Insightful Film on Teen Pregnancy Prevention Debuts
Talking about sex can be awkward conversation for many Latino parents with teenagers, although health educators and teens indicate it is the key to helping youth make smart choices about their health and preventing unplanned pregnancies. To better initiate and guide those conversations, filmmaker and CSUSM Professor Kristine Diekman produced ¿Vamos a Hablar/Let¿s Talk¿ -- an insightful 70-min bilingual video intended for Latino youth and families to discuss how to prevent unplanned pregnancies and work towards maintaining adolescent reproductive health. [Read More...]

Dal Soto Named President's Outstanding Graduate
Growing up in a poor, Latino community in El Paso, Texas, Dal Soto's main focus was quite different from that of his peers. He had no intentions of going straight to work after high school. He was going to study science and math at the University of Texas at El Paso. And he did. But a difficult home situation eventually caused him to abandon his goals. [Read More...]

CSUSM Prepares to Graduate its Largest Class
With the highest number of eligible degree candidates, the graduating Class of 2012 at CSUSM is expected to be the largest in the history of the University by 17 percent. [Read More...]

Leadership North County: Connecting, Contemplating and Creating the Region's Future
They are the kind of questions you might expect an upper-division political science class to tackle: How do you lead a growing region as vast and diverse as North County? What are the challenges that our leaders face? What will the future of our communities be like? But Leadership North County is not your typical university program and its participants aren't your typical university students. [Read More...]

Creatively Exploring Career Aspirations
It's an age-old question that can both trigger a child's imagination and stump a college student: what do you want to be when you grow up? That question sparked a unique collaboration between the Career Center and the Center for Children and Families to create an inspiring children's art exhibit. [Read More...]

Power Play: Softball Experiences Best Season on Record
An impressive 22-game winning streak, 20 pitching shutouts, 58 home runs and scores that often surpass their opponents in the double digits, CSUSM softball wraps up their regular season with a 47-4 record, a program best .922 winning percentage. [Read More...]

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