Cal State Fullerton and Orange County Community Foundation Partner on Black Student Scholarship Fund
In its inaugural year, the Cal State Fullerton Black Student Scholarship Fund awarded a total of $24,000 to 16 CSUF students.
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Mellon Foundation Awards CSUF $1.2 million for ‘The Latinx Lab for Storytelling and Social Justice’
Cal State Fullerton received a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for The Latinx Lab for Storytelling and Social Justice led by faculty in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS), which aims to transform communities and address structural racism through the art of storytelling. The […]
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How Cal State Fullerton is Striving Towards Inclusive and Equity-Mindset by Removing Criminal Language in University Operations
When Delilah La Pietra was placed on Academic Probation for her grades during the spring term of her freshman year at Cal State Fullerton, she felt defeated leading to a dislike for the term “probation.” During the same time, Dr. Elizabeth Boretz, assistant vice president for student success and the director of the academic advisement […]
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Ukrainian Student Found Comfort from Her Ukrainian Professor
As if being an international student isn’t hard enough alone, Mariia Nikitash has gone through the unimaginable since the crisis in Ukraine began. The international student from Ukraine is in her first year at Cal State Fullerton, where she received a scholarship to play tennis. But challenges on the court aren’t the only adversity facing […]
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Ukrainian Professor Addresses Cybersecurity Threats
Born in eastern Ukraine and raised in the city of Artemovsk (recently renamed Bakhmut), Cal State Fullerton’s Associate Professor of Computer Science, Mikhail Gofman, is the director of the Center for Cybersecurity and a certified information systems security professional. As the conflict in Eastern Europe continues, Gofman, himself a Ukrainian refugee, offers his thoughts on the cybersecurity threat […]
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International Security and Political Science Experts on Russia/Ukraine Conflict
As tensions rise, expert in international security and ethics of conflict, assistant professor of political science at Cal State Fullerton David Traven, offers his expertise on the ongoing crisis involving Russia and Ukraine. “I do think the Biden administration was too late in recognizing the threat and ruling out U.S. forces,” he continued. “When facing […]
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The Economic Impact from the Russia/Ukraine Crisis
Cal State Fullerton’s Anil Puri and Mira Farka, co-directors of the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting at the university’s College of Business and Economics say the implications of the Russia/Ukraine conflict will be felt by the economies here in the U.S. as well as Europe. “Russia’s economy makes up only 3% of the world’s economy; […]
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US News Online Rankings 2022
U.S. News Names CSUF Online Graduate Programs Among the Nation’s ‘Best’ Three Cal State Fullerton online graduate programs —business, engineering, and engineering for veterans — are in the top 30 schools ranked nationwide by U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Online Programs list. The university’s online master’s in business, offered through the College of […]
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Supportive Texts Can Improve College Students’ Mental Health
New research shows college students receiving a check-in text message from a friend or family member are more likely to thrive away from home. The supportive texts can help reduce feelings of isolation and depression, says Tara Suwinyattichaiporn (Dr. Tara), Cal State Fullerton associate professor of human communication studies. Academic pressure, independence from one’s family, […]
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What Can We Learn about Racism and Mental Health from Cheslie Kryst’s Suicide?
Holistic well-being advocate Portia A. Jackson Preston, DrPH, MPH, says former Miss USA suicide should remind us all to practice sustainable self-care, and seek help via therapy. Preston is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Public Health at Cal State Fullerton and is available to speak to media about topics related to the death of […]