2026
May
11,
2026
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10:46 AM
America/Los_Angeles
With five young grandchildren and five acres to tend, retirement for Major General Anthony “Tony” Jackson and his wife, Sue, has been a full-time endeavor.“You need to find something to stay active,” Tony said.He picked up gardening, building raised …
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March
26,
2026
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07:11 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos has earned the 2026-27 Military Friendly® School designation and was recognized as a Gold Award school for its exemplary work on behalf of military-connected students and their families.Institutions earning the Military …
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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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08:37 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will host an event in April that will continue its initiative to preserve and amplify the stories of San Diego County military veterans through recorded oral histories.As part of the biannual Arts & Lectures series and in …
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2025
November
19,
2025
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16:38 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos was recently recognized for its support of military-affiliated students in Military Times' “Best for Vets: Colleges 2025” rankings, including placing second in …
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July
08,
2025
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15:21 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Tara Jones was only 17 years old when she enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 2001, driven by a strong sense of duty and a desire to help others. Just months later, the world changed on Sept. 11, and Jones found herself serving during wartime, first …
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May
20,
2025
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14:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Service has been the cornerstone of Maj. Gen. Anthony (Tony) Jackson’s life – from leading Marines across the globe to uplifting students and veterans at Cal State San Marcos. In recognition of his many extraordinary contributions, CSUSM …
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April
09,
2025
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15:20 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly® School designation, receiving a Gold Award for its exemplary work on behalf of military-connected students and their families.Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School …
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March
26,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
On March 19, Cal State San Marcos hosted a powerful and memorable event to celebrate an initiative titled “Veterans History Project: An Unveiling of the Journey.”The event, which drew more than 350 registered attendees, was a blend of heartfelt …
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March
10,
2025
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08:25 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The fifth Arts & Lectures event of the spring features the oral histories of military veterans and offers an intimate look into the personal experiences, challenges and triumphs of veterans from diverse backgrounds. The event is at 6 p.m. …
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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
November
05,
2024
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16:58 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Clayton McCabe never thought that college would be in his future.Not when he graduated from high school and decided to enlist in the Marine Corps. Not when he exited several years later and found himself rudderless without the structure provided by …
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September
24,
2024
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13:42 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Six years ago, Cal State San Marcos received a U.S. Department of Defense grant that provided funding to help student veterans discover careers in sustainable energy.The program has been so successful that two more rounds of funding have been …
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2023
November
08,
2023
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14:37 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Amy Forsythe doesn’t fit the traditional definition of historian.She didn’t major in history as a student at Cal State San Marcos in the mid-2000s (her degree was in communication). She doesn’t teach history or speak at history conferences or write …
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November
02,
2023
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16:20 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will host multiple events to honor the contributions of veterans during National Veterans and Military Families Month. CSUSM is home to nearly 500 student veterans, the highest percentage per capita of any California State …
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October
18,
2023
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15:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos next month will host a screening of a documentary about an organization that’s using modern science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II.The film “To What Remains” will …
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2022
September
28,
2022
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11:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Johnathan Rodney remembers the moment he failed a test in his precalculus class during his first semester of college. He thought the only way to tell if he was cut out to be in college was to put everything into his next test. If he failed …
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February
08,
2022
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15:39 PM
America/Los_Angeles
As a means of boosting the retention rate of student veterans, Cal State San Marcos has joined a nationwide peer support program that has helped thousands of student veterans across the country.CSUSM has become one of 49 partner campuses of Peer …
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2021
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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September
08,
2021
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16:47 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Like many Americans, Armando Manzo remembers the smallest details of where he was and what he was doing on the morning when terrorists steered two jet planes into the Twin Towers.He was a high school sophomore in Chicago. It was Art 2 class …
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September
01,
2021
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10:59 AM
America/Los_Angeles
An innovative program at Cal State San Marcos that helps student veterans discover careers in sustainable energy has received a grant of $6 million from the U.S. Department of Defense. The grant to Veterans to Energy …
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February
23,
2021
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jamie De Revere, who received her master’s in kinesiology last May, recently published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE.The paper – titled “Changes in VO2max and cardiac output in response to short-term high-intensity interval …
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2020
December
22,
2020
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15:04 PM
America/Los_Angeles
M.J. Lee already was struggling acutely with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic as the fall semester at Cal State San Marcos drew to a close.It was hard enough for Lee to juggle a heavy class load in biological sciences …
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December
18,
2020
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
For 23 years, Eddie G. Utuk has proudly and faithfully served his country as a member of the United States Marine Corps.He has defended his country in Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, …
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May
04,
2020
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08:42 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will honor our nation’s fallen with a virtual Memorial Day observance on Thursday, May 7.
Veterans Services has been holding Rendèzoom events for military-connected students every Thursday since CSUSM moved to …
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2019
December
06,
2019
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When most college students earn a scholarship, the money goes toward helping offset the price of attending school.For David Falconer, it quite simply changed his life.“It means everything,” said Falconer, a Cal State San Marcos junior. …
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November
08,
2019
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10:51 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When he and his wife bought their first home in 2011, Jason Beyer was pleased to learn that just up the street, on Woodland Parkway in San Marcos, was located a park whose main feature is a memorial wall for military veterans.
Beyer is a …
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October
11,
2019
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14:09 PM
America/Los_Angeles
It was a long summer for Cal State San Marcos’ Veterans Services team. The group endured three moves around campus while the newly expanded and renovated Epstein Family Veterans Center was being completed.
But it was well worth the …
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October
01,
2019
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09:34 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos will celebrate the grand opening of its newly expanded and renovated Epstein Family Veterans Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Thursday, Oct. 10.
CSUSM President Ellen Neufeldt and interim Veteran Services …
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September
05,
2019
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09:45 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Facebook page for the organization Veterans Crisis Outreach contains some alarming statistics, numbers that keep William Felty up at night:
Military suicides are at their highest rate in 10 years;
20% …
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