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The 14th annual Hospi-tality Management (HM) Charity Golf Tour-nament, Banquet and Auction was held at the Sea Cliff Country Club in Huntington Beach on April 11, 2016. The HM Charity Golf Tourna-ment helps raise funds for student scholarships and program develop-ment. Those interested in joining future golf
tournaments and/or participating to help support CSULB’s Hospi-tality Management pro-gram, please contact Dr. Lee Blecher. [email protected]
The 28th annual California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Campus Couture Fashion Show took place on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m., at the Karen and Richard Carpenter Performing Arts Center. The Campus Couture Fashion Show is the largest student-run fashion event on the West Coast entirely run by students who plan and execute the show under the mentorship of Associate Professor Suzanne Marshall, director of the FMD program. This year’s student committee was comprised of Head Coordinator Jasmin Garcia, Assistant Coordinator Olivia Le, Public Relations Coordinator Shelby Kloves, Fundraising Coordinator Ulylisa Maldonado, and Design Liaison Nicole Azevedo. The show attracts fashion industry attention and the judging panel is comprised from leading members of the industry. This year’s awards winners were fashion design students Kanako Sato, MacKenzie Robinson, Linda Le, Gabe Perez, Courtney Wolking, Jazmin Araujo, Rebekah Dumitrescu, Sara Thomas, Yvonne Macias, Abby Pollock, and fashion merchandising student Carly Quaggan.
Hospitality Management’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Campus Couture 2016
Contents
Page 1
Campus Couture
Charity Golf Tourney
Page 2-3
Awards and Scholarships
New Program Directors
Page 4
BCWP Recognition
Travel with Dr. Marshall
AHLEF Partners with CSULB in
Scholarship Grant Program
Nutrition Students Featured in
the Journal of Food Science
Excellence in Teaching Award
Page 5
Consumer Affairs Symposium
Child and Family Center Open
House
Champion Award
Page 6
Magic Therapy
Study Abroad Programs
Page 7
Dr. Wang’s Accomplishments
FCS Professors Published
FCS distinguished Alumna
Page 8
Gerontology Students Present
FCS Welcomes New Faculty
FMD Alumni Success
Page 9
SCIFTS Competition
Page 10
Consumer Affairs Alumnus Grad-
uates from Sheriff’s Academy
CSU Southern California Hospi-
tality Career EXPO
FCS Major Summary Charts
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Graduate Student honored at the AGHE 2016
Conference Congratulations to Reath Melendez, MS in
Gerontology, who has won the Graduate
Student Paper Award for the Association
for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)
2016 conference! The paper was based on
her thesis titled:
Eldercare Responsi-
bilities Among CSULB
Faculty and Staff: A
Needs Assessment.
Janet Rayment (2015-2016) Vanessa Avila
Maya Cox Stephanie Detoya
Kristin Mahood Jennifer Ratanapratum
Janet Rayment (2016-2017)
James Childers Jessica Fey
Angelica Palad Amy Zhong
Aaron Rafferty
FCS Scholarship (2016-2017) Elizabeth Garcia
Amanda Paiz
Leticia Walsh (2016-2017) Laura Suarez Ciara DeBock Grant Brandy Celeste Reyes Ikeda Kacee
Student Awards and Scholarships
Kristin Mahood is currently in the combined Die-tetic Internship and Nutritional Science MS pro-gram and was awarded Outstanding Dietetic Stu-dent in a coordinated program by the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Her thesis study entitled “Wine Taste Perception in a Som-melier and Naïve Wine Tasters With and Without a Tongue” investigates taste perception using wine in a person with isolated congenital aglossia (ICA, being born without a tongue) as compared to an average naïve wine taster with a tongue and a sommelier. Kristin presented her research poster at the Experimental Biology 2016 conference in San Diego and the 2016 Annual Conference of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in Riverside, CA in April 2016.
