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The university was selected by AASCU’s awards committee for its CSUSB President’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Board initiative and “its outstanding results and potential to influence and serve as a model for other institutions.”
![During their study abroad trip to South Africa this summer, CSUSB students and university President Tomás D. Morales met Antoinette Sithole (standing front, center), whose brother, Hector Pieterson, was killed during the 1976 Soweto Uprising.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewSlide_StudyAbroard_Antoinette_Sithole.jpg.webp?itok=UbDMdpNY)
As part of the study abroad program in South Africa, CSUSB students, university President Tomás D. Morales and faculty director Tiffany F. Jones visited the Othandweni Family Care Centre in Soweto, delivering $2,000 worth of diapers, formula, toiletries, school supplies, rice and maize meal with funds donated by community members, President Morales, university staff, faculty and students.
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Cal State San Bernardino is one of 25 institutions across the country supporting timely analysis on Latino students. Excelencia in Education’s analysis, “Latino College Completion: United States 2023,” is the most comprehensive, up-to-date information available on Latino enrollment and graduation rates as well as programs proven to work for Latinos.
![From left: Tomás D. Morales, president, Cal State San Bernardino; Yurii Bobalo, professor, university leadership rector at Lviv Polytechnic National University; and Stanisław Mazur, rector of Krakow University of Economics. CSUSB has entered into memorandums of understanding for academic exchanges programs with each of the two universities.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_MOU_LvivUniv_KUE_26June2023.jpg.webp?itok=RhoEZM7V)
The international partnerships will be designed to enhance international understanding and deepen friendship between CSUSB and Lviv Polytechnic National University, and CSUSB and Krakow University of Economics.
![Jake Zhu](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_JakeZhu_18May2023.jpg.webp?itok=cvWkMPim)
Zhu, the fifth dean of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, was instrumental in moving the Palm Desert Campus (PDC) forward by focusing his efforts on growing the campus to meet the needs of students and the Coachella Valley community.
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Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) will participate in a program, “The Nakba and Palestinian Refugees 75 Years On: Why They Still Matter,” on May 17, and Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) was officially sworn in as a member of President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics.
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Enrique Murillo Jr. and his fellow commissioners were sworn in during a ceremony at the White House, marking the official launch of the President’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics.
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The three university-wide awards are Distinguished Alumni, Rising Star/Emerging Leader, and Coyote Spirit. The college-linked awards are called the Paw Print Awards. The deadline to submit a nomination is Sunday, May 7, at 11:59 p.m
![Shareef Amer](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_02_AthleticsAD_ShareefAmeer_27Apr2023.jpg.webp?itok=bMtc7k_H)
Amer joins The Pack after having served in an executive leadership capacity in athletics at California State Northridge, which he joined in 2018.