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CSU Students Recognized for Community Service
 April
15, 2002—The California State University system has honored 21
students throughout the state with the STARS award in recognition
of outstanding community involvement as part of their service-learning
courses.
"CSU STARS award recipients are role models at the CSU and exemplify
our students' dedication and service to the community," said CSU
Chancellor Charles B. Reed. "One student from each campus was
selected for her or his efforts to improve the lives of individuals
or the community in such areas as social justice, education, health,
public safety, and the environment."
The STARS award, which stands for "Students That Are Recognized
for Service," was created by the chancellor three years ago to
honor community participation and promote service-learning curricula.
Community service-learning focuses on learning experiences that
take place in the community and are directly related to academic
course content.
In addition to providing a valuable educational experience to
students, the program offers a tangible value to society. More
than 135,000 CSU students systemwide perform 33.6 million hours
of community service annually--a minimum wage value of approximately
$193.2 million.
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2002 STARS Honorees
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CSU Bakersfield
Kim Brown, a Head Start teacher-leader at CSU Bakersfield
and mentor for 32 students. She also leads an adolescent study
group through her church, and facilitated a 6-week summer project
with the preschool residents of Tabitha House, a substance abuse
rehabilitation center for parents and their children.
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CSU Chico
Annie Sherman, one of the founders of Chico State's highly
successful Diversion Excursion Program, which encourages residence
hall students and the campus community to engage in recycling.
She has recruited student volunteers to collect reusable materials,
which are sorted and donated to local charities. She is directly
responsible for diverting over a ton of recyclable materials from
the Butte County landfill.
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CSU Dominguez Hills
Catherine Anderson, a "Rolling Reader" who has given many
years of service to her community. She is also a rape crisis counselor
and co-chair of the neighborhood food bank. Anderson contributes
to her community while serving as chair of the Student Union Board
of Directors and president of Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society. She
is a full-time mother. |
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CSU Fresno
Ashley Howard, a volunteer at Madera Valley Teen Ranch involved
in tutoring at-risk youth in math, reading, and social studies.
She also volunteers at Happy Trails Riding Academy for the Handicapped,
where she helps young people with therapeutic riding exercises.
Through her sorority, she has also coordinated fund-raising drives
for Toys for Tots and Coats for Kids. |
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CSU Fullerton
Susan Shoho, for the past 10 years has volunteered with Keiro
Services, an organization that works with the elderly Japanese population.
Shoho's roles have ranged from teaching arts and crafts to coordinating
fund-raising events. She is also an active volunteer and fund-raiser
at TrinityCare, a hospice for the elderly in Torrance. |
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Humboldt State University
Robin Pagliuco, an active volunteer and leader with the Youth
Educational Services Program, a student-led service organization.
She has facilitated volunteer training and the organization of events
on campus and in the community. She coordinated the campus Arts
and Music Festival, which brought a free day of entertainment and
alternative energy education to the entire community. |
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CSU Long Beach
Russell Daley, a member of the team that helped create the
Center for Advancement of Philosophy in Schools, CAPS. The center
trains teachers and CSU Long Beach students to lead philosophy discussions
with students in fifth through 12th grades. Daley also wrote a successful
grant proposal to create a summer philosophy institute for 75 at-risk
teens from Long Beach. |
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CSU Los Angeles
Graciela Quintanilla, contributed more than 500 hours of
volunteer service to the APRENDAMOS educational enrichment center,
which serves young people in the Pico Union community of Los Angeles.
