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Human Resources launches Notes to Students Card Writing Campaign
At the Human Resources Division Summer Social on Aug. 11, faculty and staff wrote personal messages of encouragement to students. Supported by University Enterprises Corp., each note will include a $5 Starbucks gift card as a simple way to uplift students as they begin the new academic year.

CSUSB’s Office of Student Research, in collaboration with the Extended Reality for Learning (xREAL) Lab, has awarded twelve graduate students the Innovative Media and Technology Graduate Research Award to support research in immersive and emerging technologies.

Carson Fajardo, twice elected president of the university’s Associated Students Inc. and now a student in the Master of Public Administration program, began his two-year term as one of the board’s two student trustees in July.

CSUSB joined fellow CSU and UC campuses at the University of California San Diego’s Institute of the Americas Forum on Aug. 11 to sign a letter of intent strengthening educational partnerships with Mexico. The agreement outlines plans to expand academic exchanges, develop dual degree programs, and foster technical cooperation in strategic sectors.