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Tours & Open Houses
Please see the times and locations below for Tours, Open Houses as well as available Workspaces at Cougar Blue Day.
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Open Houses
- ACE Scholars Services, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Administrative Building 3400, third floor, which is right off of Tukwut Courtyard.
ACE Scholars Services is a one-of-a-kind program that provides support to former foster youth pursuing their college degree. ACE Scholars Services serves more former foster youth per capita than any other university in the nation and prides itself on its high rate of student retention, which exceeds the national average by 36 points. A newly established center, gifted by supporters Jan and Esther Stearns, gives ACE Scholars a place to call home on campus.
- Black Student Center, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Student Union (USU), 4th floor, 4200
The mission of The Black Student Center is to promote the academic, cultural, social, and political consciousness of students of African descent by actively engaging in institutional partnerships that will result in the overall increase of student recruitment, active member participation, retention, and graduation rates.
- California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC), 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Social & Behavioral Sciences Building, 1st floor, Room 1-118
The California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC) is the first of its kind in the state of California and focuses on serving the unique needs of American Indian students by conducting original research and preserving the cultural heritage and languages of tribal communities.
The CICSC facilitates a sense of community and belonging among the Native population both on and off campus. It prepares students to give back to their tribal communities upon graduation.
- APIDA (Asian & Pacific Islander & Desi American) / Cross-Cultural Center, 9:00 AM
- 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Student Union (USU), 3rd floor, 3400
CROSS CULTURAL CENTER
As the first of the Student Life Centers established at CSUSM in 2003, the Cross-Cultural Center encourages identity exploration by challenging students to think critically about social justice issues and appreciate differences. Our programs promote the development of cultural intelligence, examine various forms of activism, and train students for campus leadership, community engagement, and social change. We create a space for marginalized communities to belong and support efforts for them to achieve their fullest potential for academic success.
APIDA
APIDA is the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Faculty & Staff Association on the campus of California State University San Marcos.
Its mission is to address and act on behalf of the needs of those who identify as Asian, Pacific Islander, and/or Desi on campus, promote professional development of its members by fostering fellowship and cooperation among members, and to serve the community of Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Desis through cultural activities and education.
- College of Business Administration (COBA) Support System Mixer, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hours: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Markstein Hall Patio
Come meet faculty, staff, current students and community partners who are part of your Support System in the College of Business Administration (CoBA).
- College of Business Administration (COBA) Open House and Self-Guided Tour, 9:00 AM
- 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Markstein Hall
The College of Business Administration (CoBA) is proud to hold AACSB International accreditation, putting us in the top 5% of all business schools around the globe. Our undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs empower students to advance in their careers whether they are just starting out, advancing through leadership, or building the next great company. Our graduates serve the workforce needs of California and their skill and drive help fuel the local and global economy. At CoBA and CSUSM, we value our community and are committed to the social and economic advancement of all of those around us. We achieve this by working closely with our business, nonprofit, and community partners. Collectively, we understand that student success impacts everyone’s success.
Explore Markstein Hall, home of CoBA, at your own pace.
- Cougar Central - Admissions and Cashier's Office 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Cougar Central is located in the Administrative Building 3700, third floor, which is right off of Tukwut Courtyard.
Admissions
Have questions about your CSUSM application or ready to submit your intent to enroll? Visit the Admissions Office to speak to one of our friendly Admissions Officers!
Cashier's Office (Student Financial Services)
Visit the Cashier's Office if you have questions regarding paying tuition, payment plans, accessing student accounts, or fee waivers.
- CSUSM University Library (Self Guided Tours), 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Kellogg Library
Stop by our table in front of Kellogg Library, third floor to explore one of the largest and newest libraries in the CSU system (and home to the campus Starbucks)! See where you’ll meet, study, and relax as a CSUSM Cougar.
- Epstein Family Veterans Center 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Hours: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Epstein Family Veterans Center
The department of Veteran and Military-Connected Services strives to be intentional in creating co-curricular opportunities through programs, services, and physical space to cultivate and enrich the student experience for our veteran and military-connected students. Our staff works with both university and community-based collaborative partners to carry out our mission as well as models advocacy to support student success.
- Innovation Hub (at Extended Learning), 9 AM - 2 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Innovation Hub at Extended Learning Building (ELB), 102 (First floor between elevators and parking structure)
Discover endless opportunities at the Innovation Hub, right here at California State University, San Marcos. Connect, collaborate, and ignite your creativity with fellow students and the vibrant San Diego community. Embrace innovation, social impact, and change-making in a space designed just for you. Unleash your ideas using top-notch 3D printing in our Prototyping Lab.
- Latinx Center, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Student Union (USU), third floor, Room 3300
The Latinx Center provides programming and services that are relevant and responsive to Latin@/x student needs. We serve as a resource to the campus community. We celebrate and enhance the understanding of our vast and extensive Latinx culture.
The Latinx Center is grounded on community building standards deriving from “Familismo” principals and operates from a Latinx Critical Theoretical lens. We educate students and campus members about Latinx traditions, culture, and issues impacting the community. The center serves as a connection point to multiple internal and external networks aimed at providing systems of support for Latin@/x identifying students. These center standards foster positive transformational experiences and contribute to Latin@/x student success goals.
- P.A.S.S. (Personalized Academic Success Services), 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Kellogg Library, 1103
Personalized Academic Success Services (P.A.S.S.) works with students to assess each student’s situation holistically to provide appropriate support and resources (on-campus or in the community) to help students achieve academic and personal success.
- Pride Center (PC), 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Student Union (USU), 3rd floor, 3100
The Pride Center (PC) is an inclusive space which promotes positive interactions in a diverse environment. The PC strives to provide a space that celebrates and affirms students who identify with all genders and sexualities in the LGBTQ community and their allies.
