The first Long Beach Black Dance Festival started on Aug. 9, a week-long event created by The CRay Project for the Black community to celebrate their work as dancers and performers on a stage of their own, highlighting how dance is an artform that can be used to educate and make powerful statements.
Features
Features are not limited to features on people. Articles in the features category are in-depth, written analysis of a certain topic. This can include a feature of a restaurant, group, person, organization, location, hobby, club, etc.
Meet the family behind Niyama Design Studios
Jenn Nidoy started Niyama Design Studios when people started to express interest in her home sewn masks. With 450 masks sold, Nidoy and her family have learned the challenges and joys of running a small business.
A look into how Rising Scholars and Project Rebound serves formerly incarcerated and system impacted students at CSULB
In 2016, Rising Scholars was created to support students that are formerly incarcerated and system impacted. Their work, now aided with the addition of Project Rebound, continues to serve the community through education, advocacy and support.
How virtual learning changes the experiences of College of the Arts students
Three students from the College of the Arts explain how virtual learning worked for them last semester, how it challenged them this summer and their hopes for fall semester despite new teaching conditions.
The legacy a real life superhero leaves behind: One student’s tribute to Chadwick Boseman
As someone thought to only portray iconic historical figures and superheroes in movies, Chadwick Boseman, in his untimely death, leaves behind real life inspiration through posthumous revelations.
Department Spotlight: Department of Dance at CSULB
The transition to virtual learning amid national conversations about racism has challenged the Department of Dance at CSULB to create a more accessible and equitable department for the years to come.
Students Respond to COVID-19: A Photovoice Project amplifies the voices of CSULB students
Students Respond to COVID-19: A Photovoice Project is an opportunity for students to submit a photo and a written narrative about how the pandemic has affected their lives. The submissions are then coded and analyzed so that faculty can better understand the challenges students face.
Summer Snapshots: CSULB students experience summer during a pandemic
Three Long Beach State students share how the pandemic brought unexpected changes to their summer plans, and despite the challenges, helped them rediscover what is important to them.
Why some CSULB students are choosing to not return for fall semester
As instruction is conducted mainly virtually for the fall semester, four CSULB students decide not to return to the university until next year. For them, the loss of the in-person experience proved to be too great.
Incoming transfer students share their excitement for CSULB
Farah Hammam, Taylor Triplett and Rocio Mares share what made them decide on transferring to CSULB and what they hope to accomplish while at the Beach.