Connections
Featured
Women’s volleyball captures first NCAA National Championship
![Cal State LA women's champions celebrate their championship win on Dec. 9, 2023.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cal-state-la-womens-volleyball-2023-ncaa-division-ii-champions.jpg)
Student-athlete featured in the Los Angeles Times
![Bryan Ortega jumps dribbling the soccer ball.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-bryan-ortega.jpg)
Campus News
Incoming President Berenecea Johnson Eanes makes second visit to campus
![President Eanes meets with Cal State LA community.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-president-eanes.jpg)
Cal State LA selected to compete in Battery Workforce Challenge
![A group photo of the students participating in the Batt Challenge.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-batt-challenge.jpg)
Cal State LA featured in CSU’s Equity Spotlight
![A professor lecturing to students sitting at a table.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-student-success.jpg)
Students embrace the spirit of the United Nations in D.C.
![A group photo of the Model Un club.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-model-un.jpg)
Cal State LA receives NASA grant to boost student interest in STEM research
![Arezoo Khodayari, associate professor of civil engineering in the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at Cal State LA.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-nasa-grant.jpg)
Cal State LA recognized as a Phi Kappa Phi Circle of Excellence Gold Chapter
![Phi Kappa Phi logo](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-phi-kappa-phi.jpg)
Cal State LA research team explores the microbiology of seamount ecosystems
![A massive boat in the ocean.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cal-state-la-connections-nov-gustavo-ramirez.jpg)
Cal State LA geology professor receives award from the National Ground Water Association
![Barry Hibbs, professor of geology in the College of Natural and Social Sciences at Cal State LA.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cal-state-la-barry-hibbs-nss.jpg)
Community Focus
Cal State LA is once again named champion for success in supporting transfer students
![An image that says "Champions of Higher Education - 2023 Excellence in Transfer"](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-newsroom-champions-of-higher-education-2023.jpg)
Engagement, Service, and the Public Good
Engineering students build Toddler Mobility Trainers for Shriners Children’s
![A large group of students posing for a photo in front toy dolls placed in child-sized seats.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-gem-shriners.jpg)
Athletics
Golden Eagles earn major regional honors
![Cal State LA All-Western Region athletes.](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-all-western.jpg)
Cal State LA student-athletes from men’s soccer, volleyball and women’s soccer have racked up numerous regional accolades. Midfielder Oliver Diaz and outside hitter Emily Elliott were each named All-West Region Player of the Year for their respective sports by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. Taesja Paopao, the CCAA Goalkeeper of the Year, headlined the All-Region team for women’s soccer.
Alumni Spotlight
Alumna wins Best Short Screenplay at CSU Media Arts Festival
![Lada Egorava](https://news.calstatela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cal-state-la-connections-nov-23-lada-egorava.jpg)
Blin follows the hilarious struggles of Katia, a young woman trying to navigate two cultures. Egorova received a master’s degree in video and photographic arts from the College of Arts and Letters in 2022. She also holds a license in cinematography and film/video production from the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée in France and a filmmaking degree from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana. View Egorova’s winning project online.
Events
Sing and Swing – A Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS Production
February 3, 2024
8 p.m.
Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Compañía Nacional de Danza
February 15, 2024
8 p.m.
Luckman Fine Arts Complex
In The News
- Cal State LA wins the 2023 DII women’s volleyball national championship (NCAA.com)
- CSU honors promising filmmakers across the university with its prestigious Media Arts Festival Awards (CSU News)
- 2023 Health Professions HEED Award Field Guide (Insight Into Diversity)
- New Leaders in Education November 2023 (Hispanic Outlook)
- Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics (Hispanic Outlook)
- Twenty-Seven California Colleges & Universities Lead California in Transfer Student Success (Campaign for College Opportunity)
- Cal State LA receives recognition for supporting transfer students (Los Angeles Patch)
- Over half of Latino students considered leaving college last year (NBC News)
- ‘I didn’t want to be a bad person.’ Soccer gave Cal State LA star a second chance (LA Times)
- Cal State LA Wins 2023 CCAA Men’s Soccer Final, Both Teams Advance to NCAA Division II Championship (BMV Sports)
- Billie Jean King: A look at her achievements inside the lines (Tennis.com)
- Art of the City: Finding the balance: C Fodoreanu pursues his artistic dreams while working as a doctor (San Diego Union Tribune)
- “Zen Psychosis: Anatomy of a Dream” Opening with photographer Osceola Refetoff and writer Shana Nys Dambrot (Artillery Magazine)
- Earning a master’s degree in prison now possible in ‘groundbreaking’ California program (LA Times)
- Cal State LA geology professor receives national award (Los Angeles Patch)
- How A Centuries-Old History Of Indigenous Mexico Inspired These College Students To Change Career Paths (LAist)