CSULB Helps Graduates Pursue College

More Long Beach Unified School District Graduates Pursue College with Help from Long Beach City College, CSULB

A progress report released Monday on a three-year-old, local initiative to prepare more youngsters for college success revealed promising results, though education officials cautioned that California’s budget cuts seriously threaten further gains.

Three years ago, leaders from the Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach

CSULB Receives Grant

CSULB Receives Grant for ‘My Daughter is an Engineer’ Program to Encourage Girls to Enter Engineering Careers

Statistics show that only about 20 percent of engineering students are women, and that women make up only about 10 percent of professional engineers. Three women in the College of Engineering (COE) at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) are trying to change that.

Bei Lu and Panadda Marayong, both assistant professors from CSULB’s Department of Mechanical and Read more...

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UC Shares Peace Corps Commitment

By Donna Hemmila

Lisa Flynn lives in a two-room dwelling without electricity, refrigeration or running water. The borehole where she pumps water is a kilometer away. Although she has lived for three months in Magada, the Uganda village where she works as a

WRI Attracts Minority Students

Cal State San Bernardino’s Water Resources Institute has announced a new program funded by a $527,000 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The program is aimed at increasing the retention and graduation rates of

underrepresented students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – collectively known as STEM disciplines. A three-dimensional physical terrain model of the Santa Ana Read more...

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Ronald McDonald Charity: Scholarships

In June 2010, Americans owed more than $825 billion in student loan debt—more than what they owed on revolving debt balances such as credit cards¹. Scholarships are one way students can minimize their reliance on long-term loan debt and still be able to afford higher education. Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Southern California (RMHCSC) will award more than $200,000 in

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Be the Match, Find Your Marrow Match

By Dianne Anderson Anyone who thinks that finding that perfect love match is hard, try looking for the perfect bone marrow match. Come February 14, Ga...
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High Desert Resident Celebrates Ninety Years

By Eliz Dowdy High Desert resident Sadie Weems Patterson turned 90 on Friday, January 18, 2013. Patterson is the daughter of Bell Mountain homestead...
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Men of Valor Awards

The Men of Valor Awards were held at Agape Family Life Center Church in Rancho Cucamonga by Love Is The Way Events last Saturday. Awardees included Stephen...
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Reaching WIC, Free and Low Cost Healthcare & Dental

By Dianne Anderson Giving away something for nothing isn’t as easy as it sounds. For a couple of years now, Emily Borth has been reaching out with t...
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