
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.

CSUSB is continuing its partnership with Barstow Community College to make higher education more accessible to students in the High Desert region, offering four in-person general education courses for fall 2025 semester over two shortened seven-week inter-semester sessions. Enrollment is now open.

Cal State San Bernardino and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. The university will reopen for business on Tuesday, May 27. University Police will remain on duty on all days when the campus is closed.

The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators accreditation signifies an agency’s ongoing commitment to excellence and state-of-the-art performance in every aspect of its operations.

The California State University Board of Trustees has approved the naming of the university’s entrepreneurship school and center as the Randall W. Lewis School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Randall W. Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship.

Many of the newly minted CSUSB alumni are the first in their families to earn a college degree. “With this achievement you have broken a barrier and will now forever be a role model for siblings, relatives and future generations,” university President Tomás D. Morales said. Five commencement ceremonies took place May 16-17.

Stacey Fraser (music), Lorraine Hedtke (special education rehabilitation and counseling), Marc Robinson (history), Stuart Sumida (biology), Thomas Corrigan (communication and media), Sant Khalsa (art, emerita) Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) and Lucy Lewis (music) were mentioned in recent news media coverage.

The new program is designed to prepare students for human resources leadership roles and SHRM certification. Prospective students can learn more by attending virtual info sessions on June 2 or July 7. Applications for fall 2025 are available now.

Driven by the power of student advocacy, CSUSB student Carson Fajardo turned inspiration into action, running for ASI president and leading initiatives that have empowered thousands of Coyotes across campus and beyond. He graduates this weekend with a bachelor of arts degree in administration.

Cal State San Bernardino has extended the housing application deadline for 2025-26 to June 1, giving first-year and transfer students more time to secure early application rates and save money by applying now.

Keleigh McMullen, CSUSB Master of Fine Arts student, was awarded Best in Show for her sculptural work, “Three Months in the House of a Rapist (2023),” at the highly competitive NCECA Juried Student Exhibition at the 2025 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference.

Jason Davalos, who lives in Palm Desert, will receive a bachelor of science degree in nursing at this year’s CSUSB College of Natural Sciences Commencement ceremony, taking place at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.