Antioch University Santa Barbara hires new president
Antioch University Santa Barbara has hired William Flores to be its new president. Flores will serve as the fourth president of the Santa Barbara campus, succeeding Nancy Leffert. Leffert will retire on June 30 after seven years of service. “The committee felt that Dr. Flores had both an impressive background and the visionary thinking to Read More →
Fentons give $1 million to news department at KCLU
Linda and Dennis Fenton of Westlake Village have donated $1 million to the news department of radio station KCLU. The Linda and Dennis Fenton KCLU Radio News Endowment will be used to hire personnel and enhance equipment, programming and production. The National Public Radio station serves Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The Read More →
CSUCI may add engineering program in fall
Retiring CSU Channel Islands President Richard Rush said April 21 an engineering program could be launched at the school this fall. Rush said he hopes to make an official announcement in two weeks. He made the surprise announcement at the CSUCI Business and Technology Partnership Leadership Dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ventura. Last Read More →
Goleta robot club in international competition
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Cal Poly hackathon trains entrepreneurs
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900 attend tribute for outgoing CSUCI President Rush
More than 900 community and business leaders trekked to the Reagan Library & Presidential Museum in Simi Valley on April 9 for a tribute dinner for outgoing CSU Channel Islands President Richard Rush. Emcee Jeff Gorell, a former legislator and now deputy mayor of Los Angeles for public safety, heralded Rush for his vision and Read More →
CSU agrees to faculty salary increases, averts strike
The California State University system and its faculty narrowly averted the largest strike in the history of U.S. higher education, when the two sides announced an agreement April 8 for across-the-board raises over the next two years. If the CSU trustees and the California Faculty Association’s full membership approve the contract extension, all 26,000 faculty Read More →
