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.
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…
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