California State University, Stanislaus

Campus Overview
Located in California's Central Valley, CSU Stanislaus boasts a pastoral 220-acre campus with modern facilities and small class sizes. Established in 1957, the university hosts a diverse student body of more over 8,000 that includes many first-generation students and working parents. Offering top programs in the arts, letters, business, teacher education and sciences, CSU Stanislaus consistently receives high ratings from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), US News & World Report, and Hispanic Outlook magazine. The university's community college and private enterprise partnerships such as the unique 2+2 Agricultural Studies and pre-licensure B.S. Nursing programs help meet regional workforce needs, and the 102-acre CSU Stanislaus-Stockton facility complements the university's distance learning program. www.csustan.edu

Dr. Armin R. Schulz, a member of the CSU faculty in the College of Education for the past fifteen years, currently serves as the Director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at CSU, Stanislaus. Dr. Schulz has also served as the Program Coordinator for the Reading/Language Arts Specialist Credential program. He teaches courses in literacy development and pedagogy, reading research and trends, and children's literature. Armin was named the 2003-04 Outstanding Professor of the Year at CSU, Stanislaus.

Dr. Schulz has served on the state-wide Recommended Readings in Literature Committee and the California Advisory Committee that assisted with the development of the California Department of Education's Strategic Teaching and Learning publication. He is a past President of the California Reading Association (CRA), a recipient of the state-wide Marcus Foster Memorial Reading Award honoring both service and scholarship to the state, and the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) "Classroom Excellence Award."

Schulz received his Master of Arts from San Francisco State University in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Reading, and his doctorate from the University of the Pacific with a Major in Curriculum and Instruction: Reading and Children's Literature and a Minor in Educational Foundations and Administration. Dr. Schulz is a former elementary and junior high school teacher, a junior high school vice-principal, an elementary principal, and a district Director of Curriculum.