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The Wild Song statue on the CSUSB campus with the John M. Pfau Library in the background.
August 15, 2024

Two Cal State San Bernardino programs, Upward Bound and the Dream Internship, have been recognized by Excelencia in Education as among the best initiatives in the country serving Latino students in higher education and those aspiring to attend college.

CSUSB student Asia Ponder (left) talks with alumnus Alberto Jasso ’15 about her courses.
June 17, 2024

“I think the fact that [alumni] have returned to the university speaks to the positive, relationship-building aspects of our [pre-college] programs and to the opportunities the programs offer,” said Summer Steele, the executive director of CSUSB’s Pre-College Programs. “Many begin as student assistants in our office, build their skills and continue on. CSUSB is great for those students who were part of the pre-college pipeline.”

Former Upward Bound students walk the CSUSB campus
September 28, 2023

In the last 10 years, CSUSB has grown from having two pre-college programs serving 100 students per year, across six high schools, to now housing programs serving more than 10,000 students per year, across 16 school districts in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

Dalia Hernández
September 26, 2022

“One thing that we teach our students here in Upward Bound at Cal State San Bernardino is the power of telling your story, and taking the power of your story to help others,” says Dalia Hernández.

File photo of three students from a 2017 Upward Bound Super Saturday event at CSUSB.
June 30, 2022

The federal grants will help the program, which works with high school students, provide one-on-one academic support and guidance, individual and group tutoring, and access to college campus visits.

Headshots of James R. Trotter, assistant director Academic Technologies & Innovation, and Dalia Hernández, Upward Bound Program.
June 14, 2022

James Trotter of Academic Technologies & Innovation and Dalia Hernández of Upward Bound will join a program that prepares early to mid-career academic and administrative emerging leaders who aspire to advance.

Tom Rivera
March 14, 2022

Memorial services will be held at San Salvador Catholic Church, 169 W. L Street, in Colton. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to organizations most dear to him: Inland Empire Future Leaders or the Tzu Chi Foundation.

"Walter Hawkins at the 2013 Pioneer Breakfast at CSUSB"
November 20, 2020

Hawkins, who served at the university for 33 years as an administrator for various programs including Upward Bound and EOP, passed away on Nov. 18.

More than 80 percent of CSUSB students are first-generation, meaning their parents have not competed a four-year college degree.
November 20, 2020

CSUSB held a series of events to celebrate first-generation students and their successes as part of the second annual First-Generation College Celebration held Oct. 23-Nov. 6.