
CSUSB President Tomás Morales is in a virtual discussion with California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su regarding an Inland Empire cybersecurity apprenticeship initiative.

UN Environment Program’s chief environmental economist, Pushpam Kumar, gave a virtual talk on “Making Nature Count through Inclusive Wealth Measurement.” A recording is available online.

CSUSB’s Ed.D. program has been accepted into the AACTE Holmes Program, which supports racially and ethnically diverse students pursuing graduate degrees in education.

Katherine Gray (art) was interviewed on KVCR’s “Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez,” Jacob Jones (psychology) and Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology) will lead a study on Parkinson’s disease with an NIH grant, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided historical context in articles about an assault in Los Angeles that is being investigated as an anti-Semitic hate crime.

CSUSB will celebrate its Class of 2021 with four virtual commencement ceremonies for students from its San Bernardino and Palm Desert campuses.

Bruce Varner, a highly respected attorney, philanthropist, higher education advocate, and Cal State San Bernardino supporter passed away at the age of 84.

News of Carol Hood (physics) being named Outstanding Faculty Advisor for 2020-21 makes the news, Francisca Beer (finance) teamed up with MBA candidate Danny Chung for a column on credit cards for students, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) comments on the Christchurch Call to Action and the spike in anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver, B.C.

Alumna Jean M. Stephens ’91, Global CEO of global firm RSM International Limited, has been named a recipient of a CSUSB Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

CSUSB has announced Reginald and René Webb of Webb Family Enterprises, as recipients of Honorary Doctors of Humane Letters degrees.

“The students are my reason for everything at CSUSB and everything I do with everyone else is in some way to give back to help them, help them reach their dreams,” said Carol Hood, recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Advisor award.

Stuart Sumida (biology) was interviewed about his work as an animation consultant on some of Hollywood’s blockbuster films, including Academy Award-nominated “Soul,” and Bomi Hwang (Korean Language and Culture) was honored as the university’s Outstanding Lecturer.

A look back: Earlier this spring, CSUSB was named the best California college for civic engagement according to Intelligent.com in its list of “The Best Colleges in California.”