(HESPERIA, Calif.) “A mammogram just takes a few minutes,” says LaSalle Medical Associates Inc. Medical Director, Dr. Cheryl Emoto, at LaSalle’s Hesperia clinic (16455 Main St.). “But it is so important for women, especially, to have annual exams for those over 40. And for younger women, too, if they notice a breast lump or have concerns.”
Many women, Emoto points out, are apprehensive about having mammograms, so her goal is to make the exams as unintimidating as possible. She says, “We want our patients to come to LaSalle where they’re familiar with the relaxed facility and the personal staff.”
So, to do that, LaSalle has contracted with Inner Images, bringing mobile mammogram equipment directly to LaSalle’s Hesperia clinic one day a month. The program began in late January and was overwhelmingly received, the 20-year veteran with LaSalle explains. “Women have really responded to the program. We look forward to helping our patients find beginning signs of breast cancer so that we can treat it early,” said Dr. Emoto.
After the mammogram is taken, in about two weeks, patients are notified of the results. Should the tests indicate anything at all out of the ordinary, patients are brought in for consultation and possible further tests or even recommendations of specialists.
Mammograms have been shown to lower the risk of dying from breast cancer by 35 percent in women over the age of 50; and studies suggest for women, even between 40 and 50, mammograms may lower the risk of dying from breast cancer by up to 35 percent.
And they take just 10 minutes out of the day.
Prior appointments are recommended. Most insurances cover mammograms with prior authorization, and for women without insurance there are programs that patients may qualify for – providing low cost or no cost mammograms. Don’t let the lack of medical insurance stop you from getting your mammogram.
For an appointment, call the office at (760) 947-2161.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Some of the Art Institute of California-Inland Empire’s students want to earn while they learn.
To help them do so, the Art Institute of California – Inland Empire will host its second student job fair, hoping to match its students with employers in need of part-time or freelance employees. The fair takes place Thursday, April 17th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Employers may participate at no charge. “The students are looking for jobs in a variety of fields,” said Scott Saunders, Director of Career Services.
Although the school specializes in preparing aspiring artistic and culinary professionals for careers in their fields of study, students attending this event are seeking job opportunities in various fields to help supplement their income while they pursue degrees. While internships in their chosen fields are highly sought, the students also want jobs in customer service, administrative, general labor, retail sales and in the food and beverage industry.
“This is an excellent opportunity for local industry to connect with bright and motivated college students who are hungry for work experience and an opportunity to grow professionally,” Saunders said. “It’s not enough to be a great artist; one must also possess customer service, organizational, sales and marketing skills as well.”
The Art Institute of California-Inland Empire previously held a similar job fair on January 24, with great success. Saunders estimates about 100 of the approximately 750students enrolled in the Art Institute of California- Inland Empire will participate in the job fair.
These students will not just be highly motivated. They will be prepared.
The participating students will also have taken a special workshop a few weeks before the job fair to help them with resume writing, job fair preparation and interviewing techniques.
“We help our students obtain part-time and internship positions, so they may grow professionally and develop an understanding of how their contributions impact a company’s performance,” Saunders said. “It is this big picture mentality that will give them an edge when they are ready to launch their careers.”
After the fair, employers will be treated to a complementary lunch.
Business people interested in taking part in the school’s Part-Time Job Fair may call Saunders at (909) 915-2182 or email rsaunders@aii.edu.
Unfortunately, the school does not have facilities to offer this job fair to job seekers who are not Art Institute of California – Inland Empire students. However, its programs offer an opportunity to learn new skills for careers that are in high demand.
The school offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design, Fashion and Retail Merchandising and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
New classes begin Monday, March 31 at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. The classes are offered in the day, evening and on weekends for new and reentry students. For details, or a tour of the campus, call The Art Institute at (909) 915-2100, or go on line to www.artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of the Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 38 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – Jordan Harris is a talented Hollywood animator whose work has been seen in such movies as I Am Legend, Charlie’s Angels, Stuart Little and the Harry Potter series.
Early in his career, he helped create the animation for such movies as Spawn and Titanic.
Saturday, March 22 he will share his talents with students and the public at the Art Institute of California – Inland Empire from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Harris will discuss the skills and training required to be a feature film three-dimensional digital animator.
The Art Institute of California-Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design, Fashion and Retail Merchandising and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
New classes begin Monday, March 31 at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. The classes are offered in the day, evening and on weekends for new and reentry students. For details, or a tour of the campus, call The Art Institute at (909) 915-2100, or go on line to www.artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of the Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 38 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – For many students at the Art Institute of California – Inland Empire a cool job after graduation would be working for Nickelodeon, one of the top names in children’s entertainment.