Jennifer Ratanapratum Jennifer Ratanapratum has enjoyed great success in the
department of Family and Consumer Sciences. Jennifer,
with the advisement of Dr. Michelle Barrack, presented
research conducted as part of the Summer Student Re-
search Assistantship at the 2016 CSULB Student Research
Competition. Jennifer won Honorable Mention (3rd place)
in the Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences division
among a field of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral stu-
dents. She was also awarded Outstanding Dietetic Student
in a Didactic Program by the Academy of Nutrition and Die-
tetics (AND). She was presented with her award at the Cali-
fornia Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Confer-
ence in April 21st in Riverside. Due to her amazing achieve-
ments, her name will be published in the September issue
of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Kristin Mahood
FCS Department Scholarships
The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences announces the fol-lowing students as recipients of scholarships:
Left: Jennifer with her advi-
sor professor, Dr. Barrack.
Middle: Jennifer & Kristin.
Right: Kristin Mahood with
her advisor professors, Dr.
Long Wang, Dr. Cheryl
Rock and Dr. Betty McMick-
en
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New Program Directors
Rachel Blaine
Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)
Dr. Rachel Blaine will be the new Di-
rector of the Didactic Program in Die-
tetics. The DP is the set of course
work in the Nutrition and Dietetics
Option that fulfills the academic re-
quirements for a student to become a
Registered Dietitian (RD).
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Maria Claver
Gerontology
Dr. Maria Claver will be assuming the
role of Director of the Gerontology
Program in Fall 2016. The Gerontolo-
gy team is well-positioned to grow
due to a phenomenal team of profes-
sors who teach courses required for
the Masters, Certificate and Minor
Dustin Moore
Individualized Supervised Practice
Pathways Program (ISPP)
Professor Moore will be directing the
ISPP program, an ACEND accredited
track which prepares graduates of the
Didactic Program in Dietetics to be
eligible to take the National Registra-
tion Examination for Dietitians.
Hospitality Management Scholarship Awards
2015-2016
Alicia Demaree Hospitality Management Scholarship
Kyle Dorley California Restaurant Association Cecil B. Day Memorial Scholarship Hotel and Restaurant Foundation
US Foods Scholarship Chanthavy Hang
Cecil B. Day Memorial Scholarship Hospitality Management Scholarship
Nasya Harry Hospitality Management Scholarship
Vu Nguyen Hospitality Management Scholarship
Russel Olson Hotel and Restaurant Foundation
Andrea Stith California Hotel and Lodging
Serena Thong Cecil B. Day Memorial Scholarship
2016-2017
American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AHLEF)
Akunna Auroma Elizabeth Campos Megan Van Grouw Alyssa Kawasaky
Andrea Stith Roderick Talley Sabreen Thorne
Hospitality Management Program Scholarship Akuna Aruoma Sayra Chavarria
Nasya Harry Courtney Jehoich
Vu Nguyen Ilse Rubio
Derek Sampley Andrea Stith
Serena Thong Courtney Yamagiw
US Foods Scholarship Alyssa Kawasaki
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Traveling with Dr. Marshall
Thirty two students traveled with Dr. Marshall to New
York in January for a week of fashion seminars presented
by companies such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.
Additionally, Dr. Marshall and 34 students attended the
Magic Tradeshow in Las Vegas, which is the largest
Fashion tradeshow in the US.
Long Beach City Council Recognizes Beach
Community Wellness Program
The Beach Community Wellness Program (BCWP) was recognized by Council Member Rex Richardson at the city council meeting held on December 1, 2015. Nutrition and Kinesiology professors and students were part of the BCWP which provided free fitness and nutrition classes for the community, as an effort to promote healthy behaviors and reduce their risks of cardiovascular diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Excellence in Teaching Award
Casey Goeller, of the FCS Gerontology Program, won the
Lecturer Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award.
This is a program created by the
Provost to recognize lecturers for their
contributions to teaching and learning
that have proven to be beneficial for
student engagement and successful
learning among students from diverse
backgrounds.
AHLEF Partners with CSULB in Scholarship
Grant Program The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation
(AHLEF) has allocated $7,500 to CSULB’s Hospitality
Management (HM) program for distribution as scholar-
ship awards to HM students for the upcoming 2016-17
academic year. These funds were obtained through a
competitive grant process and we are pleased that the
HM program at CSULB was chosen as an affiliate of the
AHLEF, which is the charitable, not-for-profit compo-
nent of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Winners for this scholarships can be found on page 3.
