![More than 80 percent of CSUSB students are first-generation, meaning their parents have not competed a four-year college degree.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FirstGen_20Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=hV2E_4ch)
CSUSB held a series of events to celebrate first-generation students and their successes as part of the second annual First-Generation College Celebration held Oct. 23-Nov. 6.
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CSUSB Veterans Day Message 2020
![Celebrate Homecoming 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CSUSB_Homecoming%40Home_Oct2020_2.jpg.webp?itok=ROXYevtd)
CSUSB students, alumni and community members will celebrate Homecoming 2020 virtually from Oct. 12-17. Attendees will enjoy fun competitions, family-friendly activities and opportunities to give back to the CSUSB community.
![Tony Coulson, executive director of the CSUSB Cybersecurity Center, with some of his students. The National Security Agency selected the university to be a leader of its core workforce development initiative.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_cybersecurity_NSA_07Oct2020.jpg.webp?itok=8RLmpcKh)
The prestigious designation as the Community National Center for Cybersecurity Education illustrates CSUSB’s continued prominence as the premier institution of higher education for cybersecurity education.
![Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/web_50-50Day_Reyes_folo_18Sept2020.jpg.webp?itok=KUO8zJUd)
The importance of voting and the power of women were the main topics discussed at CSUSB’s 50/50 Movement event held Sept. 17, featuring Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-San Bernardino) as the keynote speaker.
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The award will be used to recruit and train 22 academic fellows per academic year from the CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center, Office of Pre-College Programs, and 2020 alumni.
![CSUSB has again been named among the top universities in the West according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 rankings of top colleges and universities.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Wild_Song_Panoramic_ssSept2020.jpg.webp?itok=8Ke-tuk2)
U.S. News & World Report rankings are considered one of the most influential and anticipated recognitions for colleges and universities that provide a full range of undergraduate and master’s degree programs throughout the United States.
![The GIA is a collaboration of Inland Empire education, business, government, and nonprofit agency leaders that includes GIA board chair, Cal State San Bernardino President Tomás D. Morales.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_GIA_TASV_Banner_04Sept2020.jpg.webp?itok=zFf5NL4l)
Community leaders from education, business, government, and nonprofit sectors will gather on Sept. 21-22, for the Growing Inland Achievement’s (GIA) 4th Annual Toward a Shared Vision conference. CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales is the GIA board co-chair.
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The formal kick-off at the Palm Desert Campus for the 2020-21 academic year took place on Aug. 27. CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales, now entering his ninth year leading the university, delivered the keynote address.