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Dear Beach Family: While Asian Americans and Asian immigrants have encountered hate crimes, threats and bigotry throughout their history in the United States, there is a new wave of violence targeting those communities. Media reports of violence have come from all over the United States, including in California. Our campus community is proud to be almost 30% Asian/Pacific Islander, and I worry about our students’ and colleagues’ dread and anxiety at this turn of events. Attacks have been…

Dear Beach Community, I’ve spent the past several days reflecting on the horrific event that threatened our democracy on January 6, 2021. Our campus values make us most supportive of peaceful protest in support of varying points of view, but the mob behavior at our Capitol on January 6 was not a protest; it was a violent insurrection aimed at shredding our Constitution. Being a law and order nation means that we put laws above personal preferences.  Of course, psychologists have long…

In this OneBeach video, É«ÖÐÉ« President Jane Close Conoley on the successes and challenges of 2020 and looks forward to the Spring 2021 semester.

Video Transcript (.pdf) As frustrating, sad and difficult as 2020 was, there also have been high points at The Beach – and we anticipate celebrating a return to the new normal. Plans still call for classes to begin – online – January 19th. Additionally, a small number of in-person classes will begin this Spring – but only when it…