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CSUSB will hold a topping out ceremony on Monday, March 2 to celebrate the placement of the highest beam of the expansion of the Santos Manuel Student Union.
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CSUSB alumnus and founder of OddBalls, Nicholas Akingbemi, has made it his mission to help shape the future of the next generation of service leaders.
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As part of our celebration of Black History Month, take a look back when CSUSB hosted nearly 400 college and high school students and administrators for the Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) Western Regional Conference.
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Join us Feb. 18-19 in raising campus awareness of the Quarter 2 Semester Conversion and consider how Q2S will impact you.
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Vanessa Ovalle Perez (English), John Winslade (education, emeritus) and James Mulvihill (geography and environmental studies, emeritus) were included in recent news coverage on various topics.
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The inaugural dessert-themed reception on campus today at 3 p.m. will recognize the College of Natural Sciences 2019 scholarship recipients and the donors who are investing in students’ success.
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KVCR will air an hour-long special featuring the literary talent of San Bernardino-area school children who were mentored by CSUSB students. The show can be heard at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25.
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The grant was presented to the Palm Desert Campus to create a needs-based, financial support system for current students enrolled at the university.
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Fourteen people died that day – five of them CSUSB alumni – and all were remembered during a memorial service at the university’s Peace Garden.