A $50,000 scholarship fund has been established by the Ocella Riley Memorial Fund for Teacher Training for students from San Joaquin County pursuing a teaching credential at Stanislaus State.

The fund will provide 40 scholarships of $1,250 each to credential candidates who are enrolled full or part-time and maintaining a minimum grade-point average of 3.0.

Since obtaining a National Science Foundation professional development grant in 2018, members of the College of Science formed the Collaboration for Inclusive and Engaging Curriculum, Instruction, and Achievement (CIENCIA) and have worked to improve teaching methods in STEM courses. Specifically, they’re working to make them more inclusive of diverse students and to “bring a social justice lens,” according to Dr. Matthew Cover, biological sciences professor and principal investigator of the CIENCIA leadership team.

California Democratic Congressman Josh Harder (District 10) presented Stanislaus State’s University Police Department with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition, after it recently joined a prestigious group of university and college public safety agencies in earning accreditation from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

By the time he graduated from high school as valedictorian of his class last spring, JC Aguirre had become an expert at overcoming obstacles and seizing opportunities.

In her first year as director of the Stan State Diversity Center, soon to be called the Warrior Cross Cultural Center, Carolina Alfaro worked on programs to create a space at Stan State where students with various beliefs, backgrounds and causes would feel safe.

As she begins her second year, it’s “time to build bridges on and off campus with stakeholders who support that mission,” Alfaro said.

Guadalupe Marquez and her single-mom, Silvia, are best friends.

When she applied for the 2020 Annual Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards, named by the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, Stan State Sustainability Coordinator Wendy Olmstead wasn’t looking for glory.

Rather, she was hoping for an opportunity to present at the organization’s annual conference, to share the Stan State Sustainability/Campus as a Living Lab Faculty Learning Communities that she and Shradha Tibrewal, director, Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, had started.

While Stanislaus State Art Department Chair Roxanne Robbin was attending a conference of the CSU Entertainment Alliance, learning how to prepare students for one of California’s major industries, Assistant Professor Shannon Stevens was working to expand Stan State’s journalism minor to include digital and graphic art in the curriculum.