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The second fall Arts & Lectures event will feature Thupten Jinpa, an author, English translator of the Dalai Lama and president of the Compassion Institute. Jinpa has a bachelor's in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Cambridge Universi...

The first fall Arts & Lectures event features Jeannine Coulter, a successful fitness entrepreneur and host of the popular addiction recovery podcast “Chasing Heroine.”The event is at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the USU Ballroom. Reserve tickets online via th...

Cal State San Marcos students were buzzing with excitement on Sept. 12 as they gathered in front of Kellogg Library during U-hour to look at the different books on display and pick one up for free at the kickoff for the 2023-24 Common Read.For the se...

Hannah Harding and Alexis Rojas were students in the theatre arts program at Cal State San Marcos when they each thought about wanting to add stronger British accents to their repertoire as potential future actors.For most, that would have meant an a...

One has been on campus for less than two months. The other is a Cal State San Marcos graduate who became deeply involved in campus life during her two years as a student.Allura Murray-Cruz and Ilianna Ramirez took very different paths to their curren...

When Yesenia Mora was about to graduate from high school, there was no question that she would attend Cal State San Marcos. Mora has been visiting campus from before she could even remember. Since she was 10 months old, she has accompanied her mother...

The echoing sounds of gently pressed keyboard keys painted the blank walls of an empty California apartment where a bookshelf stood empty. Here, fragmented words and vulnerable thoughts bonded to form a hobby that would soon heal sorrows.After moving...

Business student Marisa Casarez received $1,000 for winning Cal State San Marcos’ spring 2023 Innovation Hub Quick Pitch competition for her subscription-based business model “Regain the Power Self Defense.”The Quick Pitch contest occurs each semeste...

Jon Spenard was stuck between a rock and a hard place – literally.He had crawled on his hands and knees for a couple hundred feet through a pitch-dark tunnel in a cave in the jungles of Belize, with a headlamp illuminating his way. This was just the ...

Kenny Tran almost had to pinch himself to remind him that it was real.A few months earlier, Tran had been living at home in Mira Mesa, trying  to find a job after graduating from Cal State San Marcos the previous spring. Now here he was, dressed to t...

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Cal State San Marcos’ Latinx Center is partnering with campus organizations to present an exciting lineup of events. The month, which runs Sept. 15-Oct. 15, is an opportunity to celebrate the rich c...

Campus roared back to life on Monday as students returned to Cal State San Marcos en masse for the first day of classes in the 2023-24 academic year.More than 16,000 students enrolled for the start of the fall semester. Included in that total is 2,76...

On Friday, Aug. 11, faculty, staff, industry partners and donors gathered in Science Hall 2 at Cal State San Marcos to celebrate the grand opening of the Quantum Design Teaching & Materials Discovery Laboratory.The grand opening kicked off with a hal...

Excitement was in the air last week as almost 2,000 students, with the help of their families, moved into housing at Cal State San Marcos. Move-in days took place Thursday and Friday at three locations: University Village Apartments, The QUAD and Nor...

Cal State San Marcos is welcoming more than 16,000 students for the start of the fall semester, which begins Monday with the largest first-year class in university history.Fall enrollment is up 3% compared to last year, including a record 2,766 first...

A presentation by six women who create art that challenges the nuclear state highlights the fall lineup of the longstanding Arts & Lectures series at Cal State San Marcos.  This season boasts a diverse selection of five events as the university hosts...

In a year characterized by philanthropic challenges nationwide, Cal State San Marcos achieved remarkable philanthropic success during the 2022-23 fiscal year, which ended June 30. University supporters donated over $12 million, surpassing the previou...

Cal State San Marcos alumnus Tyler Wiles has continued to ride the waves of success in the field of biomechanics and research.After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, Wiles decided to further his education and pursue a master’s in th...

From a young age, Hamed Nademi’s family knew he was made to work with technology. At only 9, joy filled the third grader as he entered a classroom filled with devices – electronic devices that is, which were intertwined with twisting wires and circul...

When Thomas Lyle Temple began searching for lab space to house his biotech startup, he wasn’t exactly enamored with his options.Temple toured private facilities in the region that failed to meet his expectations in myriad ways – whether the culprit w...

Eager with anticipation, 19 high school students stepped foot onto Cal State San Marcos with hopes of meeting new friends, learning about a school they could one day call their home, and furthering an interest in science, technology, engineering, and...

As part of "Voices of CSUSM," a new feature in Steps magazine, recent psychological sciences graduate Ilianna Ramirez shares her story of overcoming challenges.

The inaugural CSUSM Blue & Silver Fundraising Dinner held on June 9 was a resounding success, breaking previous university fundraising event records by raising just over $1 million for social mobility and student success programs and initiatives in a...

It’s been more than three decades, but Mary Gonzales still remembers the Friday meetings with Star Rivera-Lacey at an IHOP in Oceanside. Gonzales referred to these regular meetups as her “counseling sessions” because Rivera-Lacey always shared sound ...

Ripley Brant knows it sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. Perhaps that’s fitting for someone named after the protagonist of the “Alien” films. Sure, Brant prefers a good pair of headphones because it sounds better, but it’s not unusual for h...

The number 15 holds great significance for the LGBTQA Pride Center at Cal State San Marcos as Pride Month begins across the country.The Pride Center is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Next month, Pride Center members invite the campus com...

One of Jennifer Ho’s charges as a communities and cultures archivist for the Cal State San Marcos library is to enlist people from the community to tell their own stories and help document the history of the region that the university calls home.Last...

When Kianni Albrecht first walked through the doors of the Aspire Center in San Diego last fall, she felt like she was stepping back in time.A Master of Social Work student at Cal State San Marcos, Albrecht was beginning a year-long internship with t...

As a social sciences major with an interest in mental health, David Magallanes Cortes’ curiosity was piqued when he discovered that Latino college students are more likely to report mental health benefits from using Cal State San Marcos’ Cougar Pantr...

We are often products of our upbringing. A collection of experiences, support systems, and the love of those in our immediate circle.Aidelen Montoya remembers fondly trips to museums as a child.She has specific memories of the National History Museum...