Dr. Cheryl Rock and Nutrition Students Featured in the Journal of Food Science
The work of Dr. Chery Rock and nutrition students
Francis Dizon, Sarah Acosta, Amanda Harris, Cierra Husk
and Jenny Mei, titled “Genetically Modified (GM) Foods
and Ethical Eating” was featured in the 2nd Issue of the
2016 Journal of Food Science. Their work concentrated
on GMO labeling, ethical concerns about the use of ge-
netically modified foods, and health and industry applica-
tions of genetically modified foods.
Dr. Ayla Donlin, Shawna Stevens, Dr. Christiane Galvan, Dr. Virginia
Gray, and Viki Ornelas
Top left: Magic Trade show. Las
Vegas, NV.
Top right: FMD students at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Bottom left: FMD student wearing
a Susan Van de Linde’s hat.
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Consumer Affairs Symposium The CSULB Consumer Affairs Symposi-
um was held on March 10th 2016,
sponsored by California Department
of Business oversight, CSULB Consum-
er Affairs Students Association (CASA),
and the Department of Family and
Consumer Sciences. This year’s topic
was “Selected State and Local Govern-
ment Agencies: What You Need to
Know.”
Guess speakers for this year included:
Miguel Fernandez
Housing Research Analyst for the Alli-
ance for Housing and Healing
Enrique Godinez
Deputy Sheriff, Cops Bureau Abate-
ment/ Cape Team. Los Angeles Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Department.
Rigoberto Reyes
Chief, Investigations. County of Los
Angeles Department of Consumer
Affairs
Ann M. Stahl
Federal Trade Investigator for the
Federal Trade Commission
Antonia Villasenor
Outreach Coordinator, California De-
partment of Business Oversight
Child and Family Center Open House
The Child and Family Center, a National Association for the Education of
Young Children accredited program, located in the Family and Consumer
Sciences (FCS) Building, held its annual open house on April 8, in FCS
rooms 107 and 109. The center is a nationally recognized student-teacher
training facility which provides childcare services for CSULB employees
and their families for children 18 months to 5 years of age. The open
house drew over 60 people and was an opportunity for families to re-
ceive enrollment applications and information. Perspective families got to
meet the lead teachers and administrators, learn about the center’s cur-
riculum and our the facilities. Applications for the 2016-17 school year are
now being accepted.
Champion Award for FCS
Family & Consumer Sciences at
CSULB has been chosen as a
“CHAMPION.” Dr. Diane Carson’s
efforts in the classroom and com-
munity brought to light the im-
portance of consuming enough
servings of fruits and vegetables
every day. She achieved this by in-
troducing her students to Fruits &
Veggies More Matters website,
newsletters, and by bringing dried
fruits, nuts, and seeds for her stu-
dents to taste. The Food & Fitness
Fun Education Program is taught to
children who are participating in the
Stone Soup Childcare Programs.
ImARoleModel is awarded by the
Produce for Better Health Founda-
tion
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Study Abroad Programs for Summer 2016
Kevin Spencer Brings his Magic Therapy to CDFS
Students Kevin Spencer is a professional magi-
cian who has now created a program
working with children using magic. He
travels worldwide, primarily working
with autistic children and other chil-
dren with developmental challenges,
but he has also worked in the medical
field using magic as therapy. He visit-
ed Child Development classes during
late March to demonstrate to stu-
dents how magic can work in all areas
of development. He showed several
magic tricks and discussed how they
can be adapted to areas of learning.
Showing students that motivation and
interest can drive students to learn
and retain information, Kevin has
helped them to look at things from a
different perspective. One student
shared the following with her instruc-
tor:
“I just wanted to express how I felt
about today’s presentation. In my four
years of college I have never enjoyed a
presentation this much or can remem-
ber even having guest speakers in any
of my classes. I am a Sociology major
with a minor in child development and
I can truly say I enjoy your class and it
reassures me that I made the right
choice regarding my minor. I know
Kevin Spencer talked about kids with
disabilities and although he focused
on Autism, I was really happy to know
there are ways of helping kids with
disabilities learn in a more creative
way and to make them feel like they
aren't any different. My little brother
has Down ‘s syndrome and is the most
amazing child I have met and the
presentation really hit home for me.”
