Due to the fact that the campus’ annual Convocation ceremony wasn’t able to take place this year because of Tropical Storm Hilary, the PDC Pack Welcome event will officially welcome students to the 2023-24 academic year.
Diane Vines (nursing) was honored by the city of Palm Desert for her service to the community, David Marshall (English) was interviewed for a podcast on advising, and Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) was the emcee for the topping out ceremony for the new Performing Arts Center.
The city of Palm Desert has declared Aug. 24 as “Dr. Diane Vines Day” to honor the nursing instructor for her leadership and service to the community.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a program designed for adults 50 and older who want to experience learning for the fun of it.
The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Convocation, which will welcome students to the 2023-24 academic year, has been postponed. New date to be determined.
Edna Martinez has been named the associate vice president and administrator in charge of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus.
Marc Robinson (history) discussed his forthcoming book, “Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus,” Pablo Gomez (psychology) published an article he coauthored with CSUSB students on bilingualism, and Yolonda Youngs (geography and environmental studies) will moderate a panel program on the Upper Snake River in Wyoming.
Gregory Gondwe (communication studies) discussed the embedded stereotypes and biases in Generative AI models that put the Global South at a disadvantage, and Angela Allen (director of OLLI) talked about the PDC Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in an article about struggling theaters.
Thomas McWeeney (public administration) co-wrote an opinion column on that called for a more comprehensive approach in keeping school sites safe, Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the increase in hate crimes in Texas, and Anna Long (entrepreneurship) talked about CSUSB’s two winning teams in the Sunstone CSU Startup Launch Competition.