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California State University, Monterey Bay
Campus Overview
The CSU Monterey Bay campus extends for 1,365 acres between the Monterey Bay marine
sanctuary and the agriculturally rich Salinas Valley. More than 3,500 students and 334
faculty members enjoy the university's dynamic multiple-focus degree programs designed
to prepare students for the job demands of the 21st century. CSU Monterey Bay offers 12
broad undergraduate degree programs that incorporate nearly 100 traditional majors
including 29 formal concentrations. The university provides a unique learning
experience where students learn through service to the community, seek global
perspective, employ the latest technologies, honor diversity, interconnect several
fields of study and demonstrate learning in hands-on ways.
www.csumb.edu
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Area Information
City of Monterey
Monterey County
City of Santa Cruz
City of Salinas
City of Seaside
City of Marina
Carmel by the Sea
City of Pacific Grove
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Benefit Information
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benefits
offered by Cal State Monterey Bay.
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Amalia Mesa-Bains
CSU Monterey Bay
Director of the Department of Visual and Public Art
Amalia Mesa-Bains is an independent artist and cultural critic. Her works, primarily
interpretations of traditional Chicano altars, resonate both in contemporary
formal terms and in their ties to her community and history. As an author
of scholarly articles and a nationally known lecturer on Latino art, she
has enhanced understanding of multiculturalism and reflected major cultural
and demographic shifts in the United States.
Dr. Mesa-Bains was the curator for the traveling Ceremony of Memory exhibit
and the regional committee chair (Northern California) for the exhibition
Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, 1965-1985 (CARA).
She also has written extensively on Chicano art and culture. Among her
many awards is a 1992 Distinguished MacArthur Fellowship. She has served
as a consultant for the Texas State Council on the Arts and the Arizona
Commission on the Arts, and is a former Commissioner of Arts for the City
of San Francisco.
She holds a BA in painting from San Jose State University, an MA in
interdisciplinary education from San Francisco State University, and an
MA and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the School of Clinical Psychology,
Wright Institute in Berkeley.
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