On Thursday, April 5, CSUSM’s Global Education Center hosted the 10th annual International Fair. Hundreds of students, staff and locals of San Marcos joined in on the festivities of the three-hour event in Kellogg Library Plaza.
On April 19, the CSUSM Women’s Center will be hosting the 6th annual Take Back the Night, an event featuring activities where individuals will speak out against sexual assault.
With commencement nearing, the 4th annual Senior Class Gift Campaign is attempting to reach their goal of $4,000. The campaign makes it a point for graduating CSUSM students to donate for the well-being of current and future CSUSM students and their college experiences.
In this year’s Recyclemania competition, CSUSM failed to reach its goal of a first place victory for the eighth time. Recyclemania is a 10-week competition that ended on March 31.
On April 12, Harold “Hal” Jaffe read from three of his books for the Community and World Literary Series. Introduced at the event by Mark Wallace, Jaffe is the author of 19 books of fiction and docu-fiction, which he describes as a combination of factual reporting and fiction, which uncovers the crucial, human realities.
The Pride Center is hosting various events for “Gaypril,” dedicating the entire month of April to celebrating and supporting the LGBTQA community. Various events will take place either in the Pride Center or elsewhere on campus to provide awareness of ways to support the LGBTQA community and information on becoming an ally.
This April, CSUSM will hold a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) course for women. The course will provide female students with different techniques for self-defense while continuing to spread and inform awareness for matters involving sexual assault and violence.
David “Sonny” Lacks came to Escondido for a discussion hosted by CSUSM’s Associate Vice President for Educational Equity and Diversity, Derrick Crawford, on Tuesday, March 13.
Are you stressed out? Come to the Clarke’s Stress Management event Thursday, April 5 from 5 – 7 p.m. hosted by CSUSM professor Ileen Miller. The event will teach students different techniques on breathing, yoga and how to de-stress.
Holding permanent vigil at the top of the staircases to the left of the school library stands Cal State San Marcos’s tribute to one of the most highly regarded Latino civil rights activists in modern history: a life-sized metallic sculpture of César Estrada Chávez.
A memorial service for CSUSM student Madison Howe was held at the McMahon house on April 1, just one week after his passing. Prior to the service, Madison’s parents greeted guests, consisting of friends, family, students and faculty, among other relations.
