New President Knows the Importance of
Alumni Pride
 CSU Stanislaus’ new president, Joseph F. Sheley, has firsthand experience with the contagious nature of university pride.
Sheley boarded a crowded hotel elevator last year while attending an event as provost and vice president for academic affairs at his alma mater, Sacramento State. One man noticed a Sac State pin on Sheley’s lapel and asked if he worked there.
“Yeah, but I also went to school there,” he replied. Within moments, everyone in the elevator had revealed that they, too, were Sac State graduates. “And our two kids are going there now,” a woman said.
“And they were proud,” Sheley recalled. “Man, I came off that elevator feeling 40 feet tall.”
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Business Owner Sees Value in Hiring
Fellow Alumni
Keeping it local might sound like an odd strategy for an international company like Modesto-based VisTech Manufacturing Solutions. But owner and CSU Stanislaus alumnus John Jacinto (Finance, ’96) is committed to finding and growing talent from the Valley — particularly fellow CSU Stanislaus graduates — and he believes the success of his company is due largely to that philosophy.
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Alumnus Launches Endowed Scholarship
for History Grad Students
When Lawrence Broe (History, B.A. ’77, M.A. '79) received an appeal in the mail from CSU Stanislaus last year, he knew he wanted to give to his alma mater — but he had a different type of gift in mind. By including CSU Stanislaus in his estate plans, Broe was able to launch one of the largest endowed scholarships ever created by an alumnus of the university.
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Events
Join us for the alumni reception with
President Sheley
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 13, 2012, at the
CSU Stanislaus Faculty Development Center. The event is free for CSU Stanislaus alumni and their guests. Sponsored by Liberty Mutual.
Please RSVP to snichols2@csustan.edu
2012 Back to College Night: Washington, D.C.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 12, 2012, at Rayburn House, Capitol Hill. The event is free for California college alumni and their guests. If you are planning to be in D.C. in September, please Register to attend.
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