Spotlight
Watson College of Education’s Project Impact featured on ‘Inside California Education’
“Project Impact: Diversifying the Teacher Workforce” takes an in-depth look at the teacher training program that locates, recruits, trains, mentors and then deploys minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland California area and the state.
The grant will allow the program to enhance its outreach efforts, improve access to essential medical services and provide hands-on clinical training opportunities for CSUSB nursing students.
Vicky Lopez, a first-generation CSUSB student with a background in firefighting, is using their engineering skills to develop innovative technologies that improve wildfire response. With support from CSUSB faculty, including Fadi Muheidat, associate professor of computer science, they have earned prestigious internships and awards, and now lookahead to pursuing a graduate degree.
Reneisha Wilkes, EOP Renaissance Scholars Program coordinator, has been honored with CSUSB’s Outstanding Professional Academic Advisor Award for going above and beyond in guiding and mentoring students. Each year, this recognition is given to non-faculty advisors who demonstrate NACADA’s Core Values of Academic Advising: caring, commitment, empowerment, inclusivity, integrity, professionalism and respect.