2026
May
04,
2026
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13:03 PM
America/Los_Angeles
More than 4,000 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this academic year, including six standouts from the Class of 2026 who are receiving special recognition for their achievements.Honorees were nominated by faculty or staff …
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February
11,
2026
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11:24 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Shanelle Watkins often thinks about several previous iterations of herself.She thinks about the version who had just graduated from Cal State San Marcos and still harbored some self-doubt, unsure how she would turn her sociology degree into a …
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2025
March
05,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Members of the Cal State San Marcos community visited San Diego Mesa College on Feb. 25 for the inaugural CSUSM Day.The event was organized similar to a college fair, with 30 tables filled with faculty and staff who helped educate prospective …
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2024
December
12,
2024
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11:22 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As the end of the year approaches, many are already looking ahead to 2025.But before putting the finishing touches on your list of New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look back at some of the most-talked-about stories of 2024. CSUSM Receives …
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December
09,
2024
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06:45 AM
America/Los_Angeles
“Once in ACE, always in ACE.” Those were the words said by Leigh Quijada, director of ACE Scholars Services, that helped welcome Deborah Hawkins back to Cal State San Marcos. A sociology major, Hawkins began her college journey at Mt. San …
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December
05,
2024
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14:39 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Longtime sociology professor Marisol Clark-Ibáñez has won the Harry E. Brakebill Distinguished Professor Award, which annually acknowledges a Cal State San Marcos professor who demonstrates excellence in teaching, research, creative scholarship and …
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November
14,
2024
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15:48 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Simon Griffith, a graduate student in the Master of Arts of Sociological Practice program, was recently awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for 2024 at the California Sociological Association conference, which was held Nov. 1-2 in …
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November
05,
2024
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11:53 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Murchison Falls National Park is a safari park in Uganda that boasts some of the best wildlife in the world, home to 76 different species of mammals and 451 species of birds. It’s located more than 9,000 miles from California, and a multiday safari …
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October
16,
2024
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15:25 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When another car ran a red light and slammed into her side door, Carolina Valdivia feared that more than her vehicle would be destroyed. Valdivia was in her second year at Cal State San Marcos, and she was thriving both in and out of the …
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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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2023
August
03,
2023
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10:54 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A team of Cal State San Marcos faculty created and presented the panel “Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Do You Have the Guts?” at San Diego Comic-Con last month. The panelists – sociology professors Matthew Atherton and Sheri-Lynn Kurisu and …
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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
10,
2023
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11:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Danna Gomez Mercado sometimes wishes she could talk to the version of herself from three years ago.That Mercado was in her first semester at Cal State San Marcos as a transfer student, was failing multiple classes while struggling mightily with the …
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April
26,
2023
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11:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles
There is a plethora of stories written all over the country every spring about resiliency and overcoming massive barriers to success, particularly around the subject of graduation. And then there’s the story of Juan Alva. And the simple but …
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April
25,
2023
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11:24 AM
America/Los_Angeles
There are two places where Dynnah Buckner has found the most sanctuary during her decorated career at Cal State San Marcos.The first is the basketball court, where she was one of the driving forces behind the ascension of the Cougars’ women’s …
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2022
October
27,
2022
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11:48 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As a young girl, Marilyn (Finley) Huerta remembers seeing combat boots lined up by the front door in her house. She came to realize that, when the boots were missing, it meant her father was deployed. “If you ever look at someone’s shoes or you …
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October
24,
2022
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15:21 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Editor’s note: This story originally ran in NewsCenter on June 27, when One (pronounced “OH-KNEE”) Reks went by the name Ashton Lawson. On Thursday at the All Peoples Luncheon, Reks was named the winner of the annual President’s Student Champion …
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August
11,
2022
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14:34 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Matthew Atherton is a social sciences professor who has incorporated popular culture and graphic novels into his teaching at Cal State San Marcos. He’s also a huge fan of Comic-Con International, having attended the wildly popular San Diego …
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June
27,
2022
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08:26 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will have a contingency of students and support staff walking in July’s San Diego Pride Parade for the first time since 2019.There will many returners representing CSUSM. A mixture of ages and cultural backgrounds will show the …
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2021
October
22,
2021
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Like many Americans, Kiora Ridgeway took to the streets after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020.The Cal State San Marcos sociology student and volleyball player was in her hometown of Portland at the …
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September
16,
2021
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10:04 AM
America/Los_Angeles
This time last year, the words “critical race theory” would have elicited a quizzical look and a shrug outside of a very small percentage of Americans. These days, the once-obscure academic term is almost inescapable, on …
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September
14,
2021
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15:20 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos sociology professor Marisol Clark-Ibáñez is co-guest editor of a forthcoming national journal publication focused entirely on undocumented students.“College Access and Success for Undocumented Students” …
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May
13,
2021
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11:35 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Six years ago, two students from faraway nations met as part of the orientation day of the Office of Global Education at Cal State San Marcos.Khyati Kansagra hailed from Gujarat, a state on the western coast of India. …
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May
06,
2021
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
More than 4,400 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this academic year, including six standouts from the Class of 2021 who are receiving special recognition for their achievements.Honorees were nominated by faculty or staff …
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2020
November
18,
2020
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09:58 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Every morning, Gladys Guzman would be dropped off at her Encinitas elementary school by her father before he went on to work. And every afternoon, she had the same vision, terrifying for a young girl: her waiting outside the school to …
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July
16,
2020
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08:32 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Two Cal State San Marcos professors are invited speakers who will be participating in virtual events about racism and diversity within the next week.
On Thursday, July 16, history professor Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall will be part of …
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July
06,
2020
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13:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Karen Glover has been a sociology professor at Cal State San Marcos for 13 years, but perhaps never has her area of expertise been as vitally relevant to the national conversation.
Glover has spent much of her career researching and teaching …
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June
25,
2020
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15:36 PM
America/Los_Angeles
It would take a major story to bump from the top of the news cycle the deadliest global pandemic in a century.
That story happened on Memorial Day, when a white police officer from Minneapolis killed a Black man named George …
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April
15,
2020
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13:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
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 …
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April
01,
2020
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
On the first day of her internship at the Sisu Academy, Cal State San Marcos sociology junior Kara Nazaroff noticed something on her tour of the Scripps Ranch facility that caused her to pause and immediately relate to her surroundings.
Hanging …
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