Rahmani prepares for child, future
Campus Times
October 11, 1996
"When the Leos rock the house, they rock it all the way down!",
shouts Dr. Loretta Rahmani, dean of student affairs. Together with her husband
of seven years, they have built a leadership consulting company called Kaleidoscope
and are expecting their first child in December.
Dr. Loretta Rahmani, dean of student affairs, has been working at the University
of La Verne for the past seven years and is now expecting her first child.
After graduating from San Diego State with a bachelor's degree in psychology
and a master's in counseling, Dr. Rahmani began working at Cal State Northridge
in 1983 as assistant director of Housing and Residential Life. Moving up
the ladder, in 1989 she became assistant manager for graduate families'
student housing at UCLA.
Opportunities at ULV brought her to La Verne after a year. While serving
as assistant dean of residential life, and then being promoted to dean of
student affairs, Dr. Rahmani attended classes at ULV for her doctorate degree
in educational leadership.
In October of 1995, Dr. Rahmani was promoted from acting dean of student
affairs to dean.
"Due to staff being promoted to other positions or resignations, the
structure of the program has changed," she said. "My job is to
oversee all the student services program."
A few of the programs she oversees include Lambda, Commencement, Minority
Student Affairs and Health Services. Dr. Rahmani's job is also to make sure
that the administrators are doing their job so that success remains through
all the programs.
Dr. Rahmani and other administrators have worked together and collaborated
on the Strategic Planning Project for the year 2000.
"We have been working on this project for the past two years and now
it is ready to be culminated," said Dr. Rahmani. At the present time
she is working on implementing goals for the program.
Dr. Rahmani has a strong belief that "Attitude Is Everything,"
and in fact handed out a flier to all the freshmen at orientation which
said just that.
"I believe in the power of positive energy and when you put positive
energy in everything you do, positive things will come back to you. That
is why 'Attitude Is Everything,'" said Dr. Rahmani.
She and her husband of seven years, Ali, own their own business called Kaleidoscope
Leadership Consultants. Together, they are Organizational Development Consultants
and they design seminars, workshops, retreats and other structured activities
that meet distinctive needs of each client. Businesses and institutions
they serve include Azusa Pacific University, Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State
Northridge.
"Between the business and getting ready for the little one I am pretty
busy," she said.
Dr. Rahmani's baby is due around Christmas. Ruby Montaño-Cordova,
associate dean of student affairs, will replace Dr. Rahmani for approximately
two months. Assisting her in the area of judicial concerns will be Derek
Vergara.
When Dr. Rahmani finds time to relax, she enjoys watching sports and making
arts & crafts. She also sews, hikes, and likes roughing it in other
outdoor activities. She has no favorite television program but she loves
to listen to rock and roll oldies on Arrow 93.
Ten years down the road, Dr. Rahmani hopes to still be the dean of student
affairs for ULV with visions for the department and new programs. She believes
in her positive energy and spirit.
"I will continue to put this energy in all the programs," she
said.