CSU's Early Start program provides students with the opportunity to take needed math or English classes during the summer before they enter in the fall term so they are ready for college-level work. See what several students are saying about the benefits they received by taking these summer classes.

Before health care enrollment, roughly 30% of Cal State students didn't have health insurance; now only 10%

ABC's Shark Tank sent casting directors to San Diego State this week in search of great entrepreneurs for their show. Check out what went on behind the scenes ...

This year, the CSU awarded its first nursing doctorates. Prepared for advanced practice, research, teaching and leadership roles in nursing, the 59 graduates are already changing the face of nursing in California. See how a few are making an impact: http://blogs.calstate.edu/pa/news/?p=4383 

Cal State Long Beach's ‘Women-In-Engineering Outreach Program’ help get young women actively involved in STEM education through both traditional and non-traditional methods.

To increase student access and success, CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White has committed to decrease the number of obstacles students face on the path to a degree. http://blogs.calstate.edu/pa/news/?p=4134

Oral hygiene can save lives! Sac State nursing helped conduct a groundbreaking study that revealed that poor oral hygiene can cause ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitals. The study led to a revamp of Sutter Medical Center’s oral care protocols which resulted in a reduction of pneumonia cases and a $1.72 million in medical cost savings. http://bit.ly/1gBkKnx

CSU Stanislaus has a unique tradition of reuniting Golden Grads — those who graduated 50 years prior. See how the university brings together the Class of 1964 to help remember their special graduation day. http://blogs.calstate.edu/voicesviews/?p=1852

Nationwide, only 12% of American Indians earn college degrees. Learn how CSU San Marcos is helping increase the recruitment and retention levels of American Indian students.  http://blogs.calstate.edu/voicesviews/?p=1828

 Governor Jerry Brown released his revised May budget today which maintains an increase of $142.2 million for the CSU - an allocation that is consistent with what was proposed in the initial January budget. Details: http://blogs.calstate.edu/budgetcentral/

TIME Magazine ranked 7 CSU campuses among the nation’s top colleges and universities based on a new criteria proposed by the White House that emphasizes accessibility, affordability and completion. http://blogs.calstate.edu/pa/news/?p=4222

CSULB professor Steven Manley is helping lead Kelp watch 2014—a scientific campaign where scientists across the West Coast are testing test kelp to see if it's absorbing radioactive material from the partial Fukushima nuclear meltdown.