Golfer earns NCAA academic honor

For his accomplishments in the classroom, D.J. Milligan has been honored by the NCAA with this year's Elite 88 award for Division II golf. The award was presented May 15 in Florence, Ala., site...

Gonzales center helps small businesses

When Janet Pacheco needed help applying for a small business loan, she knew where to turn. Arturo Contreras, a CSU Monterey Bay student who works at the small Business Development center in Gon...

Got an Otter ID card? Ride the bus for free

Convenience, savings with free rides CSUMB username serves as transit pass on all MST routes It’s really a free ride. Starting Jan. 15, Cal State Monterey Bay students enrolled in the spring seme...

Governmental relations director joins staff

Justin Wellner joined CSUMB as director of governmental and external relations in January. Wellner came to the university from Van Scoyoc Associates in Washington, D.C., where he was manage...

Grad is passionate about communicating science

Jane Kim’s artwork turns up in unusual places. The graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s science illustration program has displayed her art in restaurants, laboratories, the San Francisco dump, and alon...

Grad school off to good start for this alumna

Breanna Orozco is about to start graduate school at the University of Southern California, and she’s already winning awards. Orozco (Kinesiology, 2015) received a USC Latino Alumni As...

Grad student earns California Sea Grant fellowship

Sean Windell, a student in the applied marine and watershed science master’s degree program, has been named one of 17 California Sea Grant Fellows for 2015. The Sea Grant College program ...

Grad student earns Rote research grant

More will be known about raccoons, striped skunks, bobcats, foxes and other mammals that live on former Fort Ord lands as the result of a study by CSUMB graduate student Bart Kowalski. Kowa...

Grad student lands prestigious scholarship

Heather Kelley has been named a recipient of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship for outstanding graduate students in the fields of marine biology and coastal resource management. The scholarships...

Grad student named state Sea Grant Fellow

When Scott Toews completes his master’s degree in Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy this semester, he won’t have to worry about finding a job. He’s already got one lined up, although h...

Grad student pays it forward

UROC propels Liz Lopez to master's program at USD Liz Lopez, a 2013 graduate of CSU Monterey Bay, has fit right in at the University of San Diego, where she is pursuing a master’s degree in marin...

Grad student's research takes CSU honor

Reseach by a CSU Monterey Bay graduate student may prove helpful to managers of former Fort Ord lands. The work took a top honor for Bart Kowalski at the California State University Student Res...

Grad uses theater arts to reach young men

Gilbert Salazar was born to work with young people. He has spent years teaching, guiding and mentoring them in a variety of settings. Now the former Service Learning Student Leader and 2008 g...

Grade A program

Posted on Sep 01, 2005 CSU-Monterey Bay's service learning program has earned recognition for the second year in a row in US News and World Report's 2006 publication of America's Best Colleges. – ...

Graduate student earns Rote research grant

ELKHORN SLOUGH FOUNDATION PRESENTS $5,000 AWARD Cal State Monterey Bay graduate student Michael Esgro studies de facto marine protected areas – regions of the ocean that are not formally protecte...

Graduate student earns fellowship

Billy Coleman, a student in the Master of Business Administration program at California State University, Monterey Bay, has been awarded an Investment in Community Fellowship by the Willis W. a...

Graduates urged to take risks

The future of 1,022 students who received college degrees from CSU Monterey Bay can be a glowing one if they move forward with optimism and without fear of risk. That was the message delivered ...

Graduation day for Migrant Junior Otters

COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM COMPLETES ITS SEVENTH SUMMER “We are all born creators,” Luis Valdez told a group assembled July 30 for the closing ceremonies of the Migrant Junior Otter program at CSU Monter...

Grant funds Chinatown walking tour project

For six years, Rina Benmayor's students at CSU Monterey Bay have worked to preserve memories of Chinatown in Salinas. That work has received a $10,000 boost from Cal Humanities toward a project...

Grant helps CSUMB train new math teachers

Aug. 24, 2009 CSU Monterey Bay and two partners have been awarded $900,000 to help prepare future math teachers. The university worked with Humboldt State and CSU Channel Islands to create ...

Grant helps migrant students

CSUMB has received a $2.1 million federal grant aimed at enrolling more migrant students in higher education. – Monterey Herald, July 20, 2014

Grant helps prepare students for careers in agriculture

Dec. 5, 2009 A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help CSU Monterey Bay prepare students for careers in natural resources and agriculture. The university will use the $300,000...

Grant provides arts education to local students

CSU Summer Arts received a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to benefit local youngsters and their families. This summer, the CSU program is providing the students with e...

Grant supports Imagine College

Monterey Peninsula foundation gift helps students get to college California State University, Monterey Bay has received a grant from the Monterey Peninsula Foundation to support the Imagine Colle...

Grant supports service learning in STEM fields

July 12, 2010 Student success in science, technology, engineering and math – the STEM disciplines – as well as Service Learning classes in those fields will get a boost as the result of a grant...

Grant to aid homeless

Posted on Nov 12, 2005 With federal grant money, California State University, Monterey Bay plans to facilitate community planning for lower Soledad Street in Salinas' blighted Chinatown neighborho...

