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![Cal State LA recognized with AASCU award for excellence and innovation](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cal-state-la-newsroom-prison-ba-classroom.jpg)
Cal State LA recognized with AASCU award for excellence and innovation
Cal State LA has been selected as a recipient of one of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Excellence and Innovation Awards for its Prison Graduation Initiative (PGI), the first in-person bachelor’s degree completion program for...
![Cal State LA launches Computer Science Supplementary Authorization Program in collaboration with LAUSD and MUSD](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cal-state-la-badge.jpg)
Cal State LA launches Computer Science Supplementary Authorization Program in collaboration with LAUSD and MUSD
To address California’s growing need for computer science teachers in grades K-12, Cal State LA’s Department of Computer Science has launched the Computer Science Supplementary Authorization (CSSA) Program. The online program, offered through the university’s College...
![Groundbreaking math course at Cal State LA helps prepare students for actuarial career](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cal-state-la-newsroom-students-la-kretz-hall.jpg)
Groundbreaking math course at Cal State LA helps prepare students for actuarial career
For the second year in a row, the Department of Mathematics at Cal State LA will offer a groundbreaking course that paves way for a rewarding career in actuarial science. Actuarial science is defined as a discipline that assesses financial risks in the insurance and...
![Cal State LA receives grant to create program to support AANHPI students](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cal-state-la-newsroom-trisha-panganiban.jpg)
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...
Student Success
![Morgan Sjoerdsma](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cal-state-la-student-success-Morgan-Sjoerdsma-h.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/morgan-sjoerdsma-golf.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cal-state-la-newsroom-trisha-panganiban.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cal-state-la-student-success-2024-jordan-okelly-h.jpg)
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 English professor receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cal-state-la-newsroom-Andrew-Lyndon-Knighton.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cal-state-la-outstanding-professors-awards-2023.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cal-state-la-newsroom-hcai-grant-2023.jpg)
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...
![Cal State LA awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health research grantÂ](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cal-state-la-Negin-Forouzesh-computer-science.jpg)
Cal State LA awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health research grantÂ
Cal State LA was recently awarded a $730,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide students with opportunities to participate in biomedical research.  The four-year grant from the NIH Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) program will support...
Academics & Research
![Cal State LA receives $5 million NSF grant to create urban sustainability hub](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/urban-sustainability-grant-1021.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cal-state-la-gloria-preza-clinical-science-lab-program.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cal-state-la-engineering-associate-dean-with-students.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cal-state-la-wells-fargo-entrepreneurship-grant.jpg)
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
![Wrongfully convicted client of Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA declared factually innocent](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cal-state-la-newsroom-maurice-hastings-factually-innocent-los-angeles-innocence-project.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cal-state-la-vigil-monterey-park-shooting-victims.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cal-state-la-los-angeles-innocence-project-maurice-hastings.jpg)
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...
![Cal State LA students sworn in as part of first cohort of statewide #CaliforniansForAll College Corps service program](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cal-state-la-californiansforall-college-corps-2022.jpg)
Cal State LA students sworn in as part of first cohort of statewide #CaliforniansForAll College Corps service program
Cal State LA students pledged to serve their communities during a virtual swearing-in ceremony this month for the first cohort of fellows in the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps, a new statewide paid service program. College Corps is a statewide paid service program...
Athletics
![Cal State LA volleyball National Champions recognized at White House ceremony](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/volley-ball-cal-state-la-white-house-kamala-harris.jpg)
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](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/morgan-sjoerdsma-golf.jpg)
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 assistant men’s basketball coach Michael Cooper elected to basketball hall of fame](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cal-state-la-newsroom-michael-cooper-mens-basketball.jpg)
Cal State LA assistant men’s basketball coach Michael Cooper elected to basketball hall of fame
Cal State LA assistant men’s basketball coach Michael Cooper, a five-time National Basketball Association champion during a legendary career with the Los Angeles Lakers, has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Cooper is part of a...
![Golden Eagles Capture NCAA National Championship](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cal-state-la-womens-volleyball-2023-ncaa-division-ii-champions.jpg)
Golden Eagles Capture NCAA National Championship
MOON TOWNSHIP, PA -- Cal State LA's women's volleyball team reigns supreme after capturing the first NCAA Division II championship in program history with another tremendous performance Saturday at the UPMC Events Center on the campus of Robert Morris University. The...