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Pioneer baseball player A.J. Gallardo collects all-region, all-conference honors

The CSUEB senior pitcher was named to both the All-NCAA Division II West Region second team and the All-California Collegiate Athletic Association second team for his 2012 season.

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Aphasia chorus to perform to raise awareness, support for campus treatment program

Communicative Sciences and Disorders' aphasia treatment program chorus thrives and inspires with joyful songs. The chorus will perform in concert June 6 on the Hayward campus.

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CSUEB alumnus promotes a stellar cellar of fine wines

Dennis Cakebread's business classes at the university helped him first as a CPA, then banker, before returning to the family vineyard.

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Hitler, Stalin, World War are topics of spring lecture by Richard Raack

The professor emeritus will speak May 30 on "Hitler, Stalin and the Coming of World War II," for the Department of History and the Friends of History Spring Speaker program.

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STEM Career Awareness Day for East Bay high school students highlights innovation and opportunity

Cal State East Bay, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and local employers showcased careers in science, technology, engineering and math on May 14.

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Education Summit for Asian American, Pacific Islander students hosted by CSUEB

The CSU system brings students of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage – who would be of the first generation in their families to go to college – to attend the summit on Hayward Campus.

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CSUEB softball players recognized among best in West Region

Cal State East Bay softball players Sara Holdridge and Taylor Neumann were both named to the 2012 Daktronics Division II All-West Region Softball team May 8.

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Men's golf team earns first NCAA Regional berth

The Cal State East Bay men's golf team was announced of one of 80 teams to compete at the 2012 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Regionals May 7-9.

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Leaders in government, local business; music legend to receive honorary doctorates

Cal State East Bay will honor an advisor (Ellen Tauscher) protecting the nation’s security, a legendary R&B and soul singer (Lenny Williams), and a Bay Area entrepreneur (Richard Sherratt) at commencement in mid-June.

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Third annual Diversity Day promotes cultural awareness

On May 16 Rudolpho Acuna, the "father of Chicano studies," delivered a talk devoted to theme of "From Personal to Political."

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Water polo team posts best-ever finish at WWPA Championships

The Cal State East Bay water polo team topped Cal State Monterey Bay, 7-6, in the third place game to notch its best ever finish at the WWPA Championships on April 29.

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Cal State East Bay athletics administrator inducted into Penn Relays Wall of Fame

Dawn Ellerbe, now an assistant athletic director for CSUEB, was inducted into the Penn Relays Wall of Fame April 27 in Philadelphia.

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Three water polo players earn all-conference honors

Cal State East Bay water polo players Claire Pierce, Jayme Pekarske and Erica Crain collected All-Women's Water Polo Association accolades on April 24.

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Spring Job & Internship Fair 2012

CSUEB's Hayward Campus will host its spring Job and Internship Fair in the New University Union Thursday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Oakland police chief returns to alma mater to share real life stories with students

Howard Jordan accepts the invitation of Kathleen Rountree, dean of CSUEB's College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science's, to return to his alma mater to "inspire students with real-life experiences."

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CSUEB's Honors Convocation Saturday at Music Bldg. Peristyle

Cal State East Bay's top 233 graduates will receive their summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude medallions.

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CSUEB Entrepreneurship Association to host panel of women business leaders May 17

The panel will be made up of six members of the National Association of Women Business Owners, which has a membership of more than 7,000 spread over 70 chapters across the country.

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School approved to promote, enhance arts and media

Grouping art, communication, multimedia, music, and theatre and dance into one school promises new opportunities for CSUEB students, faculty and the community.

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Pioneers go yard six times to earn sweep over Cal State San Bernardino

Six homeruns by Cal State East Bay's women's softball team kept it in a hot mode with another sweep over another highly regarded opponent April 7.

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Laser experiments expand spectrum of physics knowledge

Sophisticated lab equipment found at a handful of institutions worldwide is aiding CSUEB scholars and students in probing previously uncharted atomic knowledge.

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Cal State East Bay to celebrate Earth Day on April 24

The CSUEB campus community will unite to promote environmental awareness in a daylong celebration of national Earth Day April 24.

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10th annual 'Day of Teacher' April 28 at Concord Campus

Those who aspire to teach will want to attend this event that will provide career guidance and exploration, along with special workshops.

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Women's softball team debuts at No. 8 in regional ranking

The Cal State East Bay softball team is ranked eighth in the first NCAA Division II West Region rankings of the season.

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Fiction writer Rob Davidson reads at Cal State East Bay May 9

CSUEB English professor Stephen Gutierrez has praise for the fiction of Rob Davidson, who is the guest for the final session of the "Distinguished Writer series on the Hayward campus for the academic year.

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Internationally-known poet, DeClercq award winners read their works April 16

The CSUEB English Department's Distinguished Writers Series presents prize-winning poet Lorna Dee Cervantes and the campus winners of annual poetry contest in celebration of National Poetry Month on the Hayward Campus.

