Spotlight
CSUSB launches a Bachelor of Arts in Music Therapy degree in fall 2026
The new program will prepare students for careers in healthcare settings through accredited, hands-on training that blends music, psychology and clinical practice. It is designed to prepare graduates for Board Certification in Music Therapy and includes on-campus coursework, followed by a supervised clinical internship.
Elizabeth Musgrove, the chief of Student Services for the California Department of Rehabilitation and an alumna of Cal State San Bernardino, came to campus to see first firsthand the university’s disability inclusion efforts and resources for Indigenous students, and to reconnect with faculty.
The Greater Palm Springs Tourism Foundation has awarded CSUSB Palm Desert Campus students more than $100,000 in scholarships over the past five years.
This month looks at the university during the 1990s, when the university celebrated its 25th anniversary with a new alma mater and fight song, as well as saw tremendous growth in both enrollment and buildings on campus.