Cal State Channel Islands News

It's ironic that Carrie Hughes hasn't had much of a social life lately. She has been working weekends, holidays and nights getting ready for what she calls the social event of the year for Ventura County.

"Education is really important," said Amy Tidball, to a captive audience of about a dozen grade schoolers.

Reed has headed the 23-campus system for 14 years. Prior to that, he headed the Florida State University system for 13 years.

She's moved a lot in her 17 years. For example, the senior only started at San Mateo High School this year.

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Silent auction items and baskets needed for the upcoming 19th Annual Casa Pacifica Wine & Food Festival, June 3, 2012 at CSU Channel Islands.

A large crowd of students gathered Saturday morning on the lawn in front of the CSU Channel Islands campus in preparation for theirA graduation.

May 18, 2012: Ventura County firefighters and other emergency response personnel work amidst the wreckage of a Hawker Hunter, a single-seat fighter/ground attack monoplane, that crashed about 12:15 p.m. in a field off Broome Ranch Road between CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo and Point Mugu, Calif.

BREAKING: KEY News can confirm the pilot was a civilian who died in the crash. Also about 2,000 pounds of fuel is spilling out of the jet into a grassy area.

Calvin Nye, 23, is one of more than 1,300 students who will be graduating this weekend from Cal State University, Channel Islands .

I have sampled my first course of the intellectual buffet at the Taste of OLLI, an offering of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of Ventura County.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Camarillo, Calif., May 15, 2012 - CSU Channel Islands junior Gardy Borromeo will head to South Korea's Yonsei University this summer on a competitive $4,500 scholarship awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of ... (more)

Often overlooked in the heated contest for California's 30th Congressional District is third party candidate Michael Powelson, a former professor at Cal State Northridge running on the Green Party ticket.

Multiple-subject teacher candidate Katherine Auerbach is congratulated after receiving her certificate at a credential ceremony Thursday in Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University.

Since 2001, 1967 U.S. troops have died while serving in Afghanistan, and since 2003, 4486 U.S. troops have died while serving in Iraq.

State budget cuts have kept CSU Channel Islands from growing as fast as it had originally planned, but the Camarillo campus is still getting ready to handle a lot more students - the 15,000 it would have at fullA capacity.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Camarillo, Calif., May 7, 2012 - An $8,000 grant will enable CSU Channel Islands junior Laura Milbrandt to spend her summer researching a protein that has been linked to a variety of cancers.

Camarillo, Calif., May 7, 2012 - CSU Channel Islands will host a symposium examining how businesses can help solve environmental and community problems on Thursday, May 31, from 7:30 a.m. to noon in Malibu Hall.

The new entrance road connects Lewis Road with the central part of campus. The original road into campus will remain open, but will be primarily for people going to University Glen, the nearby housing development.

Workers in Ventura County earned 7 percent above the national average wage last year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this week.