The success of Stan State’s mission to propel the region through affordable education continues to be noticed on a national level, with Forbes magazine moving the University up to No. 101 on its list of America’s Best Value Colleges.

Stanislaus State has been awarded $50,000 to fund a National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) Program, a three-week non-residential STEM academic program that will be held at Stan State June 25-July 13. The Institute is designed to introduce high school students to transportation careers and inspire them to consider transportation-related courses of study in college.

An upcoming Modesto Symphony Orchestra weekend of performances at the Gallo Center will feature significant involvement of Stan State faculty members, and the University community is eligible to purchase tickets at a discount.

Eight Stanislaus State students have qualified to participate in the 32nd annual California State University Statewide Student Research Competition, which will be held at Sacramento State on May 4-5.

To be selected for the state event, students presented their research and creative projects to a panel of faculty jurors, student peers, faculty mentors, friends and family in six separate sessions based on discipline and topic.

Stan State has received $105,000 in grant funding from the California State University Chancellor’s Office as part of the CSU-wide effort to eliminate hunger on California’s college campuses.

Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. has appointed Ellen Junn, President of California State University, Stanislaus, to the board of directors of the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley.

The advocacy group was founded in June 2005 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with the mission of addressing the unique challenges facing the Valley while promoting the importance of the eight-county region to California’s prosperity.