Articles tagged with 'COVID19' | CSUSM

In late January, Jessica Waite opened a restaurant called The Plot. It was her third eatery in her beloved South Oceanside, but the one that was clearly nearest and dearest to her heart.  The Plot, as Waite likes to say, is essentially the …

As Cal State San Marcos faculty and staff continue to go above and beyond on behalf of students and the campus community during the COVID-19 crisis, we’re pleased to highlight some of the campus heroes as nominated by students and …

As Cal State San Marcos faculty and staff continue to go above and beyond on behalf of students and the campus community during the COVID-19 crisis, we’re pleased to highlight some of the campus heroes as nominated by students and …

Dr. Deborah Morton is accustomed to receiving quizzical looks when she tells people she’s an epidemiologist.  “You tell them what you do, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, are you a skin doctor?’ ” Morton said …

Michelle Harvey is the first to admit that she’s far from an expert seamstress. The family sewing machine is one that she gave to her 10-year-old son, Mason, as a gift just last Christmas, and the two of them learned how to sew by …

President Ellen Neufeldt has been holding virtual town halls as part of her ongoing commitment to keep both the campus and community updated about Cal State San Marcos’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But nothing could have prepared …

Regina Frasca has worked at Cal State San Marcos for 21 years.Now the director of the Office of Safety, Health and Sustainability, she has witnessed three major fires come dangerously close to campus. She has seen her team recover from earthquakes …

If you had driven up to Craven Circle on the morning of Monday, March 16, you could have been forgiven for thinking you had stumbled upon a pop-up Sonic Drive-In.   For hours on end, car after car pulled into the circle, many …

It seemed to happen a few times every week during Chloe Eackles’ four years as a member of the Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball team. Coach Renee Jimenez would inadvertently refer to Eackles as Quinn, the name of Jimenez’s …

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 …

Last Wednesday, as he does every weekday at 6:15 a.m., José Manuel Villarreal convened a huddle – with appropriate social distancing, of course – of a small team of coworkers in the parking lot of Epiphany Prep …

Perhaps no Cal State San Marcos students were as clued in to coronavirus threat and its potential impacts on the United States as clearly and as early as those in the statistics class taught by business lecturer Bill …

Cal State San Marcos has begun the transition to virtual instruction for the rest of the spring semester as the university responds to the coronavirus pandemic that is affecting daily life in ways big and small around the …

Since the coronavirus was first identified in China late last year, the pace of the pathogen’s spread has been dizzying and frightening.  As of Monday, more than 110,000 cases had been confirmed in more than 100 countries and …