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CSUSM NewsCenter (Academics)

2023
December
04,
2023
| 10:53 AM America/Los_Angeles
A belief can go a long way.  There was a time when Cal State San Marcos sociology professor Xuan Santos didn’t believe – or even know – that earning a Ph.D. was possible. As a first-generation, system-impacted, undocumented student, Santos
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2021
October
08,
2021
| 11:18 AM America/Los_Angeles
The upcoming Winter Intersession at Cal State San Marcos offers a wide range of online and hybrid courses with a compressed timeline to the community. These courses enable individuals to accelerate their progress toward a degree by earning as many
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August
17,
2021
| 11:25 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos is doing its part to help bridge the digital divide that has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.  CSUSM is one of eight campuses participating in a California State University initiative called CSUCCESS
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March
09,
2021
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
The upcoming summer session at California State University San Marcos offers more than 180 online courses to CSUSM students as well as students from other universities and individuals in the community. In addition, a popular summer payment plan is
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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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January
29,
2021
| 09:28 AM America/Los_Angeles
A team of four Cal State San Marcos undergraduate students and kinesiology professors Jeff Nessler and Sean Newcomer have received Sports Engineering’s 2020 best paper award for their paper, “Effect of wetsuit outer surface material on
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2020
November
10,
2020
| 11:36 AM America/Los_Angeles
For Sinem Siyahhan, change is an opportunity to challenge ourselves to reach new heights.When the associate professor of educational technology and learning sciences came to Cal State San Marcos in 2014, she set out to change the way her
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September
18,
2020
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos alumna Karina Gonzalez Herrera was named to Cell Mentor’s list of 100 of the most inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists working in the United States.Gonzalez, who earned her bachelor’s and master’s at CSUSM
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August
28,
2020
| 11:30 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos expects to welcome more than 16,000 students Monday as it kicks off a fall semester unlike any in its history. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and in alignment with the California State University’s
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July
31,
2020
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Carl Kemnitz spent the last five years at San Jose State, not only one of the largest schools in the California State University system but also the oldest. When he became Cal State San Marcos’ provost and vice president of Academic Affairs
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April
28,
2020
| 13:55 PM America/Los_Angeles
As Cal State San Marcos faculty and staff continue to go above and beyond on behalf of students and the campus community during the COVID-19 crisis, we’re pleased to highlight some of the campus heroes as nominated by students and
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April
22,
2020
| 12:55 PM America/Los_Angeles
With Cal State San Marcos faculty and staff working remotely during the COVID-19 crisis, Katherine Kantardjieff had to deliver the news of her impending departure to colleagues via Zoom.Kantardjieff could see the visible shock on the faces of
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April
15,
2020
| 15:15 PM America/Los_Angeles
Dr. Carl Kemnitz has been appointed Cal State San Marcos’ next provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Kemnitz’s tenure will begin on July 1. “Dr. Kemnitz strongly believes in the teacher-scholar model, is a strong
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March
06,
2020
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
For Jason Magabo Perez, it’s not enough to stand in front of his Ethnic Studies classroom and lecture. In his teaching career, Perez has never been content with simply assigning readings, distributing exams and grading papers. The
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January
31,
2020
| 08:15 AM America/Los_Angeles
Many students who dream of medical school envision the white lab coat, sterile exam rooms and the latest high-tech medical equipment. As an undergraduate in Santa Barbara, Amanda McKenna instead rolled up her sleeves, set up a rope and some tables
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January
23,
2020
| 12:23 PM America/Los_Angeles
President Ellen Neufeldt has had a purposeful focus since arriving at Cal State San Marcos last July. From the moment she stepped foot on campus, she has set out to gain a deeper understanding of the institution’s culture and hear first-hand
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January
21,
2020
| 13:47 PM America/Los_Angeles
Rare is the provost who puts a relatively young university on the path toward adding more than a dozen new academic programs. Rare is the faculty member who’s such an expert in his field that he has something named after
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2019
December
03,
2019
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
A girl grows up in Mexico, one of eight children of parents who didn’t attain more than a third-grade education.   The family moves to America in search of a better life, but college is never discussed; it’s not
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October
22,
2019
| 08:45 AM America/Los_Angeles
Ellen Neufeldt arrived at Cal State San Marcos’ University Village Apartments on Aug. 23 with a smile and a friendly greeting for volunteers at move-in day. She posed for selfies with proud parents. Shook hands and introduced herself to staff.
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September
04,
2019
| 15:18 PM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ Pathways to Academic Success & Opportunities, commonly known as PASO, is one of 16 national finalists for Excelencia in Education’s 2019 Examples of Excelencia. The winners will be announced at the
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August
30,
2019
| 10:20 AM America/Los_Angeles
Growing up in Georgia, Holly Hampton dreamed of living in California at an early age. However, as she began to grow into a career as a librarian, she accepted that her plan was not going to come to fruition. In fact, her career was moving in the
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August
27,
2019
| 11:16 AM America/Los_Angeles
Thirty years ago, on Sept. 1, 1989, California Governor George Deukmejian signed into law Senate Bill 365, officially establishing California State University San Marcos. CSUSM’s founding ushered in an era of higher education in the
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August
23,
2019
| 16:22 PM America/Los_Angeles
With its official opening on Aug. 26, Cal State San Marcos’ Extended Learning building moved from first shovel to first class in just 16 months. As the largest academic building on campus, the six-story, 135,000-square-foot EL building (ELB)
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May
31,
2019
| 08:55 AM America/Los_Angeles
Becoming a provost was never part of Graham Oberem’s plan. He never expected to be an administrator of any type at Cal State San Marcos. But when Oberem steps down as CSUSM’s provost at the end of June, it will mark the end of a
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May
22,
2019
| 11:10 AM America/Los_Angeles
Youwen Ouyang and Marisol Clark-Ibáñez first connected in a meaningful way almost a decade ago at a summer “boot camp” for Cal State San Marcos faculty.   Clark-Ibáñez was a coach
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May
13,
2019
| 10:24 AM America/Los_Angeles
As someone who has spent nearly a quarter century working in the construction industry, Kevin Dunn thought he had a handle on popular misconceptions about undocumented immigrants in the workforce. It wasn’t until the Cal State San Marcos
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May
08,
2019
| 12:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
When Alisha Blush first attended college, she was a smart, high-achieving but relatively aimless teenager, going to the university she thought she was supposed to go to and pursuing the career she thought she was supposed to
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May
01,
2019
| 16:50 PM America/Los_Angeles
Nearly 3,800 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this month. On April 29, six standouts from the Class of 2019 were honored at a special awards dinner to celebrate their achievements. Honorees were nominated by faculty or
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April
17,
2019
| 13:16 PM America/Los_Angeles
On the March day when she learned that she had been appointed the next president of Cal State San Marcos, a day she said she will never forget, Dr. Ellen Neufeldt received an email from CSUSM’s current president, Dr. Karen Haynes. As part
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April
09,
2019
| 10:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos has identified the fourth president in the university’s history, and it’s someone whose educational values hew closely to those held dear by her predecessor.   The California State
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