Do you feel stress or anxiety about what is to come after you graduate? Do you feel unready or scared to finish school? For many students, life after graduation is a difficult concept to fully grasp. Many people feel they are unprepared to handle the responsibilities that come with the real world. Perhaps this is a reason why students often drop out of school or fail. They may be having feelings that are difficult to deal with. On Tuesday, February 18, CSUSB hosted an event called “What’s Next After Graduation?” The event was hosted on the main campus but was accessible to students who could not physically get to the location, and by students at the Palm Desert Campus via a zoom link. … [Read more...] about “What’s Next After Graduation?”
Education
A Q2S Guide
The Q2S change is happening in less than six months, and it can be intimidating if you don’t have the correct information. Students worry about not being able to finish on time or taking classes that they shouldn’t need to. Departments set up their own criteria, but as far as general education goes, everyone will have to follow the same requirements. Dr. Craig Seal, who is the former dean of the Office of Undergraduate Studies, spoke about the advantages of teaching on a semester system based on his experience with both approaches. “Quarters are so fast. When you get in and you miss a week because something happens, all of a sudden you’re failing a course and there’s no chance to … [Read more...] about A Q2S Guide
How will conversion to Q2S affect library course reserves?
In Fall 2020, CSUSB will be converting to the semester system, making the leap from the current quarter system. Currently, the Pfau library book reserves are set up to work for students in the quarter system. However, an emerging question right now is how the leap to the semester system will affect permission for course reserves in the library. The library course reserve will have to change how they catalog the current books to set up for the conversion. The current books offered have to be moved and how they are able to be checked out has to be changed. One of the concerns about this upcoming change is whether or not the library will get any additional funding to help provide more … [Read more...] about How will conversion to Q2S affect library course reserves?
Push for decolonization of education
As of Fall 2018, the student demographic on campus is 63% Hispanic, 13% White, 7% Non-resident foreign students, 5% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Unknown, 2% are two or more races, and 1% Native American/Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander according to CSUSB'S statistical data. With this kind of diversity in an institution, students and faculty are pushing toward a decolonized education for curriculums that reflect their background, experiences, and struggles. The need to decolonize education inspires many students to pursue research beyond what is taught to them, and to search for buried archives that represent their roots that haven’t been read. Vanessa Ovalle … [Read more...] about Push for decolonization of education
Academic dishonesty on campus
The topic of academic dishonesty among students was brought to the university's attention at the faculty senate meeting earlier this quarter. A professor at CSUSB found that when she gave an online quiz of ten items, the students were instructed not to open their notes, keep their books closed, and not to talk to anyone. However, there were GroupMe chats, with one chat containing four students who kept asking each other for the answers to the quiz. One student reported being uncomfortable and left the chat. The student proceeded to provide the evidence to the professor, where the professor sent out an email to all the students in the class that stated, "It has been brought to my … [Read more...] about Academic dishonesty on campus
WANTED: More Women in STEM
“Men may have landed on the moon, but it is the hidden ‘human computers,’ the women in STEM, like Katherine Johnson, who charted the path for their safe landing and back. They may be invisible at times but they have an impeccable impact. There are many such women in STEM and they are critical for our future discoveries. Let’s make such role models visible,” Sastry Pantula, Dean, College of Natural Sciences, CSUSB Women have participated in scientific breakthrough developments throughout history and in many instances, milestones have been made and women were nameless working behind the scenes. One prominent example is Katherine Johnson, who passed away February 24, 2020, at 101, and … [Read more...] about WANTED: More Women in STEM
What to know about student loans
Student loan debt is the second highest consumer debt category in the U.S. and many college students are inexperienced at managing money, therefore carrying student debt can have a profound impact in your life (Friedman, 2019). In addition, making smart financial decisions is difficult with the pressures of increasing tuition fees every year and the lack of financial literacy. Many college students are first-generation and signing up for loans with little to zero financial education. Some students work so much to try to keep up with tuition payments and end up having to take out credit cards and loans to pay their daily expenses. Students work so hard in class and outside to receive … [Read more...] about What to know about student loans
Issues emerge on shared governance
The topic of shared governance on CSUSB’s campus has been heating up, especially with the Q2S conversion occurring soon, but who exactly has the final say in the University’s final decision-making is the question asking to be answered. Shared governance is a set of practices where administration, faculty, staff, and students participate in decision-making for the university’s welfare and operation. “There’s been a lot of discussion of shared governance on campus in recent years because a lot of faculty feel like we’re not really living up to what we should be doing. I think a lot of discussions are being made without faculty input or in cases where faculty members are consulted, we … [Read more...] about Issues emerge on shared governance
Opinions: on university’s population of female professors
How many professors of color have you had throughout your entire school career? For CSUSB, diversity is big. Representation of different cultures, races, ethnicities, and genders is important to exist in our college community. It shows that everyone is welcomed and matters, no matter what identity one identifies or associates with. Assistant professor of the communication studies department, Liliana Conlisk-Gallegos, expresses that of all full professors in higher education in the U.S., about two percent are women of color and only eight percent are men of color. Conlisk Gallegos says, “I knew it was going to be an uphill battle for me to get my PhD.” From the start of her college … [Read more...] about Opinions: on university’s population of female professors
“Stay Safe, Valentine!”
By Omar Iniguez and Jasmine McCoy Pink and red balloons. Chocolates. Hearts everywhere you go. These are just a few things that are synonymous with a day that people either love to hate or go all out for. That’s right, Valentine’s Day. February 14 is a day that people associate with as a day of love, or in some cases, loneliness. Whatever the case may be, CSUSB hosted an event in the Student Union on February 6, 2020, called “Stay Safe, Valentine!” The hosts of this event were dedicated to providing useful information on how to stay safe and protected when engaging in relations with your partner. On top of teaching attendees on how to remain safe, the event hosts even … [Read more...] about “Stay Safe, Valentine!”