#ICYMI
Breaking barriers:
#CSUB
confers honorary doctorate on American hero
@GenChuckYeager
. CSUB made the formal nomination for the Doctor of Science degree in recognition of Yeager’s valor during World War II- the most famous test pilot in history.
Congratulations
#CSUB
President, Dr. Lynnette Zelezny! Today, she was recognized as President of the Year by the Cal State Student Association (
@csustudents
) during the
@calstate
Board of Trustees meeting! We are lucky to have you, President Zelezny!
#RunnerPride
#CSUB2020
🎓 Today, President Zelezny & Provost Harper surprised two of our outstanding graduates- the recipients of the inaugural President’s Medals! Luke Kim, Outstanding Undergraduate Student & Gendy Ardon, Outstanding Graduate Student. Congratulations!
"This is not the time for students to pause. This is the time for students to continue with their education. And what we're finding here at CSU Bakersfield is our students have a lot of grit, they're hard workers," President Zelezny on
@CNNnewsroom
Surprise! CSUB’s first-ever Student to be conferred a Doctoral Degree received her diploma this morning from President Zelezny with a mini surprise ceremony. Congratulations to Dr. Elisa Queenan!
Though there are currently no cases of COVID-19 on campus, CSUB is suspending on-campus, in-person classes for the rest of the semester.
#CSUB
&
#CSUBAV
will remain open and classes will transition to alternative delivery methods. More details:
Standing with
#DACA
students: A message from President Lynnette Zelezny. "Today, I applaud the
#SupremeCourt
's decision on DACA...
#CSUB
will to continue to advocate on behalf of equity and justice for all of our students, faculty and staff."
A momentous day for the valley! “I am so fortunate to call Chancellor-Select
@JosephICastro
a friend. He is a man of integrity, compassion and principle and I am thrilled for him, for the Central Valley and for the CSU,”
#CSUB
President Lynnette Zelezny.
Join us for our
#CSUB50
live celebration! We are minutes away, party starts at 5:30pm! Enjoy local musicians, special guest remarks, and the featured speaker in the CSUB President’s Lecture Series Sir
@richardbranson
#CSUB
's Dr. Brittney Beck has been awarded a five-year, $4.8M Teacher Quality Partnership grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a Citizen Scientist Residency Pathway!
#RunnerPride
💙💛📚
#TeacherEducation
Jazmin Barrita Barrita, daughter of farmworkers and CSUB student: 2021
@calstate
Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement.
“It makes me feel so proud, that everything I’ve done has been worth it. This is my American dream, because I am an immigrant.”
“I look forward to engaging with the
#CSUB
campus community and university supporters in making that outstanding educational experience even more accessible.” President Zelezny (2018)
#csubRISE
☀️Congratulations on your one year anniversary President Zelezny!
#RunnerPride
💙💛
Hello there, new
#CSUB
logo! ☀️
The logo consists of a shield with agricultural fields and a rising sun. This imagery represents the growth of the university and the fertile lands of our southern San Joaquin Valley.
#RunnersOnTheRise
#USNews
ranks
#CSUB
a 2020 Best College; engineering program earns national recognition! CSU Bakersfield also ranked 22 for social mobility in the Western region!
#RunnerPride
💙💛
CSUB’s Hardt Field gets upgrade thanks to donor support!
Last week, Hardt Field was outfitted with new blue padding as part of facility upgrades for
@CSUBAthletics
, which is being funded through a $100,000 gift from the Bynum family.
#RunnersOnTheRise
You know it is going to be a great day (and year) when President Zelezny is welcoming our students back for the first day of fall semester!
#RunnersOnTheRise
#RunnerPride
#CSUB
It's the last day of June and this also means farewell to our exceptional leader (these past 14 years), President Mitchell! We wish you a fabulous retirement and hope to have you visiting campus soon!
#ThanksDrMitch
!
#RunnerPride
#CSUB
CSUB Wins Unprecedented National Honor for
#Teacher
Preparation! Our
@csubted
Kern Teacher Residency Program has earned the prestigious Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award bestowed by
@AASCU
.
#RunnerPride
We’re back! Wishing you all- students, faculty and staff, a great first day of the new academic year! Here's a short video welcome from
#CSUB
President Lynnette Zelezny.
.
.
#RunnerPride
💙💛
#Fall2020
#VirtualLearning
Today, we celebrated the Dedication for Past Presidents! Thank you President Emeritus Dr. Horace Mitchell for joining President Zelezny!
#csubRise
☀️
#RunnerPride
💙💛
That’s a wrap! 🎬 We did it ‘Runner family!! A memorable weekend with 6 ceremonies to celebrate our graduates! 💥🥳🎉
#ThankYou
to all those behind the scenes working tirelessly to make it happen! We are lucky to have you!
#RunnerPride
#CSUB2020
#CSUB2021
#CSUB50
Celebrating the completion of Harvey L. Hall Family Plaza!
"CSUB is so incredibly moved and honored by the friendship and unwavering support of Lavonne and the entire Hall family,” President Zelezny.
