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Academic and parent life has left senior Sahira Kahn exhausted, but she's enjoyed the flexibility of online courses during COVID-19. (Photo, Sahira Kahn)

Back to Campus: Excitement or Anxiety?

Azizah Tohiet October 5, 2022

After going virtual in early spring 2020 when the pandemic hit the world, people were anxious to get out of the house. Then came fall semester 2022, where students and faculty are back on-site being accompanied...

Illustration by Mark Coggins for The Signal

Stan State Strives for Accessibility

Mark Coggins October 4, 2022

Students with disabilities often face barriers to access and inclusion across college campuses. From inaccessible buildings and classrooms to a lack of support services, these students often find themselves...

A sculpture at the entrance to the art and theater departments at Stan State. STEAM education includes an emphasis on the arts. (Photo by JC Aguirre)

STEM and STEAM

There have been many differences of opinion on how college students should be educated, whether teachers should focus on arts and social skills or science and math. From these differences there have emerged...

Community members wait while being monitored following receiving their COVID-19 vaccines at a 2021 vaccine clinic at Stan State. (Photo, Kristin Platts)

Stan State to Get Boosted

Azizah Tohiet October 3, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published its recommendations on the new COVID-19 booster now available. With the newest variant going around, the CDC recommends getting the...

Dr. Tricia Van Laar

Faculty Profile: Dr. Tricia Van Laar

Simeon Zaragoza and Emily Ascencio September 29, 2022

Tricia Van Laar, a CSU Stan Alumni, returns to the university joining the Biology department as a professor of microbiology. Her extensive research and experiences are sure to enrich her student’s...

Photo courtesy of Liancheng Fu.

Faculty Profile: Liancheng Fu

Alexia Garcia September 29, 2022

Liancheng Fu joins Stanislaus State's accounting and finance department this semester as an assistant professor of accounting. Fu is ready to start the process of helping his students be successful this...

New Study Space by BDH during daytime and night time. 

Work Hard and Study Harder

Odalis Cortes Campos September 28, 2022

As we began the Fall semester, a lot of students might have come across a new addition to the campus. What was formerly a construction site adjacent to Demergasso-Bava Hall (DBH) that feels like it had...

A Snowy Egret.

Stan State Monitoring Bird Flu Risk Closely

Brian Miske, Editor and Brian Miske September 28, 2022

Stanislaus State Safety and Risk Management reported in August that cases of H5N1 virus or bird flu were identified in Stanislaus County putting farms in the area on high alert this fall. Stan State is...

(courtesy of theater department)

Stan State Stage Actors Share What Theater Means to Them

Natalie Villanueva September 27, 2022

The beauty in theater, and oftentimes the most overlooked thing, is that not one of our lives is the same. The way one person experiences something isn’t how the next person will.  The students...

Moreno at the beginning of her academic career. (Photo Courtesy of Gina Moreno) 

Working Toward the Future: Balancing Work, School, and Everything in Between

Contributing Writer Shawn Pintor-Day September 26, 2022

The “working college student” has been a staple of campus culture for nearly as long as the institution has existed, and many students today can still be found behind registers or interning...

Original photo courtesy of Zoe Zuidema and Abby Stevens

Students and Faculty Share Some #MondayMotivation

Alexia Garcia September 26, 2022

Stanislaus State students and faculty recently answered the question: what motivates you? They hoped to share and encourage the campus community to reflect on what motivates them. Zoe Zuidema (senior,...

Katherine Filbert in her new office

Faculty Profile: Katherine Filbert

Ariana Espinoza September 22, 2022

Stanislaus State welcomes Dr. Katherine Filbert to the philosophy department as she joins our campus this semester. After teaching for over ten years in Pennsylvania, Dr. Filbert is ready to teach Stan...

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