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The award was granted by State Sen. Steve Padilla for her work and advocacy in education and advancing human rights through research.

The group of math undergraduate students presented at the annual Student Symposium in February.

New course provides hands-on journalism training to help students share Imperial Valley’s evolving story

The new center will host the Counseling and Psychological Services and Student Health Services, Career and Veterans Services, and Student Success and Retention Services.

Grisele Avila, SDSU Imperial Valley alumna from 2021, teaches sixth graders at Raymond Cree Middle School as a dual immersion teacher.

The agreement, signed between the city of Imperial and SDSU Imperial Valley, will allow both parties to collaborate in providing admission support and guidance to prospective students.

The donation comes from Michael Kelley, who served for more than 16 years for the Imperial County Board of Supervisors.

SDSU has, for the first time, been designated an R1 university, a category historically reserved for top-tier, research-intensive doctoral degree-granting universities.

The project, first announced in November 2023, will host 40 rooms for students from both institutions at SDSU Imperial Valley, Calexico.

Clarissa Miranda, who teaches ninth graders in Brawley, is a double alumna and is part of the Division of Education’s second largest graduating cohort.