Community partnerships pay off for MSW students

University ‘grows its own’ with on-campus placement When Veronica Gonzalez, who counsels young people in her job at Monterey County’s Division of Behavioral Health, heard about the opportunity to...

Community-based restoration, a few acres at a time

Rose Ashbach, a graduate student in the Applied Marine and Watershed Science program at CSU Monterey Bay, has left her mark on the campus while helping the university implement its master plan....

Composers society honors CSUMB lecturer

For the second consecutive year, Dr. Lanier Sammons, a lecturer in the Music and Performing Arts Department, has won the ASCAP Plus Award – Concert Music Division. The ASCAP Awards are made...

Computer science professor wins teaching award

Kate Lockwood, assistant professor of computer science and information technology, has been honored with the Allen Griffin Award for excellence in teaching at the post-secondary level. The awar...

Computer science students work on shark project

Students in the CSIT-in-3 program know a good opportunity when they see it. CSIT-in-3 is a collaboration between CSU Monterey Bay and Hartnell College that enables students to earn a bachelor...

Concert features chamber music by CSUMB instructor

Community invited to free event Dr. Lanier Sammons, a lecturer in the Music and Performing Arts Department, will premiere some of his compositions on Dec. 5 at a free concert in the Music Hall....

Concert offers an array of new music

CSU Monterey Bay’s concert series resumes on Oct. 13 with a free performance by A/B Duo. Included in the program is a new piece for contrabass flute and percussion written by Monterey Count...

Conflict in Chinatown

Posted on Nov 09, 2006 Salinas' Soledad Street has been a refuge for the hungry and homeless for more than two decades. For the past decade, CSUMB has been sending students to Dorothy's Place to d...

Congressional intern gets insider's look at national politics

When other students returned to school on Aug. 24, Karla Corres started work in a Congressional office in Washington, D.C., where she will learn first-hand what classroom lectures can only hint...

Connecting to politics

CSUMB student spends semester in Washington, D.C. Hannah Plummer wants to work in a political organization or for an elected official. Washington, D.C., seems like the perfect place for her. ...

Conservation award presented to faculty member

CSU Monterey Bay faculty member Suzanne Worcester has received a Garden Club of America Club Conservation Commendation for her work with students and the community. The award is given to a ...

Conserving Energy

Posted on Dec 04, 2006 Conserving energy has a big payoff The university has received a $66,000 incentive award from PG&E for conserving the natural gas and electricity used to heat and lig...

Conserving Energy

Conserving energy has a big payoff The university has received a $66,000 incentive award from PG&E for conserving the natural gas and electricity used to heat and light campus buildings. ...

Consul General of Mexico in San Jose Visits CSUMB

SEASIDE, Calif., October 23, 2019 – California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) welcomed the Honorable Consul General Alejandra Maria Gabriela Bologna from the Mexican Consulate in San Jo...

Contemporary dance ensemble performs at CSUMB

The Eisenhower Dance Ensemble will bring its trademark moves – playful, gymnastic and elegant – to California State University, Monterey Bay’s World Theater on March 9 as the Performing Arts Se...

Contest entries get creative with gingerbread

There are gingerbread bakers and gingerbread artists. And then there are gingerbread overachievers. The group representing Focus the Region, the annual teach-in on climate change, fits into the l...

Contest-winning app tells users What's In

A team of five CSUMB students took the top prize at the Startup Weekend business competition at the university, beating out more than 60 participants. Their mobile app allows a person with a sm...

Coral reefs may be more adaptive than once thought

Scientists studying the catastrophic phenomena of coral bleaching have concluded that reef systems may be more adaptable to increasingly warmer oceans than previously believed. The work was fun...

Corey Garza speaks at international marine science panel in Paris

It’s been a busy summer for many CSUMB faculty. Corey Garza, a faculty member in the CSUMB Marine Science program, traveled to Paris in June and spoke at an international panel about the relati...

Cornel West lectures at CSUMB

Cornel West has many roles: philosopher, professor, author, civil rights activist and interpreter of African American experience, actor (in several “Matrix” movies) and advocate for soc...

Corporations, NSF team up to improve STEM retention

Faculty at CSU Monterey Bay had already teamed up with a local two-year school, Hartnell College, on a program helping students make the transition to a bachelor's degree in computer science, s...

Counseling center director earns statewide honor

Caroline Haskell, director of health and wellness services at CSU Monterey Bay, has been named social worker of the year by the California chapter of the National Association of Social Workers....

Counting on students

March 12, 2010 The Census comes to campus When the U.S. Census Bureau rolls through college campuses once every decade, many students slip through the cracks. This year, census and CSU Monter...

County NAACP chapter to meet at CSUMB

For the second straight year, the Monterey County Branch NAACP will commemorate Black History Month by holding a general membership meeting at CSU Monterey Bay. The meeting date – Feb. 28 –...

County has big teacher demand

The analysis done by Mark O'Shea, coordinator for the credentialing program at CSUMB, revealed that Monterey County has the fourth highest demand for teachers in the state. – Monterey Herald, ...

