Students Welcomed Back to Campus for 2022-23 Academic Year
About 40,000 students will begin arriving at Cal State Fullerton, heralding the start of the 2022-23 academic year.
Student Affairs
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11 Cal State Fullerton Programs Awarded Funding From Scott-Jewett Gift
Cal State Fullerton received a $40 million gift from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett to support student success and innovation through the lens of social justice.
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‘The Talk’ Wins Three CASE Awards, Including Grand Gold
Cal State Fullerton’s video series “The Talk: A Journey Toward Anti-Racism” won several awards in the annual Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Circle of Excellence awards, including a grand gold, the highest recognition in the global higher education communications program. “The Talk” won grand gold in the marketing category for best micro-websites, silver for communications […]
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A Pillar of Hope
Military-connected students accomplish their personal and professional goals thanks to academic and emotional support from the Veterans Resource Center.
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Recognizing My White Privilege and Its Intersection With Anti-Racism
I did not grow up in an overtly racist household. My parents did not use hateful or racist speech. They did not engage in practices or organizations that were exclusionary or segregated. So, I spent much of my life viewing myself as “not racist.” But as I genuinely and consciously began my journey toward being […]
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Talking About Race in My Family Was Awkward Until We Had ‘The Talk’
That one salient moment for me happened during the midst of the social unrest after the murder of George Floyd. My family is from Hong Kong. We immigrated to the United States when I was 3 years old. My parents uprooted their lives to give my sisters and me a chance at an education that […]
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My Dad’s Stories Kept Me Safe and Street Smart
I identify as a first-generation college student, cisgender male, Indigenous/Native Pacific Islander, and diasporic Chamoru, ancestrally rooted to the Island of Guam/Guahan; born in (Westside) Long Beach, California, and raised in Southern California in a working-class family. Both of my parents are Chamorro from Guam. Traveling to and from Guam most of my life and living […]
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Speaking MY Anti-Racism Truth
The great James Baldwin once stated: “The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us.” With that being said, I am indeed a poet. However, I do not claim to know the truth more than any, especially considering the years of truth we lost as […]
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Fullerton to Fill Its Olympic Pool With Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Teams
It’s been nearly four decades since Cal State Fullerton fielded a water polo team. A revival of the sport was seen by many as a pipe dream. But dreams sometimes do come true. The school is adding men’s and women’s water polo teams next year, Director of Athletics Jim Donovan has announced. Fullerton had a […]
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Lived Experiences Lead to Awareness of Societal Inequities
Foundational values are instilled in the formative years of one’s growth. For me, this began at home, growing up in a family where my parents insisted upon equal and fair treatment of everyone. Growing up in a secular India, I celebrated every religious occasion with friends from different religions. But, we also suffered from the […]