The Korean Festival provided attendees the opportunity to experience the Korean culture through food, music, dance and traditions on April 19. Over 340 people attended the festival, which is a premiere event in CSUSB’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month celebration.
According to Jason Ng, associate professor of kinesiology, diversity enriches the classroom environment and student learning process. "With diversity, when everybody’s so different, I think that it encourages us to challenge ourselves in how we might think and what kind of considerations we might make about others," he says.
Bibiana Diaz, associate professor of World Languages and Literatures, shares the benefits of diversity at CSUSB.
“This gift from Sheila and Jack Clarke will have an enormous impact on our students, and we are extremely grateful for their generosity,” said CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales.
Francisca Beer, professor of accounting and finance and associate dean and director of the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration Office of Academic Equity, highlights the benefits of diversity and inclusion at CSUSB.
Danny Sosa Aguilar, assistant professor of anthropology, shares the importance of expanding students’ education through diversity.
Andre Harrington (theatre arts) was featured in an article about his new role as department chair, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) discussed the rise in antisemitic incidents as new hate crime statistics are reported.
Rigaud Joseph, associate professor of social work, expresses how diversity at CSUSB allows for no student to be left behind.
The Holmes Scholars Program supports racially and ethnically diverse students pursuing graduate degrees in education to be future faculty in institutions of higher education. The goal of the program is to provide mentorship, peer support and professional development opportunities to scholars.