2026
July
02,
2026
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14:05 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When Alyssa Clerihan moved to Temecula during her junior year at Cal State San Marcos, the commute nearly derailed her degree. Instead, she found an unexpected solution just minutes from home: …
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May
13,
2026
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11:25 AM
America/Los_Angeles
For Alyssa Helmantoler, the path to becoming a teacher began in a pottery studio. Helmantoler had planned to major in speech-language pathology, but a part-time job leading art classes for children shifted her direction …
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May
07,
2026
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11:18 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Ask William Yang if he wants to shoot photos or help film a social media clip, and the response is an immediate and enthusiastic, “Let's do it!”Yang is part of Cal State San Marcos' Aspiring Scholars program, which helps students with …
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May
07,
2026
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01:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Almost from the day she started as Cal State San Marcos’ administrator in charge of community engagement more than a decade ago, Patricia Prado-Olmos had one goal in mind.Her aspiration was to build something lasting: a culture where community …
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April
01,
2026
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As part of his internship in Cal State San Marcos' University Communications office, William Yang has been documenting campus life through photography this spring.Yang is part of the Aspiring Scholars program, which helps students with intellectual …
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March
12,
2026
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08:41 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The College of Education, Health and Human Services at Cal State San Marcos has launched the CEHHS Student Leadership Ambassador Team, giving students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in outreach, storytelling and communications while …
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2025
October
22,
2025
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13:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Student teachers across California now have access to a new financial support program aimed at easing the burden of unpaid teaching hours required for credentialing.Signed into law on June 27, Assembly Bill 121 (AB 121) established the Student …
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October
16,
2025
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12:44 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos next month will host its third annual workshop to introduce students to the path to becoming an elementary or secondary school arts teacher.“Become an Arts Teacher Day” will take place on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. …
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October
03,
2025
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08:49 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos has received three grants totaling more than $2.5 million to support the continued development and expansion of a program that gives students with intellectual disabilities an inclusive college experience.The grant funding will …
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September
30,
2025
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09:55 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cassiopeia Guthrie has worn many hats in her career – educator, journalist, curriculum designer and arts advocate. But at the heart of it all is a deep commitment to equity, creativity and student success.A proud alumna of Cal State San Marcos and …
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September
09,
2025
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09:45 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ School of Education has received a $40,000 grant from SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union to launch Project R.I.S.E. (Recruiting Inclusive, Supportive Educators), an initiative aimed at strengthening and broadening Southern …
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April
17,
2025
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14:10 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos recently hosted the 2025 STEM Teacher Celebration, which brought together a diverse group of future and current STEM educators and professors to foster community and collaboration.Hosted by Math and Science Teacher Initiative …
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February
25,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Karen Charles participated in Cal State San Marcos’ commencement ceremonies to receive her bachelor’s in 2000 and her teaching credential in 2001, she did so on a small grassy area in Forum Plaza.At the time, there were four main buildings on …
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2024
August
19,
2024
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07:18 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When the time came for a leadership change atop Cal State San Marcos’ School of Education this summer, there wasn’t exactly a mad rush of candidates.Teachers, after all, love teaching aspiring teachers how to teach, and the notion of sacrificing …
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May
01,
2024
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13:23 PM
America/Los_Angeles
April 25 was DNA Day, when the world commemorates the date in 1953 when scientists including James Watson and Francis Crick published papers in the journal Nature on one of the building blocks of life.The day is celebrated annually by biologists, …
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January
18,
2024
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08:08 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Rebecca Brooks arrived at Cal State San Marcos with 16 years of experience as a special education teacher – and with a dream.Almost since the day she was hired as a professor in the School of Education in 2015, Brooks has aspired to establish a …
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2023
October
25,
2023
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12:38 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The School of Education’s Educator Recruitment Committee is hosting three regional high schools for an inaugural “Mini Education Summit” on Friday, Nov. 3. The summit will give attendees the opportunity to meet like-minded high school …
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August
21,
2023
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08:58 AM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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May
03,
2023
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12:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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2022
October
07,
2022
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13:24 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Two Cal State San Marcos education professors have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will allow them to continue and expand their work improving the instruction of English learners in the region.The …
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April
20,
2022
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09:08 AM
America/Los_Angeles
What will the classroom of the future look like? It’s a question that schools across the country are asking as education returns to some degree of normalcy from the pandemic. And it’s a question that Cal State San Marcos hopes to be on the …
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2021
December
21,
2021
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11:31 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When he transferred to Cal State San Marcos from Grossmont College in August, John W. Edwards III had no idea what service learning was.Even when he was exposed to the concept early in his EDUC 364 course, he understood it mainly as a 20-hour …
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December
09,
2021
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15:08 PM
America/Los_Angeles
A team of Cal State San Marcos faculty and staff have collaborated on an article that recently was published in the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. The article, titled “Examining Field Experiences of Teacher Candidates During …
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July
08,
2021
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08:03 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos social work professor Madeline Lee, ACE Scholars Services counselors Laurie Orr and Leigh Quijada, and ACE founding director Jim Mickelson recently had a paper published in the National Association of Social Workers Press …
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June
07,
2021
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09:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The electrical engineering program is among 17 teams from colleges and universities across the country selected to participate in the 2022 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition: Powering the Blue Economy.The competition, which is hosted by the U.S. …
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May
13,
2021
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Kamilah Brown graduated from college in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications, but it was a sage piece of advice and a twist of fate that led to her true calling.Just a month after earning her degree, the 9/11 terrorist attacks …
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January
13,
2021
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08:31 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Laurie Stowell has been a professor at Cal State San Marcos since 1992, only two years after the university opened its doors. Now, almost three decades later, she’s ready for a new challenge. Stowell has been named the director …
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2020
September
23,
2020
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10:57 AM
America/Los_Angeles
In late August, one week before the start of the school year, Jose Melo was invited to an impromptu, one-on-one Zoom meeting by the principal of Valley Center Middle School, where Melo has taught for the last eight years.
That’s …
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June
15,
2020
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Although she’s a biology professor, Deborah Kristan was a natural choice to be tapped as associate dean of Cal State San Marcos’ College of Education, Health and Human Services in January 2018.
When she first came to CSUSM …
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April
02,
2020
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It may seem hard to believe now, but only three weeks ago, education in the United States was business as usual.
Most students were going to brick-and-mortar buildings for their classes. Most college professors and all K-12 teachers …
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