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Graduation of Cal State LA’s Prison Graduation Initiative’s third cohort provides incarcerated students bachelor’s degrees in communication, ‘purpose in life’
On his birthday, Freddie Hernandez experienced a “rebirth.” His second life began when Cal State LA conferred bachelor’s degrees to Hernandez and the 10 other members of the third cohort of the Prison Graduation Initiative (PGI) at the California State Prison, Los...
Cal State LA LEEAF program receives million dollars in grants to enhance economic equity
Cal State LA has received two major grants to support the Los Angeles Economic Equity Accelerator and Fellowship (LEEAF), a university program that partners with small businesses, microbusinesses, and nonprofits in underrepresented communities. The university received...
Cal State LA to celebrate graduates at the California State Prison in Lancaster
Cal State LA will confer bachelor’s degrees to the third cohort of the Prison Graduation Initiative (PGI) at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster on Thursday, Dec. 5. This group of participants is an extraordinary cohort as it was formed during...
Cal State LA program provides tax-preparation skills to students, millions of dollars to community
About 80 Cal State LA students were responsible for infusing millions of dollars into the local economy earlier this year. The students, working through the Cal State LA’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, prepared 2,307 tax returns, which brought in...
Student Success
Morgan Sjoerdsma
Morgan Sjoerdsma, who is the most decorated golfer in Cal State LA history, has consistently set new standards for excellence during her time with the Golden Eagles. The 23-year-old Alhambra resident is ready to take the next step towards a career as an educator and...
Cal State LA golfer Morgan Sjoerdsma becomes university’s first three-time Academic All-American
LOS ANGELES -- For the third straight year, Cal State LA's Morgan Sjoerdsma has received a big academic achievement, and this one is the biggest of them all. Sjoerdsma became Cal State LA's first three-time Academic All-American on Tuesday when she was named to the...
Cal State LA receives grant to create program to support AANHPI students
Cal State LA has received a $370,000 state grant to develop a new program focused on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) student achievement efforts. The award is part of a $8 million appropriation directed by Assembly Bill (AB) 190 to the...
Jordan O’Kelley
Jordan O’Kelley had made notable strides in the arts by the time he arrived at Cal State LA at the age of 14. He was a published author, had adapted his book for the stage, and was the subject of a documentary produced by his family. But—having long dreamed of...
Faculty Distinction
Cal State LA honors outstanding faculty at University Convocation 2024
Six Cal State LA faculty members were recognized for excellence in teaching and outstanding achievements during University Convocation 2024. Four Outstanding Professor Award recipients and an Outstanding Lecturer Award recipient were honored for significant...
Cal State LA English professor receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award
Andrew Lyndon Knighton, professor of English at Cal State LA, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to teach in the Literature and Theater Department at the American University in Bulgaria. As a Fulbright scholar, Knighton will also aim to establish a...
Cal State LA honors outstanding faculty at University Convocation 2023
Five Cal State LA faculty members were recognized for excellence in teaching and outstanding achievements during University Convocation 2023. Three Outstanding Professor Award recipients and an Outstanding Lecturer Award recipient were honored for significant...
Cal State LA receives HCAI grant to expand its social work graduate program
Cal State LA has been awarded a $3.4 million grant by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) to expand its social work graduate program and help develop a culturally sensitive and competent behavioral health workforce. “There are tremendous needs...
Academics & Research
Cal State LA receives $5 million NSF grant to create urban sustainability hub
Cal State LA has been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a hub for urban sustainability that will advance energy and water research, and expand opportunities for students to engage in intensive STEM education and training. The...
Cal State LA Clinical Laboratory Scientist program earns reaccreditation
Cal State LA was recently granted a continuous 10-year reaccreditation for its Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) program from the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). The Clinical Laboratory Scientist Certificate program aims to...
Cal State LA receives College Futures Foundation grant to increase transfer student success in STEM fields
Cal State LA has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the College Futures Foundation (CFF) to create new baccalaureate pathways aimed at increasing transfer student success in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The grant will establish the...
Cal State LA receives $1 million grant from Wells Fargo for equity in entrepreneurship program
Cal State LA has received a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo to support the launch of a new student entrepreneurship program that aims to help communities recover following the pandemic. The award was part of $3.6 million in Open for Business Fund grants that Wells...
Community & Public Good
Cal State LA selected as county Vote Center for 2024 general election
Cal State LA has been selected to serve as a Los Angeles County Vote Center in California’s November 5 General Election. Voters in Los Angeles County will be able to cast their ballots for an extended voting period at any Vote Centers located across the county. “Many...
Wrongfully convicted client of Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA declared factually innocent
Maurice Hastings, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years and was freed through the work of the Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA, was declared factually innocent on Wednesday. A finding of factual innocence means the court declared Hastings innocent of...
Cal State LA community honors Monterey Park shooting victims at vigil
Small white square notecards hung along strings of yarn in Cal State LA’s University-Student Union Plaza Tuesday evening, carrying handwritten messages of grief, sorrow, hope and love for the victims of the Monterey Park shooting and their loved ones. “You are not...
Wrongfully convicted client of Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA freed after 38 years
Maurice Hastings, a 69-year-old man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years, was freed last week after new DNA test results presented by the Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA (LAIP) pointed conclusively to another suspect. “I prayed for many years that...
Athletics
Cal State LA volleyball star Emily Elliott poised to break CCAA kills record this weekend
The best laid plans do not always lead to the best path to success. Ask Cal State LA senior volleyball standout Emily Elliott. Elliott had dreams of playing for a Division I program, but then COVID-19 hit. The 2021 graduate of Sage Hill High School in Costa Mesa said...
Michael Cooper inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. -- Former Los Angeles Lakers' great and current Cal State LA associate head coach Michael Cooper is now officially a part of the best of the best. Cooper was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday night as part of a...
Cal State LA volleyball national champions recognized at White House ceremony
Washington, D.C. – The Cal State LA Golden Eagle volleyball team was welcomed to the White House on Monday, alongside other national champions from the past academic year, to celebrate their accomplishments as part of NCAA Sports Day. The festivities, which took place...
Cal State LA golfer Morgan Sjoerdsma becomes university’s first three-time Academic All-American
LOS ANGELES -- For the third straight year, Cal State LA's Morgan Sjoerdsma has received a big academic achievement, and this one is the biggest of them all. Sjoerdsma became Cal State LA's first three-time Academic All-American on Tuesday when she was named to the...