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“I really enjoyed taking CHAD 160 in my final semester because I was able to use all the experiences I had from prior places of employment (as well as my prior education and the classes I was taking at ) while also being open to learning from Joy and the other student teachers,” says Ariza Ali, ’23 CHAD, of her experience in the CHAD Lab Preschool.

“It helped, too, that we worked as a team, aligning curriculum and discussing the children’s interests. So that was really impactful.”

Read more about this unique hands-on teaching experience in the latest :

College of Education - Spring 2024 - Washington Square: The Magazine FEATUREConnie L. Lurie College of Education By Julia Halprin JacksonExplore experiential learning storiesUnlocking WonderPlayful PioneersCounselors: The Champions of Well-BeingFinding and Creating Freedom in the Classroom and BeyondThe Connie L. Lurie College of Education is committed to preparing e...

San José State is excited to welcome KCBS Radio back to San José at its new South Bay Bureau!

Did you know KCBS Radio was the first broadcast station in California? To mark the occasion, Anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart sat down with San José State University Provost Vincent Del Casino, Jr. to discuss SJSU’s rich legacy, diving into our history and what lies ahead. What a great interview!
https://ow.ly/yshr50Tab3e

“San José State is a place where that diversity of teacher preparation candidates will really serve the community well,” says philanthropist and retired California state senator Becky Morgan, a committed supporter of the SJSU Lurie College of Education’s early childhood education programs.

Learn more on the SJSU NewsCenter blog: https://ow.ly/hF1O50T5pSe

“My impression of the animation program in my first year is that it’s a really welcoming community,” says Matt Newman, ’26 Animation/Illustration, who helped create some of the visuals for Invention in Motion, SJSU’s inaugural stop motion festival.

“Both the program and the Shrunkenheadman Club have a lot of resources that even non-animation students can access, from speaker series to low-cost figure drawing lessons. Everyone in the program has been super nice, so it’s been an awesome experience thus far.”

Read more about hands-on artmaking experiences offered at in the latest issue of : https://ow.ly/IFkq50RhFhY

We are thrilled to announce that nearly $2 million in federal funding has been secured for STEM research at San José State University! 🙌🎉 A huge thank you to our Congressional delegation for their unwavering support and commitment to advancing scientific research and innovation.

This funding will allow our faculty and students to continue their groundbreaking work—from innovative marine molecular studies to AI literacy programs Together, we’re building a brighter tomorrow! 🚀🔬

Santa Clara County Reps Announce Nearly $2M in Federal Funding for STEM Research at San Jose State University "We’re proud to see federal dollars making their way to San Jose State University to help advance cutting-edge health, scientific, and environmental research."

“I feel like people who read a published scientific paper only see the finishing touches of something that was perfected over a gajillion tries,” says Myra Awan,’21 BS, ’24 MS Biomedical Engineering. “And they don't see the amount of failures that had to occur in order for that to be accomplished.”

She and her fellow researcher Maya Papez, ’22 BS, ’24 MS Biomedical Engineering, have supervised the lab and research of John Lee and Anand Ramasubramanian for nearly two years, and their work with the mechanics of blood clots could have wide biomedical implications.

But they both want students to know: lab work isn’t easy, and it takes perseverance. Check out the latest issue of to learn more about their research journeys.

Blood Clot Research - Spring 2024 - Washington Square: The Magazine INQUIRING MINDSThe Form and Function of Blood Clots By Cassie MyersAnand Ramasubramanian, department chair of chemical and materials engineering.The phrase “the mechanics of blood clots” can seem academically dry, as any scientist who’s tried to explain his or her work at a cocktail party well...

Meet Alana Macken, a San José State University grad student whose personal experience with wildfires in her hometown inspired her to join ’s Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center.

Now, she's turning her passion into groundbreaking research. Watch her story: https://ow.ly/RFsn50T3tEH

In July 2023, and the City of San José signed a university organization agreement (UOA) that allows students to intern with the city for academic credit.

“We’re trying to attract the next generation and engage with them. The priority is to connect with them in college and plant the seeds during those phases so that they know great job opportunities aren’t just in the private sector,” says Soraya Ahmadyar, a senior analyst who is also part of the workforce learning and development team at the City of San José. “The public sector has these amazing opportunities as well.”

Read how a growing partnership between the city and the university is creating hands-on learning opportunities in the latest issue of :

Internship Opportunities - Spring 2024 - Washington Square: The Magazine FEATURESJSU and the City of San José Continue Partnership with New Internship AgreementBy Rhoda ShapiroWith each passing year, the partnership between San José State and the City of San José continues to evolve.In July 2023, SJSU and the City of San José signed a university organization agreemen...

