Camarillo
California
California State University Channel Islands
CSUCI Mission Statement
Placing students at the center of the educational experience, California State University Channel Islands provides undergraduate and graduate education that facilitates learning within and across disciplines through integrative approaches, emphasizes experiential and service learning, and graduates students with multicultural and international perspectives.
Institutional Mission-Based Learning Outcomes
CSUCI graduates will possess an education of sufficient breadth and depth to appreciate and interpret the natural, social and aesthetic worlds and to address the highly complex issues facing societies. Graduates will be able to: Identify and describe the modern world and issues facing societies from multiple perspectives including those within and across disciplines, cultures and nations (when appropriate). Analyze issues, and develop and convey to others solutions to problems using the methodologies, tools and techniques of an academic discipline.
Characteristics of CSU Channel Islands Graduates
CSUCI Graduates are: informed about past, present, and future issues affecting human society and natural world, and the inter-relatedness of society and the natural world; empowered with the disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge necessary to evaluate problems, the ability to translate knowledge into judgment and action, and excellent communication skills for conveying their interpretations and opinions to a diverse audience;
creative in developing imaginative self-expression and independent thinking, with joy and passion for learning; and dedicated to maintaining the principles of intellectual honesty, democracy, and social justice, and to participating in human society and the natural world as socially responsible individual citizens.
Upcoming Events at California State University Channel Islands
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Exhibition - We Remember: Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
Recent News
CSUCI’s New Theatre and Performance Studies Program Presents the Spring One-Acts Play Festival
Camarillo, CA - When CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) alumna Sara Ruiz had the opportunity to return to her alma mater as a guest director, she didn’t think twice. The Class of 2020 alumna, who double majored in Performing Arts and Political…
Read More »CSUCI to Host Exhibit Honoring Ventura County Vietnam Veterans
Camarillo, CA - Ask Ojai filmmaker George J. Sandoval why he created an exhibit to honor Ventura County Vietnam veterans, and the weight of it catches in his throat. “I did this for the 114 guys from Ventura County,” he said,…
Read More »CSUCI's Newest Art Exhibit Explores the Wonders Found at Campus' Backyard
Camarillo, CA - Despite losing his Decker Canyon home to the Woolsey Fire in 2018, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) 2007 alumnus Garret Allard continues to explore his deep connection with the local mountains. His site-specific installation is one of…
Read More »CSUCI to Celebrate Education with Black Communities on Super Sunday
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and think critically. Intelligence plus character; that is the goal of a true education.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Camarillo, CA - CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)…
Read More »CSUCI to Host Its First-Ever Homecoming Week With Parades, Pep Rallies, Comedy and A Street Fair
Camarillo, CA - CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) welcomes back all university alumni beginning Monday, Oct. 21 through Saturday Oct. 26 for its first-ever Homecoming Week. The week will be packed with a pep rally, golf cart parade, sunset kayaking, a…
Read More »CSUCI Global Studies Alumna Launches Non-Governmental Agency to Benefit Madagascar
Camarillo, CA - During the year she was volunteering with the Peace Corps as a teacher in Madagascar, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) alumna Alyson Lucas witnessed the severity of the country’s water crisis on a daily basis. “In the high…
Read More »Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Classes Now Open To Younger Adult Learners
Camarillo, CA - You no longer have to be 50+ to take CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) classes. Beginning with the 2024 Spring Session I, anyone age 30 and up can register. “While OLLI is designed for…
Read More »CSUCI Model UN Team Takes Top Honor Plus Six More Awards At Seattle Competition
CSUCI Model UN Team takes top honor plus six more awards at Seattle competition Camarillo, California (Dec. 21, 2023) - CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Political Science major Miguel “Miggy” Aguilar will never forget his 21st birthday…
Read More »During Hibernation Season, CSUCI Alumni Beekeepers and Classmates go to Plan Bee Merry
Camarillo, CA - From February to September, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) alumnus Lyndsay Peterson and her partner and former classmate Bryan Castro run their bee business, “Bryan’s Bees.” Business is brisk until October when the…
Read More »CSU Channel Islands English Student Uses her Grant-Writing Skills to Help Rescue Dogs
Camarillo, CA - The power of the written word enabled CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) English alumna Tracy Moore to procure a new van to transport dogs to and from Santa Paula’s Canine Adoption & Rescue League, or CARL. With what she learned…
Read More »CSUCI Students Headed To Lahaina To Do Research And Help With Restoration
CSUCI students headed to Lahaina to do research and help with restoration Camarillo, CA (Dec. 12, 2023) - The historic Hawaiian village of Lahaina has been integral to CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) student and faculty research for years. Lahaina…
Read More »CSUCI Among Select Universities Researching The Needs Of Student Parents