For more information about Kevin
Spencer and magic therapy, visit his
website:
www.hocusfocuseducation.com
Barbados
Contact: Dr. Cheryl Rock
Australia & New Zealand
Contact: Dr. Nilufer Medora
France
Contact: Dr. Suzanne Marshall
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Dr. Wang’s Accomplishments Dr. Long Wang of the Nutrition and Dietetics program
was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics. This designation acknowledges Dr.
Wang’s dedication to the field of dietetics, celebrates his
professional accomplishments, and recognizes him as a
promoter of life-long learning. In addition to this achieve-
ment, Dr. Wang attended the Third Advanced Training
Workshop for Nutrition Directors in Shijiazhuang, China
in March. He presented on dietetic education in the Unit-
ed States to more than sixty directors of nutrition depart-
ments from different hospitals in China. Dr. Wang has
been actively involved in helping China standardize its
dietetic education. As an expert representative of the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, he met with the
President and delegation of the Chinese Nutrition Society
at the Academy headquarter in Chicago in November
2015. His latest pro-
ject is to help trans-
late the academy's
nutrition care pro-
cess and model into
Chinese.
FCS Professors Published in the Journal of Family and
Consumer Sciences The work of Dr. Wendy Reiboldt, Chair of the Depart-
ment of Family and Consumer Sciences, Dr. Libby
Gustin, Hospitality Management Professor, and Dr. Di-
ane Carson, Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics was pub-
lished in the 1st issue of the 2016 Journal of Family and
Consumer Sciences. The article "Successes and Challeng-
es Using a Train-the-Trainer Approach: Educating Chil-
dren about Nutrition and Physical Activity in After
School Programs" focuses on analyzing the train-the-
trainer model and its influence in educating school-aged
children about nutrition and physical activity in an effort
to combat the obesity epidemic.
Debbie Tindle Receives the 2016 FCS Distinguished Alumna Award
Family and Consumer Sciences has awarded Debbie Tin-
dle the department’s Distinguished Alumna for 2016.
Debbie is currently working as a registered dietitian for
Sodexo Quality of Life Services at Fountain Valley Region-
al Hospital. Debbie, who graduated in 1982 with a major
in Dietetics and Food Administration, has always showed
her pride and support of CSULB. Her accomplishments
have made a significant impact in the community. For a
decade, she has been a primary preceptor to nutrition
graduate students from different Southern California in-
stitutions, but primarily from CSULB, taking two interns
for 4 months per year, working with them 32 hours per
week, and providing remedial and advanced training for
students. She has also been an active participant and vol-
unteer in the community, providing Nutrition and Health
presentations in Senior Centers in different cities in the
area. All her efforts to help future professionals have
been non-paid. Therefore, the Department of Family and
Consumer Sciences is sincerely thankful.
RD Staff at Foun-
tain Valley Re-
gional Hospital
(from left to
right):
Debbie Tindle,
Gina Weber,
Michelle Cunning-
ham, Emily Phil-
lips and Won Uh.
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Gerontology Students Present to California
Commission on Aging
In November 2015, Gerontology students (Cynthia
Brayboy, Miriam Henan, Isabel McGraw, Montse
Ruiz Salvat, and Oni Uyanne-Nwokedi) presented
testimony regarding issues of aging during the
quarterly meeting of the California Commission on
Aging, a governor-appointed body. Students were
matched with mentors from the commission, who
treated the students to lunch and offered
guidance.
Fashion Merchandising and Design Alumni Success
Walter Mendez (2013 FMD graduate) opened his first atelier in Los Angeles, which was
noted in the list of important fashion events in 2015 in California Apparel News.
Mia Seamon (2013 FMD graduate) formerly Account Representative for Valentino in NY
has moved to Senior Account Representative for Chloe.
Andrea Rodriguez (2014 FMD graduate) is now working in social media for Chanel in
NY.
