Cal State Long Beach faculty and staff assembled at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on Aug. 26 to hear President F. King Alexander and Provost Donald J. Para discuss the challenges facing the Cal State University system, among other topics. CSULB received 70,000 applications for admissions — 40,000 of them[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
CSULB students “call-in” for undocumented
Cal State Long Beach students were invited to a “call-in” in open support of AB-131, the second half of the California Dream Act that went unsigned by Gov. Jerry Brown, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach on Aug. 24. AB-131 would complement its counterpart AB-130 by allowing undocumented[Read More…]
Geology professor charts SoCal fault
The San Jacinto fault in Moreno Valley could cause an earthquake at any time that would affect the Riverside and San Bernardino area. However, one Cal State Long Beach professor hopes his research will reduce the damaging effects. Nate Onderdonk, assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, has been[Read More…]
Forums held to hire new director of equity and diversity
Cal State Long Beach held forums to find a director of equity and diversity following the departure of Perrin Reid. Reid left in February to become executive assistant to the chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, according to university officials. She worked as the director for almost seven[Read More…]
CSULB student, professor observe wetlands for wildlife behavior
A Cal State Long Beach student and professor teamed up to design a project that tested how salt marshes responded to climate change, with the local Huntington wetlands as a model. The experiment, CSULB student Anastasia Shippey’s master’s thesis, is designed to study how a gradual increase in temperature will[Read More…]
Undocumented students gain private aid, search for stability
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of AB-130 has advocates for undocumented students wondering if and when AB-131, the second part of the legislation, will be approved. AB-130 means progress for undocumented students in California, who can now apply for private financial aid. However, critics argue that nothing will change until[Read More…]
Teacher workshop focuses on using art to instruct history lessons
Current and aspiring high school teachers gathered at the Anatol Center on campus for a weeklong workshop on the Holocaust and how to integrate art into lessons. From Aug. 8-12, guest speakers, including Holocaust survivors and faculty from Cal State Long Beach, led the workshop. A trip to the Los[Read More…]
CSU justifies president salaries
The CSU Board of Trustees held a discussion about its executive hiring and compensation policies after recently drawing criticism for awarding San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman a $400,000 salary. The meeting addressed some of the effects of statewide hardships on the education system and, consequently, decisions regarding executive positions.[Read More…]
Long Beach named most walkable city in SoCal
The city of Long Beach was named the most walkable Southern California city, according to WalkScore.com. The Seattle-based website, which examined the walkability of the 50 largest cities in the United States, ranked Long Beach at No. 11 overall. The scores calculate data from Google and other websites that plot[Read More…]
Low income students are upward bound at CSULB
Low income and underrepresented high school students from the Los Angeles County area participated in a six-week summer academy at Cal State Long Beach that closed with oral presentations and an awards banquet last Saturday. The Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program, in its second year at CSULB, attracted students[Read More…]