The Ceremony - University of La Verne

The University of La Verne’s College of Education &
Organizational Leadership has been granted national accreditation,
a confirmation of the college’s high standards
and commitment to producing top educators and leaders.
The National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE) announced the decision in October,
four months after the college received full accreditation
for seven years from the California Commission on Accreditation.
The California decision renews the college’s
authorization to offer state credentials in all locations to
La Verne students who complete any program that prepares
educators and leaders for roles in schools.
The national accreditation provides the college with
an advanced standing and means that people across the
country recognize that La Verne has met the highest standards.
“The university and the community are now seeing
that our college is a national player,” said Mark Goor,
Dean of the College of Education & Organizational
Leadership. “This is the first national accreditation for
the CEOL, which is significant in that it puts us in a
different stratum of colleges of education nationwide.
It gave us the opportunity to examine national level
standards and show that we can meet that high level of
standards.”
Goor said prospective students know NCATE and
want to know if the college of education they are considering
is nationally accredited because such accreditation
has significant benefits.
“When our graduates go to other states, they have an
easier time getting accreditation because their transcript
will be stamped with the NCATE accreditation,” he said.
To read the full story of the University of
La Verne’s NCATE accreditation, please visit:
laverne.edu/voice/CEOL.
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News & Notes
CEOL Earns National NCATE Accreditation
The new Athletic Hall of Fame at La Verne
makes a strong first impression on guests.
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Mark Goor, Dean of the College of Education & Organizational Leadership,
says NCATE accreditation has taken La Verne to national prominence.
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Athletic Hall of Fame Is A Brilliant New Showcase
With a giant, eye-catching Leopard head
graphic affixed to its storefront glass, La
Verne’s new Athletic Hall of Fame is impossible
to miss upon entering the Sports
Science & Athletics Pavilion’s northeast
doors.
Paved with an actual section of the floor
with the basketball court’s jump circle from
the Old Gym right in the middle, the Hall of
Fame is a shrine to 77 of La Verne’s greatest
sports figures, including Roland Ortmayer,
Dwight Hanawalt, Ben Hines and Bob Richards.
There are plaques with the names of all
members, plus a new interactive history on a
computer monitor.
Down the hallway, there’s also a new bank
of trophy/display cases for visitors to enjoy.
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An architect’s rendering shows the re-designed corner at Second and D streets near
the entrance of the new residence hall and the new location of the university bookstore.
Residence Hall On Pace For July Opening
A redesign of one corner of the university’s
new residence hall will provide additional safety
and dramatically change the appearance, as it
moves along toward its July 2012 opening.
The new look, depicted in the rendering
above, provides more sidewalk space and
room for foot traffic around what will surely
be a busy entrance to the hall and the bookstore,
which will be relocated to the new
building from its current location near the
intersection of Bonita and D Street.
The adjacent parking lot, located west of
Paul Alvarez says experience with such
endeavors helps him to give his students
broader perspective in athletic training.
the residence hall site, opened in late September.
In addition, a new patio area on Hanawalt
House’s west side was completed in October
and provides an outdoor area for dining and
social events.
The residence hall, part of the 10-year Master
Plan set forth by the university’s Board of Trustees,
was designed to integrate with the Sara &
Michael Abraham Campus Center to provide
a more dynamic and centralized campus environment
for students now and in the future.
Renovated Auditorium
Earns Lofty National
Architectural Acclaim
The Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium,
which underwent a massive part renovation/
part restoration in 2010 and re-opened
last April, has been selected to appear
as an Outstanding Design in American
School & University Magazine’s November
Architectural Portfolio issue.
First opened 85 years ago as Founders
Auditorium, the venue is still serving the
needs of its students thanks to the exquisite
structural and cosmetic renovation. The Ann
& Steve Morgan Auditorium was scheduled
to appear in the renovation/modernization
category of the annual showcase celebrating
the best in education design.
This recognition gives the University of
La Verne national acclaim in an education
design sourcebook used by administrators
at institutions of higher education
nationwide.
The redesign by Phillips Metsch Sweeney
Moore Architects of Santa Barbara, funded
largely by private donations, called for replacing
all seats and fixtures, new doors and
windows, louvred shutters, a brand-new climate
control plant, as well as structural reinforcements,
acoustic enhancements and new
lighting.
Alvarez Joins Team USA At World University Games
Paul Alvarez, Athletic Training &
Education Program Director & Professor
of Movement & Sports Science at La Verne
served as one of a select few athletic trainers
to take care of American athletes during
the World University Games at Shenzhen,
China in August.
For Alvarez, now in his 25th year as a
professor and head of the University of La
Verne’s award-winning athletic trainer’s
program, the China trip was quite a feather
in his cap. From a personal standpoint, it
was further validation of his successful
ascent through the ranks of athletic training
and a reflection of his devotion to his
profession.
From a professional standpoint, it means
Alvarez’s Sports Science students have one
more reason to listen closely in class.
“The reason I was on the team is
that I still practice, and there are a lot of
professors who don’t,” Alvarez said. “They
didn’t need an academic on the team; they
needed someone who could tape and take
care of the athletes. I think that my being
involved — just like the work outside of
class that George Keeler and Mike Laponis
do in Communications, that Reed Gratz
does with music, that Jerome Garcia does
with biology — all of these are things that
give our students an edge.”
Alvarez followed up by organizing a gathering
on campus with a photo essay about
his experiences in China, followed by a discussion
of the politics and resource cost of
putting on such a large international event.
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