2026
May
11,
2026
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07:07 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Akayla Hackson has always had a knack for finding solutions to problems.So when Kelsey Forrester told Hackson about the most challenging part of her job at UC Santa Barbara, Hackson took action.Hackson and Forrester have been close friends since …
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2025
June
12,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Deborah Feairheller and Justin Morris first met as part of the same new faculty training cohort when they arrived at Cal State San Marcos in 2022.Though part of different colleges – Feairheller a kinesiology professor in the College of Education, …
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May
05,
2025
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Karli Llorens aspires to work for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Saba Wali wants to go to law school and become an international lawyer.Both Cal State San Marcos students took considerable steps toward their career ambitions this spring by …
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2024
December
12,
2024
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11:22 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As the end of the year approaches, many are already looking ahead to 2025.But before putting the finishing touches on your list of New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look back at some of the most-talked-about stories of 2024. CSUSM Receives …
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April
08,
2024
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Josue Navarrete, a Cal State San Marcos computer science student, has received a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, …
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2023
December
06,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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April
24,
2023
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11:56 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Nahid Ebrahimi Majd earned the 2022-23 Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching Innovation & Excellence for her work in curriculum development and student engagement. An associate professor of computer science, she constantly advocates that …
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2021
May
06,
2021
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
More than 4,400 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this academic year, including six standouts from the Class of 2021 who are receiving special recognition for their achievements.Honorees were nominated by faculty or staff …
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2020
May
11,
2020
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Thu Viet Snyder didn’t have an easy path to earning her degree in computer scienceComing from Vietnam, she had to navigate a different culture and a new language. She had a passion for computers, but little background in computer science. And, …
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2019
December
06,
2019
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When most college students earn a scholarship, the money goes toward helping offset the price of attending school.For David Falconer, it quite simply changed his life.“It means everything,” said Falconer, a Cal State San Marcos junior. …
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October
14,
2019
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13:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Kevin Mendoza remembers his reaction when his robotics adviser at Oceanside High School casually said that Northrop Grumman was looking for students to apply for a STEM learning experience as part of a pilot phase for a new talent pipeline program …
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June
12,
2019
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09:27 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Erick Ochoa was one of almost 20 Cal State San Marcos science and math students who accepted a challenge from a Vista-based business incubator in the spring of 2018.
The challenge was this: Come to our laboratory over the summer and try to …
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May
22,
2019
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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
02,
2019
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16:04 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Ashley Jacobs and Marissa Beltran each bring a unique perspective to the CodeQueens Club, a 12-week after-school program coordinated by Cal State San Marcos that introduces high school students to computer coding.
Today, Ashley and Marissa work …
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2018
September
05,
2018
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14:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Marissa Beltran was concerned that she might not have the necessary coding experience to thrive in Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) Extension program.
It didn’t take long for her to realize she had nothing to worry …
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April
24,
2018
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Mission Hills High School junior Mitra Zarinebaf is like a lot of her friends. When it comes to using the latest technological gadgets, she was a pro. When it comes to understanding the technology behind those gadgets, not so much.
Until now. …
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January
12,
2018
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Damien Brantley’s foster mother always told him he should attend college.
Despite her encouragement and his desire to pursue higher education, there was still the matter of preparing for the rigors of college as a first-generation …
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2017
September
11,
2017
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14:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Talk about leveling the playing field.
Cal State San Marcos, determined to boost academic success and job readiness of computer science majors from low-income families, has secured a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Science …
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June
28,
2017
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
“I enjoy hearing from former students telling me that they are working at a top tech company and are using the same principles they learned in my class.”
-- Dr. Ali Ahmadinia
He’s only been teaching at Cal State San …
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March
13,
2017
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13:38 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Youwen Ouyang is grateful for the Cal State San Marcos student mentors she has assisting with a grant that aims to help high school girls learn more about STEM career paths.
“They’re so dedicated,” said Ouyang, CSUSM’s …
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January
30,
2017
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08:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Three Cal State San Marcos faculty members from the College of Science and Mathematics are principal investigators on a $6 million grant awarded in September to provide foundational funding for the University's engineering program.
Here's …
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January
10,
2017
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10:32 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Steve Schlesinger considers himself fortunate to have had his undergraduate education funded through scholarships and financial aid when he was attending Cornell University in the 1960s.
That good fortune continued as he earned a …
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2016
December
22,
2016
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10:41 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Nam Ho is taking a path that he hopes leads to a successful tech career in the United States.
His strategy includes diving straight into his computer science major during his first two years at Cal State San Marcos and not simply leaving it to …
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December
13,
2016
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14:58 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Want to quickly measure the level of air pollution inside a building? There’s an app for that.
Or there will be soon, thanks to a grant-funded research project led by Dr. Ali Ahmadinia, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at …
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October
07,
2016
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13:07 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Youwen Ouyang has always been impressed by the young women who participate in the Women’s Hackathon at Cal State San Marcos.
The event generates excitement among female high school and college students who work collaboratively using …
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October
05,
2016
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Scanning U.S. News and World Report’s 2016 list of the “100 Best Jobs,” it doesn’t take long to find information security analyst, which comes in at No. 34 overall.
With cyberattacks seemingly in the headlines on a daily …
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June
27,
2016
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14:57 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Some people might shy away from watching a video of themselves crashing during a snowboarding run that, more than a year later, still has them on the road to recovery.
Not Emily Sorger.
Has she watched the recording of a February 2015 accident …
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2015
December
14,
2015
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16:32 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Rising to the challenge of putting scientific theory into motion, physics and computer science students at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) will be presenting the culminations of their imaginative innovations at the eighth annual Robot …
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October
21,
2015
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16:25 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Over 100 female high school and college students from San Diego, Riverside and Los Angeles Counties will gather at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) this Saturday, Oct. 24 for the institution’s fourth semi-annual Women’s …
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October
19,
2015
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12:31 PM
America/Los_Angeles
A trio of Cal State San Marcos professors have secured a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant that could change the way science and technology is taught in public schools and boost the success rate in those subjects for students from …
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