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Disability Celebration Month: Empowering athletes and transforming lives
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» alumnus A.J. Munoz-Bond (‘19, ‘21) serves as Director of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Adapted Athletics, where he has been instrumental in expanding the program’s reach and impact.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Imperial Valley alumna wins Palm Springs’ Elementary Teacher of the Year
Grisele Avila, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Imperial Valley alumna from 2021, teaches sixth graders at Raymond Cree Middle School as a dual immersion teacher.

In Memoriam: Leon Williams
The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» trolley station is dedicated to the former councilman and transit board member, who attended the college on the G.I. Bill.

Graduate’s ‘unwavering determination’ zeroes in on biotech research
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s R1 classification rests on the work of such students as Daniel Valencia and his mentors, looking into brain activity and computer interfaces.
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Women’s Hoops: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» stuns MW tourney top seed UNLV, 71-59
At the ‘Top of the World’
Women's Hoops: Sheffey's buzzer beater lifts Aztecs over first place UNLV
Wayne McKinney III’s buzzer beating layup lifts Aztecs past Air Force in overtime
Photos: Peace Village celebrates 67 years of cultural diversity by spotlighting Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s International students
Common ground: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» global seminar examines grassroots peacebuilding in Colombia
Men's Soccer: Aztecs win WAC regular season championship
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Impact

They’re taking the challenge: Tackle society’s toughest problems
This year’s Social Venture Challenge theme is food security. An innovative solution could be worth $15,000.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Imperial Valley partners with Imperial Public Library to expand admission resources
The agreement, signed between the city of Imperial and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Imperial Valley, will allow both parties to collaborate in providing admission support and guidance to prospective students.

New Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», The Skatepark Project Partnership to drive skateboarding and action sports research
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Center for Skateboarding, Action Sports, and Social Change and The Skatepark Project are now partners under a new agreement designed to promote the mental, physical and social benefits of skateboarding culture.
Solutions

Faculty and undergraduates team up to research drones, comics, AI and more
Members of CAL MUSE cohorts share details of their research projects

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Mission Valley partners with MAKE Projects to launch MAKE Farm, allowing for community supported agriculture
An urban farm at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Mission Valley, next to the remodeled trolley plaza, cultivates a partnership between Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and MAKE Projects, which offers job readiness training for refugee and immigrant women.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 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.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Alumni
Taking Aztec Golf to the next level
Inspired to advance Aztec Golf, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» alumni Jerry (‘58) and Carolyn Davee (‘59) have given a significant gift to support two on-campus golf simulators.
How Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» alumnus turned hobby into a thriving career
From high school videos to a thriving business, Jeff Lewis built a creative career
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 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.
The gift of new possibilities
Inspired by her son, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» alumna and credential candidate Brenda Gonzalez pursues a new path as a special education teacher.
Aztec Voices

This recognition enhances our ability to attract excellent faculty, supercharges our students’ career readiness, and grows the value and prestige of an Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» degree everywhere, benefiting our 500,000 living Aztec alumni.
— Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» President Adela de la Torre, from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» earns R1 classification, joins top 5% of research universities in the U.S.