This story was updated on Dec. 13 with details on how the CARES Act funds were allocated.
CSUs will not lower tuition or fees for the spring 2021 semester despite students calling for reduced costs due to the mainly virtual instruction and the unavailability of in-person campus resources.
The cost...
This story was updated on Sept. 29 to reflect changes in data.
As the number of coronavirus cases connected to other major universities in San Diego County rises, CSUSM has managed to keep its case numbers low.
CSUSM has had a total of 23 cases since the pandemic started, but there are no known...
For the first time in its 30 year history, CSUSM will begin the academic year as a majority-online institution.
More than 90 percent of courses are occurring virtually this fall, with the in-person courses being certain labs in the biology and nursing departments.
The other CSU campuses are...
Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) reported today that a former professional staff member used $80,000 of its funds for personal gain.
The report comes from a memorandum made by Kenneth Tran, president and CEO of ASI. “I am extremely disappointed to report that a former ASI professional staff...
CSUSM’s Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) are providing services to students throughout the coronavirus crisis.
Though SHCS currently does not provide testing for COVID-19, medical staff are focusing on offering physical, mental and pharmaceutical resources, as well information on their...
The Academic Senate unanimously passed a resolution that will ease several academic policies in the hopes of providing respite to students struggling during the pandemic on April 8.
Entitled “Temporary Modification of Academic Policies due to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the resolution alters policies...
In this time of self-isolation, CSUSM students aren’t letting physical distancing get in the way of standing together to voice their support of a credit/no credit grading option.
Several petitions on Change.org advocate for the grading shift. Chelsea Betancourt, JoAnna Mary Noel Brown and Tasha...
In the face of the blow that COVID-19 has dealt to several campus entities and programs, the ASI Cougar Pantry quickly adapted its operations and continued its effort to lessen food insecurity at CSUSM.
The ASI Cougar Pantry, which previously offered free produce distribution days in addition...
The Academic Policy Committee (APC) of the CSUSM Academic Senate is forming a resolution that would make changes to academic policies such as credit/no credit, withdrawals, probation, disqualification, internships and independent study.
APC plans to complete a resolution by the upcoming senate meeting...
After the coronavirus pandemic prompted the university to transition to online instruction, faculty were forced to radically retool their course structures and quickly come up with creative solutions to adapt to current circumstances.
To ease faculty members’ transition to online learning, the university...
The 2020 CSUSM commencement ceremony will be postponed, announced the Office of the President via email on Wednesday, March 18.
Commencement was originally scheduled to have 3,641 students walk on May 15-16, but the ceremony will be postponed to a later date this year according to the Office of Communication.
“We...
As new updates on the coronavirus entered the news cycle over the past week, CSUSM shared further information on the respiratory disease with respect to the campus community.
Campus Risk Manager & Director of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Erin Fullerton said that IRM is “taking the appropriate...