At the center, she serves as a math instructor and as a fund-raising
organizer. She also helped create community service activities for
the children. |
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Maritime Academy
David Boudreaux, works four jobs on campus and still finds
time to stay deeply involved with community service. As president
of the Circle K Club, David has launched a number of innovative
service programs such as the annual Penny Drive, which is now in
its third year. He also mentors and tutors students at two local
elementary schools, where he recently played Santa Claus for local
school children. |
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CSU Monterey Bay
Tamara Murphy, invested over 400 hours working with the California
Rural Legal Center (CRLA). During her service to CRLA, Tamara has
done research in the fields, tracked field violations, investigated
fraudulent ID and license sales, and researched opportunities for
farm workers who want to move on to new occupations. |
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CSU Northridge
Nancy Landa, a campus leader in the incorporation of service
activities into the educational experience. As a board member of
the campus Volunteer Council, she has worked with the American Cancer
Society, American Diabetes Association, United Way, Los Angeles
Housing Authority, and Habitat for Humanity to develop meaningful
long-term service projects for student groups. |
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Cal Poly Pomona
Joe Salas, actively involved with RACE 4 KIDS, a community based
program that raises money to provide need- based college scholarships
for students in the Pomona Unified School District. Salas is also
a member of ELEVATE, an Islamic-based community service group, which
works with the Los Angeles public schools to increase students understanding
of Islam in the aftermath of Sept. 11th. |
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CSU Sacramento
Tricia Randall, has served as a leader of five community service
days and 10 blood drives at CSU Sacramento. Through the community
service days, she helped place approximately 350 students with 13
non-profit organizations. |
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CSU San Bernardino
Jeannette Doswell, president of the Social Work Student Association.
She has organized fund-raisers, canned food drives for economically
disadvantaged families, and spring job fairs. As a student representative
to the National Association of Social Workers, she has helped to
create the first annual Social Worker/Public Citizen of the Year
recognition award. |
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San Diego State University
Christine Alfonso, a campus leader in community service who
has also conducted advanced research in community service issues.
She performed a comprehensive evaluation of policies for K-12th
grade and their effects on students of color. She also tutors at
Bonita Vista High School. Last year, Christine spent her spring
break volunteering as an English tutor at an orphanage for boys
in Tecate, Mexico. |
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San Francisco State University
Juslyn Manalo, working with the San Francisco Veterans Equity
Center, Manalo supervises the Veterano Project, which has engaged
250 SFSU students to take down the oral histories of Filipino World
War II Veterans. When completed, the oral histories will be on permanent
display by San Francisco's Filipino community and will be made available
to schools. |
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San Jose State University
Vanessa Nisperos, completed more than 900 hours of service with
Jamaicans for Justice, Community Homeless Alliance Ministry, Students
for Justice, and a student coalition to bring about peace in Afghanistan.
Within two days of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, Nisperos and
a group of students responded by organizing a peace vigil that brought
together more than 3,000 campus and community members. |
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Joel Henderson, a tireless community service leader who has
served as director of the Volunteer Service Corps and student coordinator
of the Walk to End Homelessness. As student coordinator of Make
a Difference Day, he recruited hundreds of students and community
volunteers to provide project-based service to 20 community agencies,
resulting in more than 1,600 hours of community service in one afternoon. |
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CSU San Marcos
Anna Fleming, as Circle K President, she organized the El Salvador
School Supplies Drive to help children in El Salvador after the
devastating earthquakes last year. Fleming also participated in
Escondido and Oceanside Beach Clean Ups, and helped prepare and
distribute sack lunches to children who are in need of nutrition
services in Tijuana. She also contributed to a Pediatric Trauma
fund-raiser for parents who cannot pay for their children's trauma
care. |
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Sonoma State University
Lauren Mapes, chair of the group Join Us in Making Progress
(JUMP) the community service program of the Associated Students.
She facilitated the completion of more than 7,000 hours of volunteer
service by Sonoma State students. Mapes also has served as Service-Learning
student leader, Adopt-a-Grandparent coordinator, and a two-term
AmeriCorps member. |
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CSU Stanislaus
Clarissa Lonn directed the Make A Difference Day Project in
her campus, which brought 88 students and community volunteers to
work with local government and neighborhood associations. Lonn also
coordinated with more than 93 agencies to develop a database that
enables students to access local volunteer opportunities. She is
also working with local K-12th grade schools to create service-learning
projects in honor of Cesar Chavez. |
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The California State University is the largest system of senior
higher education in the country, with 23 campuses, nearly 400,000
students and 44,000 faculty and staff. Since the system was created
in 1961, it has awarded about 2 million degrees. The CSU is renowned
for the quality of its teaching and for the job-ready graduates
it produces. Its mission is to provide high-quality, affordable
education to meet the ever-changing needs of the people of California.
With its commitment to excellence, diversity and innovation, the
CSU is the university system that is working for California.
Contact: Clara Potes-Fellow, 562-951-4806, cpotes-fellow@calstate.edu
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