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Thankful for Second Chances

Project Rebound Community Gives Thanks for a Second Chance

Project Rebound's annual Friendsgiving event, which brings together students, staff, faculty, family, and community partners together to give thanks and celebrate student and program accomplishments, is spotlighted by the Orange County Register .

Re-Entry Students Thrive as Titans!

Titan Community Opened ‘Countless Doors’ for Re-Entry Student to Become Outstanding Senior

Project Rebound Supports Formerly Incarcerated Students

Amid Challenges, CSUF’s Project Rebound Keeps Supporting Formerly Incarcerated Students.

The Orange County Register highlights how Project Rebound is overcoming the challenges of the global pandemic to continue and enhance its support of formerly incarcerated students and their families through the Project Rebound Food Justice Initiative, prodiving students with a community garden, horticultural training, a culinary curriculum, and food pantry.

The Road to Redemption

Project Rebound: The Road to Redemption

Project Rebound Student Sets Her Sights on Criminal Justice Reform

The Orange County Register writes a feature on 2020 Project Rebound graduate and valedictorian, Ginny Oshiro, who after battling a cycle of addiction, homelessness, and incarceration is now on her way to earn a doctorate in Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. “I think as someone who has been mentored by formerly incarcerated people," Oshiro said, "it’s been the Project Rebound community that has transformed my life.”

Boundless Opportunity

Boundless Opportunity

Retired Industry Leaders Mentor Project Rebound Students

Titan Magazine features Project Rebound's mentorship program, created in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute . Project Rebound students like Ginny Oshiro and Sergio Torres receive mentorship from retired industry leaders and in turn provide mentors with meaning, purpose, perspective, and inspiration.

Project Rebound Alumnus Finds Calling in Counseling

Project Rebound Alumnus Finds Calling in Counseling

CSUF's Project Rebound Graduates on the Path to Success

The Orange County Register writes a feature on the 2019 Project Rebound Graduatation and Awards Banquet, where we celebrate our graduates and recognize important contributions of our partners and supporters. “Our students come out with an immense amount of tenacity, an immense amount of grit," said Project Rebound Founder and Executive Director, Brady Heiner. "Part of what we provide in Project Rebound is a community of support and a culture of belonging that allows our students to flourish.”

Second Chance to Give Back to Community

CSU Fullerton Sociology Major Uses Second Chance to Give Back to Community

Titan Voice: Redemption and Hope

Titan Voice: Redemption and Hope for a Future Begin Here

Project Rebound Scholar, Ginny Oshiro, writes in the Orange County Register about her personal journey of transformation through higher education. "Because of Project Rebound, I found a network of peers whom I could relate to. I felt more comfortable venturing out and making myself more visible and available on campus. I became a student ambassador for Project Rebound, an opportunity which empowered me to craft my narrative about my journey in a way that isn’t shameful and instead, fully integrated my lived experiences with who I am today, and my goals for the future."

Formerly Incarcerated Students Reinvent their Lives

CSUF’s Project Rebound Helps Formerly Incarcerated Students Reinvent their Lives

Project Rebound Opens Doors for Formerly Incarcerated Students

The Daily Titan covers Project Rebound's presentation to the Cal State Fullerton Associated Students' Board of Directors: " Project Rebound is the first program in the state and possibly the country that provides a university-based housing option for previously incarcerated students." The John Irwin Memorial House, located in Fullerton, can house six students. Students receiving housing support earned an overall GPA of 3.7.

CSUF's Project Rebound Housing Initiative

CSUF's Project Rebound Launches Housing Initiative.

CSUF's Dr. Heiner Helps Formerly Incarcerated People Earn College Degrees

Most Influential 2017: Cal State Fullerton’s Heiner Helps Formerly Incarcerated People Earn College Degrees

The Orange County Register selects Project Rebound Founder and Executive Director, Brady Heiner, as one of the "Most Influential People in Orange County" for his work to launch Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton.

