California State University, Stanislaus student Cristina Barron of Escalon is one of 25 college interns from the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy serving in offices of the California Congressional delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

Barron, a junior majoring in Political Science and a 2003 graduate of Grace Davis High School in Modesto, is serving her all expenses paid internship during the fall semester in the offices of Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced).
The Hashem Naraghi Trust has generously donated $2 million to California State University, Stanislaus. In Nora and Hashem Naraghi's honor, the new science facility will be named the Nora & Hashem Naraghi Hall of Science.

The CSU Stanislaus science building will be a state-of-the-art, three-story 110,000 square-foot facility including new laboratories, classrooms, offices, and an observatory, serving the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics/Geology Departments. It is scheduled for completion by fall 2007.
California State University, Stanislaus will carry a live television broadcast featuring election results for Stanislaus County as well as state races and ballot issues on Tuesday, November 7.

“Decision 2006” will air from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. on Charter cable channels 2 and 14, Comcast Channel 26, and Modesto TV station KAZV which broadcasts over the air on Channel 14 as well as on Channel 195 on the Comcast system. Coverage will also be streamed to the Internet on Modestoview.com.
Today, Dr. Hamid Shirvani, President of California State University, Stanislaus, is launching a new cable television program called “Dialogue with President Shirvani”. Each episode of the 30-minute taped program will feature a community leader, elected official, faculty member, student, or other friend of the University. The programs will run on the University’s Charter Communications Cable Channel 2.