THE COLLEGE COMMUNIQUÉ - Dean's update to the community
College of Business and Public Administration - Cal State San Bernardino
April 2005
My
pride in the College's quality is evident from the news in this Communiqué. In addition, there are some interesting
data to report to you on our graduates. During the two months
since I last wrote, the College completed an updated Strategic Plan that
incorporates input from every key stakeholder group, as well as a new
Development Plan. Those plans will lead expanded efforts in the
international arena, as well as real estate and development -- both of
which you'll be hearing more about soon.
Best
wishes,
Karen Dill Bowerman,
Dean
Mike
Stull, Director of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship
(IECE),
on
ce
again reports that our program has been recognized by Entrepreneur
Magazine as one of the top 100 colleges and universities for
entrepreneurship in the United States. The rankings were released in the
April 2005 issue which just hit the newsstands.
But there is more - IECE moved up in the rankings this year! CSUSB
is now ranked in the top 25 for all regional universities (CSUSB is a
"regional university") and
in the top 75 nationally. We are now considered to be in the
same "tier" as San Diego State, Nebraska, Florida, Georgia State,
Marquette, Pace University, and Iowa State. As Mike Stull stated,
"While rankings are only one form of measuring a program's progress, I
believe that the annual ranking reinforces the work of IECE and the
faculty, students and staff involved in supporting and promoting
entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education on the campus."
We
all agree -- congratulations IECE!
What
percentage of business and public administration alumni remain in
this two county area after graduation? The university's alumni and
development offices researched all addressable alumni, and found that 62%
of all our thousands of graduates over the years reside in San
Bernardino and Riverside counties. There is no doubt that we are
educating future leaders of the Inland Empire.
Candace Hunter Wiest, president
and chief operating officer of
Inland Empire National Bank in
Riverside, will be honored this
week as
our 2005 Arrowhead
Distinguished Executive Officer.
We bestow the award annually during a luncheon banquet to an executives
whose leadership, civic service
and commitment to education make
a difference in the community
. Wiest
will be honored at noon on
Tuesday, April 5
at the Victoria Club in
Riverside.
The luncheon helps to generate funding for an endowed scholarship that will be established in Ms. Wiest's name for business and public administration students. An "endowment" means that students will receive this scholarship in perpetuity, which we feel is a fitting tribute to Candace Wiest's community commitment. Thanks is expressed to the many individuals and organizations that purchase tables and sponsor the event, including Gold Sponsors Inland Empire National Bank and Arrowhead Credit Union, and Silver sponsors WW Painting & Construction Solutions, Citizens Business Bank, Varner, Saleson & Brandt LLP, and Nevada State Bank. Those who wish to contribute to the Candace Wiest Endowed Scholarship may call (909) 880-7295..
With two branches in Riverside and one in Fallbrook, Inland Empire National Bank has approximately $107 million in assets. Under her leadership, the bank has moved to the top 4 percent of its national peer group in profitability and was recognized by Bauer Financial Inc. as one of the best banks in the country. Findley and Associates, a firm that analyzes California bank performance, named IENB a Super Premier Performing Bank. In 2003, Wiest was elected a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She is the first woman to be elected as a Class A Director in the bank's 90-year history.
Wiest serves on the advisory council for the Inland Empire Women's Business Center and the Family Business Partnership, which are programs of our Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE). She has served as a judge for the Spirit of Entrepreneur Awards sponsored by IECE. She serves on the Dean's Executive Advisory Board and is a Founding Member of Business Alliance.
Wiest is the 14th executive honored. Prior honorees include Jack H. Brown, Ralph and Goldie Lewis, Martin Matich, Nicholas Coussoulis, Glenda Bayless, Neal Baker, Evlyn Wilcox, Larry Sharp, William E. Leonard, D. Linn Wiley, Robert Kain, Donald Driftmier and Bruce Varner.
We are proud to announce the addition
of a concentration in Finance at CSUSB's Palm Desert Campus effective
next Fall quarter. Other business concentrations already offered to our
Palm
Desert students include Management and Accounting.
