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Continued | page A1 she questioned the auxiliaries’ loans and whether they were “acting in the public’s interest.” John Kepley, special assistant to Gonzalez, said since Gonzalez took office, there have been record levels of private fundraising due to his hospitality. Kepley attributed much of the success to his ability to host donors in his home, which wouldn’t have been possible without a remodeled kitchen. “It was really just a food safety issue,” he said, adding that many of the guests Gonzalez hosts are private donors. “This way the food could be prepared there, instead of having it prepared at campus catering and driven out there.” He said as a result of private fundraising, community
members have made significant donations. He added that most of the money donated has gone toward student scholarships. UEI Director Jim Reinhardt agreed. Reinhardt said the remodeling of the kitchen was necessary due to number of university guests Gonzalez hosts at his home. He noted that auxiliaries and foundations have various audits within a three-year span and go through a lot of scrutiny. According to Taiz’s letter, the data collected by the CSU chancellor’s office stated that 20 percent of the system’s budget, or $1.34 billion, is managed by auxiliaries and foundations with very little public oversight.
no previous relationship to Sac State or the Sacramento region, said Molly Glen, spokeswoman for the Doyle Foundaiton. The Doyle Foundation has worked with universities throughout the United States, including many University of California and California State University campuses.
The University Foundation has pledged to raise $500,000 to match the money from the Doyle Foundation. The University Foundation hopes to raise the funds within the next year, said Rebecca Thompson with the development office. With the new facilities, the division of nursing is able to expand from two clinical
simulation labs to six. With these funds, the division is able to furnish all the labs with up-to-date equipment. The nursing department has been using equipment donated by hospitals. “Clinical simulation creates the opportunity to take a student from a stable situation to an unstable situation and professors can then rate the stu-
dent’s response time rather than just their ability to memorize,” said Cinny Ryan, a professor at Sutter Center for Health Professionals. Nursing students should be using at least one of the new simulators by this spring, but it is uncertain when the program will move completely into the new facilities in Folsom Hall.
Grads: Fewer jobs for recent graduates Continued | page A1 After more than 30 interviews, Jennings said he learned how to read the person interviewing him. He also began to change his resume regularly. “The resume gets you the interview and the interview gets you the job,” McGee said. “Stu-
dents need to figure out how to stand out to employers.” McGee said her advice to students was not to give up. “In this economy (graduates) have to work twice as hard to get a job,” McGee said. “They have to stay persistent and try to stay positive and eventually something will happen.”
Jennings recently got a raise and qualified for a 401(k) plan. He said the job was a match made in heaven. For the time being, there is no way to predict when the unemployment rate will return normal. Although unemployment has been increasing in recent months, the rate of the
increase has been less than previous months. More students have come to the Career Center since the recession began, McGee said. The Career Center offers services for free up to six months after the student has graduated, including mock interviews and resume help.