CSUMB’s Selena Velasquez Receives Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement

SEASIDE, Calif., September 16, 2019 – CSUMB senior Selena Velasquez has received the 2019 California State University (CSU) Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU’s highest recogn...

CSUMB’s Upward Bound serves largest group ever of first-generation and low-income students this summer

(July 7, 2016) – Cal State Monterey Bay’s Upward Bound program continues to grow. The program is hosting nearly 100 under-privileged youth from North Monterey County, Soledad and Wa...

CSUMB’s iiED to Host Startup Investment & Community Capital Expo

SEASIDE, Calif., August 27, 2019 – California State University, Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB) Institute for Innovation and Economic Development (iiED) is set to host the 2019 Startup Investment &amp...

CSUMB’s “Junior Otters” Celebrate Graduation

By Scott Roark | July 28, 2017 Laughter and smiles filled the University Center Ballroom and World Theater on Friday, July 28th, as approximately 200 “Junior Otters” and their families celebrat...

Caddie and competitor CSUMBs Dickman doubles as Pebble Beach's lone female looper

Posted on Oct 18, 2006 On almost any part of the golf course, Ashley Dickman appears like any of her teammates on the CSU-Monterey Bay women's golf team. Her swing is good, but not great. But with...

Cal State Monterey Bay Virtualizes Academic, Research Data

CSU Monterey Bay is expanding its use of virtualized storage to provide 24-hour access to academic and research data for students and faculty. – Campus Technology, Jan. 25, 2012

Cal State Monterey Bay supports national Opportunities for All campaign for state colleges and universities

Accessibility, affordability and quality – like all state colleges and universities, Cal State Monterey Bay embodies those values for students. To reinforce this, CSUMB President Eduardo M. Och...

Cal State Monterey Bay to offer online courses

CSUMB will offer two graduate programs fully online, with the first one starting in May. The online program makes classes more accessible to students no matter where those students are located....

Cal State Monterey Bay wins $1 million grant for data science program

Thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, CSUMB will soon train its students in the hot new field of biomedical data science. – Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oct. 23, 2015

Cal State Monterey recruiting at local churches

CSUMB President Eduardo Ochoa kicked off an annual recruiting event aimed at African American communities. – KSBW-TV, Feb. 15, 2014

Cal State Monterey wins 1st NCAA D-II title

The Cal State-Monterey Bay men's golf team won its first national championship in program history. – Golfweek, May 21, 2011

Cal State student boosts merits of bike use

Bernard Green, 20, a student at Cal State University Monterey Bay, was a volunteer at Ciclovia Salinas. He brought a pop-up display of a Protected Bike Lane on behalf of TripWise, the campu...

California Author Series: Belle Yang

. . . With the determination to redevelop Chinatown, Salinas organizations and students from California State University, Monterey Bay, who teach the homeless how to grow sustainable gardens, a...

California Court Rules University Must Pay for Civic Improvements Required by Campus Expansion

Posted on Aug 02, 2006 A California Supreme Court ruling that determined that the California State University System must pay for the environmental and civic improvements required by a planned exp...

California Missions and Father Junipero Serra

As part of C-SPAN's nationally televised American history series, Professor Ruben Mendoza gave a tour of the Carmel Mission and talked about Father Serra, who founded the mission. – C-...

California Peace Award for student, alumnus

A CSU Monterey student and an alumnus will be recognized by Assemblyman Luis Alejo as California Peace Award winners for the 30th Assembly District. Elizabet Zepeda-Gonzalez, a social and beh...

California Safety Plan Report

Because the CSU understands the importance of safety information, each campus is now required to disclose statistics regarding a range of crimes as well as information on: • the availabilit...

California colleges opening more doors to disabled students

Disabilities are a reality for many students at local colleges and universities, but cutting-edge technology, modern teaching methods and specialized services can make education less of an obst...

California farmers fight drought

Forrest Melton, a remote sensing researcher at California State University, Monterey Bay and the Cooperative for Earth Science Research and Technology at NASA's Ames Research Center collected a...

Californians understood the need to pass Proposition 30

The passage of Proposition 30 is good news for California because it averts cuts that would have crippled an educational system still reeling from earlier reductions. But even more important, i...

Calling all entrepreneurs

The application deadline is fast approaching for the annual Startup Challenge. The Challenge provides an opportunity for prospective entrepreneurs, start-ups and emerging companies to sho...

Calling all innovators!

Business plan competition entries open More than $50,000 in cash and services is being offered in the fourth Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition, set for May 3. All start-ups that can...

Calling all teen filmmakers

Submission deadline May 31 for Teen Film Festival Young filmmakers eager to see their work on a screen bigger than YouTube will get the opportunity in the fall, when CSU Monterey Bay will hold it...

Camp SEA Lab encourages girls to pursue science career

Twenty-four high school students from around the country got some cool hands-on training in Monterey Bay on Monday, exploring the world of marine science. Camp SEA Lab summer camp is put on by ...

