
Escalante is the first CSUSB faculty member named a HACU Leadership Academy Fellow. The cohort will hold its first in-person meeting at the HACU annual conference in October.

Meredith Conroy (political science) contributed to FiveThirtyEight’s effort to find election-deniers running for public office in all 50 states, and Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the latest news on the region’s economy.

The CSUSB RAFFMA exhibit will consist of sculptures and paintings created by local Cahuilla and Serrano artists from the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, founded by Ernest and June Siva. An opening reception is set for Sept. 10.

The “Here to Career” exhibit will feature the culmination of five years of work from both students and faculty in the support of the Title V Here to Career Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Art and design assistant professor Taylor Moon will have her animation flag series displayed at RAFFMA starting Sept. 12, with an opening reception on Sept. 10.

“The Changes You Made May Not Be Saved” by Rob Ray will have its opening reception Sept. 10 from 5-7 p.m.

New and returning students learned about academic tradition and campus life at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus at the event held Sept. 1.

The series, which began in response to the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, begins the 2022-23 academic year with the screening of the PBS Frontline documentary, “Police on Trial,” followed by discussion. The conversation is set for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

The university will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 6. University Police will remain on duty on all days when the campus is closed.

Dorothy Chen-Maynard, professor of health science and human ecology, says it’s important to have diverse faculty so students can see that they can be successful, too.

Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) played a major role in helping Will Lyawe-Parsons launch his business, Sweet Aya Bites.

Bryan Haddock said his role as chief of staff “is to make sure the president has all the information necessary to make timely and wise decisions to help students, faculty and staff.”