Teoxihuitl Sintora, Outstanding Graduate Student, and Harman Dhillon, Outstanding Undergraduate, are the Jack H. Brown College’s Class of 2020 top students.
The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus has named Kameron Manshadi as its Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 2020. Manshadi received a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
NBC Palm Springs' second part of its series on policing in Black communities featured CSBS Dean Rafik Mohamed, Marc Robinson (history) and Zachary Powell (criminal justice) discussing political influence on law enforcement. Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) will be one of the panelists at a forum that will focus on the policies and strategies that university officials should consider to make remote learning more equitable.
The fourth “Conversations on Race and Policing: A Student-Hosted Panel Discussion with Students, Campus Guests and Faculty,” which took place on Zoom, is now posted online.
Angelina Yanyan Chin of Pomona College will discuss the future of Hong Kong as China moves to restrict its residents’ democratic freedoms at a World Affairs Council Inland Southern California program on June 30 on Zoom.
To support online summer instruction, the university’s John M. Pfau Library will make every attempt to acquire all required e-books and textbooks, if available for institutional purchase with licensing provision.
CSUSB's virtual MPA program is preparing a group of county managers and supervisors from throughout California for high-level county executive jobs.
Update: The Chronicle of Higher Education has postponed this event. Enrique Murillo Jr., a professor of education and executive director of its Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD), will participate in the program presented by The Chronicle of Higher Education, set for 11 a.m. Pacific time on Monday, June 29.
Panelists will share research findings that center the intersectional experiences of Black, Indigenous and Women of Color (BIWOC) faculty, discuss strategies to interrupt heteropatriarchal systems in higher education, and move toward healing as BIWOC faculty.
Zachary Powell (criminal justice), Marc Robinson (history) and Rafik Mohamed (dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) were interviewed for a segment on the history of policing Black communities, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on the latest news involving NASCAR, a noose in a racetrack garage and Black racecar driver Bubba Wallace.
Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) will be a panelist on a virtual forum on making remote learning equitable, Brian Levin (criminal justice) sheds light on the "Boogaloo" movement, and Anthony Silard (public administration) writes on the downside of smartphone usage.
Nationally, the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program received 571 student applications this year and made 115 new scholarship offers, of which 108 students accepted.