Ed roundup: CSUB seeks alumnus of the year nominations
| Tuesday, Dec 01 2009 05:08 PM
Last Updated Tuesday, Dec 01 2009 05:08 PM
Cal State Bakersfield is searching for the 2009-10 alumnus of the year.
The school Alumni Association will honor a CSUB graduate who has made significant contributions to his or her profession, society and the university at the Alumni Hall of Fame gala Feb. 27.
Nominations will be accepted from individuals, businesses and corporations, non-profit agencies, schools and community service organizations. Alumni must meet the following criteria for nomination:
* Received a graduate or undergraduate degree or teaching credential from CSUB.
* Made significant professional, societal and university contributions.
A selection panel of past recipients and members of the CSUB Alumni Association board of directors will review the submissions, interview candidates and select a winner.
Nominations must be received by Jan. 8. For nomination forms, go to www.csub.edu/alumnom and either submit online or fax to 654-3324. For additional information, contact Alumni Relations at 654-3211.
- CSUB press release
CONSTRUCTION OF DELANO SCHOOL BEGINS
Officials at the Delano Union School District broke ground Tuesday morning on a K-8 school that will become the district's 12th campus.
Kids of all grade levels, including preschool, will be housed at what is currently being called the Westside Educational Complex.
It's being built on 27 acres on Hiett and 11th avenues, and will total about 129,000 square feet. It's across from Robert F. Kennedy High School and near the Bakersfield College Delano campus.
"It's almost like an education row," said Jeffrey Cooley, coordinator of facilities and planning at Delano Union.
The school is being built with bond money from a measure passed in early 2000. It called for building four schools. Two have been built already -- Harvest Elementary and La Vina Middle schools.
The complex is essentially two schools on one campus. The school, however, will have one administrator.
It will cost $48 million to build, $42 million of which will be reimbursed by the state, Cooley said. Green technology and sustainability is a focus on school construction, and it will have "cool roofs" and solar panels.
The complex is expected to alleviate overcrowding on the west side of Delano, Cooley said.
It will be finished in time for the start of the 2012-13 school year. The district hopes to partner with the city and the high school district on several projects surrounding the school, Cooley said.
- Staff writer Jorge Barrientos on "The Grade" blog at Bakersfield.com/blogs.
