The number of California high school graduates enrolling at California State University or University of California campuses has declined. According to a study from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), enrollments dropped from 22 percent to 18 percent in the past five years. Enrollment rates of high school graduates[Read More…]
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Smoke found in Patterson Hall 2 Building
A white-gray smoke cloud in the Paterson Hall 2 Building caused the building’s interior alarms to go off today around noon, according to Rick Gloady, director of media relations at Cal State Long Beach. The Long Beach Fire Department was on the scene and found that a compressor in the[Read More…]
Peterson Hall 2 compressor overheats, building evacuated
The compressor in the basement of Peterson Hall 2 overheated and started smoking, setting off fire alarms Friday around noon, according to Rick Gloady, director of media relations at Cal State Long Beach. The Long Beach Fire Department responded and found that a compressor in the basement of the building[Read More…]
Smoke in Patterson Hall 2 Building
A white-gray smoke cloud in the Paterson Hall 2 Building caused the building’s interior alarms to go off today around noon, according to Rick Gloady, director of media relations at Cal State Long Beach. The Long Beach Fire Department was on the scene and found that a compressor in the[Read More…]
Peterson Hall compressor overheats, building evacuated
The compressor in the basement of Peterson Hall 2 overheated and started smoking, setting off fire alarms Friday around noon, according to Rick Gloady, director of media relations at Cal State Long Beach. The Long Beach Fire Department responded and found that a compressor in the basement of the building had[Read More…]
Students find ways to select new roomates, communicate
Picking a roommate can be a difficult process for many students, but some students have found ways to make the process easier. Leroy Mathews, a junior graphic design major, said the No. 1 key to a successful roommate relationship is communication. “You have to understand that we all come[Read More…]
Graduation rates for Latinos remain low
Director of Special Student Recruitment & Retention Initiatives Gloria Inzunza-Franco said graduation rates for Latino students at Cal State Long Beach are not where she would like them to be. In 2011, Latino students received 22.5 percent of the undergraduate degrees granted by the California State University system. At CSULB,[Read More…]
President F. King Alexander wins “President of the Year”
Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander was named Cal State University “President of the Year” by the California State Student Association at a CSU Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday morning. The “Robert C. Maxson President of the Year Award” is given out every year to the campus president[Read More…]
Surfing course stays afloat at CSULB
The students in Cal State Long Beach’s surfing class have varying surfing experience levels and backgrounds. Although many are California natives, others come from halfway around the world. Surfing has been offered as a course through the kinesiology department at CSULB for about 32 years, according to Robert Lee Willmore,[Read More…]
CSULB Green Campus to receive Best Practice Award at environmental conference
Cal State Long Beach’s Green Campus Program will receive a “Best Practices in Student Energy Efficiency Award” at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference in June. This will be CSULB’s third recognition in the eighth annual Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards competition. The campus-wide lighting project won the[Read More…]