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Graduates with a gold overlay and Cal State Long Beach's 75th Anniversary logo, which has a large "75."

Commencements 2025

2 Ceremonies May 19, 9:00 AM and 1:30 PM
Jessica Pugh '10 seated with laptop

SCPD Mentoring ~ Building Students' confidence for the workplace

The Student Center for Professional Development (SCPD), a College of Business resource connecting students to mentoring and other services, showed Pugh how she can be part of a robust support system.
COB ICBSC 2025 winning team

Winning Results 61st Annual International Collegiate

CSULB Business Students Succeed at the 61st Annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition (ICBSC)CSULB sent 3 amazing teams, two undergraduate teams and one MBA team, to compete in this year's International Business Competition.  They worked all semester and attended the Intensive Phase in Anaheim las
A woman in a "Rams Track & Field" shirt reviews a tax document with an accounting student at the VITA lab.

Real clients, real refunds: CSULB accounting students provide free help to local taxpayers

“Students who volunteer for VITA either figure out they love taxes, or they hate it,” said Sudha Krishnan, chair of CSULB’s Accountancy Department and director of VITA. “There’s no in-between.”
Beach Fin Rising presentation in a COB lecture hall

Finance Symposium March 14

Beach Fin Rising March 14
The Volunteer Income TaxAssistance (VITA) text on screen

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Ribbon Cutting COB CSS Deans Sauzo and M. Solt

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New CSS Spaces

Honored guests assembled on November 14 2023 at COB Student Center for Success to open the newly renovated and expanded tutoring and advising spaces.
COB Big SMIF team Win CFAOC RFP Competition Classroom

CSULB BIG Students Win 2024 CFAOCF RFP Competition

The Beach Investment Group (BIG) at California State University, Long Beach's College of Business has once again demonstrated its excellence in investment management education. BIG students earned top honors at the 2024 CFA Society of Orange County Foundation's (CFAOCF) Request for Proposal (RFP) Competition for Student Managed Investment Funds, a…
A faculty member and students wearing safety vests while touring a distribution center

COB students observing the supply chain in action.

Cal State Long Beach COB students observing the supply chain in action.
get down to business day cob center for student success 2024

Get Down to Business Day 2024 First time and Transfer Students

The College of Business Center for Student Success hosted their semi-annual College of Business Get Down to Business Day event. This is a collaborative effort to welcome newly admitted College of Business students. The new College of Business students have the opportunity to learn about College of Business resources, including the Center for Student Success…
AACSB Accredited Long Beach State College of Business

COB receives AACSB Re-Accreditation

AACSB Recognizes 106 Schools Extending Business and Accounting Accreditation
Mark Suazo, Dean

Welcome Dean Mark Suazo

Welcome Dean Mark Suazo as the new dean of the College of Business. Suazo arrives with a wealth of experience in higher education leadership and public service, plus a vision to establish The Beach as the region’s premier destination for business education.