The end of the fall semester is approaching, with students and faculty members busily preparing for finals. But hectic schedules, made even more so by holiday and family commitments, haven't kept some on campus from finding time for charitable endeavors.

The Hunger Network Club is one such group of students. Led by faculty advisor Tamara Sniezek, the club is in the middle of its annual holiday canned food drive.
CSU Stanislaus senior Jennifer Allgood helped one local high school student find motivation to turn around a failing grade and pass a class needed for graduation. She provided emotional support to another, who was struggling in school while dealing with a death in the family.

Allgood was one of more than 100 students who participated last year in the university's Criminal Justice Mentor Program, an undergraduate requirement for CSU Stanislaus criminal justice students. For Allgood, like many of the mentors, it was more than a grade.

A unique project designed to illustrate the native plant communities that historically existed along a transect from the Central Valley to the High Sierra was dedicated during a ceremony at Stanislaus State on Oct. 25.

The Trans-California Pathway is an outdoor arboretum located on the south side of the Stanislaus State campus. The pathway will be used as an outdoor laboratory and source of material for biology classes, an educational attraction for the university and the community as a whole, and a valuable field trip destination for young students.

WHAT: Second Annual San Joaquin Valley Business Forecast Summit

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 15, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Program begins at approximately 8 a.m.; Dr. Soydemir will be available following the question and answer period at approximately 9:30.

WHERE: CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, Mary Stuart Rogers Educational Gateway Services Building (MSR), Room 130.
A number of criminal justice students from CSU Stanislaus took home honors from regional conferences held earlier this month.

Undergraduate criminal justice major Samantha Loren Felice took first place in the student research poster competition at the Western Association of Criminal Justice (WACJ) annual meeting, held Oct. 17 to 19 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Felice's research poster was titled "Spatial Fluctuations in Crime by Month: An Ode to Quetelet, Climate and Crime."