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Old Posted Jan 22, 2009, 12:05 PM
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“Passing on our faith”

University of Sacramento awards advanced catechesis certificates to 21 students

The University of Sacramento, founded by the Legionaries of Christ in 2005, celebrated its second graduation ceremony at a 6 p.m. Mass yesterday at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Twenty-one graduates received advanced catechesis certificates after completing a three-year program described by the school as “designed to equip those seeking to respond to Christ’s call to ‘go and teach all nations.’”

The school, which first began offering classes in January 2005, has a current enrollment of about 145, and operates from an office building in downtown Sacramento. The university’s first commencement exercise, in January 2007, involved just two students, who were awarded Master of Arts in Education degrees by then Sacramento Bishop William Weigand.

Since then, the university has obtained a 200-acre site south of Highway 50 where it plans to construct a permanent campus. The campus is currently being designed and must still be approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors before opening. School officials say that when the campus is finished – which could take as long as 15 years – the university hopes to enroll 5000 undergraduate and 2000 graduate students in a wide array of academic disciplines.

The university’s advance certificate in catechesis program, according to the school’s web site, requires students to “Study theology, Scripture, and catechetics in a rigorous and engaging manner; Deepen your sense of prayer, study, and understanding of Christ and the faith of the Church; Come to understand the crucial role of the classical catechesis throughout the life of the Church, Come to understand more completely the central tasks of catechists, including educating young people and adults in the faith and preparing candidates for the sacraments of Christian initiation,” and to “Develop and enhance the skill and talent necessary to pass on the Faith in a clear, thoughtful, and appealing manner.”

The certificates are recognized by every diocese in California, says the web site, and the program “is designed for those involved in passing on our faith -- RCIA team members, Catechism teachers, parents who wish to be better equipped to teach their children, and anyone simply wanting to deepen their own faith.”
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Old Posted Feb 26, 2009, 11:28 AM
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William Jessup University plans job fair
Sacramento Business Journal - by Kelly Johnson Staff writer

William Jessup University in Rocklin will hold a career fair 9 a.m. to noon March 31, the private university announced Wednesday.

Employers will include the California Highway Patrol, Placer County Sheriff’s Department, Placer Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Safeway Stores Inc., Advent Group Ministries and the state Board of Equalization.

More information about the career fair, which is open to the public, is available by calling 916-577-2253 or visiting the university’s Web site at jessup.edu.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2009, 12:31 AM
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Sacramento State Village

Look for a story from Bob Shallit on the latest efforts to develop a university centered community/village at Sac State either this Thursday or Saturday. There has been a great deal of work behind the scenes on this over the last several months and some of that work may soon become public.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2009, 9:07 PM
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Sac State Village

I am told the story will run this Saturday. Keep an eye out for it.

May have to start a separate thread...
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Private developer wants to build "urban village" on CSUS campus

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I am told the story will run this Saturday. Keep an eye out for it.

May have to start a separate thread...
I guess this is it... unless there is some other big announcement coming. (I'm kidding, please don't quote)

By Bob Shallit
Published: Friday, May. 1, 2009 - 11:44 am

Harvard Square in Sacramento? Under a unprecedented proposal that's been been quietly brewing for months, a private developer would build a $300-to-500 million "urban village" of housing, shops, restaurants and offices on the CSUS campus.

The proposal, which envisions construction paid for entirely by the developer, is drawing intense interest from university and city officials.

The proposal was submitted last fall by national developer Clark Realty Capital of Arlington, Va., and has been the topic of high-level, hush-hush discussions since then. Many consider it a make-or-break opportunity for Sac State to transform itself from a commuter school into a vibrant, 24-hour campus.

CSUS President Alexander Gonzalez tells us Clark's proposal could potentially advance the goal of making Sac State a "destination" university. But "we're really just beginning the discussion ... to see what this brings the university." To go forward, the plan would need approval by the CSU board of trustees.

