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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.

Online program allows students to recycle for prizes

Today’s trash could become tomorrow’s discounted meal or ticket to the aquarium for students who participate in a recycling program new to Long Beach. A recent partnership with Recyclebank has made Long Beach the largest city in California to reward its citizens for going green. Registration with Recyclebank is free[Read More…]

Poetry group gets ready to slam out the competition

A poetry group on campus is gearing up for performances and competitions with its new lineup of writers and team members. Returning from a hiatus of one year, the Cal State Long Beach SLAM Poetry Team is coming back with five new team members who passed the grueling closed tryouts[Read More…]

Students receive flu shots at discounted price

Despite Long Beach’s summerlike weather, Student Health Services has already set about preparing students for the upcoming winter and flu season. SHS hosted a flu shot clinic in the University Student Union ballroom at Cal State Long Beach yesterday from 1 p.m. 5 p.m. According to Angela Girard, R.N. associated[Read More…]

Board of Trustees considers reducing degree unit max

A proposed Cal State University Board of Trustees policy that would limit most CSU bachelor degree programs to 120 semester units has faculty at Cal State Long Beach exploring options that would make their undergraduate degrees fit within the new unit limit. Title 5, section 40508, which was adopted by[Read More…]

CSULB adds a doctorate program in physical therapy

Correction: The story previously said that CSUs would be able to offer all doctorate degrees in medicine and architecture due to a change in the law.  They are only able to offer doctorates in education, physical therapy and nursing through individual exceptions made to the Donahoe Act. UCs have exclusive rights to offer doctorates in all fields.[Read More…]

Cuts may pull the trigger on CSU employee health care

Tough budgetary times and risks of further cuts may force the Cal State University to “modify” health care contributions for its employees, according to the CSU’s website. Currently, the CSU pays for 95 percent of its employees’ total premium costs, according to the Committee on Finance’s [COF] agenda from the[Read More…]

White House recognizes CSULB alumna

Learning two languages can be frustrating, but Cal State Long Beach alumna Sylvia Padilla’s dual language program – an endeavor that has been acknowledged on a national level – is making it easier for her students. Padilla, a fourth-grade teacher in Long Beach, was recognized by the White House in[Read More…]

Avoid the quake, rattle and roll with new app

A free Earthquake app, released by the American Red Cross last week, offers a new way to get vital information and stay in touch during rattling disasters. The app uses real-time data from the U.S. Geological Survey to provide users with information on how to prepare for and what to[Read More…]

Film professor appeals possible termination

Brian Alan Lane, a film and electronic arts professor at Cal State Long Beach, filed a joint lawsuit with then-department chair Micheal Pounds against the Cal State University in 2011, accusing CSU officials of libel, defamation and slander. More than a year later, he’s fighting the university again – but[Read More…]

Asbestos maintained in almost 50 CSULB buildings

  Nearly 50 of Cal State Long Beach’s buildings contain the cancer-causing mineral, asbestos, but the environmental health and safety department (EHS) said students and faculty should not be concerned. When it comes to dealing with the asbestos on campus, the EHS often resorts to a practice known as “manage in[Read More…]

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