Long Beach Public Media (LBPM) has a new interim general manager for the public radio station 99.1 KLBP.

Cal State Long Beach is entering the 2019-2020 school year with spirits high and plenty to boast about — at least that's according to the tone last Friday during the annual convocation event.

Long Beach State has scheduled an active shooter and mass casualty exercise from 9 to 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, at the University Student Union, the west campus turnaround and the north lawn of the student union. 

It's graduation season and Long Beach State graduates — an estimated 11,000 of them — are taking center stage next week, with the first graduation scheduled for Tuesday.

Long Beach's higher education establishments went face to face with some changes and challenges in 2018. Here's an overview of some big — and small — things that happened last year at California State University, Long Beach, and Long Beach City College.

Long Beach State is hosting a two day online conference on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 14 and 15.

Long Beach State University has transitioned students holding overflow parking permits to parking on campus, according to a release.

Spring graduation has concluded at Cal State Long Beach.

Here's what attendees need to know.

People can support California State University, Long Beach, during its first Long Beach Giving Day — part of a 27-hour worldwide fundraiser. 

Hungry students at California State University, Long Beach, will receive food from classmates with the annual Feed a Need Spring Drive.

"This is the play of the moment," "Dreamers: Aquí y Allá" ("Here and There") co-director Andrea Caban said. "We as human beings learn from story. We connect to each other with story."

The big, bright yellow "Go Beach" letters near West Campus Circle at California State University, Long Beach, just might've been a good selfie opportunity for students at the beginning of spring semester Monday.

California State University, Long Beach, school of art faculty member Tony Marsh has been named a 2018 U.S. Artists Fellow.

California State University, Long Beach, announced Scott Apel as its new vice president of administration and finance.

California State University, Long Beach's student radio station, 22 West Radio (formerly KBeach Radio), ranks second among Great Value College's website's 30 Amazing College Radio Stations. 

The Migrant Education Program is a federally funded program that operates at Smith Elementary School, and offers programs for parents and students on Saturdays. Students and families are able to receive informational and educational assistance while enrolled in school.

More than 10,000 — a school record — will receive their degrees for California State University, Long Beach's 2016-2017 year, with many of those walking the stage at commencement next week. Eleven ceremonies will be from Tuesday through Friday, May 23 to 26, at the school.

California State University, Long Beach, named Shireen Pavri as college of education dean starting July 3. She has been interim dean since August 2016, when former dean Marquita Grenot-Scheyer took a position at the CSU chancellor's office.

California State University, Long Beach, students can access free food if they meet certain criteria.

The 47th annual Pow Wow — an American Indian celebration — is this weekend at California State University, Long Beach.

There are many careers within the transportation industry. Thomas O’Brien said he wants to help define them and make sure students to know about them.

Foreign language studies aren’t new at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). The school has offered classes such as French, German, Spanish and translation for at least 40 years.

The year in education featured some new faces, buildings, unrest, money —or lack thereof — and more at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach City College (LBCC), and Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD). Here are some of the news stories in education 2016.

California State University, Long Beach, was named as a “Best Value College” this week by Kiplinger’s ratings.

New student applicants at California State University, Long Beach, for fall 2017 are at an all-time high — 91,268, according to a release from the school.

California State University, Long Beach’s (CSULB) College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has received a $2.3 million anonymous donation to create an endowed dean position — the first at CSULB — at the college as well as a graduate fellowship.

The California State University Chancellor’s Office announced last Thursday, Dec. 8, that 17 of its 23 campuses — including Long Beach — received Integrated Program Grants.

A four-year freeze on California State University tuition ends in a few months and CSU Chancellor Timothy White recently released a proposal that includes a 4.9 percent tuition increase for all students.

Part of what’s considered the California State University’s most comprehensive system for addressing students’ housing and food needs — the Student Emergency Intervention Program — celebrated a landmark.

Three area campuses in the Cal State University system and one University of California school in the region received warnings this week from a free speech group that says some of their institutional policies restrict student and faculty expression.

When she was in sixth grade, Katherine Boeckmann said she began having anxiety symptoms.

Smartphones, tablets electric cars, city power grids and more rely on lithium-ion batteries or other means of storing energy, but with that amount of power in a condensed area, safety may be a concern.

California State University, Long Beach’s department of film and electronic arts has received a $70,000 upgrade to its studio and equipment.