- Veterans Services, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Visit the Epstein Family Veterans Center any time between 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Do you have questions about Veteran resources? Come network with other student veterans and meet current staff. This is a great way to see the Epstein Family Veterans Center facility and what we have to offer.
- Women and Gender Equity Center (GEC), 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Student Union (USU), 3rd floor, 3200
Building on second-wave feminism’s creed of “the personal is political,” we are guided by principles of intersectional feminism: we recognize that while all women experience oppression, we also all experience oppression in varying forms based on race, age, class, gender, sexuality, dis/ability, etc. With that in mind, we want everyone at the Gender Equity Center to feel supported, included, and represented.
The GEC is intentionally inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender non-conforming folks. The GEC is also proud to provide an array of survices to students. Please visit us to learn more about the Women and Gender Equity Center!
Tours
- University Campus Tour, every 30 minutes starting at 9:00 AM
Tours are every 30 minutes starting at 9:00 AM.
Meeting location: Campus Tours Tent will be located on the lawn outside the University Student Union (USU).
Join us for a 30-minute guided walking tour of our beautiful campus! See where you’ll attend class, grab food, hang out with friends, study, and get involved!
Want to explore our campus on your own? Use our Self-Guided tour!
- CSUSM Athletics, 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Self-Guided Tour of the Athletics Facility
Meeting Location: Clarke Field House
- CSUSM Housing Tour, every 30 minutes starting at 9:30 AM
Tours are every 30 minutes starting at 9:30 AM.
Meeting location: by the Cesar Chavez statue at the top of the stairs.
Are you ready to live like a Cougar?! Check out our apartment style housing communities, learn about the licensing process, and complete your housing application today!
Housing communities guests will tour: University Village Apartments (UVA), The QUAD, and North Commons.
This tour will MAY NOT include a tour of all available rooms in each community. Tours are about 10 mins and will show you ammenities and one room option (if available ). Room tours are based on student occupancy at the time. Groups are taken to the next available housing community.
- Art, Media, and Design (AMD) Student Art Exhibition - CHABSS, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Student Art Exhibition (Arts Building,1st Floor, Foyer Gallery)
Art Building Foyer Gallery Location
Guided tours depart from the Foyer Gallery at 10, 11, 12, and 1 or self-guided tour throughout the event.”
- College of Business Administration (COBA) Open House and Self-Guided Tour, 9:00 AM
- 2:00 PM
Explore Markstein Hall, home of CoBA, at your own pace.
Meeting location: Markstein Hall
The College of Business Administration (CoBA) is proud to hold AACSB International accreditation, putting us in the top 5% of all business schools around the globe. Our undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs empower students to advance in their careers whether they are just starting out, advancing through leadership, or building the next great company. Our graduates serve the workforce needs of California and their skill and drive help fuel the local and global economy. At CoBA and CSUSM, we value our community and are committed to the social and economic advancement of all of those around us. We achieve this by working closely with our business, nonprofit, and community partners. Collectively, we understand that student success impacts everyone’s success.
- CSUSM Library Self-Guided Tour, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Enjoy a self-guided tour, open at 9:00 AM
Meeting location: Receive your self-guided tour pamplet from the Kellogg Library table outside the Kellogg Library main entrance.
Explore one of the largest and newest libraries in the CSU system (and home to the campus Starbucks)! See where you’ll meet, study, and relax as a CSUSM Cougar.
Work Spaces
- ACE Scholars Services, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Administrative Building 3400, third floor, which is right off of Tukwut Courtyard.
ACE Scholars Services is a one-of-a-kind program that provides support to former foster youth pursuing their college degree. ACE Scholars Services serves more former foster youth per capita than any other university in the nation and prides itself on its high rate of student retention, which exceeds the national average by 36 points. A newly established center, gifted by supporters Jan and Esther Stearns, gives ACE Scholars a place to call home on campus.
- Black Student Center, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hours: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Student Union (USU), 4th floor, 4200
The mission of The Black Student Center is to promote the academic, cultural, social, and political consciousness of students of African descent by actively engaging in institutional partnerships that will result in the overall increase of student recruitment, active member participation, retention, and graduation rates.
- Financial Aid & Scholarships, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PMHours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: University Hall, Second floor, 272 & 273
Financial Aid and Scholarships Workspace! Join us in University Hall Computer Lab 272 & 273 to meet with our staff. Come get your questions answered about Financial Aid Award and Scholarship opportunities!
Financial Aid and Scholarships - Unity Day - Dance Studies
Location, Arts Building, First floor, Room 101
Applicable Audience: First-Year Students, Transfer Students, and their families.
We are offering a multi-style dance class to get you grooving, dancing, and sharing some good vibes with us! Our students will lead phrases and choreography from comtemporary dance, jazz, afro-beat, and Native American Pow-Wow. Join us in participating!
Note: In Arts 101: No Street Shoes will be allowed in studio, only socks, bare feet, or dance slippers/shoes.
50 minute workshop coordinated by Cuauhtemoc Peranda, Dance Studies Lecturer - Open Rehearsal - Theatre Arts - CHABSS, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hours: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Theatre Arts Auditorium, Arts Building, 1st floor, Room 111
Theatre Arts Auditorium Location
Dr. Judy Bauerlein will host an open rehearsal of our spring production: Failure: A Love Story! CSUSM Theatre provides a solid educational experience for the development of theatre artists from diverse backgrounds. We foster creative and academic excellence through the practical application of acquired skills, inclusive historical frameworks, and global theoretical teachings.
Our curriculum centers on embodied practice, social justice, collaboration, critical thinking and career preparation.