean , the college's campus newspaper, were honored with first place in-depth reporting honors for their articles last spring. Helfen also received two Honorable Mention awards, one in the in-depth category, the other for a profile feature. Nino Marchetti was honored with third place for a profile feature, while several other students collected Honorable Mention awards in various categories. They are: Darcy Lien, News Photography; Lana Saipaia and Dina Shuhaiber, Informational Graphic; Ian Patterson, Critical Review; and Eyad Darras, Critical Review. Judges also provided a second place advertising award to Patterson for his creation of a solicitation for letters to the editor that read: “You never call. You never write. What's an Editor supposed to think?” Casey Rodriguez, a star guard for CSM women's basketball team, signed a letter of intent on July 22 to attend Eastern New Mexico State University this fall, according to College coach Michelle Warner. Rodriguez will be receiving a full scholarship , Warner added. CSM Floristry students came home with the following honors from the Student Design Competition held in conjunction with the American Institute of Floral Designers' (AIFD) 2003 National Symposium in St. Louis (July 3-8): • Masako Sakurai won first place in the overall competition! She also won first place in the "Spontaneous" category and third place in the "Flowers to Carry" category. • Yoko Ando took first place in the "Theme Design" category. • Liane Benedict won second place in the "Theme Design" category. • Victoria Redman took first place in the "Flowers to Carry" category. More information about this is event can be found at www.aifd.org/2003designcompetition.htm but note that Yoko's last name is misspelled and should be "Ando." Scott Feldman , CSM's star pitcher and a community college All American, signed a contract with the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball in July, 2003. "It was a great package--(with a signing bonus of ) well over six figures, said Doug Williams, CSM's baseball coach. Williams added that the deal for Feldman--who had a record 25-2 win/loss over his two years at the College--included a provision to pay for the pitcher's college education once he finishes his pro career. The six-figure signing bonus was on par to what someone drafted in the fourth to six round of the major league draft would have received, according to Williams. Reportedly, because of an unusual situation, Feldman was drafted in the 30th round. By signing, the star hurler gave up his scholarship to the University of Tennessee . Feldman, selected Pitcher of the Year in the Coast Conference for two consecutive years, was one of the leaders of a team that played in two consecutive state final four championships. CSM's Mike Mooney , community college All America center fielder and the Coast Conference's 2003 Most Valuable Player, agreed to terms with the San Francisco Giants after being drafted in the 16th round of the Spring, 2003, major league baseball draft, CSM Internal confirmed with Physical Education Dean Gary Dilley and Baseball Coach Doug Williams. Dilley believed that Mooney received a signing bonus in the range of $25,000 plus the cost of two years of college after the player finishes with baseball. And Williams said that the California community college's homerun leader did sign a contract, the exact terms of which are not known at this time. With that signing, Mooney officially turns pro and now will no longer attend Oregon State University on an athletic scholarship. Later, the San Francisco Giants named Mooney of the Arizona Rookie League club and six other players the organization's Minor League Players of the Month for June, club Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Sabean announced in July, 2003.The CSM star went 10-for-28 (.357) in eight games for his team in June, leading it in average, hits, runs (six), doubles (three), runs batted in (six) and stolen bases (three). In spring, 2003, four CSM French language students were winners in a writing contest organized by the Northern California Chapter of the American Association of French Teachers, according to Language Arts Division Dean Susan Estes. Stephanie Fullen (first place), Katherine Moser (honorable mention) and Kathy Samaker (honorable mention) were students of CSM Professor Marilyn Carter. Karen Hund (honorable mention) was CSM Professor Susan Petit's student. The seven member CSM Model United Nations student team , led by chair Bill Xie, received the "Outstanding Excellence in the Arts of Diplomacy" award at the Far West Model United Nations five-day competition held in Burlingame , California , in April, 2003. Xie said that no higher award was given to any of the teams that came from 34 (71 delegations) colleges and universities in the United States and abroad, including an "all star" team