
The CSUSB MSPA program expects to begin recruiting for faculty and staff positions starting in January 2023 and matriculating its first class of 40 students in August 2025.

Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed about the growing number of Latino entrepreneurs, Sina Bastami (lecturer, geography and environmental sciences) spoke about CSUSB’s Model United Nations team doing well at a conference in Japan, Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the latest FBI hate crime report, and Diane Vines (nursing) thanked supporters as the Street Nursing Program joined a mobile clinic program.

About 1,420 CSUSB students, and their families and friends, celebrated their graduation from the university’s five colleges at the two fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies held at Toyota Arena in Ontario.

Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about topics related to hate crimes and extremism, and Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) discussed a Cybersecurity Center federal grant aimed at training more students to be cybersecurity professionals.

The students representing India earned a Distinguished Delegation award, and the students representing Jamaica were recognized with the Outstanding Delegates in Committee award. Both are among the highest honors given at by the National Model United Nations.

Nursing faculty and students from the CSUSB Nursing Street Medicine Program will perform mental health assessments and provide nurse clinics at various locations around the Coachella Valley.

Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology) was interviewed for an article on the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs used in the sport of bodybuilding, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed topics related to hate crimes and extremism.

With the grant, the CSUSB Cybersecurity Center will focus its efforts on cyber defense, cyber research and cyber operations at educational institutions across the country. The goal is to solve the cybersecurity workforce deficit, which is now estimated to be 700,000 skilled professionals.

CSUSB was honored for its collaborative efforts in Homecoming 2021, one of the university’s first major live events after being forced to shut down face-to-face operations because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funds will support the CSUSB and PDC Obershaw DEN pantries, scholarships, geology field work, athletics, the libraries and much more.

Neal Malik (health science and human ecology) weighed in for an article on healthier options at fast-food restaurants, and William Van Dyke (lecturer, health science and human ecology) was a speaker at the Dec. 2 Day of Remembrance ceremony.

About 1,420 students registered to participate in the two CSUSB fall Commencement ceremonies scheduled for 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.