We invite you to
register for the
second session of the Goods Movement
Conference on Friday, May 6 at the Radisson Hotel in San
Bernardino. A breakfast buffet will be served from 7:30 to 8
a.m., followed by presentations and panel interaction from 8 to
11:30 a.m. Session 2 of the conference,"Political and Development
Issues," will feature Norman King Executive Director of
SANBAG, John Magness Senior VP of Hillwood Investment
Properties, Stephanie Wiggins Rail Dept Manager for Riverside
County Transportation Commission, and Robert Wolf President
of Germania Construction Corp. of Moreno Valley. Session
3 of the conference that highlights “Quality of Life: Impact on
Jobs, Air, Water and Congestion” is on Friday, June 3.
The total cost is $50 per session or $95 to attend these two sessions of the Goods Movement
conference (free for Business Alliance
members who register for the conference).
For more information on signing up for this conference or joining the Business Alliance (to support the College and for free attendance at conferences such as this), call 909 880-7295. You may also download the full program to mail in your conference registration.
We
are grateful for the support of these Founding Members who have already
joined Business Alliance:
ARROWHEAD CREDIT UNION
BANK OF AMERICA
CITY NATIONAL BANK
ENTERPRISE FUNDING CORPORATION
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR
GEORGE H. SCHNARRE REAL ESTATE
INLAND EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK
McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL - Coyote Membership
Associate members to date include U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Mayor Valles - City of San Bernardino, and Office of Senator Bob Dutton.
We invite you or your organization to join the Business Alliance, for continuing a strong link with the College of Business and Public Administration. Contact us for details on benefits, such as free participation in networking opportunities with peers and faculty, or for free participation in conferences such as the Goods Movement Conference discussed above. Also, the Board of Directors is forming; email me or call if you have an interest in serving in this capacity.
It
is my pleasure to announce the College's first Executive-in-Residence
-- Garth Richard (Dick) Zeigler. The college’s new
program is being launched to further help connect students with business
leaders in the global community. Mr. Zeigler will be on campus
during the spring quarter to talk with students and faculty about
business and finance issues. In addition, he will team-teach a course in
managerial leadership with me. Students may now enroll for the
2-unit course, which will focus on leadership, with an emphasis on
ethical leadership. The course will be from 6 to 7:50 p.m. on Thursdays
beginning April 7.
Mr. Zeilger said he was excited to be on campus and looked forward to meeting with students and faculty to talk his life experiences and most importantly about ethical standards. “In my life experiences I find that if you take the straight and narrow path and follow high ethical standards, your whole life is changed. I’m looking forward to the ability to sharing with students the same feelings I have for high ethical standards.” He said while team teaching, he wants to help students develop their own inner code of ethics in life and in their dealings with others.
Mr. Zeigler graduated in the top five percent of his class from the School of Law at the University of South Dakota, and was chosen the Outstanding Law Student by the faculty of the university. He served as editor-in-chief of the school’s Law Review, and later was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. His career spans work as an estate and business planning attorney, realtor broker, and financial consultant. Since 1995 he has been with Merrill Lynch as vice president senior financial adviser in Indian Wells, where he utilizes the financial planning process to deliver trust mortgages, insurance products and managed money.
Faculty Profile: Dr. Lee W. Hanson, Professor of Management, joined CBPA in 1991. You will see Dr. Hanson equally at home in the offices of City Hall or Jack Brown Hall (where CBPA is located). Regularly, he consults on interesting projects with government officials. For example, he is currently working with the San Bernardino City Development Services Department on a need identified by City Council to speed up and improve the quality of the development process. The process improvement method Dr. Hanson is using in this case is based on the GE Work-Out approach (
GE’s intensive team problem solving method for cutting through bureaucracy to solve small and large organizational problems). The project began last August with a customer workshop focused on users of the services. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that Dr. Hanson's applies management principles with ease in the classroom for CBPA students. He contributes to our innovative curriculum by developing courses such as Regional Management Issues for MBA and MPA students (MGMT 690), as an exploration of the crucial challenges facing the Inland Empire region.
A disconcerting report has been released by Cal State officials, showing that about 60 percent of new freshmen entering California State University campuses are not prepared for college math or English. Linked here is a Daily Press article on the subject.
A little history: Records from "California State College San Bernardino" 1969 show that three summer graduates were the College's first business administration majors earning the Bachelor of Arts: Richard Ralls, Robert Saenz, and Allen Yagoda.
During the
decade that these three students
entered college, minimum wage
was in the $1.30 range
and the average salary
was about $4,743. I
remember those days well!
Prior Communiqué Archives: December 2004; February 2005