from Russia . He added that about 21 delegations received the award. What made the students' achievement even more impressive was this was the team's first competition together. CSM hadn't participated in a Model United Nations competition for about 25 years. The team represented the African country of Nigeria . The members of the team were Xie, Candice Alfaro, Gordon Chow, Jeffrey Chan, Angela Sanchez, Beata Shneyer and A.J. Weissmuller. The team's advisors were Social Science Dean Al Acena and CSM Professor Leighton Armitage. The Web design of CSM multi-media student John "Spike" Lomibao was judged among the top ten of the 46 entries in a spring 2003 state-wide competition. Lomibao created and completed his Web design category submission in his Dreamweaver I and II courses taught by instructor Diana Bennett of the College's Multimedia Department. The goal of the annual competition--"Ed>Net (Economic Development Network) New Media Awards"--is to recognize the outstanding work of community college students and the faculty who taught them in various categories such as digital, film and animation disciplines. Two CSM journalism students, Ian Patterson and Turan Apakay , received honorary mention awards at Spring 2003 state conference of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges in Sacramento . Patterson is the editor of CSM's student newspaper, The San Matean . Apakay is the publication's copy editor. The paper's advisor Ed Remitz said that Patterson's award was for the student's review in The San Matean of the movie, " Spider Man. " Apakay placed in an "on the spot" headline writing contest held at the conference. Last October, added Remitz, Patterson received a second place honor at the Northern California conference of the journalism association for his investigative reporting for The San Matean . Sports scholarship awardees: Football... In early 2003, five CSM football players ( Akbar Jones, Keven Keanaalna, Antonio Narcisse, David Taufoou and Peter Walden ) signed scholarship offers to schools such as Portland State , Southeastern Missouri State and Southern Utah University. Later, Golden Gate Conference 2002 "Offensive Player of the Year" Hassan Noble agreed to attend the University of New Hampshire on a scholarship. Earlier in 2002, CSM football players transferred to Division I institutions on athletic scholarships: Ryan Boschetti , All-American defensive lineman and Carlmont High School graduate, is attending UCLA . Jason Hardee, former CSM All-State tight end and Serra High School graduate, is at the University of West Virginia . Gary Torre , a community college all-conference linebacker and Half Moon Bay High School graduate, began an athletic scholarship at Portland State University in March. Also, CSM quarterback Jason Douglas and defensive backs Keene Jackson and James Julian accepted athletic scholarships to North Carolina A&T University , Northern State University in South Dakota , and the University of Cincinnati , respectively. Baseball team: Star pitcher Scott Feldman finished the regular season undefeated at 12-0 and established a CSM record with 25 wins over his two years at the College. Remarkably, he had been beaten only twice over that span. Also, the team received a number of Coast Conference North Division honors. Center fielder Mike Mooney was the league's Most Valuable Player and four other Bulldogs were all conference first-team honorees: left fielder Colton Daines, catcher Dan Rosaia, third baseman Nick Epidendio and pitcher Chris Mezzavilla. Also, all 12 sophomores from the team either signed major league contracts or will be going to four-year universities or colleges--some receiving scholarships, according to Williams. Mooney signed with the San Francisco Giants and ace pitcher Scott Felmdan with the Texas Rangers. In addition, a number of other players from the Coast conference champions are going to continue their careers at four-year institutions in the upcoming year. Daines will be going to Vanderbilt University on a scholarship. Pitchers Mike Orlick and Chris Herrera will go to Sienna College and Sonoma State University , respectively, and will receive scholarships. Pitcher Jesse Allen will be attending Sonoma State University and right fielder Andy Hnilo Sacramento State University . Both will receive partial scholarships. Utility player Andy Paine will be off to Penn University , and third baseman Ryan Worthington and catcher Mark Sagrafena will attend Sonoma State University . Outfielder Matt Cozzolino, because of injury, has not yet declared where he's going to go but is planning on a four-year school. Women's softball team freshman pitcher Cassie Vanover was named the league's "Pitcher of the Year" and selected to the All Conference and All America teams. Track team: Over the weekend of May 16 at Chabot College in Hayward, CSM's Joan Brennan was tops in