Carmine Minerals, a startup founded by CSUSB MSEI student Raymond Moorehead Jr. and MSEI alumna Jacqueline Gilyard Jones, has been selected to compete in the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest and most renowned business plan competition in the world. The startup was selected as one of only 42 teams from a highly competitive pool of over 900 applicants.
Miranda Lee, a wife, mother, student and entrepreneur, is on the cusp of achieving a significant milestone — graduating with a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree from Cal State San Bernardino and launching her startup. “It isn’t just about personal growth,” she said. “It’s about using what I’ve learned to make a real difference.”
CSUSB graduate students Tatiana Jackson and Miranda Lee have been selected for the prestigious 2024 PledgeLA VC Fellowship cohort. This Los Angeles-based fellowship promoted diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem.
The Princeton Review has ranked CSUSB’s School of Entrepreneurship as No. 38 on its 2024 Top Entrepreneur Grad Schools list, making it one of the best entrepreneurship programs in the world.
Lizette Velazquez, a dual graduate student, is the college’s Outstanding Graduate Student, while undergraduate John Lane is the Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
Rosemarie Gilbert, who will graduate with her Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is the Outstanding Graduate Student, and William Nguyen, who will graduate with his bachelor’s in accounting, is the Outstanding Undergraduate.
Michael Stull (entrepreneurship), Scot Zenter (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Carol Damgen (theatre arts) were included in recent news coverage.