Vivian Chan started her own clothing brand. Her work was featured in the Los Angeles
Racked with the tittle “How Working Women Inspire LA Designer Vivian Chan’s Stunning
Collections.” Link: http://la.racked.com/2016/2/15/10989728/vivian-chan-los-angeles-
studio-womenswear-atelier#6318175
FCS Welcomes New Faculty
Welcome to the new tenure track faculty who will be joining
the FCS department beginning Fall 2016:
Dr. Youngok Jung will be Assistant Professor in the CDFS
program. She earned both Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Psy-
chological Studies in Education, with an emphasis in early
Childhood Education and Child Devel-
opment from UCLA. Dr. Jung has pub-
lished three book chapters and a jour-
nal article in press. Her ongoing re-
search program focuses on early litera-
cy intervention with Latino, immigrant
children.
Dr. Tara Gruenewald will be Associate Professor in the
Gerontology program. She earned a Ph.D. in Social and
Health Psychology and M.A. in Psychology from UCLA .
Dr. Gruenewald areas of expertise in ger-
ontology include mind/body processes
and health behavior. Some of her re-
search experience includes having 46
papers published in peer reviewed na-
tional and international journals, being
the lead author of 11 of them.
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Food Science Students Participate in the SCIFTS 2016 Competition
On March 10, 2016, 27 Food Science students, under the advisement of Dr. Cheryl Rock participated in the Student
Product Development Competition at the 29th annual Southern California Food Industry Conference. The event
was held at the Disneyland Hotel Exhibition Hall. There were 10 teams from different Southern California
Universities. This year’s theme: “Feeding a Hungry World”
According the Southern California Institute of Technologists (SCIFTS) Chapter, "Food Scientists are challenged to develop technical solutions to feed a hungry world. One approach to this problem is to utilize uncommonly-used, rare, or under-utilized natural resources by converting them to food grade ingredients and further test the feasibility of incorporating these ingredients in food applications.” The Southern California Institute of Food Technologist (IFT) Competition Objectives: 1. “To inspire students in applying their food science learning and find solutions to current food industry
challenges.” 2. “To provide an opportunity for students enrolled in local food science programs to organize and present their
original research at the SoCal Food Industry Conference.” 3. “To provide a venue for connection of research in industry and in academia, and for networking between
students and professional members.”
Mezza Veggie Power Bowl Lisa Carrazo, Rubi Davila, Amanda Harris, Beverly Rodriguez
Baja Black Bean Pizza Jazmin Flores, Halley Gal-laher, Rubina Jivani, Han-na Othman Aaron Rafferty
Vegetarian Bento Box “Ben to Go”
Isidro Cortez, Hanna Gross, Cristal Martinez, Nkechi Okoroma
Tamalitos Emily Abbott, Christine Gilbert, Anthony Gomar, Stephanie Magdaleno, David Salazar-Chavez, Ami Zhong
Bali Sehat Delight Brianna D’Aleo, Lau-ren Famatigan, Jessica Fey, Daniel Shultz
Five teams were entered from CSULB and were awarded 1st (Mezza Power Bowl) and 2nd (Tamalitos) runner up winning $250 dollars each. Congratulations to all of them.
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The Hospitality & Tourism Ca-reer EXPO took place on March 2, 2016, at the Pyramid at CSULB. The EXPO was jointly sponsored by the CSU Hospital-ity & Tourism Management Education Initiative, the Hospi-tality Management Program, and the Hospitality Manage-ment Association student or-ganization. Students in the pro-gram did a great job of helping to organize and make sure that the event ran smoothly. Ap-proximately 38 companies par-ticipated and many job offers were made. The Career EXPO was open to all students and alums at CSULB plus those form the other CSU campuses in Southern California. Stu-dents from local community
colleges also were invited to participate. This was the sec-ond year this event was hosted at CSULB.
CSULB Family and Consumer Sciences Major Summary Charts
Hospitality Management Hosts CSU Southern California Hospitality Career EXPO
Consumer Affairs Alumnus Gradu-ates from the LA County Sheriff’s
Department Acad-emy
The hard work of Consumer Affairs gradu-
ate Dillan Reyes paid off when on April 1st
he graduated from the LA County Sheriff’s
Department Academy. Dillan was part of
Academy Class #411, made up of 64 male
and 15 female deputy sheriffs.