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The mission of Pathways is to promote independence, education and empowerment for young women to break the cycle of poverty and abuse.

CSULB President Jane Close Conoley writes about the university's efforts to promote social mobility.

Renovations are underway across campus, including the addition of sprinkler systems in some buildings, planning for additional student housing, enlarging our Child and Family Center, updating Liberal Arts 1 and Kinesiology Buildings, completing some outdoor classrooms, cooling down some old buildings and more.

CSU Long Beach's annual convocation highlighted the visions, new initiatives and community recognition to kick off the upcoming school year.

About 30 students gathered in front of Brotman Hall on the Cal State Long Beach campus today to protest the university's commencement plans, which for the third year in a row, do not include calling graduates' names or having them walk across the stage.

For the third year in a row, Cal State Long Beach will hold its commencement ceremonies at Angel Stadium, and graduates will not walk across the stage or have their name read aloud—a decision that has received some pushback from students.

A 95-year-old woman is asking a judge to find she is not obligated to make a $25 million donation to music education at CSULB, alleging she was coerced into signing such an agreement.

Cal State Long Beach responded Friday to a lawsuit by a 95-year-old woman who wants a judge to rule she is not obligated to make a $25 million donation to music education at the school, saying her attorneys have filed an "ill-considered and unsupportable complaint" in her name.

A 95-year-old woman is asking a judge to find she is not obligated to make a $25 million donation to music education at Cal State Long Beach, alleging she was coerced into signing such an agreement by a former 49er Foundation executive and others associated with the university .

The Cal State system knows it needs to give its employees sizable salary and wage increases, but finding and getting the money to do so means relying on the state.