
The Signing of CSULB-UNAM Memorandum of Understanding.
Pictured from left to right Alfredo Álvarez Cardenas, Director of the Center for Foreign Students’ Education (CEPE); Ken Curtis, Director of Center for International Educatio; Gerry Riposa, Dean of College of Liberal Arts; José Luis Palacio Prieto, UNAMLA; Cecile Lindsay, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & Dean of Graduate Studies. Photo courtesy of Chay Chhuon, Photo Editor, Daily Forty-Niner.
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Jack W. Hou, Economics, served as President of the Chinese Economists Society (CES), which held its 2008 China Conference in Tianjin, China, April 17-19, 2008. For more information about the conference click here
Jewish Studies Program at Cal State Long Beach Receives $1 Million, Names ‘Barbara and Ray Alpert Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies’ in Honor of Donors
As testament to their commitment to the Jewish community and the study of its history and culture, Ray and Barbara Alpert have donated $1 million to California State University, Long Beach’s Jewish Studies Program in its College of Liberal Arts. The university has named an endowed chair in perpetuity in their honor.
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Dean Gerry Riposa
Bienvenidos!
We welcome you all back for another exciting year at the Beach. click here for the message from the dean
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As a side note: Jim Woods (Woody) , GIS Lab Manager, Geography was the one who assisted the Sign Department in creating the signs by calculating the compass direction to each city from CSULB.

the German techno band “Dyko” performance at CSULB
The techno German band Dyko performed for nine high schools and 500 local high school German pupils in the Student Union Ballroom at CSULB. The event was a wild success. Afterwards, hundreds of kids stayed around to take pictures with the band and get autographs, then tour the campus. The event was hosted by RGRLL/German and the CSULB German Club and funded by the Goethe Institute San Francisco, the German Consulate in LA, and the American Association of Teachers of German.
for more information on the Goethe Institut, San Francisco click on this link


Student interns present the findings of the two projects and their individual research contributions
HDEV 300I: Death and Dying in South Africa
Dr. Pamela Roberts along with 17 students from the California State University, Long Beach had the amazing opportunity to travel to South Africa. Read about the experiences on the class web click on this link to learn more about the class and the trip