Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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CSUF Engineering Shifts Into High Gear The new ECS Center will provide major modern laboratory facilities . . . - Dean Bilello. y|s of July 1, 1986 the California I State University, Fullerton had its f sixth school, the School of Engi- neering and Computer Science. The new school is composed of four departments, Computer Science, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, which were pre- viously part of the School of Mathemat- ics, Science and Engineering. The school was formed in order to provide greater visibility and focus for Fullerton State ' s engineering and computer science pro- grams and to help meet the professional needs of Orange County ' s high-tech in- dustries. With the new school came a new dean, Dr. John C. Bilello, who was previously Dean of Engineering and Applied Sci- ences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and more recently Director of the Synchrotron Topography Project, a multi-university research con- sortium based at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, NY. He brings to CSUF a broad perspective on engineering and computer science educa- tion and research. Scheduled to finish construction in the summer of 1989 is the engineering and computer science school ' s five-story 53,000 square foot building addition. The building will provide the school with badly needed faculty offices, class rooms, teaching and research laboratories. Dr. Bilello stated that: The new engineering and computer science center will provide major modern laboratory facilities at the cutting edge of technology, which will have a beneficial impact on CSUF stu- dents and fostering cooperative efforts with the surrounding industrial communi- ty well into the next century. ' ' ■ ' HIM,,, Artist ' s rendering of the new Engineering Computer Science Center. ■11 1 1 i i I i I, ' % ' ill! HULLS I 1 m Sim MJf|U ENGINEERING i ■ ; iVtirfa ' Dean John C. Bilello standing on the site of the new Engineering Computer Science Center. 10 Titan ' 87

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Gerontology Center Becomes A Reality Pholo by Chuck Blanton I Capstone Gift: Dr. Charles L. Ruby of Fullerton (r) and Leo S. Shapiro of Brea join Cal State Fullerton President Jewel Plummer Cobb to celebrate Ruby ' s capstone contribution that enables the university to proceed with construction of a $1.9 million campus gerontology center. Shapiro is co-chair of the drive that was spearheaded by members of the Continuing Learning Experience. In honor of Dr. Ruby and his late wife, Rachael, the center will be named The Charles L. Ruby and Rachael E. Ruby Gerontology Center. V V V V CLE members are rema rkable volunteers. - CSUF ' s President Cobb. M s part of its commitment to commu- XI nity service, Cal State Fullerton, in f% 1979, created a group for retired and senior citizens known as Continuing Learning Experience. The group grew rapidly and soon outgrow the facilities available to it. CLE members then began to think about and plan for a building of their own. The space needs of Continuing Learn- ing Experience, the growth of interest in academic coursework in aging, and the expansion of research into aging con- cerns have led to the conceptualization of the Gerontology Center. The Center will provide classrooms, seminar rooms, faculty offices, large meeting rooms, and other needed areas, housed in one facility for the University ' s varied programs related to aging. The location of the site for the Center was approved by the Trustees in Janu- ary, 1983. It provides ready access to the Health Center, the Physical Education Building, the Library, and the Arboretum. Adjacent parking for 150 cars will also be buifc. The $1.9 million Center is the first pri- vately funded building on the campus. Artist ' s model of the $1.9 million Gerontology Center. Prologue 11