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In a report by The Education Trust, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is one of just five universities in the country recognized for meeting a conservative set of criteria on affordability, access and quality. More

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has named California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) to its list of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2011, which ranks four-year institutions that deliver excellent academics while keeping costs to a minimum. Selected … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) once again has been named one of the nation’s 50 “Best Value” public colleges by The Princeton Review, which teamed up with USA Today to present its list of the 100 “Best Value Colleges … More

The postseason honors just kept rolling in for Long Beach State men’s basketball player Casper Ware, culminating with his selection to the Associated Press (AP) honorable mention All-America Team.   The junior guard is just the second 49er to earn … More

Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) is among the nation’s leaders in students studying abroad, ranking fourth in the nation in the master’s institutions category. CSULB is also fifth nationally in that category for students in “long-term duration of study abroad,” … More

A progress report released this spring on a three-year-old, local initiative to prepare more youngsters for college success revealed promising results, though education officials cautioned that California’s budget cuts seriously threaten further gains. Three years ago, leaders from the Long … More

An electric motocross bike unique to the United States and developed by a team of students at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) has won the campus’ 2011 Innovation Challenge, which comes with a package of business services and $10,000 of seed … More

Alix Armour, a California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) industrial design major, has been named the winner of the 2011 Student Design Competition sponsored by the American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD). This year’s competition asked students to create a … More

A student in the Master of Arts in Global Logistics (MAGL) program at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) has earned three merit-based scholarships from the Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles Transportation Club, and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, … More

Christopher G. Lowe, professor of marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), was a featured expert in the inaugural episode of the Animal Planet TV series, "I, Predator," which premiered in January. The … More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a five-year, $3.75 million grant to the National Council of La Raza (NCLR)-Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training for a project designed to address … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has been granted permission by the CSU Board of Trustees to begin planning two new doctoral pilot programs – the doctor of physical therapy (DPT) degree and the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree – … More

April was a good month for Pacific Standard Time, the top vocal jazz ensemble in Cal State Long Beach’s (CSULB) Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. The CSULB group was named winner of the 2010 DownBeat Award for Best Vocal Jazz Ensemble … More

Officials from the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) presented Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) with a pair of awards this spring as the university was recognized with the organization’s Gold Award as a Bicycle Friendly Business and a Silver Award … More

For the first time in school history, Cal State Long Beach’s (CSULB) roller hockey club team has captured the Division I National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (NCRHA) championship, upsetting the favorite in the semifinals before defeating Cal Poly San Luis … More

Statistics show that only about 20 percent of engineering students are women, and that women make up only about 10 percent of professional engineers.  Three women in the College of Engineering (COE) at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) are trying … More

Former California Gov. George Deukmejian has chosen the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) University Library as the repository for more than 3,000 boxes of historical documents chronicling his decades of public service.   Dedication of the George Deukmejian Archive … More

We have come to a crossroads in California, one which threatens the very future of our state. The fiscal disorder that threatens California higher education is not to be taken lightly. In January, Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget included a … More

The California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Dance Team added another award to its trophy case, capturing second-place honors at the 2011 Universal Dance Association College National Championship at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Only 13 teams were selected to … More

Three students from the College of Business Administration (CBA) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) turned in the best undergraduate performance at the Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC) to win the Kerrigan Award, presented to the undergraduate division … More

Richard Gieser and Dina Alhayek, political science majors at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), received awards for their participation at the 2010 Santa Barbara International Model United Nations (SBIMUN) Conference held last fall on the UC Santa Barbara campus.  It … More

Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) junior Randi Hicks claimed the women’s javelin title, and senior Kennth Medwood won the 400-meter hurdle crown at the recent Big West Conference (BWC) Track and Field Championships in Northridge. Hicks won the event with … More

For a guy who almost quit college a couple of times and changed his major from engineering to business, Tim Appelbaum seems now on track. The California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) senior had another verification that his decision to stay in … More

Accounting majors at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) assisted students and members of the community with their 2009 tax returns free of charge through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The program ran through April 9 at the … More

The Long Beach Rotary Scholarship Foundation has given $174,800 to California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) that will be used for scholarships to more than 130 students. The check presentation was made by Greg Hill, president of the Long Beach … More

Pushing himself to the limit of his physical abilities while generating funds and awareness to help those with disabilities, Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) student Brent Freeman will participate in Journey of Hope, a 4,000-mile bicycle ride across the United … More

Elise McCutchen, a senior in Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), was recognized recently as the first-place winner in the undergraduate division of the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Annual Student Essay Contest on the topic … More

Two California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) students received prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships which  allowed them to spend the spring semester studying abroad.  Junior Kathy Tran was at City University of Hong Kong studying international business and Chinese.  Senior … More

A master’s degree student studying German at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has been selected for a U.S. Student Fulbright Award that will have her conducting research in Germany during the 2010-11 academic year. Roma Claudia Hernández will conduct … More

Richard J. Behl, a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), received the 2010 Distinguished Educator Award during the 85th annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Pacific Section. Behl, … More

Kim-Phuong Vu, an associate professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), has been named recipient of the 2009 Earl Alluisi Early Career Achievement Award from Division 21: Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology of the American Psychological Association … More

Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) Communicative Disorders Chair Carolyn Conway Madding was named a Diversity Champion recently by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in a ceremony held in New Orleans. Madding was recognized for her initiation, development and supervision of CSULB’s … More

Having just completed a two-year project with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Council of La Raza (NCLR)/Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training has received another two-year grant … More

In Fall 2010 Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) will launch the “Saturday MBA,” a restructured master of business administration (MBA) degree program that is distinguished by an innovative, cross-discipline integrated curriculum designed to teach students to solve the complex issues organizations … More

F. King Alexander, president of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), has been named this year’s recipient of the “Robert C. Maxson President of the Year Award” by the California State Student Association (CSSA). CSSA is the single recognized voice … More

Celebrating 10 successful years in encouraging young girls to consider future careers in engineering and science, Cal State Long Beach’s (CSULB) College of Engineering (COE) hosted the “Women Engineers@the Beach” conference in March. More than 380 girls from 19 middle … More

The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) awarded $170,000 to the School of Nursing at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) to support family nurse practitioner training and preparation for primary care careers. CSULB received the largest of … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) recently marked 40 years of assisting children with disabilities with a special celebration that recognized a pair of on-campus programs and those who have participated in them. “I began thinking that 40 years was … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) received a $2.88 million appropriation from a recently approved defense spending bill as the lead institution in the multi-CSU campus Strategic Language Initiative (SLI). U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., along with U.S. Reps. Laura … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for … More

The Educational Leadership Program at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is collaborating with the National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC) to offer the NCCHC Leadership Fellows Program this summer at the campus. Established in 1985 as an affiliate of … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) once again has been named one of the nation’s 50 “Best Value” public colleges by The Princeton Review, which teamed up with USA Today to present its list of the 100 “Best Value Colleges … More

With the recent federal policy emphasis aimed at improving college and university graduation rates led by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the recently launched system-wide “Graduation Initiative” announced by the California State University (CSU), public institutions throughout the nation … More

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) was recognized for its efforts in outperforming most similar U.S. institutions in helping students stay on track and graduate in a major national report released in April by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). … More

A new training program designed for front-line managers and others interested in marine terminal operations is being offered through the Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). The Marine Terminal Operations Professional (MTOP) program … More

More than 9,000 students will have completed their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) by the end of the summer 2010 session. The 2010 graduating class is the largest in the university’s history with students … More