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Meredith Conroy (political science), Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Kevin Grisham (geography and environmental studies) and Stacey Fraser (music) are included in recent news coverage.
![Stacey Fraser, soprano and CSUSB professor of music, in “Still Life After Death.” The short film is now streaming on Amazon.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_StaceyFraser_AmazonFilm_ScreenCapture.JPG.webp?itok=oiSfgV4j)
Opera and theatrical performances executed on the stage and in the sand make up the avant-garde film “Still Life After Death,” an 11-minute short featuring soprano and CSUSB professor Stacey Fraser.
![Terri Nelson, professor of French in the World Languages and Literatures Department, has been selected for the California State University’s Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_WLL_Nelson_CSU_FILA_24Aug2020_2.jpg.webp?itok=i2dZWxIi)
Terri Nelson is one of 25 CSU faculty and staff who were selected for the award, which honors those who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership to advance student success.
![Cal State San Bernardino will offer a new Criminal Justice Spanish Certificate program for students majoring in criminal justice professions beginning fall 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/BW_CriminalJustice_Illustration_Aug2020.jpg.webp?itok=0DtSNq-a)
CSUSB will offer a new Criminal Justice Spanish Certificate program for students majoring in criminal justice professions beginning fall 2021, thanks to a U.S. Department of Education’s Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program grant.
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Jess Block Nerren, full-time lecturer of communication studies, was selected as one of only 50 Kopenhaver Center Fellows nationwide by the AEJMC, an award given to primarily tenure-line faculty.
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Guy Hepp (anthropology), Terri Nelson (world languages and literatures), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news coverage on various topics.
![Kerry Neal is the new major gift officer for the College of Education and the College of Arts and Letters.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Kerry%20Neal_.jpg.webp?itok=gT4ZDjXH)
Kerry Neal, who served as the director of development with CSUSB’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration in 2006, is a seasoned philanthropy professional with 20 years of fundraising experience
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Kate Liszka and David Yaghoubian (history), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Anthony Silard (public administration) were included in recent news coverage.
![The Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy performs at a CSUSB Association of Latino Faculty, Staff & Students event. The university’s Department of Music is offering the “Coyote Mariachi Ensemble,” a new class regardless of major, this fall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Mariachi_30July2020_2.jpg.webp?itok=eT4pxLOh)
Starting fall semester, the Department of Music will offer the “Coyote Mariachi Ensemble,” a new class open to any student regardless of major. Enrollment is by audition only.