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President’s corner: Cynthia Teniente-Matson roots SJSU downtown to secure its future

University Business

As with the former office building space, President Teniente-Matson seeks to install more student-friendly amenities, such as dining service areas, learning laboratories, workspaces, and maybe even an esports center. “We imagine students hanging out there,” she says. “Think of the outdoor green rooms that will occur.”

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Are you meeting students’ basic needs?

EAB

Like many of our students, I was a first gen, low-income college student who had periods of housing, food, and transportation insecurity. I remember working food service jobs so it would be easier to eat, needing to move constantly as rent got too high, and scrounging to afford my bus pass.