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MAKE Farm’s CSA program trains participants in agriculture, job skills, and English for career growth.

SDSU Mission Valley partners with MAKE Projects to launch MAKE Farm, allowing for community supported agriculture

An urban farm at SDSU Mission Valley, next to the remodeled trolley plaza, cultivates a partnership between SDSU and MAKE Projects, which offers job readiness training for refugee and immigrant women.

A young person, seen in profile with black hair obscuring most of their face, is working on a laptop keyboard placed on top of a large instrument, about four feet high. Behind them we see an estuary, forking off into two branches, surrounbded by flat wetlands.

Sensors prove feasibility of real-time water quality reporting

The instruments were deployed in the Tijuana River Estuary, polluted by raw sewage flows from Mexico.

Adjunct Faculty Gabriela Fernandez, director of the SDSU Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, supervises big data research that localizes the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SDSU lab dives into big data to localize UN Sustainable Development Goals

At Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, researchers build awareness of climate change and give a voice to vulnerable populations along the U.S.-Mexico border and globally.

SDSU Impact

Clarissa Miranda poses with her Student Teacher of the Year Award alongside two other colleagues

SDSU Imperial Valley student wins Division of Education’s Student Teacher of the Year Award

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.

(L to R) Kimberly Giardina and Sally Mathiesen (professor emeritus 2019), SDSU 2004 commencement

Homecoming 2024: How Kimberly Giardina’s SDSU roots propelled her to a top San Diego County health role

From a master’s in social work to macro-level leadership, Giardina leads a student success and county health partnership to increase workforce

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SDSU Alumni

How SDSU alumnus turned hobby into a thriving career

From high school videos to a thriving business, Jeff Lewis built a creative career

The gift of new possibilities

Inspired by her son, SDSU alumna and credential candidate Brenda Gonzalez pursues a new path as a special education teacher.

From one unit to a family unit

Alumnus Michael Dalman discovered a passion for supporting foster youth from a one-unit leadership course at SDSU. Years later, he and his wife Mary are devoted foster parents.

Gift endows chair to promote SDSU Heritage and Community Engagement

A $2.5 million gift by Kit and Karen Sickels is intended to emphasize and strengthen the relationship between SDSU and the community it serves.

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Aztec Voices

Two SDSU researches are inside a lab observing a petri dish.
This recognition enhances our ability to attract excellent faculty, supercharges our students’ career readiness, and grows the value and prestige of an SDSU degree everywhere, benefiting our 500,000 living Aztec alumni.

— SDSU President Adela de la Torre, from SDSU earns R1 classification, joins top 5% of research universities in the U.S.