1. New Graduate Student Orientation
Fall 2019

2. CSUB Division of Graduate Programs
The mission of the Division of Graduate Programs at CSUB is to prepare students with discipline-specific intellectual skills for employment or continuing education. Through its post baccalaureate programs, the graduate division provides all students numerous opportunities to achieve academic excellence; explore diverse ideas; develop a passion for higher learning; and engage with graduate faculty and the community.

3. Division Goals
Provide campus-wide leadership in graduate student affairs and academic policies;
Develop and sustain a graduate culture with a sense of purpose, direction, and cohesiveness;
Ensure that all graduate programs are current and meet high quality standards and demonstrate student learning; and
Build an inclusive community of scholars dedicated to the quest for new knowledge and higher learning both within and outside the classroom.

4. What do you know about CSUB?
Please get out your devices! New Grad Student Orientation Kahoot

5. Graduate Student Center

6. GSC Services New Student Orientation
Professional Development Workshops
Graduate Student Lab and Lounge
Fellowships and Awards
Answers to Policy Questions

7. Graduate Division Staff
Dr. Debra Jackson
Associate Dean, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies
Ms. Martha Manriquez
Administrative Support Coordinator, Graduate Student Center
Ms. Carmen Padilla
Programs Services Coordinator, Admissions and Records
Ms. Brenda Mendez
Student Assistant, Graduate Student Center
Ms. Denisse Silva

8. CSUB Accolades

9. 5 Fabulous CSUB Alumni Jon Van Boening
President and CEO, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
CSU Bakersfield
MS Health Care Administration

10. 5 Fabulous CSUB Alumni Sheryl Chalupa
President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of South Central Florida
CSU Bakersfield
BA Political Science
MPA (Public Administration)

11. 5 Fabulous CSUB Alumni Donald E. Carter
Superintendent, Kern High School District
CSU Bakersfield
MA Educational Administration

12. 5 Fabulous CSUB Alumni Tara-Nicholle Nelson
Founder & CEO, RETHINK Multimedia, Inc.
CSU Bakersfield
BA Psychology
MA Psychology

13. 5 Fabulous CSUB Alumni Joel Heinrichs CEO, Lightspeed Systems
CSU Bakersfield
MPA (Public Administration)

14. Who’s Next?
Your Name
Your Title
CSU Bakersfield
Your Degree