the women's hammer throw at the community college state championships with a toss of 171 feet. Brennan entered the weekend number one in the state in her event and her victory sealed her status for the year. Here is how other CSM athletes fared at the championships. Women's: Sarah Faulkner was 2nd women's javelin (124-01); Katie Isola was 3rd in the women's shot put (40-9 ¾) and 9th in the women's discus throw (128-02); Amy Rosen was 11th women's heptathlon (3423); Men's: Omar Lopez was 5th in the 400 meters (48.14); Damon Britton, Akbar Jones, Shawn Magzhi and Omar Lopez were 7th in the 4x400 meter men's relay (3:17.5); Ezra Kwong was 9th in the discus throw (148-10); Chris Hill was 10th in the discus throw (147-01); Shawn Magzhi was 10th in men's decathlon (5551 points); and Phil Litwin was 12th in the pole vault (13-01). At the 2003 Coast Conference track and field championship earlier in the spring, Brennan took first place honors in the hammer throw; Isola was tops in the shotput; and, on the men's side, Kwong was the champ in the discus. CSM's tennis star Mugette Ahn became the 2003 California community college women's singles champion when she defeated Kumiko Yoshida of Grossmont College , 7-5 and 6-0, at the state championships in Stockton , California , on May 10. Mugette was the 2001 state singles champion. Also this year, she and partner Liz Brito were runners-up in the doubles final, losing to Kristen Kummer and Justine Liberato Chabot College, 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-4. In April, Ahn also won the singles crown in the 103rd Ojai Valley Tournament, reportedly the largest amateur tennis tournament in the country. There, Ahn and Brito took first place in the doubles competition. The Bulldogs competed in the community college division of that tournament, which had 1,500 of the best amateur players from across the country competing in 34 divisions. Familiar names in tennis have competed at the Ojai tournament, including Bobby Riggs, Stan Smith, Tracy Austin, Michael Chang, Lindsay Davenport, Bill Tilden, Helen Wills, Billie Jean King and Arthur Ash. 2002 Rafael Mancera , an engineering student at CSM, was awarded a $1000 2002 scholarship by the Peninsula Association of Contractors and Engineers (PACE) , a group that includes engineering firms, contracting firms, and public agencies on the Peninsula . The PACE scholarship recognizes students in civil engineering and construction. "The PACE review committee was impressed by Rafael's academic preparation, his professional interests, and his experience working for a local architect," said Laura Demsetz, CSM Engineering professor and Engineering Club advisor. Mancera plans to study one more year at CSM before transferring and completing his bachelor's degree in civil engineering, said Demsetz. The CSM Management Council Scholarship for the 2002-03 academic year was awarded to an appreciative student Qian Wang , a business major hoping to earn an accounting certificate here before transferring to a California State university, reported Nancy Pendergast of Special Services earlier this summer. David Higginbotham , a CSM science major, is one of only 25 students in California to receive the Alpha Gamma Sigma Kathleen D. Loly Award in 2002 for scholarship at the organization's state-wide conference in San Jose recently. Higginbotham qualified for the award by having at least a 3.75 grade point average. For several years he has been a member of CSM's Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma, the state community college scholastic honorary, and has been involved with the Future Teachers Club and the Student California Teachers Association. Baseball team: pitcher Scott Feldman (Conference Pitcher of the Year), right fielder Scott Kirby (24 homers, Conference MVP), shortstop C.J. Larsen, center fielder Mike Mooney and first baseman Scott Stockwell were named to the All-American and Northern California Community College's All-Coast Conference teams. Pitcher Matt Shartsis joined them on the All-Coast squad. CSM women's basetball team featured three All-Coast Conference hoopsters: Niki Brown, Yinka Omolayole and Tamar Savazian. CSM track team's Mike Comorato was the California community college decathlon champion , winning the title this spring's state track championships. In April, he won the event at the Northern California Community College track and field championships The women's softball team and led by All-American pitcher Rachel Pacheco. At Cañada's graduation , CSM Language Arts Instructional Aide Andrea Zele was the valedictorian . Quarterback Hassan Noble was named 2002 "Offensive Most Valuable Player" of the Golden Gate Conference. Including Noble, six Bulldogs made the all-conference team on offense. Five were selected for the defensive team, while 2 made the honorable mention squad. A committee of conference