Despite Long Beach’s summerlike weather, Student Health Services has already set about preparing students for the upcoming winter and flu season. SHS hosted a flu shot clinic in the University Student Union ballroom at Cal State Long Beach yesterday from 1 p.m. 5 p.m. According to Angela Girard, R.N. associated[Read More…]
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Board of Trustees considers reducing degree unit max
A proposed Cal State University Board of Trustees policy that would limit most CSU bachelor degree programs to 120 semester units has faculty at Cal State Long Beach exploring options that would make their undergraduate degrees fit within the new unit limit. Title 5, section 40508, which was adopted by[Read More…]
CSULB adds a doctorate program in physical therapy
Correction: The story previously said that CSUs would be able to offer all doctorate degrees in medicine and architecture due to a change in the law. They are only able to offer doctorates in education, physical therapy and nursing through individual exceptions made to the Donahoe Act. UCs have exclusive rights to offer doctorates in all fields.[Read More…]
Cuts may pull the trigger on CSU employee health care
Tough budgetary times and risks of further cuts may force the Cal State University to “modify” health care contributions for its employees, according to the CSU’s website. Currently, the CSU pays for 95 percent of its employees’ total premium costs, according to the Committee on Finance’s [COF] agenda from the[Read More…]
White House recognizes CSULB alumna
Learning two languages can be frustrating, but Cal State Long Beach alumna Sylvia Padilla’s dual language program – an endeavor that has been acknowledged on a national level – is making it easier for her students. Padilla, a fourth-grade teacher in Long Beach, was recognized by the White House in[Read More…]
Avoid the quake, rattle and roll with new app
A free Earthquake app, released by the American Red Cross last week, offers a new way to get vital information and stay in touch during rattling disasters. The app uses real-time data from the U.S. Geological Survey to provide users with information on how to prepare for and what to[Read More…]
Film professor appeals possible termination
Brian Alan Lane, a film and electronic arts professor at Cal State Long Beach, filed a joint lawsuit with then-department chair Micheal Pounds against the Cal State University in 2011, accusing CSU officials of libel, defamation and slander. More than a year later, he’s fighting the university again – but[Read More…]
Asbestos maintained in almost 50 CSULB buildings
Nearly 50 of Cal State Long Beach’s buildings contain the cancer-causing mineral, asbestos, but the environmental health and safety department (EHS) said students and faculty should not be concerned. When it comes to dealing with the asbestos on campus, the EHS often resorts to a practice known as “manage in[Read More…]
CSU Board of Trustees appoints second student trustee
When Cal State San Marcos student Cipriano Vargas saw the call from the governor’s office on his cell phone, he said that he thought it was a “thank you for applying” message from his application to the Cal State University Board of Trustees in March. However, that phone call was[Read More…]
New laws requires universities to report child abuse
Gov. Jerry Brown signed three new child abuse laws into legislation last week, requiring that Cal State University staff and coaches report any incidences of physical or suspected child abuse. Assembly Bill 1434 requires that postsecondary university staff, who are in contact with children, to report suspected or actual abuse[Read More…]