Calingo Luis Ma. R. Calingo, Ph.D., recently became the 13th president of Woodbury University, succeeding the retiring Kenneth R. Nielsen, Ed.D. He will be officially installed as president of the 128-year-old university during an inauguration ceremony in October. “Woodbury University is a place that believes the best way to predict your future is to create it,” said Calingo in a written statement. Calingo joins Woodbury from Dominican University, where he served as executive vice president and chief academic officer since 2009. Before that he was dean of Dominican’s School of Business and Leadership. Calingo’s previous posts included dean of the Boler School of Business at John Carroll University in Cleveland and dean of the College of Business Administration and professor of international business at California State University, Long Beach. He is past chair of the California State University Association of Business Deans, which coordinates the academic leadership initiatives of the 23 business schools in the CSU system. Calingo holds a Ph.D. and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned a master of urban and regional planning and a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of the Philippines. Calingo’s professional interests are servant leadership, strategic planning, total quality management and international business with a focus on Southeast Asia. He has served as a member of the Board of Examiners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest award for quality and performance excellence, since 1997. An international expert in strategic planning and quality management, Calingo has assisted the governments of Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam on the establishment and implementation of their Baldrige-based national awards for quality and business excellence, as well as the infusion of quality assurance into their higher education systems. Calingo has made more than 80 intellectual contributions, including books, journal articles and conference presentations, and has served as a reviewer for scholarly journals and professional associations. Pepperdine Offers New Online MBA The Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University recently announced it will offer an online master in business administration program for working professionals. The Online Fully Employed MBA will be part of the school’s existing portfolio of traditional on-campus, part-time evening and weekend MBA program offerings in Encino, Westlake Village, West Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Barbara and Irvine. “The Online Fully Employed MBA is an appropriate option for the professional who seeks a superior learning experience in a manageable period of time that minimizes the impact on work and home life schedules,” said Dean Linda A. Livingstone, in a written statement. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs David Smith, who is overseeing the initiative, said the curriculum directly mirrors the university’s existing on-campus program and will be taught by the same faculty. “Students will be able to complete the online option in six semesters, the same as on-the-ground students, and they will be able to pursue a 12-unit concentration in finance, marketing or leadership,” Smith said in a written statement. The Graziadio School is accepting applications for its first class, which is scheduled to start in January, 2013. CSUN goes to White House A fitness video is taking California State University, Northridge kinesiology professor Steven Loy and his students to the White House for a meeting with First Lady Michelle Obama. Loy and his students teamed with officials from the city of San Fernando to launch a free wellness program, “100 Citizens,” at the city’s Recreation Park that encourages healthy life choices. A video highlighting the program received the most online votes from the public in a national competition created to help tackle childhood obesity, thus entitling Loy and his students to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. “I hope the win will help us spread the word that you don’t have to have a lot of money or gimmicks to help people achieve healthier lifestyles,” Loy said in a written statement. He and his kinesiology students spent more than a year working with San Fernando recreation officials to design a free fitness program that would dispel the misconception that one needs to join a fitness center or be a serious athlete to stay healthy. “This nation has a problem with obesity,” Loy said. “Part of the problem is that some people don’t have access to a safe place to work out, while others just don’t know where to start or think that exercise is not for them. This is where kinesiology education comes in. We know how to create a progressive program and, of equal importance, how to implement the program for any population.” The San Fernando program, which launched last year, was such a success that Loy was soon asked by the Network for a Healthy California, Los Angeles County park officials and officials with the city of Pasadena to replicate it at four other parks. Staff Reporter Darlene Ricker can be reached at (818) 316-3123 or via e-mail at [email protected]
