2025
November
19,
2025
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08:35 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Joely Proudfit arrived as a professor at Cal State San Marcos in 2008 – before she became chair of an American Indian studies department that then didn’t exist, before she founded an on-campus center devoted to California Indian culture and …
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September
02,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Monika Consunji transforms into her alter ego for one week every summer. She takes time off from her job at Cal State San Marcos, turns off her phone and becomes Mushu, the pint-sized Chinese dragon from the Disney movie “Mulan.”Developing an alias …
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February
26,
2025
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09:53 AM
America/Los_Angeles
This story contains material of a sensitive nature, including child sexual assault, that may be triggering for some readers.
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2024
October
15,
2024
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09:53 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos recently opened the Climate Action and Sustainability Center (CASC) to provide opportunities for students related to climate change, climate justice and sustainability. CASC plans to work with faculty and staff to prepare …
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August
26,
2024
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11:46 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos welcomed nearly 17,000 new and returning students, the most in school history, to kick off the fall semester Monday.President Ellen Neufeldt expressed excitement and optimism during her annual convocation address to faculty and …
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April
02,
2024
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12:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Yasmine Farley was a doctoral student at Old Dominion University when she attended a career fair and met the director of a career center at another regional institution.The woman encouraged Farley to branch out and expand her horizons in higher …
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March
21,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month, Cal State San Marcos’ APIDA Student Life is partnering with campus organizations to present an exciting lineup of events. Everyone is invited to participate in the …
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2023
October
17,
2023
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15:22 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Jocelyn Wyndham’s deep affection for Cal State San Marcos was hardly love at first sight. During her first year at the university in 1998, she battled dissatisfaction so acute that she cried every day on the drive back to her family’s home in …
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September
25,
2023
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16:42 PM
America/Los_Angeles
One has been on campus for less than two months. The other is a Cal State San Marcos graduate who became deeply involved in campus life during her two years as a student.Allura Murray-Cruz and Ilianna Ramirez took very different paths to their …
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August
28,
2023
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos is welcoming more than 16,000 students for the start of the fall semester, which begins Monday with the largest first-year class in university history.Fall enrollment is up 3% compared to last year, including a record 2,766 …
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March
27,
2023
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14:18 PM
America/Los_Angeles
In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month, Cal State San Marcos’ Cross-Cultural Center is partnering with campus organizations to present an exciting lineup of events. Everyone is invited to participate in the …
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2022
September
15,
2022
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12:05 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Viridiana Diaz began her tenure at Cal State San Marcos in mid-January, but it wasn’t until commencement four months later that she finally had time to pause and reflect.And, boy, did Diaz have a lot to reflect on.On her decision to leave Sacramento …
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August
29,
2022
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12:16 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos is welcoming new and returning students to the start of the fall semester, which began Monday with what is expected to be the largest first-time freshman class in university history. For the first time since the pandemic began, …
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July
18,
2022
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11:58 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Rochelle Smarr’s father served in the Army for 26 years. Her mother has worked for the Department of Defense for 33 years. Her sister is an Air Force veteran, and her brother-in-law has been serving in the Navy for the past 14 years. She has several …
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May
17,
2022
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Mike Feil’s work as a chef has taken him across the country – and back.While Feil has worked in well-known destinations like Hawaii, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, he also has honed his craft in lesser-known places, from a remote fishing lodge …
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May
04,
2022
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14:59 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Three members of Cal State San Marcos’ Facilities Development and Management team were recently honored with citizen commendations for their help in the apprehension of suspects in a burglary on campus in March.Two suspects broke into the Arts …
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March
15,
2022
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Misael Diaz, an assistant professor of Art, Media and Design at Cal State San Marcos, has been named a winner of one of the most prestigious awards that artists can receive in San Diego. Diaz is one of four recipients of the 2022 San Diego Art …
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March
08,
2022
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07:28 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to participate in the annual Social Justice Symposium, a two-day hybrid event that includes workshops and roundtable discussions surrounding social justice topics.The …
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March
02,
2022
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15:17 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ much-anticipated on-campus dining cafe was among countless projects and plans upended in spring 2020.Despite the unexpected delay, the newly named Campus Way Cafe is back on track. Construction began Feb. 21 on the …
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February
16,
2022
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10:21 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cindy Yumiko Harper dedicated herself to helping students realize they can accomplish anything.David McMartin, the director of Cal State San Marcos’ Office of Academic Advising, remembers when Harper expressed concern for a first-generation student …
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February
09,
2022
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16:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When John Rawlins III set out last fall to create an achievement program for Cal State San Marcos’ Black Student Center, of which he’s the director, he knew just where to turn for inspiration. Ujamaa. It might not roll off the …
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2021
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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November
08,
2021
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13:27 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Waves of Flags, Nov. 8-10
Miniature American flags will be staked in the grass by Forum Plaza, showcasing CSUSM's approximately 1,700 military-connected students on campus.
Veterans Day Celebration, Nov. 9, noon-1 …
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October
18,
2021
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14:06 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Marco Jacome had been working at Cal State San Marcos for a few months when he finally got to move into the recently completed Viasat Engineering Pavilion in December 2019.An instructional support technician for the engineering program, Jacome was …
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August
27,
2021
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12:11 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos expects to welcome more than 16,000 students Monday as it kicks off a fall semester that sees students, faculty and staff largely returning to campus after a year spent learning and working primarily virtually because of the …
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August
03,
2021
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08:43 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The County of San Diego is resuming free COVID testing at Cal State San Marcos beginning Tuesday, Aug. 3, from a new on-campus site in lower parking lot B off Craven Road. The walk-up testing site is open to the public and no appointment is …
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July
27,
2021
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Cal State San Marcos was taking small, tentative steps toward repopulating campus on a limited basis last fall, it faced a problem: Social distancing is really hard to manage on an elevator.In concert with state and local public health …
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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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May
04,
2021
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08:15 AM
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 pandemic, we’re pleased to highlight some of the campus heroes as nominated by students and …
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March
30,
2021
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13:18 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Since he became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Phase 1B in late February, Adam White has been trying in vain to book an appointment for his first shot.So when the Cal State San Marcos police officer got an email on March …
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