Office of the President

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 2:30 p.m. - Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting 3:30 p.m. - President's Speaker Series Presentation CSUMB @ Salinas City Center 1 Main St, Salinas, CA 93901 Free Event. RSVP Required.

Please join President Eduardo M. Ochoa for the final installment of the 2015-16 President's Speaker Series. We will kick off this final event with a Grand Opening of CSUMB @ Salinas City Center. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony that will begin at 2:30 PM, with the presentation on transportation beginning at 3:30 PM. A reception will immediately follow the presentation. CSUMB works to make events accessible to all. To request special accommodations or for more information, please call CSUMB @ Salinas City Center at 831-772-7021 or email tslaton@csumb.edu.

From Bootstrapping Start-up to Leader in Online Learning

The Lynda.com Story

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 3:30 p.m.

Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin are the founders of lynda.com, a leading site for online learning purchased by LinkedIn in June 2015. Weinman and Heavin are spouses, business partners and visionaries. Their incredible story begins in Santa Barbara, building a company for years with no outside financing in a small market. They will talk about the inspiration for lynda.com, key start-up challenges, the early subscription model, growing the company into a world leader, the synergy and cultural match with LinkedIn, lessons learned, the future of online learning and working together as a couple. Locations: * Colligan Theater Tannery Arts Center (Santa Cruz, CA) * CSUMB World Theater (Simulcast)

A thriving region requires not only job creation and a trained workforce, but also an adequate supply of housing that the workforce can afford. The Monterey Bay region is in the midst of a housing crisis in terms of available stock and affordability. Only 15-percent of the Santa Cruz County and 27-percent of the Monterey County population can afford to own a home. How can the Monterey Bay region ensure this essential component of a productive regional economy? What are the appropriate policy levers in zoning and strategic planning? What other economic elements, such as alternative funding sources, must be present? Join us as three experts discuss solutions for affordable housing in the Tri-county area.

David Helvarg

The Golden Shore - California, the Pacific and the Future of our Coast and Ocean April 27, 2015 3:30 P.M.

David Helvarg is an author and Executive Director of Blue Frontier Campaign. In addition to his books, David is editor of the Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide, organizer of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards and Blue Vision Summits for ocean activists. He is the winner of Coastal Living Magazine's 2005 Leadership Award and the 2007 Herman Melville Literary Award. Helvarg worked as a war correspondent in Northern Ireland and Central America, covered a range of issues from military science to the AIDS epidemic, and reported from every continent including Antarctica. An award-winning journalist, he has produced more than 40 documentaries for PBS, The Discovery Channel and others. His print work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Popular Science, and Sierra. David is a licensed Private Investigator, body-surfer and scuba diver.

Dr. Leo R. Chavez

Why Immigration Reform is so Difficult to Achieve March 27, 2015 3:30 P.M.

Dr. Chavez has studied immigration for more than 25 years. He has conducted numerous studies on immigrant families, motives for migration, labor market participation, social integration and access to medical services. He is the author of Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society; Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation; and The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation.

Manuel Pastor

America fast forward? Demographic Shifts, Economic Challenges, and the Future of California January 30, 2015 3:30 P.M.

The social and economic changes in California in the last few decades foreshadowed what is now happening in the nation as a whole; indeed, the demographic change in the state between 1980 and 2000 is what the U.S. is projected to experience between 2000 and 2050. In our passage, rising immigration, widening inequality, and a strained fiscal system challenged the state (and now the nation), but we are now at a critical turnaround as our demography stabilizes, our economy catches its breath, and public finances are finally on (slightly) firmer ground. What’s ahead for the Golden State? How do we ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability for the next generation of Californians? And what are the lessons for a nation experiencing widening divides by income, geography and politics?

Paul Saffo

Innovators, Upstarts, and Mythmakers: The Deep Origins of Silicon Valley November 4, 2014 3:30 P.M.

Dr. Saffo is a forecaster with more than two decades of experience in helping corporate and government clients understand and respond to the dynamics of large-scale change. He poses the question: Why does Silicon Valley produce one revolution after another? Conventional wisdom credits big visions, great management and a history of success. Conventional wisdom is wrong Dr. Saffo says. Silicon Valley’s unique edge is built on the rubble of failure, poor management and a crucial third ingredient that leads us to innovate relentlessly against the odds. That crucial element is inextricably tied to the history of Monterey Bay.