Welcome to our redesigned alumni magazine for California State University, Stanislaus. I am confident that you will be pleased with the updated look and easy-to-read content. Our goal is to make the magazine interesting and relevant to our readers

—the alumni, friends, and supporters of CSU Stanislaus. As always, we enjoy hearing from you and want your feedback. So please let us know what you like—or don’t like—about our new “STAN” magazine.

This is an exciting issue for us as we kick off the celebration of our 50th anniversary, which has begun with a commemorative Web site at www.csustan.edu/50th and will culminate in Fall 2010 with an elegant and spirited University Gala. In between, there will be historical articles, concerts, receptions, galas, alumni activities, and more to commemorate the University’s 50 years of service and academic excellence.

Enjoy reading the magazine, which highlights memories and milestones from the past 50 years and tells about alumni and others who are making an impact as a result of the education they received at CSU Stanislaus or the support they give to the University.

Throughout the year, we will be making a stronger push to reach out to you as our ambassadors in the community. From visiting campus to promoting CSU Stanislaus among community groups and the media, from participating in our government advocacy efforts to supporting scholarships and student recruitment, we rely on you — our grassroots ambassadors — to help us advance the mission and goals of California State University, Stanislaus.

With a new Alumni Director (who you’ll meet on page 18) and a solid University Advancement team in place, we look forward to re-introducing CSU Stanislaus and our alumni programs to you.

Regards,
Hamid Shirvani, Ph.D.