2026
May
12,
2026
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12:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
As Karen Julian prepares to take the stage for graduation, she looks back on her life and recalls the many hardships she has faced to bring her to this moment. The journey wasn’t easy, but she couldn’t be prouder of the person she has become.Julian, …
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2025
November
05,
2025
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07:06 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Sol Haro first attended Cal State San Marcos, he felt isolated. Not because of the school – Haro was an active student and involved in campus clubs – but because of a struggle with his identity. As a Mexican American child of a single …
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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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2024
January
24,
2024
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15:34 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Deysi Merino-Gonzalez, a 2015 Cal State San Marcos graduate, was recently selected as the recipient of the fourth annual Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award. The award is given yearly by the Migrant Clinicians …
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2023
May
15,
2023
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15:27 PM
America/Los_Angeles
As a social sciences major with an interest in mental health, David Magallanes Cortes’ curiosity was piqued when he discovered that Latino college students are more likely to report mental health benefits from using Cal State San Marcos’ Cougar …
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May
11,
2023
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15:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Dean Hall doesn’t use the term “twinless twin” to describe himself. For Hall, losing his twin brother David in 2003 felt akin to an amputee who still feels the missing body part.Dean had known heartache in other ways, but was always able to find a …
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