![Stuart Sumida](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Sumida_SVP_06July2022.jpg.webp?itok=iytLWgkg)
Stuart Sumida, professor of biology, will be installed as Society of Vertebrate Paleontology vice president in November and will automatically become the society’s president in November 2024.
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The MSPA program will be launched in fall of 2024 with 30 students and grow to a maximum of 85 students within three years.
![PDC, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-PalmDesert_0.jpg.webp?itok=7sijBqf9)
Diane Vines (nursing), Marc A. Robinson (history), Brian Levin and Darren Goodman (both criminal justice) were included in recent news coverage.
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The Houston Family Foundation funding will support behavioral health by utilizing telehealth technologies at nurse clinics throughout the area.
![Ryan Keating, director of the Office of Student Research and professor of history; Jacob Jones, associate professor of psychology and one of the four awardees; and Dorota Huizinga, dean of Graduate Studies and the Office of Student Research](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-Mentor-Researcher-Award-CSUSB-Homepage-Slide.jpg.webp?itok=66Vuj2Gv)
The recipients of the award are Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh, assistant professor of health science and human ecology; Jacob Jones, associate professor of psychology; José A. Muñoz, associate professor of sociology; and Mariam Betlemidze, associate professor of communication studies.
![CSUSB graduates smiling at the 2019 commencement at the Toyota Arena](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CommencementPRE_18May2022.jpg.webp?itok=GcWJRG-_)
More than 2,830 students are expected to participate in the CSUSB 2022 Spring Commencement, the university’s first live spring commencement since 2019, in four separate ceremonies May 20-21 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.
![Sonia Perez-Gamboa (left)and Carmen Wardwell](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_OutstandingStudents_Perez-Gamboa_Wardell_May2022.jpg.webp?itok=gYSmq-H2)
Sonia Perez-Gamboa of Redlands and Carmen Wardwell of Loma Linda will be honored for their accomplishments at the CNS spring commencement, the college’s first live graduation ceremony in three years.
![GCI building, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-CGI_6.jpg.webp?itok=i-OWaWv6)
José Muñoz (sociology) discussed his National Science Foundation grant to explore the realities of contingent Latinx faculty in STEM, and Kelly Campbell (psychology) was interviewed about “breadcrumbing” in relationships, and how to avoid it.
![Paulchris Okpala](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PaulChris_Okapala_DV_VidPromo_10May2022.png.webp?itok=bJVsht0J)
Paulchris Okpala, health science and human ecology professor, chose to teach at CSUSB because of the rich diversity that is celebrated on campus.