![Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FacultyInTheNews_Jan2021_28.jpg.webp?itok=DL3pJC6w)
Larry Hygh (communication studies) talks about Black history from a personal perspective, Jing Zhang (management) wrote a research article about support for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was asked to help fact-check a TV news commentator’s statement about the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.
![Take a look at how student Alijah Jenkins defines the future as a leader of the pack.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/20_4460%20Alijah%20Jenkins%20SMSU_Black%20History%20Month%202021%20ALIJAH%20JENKINS.00_00_46_10.Still009.jpg.webp?itok=9XVBWFNY)
Alijah Jenkins shares his experience as an active Coyote in multiple campus clubs and organizations and how that involvement has contributed to his overall academic success.
![From left, Kevin Bowers and Jack Mowreader of Community Presbyterian Church in Cathedral City with Lacey Kendall of CSUSB. Kendall and some friends developed a system to help churches livestream their services, and they are working to extend that assistance to some of the area’s historic Black churches.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_BHM_PDC_ComStu_AssistingVirtualChurches_17Feb2021.jpg.webp?itok=ns6PTFTi)
As the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed large gatherings of any kind, Lacey Kendall saw a need to help local churches stream their services. With technology she and three friends developed, and with help from some CSUSB students and the community, Kendall is seeking to help historic Black churches in Riverside and San Bernardino counties go virtual.
![Larry R. Hygh Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_LarryHygh_Black-History-Month-2021_05Feb2021_Resized.jpg.webp?itok=ySLdqAzd)
When CSUSB started virtual instruction due to the pandemic, Larry R. Hygh Jr., full-time lecturer of communication studies, invited his worldwide network to engage his students in the virtual classroom setting.
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A TEDx Talk by Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was posted on the TEDx YouTube channel, Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) talked about the role of the School of Entrepreneurship in the region’s economic development, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed by various news media about the Jan. 6 violence on Capitol Hill.
![From left: Ying Cheng, Maggie Boyraz, Julie Taylor and Matthew Habich.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_JHBC%20Speaking%20Center.jpg.webp?itok=RkclYpWb)
The Speaking Center at JHBC, which opened in winter 2020, helps students practice their public speaking skills, hone their oral presentation skills, and become more comfortable in public speaking moments overall.
![CSUSB Palm Desert Campus students will work together in teams to determine key messages, and will write and produce online, press, video and radio broadcast content focused on the programs and success stories of the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_FreedomStallion_xxNov2020.jpg.webp?itok=oxaRCtHd)
The Coachella Valley Youth PR Collaborative is a program in which public relations majors at the Palm Desert Campus will serve as a marketing and PR firm for the club chapter.
![Paulette Brown-Hinds, ’90, BA, English.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CSUniverse_Hinds_.jpg.webp?itok=u85G4NI7)
CSUSB alumna Paulette Brown-Hinds, as well as faculty, staff and programs from the university are featured in the fall 2020 edition of CSUniverse, a digest of highlights from the CSU’s 23 campuses.
![“The Social Dilemma: Social media, the Netflix hit, and prospects for a just and humane digital society”](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Email_SocialDilemma_09Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=lLEtiKpT)
On Oct. 29, communication studies faculty and graduate students discussed the docudrama “The Social Dilemma,” which highlights the dark side of social media and the issues it raises. More than 150 people tuned in for the panel.