CSUCI among select universities researching the needs of student parents Camarillo, California, (Nov. 22, 2023) - CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Studio Arts major Alex Davis spends almost as much time on the 210 freeway as he does in class.…
Read More »University Chorus To Perform Winter Concerts In Santa Barbara And Ventura
University Chorus to perform winter concerts in Santa Barbara and Ventura Camarillo, California (Nov. 16, 2023) - For the first time since the CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) University Chorus was established in 2004, the winter concert will…
Read More »CSUCI History Faculty Member Celebrates The Forgotten Force Behind The California Wine Industry With New Book
CSUCI History faculty member celebrates the forgotten force behind the California wine industry with new book Camarillo, California (Nov. 13, 2023) - Each year the holidays mark the biggest season for wine sales, with Christmas and New…
Read More »CSU Channel Islands Performing Arts Presents 'The Lightning Thief'
Camarillo, CA - Percy Jackson is just 12 years old and faced with pursuing a villain across the United States to retrieve the original weapon of mass destruction - the lightning bolt of the Greek god Zeus. The public is invited to join in on…
Read More »CSUCI’s First Traveling Show Opens at Inlakech Cultural Center
Camarillo, CA - A Show dramatizing the various traditions around the Day of the Dead - Dia de Los Muertos - has become CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s first traveling show. CSUCI students and artists from Inlakech Cultural Arts Center in…
Read More »CSUCI’s 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Goes from 'Wild Child' to Executive Director of Nonprofit
Camarillo, CA - Nicknamed “Gabby” when she and her friends hung out on the streets of Santa Barbara, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) 2023 Distinguished Alumni “Gabby” Vignone believes her formal name, “Gabrielle,” now…
Read More »Climate Change is Pushing More than 40% of Amphibians toward Extinction Says Study Co-Authored by CSUCI Biology Faculty Member
Camarillo, CA - The world is in danger of losing almost half of its frogs, salamanders and other amphibians with climate change emerging as a greater threat than ever before. That’s according to a major new study co-authored by CSU Channel…
Read More »America’s Struggles And Successes, Ancient DNA Secrets And More All Part Of Fall 2023 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute At CSUCI
Four million Americans turn 18 each year, and we have a presidential election coming up. This is one of the reasons we need to be concerned about voting inequities as well as the quality of education in the U.S., according to Dr. Michael Baker, a…
Read More »CSUCI Hosts the 2023 Regional STEM Transfer Mixer for Community College Students
Camarillo, CA - Community college students from across the region - Santa Barbara City College, Ventura College, Oxnard College, and Moorpark College - are invited to CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s 2023 Regional STEM Transfer Mixer on…
Read More »CSU Channel Islands Enrollment for Spring and Fall 2024 Opens October 1, 2023
Camarillo, CA - CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) will begin accepting applications for its Fall 2024 semester beginning Oct. 1, 2023. Transfer students also have the option of applying for the Spring 2024 semester during the open enrollment period. The…
Read More »CSUCI Campus Reading Celebration 2023 is a Two-Week Event
Camarillo, CA - Author Javier Zamora was just nine years old when he fled his native El Salvador to make a perilous journey through Guatemala, Mexico and into the U.S. after being separated from his parents during the civil war. The memoir he later…
Read More »CSU Channel Islands Nursing Student Serena Palaroan Chosen as CSU Trustee Scholar
Camarillo, CA - The pandemic scattered numerous obstacles onto Serena Palaroan’s road to college, but the Nursing major managed to maintain a solid 4.0 grade point average after dropping out at one point, then coming back with more…
Read More »CSUCI Receives $30 Million Gift From The Estate Of Longtime Supporters
CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) has received one of the largest gifts in the history of the University from the estate of Philippe and Arlette Larraburu, two very early supporters of Ventura County’s only four-year public University. CSUCI is…
Read More »Health Science Faculty Member Will Use National Fellowship to Research Needs of Local Aging Population
Camarillo, CA - Ventura County’s senior population (age 65+) is expected to increase 14% this year to 224,812, outpacing the overall growth of the county population, which is projected to increase just 2% to 884,148 in 2023. CSU Channel…
Read More »Archives From Former Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez Donated To CSUCI
Part of the legacy of former Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez can be found in the thank you notes from the school classrooms she visited. “Laws and rights are very important to me. Especially the littering one,” wrote one…
Read More »CSUCI’s Fall Olli Classes Offers a Window to the Worlds of Art, Music, History, Literature and More
Camarillo, CA - From the dawn of the earliest humans to the backstage behavior of Broadway divas, the Fall 2023 semester of CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) offers a window to the worlds of art, music,…
Read More »CSUCI to Offer a Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
Camarillo, CA - Applications open Oct. 1 for graduate students seeking a Doctorate in Educational Leadership (or Ed.D.) at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI). Pending final approval, the CSUCI Ed.D. in Educational Leadership for Equity and Justice…
Read More »CSUCI Receives National Honor for Helping Latinos
Camarillo, CA - An innovative CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) program has received a national honor for enabling Latino students to quickly get back on track to graduate after experiencing academic challenges. Excelencia in Education named the CSUCI…
