Smaller population, campus culture cited as reasons
October 13, 2020
As major universities across the nation dominated headlines for becoming sites of major COVID-19 outbreaks, some smaller schools such as Cal State San Marcos have excelled at creating a safe environment for students and campus employees.
As the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to grow, North San Diego County colleges have enacted precautionary changes to their campus operations.
California State University San Marcos President Karen Haynes retired in June after five decades of working in higher education. Among her accomplishments over the years, she cites being able to lead two universities as a president. Haynes said this is a rarity in both the number of years served and for a woman to work in two presidential roles in academia.
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas among agencies to participate, university says
January 4, 2016
California State University San Marcos will run active-shooter training drills Jan. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with North County law enforcement, fire and medical agencies, the university has...
On a hot, sunny day, a breeze whips up a large cloud of dust in a construction lot on the campus of Cal State San Marcos.
The curved, grey, unfinished building sits on the lot. It only stands out because...
An updated safety alert posted by California State University San Marcos on Aug. 20 states there was no reported gunman on campus after all.
As of 9:45 a.m., the campus lockdown was cleared, according...
At the time of its creation in 1989, CSU San Marcos was the first comprehensive university to be built in the nation in more than 20 years. It couldn’t have come soon enough for many North County community...
For the second year in a row, California State University San Marcos has been scored the safest four-year university in California in StateUniversity.com’s annual Safest Schools report, CSUSM officials...
