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Provost Awarded Latino Business Award by PCBT
July 18, 2025 - Provost Jessica Lavariega Monforti was honored with a 2025 Latino Business Award by the Pacific Coast Business Times (PBCT) on July 17 at the Limoneria Ranch in Santa Paula. Dr. Lavariega Monforti was one of eight honorees chosen by the PCBT to receive the award, which is to recognize the achievements of Latina/o entrepreneurs, educators, and community leaders in the region.
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Campus Phone System to be Upgraded
July 18, 2025 -- The campus phone system is undergoing a major upgrade to support more modern and flexible communication while benefitting from significant cost savings. The current phone system will reach its end of life in August 2025, making this transition both necessary and timely. The new platform offers improved features and improved integration with existing campus tools.
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LifeMatters EAP New Online Programs
July 18, 2025 -- Human Resources and LifeMatters, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), is pleased to announce two new programs available for campus employees.
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Beware of TOAD Attacks
There has been a recent rise in the number of phishing attacks that incorporate a direct phone call with the target. This technique, known as Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD) often starts by sending the user a phishing email urging them to call a phone number.
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The Role of Military in Domestic Law
In this seminar, we will look at the Constitution, especially the 10th Amendment, the Insurrection Act of 1807, and the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. The military has been used domestically to safeguard civil rights marchers, intervene when requested by governors during violent riots, to stop the Bonus March on Washington in 1932, and to imprison Japanese civilians during World War II. Who is in today's military, where do they come from, how do they line up politically--and would they follow an illegal order and fire on unarmed civilian demonstrators or support a government coup?
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An important notification from CSU Channel Islands
Statement about Professor Jonathan Caravello being taken into federal custody during a protest.
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Susan A. Andrzejewski Appointed Interim President of CSUCI
July 10, 2025 - California State University (CSU) Chancellor Mildred García has appointed Susan A. Andrzejewski to serve as California State University Channel Islands' interim president. Andrzejewski, who currently serves as the university's dean of the Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics, will begin her new appointment on August 4, 2025.
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Money.com's 2025 Best Colleges in America
The CSU System dominates Money.com's list of Best Colleges in 2025 with all CSU campuses getting high marks for social mobility, affordability, academic excellence and return on investment. CSUCI and all of the other CSU campuses made Money.com's 2025 list of the "Best Colleges in America, which was released on June 25.
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CSUCI President Richard Yao to Step Down; Appointed President of DataPhilanthropy
July 1, 2025 -- Dr. Richard Yao, President of CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI), has announced that he will step down from his role effective August 1, 2025. Yao will assume the presidency of DataPhilanthropy, the giving arm of the Jeff T. Green Family Foundation. The Foundation, led by Jeff Green, Co-Founder and CEO of the Trade Desk and signatory of The Giving Pledge, focuses on applying data science to make its philanthropic efforts as impactful as possible.
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Summer 2025 Campus Dining Hours
Islands Kitchen and the Sea Store Market will be open on a limited basis during the summer months.
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ESRM faculty member and students return endangered fish after rescuing them from the Palisades fire
ESRM faculty member Brenton Spies and students helped to return Northern tidewater gobies back into the Topanga Lagoon after the fish spent five months in two Southern California aquariums.
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26 Higher Education Leaders Chosen for AASCU's 2025 Millennium Leadership Initiative Cohort
CSUCI's VP for Student Affairs Eboni Ford Turnbow, Ph.D., has been selected to participate in the '25-'26 Millennium Leadership cohort.
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Entrepreneurship & Small Business Institute helps launch award-winning student startups
The ESBI marked several successes during the spring semester, not the least of which was winning an award at the New Venture Fair held at Cal Lutheran University in May.
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CSUCI establishes LGBTQ+ Alumni Chapter
CSU Channel Islands marks Pride Month with the newly-formed CSUCI Alumni Pride Chapter for alumni, students who belong to the LGBTQ+ community - and their allies.
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California State University Scores LA Galaxy Tickets
The CSU has secured a special offer on discounted tickets to upcoming Galaxy matches.
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