A recruiter from cable network Nickelodeon will be on campus at the Art Institute of California-Inland Empire on Friday, March 14. Allison Mann will meet with students only from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
“She will tell us what they look for in a portfolio and how students can work there,” said Santosh Oomen, director of the Media Arts and Animation department.
Mann may find students who are graduating later this year with the skills her company is looking for, and if so, that could lead to someone getting their dream job with Nickelodeon in 2008. But her visit is also for those students who aren’t graduating this year, as they will have more time to tailor their focus and help their chances of having a career in animation at Nickelodeon or somewhere else in the industry.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design, Fashion and Retail Merchandising and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
New classes begin Monday, March 31 at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. The classes are offered in the day, evening and on weekends for new and reentry students. For details, or a tour of the campus, call The Art Institute at (909) 915-2100, or go on line to www.artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of the Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 38 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire’s Free Life Drawing classes continue Saturday, March 15 at the San Bernardino campus (630 E. Brier Drive) from 1-5 p.m.
Says institute President Byron Chung, “Drawing from the human figure has been an artistic mainstay for generation after generation. Virtually all of the great artists of the world have studied and drawn the human form as they learned their craft and technique. The Inland Empire is filled with accomplished and would-be artists, and we’re providing a free opportunity toward mastering this perennial skill.”
Each month through 2008, The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire sets aside an afternoon for 21 people over the age of 15 to take part at no cost. Just bring pencil and paper and a desire to learn gestures, anatomy and the flow of the figure.
To join in, one simply has to call the campus at (909) 915-2100 and ask if there’s still room, then sign up.
Future sessions are slated for April 19, May 17 June 21 and every month.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Culinary Management, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
It’s not too late to enroll at The Art Institute. The spring quarter begins March 31 with classes scheduled for the day, evening and weekends for new and reentry students. For details, or a tour of the award-winning campus, call (909) 915-2100 or go on line to artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Scott Saunders may be new to his position as Director of Career Services at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire, but he’s not new to the task.
“It’s exciting to work with aspiring designers and culinary professionals,” Saunders says. “We’ve had a warm welcome from the community, and it’s evident that there is a great demand for highly skilled creative professionals in the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley.”
Saunders’ goal is a satisfying, yet challenging, one: “I look forward to continuing the great work of other Art Institute campuses in Southern California, and succeeding in assisting our graduates in obtaining education-related employment within six months of graduation.
“The bar has been set high by my colleagues across the country, and I look toward exceeding the expectations of our students and employers.”
The institute’s curriculum has not been created in a vacuum. Saunders explains, “We frequently reach out to industry professionals to provide us with valuable feedback about our programs and the technology we employ. From this input we have tailored our courses to meet the demands of local industry.”
Saunders finds a particular satisfaction in how the school develops graduates. “I look forward,” he notes, “to presenting professional-level candidates who posses high-level design skills and an all-encompassing understanding of how their efforts may impact the bottom line. It’s this big-picture mentality that sets our graduates apart from others pursuing careers in the creative and applied arts.”
Career counseling is familiar territory to Saunders, having spent 15 years working in residential, youth outpatient and higher education settings. His M.A. is in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Prior to recently joining The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire, Saunders spent six years in other academic settings, overseeing the Career Services function, aiding students toward education-related employment. He lives in Eagle Rock.
In addition to creating Part-Time Job Fairs, Saunders’ office directs upcoming graduates in resume preparation, personal presentation and even conducts mock interviews to introduce students to the pressure-cooker of first-time job interviews.
“We have incoming students who need part-time jobs and graduates looking for fulltime careers,” he says. “Plus, we have internships available in which students can learn about the real world of their field of choice.”
What impact will the growth of technology have on students emerging upon the workforce, however? “It’s interesting to note,” Saunders says, “that some job functions may be, or may become, automated, such as customer service reps, bank tellers, accountants and others. However, I’m not aware of a computer that’s capable of artistic creation. In my opinion, there’s no known substitute for human creativity,” Saunders concludes.
His is a big responsibility, “and I love it,” he adds.
Dr. Byron Chung, president of the Art Institute of California – Inland Empire, says, “Scott is a wonderful addition to our staff. He combines his vast experience with a personal desire to help every student here find a meaningful job in the area that interests them most.”
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Culinary Management, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
It’s not too late to start classes at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. Classes begin March 31, with offerings in the day, evening and on weekends for new and reentry students.
