
CSUSB alumni and the university community are invited to celebrate the annual Homecoming event on Saturday, Oct. 27, complete with various open houses, the family-friendly Homecoming Bash and the volleyball match vs. Cal State LA.

The volunteer paint project at Live Oak was part of national “Make A Difference Day” on Oct. 27, held by the Inland Empire United Way to help rejuvenate the school.
About 1,500 alumni, family and friends celebrated CSUSB’s Homecoming at the Coyote Dining Quad, featuring food vendors, a beer garden, photo booth, family-fun kid zone, a DJ, giveaways and the Coyote women’s volleyball defeating Cal State LA.

One of the highlights of the Nov. 5 event was the presentation by the Carvajal/Hale family, founders of Optima Family Services, who gave a $10,000 scholarship to CSUSB student Sam Martinez.

The alumni, Charles Brown and Wil Greer, who is also an assistant professor of educational leadership at his alma mater, will be recognized at the event on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino.

Charles Brown and Wil Greer, who is also a CSUSB assistant professor of education leadership and technology, were honored at the 8th annual Educators’ Prayer Breakfast hosted by the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Rho Chapter on Dec. 8.

Alumna Rachael Figg, who played forward for the CSUSB women’s soccer team, is the first Coyote to play professional soccer in Spain.

McDaniel, the music teacher and director of bands and choirs at Painted Hills Middle School in Desert Hot Springs, earned his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from CSUSB in 2008.

Artist and Cal State San Bernardino alumna Jean Vezzalini will host a reception on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., to showcase her paintings in the lobby of the Indian Wells Theater at the university’s Palm Desert Campus.