coaches made the selections. Baseball... After the spring 2002 season, CSM Mike Mooney received a scholarship from Oregon State , Scott Feldman from the University of Tennessee , Colton Daines from Vanderbilt University and Ty Jensen from Louisiana State University . In 2001, quarterback Jason Douglas was chosen as "Most Valuable Player" and Ryan Boschetti was named "Defensive Player of the Year." _______________________________________________________________________ KCSM 2004 “Railroad Empire,” an original KCSM documentary exploring the rise of the California railroad and the economic impact on the state, was awarded 2004 Best Documentary by the Peninsula Press Club . SF Weekly honored KCSM's "Desert Island Jazz" as the 2004 Best Radio Show. “Zemad's Journey,” a co-production of KCSM and independent Oakland producer Bellay Workneth, has been nominated for a San Francisco/Northern California Area Emmy in the "Best Documentary" category. The winner will be announced on May 22, 2004, at the 33rd annual awards ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre and Exploratorium in San Francisco . KCSM staff Dante Batteo (executive producer) and Josh Springer ( producer) worked on the documentary, which is a narrative adventure about the plight of a girl from a small village in Ethiopia . 2003 David Hosley, former general manager of KCSM, was in October 2003 inducted into the " Silver Circle " of The National Television Academy Arts and Sciences (NATAS), San Francisco / Northern California Chapter, for more than 20 years of contributions to the industry . Visit http://www.emmysf.tv/em39/sc-honorees.html for more details. In fall, 2003, the radio station KCSM had a $75,000 grant proposal for digital radio approved by Seed Market Conversion Fund. Where will KCSM put all the awards it received in May and June, 2003? On May 30: it was awarded first place in the documentary category of The Peninsula Press Club Awards for "All Games are Home Games." The Press Club also awarded KCSM second place in the special programming category for its production of "In My View: Photo Memories of 9/11." On June 2: KCSM was notified that "All Games are Home Games" won Best of the Fest at the Rochester International Film Festival in New York . The station also received word on June 2 that "The Language of Photography," KCSM's pioneering college-level interactive digitally-enhanced telecourse, the first of its kind aired in the United States , won a Gold Award at the Aurora Awards in Salt Lake City in the Art/Culture Issues/Report/Documentary category. On June 4th, KCSM's General Manager Marilyn Lawrence was one of 10 women general managers of Bay Area radio and television stations honored at the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) Golden Gate Chapter's 28th Annual Luncheon. The event featured a panel discussion with Lawrence and the other honorees, moderated by KGO Channel 7's anchor Cheryl Jennings. At the event, KCSM's morning radio host Alisa Clancy was honored with Best Morning Drive Time program for "A Morning Cup of Jazz." On June 7: former KCSM program information director Bonny Zanardi was the recipient of Foster City's Hillbarn Theatre's "Bravo!" award for significant contribution to the performing arts on the Peninsula, and JazzWeek, a national radio airplay chart, named KCSM-FM Station of the Year in Markets (radio markets 1-25) and presented the station's music director, Chuy Varela , with the Programmer of the Year, Major Markets award. _______________________________________________________________________
Pete Jensen, head baseball coach at Serra High School in San Mateo for 20 years and a CSM alum, was named 2006 All-County Coach of the Year by the San Mateo County Times last summer. While at CSM, Jensen played for legendary coach John Noce and later coached at CSM for two years. With a coaching record of 483-160, he has won 10 league titles and three Central Coast Section crowns. Notable CSM alum John Madden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 5. Madden, who attended CSM and played for the Bulldogs in the 1950s and known widely today as a popular football commentator, was voted in for his success as a professional coach with the Oakland Raiders. In 1969 at the age of 32, he became one of the youngest head coaches in history when he was hired by the Raiders; in that same year he was named AFL Coach of the Year. With a career record of more than 100 wins and a regular season winning percentage of about 76 percent, he led the Raiders to a Super Bowl title during the 1976 football season. Madden follows Bill Walsh , another former CSM player from the 1950s and coach of three San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl victories, into the Hall of Fame. Daniel Zoughbie, a former CSM student and now graduate of UC Berkeley, was named a recipient of a Marshall