🎶 🎵 In the mood for some music? The Sounds of South Asia exhibit at SJSU King Library's DiNapoli Gallery culminates in a live performance of South Asian music on Saturday, August 24 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

RSVP to learn more and save your spot! https://ow.ly/2flr50STsya

Master of Social Work students in the Child Welfare Simulation Lab at San José State tackle various hypothetical scenarios to learn how best to approach child welfare visits.

“Simulation is as close as you can get to the real thing in a safe environment that helps prevent you from worrying too much about making mistakes,” explains Wil Quintero, a lecturer of social work who has led the course for the past two years.

“There is no substitute to the hands-on experience because it's authentic and unique. We instruct students to be themselves with their own personalities and approaches, and then we teach them to use what they learn through their entire social work education.”

Check out the latest to learn more about this approach. https://go.sjsu.edu/childwelfare

SJSU views San Jose housing tower as boost for students and downtown An SJSU student housing village in a landmark downtown San Jose tower is poised to create a vibrant living space and further deepen the university’s ties to the city’s urban core.

Lin Jiang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, used her engineering technology knowhow and her personal observations and experiences to design the smart breast pump, a newly patented medical device created to make the breast pumping experience both less stressful and more effective.

“My vision is that everyone would have this device on hand, and it makes breast pumping a happy experience,” she explains. “That way the mothers feel happy, the infants feel happy and everyone benefits.”

Read on to learn more about this exciting invention and what Jiang plans to do next. https://ow.ly/cveP50SXaCQ

Join on Thursday, Aug. 15 for the kickoff of the Urban Vibrancy Institute's Block Party series on Paseo De San Antonio! Prepare for an evening filled with live music, delicious food and drinks, exciting tours of new businesses, and more.

This is a great opportunity to celebrate our community, support local businesses, and connect with your neighbors. Find more information below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paseo-de-san-antonio-block-party-tickets-911756567437?aff=SJSU

Big news: San José State’s Natalie and James Thompson Gallery has launched an exciting new partnership with the Hammer Theatre, with work by alumni artists now installed in the Hammer2 Gallery on the theater’s second floor.

The inaugural exhibition, called “Beginnings,” opened on Aug. 2 and is viewable by theater ticket holders as well as general public during South First Friday events until Nov. 10.

Read more in NewsCenter: https://ow.ly/ZSEN50SUi18

Serena Ortiz, ’22 BS, ’24 MS Biology, recently won the CSUBiotech Eden Graduate Student Researcher Award. Her mentor Katie Wilkinson, professor of biological sciences, calls her “an integral part of almost every project” in her lab.

But she’s had her struggles, too. As the first scientist in her family, she encourages others to follow in her footsteps, especially those from non-science backgrounds.

“You really just have to realize that you’re creating the path for all the people who come after you,” she says. “You can't just think about yourself, because once you get to the finish line, what you’ll be able to do (and what I hope to do) is reach your hand back and pull all the others up along with you, all the people who have gone through hard times or think that they’re not good enough students.”

Read the latest to learn more about what inspires her, from mentors to her love of biology.

Serena Ortiz - Spring 2024 - Washington Square: The Magazine SPARTAN SPOTLIGHTFor Serena Ortiz, Biology is a MiracleBy Cassie MyersSerena Ortiz, ’22 BS, ’24 MS Biology, is many things — lab manager, scientist, researcher — and while succeeding in all these areas, she remains modest. So modest, in fact, that she was surprised to even be nominated for t...

“[The Center for Applied Mathematics, Computation and Statistics] CAMCOS is what you make it,” says Chirag Kaudan, ’23 Computer Science. As a student in the 2023 program he interned at the Ethereum Foundation, working on crypto economics and learning the fundamentals of blockchain.

“It is quite amazing growth in a single semester to accumulate some knowledge and then use your understanding to expand upon it,” he says. “CAMCOS gave me confidence in my ability to do research and this directly resulted in strengthening my desire to want to go into a research career.”

Learn more about his experience and how CAMCOS came to be in the latest . https://go.sjsu.edu/camcos

The Jabil Scholars program gives SJSU Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering students a chance to work on senior design projects in an industry setting.

“We’re a research and development team so we challenge and guide the students to apply academic fundamentals to solve real-world challenges,” says Quyen Chu, ’00 Materials Engineering, and Jabil's engineering services director. “They're getting to do things that are new to the industry.”

