The College of Arts and Letters' e-newsletter showcases the great accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. To suggest an item for consideration, email artsandlettersevents@csusb.edu.
Spring 2023
- Watch our Spring 2023 Student Commencement Speaker Video!
- CSUSB College of Arts and Letters lecturer wins coveted 2022-23 Outstanding Lecturer Award
- College of Arts & Letters 2022-23 Outstanding Faculty
- 2022-23 CAL Star Award Winner
- English major and communication studies major are College of Arts & Letters' Outstanding Students
- "Eternal Learning" mural officially unveiled
- Inclusion for all: CSUSB full-time lecturer leads the way in disability inclusion research
- CSUSB theatre department ends the 2022-23 season with a family-friendly musical
- Three exhibitions, "The Clown in Me Loves You," "You Know You See Us," and "Crafting the Future" shown at RAFFMA
- Watch our Faculty Research Spotlight, featuring our associate faculty members!
- And more!
Fall 2022
- 2022 CAL Holiday Video
- Photos from our 2022 Alumni Mixer
- CSUSB breaks ground on new Performing Arts Center
- CAL receives $3 million grant for humanities students
- CAL welcomes Merry Scully, the new director of the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art
- RAFFMA showcases art and design professors' exhibits, "The Changes You Made May Not Be Saved" and "The Drive-Thru Nation"
- CSUSB associate professor curates digital exhibition featuring decolonial media art
- From contemporary to classic, CSUSB's theatre brings a new season of fun
- Paws Radio and Multi-Media Learning Lab bring innovative technologies to CSUSB Palm Desert Campus
- CSUSB's Chamber Winds Ensemble releases debut album
- And more!
Spring 2022
- 2021-22 Outstanding Faculty
- 2021-22 CAL Star Award Recipient (Staff Recognition)
- Class of 2022 Student Commencement Speaker Video
- French instructor named CSUSB's 2021-22 Outstanding Lecturer
- College of Arts and Letters announces its 2021-22 Outstanding Students
- College of Arts and Letters faculty win mini-grants from the Office of Academic Research
- CSUSB to offer new certificate program in speech-language pathology starting fall 2022
- CSUSB music students create educational videos with San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra
- Prof. Ed Gomez's MexiCali Biennial collaborates with Library of Congress to publish Border and Border Art research guides
- Theatre arts professor earns award for book about puppetry
- CSUSB student receives the prestigious Fullbright grant
- And more!
Spring / Fall 2021
- "Together Again": College of Arts and Letters Holiday Video (2021)
- CSUSB Palm Desert Campus faculty-student research team studying cultural perspectives of the Salton Sea
- CSUSB percussion students benefit from faculty's six-figure gift
- Holiday special of Netflix's "Blown Away" features CSUSB professor and CSUSB alumna
- College of Arts and Letters celebrates four outstanding 2020-21 students
- English professor awarded for academic work and community collaboration
- Art professor and glass expert named CSUSB's 2020-21 Outstanding Professor
- Bomi Hwang, instructor of Korean, is CSUSB's 2020-21 Outstanding Lecturer
- CSUSB's College of Arts and Letters names its outstanding 2019-20 students
- Construction for new College of Arts and Letters Performing Arts Building will break ground Spring 2022
- CSUSB approved for grant to support university's music department
- And more!
December 2020
- 2020 CAL Holiday Video
- CSUSB celebrates Class of 2020 with virtual commencement
- Theatre Arts, Music meet pandemic challenges with ingenuity, creativity
- CAL names four outstanding 2019-2020 faculty
- New book-writing ‘boot camp’ helps faculty draft chapters
- Podcast spotlights Stacey Fraser, Music chair, professor and CSUSB Opera Theatre director
- Three CAL students among Top 30 winners during 2020 CSU Media Arts Festival
- RAFFMA introduces new ‘Art Hour’ series to explore art and museum topics
- Philosophy professor's acclaimed book now in paperback
- Season 2 of Netflix's 'Blown Away' to feature Art and Design professor and MFA alumnus
- And more
Fall 2020
- New CSUSB Performing Arts Center construction project plans approved
- California State University honors professor with Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award
- CAL faculty receive top awards for teaching, scholarship and advising
- CSUSB art museum offers virtual tours and more with ‘RAFFMA @ Home’
- CAL Podcast launches with spotlight on Mihaela Popescu and CSUSB's xREAL Lab
- CAL employees receive multiple President’s Staff Awards
- University welcomes new major gift officer supporting College of Arts and Letters
- Documentary chronicles CSUSB Orchestra's concert in Seoul
- Congratulations to our recently promoted faculty
- And more
Spring 2019
- Comic opera ‘Les Mamelles de Tirésias’ performed by CSUSB Opera Theatre
- Korean Festival comes to Cal State San Bernardino
- CSUSB English department hosts Strategic Employability in English alumni panel
- Art professor named CSUSB Outstanding Professor
- CSUSB music department hosts 2019 Spring Faculty and Student Showcase
- Taiwan Fair Dragon Boat Festival Celebration comes to CSUSB
- Communication studies instructor surprised with Outstanding Lecturer Award
- Recent CSUSB graduate’s exhibition on display at San Bernardino gallery
- Tony Award winning ‘In The Heights’ closes out CSUSB’s Season to Shout About
- CSUSB’s College of Arts and Letters honors its Outstanding Graduate and Undergraduate Students
- CSUSB graduate part of team to bring home Inland Empire’s first Emmy Award
Winter 2019
- KVCR featured Students and Coyotes Instruction in Poetry and Prose
- CSUSB faculty included in new photo exhibit at Riverside Art Museum
- CSUSB Professor and Prison Arts Collective program recognized at California State Capitol
- CSUSB College of Arts & Letters Faculty Colloquium
- World premiere of chamber opera ‘Spiritual Forest’ at CSUSB
- CSUSB English assistant professor awarded for dissertation
- CSUSB Department of Theatre Arts presented ‘Picnic’
- CSUSB’s art museum hosted a traditional Korean tea ceremony
- Coyote Radio & Advertising wins big at the AAF Awards
Winter 2018
- Coyote Advertising and Art Department students win major awards
- CSUSB mourns the passing of distinguished alumnus Paul De Meo
- Department of World Languages and Literatures wins California Languages Teachers Association Presidential Award
- Coyote Radio wins at International Golden Mic Awards
- The Art of Mark Strickland Exhibit
- Goodbye, Lacey!
- Happy 100th Birthday, Josephine Lombardo!
- College Staff Appreciation Event
- The California Arts Project (TCAP)
- And more
Read Winter 2018 Newsletter: March_2018.pdf