Grant to fund Asian Cultural Center

Nov. 17, 2009 HUD program will fund more work on Chinatown project The Service Learning Institute at California State University, Monterey Bay has received another three-year grant from the U.S. ...

Grant to teach about missions

Award among three in state A $170,000 grant has been awarded to CSU Monterey Bay by the National Endowment for the Humanities for a program to train teachers from around the country about the h...

Grants

A pair of grants from the U.S. Department of Education will help CSU Monterey Bay prepare students for graduate school and careers in science, technology, engineering and math. – American Ass...

Grants help students GEAR UP for college

Middle school students in Monterey County will be better equipped for college thanks to federal grants awarded to Cal State Monterey Bay. The money will allow 3,620 students to be served in S...

Greater Vision Forum 2018

The Farm of the Future: Ag Careers in Energy, Sustainability and Technology SEASIDE, Ca., October 4, 2018 – California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) hosted the 2018 Greater Vis...

Green Degrees CSUMB joins 1450 other schools and groups for a global warming teach in.

Posted on Jan 24, 2007 It sounds like a daunting task: to tackle global warming as "the issue of this generation." CSUMB, along with college students all over the country, say they're up to it. On...

Green Jobs

Speakers, a free vegetarian lunch and the chance to find out about sustainable job opportunities are all part of CSU Monterey Bay's conference, "Focus 2014: Sustainability and a Sense of Place,...

Ground Zero Mosque, Islam topic of lecture

Sept. 21, 2010 Shaikh Kabir Helminski will deliver a lecture on the Ground Zero Mosque, Islam and Sufism on Sept. 23 at CSU Monterey Bay. The free event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the U...

Group of cool cats bring their doo-wop style to CSUMB

California State University, Monterey Bay’s World Theater will present a tribute to the greatest hits of the 1950s and ’60s when The Alley Cats perform on Oct. 20. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. By ...

Growing community, one soccer game at a time

Two CSUMB students were behind the free soccer program run out of the Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas. "They are athletes who used soccer as their pathway to higher education. Each recognizes t...

Growing educational opportunities at CSUMB

"Where we are headed now is to create a bachelor of science degree in agribusiness (by 2017)," said Dr. Brad Barbeau, associate professor of economics and entrepreneurship. "We will be ...

Guardian Scholars Program Provides Support for Former Foster Youth

CSUMB student Theresa Dexter spent her summer working to support the needs of former foster youth who are currently studying at CSUMB and are now members of the Guardian Scholar's Program. Her ...

Guardian Scholars program graduates record number of foster youth

SEASIDE, Calif., May 22, 2020 - CSUMB’s Guardian Scholars program for current and former foster youth had a record-breaking 21 students graduate from the university this academic year. Ke...

HIGH VISIBILITY

Alumna performs at Pan American Games Ania Flatau (Kinesiology 2015) doesn’t let anything get in her way. The wheelchair athlete and dancer has participated in swimming, basketball, k...

Hackathon Weekend Focuses on Creating Tech for Disaster Recovery

SEASIDE, Ca., November 6, 2017 – California State University, Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB) Institute for Innovation and Economic Development (IIED) hosted the 6th annual Startup Hackathon weekend ...

Happy 300th birthday, Father Junipero Serra

. . . Serra's legacy, with all its blooms and blemishes, was the subject of a symposium at California State University, Monterey Bay. They called it, "Junipero Serra, Native Californians and th...

Hardworking teenager wins distinguished CSU award

Karen Martinez, a sophomore at CSUMB, tries to honor her brother's memory by studying hard and continuing to pursue the education he wanted for himself. She was named CSUMB's 2010 recipient of ...

Harrison is a needed optimist

. . . While Gov. Jerry Brown and the legislature wielded chainsaws to education, CSUMB President Dianne Harrison and her team stood atop a sand dune and looked ahead at the future of the univer...

Hartnell, CSUMB awarded $5 million innovation grant

A program that allows students to earn a computer science degree in three years, a collaboration between CSU Monterey Bay and Hartnell College, was ranked among the top five applications and re...

Hartnell-CSUMB Teacher Pathway Program Receives Funding to Support Continued Program Growth

SEASIDE, Calif., August 23, 2018 – Hartnell College and California State University, Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB) joint Teacher Pathway Program has received a $335,000 grant from The Claire Giannin...

Haskell honored by Monterey County

April 2, 2010 Caroline Haskell, CSU Monterey Bay's director of health and wellness services, is this year's recipient of the Jay Foss Clinical Services Award given by the Monterey County Mental...

Haskell honored by national social workers group

The Central Coast Unit of the National Association of Social Workers will honor Caroline Haskell, director of Health and Wellness Services at CSU Monterey Bay. Haskell will receive the or...

Haunting direction

Things that go bump in the night don’t seem to faze Joey Blackburn. So, it's not surprising that the first film festival to accept his capstone, “A Fly in the Room,” is Elvira’s Horror Hunt. The ...

Have a Heart aids students

Posted on Feb 02, 2006 California State University, Monterey Bay senior Joan Iguban won't be able to attend the Have a Heart dinner and auction Feb. 17. Instead, the 23-year-old single mother will...