2026
July
21,
2026
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16:29 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The Safety, Health & Sustainability (SHS) department at Cal State San Marcos has been recognized by a national organization for its program that allows students to borrow lab coats for academic use.The Student Lab Coat Checkout Program was …
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May
01,
2026
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12:34 PM
America/Los_Angeles
It all started with a dog lover and a dog in desperate need of some love.Bonnie Biggs was a longtime Cal State San Marcos librarian – so long that her tenure predates the university’s official founding by three years – who knew that her second act …
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March
03,
2026
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13:56 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Three years ago, a group of Cal State San Marcos professors and staff members received grant funding that established a project to bring greater visibility to Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) communities that have been underserved, …
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February
27,
2026
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07:50 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Viewers of the State of the Union address this week might have noticed that a 100-year-old military veteran was bestowed with the Medal of Honor live during the event.That man is an Escondido resident named Elmer Royce Williams, a retired U.S. Navy …
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January
29,
2026
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15:42 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The event that inspired the class project was imaginary. But for Sonia Ellis and fellow Cal State San Marcos art students, the payoff was very real.Last year, Ellis was a student in AMD 409: Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Arts, an upper-division …
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2025
November
03,
2025
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10:58 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Fernando Amador likes to call himself an accidental archivist.Long before he was an assistant professor of history at Cal State San Marcos, Amador was a doctoral student at New York’s Stony Brook University who was doing field work for his …
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November
03,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A local folk musician who has been performing for more than a half-century and was heavily influenced by Woody Guthrie has donated his personal archive to Cal State San Marcos.The Special Collections department of the CSUSM University Library …
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October
28,
2025
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13:27 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When Cal State San Marcos human development instructor Kathy Fuller gathered her students for class recently, she didn’t hand out a lecture outline or cue up a PowerPoint. Instead, she invited them to The Makery, a hands-on, creative space in …
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October
21,
2025
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16:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ Student Health & Counseling Services (SHCS) hosted its annual Real Monsters Art Exhibit at The Makery on Oct. 8. Displaying artwork by artist Toby Allen, the exhibit represented different mental illnesses depicted as …
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September
22,
2025
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07:36 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It’s fitting that the title of the new art exhibit on the third floor of Kellogg Library is “Zine Dreams.”April Ibarra Siqueiros, the curator of the exhibit and a user experience librarian at Cal State San Marcos, does indeed dream of zines – short …
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September
15,
2025
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06:51 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Lola Ferguson was a regular at the hospital as a child. She was used to taking 50 pills a day, undergoing hours of treatments and numerous doctors’ appointments.It was just part of her normal daily life.“I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis before I …
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September
09,
2025
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11:29 AM
America/Los_Angeles
After three years of focusing on banned books, Cal State San Marcos’ Common Read will highlight stories that broaden perspectives and build empathy, according to CSUSM Academic Transitions Librarian Allison Carr.The theme for 2025-26, “Stories as …
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July
14,
2025
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos officially has a new dean for the University Library.Cinthya Ippoliti started in her position on July 1. Her hire was announced by CSUSM late last year."I'm thrilled to join inspiring colleagues within the University …
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April
30,
2025
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14:57 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When Cal State San Marcos students were asked how they'd spend the money saved by not having to buy textbooks, many said rent, food and even life-saving medication. Their responses showed that textbook costs are a financial burden for students …
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April
22,
2025
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12:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Miyah Walker has had a passion for listening and offering a hand to hold since she was just 13.Being a middle child among three sisters, Walker was often the person who would help and listen to her siblings, cousins and close friends when they …
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April
07,
2025
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16:35 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos librarian Judith Downie has received the Outstanding Service Award from the San Diego Brewers Guild.Downie, who curates the Brewchive through the University Library, was given the honor during the San Diego Beer News Awards on …
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February
24,
2025
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16:25 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Irma Ramos Arreaga started her role as Cal State San Marcos' outreach and inclusion librarian last February. Before joining CSUSM, Ramos Arreaga worked at a public library in San Mateo, where she helped with children's services such as story …
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January
22,
2025
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Cal State San Marcos University Library has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. This marks the second year …
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January
16,
2025
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13:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will host a special event in March to showcase an oral history film project dedicated to preserving the powerful stories of military veterans.The event, titled “Veterans History Project: An Unveiling of the Journey,” will take …
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2024
October
08,
2024
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14:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Brick-and-mortar libraries were dying. So went the conventional wisdom around the turn of millennium, when the rise of the internet and all forms of digital technology threatened to make dusty tomes and the fortresses that housed them …
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September
17,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The university library kicked off this year's Common Read in front of Kellogg Library on Thursday, Aug. 29, by giving students free books that are a part of this year's selected material. For the third straight year, Cal State San Marcos is …
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August
14,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Library service specialist Rosa Rodriguez was among 250 librarians and library workers across the country selected to receive a bonus sponsored by best-selling author James Patterson.Recipients had to be members of the American Library Association …
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May
09,
2024
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09:07 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As a first-generation college student, Natalie Salas has experienced difficulties navigating higher education on her own. Salas felt like she didn’t have people around her to ask for help, and she wanted to dive deeper to see if …
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April
09,
2024
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08:27 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A new space has opened in the Cal State San Marcos library that promotes and celebrates the old-fashioned idea of using your creativity and your hands to make stuff.The makerspace, called The Makery, is located on the second floor of the library, …
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February
12,
2024
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11:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Hands tell a story. Wrinkles, scars, jewelry. They open a window into the collective and unique life experiences of the individual. For artist Monica Zavala, hands are an opportunity to represent her American Indian …
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January
15,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Cal State San Marcos University Library has received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. This year marks the first year that …
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2023
October
16,
2023
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12:14 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Kellogg Library is spreading the message of peace and unity in the fall Context Exhibit Series “Graphis Designers for Peace.”This semester, the featured art is the work of a collaboration between graphic design institution Graphis and …
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October
05,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ initial Planet Mentorship Pilot Program was a success, creating opportunities for students with diverse backgrounds to fight against climate issues. The program is a unique merging of targeted student mentorship, socially …
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September
27,
2023
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos students were buzzing with excitement on Sept. 12 as they gathered in front of Kellogg Library during U-hour to look at the different books on display and pick one up for free at the kickoff for the 2023-24 Common Read.For the …
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June
01,
2023
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16:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
One of Jennifer Ho’s charges as a communities and cultures archivist for the Cal State San Marcos library is to enlist people from the community to tell their own stories and help document the history of the region that the university calls …
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