City officials, meanwhile, are downright ecstatic about the project, which could start construction as early as 2012.

Assistant City Manager John Dangberg says it would establish an "exciting Harvard Square-type" urban grid near the campus' southern entrance along Highway 50, while spurring investment to the city's redevelopment area around Folsom Boulevard and 65th Street.

Clark's willingness to shoulder the construction costs and share lease revenues from the university village is a big part of the project's appeal. That's the model Clark has used on military bases, says William Hamilton, the Clark development executive and Roseville native who proposed the Sacramento project. It would, he says, give CSUS officials "the village they've long wanted, at no cost, and they also get a revenue stream."
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They gotta be talking about that big ole field right next to 65th RT station. Where the heck else could they build? No room!
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Old Posted May 1, 2009, 11:38 PM
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There is a whole lot of parking lot on the southern edge of campus, near the KXJZ studio and a couple of university outbuildings. I'd guess that is what they are thinking of--the problem is that even though it is technically on campus, it is kind of a long and annoying walk to campus through the parking lot, and a roundabout walk to light rail, and nowhere near any bus routes...which means that it will need a parking lot.
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May have to start a separate thread...
How do I rename this thread? Rename it:

Sacramento Area Higher Education

Anyone know if that is possible?
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There is a whole lot of parking lot on the southern edge of campus, near the KXJZ studio and a couple of university outbuildings. I'd guess that is what they are thinking of--the problem is that even though it is technically on campus, it is kind of a long and annoying walk to campus through the parking lot, and a roundabout walk to light rail, and nowhere near any bus routes...which means that it will need a parking lot.

There was a presentation at this month's 65th Street RAC about potential transportation changes to the 65th Street Plan. Both options called for more tunnels between Sac State and Elvas Ave. There is also the possibility for a streetcar from the 65th Street light rail station to tunnel under the railroad track to campus. They mentioned that most of Sac State's new buildings are going to be on the southern part of campus, so this would really open the two area to each other nicely.
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http://www.sacbee.com/business/story...28395-t46.html

Map of proposed development CSUS ^
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Old Posted May 2, 2009, 3:40 PM
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It's interesting how far money will go depending on who's spending it. Sacramento
County needs between $550 - $500 million to build a new court house which
is more than twice the cost of what a other similar projects usually cost to build.
While a private developer can build and "urban village" of housing, shops,
restaurants and offices for the same amount or less.
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Old Posted May 2, 2009, 6:52 PM
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Urban village at Sac State

Super idea! Let's hope this gains momentum. A dynamic physical environment is key for any campus to succeed in attracting and retaining students. I know, because we are looking at schools right now. Btw, I checked out the website for the Cal Poly project that is mentioned in the article. How coooool would that be!
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A nice mixed project would be a good benefit for Sac State.

Its hard to tell from the brief description of "student housing, shops, entertainment venues and other amenities" what it will contain.

The full article also mentions Clark did an "urban village" at Cal Poly. I believe that is Poly Canyon Village.

That is a nice project but it is just upscale student housing. Poly Canyon is 618 student apts with 12,000 sq ft of retail (Einstein Bros Bagels, Peet's Coffee, Jamba Juice, a convenience store, services like a dry cleaner and copy center and a post office) and amenities like a pool and rec center.

Hopefully CSUS & Clark are thinking something like the Campus Pointe project currently under construction at Fresno State on land leased from the university near the arena. I'm mentioning this project just to give the forum one example of what could be built.

Campus Pointe at Fresno State when construction ends in 2011 will have a 200 room hotel; 10,000 sq ft conference center; a 14 screen movie theater; 150,000 sq ft of retail/restaurant space; 40 live/work office lofts over the retail; 144 faculty/staff apartments; 216 student apartments; and 180 senior citizen apartments geared toward retired alumni and retirees who want to have convenient access to audit campus classes or attend events.

