A Year in Review

More students, commitment to the environment highlight 2007 More students, more outside support, a commitment to the environment and a full-fledged senior leadership team marked 2007 at CSUMB. ...

A banner event

{} "Vision," "diversity" and "service" are boldly displayed on banners that grace campus. They are among the seven words chosen for display on the banners – excellence, innovation, partners...

A brighter future - First generation students aim high

Posted on Mar 07, 2006 For teens whose parents didn't attend college, higher education is uncharted territory: confusing, frightening and seemingly out of reach. But the glittery promises of bette...

A call to public service

From CSU Voices and Views blog *By Steven Avila*****CSU Monterey Bay Alumnus****Special Assistant, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior When I...

A capstone for a bucket list

. . . Nicole LeVere will get to cross "graduating from college" off her bucket list – three weeks before turning 40 and 18 years after first being accepted into CSU Monterey Bay – as she presen...

A conversation with Chaz Bono March 9

LGBTQI rights activist visits CSUMB ‘Transition: A Conversation with Chaz Bono’ sponsored by CAHSS Chaz Bono, the only child of entertainers Sonny and Cher, will visit California State University...

A day to celebrate reading

. . . At Olsen Elementary in Marina, student-athletes from CSU Monterey Bay read Dr. Seuss books to children in kindergarten through third grade. – Monterey Herald, March 4, 2014

A diver's eye view--without getting wet

CSUMB's Seafloor Mapping Lab helps with Point Lobos project Visitors to Point Lobos State Marine Reserve are now able to visualize what the undersea world looks like, thanks in part to work by st...

A fish story

Interns help to rescue 40,000 steelhead CSU Monterey Bay students help the local community in a variety of ways, as interns and service learners. Recently, undergrads and graduate students fr...

A focus on learning

Financial challenges as well as academic ones face university students, which is some of them have tapped into a scholarship program at CSUMB called Have a Heart for Students. The program has r...

A helping hand for budding entrepreneurs

Four high school students gathered around a table at CSU Monterey Bay on April 29, brainstorming ideas for a business. They decided to design an app to help users of the local public transporta...

A hole-in-one for STEM education

Cal State Monterey Bay students recently got hands-on experience teaching scientific concepts such as Archimedes’ principle and Newton’s theory of gravity through their application to golf. ...

A long way from home

Cycling across America to help the homeless After commencement, Daniel Troia didn't spent much time celebrating. Nine days after receiving his degree in kinesiology, he and current student Luke Y...

A look back at the arts in 2013

Summer School: CSUMB's Summer Arts program rolls into town with poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, underground film archivist Craig Baldwin, documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick...

A message from President Harrison

Dear friends of CSU Monterey Bay, This twice-yearly magazine is all about pride – the university’s pride in its progress, and what I hope is your pride as an alum or supporter who feels connect...

A new high for Otters

Posted on Oct 07, 2005 The CSUMB Otters are ranked No. 8 in the NCAA Division II men's soccer rankings for the Far West region. That's the highest ranking any CSUMB athletic program has enjoyed – ...

A partnership forged in the heat of Flamenco

SPANISH DANCE COMPANY PERFORMS AT WORLD THEATER MARCH 12 The acclaimed Madrid-based Spanish company Noche Flamenca, led by the husband-and-wife team of Martin Santangelo and Soledad B...

A suitcase full of help

Cal State Monterey Bay students are bringing health care to the homeless in the Chinatown area of Salinas. In collaboration with Dr. Kenneth Gjeltema of Peninsula Primary Care, CSUMB’s chap...

A touch of CSUMB at Days and Nights Festival

Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival returns to the local area Sept. 25-28, with a big contribution from CSU Monterey Bay. Enid Baxter Ryce, chair of CSUMB’s Cinematic Arts Department, has ...

A+ for this teacher

Alumna finalist for presidential award A CSU Monterey Bay graduate has been nominated for a national teaching award. Stefanie Pechan is one of six teachers chosen as California finalists for th...

A. Lee - Music writer talks to a CSUMB hiphop artist about her debut CD and how she hooked up with virgin label Fog Box

Posted on Dec 14, 2006 You may already be familiar with Fog Box record label from its founder's two compilation CD releases, "Unexploded Ordinance" and "Out of Order," featuring local acts from th...

A.D. lays out plan for CSUMB

Talking with Cal State Monterey Bay athletic director Vince Otoupal, you get the sense that "hardworking" doesn't begin to describe him. – The Salinas Californian, Sept. 3, 2012

AED's are on campus; get familiar and save a life

The CSUMB Emergency Management Health and Safety division of the University Police Department now provides more than 70 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) units across campus, nearl...

AMAZING OTTERS

No. 8 seed CSUMB beats UC San Diego to clinch the university's first CCAA baseball title. – Monterey Herald, May 6, 2013

API community celebrates graduation

Patti Hiramoto, vice president of University Advancement, reminded the gathering at CSU Monterey Bay’s first Asian Pacific Islander American community graduation celebration about the importanc...