For more information, or a tour of the campus, call (909) 915-2100, or go on line to www.artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
### The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of the Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 40 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) Ciro’s, Brown Derby, Russian Tea Room, Four Seasons, Sardi’s, Musso & Frank, Spago, all great names of great restaurants.
If you had a new restaurant serving gourmet cuisine at reasonable prices, what would you name it? That’s the question The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is faced with. What to call their new 40-seat student-run restaurant that opens to the public in April.
The solution was simple: “Let’s have a contest to name the restaurant,” Chef Eyad Joseph said. The Academic Director of Culinary Arts got right to the point, and the institute’s Name The Restaurant contest was born.
The rules are easy: Just give the institute your name for the upscale bistro, as many as you’d like, by emailing jbarry@aii.edu by Saturday, March 22, 2008.
Complete your entry with your contact information and proposed name. Judging will be in the hands of The International Culinary School’s Executive Committee, and their decision will be final. The winner will be notified by telephone and e-mail on Friday, March 28. The institute’s judging will be based on originality and uniqueness.
If your restaurant name is chosen, you and three guests will be the guests of honor at the restaurant’s Grand Opening on Tuesday April 8 at 6:30 p.m. You and your guests will be welcome to any items on the elaborate menu.
The Saturday, March 22, 2008 deadline is rapidly approaching, so go online and make your restaurant name suggestions right away.
The restaurant will be open two days a week, Tuesday and Wednesday, for gourmet dinner bistro style from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. starting on April 8. The Culinary students will run the restaurant, from creating the menu to serving the patrons. “This is part of the students curriculum,” said Chef Joseph.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Culinary Management, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
The next classes start March 31. For more information or for a tour of the campus call (909) 915-2100.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of the Art Institutes (artinstitutes.edu) with 38 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – For the last several years, Charlie Seymour has dreamed of building a golf course for youth in an underserved area of San Bernardino. His dream now has a location and a name, the Ninth Street Golf Academy, but still needs a lot of money to become a reality.
To help him, Temple Community Outreach and Seymour’s own Adopt-A-Bike charity will hold a fundraiser 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3 at the San Bernardino Hilton, 285 E. Hospitality Lane. The event also celebrates Seymour’s 85th birthday, a milestone he will reach just a few days earlier.
“We want his dream to be realized,” said Raymond Turner, pastor of Temple Missionary Baptist Church, which oversees Temple Community Outreach. “He is trying to bring golf to San Bernardino’s West Side, so that the many economically disadvantaged children who live there will be exposed to the sport.”
Temple Community Outreach and Adopt-A-Bike hope to raise about $2,000 with this fundraiser, Turner said. That will help with the costs of developing architectural and engineering plans for the golf course.
Another fundraiser is planned in October to help raise money for the actual construction costs.
The April fundraiser will include a banquet with entertainment. Tickets are $50 each.
Sponsorships and advertising in an event program are also available. Gold sponsorships are $5,000, and silver sponsorships are $2,500. Full-page ads are $100, half-page ads are $50 and quarter-page ads are $25.
The Ninth Street Golf Academy is the last project of many Seymour has embarked upon to help San Bernardino. Many years ago, he helped publish the Tribune Newspaper and founded his own mail shipping business.
Later he created the nationally famous Adopt-A-Bike program, and the Adopt-A-Computer program. These efforts help local youth earn bicycles and computers, luxuries many families wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford. Seymour also started the College Capable Caps program to send underserved youth to college, and the Black Fathers’ Organization, which became Westside Action Group.
For more information, contact Pastor Turner at (909) 663-0198.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) – Dr., Jawanza Kunjufu is a nationally-known author and educator. Dr. George McKenna is one of the leading experts in education.
These highly educated and highly successful Black men have devoted their careers to helping Black children reach their fullest potential. They bring their expertise to the Inland Empire on Saturday, March 15, where they will be the keynote speakers in the Education Is A Civil Right conference, taking place 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at San Bernardino Valley College.
“One of the goals of this summit is to provide resources for improving education, particularly for Black children,” said Joette Marie Spencer a specialist with San Bernardino City Unified School District and one of the conference organizers. “Our speakers will discuss ways we can use the resources we have in our community to benefit our children, and will help us develop strategies to improve the service we provide to them.”
Kunjufu was raised in a two-parent home with a father who gave him high expectations and a mother who loved him unconditionally. Their support allowed Kunjufu to excel in school, skip seventh grade and go on to Illinois State University on a track scholarship. In college, besides continuing his athletics, he majored in economics and business administration, and won numerous awards as a member of the debate team.
