A Message from President Morishita: Inside East Bay, October 2018
- October 10, 2018
Cal State East Bay is one of the most diverse universities in the nation, reflective of the communities where our students, faculty and staff live and work. Our Pioneers are highly motivated to work hard, graduate and make an impact in their chosen fields and their neighborhoods. They come to our university having spent their lives working toward their dreams and bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to everything they do.
Talking with our students about their futures, you can feel the energy each one brings to this university, an energy reflective of who we all are and where we are headed. As the East Bay continues growing as the Bay Area’s next frontier of innovation and growth, Cal State East Bay graduates are rising to meet those demands and bringing their cultural heritage and creativity to everything they do.
I invite you to learn more about a few of our featured alumni who are doing just that.
Alumni such as , who immigrated to the East Bay from Jordan when he was 12 years old and is now the chief operating officer and co-founder of Pathwater, California’s only aluminum bottled water company tailored to the everyday consumer. Orabi and his co-founder Shadi Bakour were distraught to learn that billions of pounds of plastic are thrown away every year. They chose to make themselves part of the solution. Pathwater is now the sole water bottle provider for multi-billion dollar companies such as Salesforce and MGM.
Alumni such as , who turned from professional musician to anti-slavery advocate. Horrified by the presence of human trafficking and modern-day slavery, Dillon has spent the past decade helping consumers and companies identify where slavery exists in everyday products and supply chains.
These alumni are authentic. Inclusive. Engaged. Social. Enthusiastic. Inquisitive. And socially conscious.
They are Pioneers.