
Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference, which will take place in person beginning at 9 a.m. in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-5005, and also offered virtually, with a livestream available for the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus in the Rancho Mirage Student Center.

Jess Block Nerren (communication studies) was interviewed about The Cognitive Collective on campus, Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh (health science and human ecology) will be a guest speaker at a meeting of the ACS San Gorgonio chapter, and Mark Agars (psychology) coauthored a study about supporting workers with chronic illnesses.

The opening ceremony, which took place on April 9, featured a self-guided tour of the Ancient Egyptian Exhibit at RAFFMA and a presentation about prominent Arab Americans and their contributions.

First-generation college student Jeffery Marino followed a post-CSUSB career path that led him to leadership in California state government. His message: California needs more public servants. And there are ways to combine your passion with your service.

Beth Lew-Williams, professor of history at Princeton University and an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, will present “John Doe Chinaman: Race and Law in the American West,” a talk that is part of CSUSB’s Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month programming.

“Pippin” tells the story of a young prince who dreams of taking the throne from his father, King Charlamagne the Great. The musical will be on stage on April 26-28 and May 2-5 at CSUSB's Ronald E. Barnes Theatre.

Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed about the Entrepreneurial Resource Center in San Bernardino, the recently published book by Marc Robinson (history) was reviewed, Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) was quoted in an article about safeguarding water infrastructure from cyber attacks, and Edward Gomez (art) was the judge for the juried 55th Annual Multi Media Mini Show at the Redlands Art Association.

James Fenelon (sociology) was interviewed for an article about a local high school revising its mascot, and Edward Gomez (art) was the judge for the juried 55th Annual Multi Media Mini Show at the Redlands Art Association.

Cal State San Bernardino students from Coyote Advertising and Radio celebrated their accomplishment of receiving three awards at the ‘Addy’ awards at the Inland Empire American Advertising Federation gala on March 8.