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Mariela Gallardo, senior, shows Jassiel Meraz, 10, how to work with ceramic clay at the Celebrate CSUB event on April 26.
By Sandy Ornelas
News Editor
The eighth annual Celebrate CSUB is a day to welcome the community and to demonstrate what the school has to offer. The event offers information on more than 70 clubs, departments and organizations, such as Student Housing, Toyota, the CSUB Counseling Center Info Booth, and many more.
It is also a day to welcome incoming freshman and their parents by showing them what CSUB is about.
Various activities were held throughout the day such as the, 5K Fun Run/Walk and the first Bakersfield’s Got Talent show.
Toni Jacobs, Education Placement helped coordinate this event with Evelyn Young, the Executive Assistant to the President and Susan Hopkins, the Director of University Advancement.
“This event showcases what we do in CSUB to the community,” Jacobs said.
This will be Jacobs’ last year helping coordinate the event.
“After 28 years I will be retiring, but I will continue to volunteer,” Jacobs said.
Mnwah Musaad, a student at Valley Oaks Charter School, attended the event and is an incoming freshman in the fall. She plans on majoring in liberal studies.
“I think it is cool to learn about the campus and what is going on,” Musaad said.
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Russeet Romero, 20, participates in the Delta Zeta Tau Fraternity Fish Pong activity at the Celebrate CSUB event on April 24.
A new addition to the university is the highly anticipated University Garden, which is a fruit, and vegetable garden that will be open to students, faculty, staff and the community. A presentation board displayed the future plans that will be made. Construction begins this summer and the garden will debut in the fall.
Amber Beeson, the Executive Director of The Giving Tree Project, helped design and create the University Garden.
Beeson nicknamed the garden “The Hub” because the University Garden is in the middle of the campus.
“The goal is to create something that Bakersfield and the campus can be proud of. I hope to develop a garden that other people would want to come and visit,” Beeson said.
There will be various sections in the garden that represent different areas of studies in academics.
“There are a lot of different elements, but the goal is that somebody would be able to walk in here and be inspired to travel the garden and learn about each section,” Beeson said.
Beeson encourage everyone to be a part of this garden by volunteering. There are a lot of opportunities to be involved in different parts of the construction whether it is planting or building a fence.
Arthur Smith, the Spirit Program Coordinator, helped plan the first Bakersfield Got Talent. More than 40 people auditioned, but 13 contestants made it to the big day.
Third place was Julie Popek sang, “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars and won $100.
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Jiafan Lin, MD, Pathologist at Memorial Hospital, had a Chinese calligraphy booth at the Celebrate CSUB event on April 26. Chinese calligraphy is a personal hobby of his.
Second place was a tie between Izamar Olaguez sang, “I Know You Won’t” by Carrie Underwood and Sarah Behill sang, “Hurt” by Christina Aguilera. They both won $250.
First place was the band Unconditional Love. Members Albert Bermudez, Tyler Thoms and Brent Boberg, won $1000.
“I am surprised and happy. We love making music,” Tyler Thoms said.
Celebrate CSUB is a day of festivities that brings people together.
