Guest Spoke Profile
Beatris Espericueta SandersBeatris is the President of Adventist Health Bakersfield Foundation. She serves on several community boards including Measure N Oversight Committee (Chairwoman), Bakersfield Women’s Business Conference, Leadership Bakersfield Advisory Council, and KernTax Association. In her free time, she enjoys golfing and long-distance running having completed her 13th full marathon on December 5, the Bakersfield Virtual Marathon.
Invocation: Brian Burrow
Flag Salute: Cheryl Barbich
Guests:
- Traco Matthews, CAPK
- Dr. Ziggy Siegfried, CSUB
- Cindy Goodman, CSUB
- Michael Lugins, CSUB
Good News & Announcements:
- 2021 CSUB Alumni Hall of Fame inductee: Mary Barlow fails to mention Downtown Rotary on her resume in the Bakersfield Californian article, $100 fine
- Next week: Big reveal for the new board officers
- Waterman Foundation: if you are interested in donating, contact Pat Collins
- Bell Ringing: To volunteer, please contact Mike McCoy, Pat Collins, Andrae Gonzales, Ben Taft, Jeff Johnson, or Ben Stinson
- Kevin Pope announced: they are unable to do their normal fundraising events. However, on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. is an online fundraising event on their Salvation Army Facebook page.
Program:
Michael George introduced Chris Asa who brought us up to speed on the CSUB Roadrunner Scholarship Fund.
Fun fact: Student-athletes who come to play at CSUB, 68% of the athletes stay in Bakersfield.
The goal is to raise $750k for CSUB athletics.
Chris is the Associate Director of development at CSUB. A year ago, Chris and his family moved to Bakersfield.
The Roadrunner scholarship fund is building for the future with four successful pillars: Academic Excellence, Student-Athlete Experience, Community Engagement and Competitive Success.
Athletes demonstrate Academic Excellence and boast 11 consecutive semesters with a department GPA above 3.0 and a NCAA graduation success rate is 79%. Although the athletes are not competing in the field right now, they are focused on academics and giving back in a big way.
Runner scholar-athletes give back in over 3,000 hours of community service each year. The biggest impact of COVID on the athletic department are revenues as they experience a $1.5m deficit.
Mr. Asa’s call to action is to rally around the CSUB scholar-athlete and Roadrunner Scholarship Fund is to donate the cost of ticket purchases you would have spent on watching the games this year. Questions: Chris Asa (662) 397-4971
casa@csub.edu
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