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CSUEB dance ensembles create two acts around light and movement for May performances

The university's dance ensemble members utilize shadow, diffusion, scattering, projection, mood, refractions, and more in two-act performances through May 13 on the Hayward Campus.

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Water polo player named conference Player of the Week

Cal State East Bay water polo player Claire Pierce garnered KAP7 WWPA Player of the Week honors on Wednesday after scoring 23 goals in five games last weekend.

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Cal State East Bay alumnus 'brews' a career he loves

Michael Peasley, a 2009 graduate of CSUEB's College of Business and Economics, has made the brewing of quality beers a craft that sells well in local markets.

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Vintage glass slides, student art, concerts fill spring arts calendar

Arts lovers are sure to find something to enjoy on the Hayward Campus of Cal State East Bay this spring: music, theatre/dance, art gallery, and anthropology museum offer a range of performances and programs.

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Director of Athletics inducted into Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame

Debby De Angelis, director of athletics for Cal State East Bay, was inducted into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame March 31.

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CSUEB softball player collects conference Player of the Week honors

Pioneer softball player Taylor Neumann was named Player of the Week in the California Collegiate Athletic Association after leading the team to a four-game sweep of Cal State Stanislaus March 16-18.

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Free tax prep service offered at CSUEB through April 14

Students from the university's Department of Accounting volunteer their time on three Saturdays through April 14 to assist individuals in their income tax preparation.

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CSUEB English grad students to read their fiction April 23

Five English grad students will share recent, unpublished fiction at a gathering in the Biella Room of the University Library.

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CSUEB alumna finds success providing biodegradable bottles for water

A desire to sell water in biodegradable bottles to pay for clean water projects in poor countries drives the career of Shakira Niazi '93.

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Seventh annual DeClercq prize poets to be honored April 16

Three students take top honors in annual poetry competition. They will read their work at 7 p.m. April 16 in the Biella Room of the University Library during the Distinguished Writers Program commemorating National Poetry Month.

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'Pink Ribbons' documentary to be screened, author to appear for Q and A at CSUEB

CSUEB's new Center for Sport and Social Justice and the Department of Kinesiology will host April 25 screening of noted film. Then author Samantha King will be available to answer questions.

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Kathleen Rountree appointed CLASS dean

Interim dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS) since July 2010, Rountree was provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Ithaca College before coming to CSUEB.

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Pioneer women's golf claims first ever tournament title

Behind a first-place finish from freshman Linda Brown, the Cal State East Bay women's golf team won its first team tournament title in program history.

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CSUEB to host 'Welcome Day' on Hayward Campus April 14

Welcome Day, for newly-admitted students and their families, will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and feature tours of the campus and sessions about financial aid, housing and student life.

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Pioneer collects CCAA Golfer of the Week honors

Cal State East Bay men's golfer Chris Herzog was named Golfer of the Week by the California Collegiate Athletic Association March 7 after winning the Pioneer Shootout tournament in Vallejo.

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33 art pieces selected for 'Emerging Artists' show at CSUEB's University Art Gallery

For the second consecutive year, the gallery will host a juried show of varied pieces submitted by college and university fine art students from throughout the greater Bay Area.

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'Zombie professor' sought after for his expertise about the living dead

Christopher Moreman, assistant professor of philosophy at Cal State East Bay, was recognized for his specialized knowledge of the living dead and their prevalence in American pop culture.

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Peer Mentor Program offers guidance to CSUEB freshmen

Peer Mentors are paired with incoming freshman students to provide guidance and support that helps ease the transition to college life.

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Pioneer basketball players collect conference awards

Four Pioneer basketball players earned all-conference recognition, as Jacari Whitfield (for the men) and Micah Walker (for the women's team) swept the CCAA Freshman Player of the Year awards. Marlene MacMillan and Mark Samuels were named All-CCAA.

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First-time grant of $1.57M for success of Asian American, Pacific Islander students

The grant, from the U.S. Department of Education, will be used to implement the “Student Service Operation to Succeed” program to make admission and career success more accessible for Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

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Early magic lanterns, glass slides come to C.E. Smith Anthropology Museum

A century before the Internet, magic lanterns projecting glass slides made it possible to share rare images around the world; the technology of this bygone era is on display at CSUEB through mid-June.

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CSUEB vice president to be honored by American Institute of Certified Planners

Linda C. Dalton, vice president for planning, enrollment management, and student affairs for CSUEB, is one of five Californians to be inducted into the AICP College of Fellows in April in Los Angeles.

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Pioneer women's basketball team loses 46-43 in CCAA tourney first round

CSUEB comes close but falls to host Cal State Monterey Bay in the Pioneers' first-ever postseason playoff game.

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Applications for fall admission accepted until April 1

The university remains the only Northern California CSU to accept applications for the fall 2012 quarter from upper-division transfer and first-time freshman candidates.

