The Beach Legacy Referendum, a proposal by Cal State Long Beach’s Athletic Department to increase student fees by $95 per semester starting fall 2010, did not pass in the two-day online student vote. Approximately 18 percent of the student body voted overall. Of those students, more than 3,898 — approximately[Read More…]
News
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Vehicles vanish as thefts rise
A wave of an “unusually high amount” of vehicle thefts and attempted auto burglaries, which included one car chase, recently hit Cal State Long Beach in a 14-day period. “There are times when all of the programming and patrol work … are tremendously effective,” said Stan Skipworth, chief of University[Read More…]
Blackboard will get beached by 2010
The platform that powers Cal State Long Beach’s online course and organization management system, BeachBoard, will soon change to improve functionality. Blackboard Academic Suite, which currently operates BeachBoard, will be phased out over the summer and eventually replaced by spring 2010 by a learning management suite from ANGEL Learning Inc.[Read More…]
Designing puzzle pieces
Cal State Long Beach’s annual junior design show, “Works In Progress,” features past and present concepts of 21 interior design, engineering and architecture students who were admitted into CSULB’s impacted interior design program last year. This year’s show features hundreds of puzzle pieces scattered around the design gallery entrance and[Read More…]
Student engineers place third in national competition
Cal State Long Beach’s Construction Engineering Management Design/ Build Team closed out this semester’s competition season by placing third at the Associate General Contractors National Student Championships. The team competed against six other regional champion schools from across the nation. The team trailed the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Clemson[Read More…]
Film studio deal falls out of escrow
The deal between The Boeing Company and Long Beach Studios LLC to turn a former Boeing manufacturing plant into a film studio has fallen out of escrow, leaving it incomplete and with the possibility of a sale by the end of the month. Long Beach Studios plans to turn the[Read More…]
Film studio falls out of escrow
The deal between The Boeing Company and Long Beach Studios LLC to turn a former Boeing manufacturing plant into a film studio has fallen out of escrow, leaving it incomplete and with the possibility of a sale by the end of the month. Long Beach Studios plans to turn the[Read More…]
WASC accreditation process
Diversity and collegiality were heavily discussed at an open forum Thursday for Cal State Long Beach students, faculty, staff and a team representing the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. CSULB’s diversity among students was, for the most part, praised while collegiality was universally commended — especially during an economic[Read More…]
March campaigns for fruits and veggies
March is National Nutrition Month, and the Student Dietetic Association is promoting health awareness at Cal State Long Beach. National Nutrition Month was created by the American Dietetic Association to inform and educate the public about nutrition and the importance of exercising and eating right. The events, sponsored by the[Read More…]
‘Learning’ campus prepares for residents
Applications for returning residents wanting to live in the residence halls again are available today. The priority registration date runs through March 30, and students can choose which hall they prefer, including the new Residential Learning College. Cal State Long Beach purchased Brooks College in August 2007, and construction is[Read More…]