Winter/Spring 2016 | Beach Magazine

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The A’s, Bees, & C’s of Survival

Simply Breathtaking

Instructor Nathan Lucas teaches how to safely enjoy the beauty of freediving

A student uses a VR headset at the BeachCon event.

Cat Tompkins has turned her hobby into popular Beachcon event

Going Out On A Lim

Phillip Lim has fashioned his own clothing empire

C Finley stands in front of her mural.

Color Her World

Artist C. Finley wants to paint the world in shades of positivity

Rocket launch in Mojave Desert

It IS Rocket Science

Beach Launch Team aims high in their pursuit of space travel

Athlete, two others with wheelbarrow

Courting friendships

Student-athletes help build a basketball court for Panama youth

Frieda Caplan at her desk

Leading a Fruitful Life

Frieda Caplan has introduced us to a world of new tastes

A windmill fitted inside a freeway guardrail designed by a team of students.

Two student-led teams win international Biomimicry Challenge awards

Phuong Truong at her makeshift desk at home

Never Too Late to Dream

Phượng Truong’s graduation last spring fulfilled a lifelong vision

President Jane Close Conoley

President’s Message

InTouch: Class Notes

Imagine Beach 2030

Photo of migrant worker and student pushing a wheelbarrow full of grapes

Chasing the Harvest

Migrant workers follow the harvest to find jobs. One student is also hoping her studies will yield a bright future. This is her story.

Landscape photo of the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden.

Editor’s Note

Welcome to Beach Magazine.

Portrait of President Jane Close Conoley.

President’s Message

President Jane Close Conoley applauds the university community’s inclusivity.

Photo of the stairs leading from Friendship Walk on campus.

News

CSULB is going tobacco-free, student-run radio station earns accolades, and students of the arts get a boost.

Photo collage of a student looking through a telescope and nursing students with a teacher practicing with stethoscopes.

Declare the Goal, Not the Finish Line

Gifts large and small contribute to transforming the university and enhancing student success.

Paralympian and alumna Jami Goldman Marseilles runs on the beach with her prosthetic running legs.

Running on Full

What started as a fun ski trip for Jami Goldman Marseilles and her girlfriend in December 1987 nearly ended in tragedy.

Photo of Oliver Wang in his studio full of floor-to-ceiling music vinyls.

This professor combines pop culture and academics to highlight a musical movement.

Three Students at their jobs

You’ll think twice about the person you’re sitting next to in class.

Portrait of Emmett Heinrich in the men's locker room of the LifeFit Center.

The LifeFit Center @ The Beach is helping area seniors stay fit and active.

Long Beach State baseball players mill about in the dugout.

Putting the LB in MLB

With the most former collegiate players on MLB rosters of any school in the country six seasons running, Long Beach State is a favorite among pro teams.

Alison and Nicole Chennault pose under a vintage Long Beach State blanket with Jan and Dale Fairbanks. They comprise three generations of CSULB family.

This Long Beach State couple is passing Black and Gold pride down through the generations.

Students go up and down the stairs on campus.