Four Undergraduate Researchers Selected for Pre-Doctoral Scholarships

SEASIDE, Calif., June 20, 2017 – Four CSUMB seniors have been selected as Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars for the 2017-18 academic year. The four CSUMB students, whose research interested ...

Four new degree programs available this fall

Nursing scheduled to be added next summer Interested in a career in the Foreign Service, international business, education, or translation and interpretation? Do you want to be prepared to trav...

Four undergraduates win prestigious fellowships

As they wrap up impressive undergraduate careers and receive their degrees on May 19, four science students are looking ahead with lofty goals of what they want to accomplish. With a couple...

Frank Wojcik named first library dean

. . .Wojcik came to CSUMB after serving as interim dean of the Mason Library at Keene State in New Hampshire. – Monterey Herald, April 17, 2016

Fresh as a Hawaiian breeze

Nov. 10, 2010 Slack key maestro George Kahumoku presents holiday concert “Slackheads” will get a rare treat on Dec. 11, when Grammy-winning slack-key guitarist George Kahumoku brings a bit of the...

Freshman Impact

"We've become a first-choice school. The demand keeps going up." – Monterey County Weekly, April 17, 2014

Freshmen applications jump more than 5 percent

CSU Monterey Bay saw a 5.3 percent increase in freshmen applications this year over last year, with approximately 15,391 first-time freshmen applying for admission next fall. The university...

Freshmen compete to be tops in bots

Nov. 1, 2010 Huddled over a gray robot, a student pushed the start button and watched as the small machine lurched forward, completed a turn and moved toward an obstacle. Then disaster stru...

Friendly competition honored Cesar Chavez

SL Student Leaders log most hours in community service drive The end of all education should surely be service to others. ?-- Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez was an ordinary man with an extraordinary l...

From Air Force medic to college graduate

"CSUMB made a difference for me" Tina Banks has beaten the odds. Of the approximately 800,000 military veterans attending college, more than 80 percent drop out of school during their first year ...

From CSUMB to the minor leagues

It's going to be a big week for former Cal State Monterey Bay baseball players David Garcia, Will Anderson and Nick Parent. The graduates start their first jobs as professional baseball players...

From Inner Mongolia to Monterey Bay

East Asia educators visit CSUMB and surrounding region to gain further knowledge of higher education practices in United States CSUMB Provost Bonnie Irwin recently welcomed a delegation of 18...

From field work to field research

. . . Julio Martinez, a biology major at CSUMB, researches lettuce disease with Carolee Bull, the principal investigator of a plant pathology lab at the USDA Agricultural Research Station in Sa...

From strawberry fields to computer science in three years

When Mateo Sixtos drives to his computer science classes every weekday, he takes a good, hard look at the strawberry fields he first worked hen he was only 10 years old. . . . Today, he's enrol...

Future Scientists Bring Their Research to CSUMB

Scott Roark | August 11, 2017 Naturalist David Attenborough may have summed it up best, when he stated “it seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest ...

Future of sports at CSUMB

Posted on Oct 15, 2006 In the span of 12 months, the athletics department at CSU-Monterey Bay witnessed its greatest transformation since joining the NCAA two years ago. In July, CSUMB hired Howar...

Future teachers gets hands-on experience

CSU Monterey Bay students got hands-on experience teaching scientific concepts such as Archimedes' principle and Newton's theory of gravity through their application to golf. The future tea...

G.I. Jobs magazine salutes CSUMB

For the third consecutive year, CSU Monterey Bay has been named a “military-friendly school” by G.I. Jobs magazine. The list honors the top 20 percent of colleges and universities that are do...

GARDEN OF HOPE

CSUMB invites visitors to Shoreline Food Garden A garden that has sprung up on an empty lot on the former Fort Ord is producing nutritious food and offering opportunities for job training. T...

GEEKING OUT

Students, professors put pie in Pi Day It's not likely anyone is getting the day off from school or work for it, but National Pi Day is Friday. Since 1988, when the first celebration was held at ...

GIFT VESSEL

‘Harold Heath’ is back in the water CSU Monterey Bay’s new research vessel, the Harold Heath, was launched on May 16 after three months of extensive work in dry dock. Santa Cruz attorney Paul...

GIS used to study children's health risks

A professor of geography at CSU Monterey Bay is studying transportation-related air pollution and the health risks it poses to children. With a $50,000 grant from the Leonard Transporta...

GOAL GETTER

CSUMB student spends semester in Washington, D.C. Jillian Shweiki wants to get involved in national politics as a campaign manager or political adviser. That’s after she finishes law school. ...

GOOD GRIEF

A CSUMB student has built a sculpture for mourning, celebrating and letting go. – Monterey County Weekly, May 14, 2015

Gallery exhibit explores apocalyptic beliefs

Sincerely, 2012, a show by students in the Visual and Public Art Department, is on display in the Balfour/Brutzman Gallery on campus. The show explores apocalyptic beliefs that have proven re...

Game-changing local leaders: Eduardo Ochoa

Running a university takes time and dedication. And once a month, CSUMB chief Eduardo Ochoa is reminded of the value of his time in an unusual way: He winds his grandfather's pocket watch. – Mo...

