Chinatown Experience

It has gone from a dream, to a grant ($600,000 last year) and now the Salinas Chinatown Cultural Center and Museum and project is taking an important next step. CSU Monterey Bay will host a sym...

Chinatown to host Asian Festival

The publilc is invited to witness and celebrate the on-going renewal of Salinas' Chinatown by attending the fourth annual Asian Festival on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Demons...

Chinatown: Once and Again

Aug. 30, 2010 The Republic Café was once a bustling restaurant in Chinatown, a gathering place for the Chinese, Japanese and Filipino communities of Salinas. Now, decades after it closed, it's ...

Chinese circus comes to CSUMB

WORLD THEATER SEASON OPENS WITH SEPT. 15 PERFORMANCE In past years, CSU Monterey Bay’s World Theater has brought Chinese acrobats and circus performers to the area. This year, it’s acrobats and t...

Choir performs for Black History Month

To celebrate Black History Month, California State University, Monterey Bay invites the public to a free musical performance by the group Voices of Freedom. The hourlong concert will be hel...

Chronicling the journeys of journals

A project that started with bathroom graffiti has found its way to CSU Monterey Bay. A San Francisco graphic designer who goes by the name Someguy read what people wrote on bathroom walls. ...

Cine Arts student headed to Cannes

Andrea Valenzuela will head to France in May as a participant in the Creative Minds Filmmaker Institute held in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival. The festival is home to the largest ...

Citys rich culture blooms in mural

Posted on Dec 07, 2005 Until now, Johanna Poethig had never painted a public mural in Chicago, where she lived after arriving from the Philippines at age 15 and to which she credits her artistic r...

Civil rights activist visits campus Feb. 28

Bob Zellner knows risks of fighting for freedom CSU Monterey Bay’s celebration of Black History Month will conclude on Feb. 28 when nationally known civil rights activist Bob Zellner visits campu...

Class Lessons for Teachers

The Teacher Quality Paternship grant from the US Department of Education allows university level teachers- like CSUMB professor Mark O'Shea- to facilitate a K-12 classroom. – Monterey Herald, M...

Class Notes

2010 ALEXIS HALL (B.S., Environmental Science, Technology & Policy) is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Her research involves the field of marine ecosystem-based man...

Class of Computer Science Grads Breaks the Mold

Three years ago, CSUMB and Hartnell College started an ambitious computer science bachelor’s degree program called CSin3. On May 21, the first cohort graduates. And in a field dominated by whit...

Classes, camps, conferences – summer at CSUMB

CSU SUMMER ARTS HIGHLIGHTS ACTIVITIES Especially on foggy days, visitors can be excused for thinking that CSU Monterey Bay’s campus is quiet during the summer. But don’t let the outward appeara...

Classroom becomes stage in

Nov. 5, 2009 A class meets to read and discuss Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." As the class begins, the students chat among themselves about the usual things – their personal r...

Cleaner, greener

Some good kids have been doing a great thing for the past 18 years – helping to protect the waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary through restoration of the waterway and lands dr...

Closing in on a career

Hundreds of college students did some speed dating with prospective employers at CSU Monterey Bay's career fair, where the possibilities ranged from full-time career opportunities to unpaid int...

Club seeks worn running shoes CSUMB students plan donation to nonprofit

Posted on Dec 04, 2006 A group of students at California State University, Monterey Bay, is collecting sneakers to donate to impoverished runners around the world. The One World Running Club start...

Coastal Cleanup (in Salinas)

Join Return of the Natives on Sept. 20 at Upper Carr Lake The annual worldwide Coastal Cleanup Day is the largest volunteer event on the planet. Hundreds of thousands of people in more than 100 c...

Code talking

. . . .Native American Heritage Month events try to inject reality and history via the voices of Native Americans. – Monterey County Weekly, Nov. 13, 2014

Coffeehouse expressly for teens

Posted on Jan 28, 2006 When Nancy Perez envisions a special place for teens to gather, she's not thinking about what color the walls will be painted or what kind of furniture it will have. She thi...

College MPUSD focus on new Marina high school

Posted on Sep 27, 2005 While waiting for the feasibility study for a future high school in Marina to be completed, trustees with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District are talking about wo...

College Seniors: OLLI at CSUMB offers education for older students

After a career in the Army, and a second one spent in the mining industry in Peru, Dick Guthrie of Pebble Beach was looking for ways to satisfy his curiosity about, well, almost everything. ...

College degree in three? Not a pipe dream

Students from farmworker, working-class families take part in ambitious computer science program. – San Jose Mercury News, April 26, 2016

College of Business reaches out to the world

Scholar from India visits campus, collaborates on research In February, CSU Monterey Bay’s College of Business welcomed its first visiting scholar. Dr. Ganesh Sahu may be the first internatio...

College prep focus of CSUMB grant

Middle school students in Monterey County are the target of $2.1 million in grants awarded to Cal State Monterey Bay, and will be awarded for six years. The money will allow students in South M...