The faculty/staff housing opens this summer, the student housing and retail are currently under construction.

Project site plans
Architect's conception of the retail area
http://www.campuspointe.com/

Something like that would tie Sac State back into the community and its alumni. But Sac State could probably improve upon the Fresno project by studying it.

Maybe people on this board have their own ideas of what the Sacramento project could include based on the above example.

There are parts of Fresno's Campus Pointe I don't like, for example I think they used too much surface parking. But I suppose that could be used for future expansion if they built a parking garage.

I'm looking forward to hearing more as the CSUS project progresses.
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Great, an apartment complex with a corporate strip mall stuck in the ground floor...just what we need.
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Monday, May 4, 2009, 2:40pm PDT
Folsom Lake College shares technical education grant
Sacramento Business Journal - by Kelly Johnson Staff writer

Folsom Lake College and several El Dorado County community partners have been awarded a $500,000 grant to help make pre-teens and teenagers more aware of career opportunities.

Folsom Lake College and several partner businesses, agencies and organizations received this continued funding under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Career Technical Education Initiative, which strives to raise the awareness of “middle skill” career opportunities among sixth through 12th grade students, a college news release said Monday.

Middle skill careers are those that require an associate’s degree, certificate or other post-baccalaureate training, but may not necessarily require a bachelor’s degree.

The grant will place sixth through 12th grade teachers in paid summer externships at jobs related to three industry sectors: natural resources, early childhood education, and the travel, hospitality and tourism industry, the release said. The teachers will share with their students the job skills required to work in those industries.

Four Folsom Lake College faculty members also will create and make use of a general education course on sustainability at the college level, and will integrate the concepts of sustainability into other existing Folsom Lake courses.

Other activities proposed for the grant program include putting on two local job fairs for middle- and high-school students, with one focused on green technology jobs and the other on more general local career opportunities. The grant also will fund 32 competitive mini-grants for project proposals by local sixth through 12th grade teachers with a sustainability theme.

Among other activities, the money also will go toward creating a pilot program with two El Dorado County middle schools to train their students to conduct “building performance audits” that would determine how efficiently an existing building’s heating, ventilation, cooling, lighting and insulation systems are performing and how that performance can be improved.

The partners in the grant include the El Dorado County Office of Education, the El Dorado Union High School District, the Black Oak Mine Unified School District, Lake Tahoe Community College, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the El Dorado Irrigation District, Sierra Pacific Industries, the Apple Hill Growers Association, the United States Forest Service, fire fighting agencies, local child care businesses, wineries, hotels and rafting companies.

In September, Folsom Lake College also received an earlier round of funding totaling $469,000 to put toward similar efforts. The latest grant can be used over the next year and a half to continue and expand these efforts.

“We view this grant as a tremendous opportunity to make El Dorado County students more aware of the range of potential career opportunities available to them, not only in their own backyard, but also regionally and nationally,” Dale van Dam, El Dorado Center site dean and grant director, said in the release “In addition to implementing this grant, we think we’ve created a consortium of community partners that will be able to pursue other local funding opportunities that will benefit El Dorado County students in the future.”
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http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1894170.html

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Sacramento State considers a downtown campus

California State University, Sacramento, is starting to talk about a bigger downtown presence.

CSUS President Alexander Gonzalez and City Manager Ray Kerridge have discussed creating a satellite campus in either downtown or midtown that would involve a program in urban planning.

The curriculum could include an architecture component and might someday expand to a master's degree program.

"If we were to build a program like that, the logical place would be downtown or midtown, somewhere in the urban core where you would be studying and learning and be right in that environment," Gonzalez said.

