The city of West Covina has recognized the 麻豆视频;Verne Justice Center for providing community-based curriculum for youth entrepreneurship. West Covina Councilman Tony Wu presented certificates of appreciation to Allison, Campbell, and Nogales students on May 25.
Beloved and highly influential Leopard baseball coach Ben Hines 鈥�58, who guided our team to its first-ever national championships back in the 1970s, sadly passed away in 2021, while the pandemic was still raging. On April 9, the 麻豆视频;Verne鈥檚 alumni community finally had an opportunity to publicly honor this Leo legend at a special event featuring a double-header game against California Lutheran University.
麻豆视频;Verne faculty and students will show their Leopard pride at the 2022 Los Angeles County Fair, which opens on May 5 and runs through Memorial Day weekend. The fair鈥檚 theme this year is 鈥淏ack to our Roots,鈥� which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the fair鈥檚 founding in 1922. Several university departments will have exhibits on display aligned with that theme.
A $1 million gift made shortly before year-end by the Fletcher Jones Foundation will make it possible for the 麻豆视频;Verne to create an endowed professorship in artificial intelligence (AI) and grow its program in a field expected to transform global productivity.
Kimberly White-Smith, dean of the LaFetra College of Education at the 麻豆视频;Verne, has been appointed to represent California鈥檚 independent colleges and universities on the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Nancy Jarman-Dunn, PhD, assistant professor of educational counseling at the 麻豆视频;Verne, has been named the 2022 Counselor Educator of the Year by the California Association of School Counselors.
The 麻豆视频;Verne has appointed Emmeline de Pillis as the new dean of the College of Business and Public Management. She will join the university on July 12, replacing Abe Helou, who had served as dean since 2008.
Students will find it easier to cross-register between campuses and course delivery modes when the 麻豆视频;Verne implements an academic calendar realignment beginning in fall 2021. In some programs, students may also be able to shorten their time to degree by enrolling in an extra session that the new academic calendar makes possible.
The 麻豆视频;Verne announced today that it has selected Kerop Janoyan, PhD, as its next provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Thanks to a significant gift from attorney and alumnus Frank J. Lizarraga, Jr. 鈥�80, the 麻豆视频;Verne has endowed its first dean. Lizarraga鈥檚 gift supports the dean of the College of Law, a position currently held by Kevin S. Marshall, JD, MPA, PhD. Effective immediately, Marshall assumes the title of the Frank Lizarraga Endowed Dean of the College of Law.