Karla Reyes

Staff Writer

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Presidents Report to The Community.
On Feb. 7, President Karen Haynes will host the ninth annual Report to the Community. She will cover our campus’ accomplishments and future goals. It is expected to host 500 people. Some of the guests include Chambers of commerce, members of non-profit organizations and Governor Jerry Brown.

It will be an interesting speech due to all the recent growth CSUSM has experienced the past semesters and because of all our plans to continue expanding.

Senior Class Gift
The graduating senior class, alongside the Board of Directors (BOD) decided that they would like to strengthen the tradition of a “senior class gift,” going about it in a unique way. Starting an emergency fund for students, BOD decided it was more beneficial than the traditional gifts such as benches. They hope that this will help financial alleviate students who for unforeseen events, like a flood or fire, need financial help start their semester at CSUSM. Anyone can donate, students, community members, faculty and staff. They suggest $20.13 in honor of the Class of 2013, but anything helps.

This campaign began in 2011 and has be growing ever since. The Senior Class Gift Campaign (SCGC) student committee, hopes that by starting this they can build a culture of philanthropy on campus. For more information visit their website csusm.edu/giving/