CSULB Gerontology Program

Today is the day to support our fundraiser! See details below... must bring or mention fundraiser when you order (does not apply to online/app ordering)

Join us this Fall! Email [email protected] if you have any questions about our class offerings.

The Gerontology Club would love your support for our fundraiser! See details below... must bring or mention fundraiser when you order (does not apply to online/app ordering)

We had a few alum and faculty involved in the projects presented today at CCGG. Thanks Elizabeth Arciniega (MSG graduate), Alexi Wilkinson (Faculty), and Dr. Maria Carpiac (Faculty) for your stellar contributions today!

CCGG would like to thank our presenters for sharing their research and other projects today during our showcase. Congratulations to Sara J. English and Christopher Kondo for tying for Best in Showcase!!

Join us in the Fall for our next Showcase (Save the date: applications due in October with the Showcase in November)

California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics is hosting a showcase next Thursday. Join CCGG on April 25th from 9-11am on Zoom to hear from students, faculty, and other aging professionals about their research! The short presentations will cover ideas about aging gracefully through a documentary, older learners using health services on campus, the use of a friendly caller program post-covid, and how poetry can be a powerful tool in nursing homes!

Zoom details:
https://csus.zoom.us/j/86063033031
Meeting ID: 860 6303 3031

Check out GERN 400 this summer to get your Writing Intensive GenEd credit complete with FUN writing prompts! Sign up with Dr. Maria Carpiac or Dr. Mary Marshall for Summer GERN 400 before the classes fill up!

Learn about what happens as we age, how to maintain positivity in later life, and what we can do to keep our mind heart and body healthy! You may even find yourself relating more to your grandparents than before :)

Please share with your friends!

THANK YOU!! We can't wait to share what we're able to accomplish with these funds. We appreciate you all!

The California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics (CCGG) will be hosting a Showcase that allows students, faculty, and the greater community to share their work and research with the larger CCGG community. We are looking for abstract submissions to present research, research in progress, or projects!

Visit CCGG's webpage for more details and the link to submit your proposal: https://www.ccgg.org/ccgg-showcases

Join CSULB's Gerontology Club Team for the Walk4Alz on March 23, 2024 at Anaheim Stadium.

To join the team, visit https://alzoc.rallybound.org/walk2024/Links to an external site. - Then click "Find a Team" and search for Gerontology Club CSULB.

If you can't make it to the walk, consider making a donation or asking friends and family to support our team!!

We only have 2 more weeks to fundraise to make some dreams come true this year for those in Hospice Care! Please consider donating to our BeachFunder Campaign: https://csulb.scalefunder.com/cfund/project/39192/wall

Show some love to our DreamCatchers CSULB Chapter so we can fulfill a wish this semester! https://csulb.scalefunder.com/cfund/project/39192/wall

Do you Dream a Little Dream, Dare to Dream, or Dream Big?? Whatever your dream is, you can help us fulfill the dreams of someone in hospice care by donating to our BeachFunder Campaign. We've fulfilled dreams including a wedding commemorating a 60+ year marriage, a romantic home dinner for a man with terminal cancer, and a yard and garden refresh for someone to enjoy.

Support the CSULB Gerontology DreamCatchers in creating precious end-of-life memories for older adults. Your contribution allows us to continue serving the aging community through acts of service and memory-making for them and their family.

https://csulb.scalefunder.com/cfund/project/39192

Come visit the Gerontology Club at the Week of Welcome table

Week of Welcome - Jan. 30 - 31 | 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Central Quad and Speaker’s Platform



We're also looking for more members and officers!

Email [email protected] for more info or check out on instagram

Dr. Mary Marshall received the Purdue University Center on Aging and the Life Course 2023 Outstanding Professor Award. This award recognizes exceptional teaching and mentoring of emerging scholars in aging and acknowledges significant contributions to pedagogy at the university level. Mary enjoyed returning to her Alma Mater this fall to receive this award!

Congratulations to Dr. Maria Carpiac on her recognition for excellent teaching! Dr. Carpiac received The Cognella Innovation in Teaching Award for Family Science from Cognella and the National Council on Family Relations. Maria received this award for her outstanding work in her Women in Aging (Golden Girls) class and NCFR notes, "We’re thrilled to honor Dr. Carpiac’s dedication to advocacy, research, and teaching in the areas of aging and gerontology."

Read more here: https://cognella.com/innovation-in-teaching-award/

California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics is hosting a Fall Showcase event online. The event will invite a group of professionals and students for short research presentations and discussions on a variety of gerontology and geriatrics topics. Come and join us!

Zoom Meeting Link: https://csus.zoom.us/j/87616669951

Join us Wednesday night to learn about the GERN club and give input on what you want the club to do in the future. Undergraduate and Graduate welcome, non-majors welcome, minors/cert welcome! ALL are welcome!!

Meeting ID: 817 3010 7638

SAVE THE DATE to join CCGG for their Fall Showcase! We know there is some CSULB representation :)
Zoom link will be posted closer to the date!

It’s time to take action to help end ageism! Join with me and others
across the country on Oct. 7 for Ageism Awareness Day! You can find resources to prepare to advocate here:
https://asaging.org/ageism-awareness

There are 8,220 full-time practicing geriatricians in the United States, and there will be a 50% increase in demand for geriatricians between 2018 and 2030. About 30% of adults older than age 65 need a geriatrician. Careers in Gerontology matter!!

TOMORROW Oct. 7 is Ageism Awareness Day. Let’s and reframe
how we talk about aging and older adults.
https://asaging.org/ageism-awareness

Check out to learn more about our student group!

An invitation from CCGG:

The California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics (CCGG) will be hosting a Fall Showcase that gives an opportunity for students, faculty, and the greater community to share their work and research with the larger CCGG community. The Fall Showcase will be held on Thursday, November 30th, from 9:00-11:30am and will be held via Zoom.

We welcome abstracts which examine a variety of gerontology and geriatric issues such as housing/lack of housing, scientific, education, social justice, workforce development, policy, and advocacy issues in the field of aging. When you are ready to submit your proposal, visit the submission site: https://surveys.csus.edu/jfe/form/SV_d5SGOA3iu8nb1z0

The deadline for submission is 10/13/2023

Join Us for This Free Event Aging with Agency

Another successful “speed mentoring” with current MSG students and some of our INCREDIBLE alum is in the books! THANK you, Nicole, Justin, Emily, Nakia, Sofia, Jennifer, Sylvia and Joy. Your wisdom and honesty were absolute gifts!!

Dr. Carpiac has the honor of speaking at the CSULB Ukleja Center on Ethical Leadership as a past recipient of the “Ethics Across the Curriculum” award. Pictured with President Jane Conoley, Mick and Louise Ukleja, two fantastic Ukleja Board members and Dr. Danny Paskin.

Celebrating MSG student, Premita Pradhan, recipient of the Marian Last Endowed Scholarship in Gerontology at the beautiful CSULB Japanese Gardens. Pictured with Jennifer Moore (CHHS Development), Marian Last, Premita, Dr. Carpiac and Dr. Martinez. Congratulations to Premita and our deepest thanks to Marian.