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Students Explore Consequences of Terrorism

Thirty students from Lakewood High School participated in the innovative High School Intelligence Institute last week at Cal State Long Beach to explore the potential consequences of a terrorist attack in Long Beach. The students presented their projects, data and other findings on the final day of the institute.

This service-learning project involved students using geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and remote sensing technologies to determine how many schools, hospitals, and other types of city resources and structures would be impacted by a terrorist attack. Student teams constructed a map and selected areas from around the city, then used intensive data compiled by geography faculty and students at Cal State Long Beach to complete their projects.

The demographic data from the areas specific to the maps they developed enabled the students and event attendees to comprehend the massive undertaking required by first-response and disaster relief personnel during an attack. The students will also use the knowledge they gained during the institute to raise awareness at their school and in their city.

Allison Jones Appointed to ACSFA

Jones is assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor. In that capacity he coordinates support to 23 university campuses in the areas of K-12 academic outreach, student admissions, enrollment management, financial aid, education opportunity programs, student services, student health, transfer services, and disabled student services.

Board of Trustees

The next CSU Board of Trustees meeting will take place July 10-11 at the Office of the Chancellor.

Cal State Channel Islands, in collaboration with Moorpark College, will help California address its critical nursing shortage by offering a Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree through its new Nursing Program.

"There's a huge nursing shortage," said Karen Jensen, associate professor and director of the Nursing Program at CSUCI.

Sonoma State increased its recyclable office waste from 161 tons in 2005 to 249 tons in 2006 by using tiny garbage cans.

Small 5 1/2-inch tall plastic mini-bins designed as depositories for garbage, such as food and waste, were placed in the offices around the campus. At the same time, recyclable materials, such as paper and plastic bottles, were routed to large blue bins.