Read the latest to learn more about their experiences. https://go.sjsu.edu/jabilscholars

We're just 17 days away from the start of Fall Semester! 🌟

The campus squirrels are eagerly awaiting your return 🐿️

This summer, San José State’s Connie L. Lurie College of Education received the 2024 Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

“The prominence of the award speaks to the critical role that teacher education plays in the work of our state colleges and universities nationally in leading P-20 educational ecosystems and advancing educational equity and economic opportunity,” says Heather Lattimer, dean of the Lurie College.

Read more on the SJSU NewsCenter: → https://ow.ly/qLbb50SPI7f

Bonjour from Paris! It has been one week since the Olympics started, and Sammy the Spartan has been taking in the sights of the Games! Sammy has seen lots of 🥇🥈🥉 medals handed out at the pool and has enjoyed cheering on our two Spartan alums who are competing. What has been your favorite Olympic moment so far? "Allez les Spartiates" (Go Spartans!)

33 local high school students recently got a unique opportunity: the chance to attend a weeklong cybersecurity camp at SJSU. The program, funded by a grant that aims to increase the cybersecurity workforce, gave students insights into cybersecurity issues, as well as cybersecurity’s connections with artificial intelligence, coding and security analysis.

A collaboration among the Colleges of Engineering, Science, and Information, Data and Society, the program looks to the future of interdisciplinary learning.

“This is a transformative experience that can enable these young people to choose cybersecurity and AI-related majors in their college coursework, and as they look at potential future careers,” says Melody Moh, professor and chair of computer science.

Learn more about how programs like these will help shape the future of Silicon Valley: https://ow.ly/pleg50SPA8f

Ariana Lacson, ’25 Biomedical Engineering, is excited to kick off the 2024-2025 school year as president of Associated Students’ Board of Directors.

She has a few main priorities that will inform how she starts the year.

First, she’d like to increase outreach to students and make sure that their needs are being met. Lacson is in the midst of planning various town halls with affinity groups on campus to get a sense of what different issues need to be addressed. She’d also like to do what she can to help increase the number of students who get involved with recognized student organizations on campus.

“I was a commuter student when I started as a freshman, and it was hard to make friends and find a sense of community,” says Lacson. “I joined my sorority during freshman year and it helped expand my network and influenced me to join Associated Students. I want that experience for other students.”

To learn more about Ariana Lacson, read more here: https://ow.ly/bIKi50SOPku

“My DBH experience was so important because it gave me a place where I, as a Latina immigrant, could believe that she could achieve things,” says Isadora Busch, ‘15 Advertising, of her time in the Dwight Bentel Hall public relations and marketing agency course.

“We were in an inclusive environment fostered by professors who believed in me. DBH helped me build confidence, that inner belief that I could do things on my own in this country. DBH was my first contact with a professional space in the United States.”

Read how offers students hands-on experience with real-world clients in the latest issue of : go.sjsu.edu/dbh

“We have a real opportunity to help people who want to be able to communicate,” Danielle Hall, ’24 AUD, explains. As part of ’s first cohort of AuDs, or doctors of clinical audiology, she’s ready to take her skills and passion out into the community.

“Hearing loss increases a person's likelihood to self isolate socially, because none of us want to be a burden on our loved ones by asking everyone to repeat themselves all the time,” she says. “So when we help someone with hearing loss, we’re not only helping them rejoin society, we’re also taking a ton of pressure off of their loved ones.”

Read the latest issue of to learn more about her experiences in the program and the many paths to audiology. https://go.sjsu.edu/theyrelistening

When Erin Bowdish, ’24 Nursing, talks about her nursing career, she starts by telling stories.

One such story, an encounter she had with an oncology patient, just won her third place in the 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. Her essay “A Quiet Place” will be published in the October 2024 edition of Academic Medicine and the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, as well as the September/October 2024 edition of the Journal of Professional Nursing.

“It was a moment to remember to always be that person for your patients, no matter where they are,” Bowdish says.

She wrote her essay to honor that patient, knowing that even though he isn’t here anymore (and she has no idea how and when he passed), “This little thing is one way that I can keep the spirit of what I felt was really meaningful about him alive.”

Read on for more about her nursing journey. https://ow.ly/lWOF50SItq8

Highlighting our student assistants in Clark Hall on National Intern Day 🌟

To all our student assistants across campus: thank you for your commitment and passion. You bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas that help make a better place for all.

Your efforts not only support our university's operations but also pave the way for your future success. Keep up the great work 👏