August 2007

For Policies on Centers and Institutes see http://www.csueastbay.edu/OAA/ctrinst.pdf

• Promote informational exchanges between CSUEB and local biotech companies
• Expand CSUEB training programs in biotechnology.

University Center
College of Science

• Provide educational programs and related business visits for Chinese government officials and business executives
• Promote educational cooperation and exchange between CSUEB and educational institutions in China and Taiwan
• Facilitate business cooperation between businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area and China
• Promote research and publications for emerging management issues in China

• Provide short-term, pragmatic counseling services to poor and working class families in the community
• Provide a supervised clinical experience for students in the M.S. in Counseling

• Promote economic literacy by improving the quality of economics taught in the K-12 schools locally, nationally, and internationally
• Conduct a variety of economic educational programs and activities

• Promote research, teaching, and practice of entrepreneurship
• Support student entrepreneurship outreach activities such as Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the CSUEB Entrepreneurship Forum
• Interact with community economic agencies such as the Small Business Institute (SBI) and the East Bay Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

• Support the teaching and training of practicing public administrators
• Provide training workshops for public administrators
• Provide consulting and research services to government organizations

• Conduct and facilitate research and evaluation leading to effective changes in public policies and programs that build human capital
• Create meaningful partnerships with businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and educational institutions to achieve the goal of making the best use of resources to generate human capital

• Provide research and curricular resources for faculty and students in the credential and master’s degree programs offered by the Department of Teacher Education and throughout the university

• Provide research and curricular resources for faculty and students in the credential and master’s degree programs offered by the Department of Teacher Education and throughout the university

• Promote and promulgate the principles of a free market political economy in the context of the classical liberal doctrine of limited government under the rule of law
• Sponsor on-campus and off-campus speakers in political economy and free market entrepreneurship
• Sponsor occasional conferences
• Conduct workshops for high school social science and economics teachers
• Sponsor activities to further free market ideas such as an essay contest and business planning contest for high school juniors and seniors

• Recruit students entering the field of K-12 teaching
• Sponsor teacher recruitment activities such as the Groundhog Shadow Day, Day of the Teacher, and Future Teacher Mentoring Programs
• Sponsor CBEST preparation classes

• Serve as a leader on campus and work with faculty and staff working to improve the effective use of technology in education.
• Find existing and emerging instructional theories and introduce them to faculty who are interested.
• Find emerging educational technologies and introduce them to faculty who are interested.
• Merge instructional theories with emerging technologies and train other faculty to use them appropriately.   
• Collaborate with the high-tech industry, school districts, and governmental organizations to set standards for the effective use of technology in education.
• Develop a comprehensive plan to bring about change and innovation for future planning of the University’s technological effort.
• Collect data and develop economic models so that investments in IT are made in the most cost-effective manner.
• Delve into research methodologies into the Learning Sciences and how findings from these researches can improve teaching of various disciplines using technology.
• Design and develop workshops, discussion groups, and programs for enhancing the educational uses of technology at our university.

• The Center for Filipino Studies will promote the understanding of Filipino national and transnational cultures and Filipino languages, develop and maintain the NVM Gonzalez scholarship program and other scholarships, offer seminars, training programs and workshops on a contractual basis, attract grants for the purpose of working on projects designed to improve Philippine-American relations in both the public and private sectors, enrich the educational process for faculty and students through research, conferences, public consultancy, and applied projects, provide a vehicle to promote closer and mutually beneficial ties between the University and the Filipino community it serves, and develop, store, and disseminate information, data, and artifacts relevant to accomplishing the above objectives.