Research Centers
California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC)
Director: Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
SBSB 1118
(760) 750-3535
www.csusm.edu/air/cicsc.html
Mission: The California Indian Cultural and Sovereignty Center will foster collaborative research and community service relationships between the faculty, staff, and students of CSU San Marcos and members of local Tribal communities, for the purpose of developing and conducting research projects which support the maintenance of sovereignty and culture within those communities.
The Center aims to focus on:
Research
Conducting and supporting research and analysis of Tribally identified concerns and questions.
Community
Providing a space for campus representatives and Tribal members to meet and discuss Native American graduates in the context of Tribal needs; finding and retaining the support of American Indian students, faculty and staff while creating a sense of togetherness and belonging among the Indian population both on and off campus.
Guidance
Preparing CSUSM graduates who can serve Indian communities well by helping them support the multiple and complex needs of being sovereign nations.
Education
Establishing new courses and academic programs to meet the changing needs of our students, Tribal communities and stakeholders; serving to amplify the existing academic program connections between CSUSM and Tribal communities through programs in CHABSS, SOE, COBA, Nursing and OBERT; fulfilling an ethical responsibility to local Tribal communities to provide a pathway to higher education for native students.
Outreach
Helping CSUSM continue to recognize and set an example to other universities regarding the importance of cultivating relationships with local Tribal communities; sending a message to Tribes regarding CSUSM’s commitment to the creation and maintenance of such ties.
To learn more about CICSC development, research projects and activities, please contact (760) 750-3535.
Center ARTES (Art, Research, Teaching, Education, Schools)
Arts Building, Room 302
Telephone: (760) 750-4322
http://www.csusm.edu/centerartes
Director: Merryl Goldberg, Ed.D.
Center ARTES was established in 2003 to partner with local schools and communities to promote and support arts education. A primary philosophy underlying Center ARTES’ work is that the arts are a fundamental aspect of education. Through our long term partnerships with schools, districts, artists, and arts institutions, we connect educators with tools, resources, and personnel to seamlessly integrate the arts into their classrooms, exposing diverse student bodies to a rich, comprehensive arts education while improving student learning across the curriculum.
The major activities of Center ARTES are:
- Professional development for teachers and student teachers, including our SUAVE and DREAM programs
- Access to the arts for children and their families
- Advocacy and strategic planning with school districts
- Leadership and state-wide advocacy on important arts education issues
Professional Development for Teachers and Student Teachers
Center ARTES conducts hands-on arts education and arts integrated workshops with local arts and cultural institutions. In addition, we offer classroom residencies designed to train teachers how to implement arts education, both as core curriculum and as a vehicle for teaching other subjects. Partners include (but are not limited to):
San Diego County Office of Education
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
CSUSM Visual and Performing Arts Department
CSUSM faculty from School of Education and College of Business
Administration
CSUSM student arts clubs
CSUSM TRIO Program
Museum of Making Music
Playwrights Project
San Diego Guild of Puppetry
Old Globe Theater
North County Professional Development Federation
Rincon All Tribes Charter School
North County School Districts
Access to the Arts for Children and their Families
Working with our many partners, Center ARTES makes it possible for thousands of young people to experience the arts in schools and communities. Programs include:
- Performances by arts organizations at CSUSM and other venues
- In-class residencies by professional artists/arts educators
- Performances in cooperation with arts partners at a minimum cost to children and their families
- The ARTSmobile, bringing arts activities and outreach performances directly into schools
- Performances by our Young Artist in Residence
Advocacy and Strategic Planning with School Districts
Center ARTES offers direction for strategic planning to school districts throughout San Diego County, helping schools develop long-range plans for bringing the arts back into their classrooms. Working with our partners, Center ARTES connects county school districts with artists and art programs to serve the needs of students at all grade levels. Center ARTES provides important information related to arts education, advocacy, and research to school districts, teachers, administrators, parents, and school boards.
Leadership and State-Wide Advocacy
Center ARTES convenes leaders in the arts, education, and business communities to advocate for the arts in schools. In partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education, we organize and host an annual Arts Education Summit, bringing together a broad constituency of arts educators along with state and national experts in the field. Center ARTES also participates in building and maintaining a network of engaged, informed, and connected arts education professionals throughout the county.
Center ARTES is supported through the generous donations of individuals and through memberships and grants. For information concerning membership, planned giving, and endowments please contact Center ARTES directly at (760) 750-4322.
Center for Leadership Innovation and Mentorship Building (CLIMB)
Markstein, 353
(760) 750-4234: (760) 750-4237
climb@csusm.edu;
www.csusm.edu/climb
Executive Director: Dr. Rajnandini (Raj) Pillai
Director: Dr. Jeffrey C. Kohles
CLIMB was established in the College of Business in 2004 to foster the development of effective leaders at all levels - individual, team, organization, and community and to serve as a resource for leadership and mentoring to the university and the business community. This mission is achieved by promoting innovative leadership research and by offering educational programs and mentoring opportunities to current and aspiring leaders through some of the following programs and activities.