@CSUBAthletics
@3rdMrsH
@HallAmbulance
#RunnersOnTheRise
#MotivationMonday
This evening President Zelezny and CSUB recognized
@Chevron
for their gift in the amount of $723,700 for the 2018-19 academic year! Thank you
#Chevron
for your continued partnership over the past 20 years!
#STEM
#RunnerPride
💙💛
Celebrating President Horace Mitchell and First Lady Barbara Mitchell! Thank you for your 14 years of service to
#CSUB
and 50 years in higher education!
#Legend
#RunnerPride
💙💛
#ThanksDrMitch
‘There are no problems, just solutions’ for Hannah Walker: Business graduate embodies the `Runner spirit.
“There are no problems, just solutions,” a phrase Walker’s mother has instilled in her and is always on repeat in her mind.
#CSUB2021
#RunnerPride
CSUB Food Distribution preparation is underway! ‘Runners, campus remains open during the COVID-19 Transition Plan at
#CSUB
, this means our monthly
#food
distribution is still on! Stop by Stockdale Court between 11am-2pm today!
#WorkingTogether
#RunnersRise
#HappeningToday
🇺🇸 For the first time in CSU Bakersfield history, our university will host a naturalization ceremony and swearing-in of 100 Valley residents, including two
#CSUB
professors!
Emergency aid to
#DACA
students:
#CSUB
student leadership donates $25,000!
@csub_asi
has donated $25,000 to students who were not eligible to receive support from the federal government through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
"The Dreamers Resource Center is a safe place...We value collaboration & being an inclusive campus," President Zelezny. Our
#CSUB
#Dreamers
Resource Center is officially open! Thank you to all who worked tirelessly to make this a reality for our students, faculty and staff!
Our first Fall Commencement in a decade is next Wednesday & today we celebrated 'Runners who will be graduating in less than 4 years! Congratulations to these truly amazing students- can't wait to see you walk across that stage next week!
#CSUB2019
#HigherEducation
#RunnerPride
The
@calstate
Board of Trustees today approved the the Grimm Family Center for Agricultural Business, an endowment created by Barbara Grimm-Marshall & Kari Grimm Anderson. The $5 million pledge is the single largest gift in the history of
#CSUB
!
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education,” Martin Luther Ling, Jr.
Reminder that campus is closed today in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
For the first time in CSUB history, the
#Pride
Flag was raised on campus during a ceremony on Oct. 15. The flag will fly throughout October in conjunction with LGBT History Month.
We are all `Runners! 🏳️🌈
#RunnerPride
#RunnersOnTheRise
#PrideMonth
#CSUB
Yesterday,
@ash23____
joined President Zelezny during our
#CSUB
Foundation Board meeting! As you may know, Ashley's viral Tweet last month, inspired us all very much & we are as proud as ever, to welcome her to
#CSUB
! Thank you for being here Ashley!
#RunnerPride
Striving for social justice, together: A message of solidarity from the president's cabinet.
#CSUB
is a beacon of equity, diversity, inclusion and respect. All who seek hope are welcome here.
Dr. Vernon B. Harper Jr. named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at
#CSUB
! “Dr. Harper’s leadership will advance academic distinction, student success and community impact,” President Lynnette Zelezny. Congratulations, Provost Harper!
#RunnerPride
💙💛
Congratulations President Zelezny, here’s to
#WomenLeaders
! Thank you
@girlscouts
of Central California South for honoring our President as one of the recipients of the 2019 Women Inspiring Girls Awards!
#RunnerPride
💙💛☀️
CSU Bakersfield will continue to stand with our international students, their families, friends and supporters in our ’Runner community.
#StrongerTogerher
“The CSU stands in the strongest opposition to the guidance issued Monday, a callous and inflexible policy that unfairly disrupts our more than 10,300 international students’ progress to a degree."
@calstate
,
@CalCommColleges
join
@AGBecerra
in lawsuit.
Rest in peace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg- a trailblazer and icon.
“To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you. That's what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself, but for one's community." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dr. Bre Evans-Santiago, assistant professor and chair of the Teacher Education Department, has received the Association of California School Administrators West Kern Charter’s Professor of Education of the Year award.
@csubted
@ACSA_info
#RunnerPride
We’ve been busy celebrating our
#CSUB2020
and
#CSUB2021
graduates this weekend! Here are a few moments captured during yesterday’s 6 p.m. ceremony 📸💥
Stay tuned for more commencement photos! Later this week, we will share our top photos with a link to download
#RunnerPride
CSUB breaks ground on Hall Family Plaza! Ceremony outside of Icardo Center honors late Harvey L. Hall and Hall family support of
@CSUBAthletics
. Hall Family Plaza will be symbolic of the relationship between Hall and
#CSUB
, dating back to the early 1970s.
Our
#CSUB
monthly
#FoodDistribution
starts at 10 am(today). Distribution will take place behind the student union. Campus police will create a vehicle line starting on the dirt parking lot (off Kroll Way)-one box per vehicle, please remain in your vehicle. 😊
#BasicNeeds
Today,
@csubted
in partnership with
@KHSD_Official
, hosted the inaugural Project B.E.S.T, Black Excellence in Scholarship & Teaching event! An initiative funded by community philanthropist & retired educator Gayle Batey, a generous supporter of education.
#PreparedtoSucceed