2025
October
29,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As Maya Goodblanket reflects on her time as a student, she vividly remembers the day she found the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center at Cal State San Marcos. Goodblanket was nervous about checking out the CICSC. She didn’t know …
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October
28,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Richard Jaenisch had received a death sentence at age 12. Diagnosed with hepatitis C, very unusual for a child that young, Jaenisch had been told by doctors that if he didn’t get a liver transplant, he wouldn’t live past 30. That …
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October
27,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As co-executive director of Kathy’s Legacy Foundation, Alex Lutz will tell you that no two days are ever the same. One moment she’s assembling raffle baskets, the next she’s reviewing financial statements. “It’s almost like you could take a …
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October
24,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As part of "Voices of CSUSM," a feature in Steps magazine, Emmi van Zoest shares her story of overcoming challenges.
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October
23,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Dwaine Collier always has thought of himself as a guy who runs toward the frightening things that most people run away from. As a boy, his career aspiration was to be on a SWAT team. As a student at Cal State San Marcos, though his …
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October
22,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Michelle Gonzalez was a Cal State San Marcos student only about a month away from graduating in 2003 when she started working for an organization then called North County Health Services. Her degree (communication) was unrelated to health care, …
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October
21,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Madison Perry didn’t have any type of physics background when he wandered through Science Hall 2 looking for research opportunities after his first year at Cal State San Marcos. Perry wasn’t worried about pay or even the tasks he would be …
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October
20,
2025
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08:18 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It all started with a headache. A seemingly normal ailment, but Malachi Wright doesn’t get headaches. And he definitely doesn’t get headaches that force him to leave work early or have him confined to the couch and throwing up for three straight …
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2024
November
15,
2024
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15:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Manal Yamout McDermid often feels like she’s standing on the cutting edge of California’s multibillion-dollar green economy. One day, McDermid will be meeting with a company that is developing what are effectively electric helicopters …
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November
14,
2024
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07:20 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Melissa Finestone remembers the assignment in her business marketing class that started it all. Each student was required to develop a business plan based on a product they conceived. Finestone decided to curate a product that combined her …
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November
13,
2024
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11:04 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It’s a tale as old as higher education itself: a college student desperately seeking a job to defray the cost of attendance or just to pocket a little extra spending money. That was the situation Elijah Schneider found himself in as a …
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November
08,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As part of "Voices of CSUSM," a new feature in Steps magazine, recent biological sciences graduate Siaje Gideon shares her story of overcoming challenges.
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November
06,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Ever since Cal State San Marcos student-athlete Jada Blake was 6 years old, the volleyball court had been her sanctuary — a place where family issues and everyday struggles could fade into the background, leaving just her and the game. That was, …
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November
05,
2024
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11:53 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Murchison Falls National Park is a safari park in Uganda that boasts some of the best wildlife in the world, home to 76 different species of mammals and 451 species of birds. It’s located more than 9,000 miles from California, and a multiday safari …
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November
04,
2024
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09:38 AM
America/Los_Angeles
For Juliana Ortiz, ice cream is more than just a dessert. Ortiz still gets nostalgic recalling childhood trips to Rite Aid to grab Thrifty’s ice cream with her parents. Her go-to flavor was chocolate, and it brought her comfort every time she …
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2023
July
17,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As part of "Voices of CSUSM," a new feature in Steps magazine, recent psychological sciences graduate Ilianna Ramirez shares her story of overcoming challenges.
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June
08,
2023
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14:55 PM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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2022
September
06,
2022
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Joshua Foronda knows all too well the struggles that many freshmen face as they adjust to college.Foronda failed multiple classes during his first year at Cal State San Marcos, landing on academic probation with a 0.6 grade-point average during the …
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September
02,
2022
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As part of "Voices of CSUSM," a new feature in Steps magazine, communication student Bri Phillips shares her story of overcoming challenges as a first-generation college student.
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September
01,
2022
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Greg Reese loved the outdoors as a kid growing up in Orange County. It didn’t matter if it was the beach, camping or the river. And when he wasn’t enjoying nature, he was busy playing soccer, including two seasons for Cal State San Marcos after …
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August
31,
2022
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Roberto Cano and Edgar Salazar are about to launch a business that has the potential to transform scientific research in Mexico with one simple goal: making it more affordable.Cano and Salazar are developing a Tijuana-based company, SinerLab, that …
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August
30,
2022
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11:48 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It’s easy to understand Cal State San Marcos softball coach Stef Ewing’s excitement about having Gianna Lombardi on the team.Lombardi adeptly switches positions without skipping a beat, able to start at catcher in the opening game of a doubleheader …
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2019
November
05,
2019
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Maya Kummer was a struggling student at Cal State San Marcos, Campus Coffee was a piece of her therapy.
Even on days when depression hit her hardest, she would leave Academic Hall with tears in her eyes, put on sunglasses and walk …
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November
04,
2019
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jessica Waite had a lot of the same worries that most suburban American kids face, concerns related to school performance, social currency, the health of loved ones.
But for Waite, growing up in Kirkland, Wash., outside of Seattle, her anxiety …
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November
01,
2019
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The listing on eBay was for a 1965 GMC truck, the kind used back in the day to make bread deliveries. The cost was $1,200. The mileage was impossible to know, really, because the truck didn’t have a working odometer.
It didn’t have …
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October
31,
2019
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
For many people, deciding what to give family or friends for a special occasion can be agonizing. For Dayleen Coleman, it was a piece of cake, so to speak.
Coleman, for a certain period of her life, was the cake lady. Birthday party? …
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October
25,
2019
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17:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Erik Lamkin is just 26 years old, but he sounds a bit like a grizzled professional athlete closer to the end of his career than the beginning.
When your job requires you to gorge on thousands of calories in a single sitting, it’s safe to …
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October
24,
2019
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
KIN Whiskey is more than just a clever name to Taylor Lax, a 2010 graduate of Cal State San Marcos.
Lax’s father, Bernard, started the craft spirits company three years ago in the family’s native Los Angeles, and Lax now runs the …
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October
22,
2019
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08:45 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Ellen Neufeldt arrived at Cal State San Marcos’ University Village Apartments on Aug. 23 with a smile and a friendly greeting for volunteers at move-in day. She posed for selfies with proud parents. Shook hands and introduced herself to staff. …
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October
21,
2019
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14:58 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Jon’Nae Vermillion finds a quiet spot before every Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball game and listens to “Something About the Name Jesus,” a song her mother played for her when she was a child.
The music allays the …
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