Alcohol Awareness Week at CSUMB

Sept. 29, 2009 During the week of Oct. 11, students at California State University, Monterey Bay will join with their peers on more than 1,000 campuses across the country to promote National Co...

Alcohol Awareness Week comes to CSUMB

As part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW) Oct. 20–25, CSU Monterey Bay is offering panel discussions, games, displays and other activities to help students understand the ra...

Algebra Bridge Academy brings kids up to speed

. . . More than 60 students are participating in the Algebra Bridge Academy taught by renowned CSU Monterey Bay math professor Hongde Hu, who has received several national awards for improving ...

All Black Gala Features Lessons From Ferguson

SEASIDE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2019 – California State University, Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB) Otter Student Union hosted the “All Black Gala” on Sunday, February 10 from 6-10 p.m. at CSUMB’s Univers...

All in a Name the CSUMB community ponders the most important moniker on campus

Posted on Oct 12, 2006 The whiskered one is about to get a name. A process that began by taking suggestions from students has now moved to a final vote to determine the name of the cute and cuddly...

All that glitters isn't gold: 'Glamorgeddon' at SOMArts Gallery

It's tough not to be dazzled by "Glamorgeddon: the Spectacle," on view until Feb. 4 in SOMArts' Main Gallery. The group exhibition curated by Bay Area artist Johanna Poethig, along with Angelic...

All the goings on at CSUMB ? and student scholars

There's film, there's theater, there's provocative speakers, there's just so much going on at CSUMB. In between all the events, students do have time to do research. Five student projects will ...

Allez cuisine! CSUMB's 'Iron Chef' competition showcases the new direction of campus dining

Posted on May 25, 2006 The memories are clouded by time and dead brain cells, but I remember my college dining hall as a belly-busting shirine to lard and carbs. The highlight of the week came Fri...

Almanzan honored by news group

Nov. 16, 2009 KAZU news director Krista Almanzan was honored Nov. 7 by the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Northern California at the organization's annual awards dinner in S...

Aloha Otters

The CSUMB men’s golf team pulled off the double-double at the Dennis Rose Invitational in Hawaii, as the Otters won the team title and Oskar Nystrom won the individual title. – Monterey Herald,...

Alum Augie Johnston plays pro basketball in Germany

This year marks Augie Johnston’s second year playing professional basketball in Germany. Johnston, a former Cal State Monterey Bay basketball player and two-year starter for the Otters, gra...

Alum Wins FirstNight

Posted on Dec 07, 2005 Images of stars are popping up around the local area as publicity posters for First Night's New Year's celebration get distributed. The artwork was produced b...

Alum creates 'robot' friends in Santa Cruz

CSUMB graduate Margo Mullen has just completed a public art project in Santa Cruz. Her canvas: a square traffic controller box located at the busy intersection of Soquel Avenue and Morrissey Bo...

Alum earns California Sea Grant fellowship

Patrick Mulcahy, a 2015 graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s master’s program in applied marine and watershed science, has been named a California Sea Grant Fellow for 2016. He is one of 21 recipient...

Alum has a hand in 'Muppets' movie

Nathan Danforth revels in breathing life into the inanimate. The 25-year-old graduate of CSU Monterey Bay had a chance to do just that when he worked on "The Muppets," the latest film featuring...

Alum helps build excitement for 49ers

Former baseball player is graphic designer for Super-Bowl bound team Cal State Monterey Bay alum Ben Mayberry arrived in New Orleans almost a week before his San Francisco 49er colleagues Colin K...

Alum helps others heal war wounds

You could say that being called to active duty following the 9/11 terrorist attacks interrupted Ben Haberthur's education at Cal State Monterey Bay. Or you might say that his active military se...

Alum helps others heal war wounds through environmental activism

Former Marine works to establish Veterans’ Conservation Corps You could say that being called to active duty following the 9/11 terrorist attacks interrupted Ben Haberthur’s education at Cal Stat...

Alum launches podcast and video series

Ed Carapezza (TAT ’13) has launched the National Music Sanctuary, a podcast and video series. Students and faculty member Lanier Sammons of CSUMB’s Music and Performing Arts Department, and...

Alum named Firefighter of the Year

Anthony Prado (TMAC ’00) has been recognized with the Career Firefighter of the Year Award by the Monterey County Fire Chiefs Association. Prado always knew he wanted to be a firefighter. Now...

Alum receives national recognition at NCAA tournament

CSU Monterey Bay alumna Lisa Fortier was named Rookie Coach of the Year after her first season at the helm at Division I Gonzaga University. The award was given out at the annual Women’s Bask...

Alum sails Atlantic in search of plastic debris

The 5Gyres Institute is on a mission to educate the world about the downside of its reliance on single-use plastic. The institute documents the prevalence of marine plastic pollution in oce...

Alum wins California Sea Grant fellowship

Jessica Watson, a December graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy masters program, has been selected as a California Sea Grant State Fellow. The State Fellows P...

Alum works on climate change issues

Nick Sadrpour, who earned a master’s in Coastal and Watershed Science and Policy from CSUMB, has been named a California Sea Grant Fellow for 2015. He and CSUMB alumnus Sean Windell are a...

Alum's artwork featured in First Night celebration

Artwork by recent CSUMB graduate Jacob Kernodle is gracing the marketing materials for First Night Monterey – the result of a longstanding relationship between the university and the event’s or...