Garden project takes root

At CSUMB, student garden will provide food for mind, body Tomatoes, carrots, squash and other vegetables are sprouting on college campuses across the country – ready for harvesting as part of a s...

Gardens of Hope

Chinatown community garden Federal grant provides support for Community Food Project The fragrant garden that sprang up on an abandoned lot in the Chinatown neighborhood of Salinas offers reside...

Gauthier makes CSUMB home New athletic director prepared to elevate Otter athletics

Posted on Aug 15, 2006 Glancing out the windows of California State University, Monterey Bay's Alumni & Visitors Center, Howard Gauthier signed at the familiarity. "I grew up in a small town that ...

Gen Y shows its cares - 20somethings aim to make a difference

Posted on Nov 03, 2006 Since her freshman year in high school, senior Gloria Avalos of California State University, Monterey Bay, has volunteered to improve the east Salinas community where she gr...

Get a free flu shot at CSUMB on Dec. 12

The Monterey County Health Department and the Visiting Nurse Association will hold a free flu vaccine clinic on Dec. 12 at CSUMB’s library. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., shots will be given in the ...

Get a reality job Writer Leslie Escobar goes behind the TV camera with students from CSUMB who made it into the business

Posted on Oct 19, 2006 It's hard to turn on the television without being inundated by reality TV shows. Michelle Riel, director of the Teledramatic Arts & Technology Department at CSUMB, says doze...

Get out and volunteer

Laura Lee Lienk was interviewed for a story on Earth Day and the work the CSUMB-based Return of the Natives has done for more than 20 years. “I think we’ve been a very consistent and steady...

Getting a RISE out of students

“Throughout high school, the RISE program had a strong impact on my decision to pursue a degree in biology,” said Charn Singh, who just finished her junior year at CSU Monterey Bay. “RISE e...

Getting a jump on math ? professor's workshop gets results

Standing in front of nearly 60 incoming CSU Monterey Bay students, Dr. Hongde Hu explains the wonders of his Magic Tables as if he were unveiling the mysteries of the universe. The five tables ...

Getting charged-up over electric cars

Campus to get two electric vehicle charging stations Electric cars and plug-in hybrids were celebrated in dozens of cities around the country in late September at National Plug In Day. One of...

Getting down to business

Baseball was his first love, but after graduating from college Matt Urakami will hang up his cleats to pursue another dream – he has a job lined up with an international accounting and auditing...

Getting wired at CSUMB

Posted on Oct 17, 2005 While a recent survey published by Intel Corp. ranked CSU-Monterey Bay 12th among the top 50 most unwired U.S. campuses, the college has its own response to that. "We have 2...

Gilman Scholars go global

Record number of CSUMB students get help to study abroad Studying abroad can bring a variety of benefits: immersion in a new culture; the opportunity to master another language; and an enriching ...

Gingerbread

Posted on Dec 17, 2007 Maria A.Y. Garcia, Lianne Minemoto, Courtney Kuhn, Kim Agerbeek and Pat Clausen(left to right) of Conference and Event Services construct a replica of St. Basil'...

Gingerbread

Really serious. Serious enough to buy and construct a 3-D puzzle of the cathedral. "Then, we went online and found the floor plan," said Lianne Minemoto. "We knew where all the domes were locat...

Gingerbread House Competition Results

Posted on Dec 15, 2006 Tasteful houses sweeten party As Hansel and Gretel can attest, gingerbread houses, with their candy-cane columns, gumdrop landscaping, peppermint pinwheel decorations and...

Gingerbread House Competition Results

Tasteful houses sweeten party As Hansel and Gretel can attest, gingerbread houses, with their candy-cane columns, gumdrop landscaping, peppermint pinwheel decorations and icing trim, are practi...

GingerbreadContest

There are gingerbread bakers and gingerbread artists. And then there are gingerbread overachievers. Perhaps the folks representing the Black Box Cabaret would fit into that category, coming up wi...

Girls Love Science, Too

Girls interested in pursuing a career in marine science are exploring their options this week through a program at CSU Monterey Bay. Girls Love Science Too, a program offered by Camp SEA Lab ...

Giving signals at CSUMB

The series of skits and guided discussions by acting troupe Catharsis Productions demonstrate that role-playing and blunt talk make more memorable sexual assault training than lectures. – Monte...

Giving voice to the dream

Jan. 22, 2010 The advice is straightforward – take Martin Luther King Jr.'s teachings and make them relevant to your life. That's the message Joe Rogers will bring to his audience during his ...

Going the distance

. . . And CSU Monterey Bay, which has seen more interest in its online offerings, is rolling out two new online masters programs this year, adding to its two existing online programs. – Montere...

Going to Hawaii and beyond

. . . The work was facilitated through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center at CSUMB. Undergraduate research can help students find a solid path early on in their careers, and prepar...

Golf coach, player in national spotlight

Jason Owen, CSUMB’s men's golf coach, will travel to Hershey, Pa., to compete in the PGA Professional National Championship June 26-29 while one of his players, sophomore Dylan Jackson, will te...