2025
October
30,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
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 all members of the campus community to …
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September
02,
2025
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11:22 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Teaching in a student population environment of around 2,500 and then moving to one with 17,000-plus is one of the many challenges that Roni Kay O’Dell, a new assistant professor of political science and global affairs, has signed up for this …
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May
22,
2025
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A ceremony celebrating academic achievement was the backdrop for a transformational moment in Native education. During a deeply moving celebration last week honoring American Indian and Alaska Native graduates at Cal State San Marcos, leaders …
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May
01,
2025
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08:17 AM
America/Los_Angeles
After giving a presentation at a local conference about equity in education in 2023, Eric Tippeconnic was approached by a middle school teacher from Bonsall.Tippeconnic, an artist and American Indian studies professor at Cal State San Marcos, had …
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April
14,
2025
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC) at Cal State San Marcos has received an endowment gift of $3 million from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.San Manuel is a longtime supporter of CSUSM, having contributed nearly $1 …
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2024
December
13,
2024
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12:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students in California have made significant progress in some areas but still face persistent challenges that demand immediate attention. That’s the top-level finding of a groundbreaking study released Friday …
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November
20,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It was a visit to Cal State San Marcos in the fourth grade that taught Aiden Valverde, a fourth-year American Indian Studies major, how to spread his wings.And it was an internship with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that really helped him take …
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October
14,
2024
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07:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Joely Proudfit, the founding chair of the American Indian studies department at CSUSM, recently received the 2024 educator of the year award, presented by the National Indian Education Association’s Lifetime Achievement and Cultural Freedom …
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May
13,
2024
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11:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cheyenne Smith never felt like she fully belonged. As a biracial woman, she was trapped within an agonizing dilemma of feeling too white-passing to be entitled to her American Indian heritage. This paradox made navigating life as a college student, …
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2023
October
31,
2023
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09:06 AM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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2022
September
14,
2022
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It may be slight hyperbole to say the United States changed forever in the summer of 2020.It’s not an exaggeration, however, to say sometimes it takes a monumental event to create a revolution.When the decision-makers within the California State …
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2021
November
03,
2021
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17:13 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Throughout the month of 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.Now more commonly referred to …
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2017
June
02,
2017
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09:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
“I want to elevate the authentic presentation of American Indians in the mass media.”
-- Dr. Joely Proudfit
Dr. Joely Proudfit minces no words in describing her mission advocating for American Indians.
“My American Indian …
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2016
February
22,
2016
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16:18 PM
America/Los_Angeles
On Friday, Feb. 19, President Barack Obama named California State University San Marcos Associate Professor Joely Proudfit, Ph.D., to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
“I am honored that these talented individuals have …
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