Speaker Series
The goal of this series is to bring practitioners and academic scholars to our campus to share their ideas on specific topics related to leadership. The series provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and the general public to come together to discuss and debate important leadership and mentoring issues.
In the Executive’s Chair
CLIMB hosts one of the most popular courses in the College of Business Administration. This course brings in top business leaders to talk about their careers, their companies, and the critical business decisions with which they are commonly faced. The primary purpose of this course is to expose students to these successful executives to better prepare them for their own business careers.
Outstanding Business Leader Awards
In an effort to recognize effective role models in the business community, each year one local business leader is presented with the Climb Outstanding Business Leader Award. The individual selected for this honor is someone who has demonstrated exceptional leadership within the context of his or her business. He or she is also someone who has championed important causes within the community.
CLIMB Executive Mentoring Program
A mentoring program that matches outstanding student protégés with experienced executives from the greater College of Business Administration (CoBA) business community to deliver a personalized mentoring experience during the culmination of the student’s undergraduate work and the beginning (or continuation) of their professional working careers. The mentoring relationship typically develops over the course of a single semester but often continues after the student has graduated. This program is now being administered by the College of Business Administration at a college-wide level.
The James R. Meindl Student Leadership Award
This award, which is also given out every year, is designed to honor a graduating senior from the College of Business Administration for demonstrating outstanding leadership/mentorship in school, at work, and in the community. The winner must exemplify the Center’s mission. The award is given in memory of Professor James R. Meindl of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
CLIMB Distinguished Fellows Program
This program provides students who show a great deal of promise and are interested in interning with the Center, an opportunity to work on leadership projects with the Executive Director and Directors under their guidance.
Leadership Development and Research
The Center has a dedicated group of business faculty and practitioners who conduct workshops on important workplace issues related to leadership and management. The Center also supports innovative research projects on leadership and mentoring.
National Latino Research Center (NLRC)
SBSB 2144
(760) 750-8567
www.csusm.edu/nlrc
Director: Konane Martinez, Ph.D.
The NLRC is an applied social science research center with longstanding community and organizational partnerships in the north county region of San Diego. The mission of the NLRC is to promote research, training, and greater awareness on the unique needs and dynamics of Latino communities. The NLRC works regionally in partnership with Latino communities bridging families to educational and health resources and opportunities.
The NLRC organizational structure and activities fall under three major themes:
Research:
- To promote the awareness, expansion, and enhancement of culturally sensitive, culturally relevant, and scientifically focused research on Latino populations.
Training:
- To offer training and specialized workshops, and to facilitate and organize conferences on substantive topics of critical importance to Latino families to community members, researchers, students, community organizations, and government agencies.
Clearinghouse:
- To serve as a repository for empirically based publications, databases, and reports pertaining to substantive issues for Latino populations.
Research Based Services: The NLRC’s expertise includes quantitative and qualitative data collection, translation, focus groups, technical assistance, and other services aimed at increasing our understanding of Latino communities.
Data Collection
The NLRC provides culturally sensitive data collection services regarding diverse Latino and non-Latino populations throughout the United States.
Needs Assessment
The NLRC conducts state-of-the-art needs assessments which consider the social and cultural context of targeted populations, especially diverse Latino populations throughout the United States.
Program Evaluation
The NLRC specializes in theory-driven program evaluation focused on programs serving Latino populations and tailored to fit diverse client needs.
Surveys
Specialists conduct moderate to large studies using optional sampling strategies.
Technical Assistance and Data Analysis
Data analysis and interpretation of findings are two critical services the NLRC provides. The NLRC can clarify research designs and offer options when results call for new approaches. Data analysis can range from simple descriptive analysis to multivariate analyses.
If you are interested in partnering with the NLRC, please contact us at:
National Latino Research Center
Cal State San Marcos
San Marcos, CA 92096
Telephone: (760) 750-3500
Fax: (760) 750-3510
Email: nlrc@csusm.edu
Web site: www.csusm.edu/nlrc
Center for Research and Engagement in STEM Education (CRESE)
Faculty Director: Edward Price, Ph.D., Physics
Associate Director: Charles De Leone, Ph.D., Physics
Associate Director: Sinem Siyahhan, Ph.D., Educational Technology
Program Director: April Nelson
CRESE STEMbassy
Extended Learning Building, Room 208
(760) 750-4725
www.csusm.edu/crese
Mission
CRESE aims to enrich, enhance, and support STEM education in K-12, higher education, and the local community.
Vision
CRESE pursues two interrelated goals:
- Improving educational outcomes for students in the region
- Generating new knowledge related to STEM education practices
Youth Programs
We offer a variety of programs throughout the year to meet the needs of youth with diverse backgrounds.