Alum's internship promotes marine sanctuaries

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN GOES NATIONAL As a travel destination, few places can compete with the national marine sanctuaries, which protect America’s most iconic natural and cultural marine resourc...

Alum's work on display in Pacific Grove

‘Steinbeck: The Art of Fiction’ includes sculpture by VPA grad Work by alumnus Lew Aytes will be on display at the American Tin Cannery through March 31. The exhibit, “Steinbeck: The Art of Ficti...

Alumna awarded Fulbright Scholarship

As Elizabeth Romanoff (WLC ’08) nears the end of her time in Washington, D.C., she is busy wrapping up her work with Save the Children, a non-governmental organization that works to improve the...

Alumna competes for international title

A scuba beauty pageant? “Saltwater runs through my veins,” said Chanel Hason, a 2010 graduate of the Environmental Science, Technology and Policy program. That’s why the idea of vying for t...

Alumna continues tradition of service

Judith Flores Carmona continues to demonstrate the service and leadership she first exhibited while a student at CSU Monterey Bay. Dr. Flores Carmona was named chair-elect of Mujeres Ac...

Alumna earns first Perry Scholarship

Maritza Bautista’s third-grade teacher influenced her career choice. “Just as she helped me, I want to return the favor to my community,” said the CalState TEACH student and Salinas resident. “I ...

Alumna helps girls make Smart Choices

Nonprofit Girls Inc. empowers teenagers Patty Fernandez directs an organization that inspires girls to be strong, smart and bold. She’s a good role model to those young girls of what empowere...

Alumna helps with Prop 8 play in Salinas

"8" brings to life courtroom drama over same-sex marriage It won't star George Clooney as a recent Los Angeles performance did, but Dustin Lance Black's play chronicling the trial challenging Pro...

Alumna hits journalism's big time

Christy Khoshaba has hit the big time – journalistically speaking. The 2011 Human Communication major has gone from CSU Monterey Bay’s student newspaper, the Otter Realm, to The New York Times – ...

Alumna honored with teaching award

Miriam Lopez, a seventh-grade teacher at Vista Verde Middle School in Greenfield, has been honored for her work in the classroom. Lopez, who earned a teaching credential from CSU Monterey Bay a...

Alumna interns at White House

CSU Monterey Bay alumna Zoe Carter knew an internship in the nation's capital was a long shot, but she applied anyway. Her first reaction to learning that she had been accepted was, “Take tha...

Alumna making a difference for Oakland families

Jefferson Award winner helps preschoolers thrive CSU Monterey Bay alumna Angela Louie Howard “models cultural awareness, humility and responsiveness by working across cultural, linguistic, ethnic...

Alumna serves Navajo Nation

Carrie Drouin (HCOM ’03) has joined the Washington office of the Navajo Nation, where she serves as a government and legislative affairs associate. She works on issues around health, housing, ta...

Alumna spends year as Capital Fellow in Sacramento

Diana Vasquez grew up in the San Fernando Valley town of Pacoima with an appetite for politics. As a teenager, she worked on political campaigns and community outreach efforts on issues suc...

Alumna tackles the evolution of birds

“The Wall of Birds will be finished next week.” Jane Kim’s announcement on Facebook, posted Dec. 1, heralded the completion of her two-and-a-half year project at the Cornell Lab o...

Alumna's capstone goes to indie film fest

Many young filmmakers submit their work dozens of times before being accepted into a festival. That wasn’t the case with 2013 graduate Margo Flitcraft, who struck gold right out of the box. ...

Alumni Class Notes

2010 **KATY BJERKE **(2010, B.A., Visual and Public Art) is the guest services manager and museum store manager at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. She has volunteered for the Women Al...

Alumni Spotlight: Heather Hoskins

Heather Hoskins (HCom ’05) turned her experiences as a student journalist into a career. While her major didn’t include a concentration in public relations – the subject that most intereste...

Alumni filmmakers keep it in the family

Update "Forty Years from Yesterday" was selected for showing at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in mid-August. "Locarno rarely screens more than one or two U.S. feature films, so thi...

Alumni spotlight: Andrea Aguilar

Andrea Aguilar always knew that she wanted to work in the film and TV industry, but CSUMB helped her realize how powerful a tool the media really is. “TV reaches all the corners of the eart...

Alumnus Robby Fabry Gives Back to Local Youth at Summer Surf Camp

2004 Liberal Studies graduate Robby Fabry is a physical education teacher at the International School of Monterey during the school year but helps run an increasingly popular surf camp during...

Alumnus gets surprised – on national TV

CSUMB graduate David Bennion (Biology, 2012) and his wife, Kristen, got a big surprise June 3 when the phone rang in their Troy, Michigan, home and Ellen DeGeneres was on the other end of the l...

Alumnus honored for HIV/AIDS advocacy

Steven Goings (SBS ’10) will be honored at the annual Crystal Ball, an event that benefits the education and prevention programs of Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services (CCHAS). Goings, one of t...

Alumnus makes good impression on Hillary Clinton

Mac Clemmens (TMAC 2005) got to hang out with a presidential candidate recently. On Nov. 4, the CEO of Sacramento web development firm Digital Deployment attended a $2,700-a-plate f...

Amalia Mesa-Bains

Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains to participate in Kahlo conference Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains, co-chair of the Department of Visual and Public Art at CSUMB, has been invited to London to participate in a confer...