While talks are just beginning, the idea is part of a broad agreement signed by City Hall and Sacramento State last year to better integrate the university with the city. Plans also call for a research park south of campus and student housing downtown.
Interesting indeed...might be a good place for up-close study of subjects like public administration (USC's satellite campus runs their public policy program from downtown Sacramento), urban planning, architecture...maybe even historic preservation.
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Now they establish a planning program! Hopefully there is graduate program.
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Would be a perfect location for a graduate planning program, but with undergrad needing so many ges, it seems like downtown or midtown wouldn't be the ideal location for them.
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Yet another satellite campus moves downtown...admittedly they were already in Sacramento but it's a nice bonus for the central city.

http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1967921.html

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Published: Monday, Jun. 22, 2009 - 3:28 pm
A top-ranked private university is raising its Sacramento profile, relocating from its suburban campus to larger digs downtown.

The University of San Francisco in August will move classes from its existing campus at Point West into a former state office building at the entrance to Downtown Plaza.

The Jesuit-affiliated school initially will host 250 students - its current enrollment - but will have room to expand to 500 or more, says Barbara Godoy, director of the local campus.

"We'll be bringing in new programs we currently can't offer," she says, although details haven't been finalized.

USF's classes, which are held weeknights, are mostly attended by working professionals in 13 grad and undergrad programs.

The downtown campus is seen as especially convenient for students in USF's public administration programs.

"That's one of our bread-and-butter (programs) and most of those students work at the Capitol," Godoy says. "It will easier for them to come downtown for classes after work."

News of the campus relocation was cheered by Michael Ault, executive director of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership.

"This won't be the traditional, Monday-to-Friday, 8-to-5 crowd," he says. The students and faculty will "come later, stay later," and create new demand for downtown restaurants and retailers.

It's also a lift for Rubicon Partners, the Sacramento firm that bought the five-story building at 630 K St. two years ago.

Its primary tenant is environmental consulting firm Jones & Stokes. The arrival of USF "will take us to 100 percent (occupancy) of the office space," says Rubicon principal Kipp Blewett.
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Sierra College receives $1 Million Endowment
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - Press release
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Rocklin – The Sierra College Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) held a press conference on Thursday June 18, 2009 to publicly announce the receipt of a $1 million endowment gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation. OLLI is an academic tuition-free program targeted toward more mature students who are interested in the joy of lifelong learning, without homework or examinations. This endowment will provide an ongoing budget that will enable the college to offer lifelong learning programs in perpetuity. It means that OLLI can be sustainable without heavily relying on college resources that are now being stretched significantly from all directions.

“The Osher Foundation grant allows us to continue offering inspiring and challenging educational opportunities to a growing senior population,” commented Emil Augustine, Instructor and Chair of the OLLI Advisory Committee, “And it supports the mission of Sierra College to provide innovative and quality education for personal growth and development. It is a gift that will keep on giving.”

The Sierra College OLLI program, began as the Sierra Emeritus College in the spring of 2001. In 2004, the program received a grant and became a part of the Osher Foundation national network of 122 colleges and universities. Today it holds the distinction of being the only California community college and one of only three community colleges to receive this funding.

In the award letter announcing the gift, Mary G.F. Bitterman, President, The Bernard Osher Foundation wrote: “With this letter, I am pleased to confirm that the Board of Directors of the Bernard Osher Foundation has approved a $1 million endowment gift to support the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Sierra College. The progress that the Institute has made since receiving its initial support from the Foundation in February 2004 has been outstanding, and we congratulate you and your colleagues on your many remarkable achievements. […] Again, congratulations for your outstanding service to seasoned adults in Northern California.”

The OLLI at Sierra College program is one of the largest in the country with over 200 classes and activities, and over 5100 enrollments annually. Students exercise their brains at classes held in at each of the four campuses as well as community sites in Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville, Sun City, Lincoln Hills, and Eskaton Village in Grass Valley.

There are still OLLI classes available this summer and the fall semester begins September 14. For more information on current classes or to be put on a mailing list; go to www.sierracollege.edu/olli or www.sierraolli.com or call 916-781-6290.

Rocklin & Roseville Today http://www.rocklintoday.com/
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