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Fire Department Sends Crew to Boone Fire Near Coalinga

Cody Kitaura — September 06, 2024 - 3:50pm

The ��ϲʿ��ͼ Fire Department announced today (Sept. 6) it is sending five staff members to assist with the fight against the Boone Fire near Coalinga.

Capt. Paul Rush will serve as a strike team leader trainee, and four others from the department will serve aboard Brush Truck 34: Capt. Derek Carthy; Engineer Michael Cullen; and Firefighters Johnita Cradit and Chris Hay.

The blaze started Tuesday, and is now 17,000 acres with 5% containment, Cal Fire said this afternoon.

��ϲʿ��ͼ Ranked No. 3 Public University for Setting Grads Up for Financial Success

Julia Ann Easley — September 05, 2024 - 10:57am

��ϲʿ��ͼ is third in the nation among public universities and 12th among all universities for how well it sets its graduates up for financial success in the 2025 WSJ/College Pulse rankings.

Among the Academies: Always Building

Cody Kitaura — August 27, 2024 - 2:00pm

From the earliest moments of his childhood, Gary May was building. He recalls spending countless hours assembling structures with Lego bricks and Erector sets and creating imaginary worlds and characters inspired by the comic books he loved reading and collecting.

Football Season Kicks Off This Weekend

Cody Kitaura — August 27, 2024 - 11:17am

The ��ϲʿ��ͼ football team has been hard at work at its fall training camp for the past month, and will officially open the regular season with an away game at UC Berkeley Saturday (Aug. 31).

“We’ve continued to grow as a team and we are getting closer each day to finding out they type of team we are entering the season,” said head coach Tim Plough ’08, who is entering his first season as head coach.

THE DOWNLOAD: New Emeriti, CVET, Turtles

Cody Kitaura — August 27, 2024 - 10:51am

Finding Solutions With Benjamin Weber

Jose Antonio Vadi — August 27, 2024 - 9:00am

Associate professor of African American studies Benjamin Weber joins Chancellor Gary S. May on this month’s episode of Face to Face.

2 Rankings Recognize ��ϲʿ��ͼ for Excellence, Value, Impact

Bill Kisliuk — August 27, 2024 - 8:14am

��ϲʿ��ͼ took the No. 11 spot among public universities in Washington Monthly's 2024 rankings.

Campus Serves Up Award-Winning Response to Cook Shortage

Julia Ann Easley — August 27, 2024 - 8:00am

Roger Thompson clapped his hands together. “You’ve got two hours to open. Let’s get to it.”

“Yes, Chef!” Andrea Rivera replied. She turned to a class visitor and whispered: “That’s so they know we heard them, and it’s fun too.”

And with that, Rivera and five other food service workers left their classroom space at dining tables in Latitude and headed toward the dining facility’s kitchen on their way to becoming cooks at ��ϲʿ��ͼ.

New Poster Calendars Celebrate Eggheads and Other Arts

Cody Kitaura — August 23, 2024 - 9:40am

As the fall approaches, it’s time for another yearly tradition: putting up a new poster calendar for the academic year. The 2024-25 poster calendars, featuring key dates from September through August, are now available from ��ϲʿ��ͼ Stores.

This year’s calendar continues the Year of the Egghead celebration with prominent illustrations by Steven Noble ’90, set against colorful backdrops. The arts are also highlighted through key exhibition and performance dates listed at the bottom of the calendar.

UPDATED: Fire Crew Returns From Park Fire

Cody Kitaura — August 19, 2024 - 1:00pm

Updated 1 p.m. Aug. 19, corrected 2:30 p.m. Aug. 21: Brush Truck 34 and its four ��ϲʿ��ͼ firefighters returned to campus Thursday (Aug. 15), leaving one staffer still contributing to the fight against the Park Fire until he returned Saturday (Aug. 17).

The firefighters aboard Brush Truck 34 were Capt. Kyle Dubs and Firefighters Gerrit Dykzeul, Emmet King and Shawna Mayo; they left campus Aug. 8.

Capt. Steve Dunn returned separately, and had been serving as a strike team leader since Aug. 9.