College scientists shine at conference

CSU Monterey Bay students took first and second places during the annual SACNAS conference, the largest STEM diversity event in the country. CSUMB was represented by 15 undergraduates, four gra...

Come on down to the Old West

‘Don’t Fence Me In’ offers a glimpse of Americana on Feb. 29 Fans of the American West will take a step back in time and enjoy an authentic Old West experience on Feb. 29 when the World Theater P...

Comedy icon Second City visits March 3

In December 1959, a revolution in comedy began in front of a small crowd in a former laundry building in Chicago. An improvisational group called Second City gave its first performance, sat...

Comedy pays for college

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 The problem with student fund-raisers is that no matter how noble the cause, car washes and bake sales can only get you so far. Jesus Ruvalcaba, an outreach specialist with ...

Coming to terms with the experience of combat

Author discusses memoir Oct. 10 at CSUMB As a Marine lieutenant during the Vietnam War, Karl Marlantes learned what every young officer learns – to fire a rifle, to command a platoon, to fight ...

Commencement 2016

Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) congratulates all the graduates of the class of 2017! Below is a selection of news clips and fun facts related to the 21st annual commencement ceremony sc...

Commencement 2016 by the numbers

One year of planning and countless staff hours create this unforgettable day 14,400: Graduation tickets printed 11,500: Friends and family attending 6,700: Parking spaces 6,000: Programs prin...

Commencement 2017

Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) congratulates all the graduates of the class of 2017! Below is a selection of news clips and fun facts related to the 21st annual commencement ceremony scheduled ...

Commencement 2017 By the Numbers

One year of planning and countless staff hours create this unforgettable day. 210: Event staff 120: Minutes ceremony expected to last 76: Student-athletes in the graduating class 42: Veterans in t...

Commencement 2018

California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) congratulates all the graduates of the class of 2018! Below is a selection of news clips and fun facts related to the 22nd annual commencement ...

Commencement 2018 By The Numbers

190: Event staff 76: Student-athletes in the graduating class 33: Veterans in the graduating class 28: Police and other public safety personnel on duty 25: Students named Michael in the graduating cla...

Commencement 2019 By The Numbers

California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) will hold its 23rd commencement ceremony on Friday May 17, and Saturday May 18, 2019 at Freeman Stadium. Commencement has expanded to three cer...

Commencement by the numbers

One year of planning and countless staff hours create this unforgettable day 8,000: Graduation tickets printed 6,500: Programs printed 6,000: Friends and family attending 4,500: Parking spaces 2,...

Commencement remarks by Alice Rivlin

Here is the text of remarks delivered by keynote speaker Dr. Alice Rivlin at CSU Monterey Bay's commencement on May 19, 2012. Dr. Rivlin is a member of President Barack Obama's National Commiss...

Commencement set for May 21

California State University, Monterey Bay’s 15th annual commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 21. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at Freeman Stadium on Gen. Jim Moore Boule...

Commencement set for May 22

May 21, 2010 *** Sylvia Panetta keynote speaker*** Sylvia Panetta will give the keynote address at California State University, Monterey Bay's 14th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 2...

Commencement throng celebrates with Class of 2015

'BECOME ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION,' GRADUATES TOLD More than 8,600 well-wishers crowded the stands of Freeman Stadium May 16 for the commencement ceremony at California State Univers...

Commencement's social media

CSUMB’s Class of 2013 marked its graduation on Twitter, Instagram and Vine during commencement ceremonies on May 18. Here's a look at some of the happy moments captured in social media:

Community Dialogues Event in King City Focuses on Educational Attainment

SEASIDE, Ca., May 4, 2018 – CSUMB President Eduardo M. Ochoa hosted a facilitated dialogue to discuss educational attainment with South Monterey County community members at the Salinas Valley F...

Community Dialogues Forum Focuses on Immigration

“Immigration: Bane or blessing?” SEASIDE, Ca., March 29, 2018 -- CSUMB President Eduardo M. Ochoa hosted a facilitated dialogue at CSUMB at Salinas City Center on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 from...

Community Gardens Cultivate Food, Job Skills, Hope

What started as a community garden in the Chinatown neighborhood of Salinas has blossomed into the Salinas-Marina Community Food Project. . . The Chinatown Community Garden sprouted first, crea...

Community invited to Business Showcase

April 10, 2010 Chapin, Leahy to be honored with leadership awards Don Chapin, president and CEO of the Don Chapin Company, and Bill Leahy, executive director of the Big Sur Land Trust, will b...

Community invited to Dec. 6 winter concert

"Holiday Parade Around the World" theme for annual event CSU Monterey Bay’s Music and Performing Arts Department will hold its annual winter concert, “A Holiday Parade Around the World,” at 2 p.m...

Community invited to business showcase

Verbonich, Dorothy’s Place to be honored with leadership awards Mark Verbonich of Pebble Beach Co., and Jill Allen, on behalf of Franciscan Workers and Dorothy’s Place, will be honored at CSU Mon...

Community invited to student recitals

Cal State Monterey Bay students are offering the gift of music this holiday season. The community is invited to a quartet of public performances featuring students in the university’s Music...