Nine California State University, Long Beach students will be recognized as “2012 Outstanding Graduates” by their respective colleges during commencement ceremonies May 23-25 in the campus’ Central Quadrangle. Honorees must earn a 3.5 grade-point average or above and demonstrate service and dedication to CSULB and to the community.
A graduating senior at Cal State Long Beach has been selected for a 2012-13 U.S. Student Fulbright award, which will fund a year of research in Mexico City where she will study never-before-seen documents relating to the 1940s-1960s Bracero Project. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide.
Three students from California State University, Long Beach captured top honors at the 26th annual CSU Student Research Competition, a statewide contest showcasing the significant research done by undergraduate and graduate students in the 23-campus CSU system. In all, some 250 students from 21 CSU campuses competed at this year’s event, which was held at CSULB earlier this month.
Students from the Journalism and Mass Communications Department at California State University, Long Beach partnered with New America Media’s youth-led Voicewaves this semester to cover issues in some of the city’s most diverse and economically disadvantaged communities, focusing their coverage on communities and challenges that, historically, receive minimal mainstream media attention.
