President Vernon Harper’s first 100 days: Strengthening CSUB’s role in Kern County and expanding leadership

President Vernon Harper’s first 100 days: Strengthening CSUB’s role in Kern County and expanding leadership

Over the last few months, President Vernon Harper has been leading Cal State Bakersfield, a task immediately met with challenges that required strong leadership from someone determined to make the university thrive. Harper started the year with a vision that tackled many areas across campus to ensure that not only the CSUB community knew this was the place to be, but the Kern County community as well. “You want to launch a role like this with a …