
Alexandra Cavallaro, assistant professor of English, is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Community Engagement Award for her work in academia, the Prison Education Project, and the Inside-Out Prison Education Program.

Twenty-nine CSUSB students, seven staff and four faculty members were given the Do Good Volunteer Recognition Award for volunteering more than 25 hours toward their community from Dec. 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021.

The CSUSB Symphonic Band has been named a semi-finalist for the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music (College/University Division) for two March 2020 performances. The award is administered by the American Prize National Competition for the Performing Arts and is unique in its own right.

In a letter to CSUSB President Tomás Morales recommending Kelly Campbell for the university’s highest award for teaching excellence, two 2020-21 University Awards Committee co-chairs pointed out that her contribution to teaching and learning extend well beyond the classroom.

CSUSB’s Model United Nations team fielded its first-ever all-female team as it awarded the Outstanding Delegation at the 2021 National MUN New York Conference.

As part of our celebration of Womxn’s History Month, take a look back when nursing faculty member Claudia Davis received the 2020 Minority & Minority Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research award.

The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s critically acclaimed “Soul,” for which CSUSB biology professor Stuart Sumida served as consultant.

As part of our celebration of Womxn’s History Month, take a look back when Terri Nelson, professor of French, was one of 25 CSU faculty and staff who were selected for the award.

Lacey Kendall (communication studies) is part of the initiative, the Black Church Media Project, assisting historic houses of worship, and a newly published study co-authored by Bree Putman (biology) is highlighted in an article about citizen science.