President's Messages

COVID immunization policy update
Dear Beach Community:
As you may have already heard, the California State University announced that it will be updating its SARS-CoV-2 immunization policy to require a booster shot for faculty, staff, and students who are accessing university facilities and programs.
While many of our campus community members have already received their booster shot, the new requirement calls for boosters to be received by February 28, 2022, or six months after an individual received the final dose of the鈥

色中色鈥檚 College of Engineering and 鈥榯he Final Frontier鈥
In this video, 色中色 President Jane Close Conoley interviews Dr. Jinny Rhee, dean of the College of Engineering, about STEM education, 鈥淪pace Beach,鈥 and the opportunities ahead for the college.
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Keeping you informed
Dear Beach Community:
As we continue navigating through the semester, I want to share important information that I hope will answer certain questions and provide reassurance that our campus is following public health protocols.
Since March 2020 鈥 just prior to 色中色鈥檚 move to remote learning 鈥 the campus community has been kept informed via comprehensive communications that have included a dedicated website, the ongoing series of OneBeach email鈥

Lessons learned during the pandemic
The current pandemic seems to offer little in the way of silver linings. It鈥檚 been a health, economic, and social disaster for hundreds of thousands of people, and it鈥檚 been made even more unbearable by the simultaneous reckoning around racial injustice. What it has allowed for, however, is a chance to learn new skills and, perhaps, new things about ourselves.
Speaking for myself, I鈥檝e experienced a heightened level of humility in the face of the virus, and I think my鈥