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Nearly 90 students will present research at Cal State San Marcos’ Student Poster Showcase on Nov. 28. The campus community is invited to view student presentations from noon-1 p.m. in the USU Ballroom.The showcase is an opportunity for students in al...

A Cal State San Marcos student podcast, “Read the Climate,” will launch its first episode on Nov. 16 to help raise awareness and find solutions about climate change. The podcast will be available on Spotify, iHeart, Soundcloud, Buzzsprout and RSS. “R...

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 Univer...

The Career Center’s fall job and internship fair enjoyed record-breaking attendance last month as more than 500 Cal State San Marcos students engaged with 57 employers on Oct. 17 in the USU Ballroom. The fair gave students the chance to meet with pot...

Cal State San Marcos is ranked among the top universities for Hispanic/Latinx students, according to Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine. CSUSM received recognition in the following categories: No. 43 in total bachelor's degrees granted;No. 82 in ...

The National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos has been awarded a $333,332 grant from the federal Minority Research Grant Program to support the research of Bridges2Health, a community health advocate program. The importance of th...

Cal State San Marcos music professor and department chair Ching-Ming Cheng was recently inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.Cheng, who joined CSUSM’s faculty in 2011, played an integral role in the university becoming an All-Steinw...

Two Cal State San Marcos kinesiology master’s students mentored by professor Todd Astorino had manuscripts from their theses published in highly regarded journals recently. Rasmus Clausen compared the magnitude of excess post-exercise oxygen consumpt...

Cal State San Marcos is one of the top regional universities in the West according to new rankings by the publication U.S. News & World Report.  CSUSM ranks No. 28 in the category “Regional Universities West” on the U.S. News 2024 Best Colleges list,...

Cal State San Marcos psychology professor Sasha Kimel has been published by the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, an American Psychological Association publication.Kimel’s article, titled “Finding Your Roots: Do DNA Ancestry Tests Increase...

Dawn M. Formo, dean of Cal State San Marcos’ Office of Undergraduate Studies, will participate in the 2023-2024 Weekend HERS (Higher Education Resources Services) Leadership Institute, as part of the weekend immersion cohort hosted in Virginia.Thanks...

For the second straight year, Cal State San Marcos history professor Suzanna Krivulskaya was named a public fellow by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization based in Washington, D.C...

Cal State San Marcos alumnus Terry Loftus, the chief information officer for the San Diego County Office of Education, visited the White House earlier this month to speak at the “Back to School Safely: Cybersecurity Summit for K-12 Schools.”In prepar...

Cal State San Marcos’ School of Education this fall will begin a four-year partnership with the San Marcos Unified School District through which the university’s teacher candidates will train as residents in district schools.The partnership, which is...

Last spring, 40 Cal State San Marcos business students in Raj Pillai’s leadership in organizations class participated in a Compassionate Leadership Certificate online program to help them develop the necessary skills to become an efficient leader. St...

The Kappa Sigma chapter at Cal State San Marcos has been named one of the top chapters in the nation. It received the Founders' Award of Chapter Excellence (FACE) for its dedicated work in recruitment, service, philanthropy, scholarship and ritual ed...

A team of Cal State San Marcos faculty created and presented the panel “Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Do You Have the Guts?” at San Diego Comic-Con last month. The panelists – sociology professors Matthew Atherton and Sheri-Lynn Kurisu and moderat...

The California State University system received the 2023 AASCU Excellence & Innovation Award for Sustainability and Sustainable Development. The project was a collaborative effort among six CSU campuses, including Cal State San Marcos. The project wa...

Cal State San Marcos alumna Rachael Lafenhagen won $10,000 in prize money during the Sunstone CSU Startup Launch Competition.Lafenhagen’s pitch for her startup Craft-Your-Bra earned her second place in the social enterprise track. The prize money wil...

Cal State San Marcos alumna Tatiana Willis founded The Willis Scholarship in hopes of empowering transfer students to continue their education. Willis began her higher education at MiraCosta College before transferring to CSUSM to pursue her degree i...

Cal State San Marcos’ College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) collaborated with the Migrant Education Program in Los Angeles to host the inaugural Migrant Scholars Summer Institute (MSSI) from July 6-14. Nearly 40 high school students who identify ...

Cal State San Marcos has been named to the “Best Colleges in America 2023” list by Money magazine.CSUSM received a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 in the new system developed this year by Money. Out of more than 700 colleges and universities evaluated, ...

Cal State San Marcos political science professor Xiaoye She is part of a new online journal with a mission of creating a more global California by showcasing the scholarship and work of faculty, students and staff of the California State University s...

Cal State San Marcos has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a novel project that will offer mindfulness training to STEM students who are preparing for graduate school.The grant of about $80,000 covers a term of one year ...

A team of students from Cal State San Marcos recently competed in the fourth Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC), which endorses new marine energy ideas for capturing the power of the ocean.The CSUSM team of Thomas Handzel, Miguel Lopez, Fare...

Undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities throughout Southern California convened at Cal State San Marcos recently for the 29th Annual Psychology Student Research Conference. The event allowed students the chance to share the...

The art exhibition (UN)EARTHING will feature works by students from the Department of Art, Media, and Design in the Arts Building Lobby Gallery beginning May 10 and running through the summer.An opening reception will take place from 3-6 p.m. on May ...

Two Cal State San Marcos students won awards at the 37th annual CSU Student Research Competition.The event was held April 28-29 at San Diego State University.Biological sciences student Jaeden Flury received first place in Session 7, Biological and A...

Cal State San Marcos professor Darci Strother is part of a California State University team that has won a prestigious national award for training faculty to help students with their mental health.The CSU received the Momentum Award at the Mental Hea...

The School of Education at Cal State San Marcos was one of the primary organizers of a recent event for future teachers that attracted hundreds of participants.The inaugural Future Teacher Summit was held on Friday, April 21 at Mesa College and was a...