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Cal State San Marcos’ HOPE & Wellness Center is among the winners of the 23rd annual Live Well San Diego Public Health Champion Awards.The awards are given to people or organizations with extraordinary achievements in areas of public health …

Cal State San Marcos psychology professor Alex Huynh recently had a paper published in Cognition, an international journal that publishes theoretical and experimental papers on the study of the mind.Since he started at CSUSM in 2020, Huynh has …

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, …

In his role as poet laureate of San Diego, Cal State San Marcos professor Jason Magabo Perez has launched a signature project that will explore poetry as a form of community empowerment.The project, San Diego Poetry Futures 2024, invites San Diego …

A team of Cal State San Marcos students was recently honored in multiple categories at the SDSU Chinyeh Hostler Social Venture: H20 Impact Challenge. The event, hosted by San Diego State, is a pitch competition based on identifying a …

Cal State San Marcos recently achieved STARS gold status in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS is short for the Sustainability Tracking, …

Cal State San Marcos’ College of Business Administration is hosting its annual Business 300 Networking event from 6-8 p.m. on March 25 in the University Student Union Ballroom. The event is being held in partnership with chambers of commerce from …

 Electrical engineering student Jazmin Pantoja was honored with the prestigious President's Citation Award by the San Diego County Engineering Council at its annual awards ceremony on Feb. 19.The recognition is a testament to Pantoja’s …

Catherine Hampel, a Cal State San Marcos public health lecturer, was recently selected as one of 60 scholars who are part of the ninth class of Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS).Each year, PLS brings a group of diverse, committed leaders who …

Alumnus Steve Maxey was recently selected by the Greater San Diego Area Mathematics Council for the 2023 Outstanding Mathematics Educator Award in the high school category.Recipients are lauded for dedicating themselves to quality mathematics …

Cal State San Marcos President Ellen Neufeldt welcomed a delegation of educators representing Changhua County, Taiwan, to campus on Feb. 1. Both parties affirmed their commitment to partnership development and discussed future …

Deysi Merino-Gonzalez, a 2015 Cal State San Marcos graduate, was recently selected as the recipient of the fourth annual Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award.  The award is given yearly by the Migrant Clinicians …

Nearly 90 students will present research at Cal State San Marcos’ Student Poster Showcase on Nov. 28. The campus community is invited to view student presentations from noon-1 p.m. in the USU Ballroom.The showcase is an opportunity for students in …

A Cal State San Marcos student podcast, “Read the Climate,” will launch its first episode on Nov. 16 to help raise awareness and find solutions about climate change. The podcast will be available on Spotify, iHeart, Soundcloud, Buzzsprout and …

Cal State San Marcos will host multiple events to honor the contributions of veterans during National Veterans and Military Families Month. CSUSM is home to nearly 500 student veterans, the highest percentage per capita of any California State …

The Career Center’s fall job and internship fair enjoyed record-breaking attendance last month as more than 500 Cal State San Marcos students engaged with 57 employers on Oct. 17 in the USU Ballroom. The fair gave students the chance to meet …

Cal State San Marcos is ranked among the top universities for Hispanic/Latinx students, according to Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine. CSUSM received recognition in the following categories: No. 43 in total bachelor's degrees …

The National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos has been awarded a $333,332 grant from the federal Minority Research Grant Program to support the research of Bridges2Health, a community health advocate program. The importance …

Cal State San Marcos music professor and department chair Ching-Ming Cheng was recently inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.Cheng, who joined CSUSM’s faculty in 2011, played an integral role in the university becoming an …

Two Cal State San Marcos kinesiology master’s students mentored by professor Todd Astorino had manuscripts from their theses published in highly regarded journals recently. Rasmus Clausen compared the magnitude of excess post-exercise oxygen …

Cal State San Marcos is one of the top regional universities in the West according to new rankings by the publication U.S. News & World Report.  CSUSM ranks No. 28 in the category “Regional Universities West” on the U.S. News 2024 Best …

Cal State San Marcos psychology professor Sasha Kimel has been published by the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, an American Psychological Association publication.Kimel’s article, titled “Finding Your Roots: Do DNA Ancestry Tests …

Dawn M. Formo, dean of Cal State San Marcos’ Office of Undergraduate Studies, will participate in the 2023-2024 Weekend HERS (Higher Education Resources Services) Leadership Institute, as part of the weekend immersion cohort hosted in …

For the second straight year, Cal State San Marcos history professor Suzanna Krivulskaya was named a public fellow by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization based in …

Cal State San Marcos alumnus Terry Loftus, the chief information officer for the San Diego County Office of Education, visited the White House earlier this month to speak at the “Back to School Safely: Cybersecurity Summit for K-12 Schools.”In …

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 …

Last spring, 40 Cal State San Marcos business students in Raj Pillai’s leadership in organizations class participated in a Compassionate Leadership Certificate online program to help them develop the necessary skills to become an efficient …

The Kappa Sigma chapter at Cal State San Marcos has been named one of the top chapters in the nation. It received the Founders' Award of Chapter Excellence (FACE) for its dedicated work in recruitment, service, philanthropy, scholarship and ritual …

A team of Cal State San Marcos faculty created and presented the panel “Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Do You Have the Guts?” at San Diego Comic-Con last month. The panelists – sociology professors Matthew Atherton and Sheri-Lynn Kurisu and …

The California State University system received the 2023 AASCU Excellence & Innovation Award for Sustainability and Sustainable Development. The project was a collaborative effort among six CSU campuses, including Cal State San Marcos. The …