NEW CSU TO PLAY ROLE IN LAND-USE DEBATES.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer OXNARD - California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI) is a university located in Camarillo, California, in California's Ventura County. CSUCI opened in 2002 as the twenty-third campus in the California State University system, succeeding the Ventura County branch campus of , will play a pivotal role in growth discussions within Ventura County and offer agriculture courses through its business department, J. Handel Evans said Tuesday. Addressing the Pacific Agribusiness agribusiness Agriculture operated by business; specifically, that part of a modern national economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of food and fibre products and byproducts. Alliance in Oxnard, the outgoing president An outgoing president is a president or, generally, other head of state or government when he holds office between the election of his successor and the inauguration by which that successor assumes power. told local business leaders the campus - which is slated to open in the fall of 2002 - will have a staff member assigned to focus on growth in the region and how it affects agriculture. ``We have made a pledge that the university will serve the region and that it will be a regional institution,'' Evans said. ``Our first endowed en·dow tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows 1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income. 2. a. chair will focus on land use and development.'' Besides dedicating a faculty post to land-use issues, Evans said, the university will have classes dealing with land-use issues. ``We will train graduate students to go out and tackle those issues,'' Evans said.'' And while the campus is being developed in Ventura County, where agriculture in the No. 1 industry, it will design an agriculture curriculum through its School of Business rather than creating a separate School of Agriculture. Other CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. campuses already have agriculture schools that meet the demand, he said. ``The need for us to emulate those programs is not there,'' Evans said. ``It would be silly for us to reinvent the wheel (jargon) reinvent the wheel - To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time. This is often a valid criticism. . It's not the right thing to do.'' Pat Richards Pat Richards (born February 27, 1982 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wigan Warriors in the English Super League. Richards previously played for the Wests Tigers in the NRL competition. His usual position is wing. , president of the Pacific Agribusiness Alliance and president of the university foundation, was pleased with Evans' announcement. ``It's just one of the advantages of having a university in our midst,'' she said. ``We need to know that there is a resource and use it when we need it.'' Evans also updated the audience about progress on the university, including scheduled interviews with 59 job candidates vying for 23 faculty posts. The interviews will include a meeting with Richard Rush
Richard Rush (August 29, 1780 – July 30, 1859) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. , named earlier this month to succeed Evans as university president. The first generation of faculty members will help establish such programs as business administration, life science, computer science, education, social science and humanities. ``This group of faculty will be responsible laying down the foundation groundwork for our undergraduate programs,'' said Ira Schienwald, associate vice president for academic resources. ``We'll put out a call for our teaching faculty the following year.'' |
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