CSUSB students earned top awards at the 39th annual California State University (CSU) Student Research Competition held recently at Cal Poly Humboldt. Fourteen CSUSB students were selected to compete in the prestigious event, which showcases top student research from across the 23 CSU campuses.
San Bernardino County students from fourth grade through high school senior used podcasts, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries to present research-based history/social science-based projects.
Working with the theme, “Rights and Responsibilities,” students from fourth grade through high school senior will present their research-based history/social science-based projects in the Santos Manuel Student Union-South beginning at 8 a.m.
Cal State San Bernardino has received the Award for Excellence for its “CSUSB Homepage – We Define the Future” redesign from the University & College Designers Association.
Two student teams from CSUSB’s School of Entrepreneurship competed and placed at the CSU Sunstone Startup Competition, an event that featured student participants from 23 CSU campuses.
Kristi Papailler (theatre arts) was interviewed for an article about one of her students, Dea Armstrong, who won a national award, and Diane Vines (nursing) was honored by her alma mater, Vanderbilt University, with an award for public service.
Dea Armstrong’s essay on former slave, abolitionist and playwright William Wells Brown marked the first time a Cal State San Bernardino student won a Black Theatre Network research award. “Stepping out of my comfort zone and really applying myself has made all of this come true,” she said.
Theatre arts student Dea Armstrong will present an abstract from her paper during the S. Randolph Edmonds Young Scholars award ceremony on July 22 at the 37th annual Black Theatre Network Conference in St. Louis, Mo.
CSUSB’s two teams – AxoTech and Solubrin – competed in both of the Product Tracks and took home first place in both tracks, winning $25,000 for each team.