Director of Special Student Recruitment & Retention Initiatives Gloria Inzunza-Franco said graduation rates for Latino students at Cal State Long Beach are not where she would like them to be. In 2011, Latino students received 22.5 percent of the undergraduate degrees granted by the California State University system. At CSULB,[Read More…]
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President F. King Alexander wins “President of the Year”
Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander was named Cal State University “President of the Year” by the California State Student Association at a CSU Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday morning. The “Robert C. Maxson President of the Year Award” is given out every year to the campus president[Read More…]
Surfing course stays afloat at CSULB
The students in Cal State Long Beach’s surfing class have varying surfing experience levels and backgrounds. Although many are California natives, others come from halfway around the world. Surfing has been offered as a course through the kinesiology department at CSULB for about 32 years, according to Robert Lee Willmore,[Read More…]
CSULB Green Campus to receive Best Practice Award at environmental conference
Cal State Long Beach’s Green Campus Program will receive a “Best Practices in Student Energy Efficiency Award” at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference in June. This will be CSULB’s third recognition in the eighth annual Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards competition. The campus-wide lighting project won the[Read More…]
CSULB students have a diversity of summer plans
As the busy spring semester comes to an end, many students at Cal State Long Beach are trying to nail down their summer plans. The newfound freedom of summer offers students the ability to find fun trips, jobs and internships. Many students utilize the summer break to land a job[Read More…]
Students for Quality Education end hunger strike
Students for Quality Education ended their hunger strike on Thursday, its ninth day, due to health hazards. The twelve students from six Cal State University campuses including Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Northridge, Sacramento and San Bernardino began the hunger strike on May 2, listing four demands for the Board[Read More…]
InterAct holds open auditions
Cal State Long Beach’s InterAct Performance Troupe has earned a national reputation, though it was started simply as an extra curricular activity on campus in 2000. The troupe has performed in locations ranging from Hawaii and Alaska to Washington, D.C. It currently serves as a three-unit course in the communication[Read More…]
CSULB archaeology professor’s research gains national recognition
Cal State Long Beach archaeology professor Carl Lipo has gained recognition for his book “The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island,” which breaks the tradition of labeling Easter Island as a “what-not-to-do” society. The book, co-authored with Terry Hunt, recently won the 2012 Society for American Archaeology[Read More…]
Bill regarding universities and social media gains state senate support
A proposed bill that would prevent universities and colleges from asking prospective and current students for access to their personal social media accounts is receiving overwhelming support in the California State Senate. The California Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee approved the Social Media Privacy Act on April 25 in[Read More…]
OBAMA: Same-sex marriage should be legal
President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage for the first time yesterday, and the reactions have been as varied as they have been abundant at Cal State Long Beach. “I’ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I[Read More…]