Anti-tobacco and smoking advocates at Cal State Long Beach launched phase one of the Breathe Campaign Monday to prepare for a smoke-free campus in the Fall 2016 semester. The Fresh Air Advocates are a group of 15 students from CSULB’s Health Science Department that have been trained to perform[Read More…]
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CFA to strike for 5 days if impasse with CSU continues
California State University faculty will strike for five days at CSU campuses across the system in April if collective bargaining continues to fail, and students are welcome to join, California Faculty Association leaders announced Monday morning. “It is time for faculty and students to stand together and say, ‘No longer,’”[Read More…]
Budget woes: CSU prioritizes success over compensation
For the first time since California’s pre-recession epoch, the state funded budget requests made by the California State University System were approved in full. However, prioritizing where the grant should be dispensed is where the strands begin to split. Within one-year’s work, a CSU task force finalized their decision that[Read More…]
Administration and governor harness Active Learning classrooms and other technologies in attempt to graduate more CSULB students
It could be unnerving sitting in a classroom, marker in hand, knowing the mark won’t stain the table, but being unable to stop thinking it will. Then the lights go down and each individual screen flips on, reminiscent of a drive-in movie but at the table. Technologies on campus, including[Read More…]
California State University Board of Trustees appoints presidents to Northern California campuses
The California State University Board of Trustees appointed Judy K. Sakaki as president of Sonoma State University and Mary A. Papazian as president of San José State University yesterday. The two women will join seven other female presidents in the 23-campus system. “I am incredibly honored that the CSU Trustees[Read More…]
CFA urges supporters to tune in
In another attempt to get their point across to the California State University Board of Trustees and Chancellor Timothy P. White, the California Faculty Association statewide officers found a way not to be tuned out: a short and sweet bluesy tune. The BOT held a meeting Tuesday morning at the[Read More…]
‘Breathe’ campaign: A catalyst for tobacco-free transformation
The unmistakable smell of e-cigarette vapor wafted from around the corner of the Vivian Engineering Center at California State University, Long Beach. The invisible, nanoparticle- and carcinogen-infused exhalation flowed freely down the narrow corridor, past the glass-encased Mars rover exhibit, and into the semi-enclosed quad along Deukmejian Way. At the[Read More…]
Breathe campaign looks to put out cigarettes on campus by fall semester
A new campaign implemented by the Cal State Long Beach Tobacco and Smoke Free Task Force is aiming to give CSULB students a healthier campus environment. The Breathe Campaign will officially launch in the Fall 2016 semester, but President Jane Close Conoley has already informed the campus and is raising[Read More…]
California Faculty Association and Cal State Long Beach students participate in Chancellor White’s forum
Dozens of Cal State Long Beach students and faculty adorned red shirts that read “I don’t want to strike, but I will” as California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White took questions regarding the ongoing negotiations with faculty at an open forum. The event, held Thursday in the Walter Pyramid,[Read More…]
CSU chancellor will visit Cal State Long Beach Thursday
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White will hold an open forum today where students will be able to discuss innovation on campus that leads to student success. White has been on a systemwide tour of all the California State Universities to connect with students, faculty and influential community members.[Read More…]