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With Cal State San Marcos having welcomed the largest first-year class in its history, President Ellen Neufeldt will deliver her annual Report to the Community on Tuesday, Sept. 26, highlighting the university’s role as a powerful engine for good.  A...

Cal State San Marcos biological studies professor Sergio Nigenda-Morales is the lead author of the paper “The genomic footprint of whaling and isolation in fin whale populations,” which was recently accepted for publication in the scientific journal ...

Cal State San Marcos graduate student Yesenia Mora has been selected as the campus’ recipient of the 2023 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the California State University’s highest recognition of student accomplishment.Students are se...

Cal State San Marcos President Ellen Neufeldt pledged to take the next step in climate action by signing the Second Nature Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitment on Aug. 17. The signing was followed by a tree-planting ceremony in front of the Univ...

Cal State San Marcos has received a $300,000 grant from the largest private foundation in San Diego County to partner with a local health care provider to offer free services to underserved communities through a mobile health clinic.The grant from Th...

Cal State San Marcos’ College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics invited 88 students to conduct research this summer as part of the Summer Scholars program. The 10-week program will conclude with the Summer Scholars Poster Showcase,...

Jason Magabo Perez, a Cal State San Marcos ethnic studies professor and the poet laureate of San Diego, has been awarded a $50,000 poet laureate fellowship by the Academy of American Poets.Perez was announced Tuesday as one of 23 individuals national...

A co-founder of Stone Brewing as well as one of the most prominent families in North County have given foundational gifts to a Cal State San Marcos project to expand the space for its collections documenting the history of the region and make them ac...

Cal State San Marcos will host the 19th annual Student Media Festival on Friday, May 12, bringing together hundreds of students, faculty, family and community members, and professional media makers in a powerful celebration of learning and fun.The pr...

More than 4,000 students are expected to graduate this month as Cal State San Marcos hosts its annual commencement ceremonies.A total of 4,236 students will graduate as part of the Class of 2023, and more than 25,000 people are expected to be in atte...

Cal State San Marcos physics professor Justin Perron led a California State University-wide effort that has resulted in a grant of more than $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy that will help develop a workforce capable of thriving in a q...

This summer at Cal State San Marcos, more than 200 in-person, online and hybrid courses will be open to CSUSM students as well as students from other universities and individuals in the community. Many courses can be completed in as little as five we...

Cal State San Marcos will host the Puente Student Leadership Conference for the first time on Saturday, March 18. Approximately 1,000 ninth-grade students and 200 parents/guardians from high schools throughout Southern California will be in attendanc...

Cal State San Marcos will host the Women’s Leadership Symposium on Saturday, March 4, providing participants an opportunity to connect, explore and engage in topics pertaining to women’s leadership and empowerment.  All CSUSM students are encouraged ...

Cal State San Marcos is expanding by five the number of school districts at which students are guaranteed admission if they meet certain criteria.CSUSM President Ellen Neufeldt will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with five new school distri...

Build and launch a rocket, view the surface of the sun, and discover how chemistry is better than magic.These are just a few of the more than 75 hands-on, interactive activities and demonstrations that will engage thousands of attendees at Super STEM...

Cal State San Marcos students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to participate in the annual Social Justice Symposium, a two-day event that includes workshops and roundtable discussions surrounding social justice topics. The event is ...

Nikki Erlick, a New York Times bestselling author, will be the keynote speaker when the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care holds its annual symposium in Long Beach in early March.Erlick’s debut novel, “The Measure,” became an instant bes...

A nursing facility and hospice medical director who has served as a passionate advocate for palliative care in the San Diego region has been named the 2022 recipient of the Doris A. Howell Award for Advancing Palliative Care, presented annually by th...

Cal State San Marcos history professor Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall has been honored with the most prestigious award that faculty can receive in the California State University system.Sepinwall was announced Tuesday as one of five winners of the Wang F...

Cal State San Marcos has hired Derek E. Wilson, an alumnus and enlisted Marine veteran with a passion for helping veterans, as its next director of Veterans Services.He will begin his tenure on Feb. 1.Wilson is currently completing a Doctor of Educat...

Did you live, work or attend school in North County between 1968-2001? The Escondido Historical Society (EHS) and the Cal State San Marcos University Library seek volunteers for a community project to identify people, places and events in historical ...

Cal State San Marcos has received a grant of $350,000 to provide support for seven California State University campuses that will collaborate to develop a plan to remove barriers to the success of transfer students.The grant is being funded by Colleg...

Cal State San Marcos has received a grant of $137,500 as it sets out on a nearly two-year road that it hopes will culminate in receiving a coveted national certification for excellence in serving Latinx students.CSUSM was announced as one of 17 award...

Cal State San Marcos has appointed Tony Chung as its next chief information officer, effective Jan. 1, 2023.Chung comes to CSUSM from San Diego State, where he serves as the associate vice president for enterprise information systems. In that role, h...

During her annual Report to the Community address in September, Cal State San Marcos President Ellen Neufeldt advanced what she called an “audacious” idea: that CSUSM will become a national leader in social mobility.Now, according to at least one met...

A new program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education will support Cal State San Marcos students with young children. CSUSM has received a four-year grant of more than $3 million that will benefit student parents who need child-care a...

The Cal State San Marcos Foundation Board welcomed nine new directors during its first meeting of the academic year on Oct. 27.“We’re excited to have these new directors helping to guide the Foundation Board as we continue building on our culture of ...

Cal State San Marcos next week will hold its signature event as the culmination of national Domestic Violence Awareness Month.The DV Vigil and Speak-Out has been held each October since 2014 as a time for the CSUSM campus to come together and honor t...

For individuals who want to accelerate their progress toward a degree, Cal State San Marcos is offering a wide range of courses to the community during Winter Intersession 2023. Featuring compressed timelines, these courses enable individuals to earn...