Freshman Krisha Marie Uy is among 10 students who joined the President’s Scholars program this academic year, which offers experiences and opportunities in academics, leadership, service and mentorship.
Rwanda Carter knows firsthand how social and economic inequalities disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. She was raised in Watts, in South Central Los Angeles, where health, education and earnings levels are far below the national average. Her parents immigrated from Belize to the U.S., where they worked diligently to obtain permanent residency and sustain […]
Paying tribute to Black lives, Cal State Fullerton University Singers perform Bernice Johnson Reagan’s “Ella’s Song.”
Two enterprising students have established the student-run TEDxCSUF program, bringing TED Talks to Cal State Fullerton.
Cal State Fullerton is celebrating Black History Month during February, with a range of virtual programs focusing on culture, arts and politics, organized by the African American Resource Center. Event topics include protests and dissents, Black foods, the Angela Davis lecture that took place at CSUF 49 years ago and researching African diasporic family histories. […]
During Cal State Fullerton’s fifth anniversary of the Male Youth Empowerment Conference for young men of color, the teens were asked what the event’s theme, “Elevating His CommUNITY,” meant to them. Christian, a freshman from Watts, raised his hand, and shared that he wants to change the way others view people of color. “I want […]
In a letter to the Class of 2021, Carolyn Thomas, provost and vice president for academic affairs, explains plans for spring 2021 commencement.
With more than 300 Cal State Fullerton student organizations, finding which club to join can seem daunting at the university’s Feb. 3-4 virtual Discoverfest. The new “Student Life Connection” tool can help students narrow the list of involvement opportunities that interest them. Students can fill out a form to share their curiosities and hobbies and […]
Every year, Cal State Fullerton selects a student to send to our nation’s capital as a Panetta Congressional intern. Isaac Alferos, a business administration major who hopes to graduate in May 2022, was chosen. However, in 2020, due to COVID 19, things were different. Instead of working and living in Washington, D.C., students completed their […]
A study by a team of Cal State Fullerton student mathematicians revealed that the rate of spread of COVID-19 is significantly slower in the more prosperous counties across the United States, while the coronavirus spreads much faster in counties with lower average income. For the first phase of the ongoing research, the students focused on […]