All of that prepared him to be successful in life, but it was perhaps the course of study he embarked on during his junior year of college that gave him a different focus. Having always wanted to attend a college designed for Blacks, he enrolled in an exchange program with Morgan State University.
While at Morgan State, he immersed himself in African history and culture, legally changed his name, became a vegetarian and resided in a juvenile delinquent center where he mentored Black boys. After graduating from Illinois State in 1974 he taught in a public school focusing on African history and culture and founded Unity, a Black cultural organization.
In 1980, he founded his company, African American Images Inc. He has written approximately 30 books, and has spoken at many universities, colleges and churches.
Topics he includes in his lectures are relationships in the Black community, and critical issues for Black families, especially those pertaining to raising Black male children.
“Many educators believe the causes originate with the parent,” Kunjufu said. “They blame it on single parenting, lack of parental involvement or poverty. But the causes can also be ineffective administrators, low teacher expectations, a wide variance in teacher quality, lack of multicultural curriculum and a lack of understanding male learning styles. I want to explore these views in San Bernardino.”
The conference’s other speaker, George McKenna was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family was steeped deeply in the history and culture of the city, which has been highly influenced by its Black community.
In a time and place where Blacks were often deprived of their civil rights, McKenna excelled, and graduated at age 20 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Xavier University. He was then awarded a teaching fellowship to Loyola University, where he earned a Master’s degree in mathematics, and later earned a doctorate in education from Xavier.
In 1962, McKenna accepted a teaching position in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He has also taught at the college level.
McKenna became principal of George Washington High School in 1979. At the time, this school was notoriously violent; drug deals and gang fights were regular occurrences. McKenna turned it around, and now nearly 80 percent of its graduates go on to college.
His success at George Washington became the subject of a CBS movie, Hard Lessons, featuring Denzel Washington. McKenna has received more than 400 citations and awards from civic, legislative and professional organizations, and has authored articles in national magazines, newspapers and educational journals. He also continues his education career as the Assistant Superintendent of Pasadena Unified School District.
Dr. McKenna’s presentation will focus on four areas he believes are critical for improving the educational experience for Black children. He bases this on observations he’s made in more than 45 years of working as an educator.
“There is still a gap between the achievements of Black students and those of other students,” Dr. McKenna said. “I will present practices, action plans and suggestions for bridging this gap.”
The topics Dr. McKenna believes schools and communities must consider are 1) policies and practices that hinder Black children, 2) improving high school graduation rates, 3) specialized programs for Black males and 4) ways for parents of under-achieving children to become more involved in their children’s education.
The summit is sponsored by the Rialto and San Bernardino City unified school districts, San Bernardino Valley College, the San Bernardino County Behavioral Health Unit and the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. To register, contact Delores White at delores.white@sbcusd.com or by calling (909) 880-6701.
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) “More than 450 entries for the 2008 Inland Empire Addy Awards have been received from Inland Empire advertising agencies as well as IE college students,” said Inland Empire Ad Club Education Chair Michael Swank, Academic Director of Graphic Design & Interactive Media at The Art Institute. “This is the first tier of the national competition, and the judging will focus on professional submissions as well as student work,” said Swank.
The Art Institute of California-Inland Empire will host the first level of competition for the annual Addy advertising awards on Saturday, February 16 at the Inland Empire campus. Judging will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by industry advertising professionals. Regional and national ADDY advertising awards will be announced later.
The Art Institute was selected to host the judging because of its ability to preview TV, online and radio entries in real time, said Andrew Wilkin, Managing Partner, Wilkin Guge Marketing of Ontario, Calif. “The technology at The Art Institute allows for previewing, screening, judging and scoring the entries. The campus is also a good central location for this competition, and allows us to showcase the growth of the Inland Empire,” he said.
For the first time, The Art Institute is also sponsoring the 2007-2008 student ADDY awards competition for all Inland Empire Colleges. The college will sponsor the first entry by students and pay the $20 entry fee. Swank reported that entries have been received from students at Cal Poly Pomona, La Sierra University, The Art Institute, Cal State at San Bernardino and Westwood College.
Wilkin said that a panel of judges from the advertising industry outside the Inland Empire will evaluate each entry.
The 2008 ADDY Awards Gala will be on March 14 at the Mission Inn in Riverside. For more information: www.ieadclub.com .
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Culinary Management, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
It’s not too late to start classes. Courses begin March 31, with offerings in the days, evenings and on weekends for new and reentry students. For details or a tour of the campus call (909) 915-2100, or go on line to artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of The Art Institutes (artinstitutes.edu) with 40 educational institutions throughout North America providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