Campaign targets campus food waste

Sept. 13, 2010 WEIGHING IN ON WASTE Americans trash 25 percent of all the food they prepare, leading to 31 million tons of wasted food piling up in landfills each year. That food waste produces ...

Campus 'outstanding employer' of people with disabilities

CSU Monterey Bay began with infrastructure built for able-bodied military members. Those facilities were in place decades before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990. The univ...

Campus Compact action statement celebrated

Cal State Monterey Bay President Eduardo Ochoa was on hand March 20 when Campus Compact celebrated the signatories on its action statement during a summit of presidents and chancellors in Bosto...

Campus Health Message Regarding Coronavirus

The following letter was issued to the CSUMB campus community on January 30, 2020. Your health is a critical factor in your success at CSU Monterey Bay. We are monitoring the outbreak of ...

Campus aims for zero waste at student move-out

Some CSU Monterey Bay students were surprised at what they saw discarded during last year’s spring rush to clean out dorm rooms and move off campus for the summer. “Students will leave all ...

Campus aims for zero waste when students leave campus

Some CSUMB students were surprised at what they saw discarded during last year's spring rush to clean out dorm rooms and move off campus for the summer. . . With that in mind, Max Lorenz, the s...

Campus celebrates Asian Pacific Islander Month

The community is invited to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month at CSU Monterey Bay, where a variety of events have been scheduled. The Asian Pacific Islander Association, the Ott...

Campus celebrates Chicano/Latino Heritage Month

Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is Chicano/Latino Heritage Month. During the month, the cultures and tradition of those who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of C...

Campus celebrates homecoming 2011

It's Homecoming Week at CSUMB, and that means all kinds of fun. Activities continue through the week, culminating in Saturday's games -- softball, baseball, water polo and basketball -- an...

Campus celebrates investiture of President Eduardo Ochoa

Cal State Monterey Bay President Eduardo Ochoa laid out a blueprint for the university’s future during a ceremony Nov. 15 in which fellow academics, staff and members of the community officiall...

Campus closed Nov. 27 and 28

CSU Monterey Bay will observe the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27 and 28. Classes will resume and offices will be open on Monday, Dec. 1.

Campus closed at noon Dec. 23 through Jan. 2

CSU Monterey Bay will close at noon on Dec. 23 and remain closed through Jan. 2 in observance of the holidays. The campus will reopen at 8 a.m. on Jan. 3. The spring semester will start Jan. 23...

Campus closed for Memorial Day

California State University, Monterey Bay will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 28. Learn more about campus closure dates on the Academic Calendar.

Campus closed for holidays through Jan. 2

CSU Monterey Bay will be closed in observance of the holiday season beginning Wednesday, Dec. 24. The university will re-open for business operations on Friday, Jan. 2. Spring semester classe...

Campus committee to develop Climate Action Plan

A newly reformed committee at CSU Monterey Bay is continuing to develop a Climate Action Plan that will eventually result in achieving the goal of zero carbon emissions. The university work...

Campus demolition work continues

The university’s efforts to create a safe and sustainable environment continue as demolition moves to the northeast area of campus. On Nov. 17, work will start on the corner of Inter-Garr...

Campus demolition work resumes

May 5, 2010 The university's efforts to create and support a sustainable environment continue as demolition work gets under way in the northwest sector of campus. This month, a total of 32 st...

Campus dining in style at renovated DC

Sept. 11, 2009 Declaring that "it was worth the wait," President Dianne Harrison on Thursday officially dedicated the renovated Dining Commons. Dr. Harrison was joined by staff members of CSU...

Campus drives net more than a ton of people, pet food

Concert patrons, students organize to help local community Representatives from the Food Bank for Monterey County loaded hundreds of pounds of canned goods into a delivery truck parked at Cal Sta...

Campus energy project delivers

June 19, 2009 CSU Monterey Bay has received an award for its work in energy conservation. The university was honored by the Monterey County Business Council for implementing a “green” project t...

Campus food, clothing drives help the community

CSU Monterey Bay is embracing the spirit of the holiday season with a flurry of charitable activities intended to help the local community. • Representatives from the Food Bank for Monterey C...

Campus helps hospital kick off holiday blood drive

Sixty students, staff and faculty members turned out to donate blood on a Wednesday in late November, despite the crush of work they needed to complete before leaving for the fall break. A ...

Campus holiday food drives are big success

The Nov. 13 performance of December People at the World Theater was sold out, with standing room only. Another high point of the evening was the success of the theater’s food drive. The dri...

Campus hosts World Disc Golf Championships

When the 2011 Pro Disc Golf World Championships tee off on Aug. 9, it will mark the tournament’s return to California after a 30-year absence. This time, the Oaks Course at CSU Monterey B...

Campus image earns Photo of the Day honors

A shot of the North Quad student housing complex has won Photo of the Day honors in the Monterey Herald’s CaptureMonterey contest. Library circulation services manager Dennis Sun took the pho...

Campus input needed for master plan update

Throughout 2015, Cal State Monterey Bay will work to update its campus master plan. The master plan provides a road map for growth and renewal of the campus; it considers the academic environme...