Marina Kamel, communications and events specialist for CSUSB’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, has built a career grounded in creativity, resilience and community. A proud Egyptian-American and two-time CSUSB alumna, she continues to inspire through her dedication to student success and lifelong learning.
Cal State San Bernardino celebrated the achievements of its outstanding alumni at the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame Awards, honoring university-wide and college-specific awardees for their professional success and community impact.
The event will celebrate the next major step in the expansion of the Palm Desert Campus, aimed at enhancing the student experience and improving access to essential support services.
Cal State San Bernardino will host a CSUSB Symphony Orchestra concert at 7 p.m. on May 8 featuring student composers, Young Artist Competition winners, and works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Wolfgang Korngold. Tickets are available now.
Yolonda Youngs, professor of geography and recipient the prestigious John Brinkerhoff Jackson Prize awarded by the Association of American Geographers, shared insights from her research for her book, “Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon.”
Cal State San Bernardino celebrated the scholarly and creative achievements of its students and their faculty mentors at the Meeting of the Minds Student Research Symposium, an event that underscores the university’s commitment to academic excellence, innovation and discovery.
Marc Robinson and Tiffany Jones (history), Meredith Conroy (political science), Guy Hepp (anthropology), Thomas Corrigan (communication and media), and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news coverage, and research was published by the following faculty: Yasemin Dildar (economics), Eric Vogelsang (sociology), Keting Chen, Kevin Rosales, Lisa Looney (all child development), and Zachary Powell and Sishi Wu (both criminal justice).
The new Student Access and Earnings Classification, published this month by the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education, recognizes institutions that foster opportunities for student success, highlighting the value of a college degree.
Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro, preeminent organizational behavior scholar and leader in the field, brings both intellect and impact to her research and teaching at CSUSB’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration.
The conference, which is free and open to the public, is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. at the university’s Center for Global Innovation. Registration may be done online at the IE People's History Conference registration webpage.
Nancy Matsumoto, who translated the poems of her grandparents, Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto, and Eri Yasuhara, dean emerita of CSUSB’s College of Arts and Letters, will be among the panelists for the program, “By the Shore of Lake Michigan,” presented by the CSUSB Libraries at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.
Mary Jane McCoy, a graduate of CSUSB who had a long career as an educator in the Inland Empire, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters on May 17. A member of the Class of 1967, the university’s first graduating class, she served as an elementary school teacher and a principal in San Bernardino.