For student Justus Baker-Postell, her time at CSUSB has been defined by dedication and perseverance. Despite changing her major, adding a minor, and managing two on-campus jobs, she earned six scholarships and stayed on track for graduation. As she gets closer to graduation, Baker-Postell reflects on the supportive community that has helped her turn challenges into opportunities for growth.
Cal State San Bernardino has been ranked No. 1 in California and No. 12 nationwide in Military Times’ 2024 Best for Vets: Colleges rankings. This prestigious ranking marks the 11th consecutive year Cal State San Bernardino has been among the top institutions in the country for supporting military service members and veterans.
“The (Veterans Success Center) provided me with valuable opportunities to engage in hands-on learning, collaborate with diverse peers and develop practical skills directly applicable to my future career,” said alumnus Alejandro Camacho ’24, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and paraprofessional at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus VSC.
With their experience in the military and in firefighting, first-generation CSUSB computer engineering student Vicky Lopez hopes to create devices that help with the safety of firefighters, first responders and/or military personnel.
CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center offers a writing program directed specifically toward veterans and their family members. The result, 10 years on, is a trove of published books, regular appearances at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and a collection of author-veterans who range from poets to novelists to screenwriters.
Agustin Ramirez, a U.S. Navy veteran and a Cal State San Bernardino alumnus, became director of CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center in 2017, a place, he says, that's always been close to his heart.
Sahmae Jackson, a student veteran in the CSUSB Career and Technical Education master’s program, has been named the Trustee Emeritus Murray L. Galinson Scholar for the donor-funded CSU Trustees’ Award and will receive a $9,000 scholarship.
Yolonda Youngs (geography and environmental studies) coauthored a chapter, “Public Landscapes,” in “The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape,” Nicholas Moon (psychology) led a group of researchers who published a study that focused on Army personnel and self-regulation, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about the Aug. 26 mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the latest study by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, and Nicholas Moon (psychology) was one of the authors of a study that examined military readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic.