Four ‘Lines of Inquiry’ Are Likely To Be WSCUC Visit Focus
As the campus prepares for the WSCUC (WASC Senior College and University Commission) accreditation visit beginning Oct. 1, there is likely to be a specific focus on four lines of inquiry.
Academic Affairs
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New Education Faculty Promote Educational Equity in K-12 Classrooms
To prepare future teachers for the K-12 classroom, four new faculty members — in elementary and bilingual education and secondary education — joined Cal State Fullerton’s College of Education this 2019-20 academic year.
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Honors Students Tapped for Mellon Mays Fellowships
Honors students and history majors Monique Garcia and Andres Muñoz-Ramirez has been selected for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program.
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Faculty Researchers Share Expertise at Pollak Library’s Noontime Talks
Cal State Fullerton faculty researchers are presenting noontime talks at Pollak Library on a variety of topics and across disciplines, including the Ridgecrest earthquake, Human Genome Project, mass shootings to supervolcanoes. The brown bag lunch series begins Sept. 25 through Dec. 3.
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CSUF Molecular Biologist Presents Lessons of the Human Genome Project
Cal State Fullerton biological science professor Nikolas Nikolaidis, professor of biological science, will present “The Lessons 500,000 Human Genome Sequences Taught Us” at a Sept. 25 faculty noontime talk at Pollak Library.
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Chemistry Educator and Tectonophysics Researcher Join Science College
Two new faculty members joined Cal State Fullerton’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics this academic year. Julia Y.K. Chan explores ways to improve the teaching and learning of chemistry to increase the number of college students in STEM disciplines. Kathryn Metcalf studies tectonophysics — the physics of plate tectonics as the Earth’s surface moves as a result of earthquakes.
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New Gallery Exhibit Showcases Artwork of the Past
New director of the Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery, Jennifer Frias, kicks off her inaugural exhibit “A Place for Everything, and Everything in its Place.”
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Pollak Library Goes High-Tech This Fall
This fall semester, Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library and the Division of Information Technology are offering new technology services and resources on the second floor of the library’s north tower to support students and faculty members.
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Cutting the Cost of College Textbooks
Cal State Fullerton works to rein in how much students pay for textbooks and other course materials.
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CSUF Among Top National Institutions for Enrollment, Degrees to Hispanics
Cal State Fullerton ranked eighth in the nation for Hispanic enrollment among the nation’s four-year schools in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education’s Aug. 26 issue, “Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics.”