Read More »CSUCI Learns About The Need For Diversity In Agricultural Careers
CSUCI learns about the need for diversity in agricultural careers with a fellowship in Washington D.C. Camarillo, California (Aug. 10, 2023) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the world of agriculture in general need workers, and not…
Read More »CSUCI Partners with Women’s Economic Ventures to Award 45 Microgrants to Historically Marginalized Entrepreneurs
Camarillo, CA - Some entrepreneurs had been working in somebody else’s landscaping business or hair salon and wanted to strike out on their own. Others had been providing child day care and wanted to expand their services. And some had…
Read More »CSUCI Anthropologist Unearths the Sprawling Tale of Rancho Guadalasca
After the 2013 Springs Fire stripped the foliage from the hillsides around CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI), Professor of Anthropology Colleen Delaney and six of her students unearthed something mysterious as they began excavating the area. Remnants of…
Read More »CSUCI Developing CSU’S First Online Health Science Degree
Camarillo, CA - California State University has awarded CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) a grant to develop the statewide system’s first online program in Health Science in order to address the critical need for workers and provide working adults…
Read More »CSUCI Grant to fund pre-K teacher preparation program
Grant to fund pre-K teacher preparation program at CSUCI Camarillo, California (June 27, 2023) — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) has received $250,000 to develop an affordable program where students can complete bachelor’s degrees and…
Read More »CSUCI Health Science Students Get On Board With The CI Boating Center
CSUCI Health Science students get on board with the CI Boating Center Camarillo, California (June 21, 2023)—With their kayak paddles in hand, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Health Science students clustered around Channel Islands Boating…
Read More »CSUCI Named A Tree Campus USA For The 11th Time And Gets A Gold Starfor Sustainable Practices
CSUCI named a Tree Campus USA for the 11th time and gets a Gold Star for sustainable practices Camarillo, California (June 16, 2023) - Commitment to the roughly 1,600 trees on the CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) campus has earned the University a…
Read More »NASA Awards $80,000 Grant To CSUCI For Student-Led Research Project On Structure Corrosion
Faculty and students from four CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) academic programs are working together on a research project that has been awarded $80,000 by NASA. Faculty and 10 students from CSUCI’s Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and…
Read More »CSUCI Research Suggests Human Response To Climate Change Could Affect The Surfing Industry
There’s no question that climate change is affecting conditions for millions of surfers around the world, but a recent study co-authored by CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Resource Management…
Read More »CSUCI’s Summer Taste Of Olli Includes A Variety Of Classes For Adult Learners 50+
Glaciers, geysers, volcanoes, spectacular sea birds and dramatic coastlines distinguish the small island nation on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Iceland. The people, animals, customs and food are also distinctive with delicacies like fermented…
Read More »CSUCI Learning Resource Center Receives Certification from Prestigious International Tutor Training Organization
Camarillo, CA - When CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Sociology alumnus Vanessa Gonzalez was invited to apply to become tutor in the Learning Resource Center, she hesitated. “I took a statistics course in Sociology and afterward, my professor…
Read More »CSUCI Computer Science Team Wins First Place in National Supercomputer Competition
Camarillo, CA - They won! A team of CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Computer Science students won first place against 11 other colleges across the nation in a supercomputer competition involving some of the most prestigious laboratories in the U.S. The…
Read More »CSUCI Political Science Major Is One Of 20 Chosen Across The Nation For Prestigious Fellowship
CSUCI Political Science major is one of 20 chosen across the nation for prestigious fellowship at Duke University CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Political Science major Shayonna Huley is among 20 college students across the United States to be…
Read More »Community College and Class of 2023 High School Students Can Take the Transfer Success Pathway to a Guaranteed CSUCI Admission
Camarillo, CA - Students enrolled in or planning to enroll in an area community college in Fall of 2023, but who would eventually like to earn a four-year degree at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) might qualify for a new dual admissions program that…
Read More »Grants to CSUCI Will Support Emergency Student Housing, Healthy Nutrition And Aquatic Programs For Kids
Grants to CSUCI will support emergency student housing, healthy nutrition and aquatic programs for kids CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s Basic Needs program has received four grants aimed at enhancing the basic needs of students, and the…
Read More »CSUCI Commencement 2023 will be Four Ceremonies Over Two Days
Camarillo, CA - Students in CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s Class of 2023 will graduate in one of four in-person ceremonies being held on May 20 and 21 at the South Quad of the campus. Each academic program is assigned to either the morning…
Read More »Dance, Music, Video, Storytelling And More Are All Part Of CSUCI’s 2023 'Arts Under The Stars'
“Perseverance” is the theme of CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s 13th annual “Arts Under the Stars” show, scheduled for 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 on the John Spoor Broome Library lawn. The public is invited, and…
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