More than 16,000 California and Nevada nurses, including dozens from St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach, will leave their stations to form picket lines this Friday. The California Nurses Association has been locked in a bitter contract dispute with Catholic Healthcare West since March, when workers’ contracts from three[Read More…]
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Colleges stay ‘afloat’ this year due to furloughs
As students wrap up midterms, Cal State Long Beach colleges look over the academic year’s cuts and what has yet to come. “It’s a different time, as everybody’s aware,” said Dixie Grimmet, dean of the College of Health and Human Services. Grimmett said the college had to cut $1.4 million[Read More…]
Professors use technology to increase student involvement in learning
Glenn Zucman, an Art 110 professor at Cal State Long Beach, is currently taking his students on a trip to the Beach World. “I hope to reinvent and reinvigorate general education art appreciation through a series of paralleled physical world and virtual art experiences,” Zucman said in a press release.[Read More…]
Swine flu vaccine in Long Beach this week
Long Beach residents can breathe easy, as the arrival of the swine flu vaccine is expected to arrive in the city this week. The Long Beach Public Health Department will begin distribution plans immediately to allot the arriving vaccine to various hospitals and health care facilities throughout the city, said[Read More…]
Family, friends remember music student Kyle Stevens
Kyle Stevens asked his choir director five years ago if the chamber choir could perform “Precious Lord” for a competition. It was a birthday surprise for his father, Lowell Stevens, who loved the song. “I wanted him to sing [this song] at my funeral, but Kyle didn’t want to wait[Read More…]
Author gets down to bare bones of crime writing
Cal State Long Beach’s Alumni Association held its Orange County Speaker Series in Costa Mesa on Oct. 22, featuring award-winning crime writer and alumna Jan Burke. Burke is critically acclaimed and a national bestselling author. In addition, she is the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel for her[Read More…]
ASI ‘optimistic’ about LB Transit
While President Chris Chavez said Associated Students Inc. will not officially know the decision until next Wednesday, proposed changes affecting Route D of Long Beach Transit could be approved. Chavez is optimistic about the proposed changes to city bus routes after meeting with Guy Heston, chief operating officer and executive[Read More…]
College of Education receives $300K to help minority students
The College of Education at Cal State Long Beach has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Education to help minority students gain admittance to graduate school. The two-year grant will go into effect immediately. In addition, it will increase instructor candidates’ awareness and respect for cultural and[Read More…]
Grant propels engineering dept. to develop magnetic transporter
Cal State Long Beach was awarded in September $245,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the engineering department for research on magnetic levitation technologies. Magnetic levitation, or maglev, is a form of transportation technology that eliminates the need for fossil fuel as a direct fuel source. It uses[Read More…]
Economists: ‘Activism brings change’
The current economic situation seems grim, and that is what speakers at yesterday afternoon’s Critical Perspectives for Economy panel made it sound like. Approximately 70 people showed up to listen as four speakers shared their views on economics and recession at the University Student Union Ballrooms. The speakers went through[Read More…]