ART OF SOCIAL CHANGE

Mildred Howard visits CSUMB Oct. 25 Berkeley artist Mildred Howard is an epic part of the East Bay’s cultural landscape, according to the San Francisco Examiner. She has an impressive list of i...

ART for CHANGE

Art can be a powerful tool for change, disseminating ideas and inspiring people to act. Sea Change, an exhibit at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, is doing just that — with the ai...

ARTIFACTS

There's a new era of visual art dawning from CSUMB. Literally. The Cinematic Arts and Technology department unveils student work from its first ever round of animation classes. – Monterey Count...

ARTISTIC EXPLOSION

Summer Arts presents a month of improv, animation, art, theater and film Summer Arts – a California State University program – made its debut at CSUMB this month. Several hundred students...

AS officers for 2011-12

Elections for Associated Students officers for 2011-12 were held in April. Next year's officers: President: Caliah Hill Vice President: Brittany Land Chief Communications Officer: Haley Her...

AVP Hired

Posted on Oct 23, 2007 Tony Boles has joined California State University, Monterey Bay as associate vice president of Campus Development and Operations. He will oversee campus master planni...

AVP Hired

Tony Boles has joined California State University, Monterey Bay as associate vice president of Campus Development and Operations. He will oversee campus master planning and building space man...

Academics, arts enrich migrant kids

. . . Now in its fourth year, the Junior Otter program – a collaboration among Monterey County's migrant education program, CSU Monterey Bay and theater group El Teatro Campesino – is both reme...

Academy makes algebra fun

In a large conference room at Graniterock's headquarters in Watsonville, 54 Rolling Hills Middle School students are voluntarily spending a week of their winter break studying algebra and to th...

Academy makes algebra fun for 8th graders

Fifty-three students from Rolling Hills Middle School in Watsonville voluntarily spent their last week of winter break studying algebra – and having fun. The Algebra Academy was held at the...

Accounting student earns scholarship

A CSU Monterey Bay business student has been awarded a scholarship by the San Jose-Silicon Valley Chapter of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA). Kyl...

Accounting students earn scholarships

Three CSU Monterey Bay business students have been awarded scholarships by the San Jose-Silicon Valley Chapter of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA). The awards wer...

Accreditation process under way

A team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) concluded its three-day visit to campus on Sept. 18 with a “farewell” meeting open to the campus community. It was the fir...

Acidification and summer vacation

Students work on research projects Not too many undergraduates can say they have been fortunate enough to do research. Even fewer can say they’ve been a part of research going into their ju...

Acting out against sexual assault

Call it an innovative approach to tackling a sensitive subject. On Sept. 2, an acting troupe, Catharsis Productions, will make its first appearance at CSU Monterey Bay in a production called “Sex...

Activists, artists earn California Peace Award

. . . "I like being out there in the community," said Elizabet Zepeda Gonzalez, a social and behavioral sciences major at CSUMB. "I love helping people. It's my passion." – Monterey Herald, Jul...

Admin and Teachers

May 19, 2009 CSUMB administrator honored for work with teachers Alice Flores, regional director of CalStateTEACH based at CSU Monterey Bay, was recently honored by the Association of California S...

Administrator named to county commission

Caroline Haskell, director of Health and Wellness Services at CSU Monterey Bay, has been named to the Monterey County Mental Health Commission. Fourth District Supervisor Jane Parker appointed ...

Afraid of public speaking? Oratory Otters is here to help

Do you tense up when speaking in front of a group? Does the thought of your capstone presentation terrify you? Are you a scientist who needs to communicate your findings to policymakers and the...

Afro-Peruvian Explosion

Free concert April 25 features master musician Pedro Rosales The community is invited to experience Afro-Peruvian music on April 25 at a free concert on the campus of California State University,...

Ag detective on the job

Salinas native Isael Rubio wears a white laboratory coat as he runs tests on plants at the local USDA research station. Rubio, 22, a senior at CSU Monterey Bay, is a biology student; his job is...

Ag water quality topic of CSUMB forum

Two months after the state water board approved rules for agricultural water quality, a panel of experts discussed a slew of ways the Salinas Valley could address the issue at a public forum at...

Agribusiness grad credits family, faculty and funds

Martin Vargas-Garcia, a 2009 graduate, represented alumni as a featured speaker at the Feb. 26 Have a Heart for Students Dinner and Auction, making the connection between a scholarship he recei...

Alcohol Awareness Week Oct. 16-21

Raise your voice! You can save a life! is campaign theme During the week of Oct. 16, students at California State University, Monterey Bay will join with their peers on more than 800 campuses acr...

Alcohol Awareness Week Oct. 21-25

Aware, Awake, Alive! comes to CSUMB As part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW) Oct. 21–25, CSU Monterey Bay is offering contests, games, and panel discussions to help student...