2024
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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2017
December
15,
2017
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
She is a founding director of the Social Justice and Equity Project at Cal State San Marcos, one of many endeavors that led to CSUSM’s Office of Inclusive Excellence. Her ongoing efforts were rewarded with the 2015-16 President’s …
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June
28,
2017
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10:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
North County San Diego teachers will gather at California State University San Marcos on Friday, July 28 for the third annual Better Together: California Teachers Summit, a free statewide day of learning and networking that is open to all California …
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May
18,
2017
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14:43 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Irene Diggs took two Stuart Mesa Elementary School students to the nearby Marine Corps Mechanized Museum on Camp Pendleton hoping it would inspire them to write for an anthology project called “Voices of Military Children.”
After …
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April
24,
2017
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14:42 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Ana Hernandez knows the value of being bilingual in the teaching profession.
At the end of March, she took 16 Cal State San Marcos School of Education students to the California Association for Bilingual Education conference in Anaheim.
She …
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2016
September
16,
2016
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15:10 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Annette Daoud thought a project she is part of at Cal State San Marcos fulfilled all the qualifications requested for an award application from the California Council on Teacher Education.
She was right.
CSUSM’s Single Subject Credential …
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July
26,
2016
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16:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Laurie Stowell wasn’t thinking about becoming the director of the San Marcos Writing Project when she went to an informational meeting more than a decade ago.
But some 15 years later, Stowell remains dedicated to helping K-12 educators …
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February
01,
2016
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16:14 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When a group of California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) students started sending curriculum to a seven-student cohort in prisons throughout Southern California, they never thought their program would grow to more than 200 active students …
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2014
November
24,
2014
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15:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Moses Ochanji, associate professor of Science Education and associate director of the School of Education at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), has been named a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow (ADF) by the Carnegie Corporation. The …
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October
17,
2014
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14:18 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Several jurors busied themselves by playing pat-a-cake before stepping into the courtroom. The judge, sporting an oversized black robe draped over a red T-shirt and baggy jeans, did his best not to crack a smile as the hearing was about to begin. A …
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October
06,
2014
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12:25 PM
America/Los_Angeles
California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) is working with a group of homeless fourth-graders to change how civics is taught in the classroom – and their first test comes during an Oct. 8 mock trial at San Diego Superior Court.
This …
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August
11,
2014
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14:43 PM
America/Los_Angeles
CSUSM is teaching teachers how to open doors to the world.
The university is launching a new, specialized program to train educators for dual language classrooms, where students learn everything from math to the humanities in both English and …
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