Cal State Long Beach students will now be able to add up to 18 units for the fall semester starting today. The decision to increase the unit cap from 16 units to 18 was made on Monday after there were still courses with open spots, according to Lynn Mahoney, associate[Read More…]
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Study shows students face more loan debt, CSULB suffers less
Paying off school loans is a challenge for thousands of students nationwide, but according to a newly released report, students who come from upper-middle-income homes are going deeper into the red. The Wall Street Journal report conducted an analysis of Federal Reserve data and found that upper-middle-income families experienced the[Read More…]
Bike Fixit Stations park at CSULB
Cal State Long Beach plans to install three bike-repair stations right before the beginning of fall semester. Elissa Thomas, the sustainable transportation program coordinator at CSULB, first saw the Dero Bike “Fixit” Air and Repair Stations at University of California, Davis when she attended a conference there last summer. While[Read More…]
Long Beach Transit offers new Seal Beach bus route
Long Beach Transit officials have offered to bring back the bus line that runs into Seal Beach, with one stipulation: Seal Beach must pay for the service itself. LBT announced it would pull two bus lines between Long Beach and Seal Beach starting Aug. 26, due to claims that Seal[Read More…]
Sacramento State University to offer business program in Singapore
Some business schools have immersed their students in “cultural education,” sending U.S. students abroad to complete required courses. However, now the tables have turned, as business programs from California will soon be offered overseas. Cal State University Sacramento will offer an external master’s of business administration program to students who[Read More…]
Digital distractions endanger walkers
Watch out pedestrians – texting has become lethal. Opening the text message on their cell phones, passerbys become absorbed in the screen before them and ignore the potential dangers surrounding them, including other texters, speeding cars and even trains. The survey by Consumer Reports found that mobile device pastimes, including[Read More…]
Jewish Studies program hosts Holocaust workshop
Holocaust survivors are providing a glimpse into history throughout the week, sharing their stories from the World War II concentration camps at the Karl Anatol Center as part of Cal State Long Beach’s third annual Holocaust workshop. The weeklong workshop, hosted by the Jewish Studies program, has brought together teachers[Read More…]
CSU campuses limit enrollment, only 10 to accept students
With recent budget cuts and the possibility of a $250 million trigger cut in November, the Cal State University has announced that only 10 of its 23 campuses will accept new students for spring 2013. The exact number of students that the 10 campuses will admit in 2013 remains unclear.[Read More…]
Alumna wins wheelchair beauty contest
Like most pageant winners, Mary Zendejas was dressed in a sash and tiara as she fundraised for her upcoming trip to Rhode Island, where she will represent California in her second pageant: Miss Wheelchair America. Zendejas, 41, graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1997. She was diagnosed with polio[Read More…]
UCs use email to improve student counseling
A feeling of comfort takes over in the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office at Cal State Long Beach. Dim lighting gives the space a house-like feeling, and a tape of the ocean’s waves plays in the background while the receptionist smiles and calmly answers questions. However, letting a complete[Read More…]