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Spring 2019 Community Engaged Research Grant Recipients: Kelly Medina Lopez and Shantel Martinez
Kelly Medina-López and Shantel Martinez are using this grant to support the development of a research and theory intensive experience that examines the US/Mexico borderlands. Central to this experience is a 10-day visit to the US/Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. This research intensive experience will allow students to dive deep and cultivate nuanced understandings concerning trans border lives and narratives at the El Paso/ Juárez border. El Paso/Juárez provides a unique research opportunity as it is one of the largest and most militarized port of entries for the United States and Mexico border with 6.8 million pedestrians, 12.3 million personal vehicles, and 760,000 commercial vehicles crossing in 2015 (Department of Homeland Security). Given the rich and often contentious political history of the region, El Paso/ Juarez presents itself as a unique border site to conduct research, often not presented to Undergraduate students. Additionally, with Trump’s rhetoric of border security, the lives in El Paso/ Juárez are delicately contingent upon border crossing and trans migratory politics, culture, and bodies. The goals of this class is for CSUMB students who are interested in border narratives to immerse themselves in a transnational research experience in shared expertise with our colleagues at University Texas, El Paso and La Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. Outcomes:
MSCI Student's Summer Research Secures Award at recent SACNAS Conference
Charles Nye, a Marine Science student and UROC Researcher, recently received a Student Presentation Award at the National Diversity in STEM Conference for his summer research project. Put on by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), this conference allows students to share their research in a professional setting, network with STEM professionals, and attend professional development sessions.
MSCI Student's Summer Research Secures Award at recent SACNAS Conference
Charles Nye, a Marine Science student and a UROC Researcher, recently received a Student Presentation Award at the National Diversity in STEM Conference for his summer research project. Put on by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), this conference allows students to share their research in a professional setting, network with STEM professionals, and attend professional development sessions.
Spring Intensive Courses
Are you interested in getting research experience over Spring Break? The BIO 195: Special Topics (1-4 units): Wildlife Research Techniques course is designed to get first-hand experience in wildlife biology. Read more about our two courses and make sure to register by February 4, 2019! Open to all majors and no research experience required.
CSUMB’s Bryan Sierra-Rivera Receives CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
SEASIDE, Calif., September 11, 2018 – CSUMB senior Bryan Sierra-Rivera has been awarded the 2018 California State University (CSU) Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU’s highest recognition of student achievement. The 23 awardees, one from each campus in the CSU, were publicly recognized during the CSU Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach on September 11, 2018.
CSUMB Marine Science & UROC alumna featured in San Francisco Chronicle
CSUMB Marine Science & UROC alumna, Emily King, was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle discussing her project on the invasion of destructive snails in Bay Area waters. To read more about her research, check out the article on the San Francisco Chronicle website.
California State University, Monterey Bay TELACU Scholar
Bryan Sierra-Rivera was born in Mexico City and raised in a small rural village more than 90 minutes from reliable healthcare. In 2000, his parents moved the family to the United States in pursuit of a better life. A first-generation American citizen and first-generation college student, Bryan now plans to be the first member of his family to earn a Ph.D.
CSUMB Hosts 5th Annual Summer Research Symposium
SEASIDE Calif., August 15, 2018 – The 5th annual summer research symposium, which celebrated summer research conducted at numerous institutions around the Monterey Bay, was held at the Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library on Friday, August 10. The symposium included student research presentations from CSUMB’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC), Monterey Bay Regional Ocean Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program and the Naval Postgraduate School Internship Program (NPS) that includes students from Hartnell College and Monterey Peninsula College.
Alexandria Cervantes wraps up her summer research sponsored by the Chevron Scholarship
Meet Scholar Alexandria Cervantes from Salinas, CA! She is a mathematics major, with an education concentration. During summer 2018, Alexandria conducted research at the Vanderbilt University with Dr. Luis Leyva.
CSUMB Undergraduate Researchers Selected for Pre-Doctoral Scholarships
SEASIDE, Calif., July 10, 2018– Two CSUMB seniors have been selected as Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars for the 2018-19 academic year. Jordin Simmons, a UROC scholar and environmental studies major, and Jorge Cabrera, a psychology major and UROC researcher, were each awarded $3,000 to support graduate school and professional development endeavors during the upcoming year.
UROC Scholar Presents at the Hispanic Student Leadership Summit
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) partnered up with Google to co-host a Hispanic Student Leadership Summit in Mountain View, CA on May 11, 2018. The Summit was created as an effort to bring together Hispanic student leaders from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and other universities to share innovative and creative best practices, as well as collaborate with Google’s Hispanic leadership to benefit their university and community.
