San Diego, ‘America’s Finest City,’ and the California International Business University welcome our new fall 2010 class! As part of your experience here in San Diego, we hope you will benefit from the experience of students who have attended before you. We have worked with our most recent Alumni (June 2010) to create this inaugural version of a monthly magazine “CIBU San Diego” that we hope will enrich your experience in what will quickly become a second home to each of you. Connect, join us on Facebook, and let us know if you’d like to intern with us as a reporter with our team. We hope you enjoy your CIBU magazine… CIBU SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE \”A DAY IN AMERICA\’S FINEST CITY\” Vol. 1 Issue. 1

Alumni of CIBU are sending us updates on their professional careers and reflecting on their time as students in San Diego.

If you’d like to be featured on our next “Alumni Postcard” please contact Amy Forsythe at aforsythe@cibu.edu.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Prof. Eddie Sturgeon stands with his MBA students before class at the CIBU campus, July 20, 2010.

More about Prof. Sturgeon:
Eddie Sturgeon, J.D., Bachelor of Arts, Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; Juris Doctor, University of Santa Clara School of Law, Santa Clara, CA.

Since 1998, Judge Sturgeon has sat on the San Diego Superior Court. For the decade prior to 1998, he was a Judge of the El Cajon Municipal Court. Judge Sturgeon has had his own law firm and has practiced law since 1976.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Judges Association and Past President of the Foothills Bar Association of El Cajon.
He is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of California, the United States District Court (Southern District of California), and the United States Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit). Dr. Sturgeon teaches in the areas of Business Law and Ethics.

Fabrice Desprats, MBA

There are several reasons why I enjoyed my studies at CIBU: Learning from highly-skilled teachers whose real-life entrepreneurial experiences made our classes practical and useful; participating in small group discussions with international students gave me a global perspective on business; and a strong emphasis on individual and personal approaches to selling your work in the marketplace. My CIBU degree helped me find a job. Thanks to my MBA from CIBU, my employer chose me over all the other candidates!

Steve Keener, DBA

It has been a great experience studying at CIBU where I really enjoyed learning in a small classroom setting, hearing from guest lecturers, taking field trips, applying new research tools, and getting to students from different countries. With my DBA from CIBU, I am now teaching at University of California, Irvine and California International Business University.

Lisana Locke, BSIM

As an American student with a background in fashion, CIBU gives me a unique opportunity to learn the areas of business I need for my career in a truly global context. My classmates come from many different countries and I have learned to see the business world from a more diverse perspective.