Scholarship earlier in the year and will begin studies at the University of Oxford in England this fall. He was among the 43 selected of about 1,000 applicants in the United States to be endorsed for the award. Only available to U.S. citizens with a degree from a U.S. college or university and a 3.7 grade point average, the scholarship was founded by an Act of (Great Britain's) Parliament in 1953 and commemorates the humane ideals of the European Recovery Programme (Marshall Plan). Two CSM alumni baseball players were drafted on the first day of the Major League Baseball draft in June. Former Bulldog shortstop Cody Himes was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 15th round. Ex-Bulldog catcher Matt Canepa was chosen right after Himes by the Chicago Cubs. Bob Adams, who attended CSM and played football here in the 1960s and then later in the National Football League, will be inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 22 in San Mateo. Jerry Scattini, who starred as a football player at CSM and later coached at the University of Nevada , was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame last summer, 2005. In the spring of 2005 former CSM student Daniel Zoughbie , currently a junior at UC Berkeley, was named recipient of a $10,000 Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship. The Straus scholarships fund public service projects which students propose and implement in their senior year; Zoughbie's project is to establish diabetes “micro-clinics” in the West Bank . In early 2005, CSM graduate and former Bulldog football player Keala Keanaaina became one of the first two Polynesian officers to be hired by the San Mateo Police Department. While at CSM, Keannaaina was named to the All-Golden Gate Conference team. He was later awarded an athletic scholarship to UC Berkeley, where he was a starting full-back and tight end for two years. After playing several seasons for the San Jose SaberCats in the Arena Football League, Keannaaina returned to CSM to attend the Regional Police Academy . 2004 In the fall of 2004, CSM alumnus Walt Harris was hired as Stanford University 's head football coach in December. Harris was a stand-out defensive player in the mid-1960s at the College, earning first team all-conference honors. He went onto the University of Pacific on a football scholarship. Most recently, he was a successful head coach at the University of Pittsburg . In June of 2004, two CSM alumni were inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame : Lars Jensen , a wrestler at CSM in the late 1970s, and Al Terremere , a football player at the College in the mid-1920s. Former CSM baseball star Steve Bissett (1970-71) was elected on May 24, 2004, to the San Mateo High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Former CSM head football coach from 1968 to 1972, Ted Tollner, is the 2004 San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator . Ryan Boschetti, an All America defensive tackle while playing for CSM's football team from 2000 through 2002, is playing professional football for the Washington Redskins. Earlier in 2004, he signed a three-year contract with the National Football League team. 2003 Two former CSM stars played in Division I bowl games over the 2003-04 winter break. Community college All-America tackle Ryan Boschetti was a starter at defensive tackle for the UCLA Bruins in the Silicon Valley Bowl on December 30 and was also named to the West team for the East-West (All-star) Shrine Game on January 10. All-Coast Conference defensive lineman Jason Hardee , a starting defensive end and sack leader for West Virginia , started in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. Former CSM third baseman Ryan Worthington , who played for the San Mateo Dawgs of the national Stan Musial semipro baseball program during the summer of 2003, was named "Dawg of the Year" for his outstanding hitting and defense. Alumnus Beatrice Godoy , a two-sport star at CSM in the early 90s, was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 10 at the Bay Meadows Clubhouse in San Mateo . CSM alumna, Peruvian immigrant María I. Cárdenas, never forgot the open door she found at CSM in the early 1970s and she wanted future generations of students to have the same opportunity she was afforded. So, in a trust, the late alum established a $516,000 scholarship for needy high school students who wish to attend the community college. The donation is the second largest alumni gift in CSM's 80-year history. Consistent with Cardenas ' wishes, the scholarships will be awarded to high school students from the central San Mateo County area with demonstrated financial need and promise as college students, and preference should be given to students whose ethnic background reflects that of the Hispanic culture. 2002 ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
