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CSUSM NewsCenter (veterans)

2023
November
08,
2023
| 14:37 PM America/Los_Angeles
Amy Forsythe doesn’t fit the traditional definition of historian.She didn’t major in history as a student at Cal State San Marcos in the mid-2000s (her degree was in communication). She doesn’t teach history or speak at history conferences or write
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November
02,
2023
| 16:20 PM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will host multiple events to honor the contributions of veterans during National Veterans and Military Families Month. CSUSM is home to nearly 500 student veterans, the highest percentage per capita of any California State
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October
18,
2023
| 15:19 PM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos next month will host a screening of a documentary about an organization that’s using modern science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II.The film “To What Remains” will
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2022
September
28,
2022
| 11:30 AM America/Los_Angeles
Johnathan Rodney remembers the moment he failed a test in his precalculus class during his first semester of college. He thought the only way to tell if he was cut out to be in college was to put everything into his next test. If he failed
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February
08,
2022
| 15:39 PM America/Los_Angeles
As a means of boosting the retention rate of student veterans, Cal State San Marcos has joined a nationwide peer support program that has helped thousands of student veterans across the country.CSUSM has become one of 49 partner campuses of Peer
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2021
November
08,
2021
| 13:27 PM America/Los_Angeles
Waves of Flags, Nov. 8-10 Miniature American flags will be staked in the grass by Forum Plaza, showcasing CSUSM's approximately 1,700 military-connected students on campus. Veterans Day Celebration, Nov. 9, noon-1
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September
08,
2021
| 16:47 PM America/Los_Angeles
Like many Americans, Armando Manzo remembers the smallest details of where he was and what he was doing on the morning when terrorists steered two jet planes into the Twin Towers.He was a high school sophomore in Chicago. It was Art 2 class
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September
01,
2021
| 10:59 AM America/Los_Angeles
An innovative program at Cal State San Marcos that helps student veterans discover careers in sustainable energy has received a grant of $6 million from the U.S. Department of Defense.  The grant to Veterans to Energy
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February
23,
2021
| 08:30 AM America/Los_Angeles
Jamie De Revere, who received her master’s in kinesiology last May, recently published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE.The paper – titled “Changes in VO2max and cardiac output in response to short-term high-intensity interval
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2020
December
22,
2020
| 15:04 PM America/Los_Angeles
M.J. Lee already was struggling acutely with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic as the fall semester at Cal State San Marcos drew to a close.It was hard enough for Lee to juggle a heavy class load in biological sciences
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December
18,
2020
| 08:30 AM America/Los_Angeles
For 23 years, Eddie G. Utuk has proudly and faithfully served his country as a member of the United States Marine Corps.He has defended his country in Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom,
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May
04,
2020
| 08:42 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will honor our nation’s fallen with a virtual Memorial Day observance on Thursday, May 7. Veterans Services has been holding Rendèzoom events for military-connected students every Thursday since CSUSM moved to
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2019
December
06,
2019
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
When most college students earn a scholarship, the money goes toward helping offset the price of attending school.For David Falconer, it quite simply changed his life.“It means everything,” said Falconer, a Cal State San Marcos junior.
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November
08,
2019
| 10:51 AM America/Los_Angeles
When he and his wife bought their first home in 2011, Jason Beyer was pleased to learn that just up the street, on Woodland Parkway in San Marcos, was located a park whose main feature is a memorial wall for military veterans.  Beyer is a
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October
11,
2019
| 14:09 PM America/Los_Angeles
It was a long summer for Cal State San Marcos’ Veterans Services team. The group endured three moves around campus while the newly expanded and renovated Epstein Family Veterans Center was being completed. But it was well worth the
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October
01,
2019
| 09:34 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will celebrate the grand opening of its newly expanded and renovated Epstein Family Veterans Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Thursday, Oct. 10. CSUSM President Ellen Neufeldt and interim Veteran Services
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September
05,
2019
| 09:45 AM America/Los_Angeles
The Facebook page for the organization Veterans Crisis Outreach contains some alarming statistics, numbers that keep William Felty up at night:  Military suicides are at their highest rate in 10 years;  20%
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May
30,
2019
| 14:42 PM America/Los_Angeles
The wait is nearly over for Cal State San Marcos’ military-affiliated students. The much-anticipated expansion of CSUSM’s Veterans Center is nearing completion, and many of the entities involved in making it a reality gathered to
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January
21,
2019
| 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
It certainly wasn’t an ideal schedule for a student taking a full class load during his first semester at a university.  Every Wednesday, for about five months starting last January, Jeffrey Foertsch would arise at 4 a.m. and take
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2018
November
07,
2018
| 08:59 AM America/Los_Angeles
This time last year, Steven Sutherland was attending a Veterans Day ceremony at MiraCosta College that doubled as a memorial service for one of his friends at the college, a Marine veteran who had committed suicide two weeks earlier.  During
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November
01,
2018
| 11:38 AM America/Los_Angeles
Four Cal State San Marcos student veterans have received 2018-2019 San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) Military Veteran Student of the Year Academic Scholarships. The recipients are: David Falconer, who served in the Marines as a
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October
09,
2018
| 15:46 PM America/Los_Angeles
William Felty received the 22 Pushup Challenge in the fall of 2016. It was the year when the social media craze was sweeping the nation, similar to but on a smaller scale than the famous ALS Ice Bucket Challenge of
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September
11,
2018
| 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Every Sept. 11, Priscilla Rodriguez’s fellow Marines would share stories about where they were on the morning of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 in 2001. For many, that meant where they were
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May
08,
2018
| 13:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
When Stephen Vandereb became a father at 16, he never could have imagined he would be where he is today. Stephen was recently recognized as a Cal State San Marcos Civility Champion and the Outstanding Senior Student of the Year for his
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April
17,
2018
| 09:31 AM America/Los_Angeles
San Marcos, CA – California State University San Marcos has earned the Military Friendly® School designation, receiving a Silver Award for scoring within 30 percent of the 10th-ranked organization. “We are delighted to once again
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February
27,
2018
| 07:33 AM America/Los_Angeles
Involvement is the one constant in Louis Adamsel’s life. His college résumé is impressive – volunteer work, academics, fraternity life, National Guard reserves, on-campus employment and leadership in student government.
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January
25,
2018
| 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Michael Wood always encouraged Marines under his command to pursue an education. Michael, who was on active duty for 12 years, did everything from offer to let them go home early to rearranging schedules. But Michael never took classes himself
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2017
December
12,
2017
| 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Catalina Melendez isn’t fazed by a daunting schedule.  “It’s challenging, but it’s not unbearable,” said Catalina, who will graduate from Cal State San Marcos in May with a bachelor’s in
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November
09,
2017
| 13:56 PM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ Veterans Services continued a week of events with its annual Veterans Day Observance on Thursday afternoon. CSUSM campus members joined student veterans and dignitaries in Markstein Hall for a ceremony followed by a
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November
08,
2017
| 16:04 PM America/Los_Angeles
San Marcos, CA – California State University San Marcos’ Veterans Services is hosting the University’s annual Veterans Day Observance at noon Thursday in Markstein 104 on campus. The event is free and open to the public. CSUSM
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