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Pioneer softball player earns Player of the Week honors

Cal State East Bay softball player Sara Holdridge was named Player of the Week in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Feb. 13.

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CSUEB’s Mark Samuels is CCAA Basketball Player of Week

Samuels is the second Pioneer player this season to be so honored by the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Osher Foundation provides $1 million to support CSUEB lifelong learning program

Funding recognizes a successful decade of adult education opportunities through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

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Scholarship fund established in memory of Prof. Emeritus Eric Soares

The longtime faculty member in CSUEB's College of Business and Economics passed away Feb. 1.

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Trumpeter Marvin Stamm headlines Yoshi's fundraiser for Music Department

This annual event to support the Music Department pairs Cal State East Bay jazz students with trumpeter Marvin Stamm. All proceeds will go towards CSUEB Music scholarship and special events funds.

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'Women's History Month' lecture examines Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire – 101 years later

Gerald S. Henig, CSUEB professor emeritus of history, returns to campus March 8 to discuss what we have, and have not, learned as a society from a fire that killed 146 immigrant girls and women in 1911.

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Student blog serves up soul-satisfying ‘mom food’

Cal State East Bay English major shares both her own family recipes and the childhood favorites of others on a blog titled "The Mom Food Project."

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Winter musical aimed at anyone who's been through dating/mating game

Funny, on-target musical scheduled for March looks at love's highs and lows: dating, love, marriage, meddling in-laws, protective parenting, family car trips, and pick-up techniques for the geriatric set.

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Distinguished Writers program brings 'girlchild' author to campus March 14

The English Department's Distinguished Writers Series will bring Tupelo Hassman to the Hayward campus for a reading from her new book, "girlchild," told from the perspective of a smart kid growing up in poor America.

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CSUEB women's basketball team makes its first CCAA tourney

The Pioneers are set to take on No. 2 seed Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the team's first-ever postseason playoff in California Collegiate Athletic Association play.

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English grad students publish fourth annual literary journal

The latest issue of "Arroyo," the university's literary journal, includes fiction, poetry in English, Chinese and German, plus an interview and images of intricate wood engravings.

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Morishita appointed President of Cal State East Bay

Leroy M. Morishita, having been interim president since July 1, was named to the permanent position by the CSU Trustees Jan. 25. He came to CSUEB following 29 years of senior administrative experience at San Francisco State.

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Emmy-award winning newscaster Sabrina Rodriguez ’05 named Young Alum of the Year

Rodriguez, who wanted to be broadcast journalist since she was a child, credits the CSUEB Communication Department for her success as a young professional.

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Education Summit for African American, Latino Youth Set for CSUEB Feb. 25

More than 20 workshops and motivational presentations will be offered in addition to a college information and resource fair.

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Athletics Department names six to 2012 Hall of Fame induction class

The Cal State East Bay Athletics Department announced six former Pioneers who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this spring.

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Homecoming week jam-packed with events, Pioneer spirit

Homecoming 2012 will feature a week of events and activities Feb. 6-12 to bring the campus community together to celebrate Pioneer Pride.

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'School desegregation and disintegration of American Dream' topic of 'Black History' lecture

The public is invited to hear scholar Sonya Douglass Horsford give the annual CSUEB Carter G. Woodson lecture Feb. 28 in the Old University Union.

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CSUEB celebrates seventh annual Queerfest Feb. 13-17

CSUEB's Queerfest is a weeklong celebration dedicated to raising awareness about gay issues.

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Pioneer basketball teams post pair of big road wins

The Cal State East Bay women's and men's basketball teams each picked up a big win in early January, including a victory over a top-10 opponent for the men.

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CSUEB honors Distinguished Alumnus of Year Janet Grove

Janet Grove '73 converted her first job out of college into a career that took her to the top as corporate vice chair of Macy's.

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CSUEB leads outreach to churches for ‘Super Sunday'

CSU Chancellor Charles Reed and CSUEB President Leroy Morishita are among the guest speakers at African American churches in the East Bay area for Super Sunday Feb. 19.

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CSUEB to host Vets event Feb. 9

Cal State East Bay will co-sponsor "Every Day is Veterans Day at the CSU" with other Northern California CSU campuses. The event will take place in the New University Union.

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New students have a place for asking questions

Smooth Transitions is providing services to aid new and transfer students to the university's Hayward Campus.

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Dave Zirin to speak on sports, politics Feb. 15 at CSUEB

Nationally-known writer of sports and politics in the United States to address the inaugural event of the university's Center for Sport and Social Justice in University Theatre.

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CSUEB to host Veterans events Jan. 25 and Feb. 9

The first event is hosted by CSUEB while the Northern California CSU campuses will co-sponsor the February event. Both will take place in the Multipurpose Room of the New University Union on the Hayward Campus.

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Articles from previous years are available in the CSUEB News Archives.

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