Articles tagged with 'TopStory' | CSUSM

Grace Davis could sing almost before she could talk.She grew up in Vista in a household where music was the background noise of life. Her father’s side of the family is populated with music teachers and choir directors, and during the holidays especi...

Kia-shaan Cleveland was in second grade when she returned home from school to find her belongings being packed in boxes and placed into her grandmother’s car with her siblings and dog in the backseat. A typical day quickly turned into one that would ...

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 was alread...

Cal State San Marcos raised $459,638 in just 24 hours as part of Giving Day on Nov. 28.“We are deeply grateful for everyone who helped make Giving Day such a resounding success, one that will have an immediate and lasting impact on our campus communi...

Cal State San Marcos’ Innovation Hub has welcomed a creative addition to its space with the unveiling of a new mural and interactive art installation.  The mural portrays a coastal live oak, a tree that is representative of the San Marcos region. By ...

Ten Cal State San Marcos alumni recently published a research project with biological sciences professor Jane Kim. The manuscript “Massive contractions of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2-associated CCTG tetranucleotide repeats occur via double strand break...

David King came to Cal State San Marcos in 2017 feeling lost. Being a first-generation college student meant that King didn’t have anyone at home to help him figure out financial aid or other college resources. A month into his first semester at CSUS...

History is everywhere, and if you look closely enough, aspects of it can be found in the most unlikely places.  This is a theme that surfaces throughout history professor Citlali Sosa-Riddell’s life — from diving into historical aspects of Marvel mov...

Veterans of the Cal State San Marcos men’s club lacrosse program remember well how things used to be only a few years ago.The word that perhaps best defined the team was “chill.” The roster size was modest. Practices weren’t all that frequent or inte...

The signature Fall Arts & Lectures event features SWANS, a collective of six women artists – Nancy Buchanan, Judith Dancoff, Jane C. Mi, Hillary Mushkin, Sheila Pinkel and Elin O'Hara Slavick – who mine their personal connections to nuclear physics i...

Tucked away on the east side of campus behind the Center for Children and Families, Cal State San Marcos’ garden commonly goes unnoticed by most students. “When I came to San Marcos, I was shocked when I found out there was a 7,000-square-foot garden...

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 a...

The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) welcomed ninth-grade girls from 14 high schools throughout San Diego County for the 28th annual Sisters Gonna Work It Out conference at Cal State San Marcos on Nov. 3. “I've been hosting this conference for 2...

Bridget Anderson always has bemoaned the fact that she wasn’t able to participate in her Cal State San Marcos commencement.After graduating from the university in December 2013, Anderson was scheduled to walk the following spring, but her husband’s m...

Throughout November, Cal State San Marcos will be celebrating and recognizing the contributions of American Indians with a series of special events as part of Native American Heritage Month. CSUSM invites the campus community to honor Native American...

The smallest beings in the marine world are a source of enormous fascination to Darcy Taniguchi. The plankton that she has devoted her career to researching consist of just a single cell, but the things that happen in that one cell enchant her. A par...

Many students figure out what they want to do with their lives when they’re in college, or perhaps high school.Liora Gubkin was 8 years old. She aspired to be a journalist, and in the ensuing years she did everything possible to put herself firmly on...

Community is the first word that comes to mind when Paula Serrano reflects on what got her through her academic career. Navigating higher education felt intimidating at times for Serrano, a first-generation college student. She worried that she didn’...

Eagerly engaged students lined the walls of the Viasat Engineering Pavilion and University Hall on Sept. 14 and Oct. 16 to connect with Google representatives. The College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (CSTEM) partnered with Go...

The fourth fall Arts & Lectures event will feature Asian American author, storyteller and physician Russell Low.Inspired by a 100-year-old photograph in the belongings of his great Uncle Kim, Low will share his decades-long search to find the stories...

Jocelyn Wyndham’s deep affection for Cal State San Marcos was hardly love at first sight. During her first year at the university in 1998, she battled dissatisfaction so acute that she cried every day on the drive back to her family’s home in Temecul...

In July, Cal State San Marcos President Ellen Neufeldt was invited to attend National Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education.The event convened senior officials in the Biden-Harris Administration a...

There was a time when Charles Ragland seemed destined to pursue a career in politics, and his tenure as student body president at Cal State San Marcos in the mid-1990s was just the tip of the iceberg.Ragland served as class president at El Camino Hig...

More than 500 prospective students and their guests explored campus at Cal State San Marcos’ annual open house event, Discover CSUSM, on Saturday. Attendees received a warm welcome from President Ellen Neufeldt, current CSUSM students, faculty and st...

Kellogg Library is spreading the message of peace and unity in the fall Context Exhibit Series “Graphis Designers for Peace.”This semester, the featured art is the work of a collaboration between graphic design institution Graphis and artist Kit Hinr...

As a director, Shaun Heard wants to challenge actors to dive into meaningful shows. As an actor himself, Heard seeks to perform roles that push his boundaries of understanding the craft and the last impression his performance can have on a wide audie...

On a chilly afternoon last winter at Escondido High School, a group of students was playing with remote control cars.This wasn’t an idle, time-wasting activity, however. They weren’t going to get sent to the principal’s office.This was an organized s...

When North City was first proposed, the congruency of the urban neighborhood project with nearby Cal State San Marcos was not only obvious but highly desirable. What better way to maintain a small-town feel with tremendous growth in a few short years...

The third fall Arts & Lectures event will feature FAIVA, a traditional Samoan band made up of lifelong musicians Grant Muagututi’a, Vaea A’etonu and Tinifuloa Grey. Don’t miss an exciting evening of traditional Samoan music played with acoustic guita...

Cal State San Marcos’ initial Planet Mentorship Pilot Program  was a success, creating opportunities for students with diverse backgrounds to fight against climate issues. The program is a unique merging of targeted student mentorship, socially engag...