President's Messages

The following message was shared by President Conoley in Beach Bulletin, the faculty and staff newsletter. A similar message was sent to students by Vice President Lesen and Medical Director Fodran. The arrival of upcoming holidays signals a time when many of us look forward to gathering with family and friends.  The pandemic, however, presents new challenges in staying safe, and the sacrifices we may need to make are likely disappointing.   Both our country and our state are…

Dear Beach Community: At Cal State Long Beach, we have unique opportunities to live, learn and model the values we embrace. Election season – however contentious– is a good time to remind each other about those values. In this video, university leaders help me discuss politics in the context of our working, learning and living spaces. I hope you will take a few minutes to watch and consider the freedoms we enjoy and…

With the intellectual breadth and power we have on our campus, there are likely passionately and wildly different held beliefs on every issue of national and global importance. During election seasons, some of these differences may be experienced as particularly salient and powerful. I have been concerned for quite a while about what appears to be growing divisiveness in our nation and a tendency to simplify others who hold disparate opinions.  By that, I mean that our identities are…

As a follow up to President Conoley’s recent email, I wanted to provide you with an update on new cases of COVID-19 affecting our students. Over the past few days, we have investigated further and, partnering with public-health agencies, also conducted contact tracing and testing of our residential population. During the course of our work, we learned more about social gatherings attended by Beach students over the past month in violation of prevailing…