Cal State Fullerton is again fifth in the nation and first in the state for awarding bachelor’s degree to Hispanic students, according to the Top 100 listing in the May 18 issue of Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.
One is a civil engineer, the other a counselor. Together the Cal State Fullerton professors share an emotional and physical bond with Nepal, a country devastated by deadly earthquakes this spring. Landslide and earthquake expert Binod Tiwari was born and raised in the South Asian country. Jeffrey A. Kottler is a professor of counseling and founder of a nonprofit organization that supports girls’ education in Nepal.
Cal State Fullerton eighth in the top 10 of top volunteer-producing Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationally.
The fish tale continues for Misty Paig-Tran, assistant professor of biological science, as she and other science faculty members and student researchers study the remains of a second rare oarfish — this one washed ashore this week on Catalina Island.
The Titan Student Union will be getting a new front entrance — with lots of windows, wide open vistas, an atrium and grand staircase.
Next month, 36 teens from four Santa Ana high schools will get their first taste of the university experience and learn to think like a college students.
Cal State Fullerton has been selected to help lead an effort to bring more than 14,500 teachers to sites across California on July 31 for one day of sharing teaching excellence and education innovation.
Susan Hamilton Mitchell ’15 (M.A. American studies), the winner of the 2015 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Betty Robertson Award, chose to focus her thesis on a federal education policy for Native American children that began in the late 19th century.
Cal State Fullerton civil engineer Binod Tiwari will co-lead a team of 11 geotechnical experts to Nepal, following the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country April 25, killing more than 5,000 and destroying homes, temples and other historic buildings.
Five scholars in Cal State Fullerton’s Southern California Ecosystems Research Program are getting immersed in research fieldwork as part of a summer course in environmental biology.