Nora Nickoel Ortega has been named a CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement recipient for 2020-21, the CSU’s highest recognition of success based on superior academic performance, community service and personal accomplishments.
The virtual event, co-hosted by the Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino, CSUSB, the university’s Latino Education & Advocacy Days project (LEAD) and Associated Students Inc., is the consulate’s official celebration of Mexican Independence Day for the inland region.
Many of the monthlong series of events will be virtual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that is not preventing CSUSB from offering a wide range of programs to celebrate the month.
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, RAFFMA presents Festival de Calaveras, where participants decorate a calavera in September and show off their designs virtually in October. Contactless calavera pickup will take place at RAFFMA in Lot M on Sept. 15 and 16. Participants will have approximately two weeks to decorate and return the completed calavera to RAFFMA on Sept. 28 and 29.
One message of the documentary was that Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez inspired people to “be yourself, and be proud of who you are.”
Teresa Ubina, who earned her master’s degree in biology from Cal State San Bernardino, says the opportunity to conduct high-level research helped her focus her career goals.
Manuel Paul, who graduated in 2017 with a degree in physics, is a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Hispanic Heritage Month look back: When Rosyli Reveron-Thorton began medical school at Stanford University this fall, she went there with the solid foundation she built while a student at Cal State San Bernardino.
Hispanic Hertiage Month look back: CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center has been named one of “20 Programs to Watch” by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating Latino success in higher education.