- Face-to-face Afterschool STEM Program - A research-based, making-centered after-school STEM program for different social, cultural, and socioeconomic settings. This project brings STEM-based making to North County San Diego K-8 schools by taking equipment, supplies and CSUSM undergraduate STEM majors, or STEM Ambassadors, to after-school program sites.
- Online Afterschool STEM Program – This online STEM outreach option allows us to reach students in remote locations, and those who prefer an online setting. Students at different school sites meet virtually with highly qualified undergraduate students to think, design, and create solutions to real-world problems using technology tools including game design, coding, 3D modeling, and digital storytelling. In the online version of the face-to-face STEM-based making program, STEM kits are delivered and then built together in a virtual setting.
- Summer and Winter Camps – During school breaks, we offer local youth an opportunity to visit our STEMbassy classroom on the CSUSM campus and spend time exploring and building STEM projects alongside our undergraduate STEM Ambassadors.
Research Support
CRESE supports faculty engagement and research in STEM programs and can be a resource to help faculty connect with colleagues, create proposals related to STEM education and research, and deliver innovative new programs.
Educator Support
CRESE offers professional development opportunities for educators to support them in integrating STEM into their learning environments. CRESE has created a collaborative community for educators, makers, and after-school providers interested in engaging youth in making. There are also opportunities for teachers to receive professional development credit for their work in maker-based STEM.
Partners
- Southern California Professional Development Federation
- Escondido Union School District
- San Marcos Unified School District
- Vista Unified School District
- Oceanside Unified School District
- San Diego County Office of Education, Migrant Education Program
- Oceanside Public Library
- Escondido Public Library
- Open Source Maker Labs
- MakerEd
- CSUSM Office for Training, Research and Education in the Sciences (OTRES)
- Palomar College
CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care at CSU San Marcos
(760) 750-4006
https://csupalliativecare.org/campuspartners/csu-shiley-at-san-marcos/
Executive Director: Jennifer Moore Ballentine, Ph.D.
Faculty Director: Michael McDuffie, Ph.D.
CSU San Marcos is one of the fastest growing campuses in the 23-campus CSU system and is a model of innovation and community engagement. The CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care at CSUSM shares a campus home with the systemwide Institute, but is focused on creating innovative research, education, and awareness campaigns to elevate palliative care in the local community.
Unique programs for college students, professionals, caregivers, and the community
The CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care at CSUSM develops and hosts a wide range of programs for college students, professionals, caregivers and the community to build awareness and improve access to palliative care in the San Diego region. The Institute’s signature “What Gives Your Life Meaning” campaign has received widespread acclaim. Held annually, it encourages people over 18 to think about what shapes their quality of life and to complete advanced directives that reflect those values.
Resource Center
Faculty Center
Coordinator: Sonia M. Perez
Kellogg Library, 2400
(760) 750-4019
www.csusm.edu/fc
facctr@csusm.edu
The Faculty Center provides faculty development to all Cal State San Marcos faculty. Our primary mission is to support faculty in their multiple roles as teachers, scholars, artists, intellectuals, and members of the university and wider community at every stage of their career. Through diverse programming, the Faculty Center fosters a culture of continuous improvement in order to positively impact student learning.
The Faculty Center offers programs and resources that promote effective teaching, successful scholarly and creative activity, and effective service and leadership activities. Faculty Center programs and resources support the University mission and serve the needs of our diverse faculty and students.
Faculty Center Goals
Effective Teaching:
- Support the continuous development of excellent and innovative teaching and learning throughout the University.
- Use Faculty Center meeting space, Library, staff support, and other resources to create a teaching and learning resource center tailored to faculty needs and responsibilities.
- Provide faculty with workshops, colloquia, one-on-one consultation and/or video feedback that inspire active reflection and action to improve teaching and learning.
- Create a dynamic forum for faculty to share and discuss teaching and learning through meetings, workshops, newsletters, and outreach.
Successful Research and Creative Activities:
- Support faculty research and creative activity (both individual and collaborative) throughout the University.
- Assist faculty in defining research and creative activity goals and agendas and help them seek funding, including sabbatical, university grants, and external grants.
- Facilitate faculty networking with scholar and artists who share goals and interests at Cal State San Marcos and in the CSU.
- Provide small grants, depending on budget resources.
Effective Service and Leadership Activities:
- Support faculty service and leadership in the department, college, University, and the wider community.
- Increase the volume and improve the quality of faculty service, which in turn supports faculty in the evaluation process, strengthens the university’s curriculum and programs, and fosters collegiality.
- Provide workshops and consultations that focus on developing skills, plans, and reflection in the area of service.
- Use rigorous discussion, collaboration, mentoring, and recognition to promote the goal that faculty make service and leadership a productive and fulfilling aspect of their professional work.
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