Project Rebound Coordinator: Helps Formerly Incarcerated Students

Project Rebound Coordinator Uses Education to Help Formerly Incarcerated Students

A College Program Opens New Doors for Former Convicts

Paroling the Mind: A College Program Opens New Doors for Former Convicts

A thoughtful and sensitive profile feature of Project Rebound Program Coordinator, Romarilyn Ralston: "Education is that transformative practice that people can own and have agency. Education is something people cannot take away from you. It opens up new pathways, new career opportunities. But education also helps to change the way that you see yourself in the world. That’s what it did for me."

Incarcerated Women Risk their Lives fighting California fires.

Incarcerated women risk their lives fighting California fires. It’s part of a long history of prison labor.

Project Rebound’s “Bridge to Success”

Project Rebound’s “Bridge to Success” Event Introduces Educational Opportunities and Resources to the Previously Incarcerated

Project Rebound's "Summer Bridge to Success" program is featured in the Welcome Titans Guide , published in the first issue of the Daily Titan of the 2017-18 academic year.

Omar Chavez: The Future in Focus

Omar Chavez: The Future in Focus

CSUF President Mildred García: Second Chance for Society

Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García: Project Rebound is a Second Chance for Society

Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García publishes a column in the Orange County Register championing Project Rebound as a redemptive program that offers a powerful solution to poverty and crime.

Hombre se graduó de CSU tras pagar sentencia

Hombre se graduó de CSU tras pagar sentencia

First College Graduates from New Prisoner Reintegration Program

Southern California Public Radio highlights the inaugural graduate of Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton and interviews faculty, staff, and students.

CSUF Grads Share How They Got to the Top

CSUF Grads Share How They Got to the Top

Rising Above Adversity

"The Human Spirit is Amazing, but the Human Condition Sometimes Sets Us Up for Prison. It Doesn't Have To. We Deserve Better."

A New Way of Life Reentry Project's national media campaign JustUs Voices, which highlights the stories and voices of formerly incarcerated women, features the story of Project Rebound Program Coordinator, Romarilyn Ralston.

From Prisoner to Scholar

From Prisoner to Scholar

Project Rebound Director Receives University Leadership Award

Project Rebound Director Receives University Leadership Award.

Project Rebound Executive Director, Brady Heiner, receives 2017 University Leadership Award in recognition of "his vision and perseverance to expand the program for formerly incarcerated individuals to California State University campuses systemwide."

Programs for Formerly Incarcerated Students Expands in CSU Schools

Programs for Formerly Incarcerated Students Expands in CSU Schools

Project Rebound Wants to Make Life After Prison Successful Through Education

Cal State's Project Rebound Wants to Make Life After Prison Successful Through Education

A front page article in the Los Angeles Times on the goals and mission of Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton and the importance of higher education for returning citizens.

Learning To Get Back on Their Feet

Learning To Get Back on Their Feet

Education Opportunities Grow at CSUF for Former Inmates

An Orange County Register feature on Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton and the CSU Project Rebound Consortium.

Project Rebound hits CSUF

Project Rebound hits CSUF

From Convict to College Student

The Atlantic magazine writes a story on the way that California’s public universities are starting to embrace a program that helps transition people from prison to campus.

New CSU Program Gives Ex-Convicts Support to Earn College Degrees

New CSU Program Gives Ex-Convicts Support to Earn College Degrees

Amplían acceso universitario a exconvictos que buscan una segunda

Amplían acceso universitario a exconvictos que buscan una segunda oportunidad En Español: Hoy Los Ángeles announces the launch of Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton.

CSUF Expands College Access for those Formerly Incarcerated

CSUF Joins Statewide Effort to Expand College Access for Those Formerly Incarcerated

CSUF Expands College Access for the Formerly Incarcerated

CSUF Joins Statewide Effort to Expand College Access for the Formerly Incarcerated

The Cal State Fullerton press release announcing the launch of Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton and other partner campuses in the CSU.

Does Plea Bargaining Hurt People of Color?

Does Plea Bargaining Hurt People of Color?