Courses aimed to building pipeline for 3-year bachelor's program

. . . CSU Monterey Bay and Hartnell College put together a plan for students to finish a bachelor's degree in three years as a way of tackling several issues: the long time some students are ta...

Covered California educators reaching out to students

Certified educators through Covered California spoke to students at CSU Monterey Bay about their options for health insurance. – KION-46, Oct. 8, 2013

Covina Student earns award

Posted on Nov 07, 2007 California Sea Grant has named Jasmine Ruvalcaba a 2007 John D. Isaacs Marine Undergraduate Scholar. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funds the Isa...

Covina Student earns award

California Sea Grant has named Jasmine Ruvalcaba a 2007 John D. Isaacs Marine Undergraduate Scholar. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funds the Isaacs Undergraduate Resea...

Coyote Tales at CSUMB Meeting House

Faculty member Will Shephard has created this commedia dell'arte (comedy of craft) in which masked characters play on the foibles of human nature with minimal props and scenery. This original ...

Creating a thousand lights

CSUMB joins statewide message of hope California State University campuses throughout the state are holding candle-lighting events this month to send a message of support, understanding and com...

Crowd-pleasing by leaps and bounds

Aug. 25, 2009 ***Ukrainian dance company comes to the World Theater *** Imagine colorful costumes and leaping dancers exploding across the stage and you have a hint of what the Virsky Ukrainian N...

Cultural Fusion

CSUMB's annual Heritage Music Festival features the world premiere of dance-music collaboration. The performance will feature: "Catalyst: One by One," a dance-music collaboration between the Di...

Culture Cures - a car accident left Amalia MesaBains physically injured but the spirit of the Latina artist thrives

Posted on May 11, 2007 La Cultura Cura - The culture cures. Amalia Mesa-Bains used that simple mantra as her strength, her personal miracle, while recovering from severe injuries suffered in a 200...

DANCE MAKER: At 84, Paul Taylor is still a towering figure in dance

The acclaimed Paul Taylor Dance Company will pay a return visit to California State University, Monterey Bay’s World Theater on April 22. The visit marks the fourth appearance of the New York...

DaSilva named CSUMB Officer of the Year

Matt DaSilva has been named the university police department's Officer of the Year for 2009. Police Chief Fred Hardee made the selection, with input from officers in the department. "This ...

Day of Welcome to be live-streamed

The campus community is invited to the Day of Welcome event this afternoon, featuring President Ochoa’s State of the University address. The event will be held in the World Theater starting a...

Deadline approaching for CSUMB teen film festival

Jan. 4, 2010 *******Entries must be submitted by Feb. 12*** Time is running out for young filmmakers to submit their work to the Monterey Bay Teen Film Festival sponsored by California State Univ...

Dean named for new College of Education

Jose Luis Alvarado, who has served as associate dean for the College of Education at San Diego State University since 2010, has been named dean of Cal State Monterey Bay’s newly created College...

Dean of new health college at CSUMB debuts

A community health expert and educator is heading the new College of Health Sciences and Human Services at Cal State Monterey Bay. Britt Rios-Ellis is the founding dean of the college. – The Sa...

Dean's Medalists

First-generation grads recognized for academic excellence, leadership By Sophia Huang McKenzie Published June 16, 2020 Every year CSUMB honors graduating students for their outstanding achievem...

December 19 2007

Posted on Dec 18, 2007 Gingerbread building boom The team from Conference and Event Services was serious about their entry in the university's annual gingerbread house-building contest - an ...

December 19, 2007

Gingerbread building boomThe team from Conference and Event Services was serious about their entry in the university's annual gingerbread house-building contest - an elaborate replica o...

December 5 2007

Posted on Dec 05, 2007 New 'U Stories' now online Each month, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences posts a 'U Story' on its website. Each features highligh...

December 5, 2007

New 'U Stories' now online Each month, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences posts a 'U Story' on its website. Each features highlights of the creative and socially aware professo...

Decision to canonize Junipero Serra draws divided reaction

Others such as Ruben Mendoza, coordinator of California mission archaeology at Cal State Monterey Bay, say the canonization is long overdue. "I've always felt the canonization process was stymi...

Department veteran named new campus police chief

Earl Lawson is the university’s new chief of police. Lawson served in a number of important roles since joining the University Police Department in 1995, most recently as operations lieutenant ...

Departure from the depths

Imagine if, over a decade, San Francisco Bay lost enough sediment to fill about 5,000 Olympic swimming pools with sand and gravel, and some mud. That's appears to be what happened. According ...

Depth and Defense

The nationally ranked Otters are on the amp as they'll face Dixie State of St. George, Utah in the first round of the NCAA Division II tournament at Cal Poly Pomona. – Monterey Herald, March 11...

Devastating Images - CSUMB student's Katrina documentary to be shown at Black History event

Posted on Feb 13, 2006 Filmmaker Estee Blancher said she wants viewers to be moved to tears – or at the very least be awestruck – by the images of destruction she captured in New Orleans. Overturn...