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Many students explored new hobbies and interests while under quarantine.

Despite feeling like a setback, quarantine offered some students the opportunity to focus on life goals and personal projects.

Some students found themselves reflecting deeply about their hope and aspirations.

Despite the difficult reality of life during a global pandemic, Cal State LA students showed resilience and inspiration, fighting for social justices, keeping their families safe, and looking out for the good of their communities.

Los Angeles State College was founded.

In the early 1950s, tuberculosis was a major cause of death in the Los Angeles area. To combat rising cases, Cal State LA students were among the first in Los Angeles to receive free chest x rays aimed at early detection and control of TB.

LASC-LACC sponsored a blood drive for Korean War veterans, they challenge clubs and organizations on campus on who gives the largest number of pints of blood would receive a trophy. The manufacturers of gamma globulin, polio immunization serum, take…

By the 1950s, polio replaced tuberculosis as the deadliest communicable disease in the United States. The first publicly available vaccine, the Salk Vaccine, was made available to the public by academic institutions such as Cal State LA. Colleges…

Cal State LA served as a vaccination site, offering free Salk vaccines to combat polio in the 1950s. Full immunity required three shots of the Salk vaccine, and despite constant re-supplying, some vaccination sites struggled to keep up with demand.

Initially offered at no cost, by 1958 Cal State LA began offering low-cost vaccinations to students and their family members under the age of 40.