An investigation by California State University Office of Audit and Advisory Services has found 33 instances of fraud by the former Dean of Extended Learning.
Results from the Dean of Extended Learning’s audit investigation was recently announced in a campus-wide email by CSUSM President Ellen Neufeldt.
The...
Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) and the California State University system will undergo changes to funding regulations and neutrality policies following the conclusion of a 2017 viewpoint discrimination lawsuit from CSUSM pro-life student organization, Students for Life (SFL).
In spring 2017,...
CSUSM Sustainability Program announced their plan to launch their upcoming compost program in the USU Dining Hall in January.
Sustainability is collaborating with The Compost Company, a local Encinitas business owned and operated by Naomi Wentworth, EDCO, CSUSM’s current waste hauler and the College...
As students walked through a white cloth draped tunnel, the glow of a rainbow and boom of music greeted them as they entered Tukwut Nights, a welcome back celebration for the semester.The annual celebration hosted by USU Live! is a semi-formal dance for CSUSM students over the age of 18. The dance was...
CSUSM will implement a mandatory, multi-thousand dollar meal plan for on-campus residents in the fall of 2020.The resident meal plan rates will vary between first year students and second year students or beyond. First year student plans are $2,299 a semester and total out to $4,598 annually. Second...
Eat Well Eat Wise educated students on healthy eating during the holidays and provided resources from local health organizations to those suffering from eating disorders at the USU on Nov. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event, hosted by the Student Health and Counseling Services (NCHS), was organized...
Representatives from the Cougar Care Network and YMCA came out to discuss the rising issue of student homelessness and food insecurity at the Hunger and Homelessness Panel during the evening of Nov. 20 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Students who walked into USU 2310-B first had the chance to fill out a...
The CSU Board of Trustees Special Committee to Consider the Selection of the Chancellor continued their search for the next chancellor of the CSU system during an open forum at CSUSM on Dec. 3. With the current chancellor of the CSU system, Timothy P. White, recently announcing his intent to retire,...
Students assembled to attend a panel with members from campus organizations to learn about careers that utilize the use of a foreign language.
The Academic Success Center, Office of Global Education and Career Center collaborated to host the panel during U-hour on Nov. 20.
Hillary Taylor, the Academic...
Law enforcement officials are investigating accounting irregularities involving as much as $80,000 following an audit of Associated Students Inc. by Aldrich CPA+Advisors LLP released on Sept. 26.
Analysis of the “Other” expenses shows that “Management and General” expenses tallied up to $79,504...
Last month, The Cougar Chronicle published a story regarding a university employee who is currently under investigation for allegedly having an inappropriate interaction with someone the employee believed to be a minor.
The person’s employment is under the CSUSM Corporation, not the university itself....
The Safety, Health & Sustainability organization held its annual Let’s Clear the Air Together event to institute advocacy for a smoke-free campus, promote awareness that tobacco use creates toxic waste and inform students about the impact of second- hand smoke.
Approximately 40 students gathered...
