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Alums thank Cal State Faculty Who Changed their Lives

Emmitt Clark, left, Christopher Schivley and Schivley's son, Emmitt. Christoher Schivley was poor, fatherless and desperately seeking guidance when he took a career education class as a freshman at Cal State Long Beach. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
by Carla Rivera
LA Times

Christopher Schivley was poor, alienated and desperately seeking guidance when he enrolled in a career education class as a freshman at Cal State Long Beach.

Instructor Emmitt Clark grew up in the Chicago projects as the son of a single mom, dodging gangs and drugs on his way to a teaching career.

… read more at LA Times – On social media, alums thank Cal State faculty who changed their lives