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Alemayehu G. Mariam, CSUSB professor, named Alumni of Notable Achievement by University of Minnesota EthiosunMay 19,, 2018

Alemayehu “Al” G. Mariam, professor of political science at Cal State San Bernardino, has been selected as an Alumni of Notable Achievement by the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts, where he earned his doctorate in 1984.

As an Alumni of Notable Achievement, Mariam is in exclusive company: only one percent of the college’s 157,000 alumni have received this distinction. He will be formally recognized at the CLA Outstanding Alumni Awards induction dinner at the University of Minnesota on June 15.

Read the complete article at “Ethiopia: Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam named Alumni of Notable Achievement.”

Versions of the article appeared in the Satenaw News website as “CSUSB political science professor Alemayehu ‘Al’ Mariam named Alumni of Notable Achievement by College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota,” on May 18, and the High Desert Daily as “CSUSB Political Science Professor Alemayehu ‘Al’ Mariam Named Alumni of Notable Achievement by College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota,” on May 19, 2018.

The future of literature looks promising when CSUSB grad students work with schoolchildrenThe Press-EnterpriseMay 21, 2018

Contributing columnist Cati Porter wrote about the Students and Coyotes Instruction in Poetry and Prose, (SCIPP) project, an innovative approach to bringing creative writing back into the schools. Coyotes refers to the Cal State San Bernardino mascot, since university students help with the classes.

The CSUSB students worked with schoolchildren at the Bryant School of Arts and Innovation in Riverside to produce the book “I’m Not a Fish,” a project in the Inlandia Institute, a literary group in the Inland Empire.

Juan Delegado, a CSUSB English professor and Inlandia’s third literary laureate, was credited with bringing SCIPP. Wrote Porter: When then-Cal State San Bernardino creative writing professor Juan Delgado became Inlandia’s third Literary Laureate, we asked him what kinds of projects he wanted to pursue during his tenure. At the top of his priority list was to bring SCIPP to Riverside.

“Before I met Delgado, he had already been running the program for four years at Salinas Elementary in San Bernardino. He and William Beshears co-founded the program as a partnership between Salinas and the state university. Together they developed a program that gives grad students in a variety of liberal arts disciplines experience teaching children the critical creative literacy skills that we all need be successful humans.”

Read the complete article at “The future of literature looks promising when grad students work with schoolchildren.”

CSUSB theatre arts professor contributing talents to 2018 Redlands Theatre FestivalThe Press-Enterprise/Redlands Daily FactsMay 20, 2018

The Redlands Theatre Festival has announced its 46th season of plays in repertory under the stars in Prospect Park. The summer season runs from July 6 to Aug. 18, featuring a company of 90 area actors, musicians and technicians — including faculty from CSUSB — in three plays and two musical productions.

The production “Hay Fever”will be directed by CSUSB theatre arts professor Tom Provenzano.

Read the complete article at “Here’s what you’ll see this summer at the 2018 Redlands Theatre Festival.”

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