![Nick Conoway is the first University Legacy Scholar to graduate from the Palm Desert Campus](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PDC%20Nick%20Conoway%20Class%20of%202020%20grad.JPG.webp?itok=q5gZKxFr)
Nick Conoway, who graduated this fall summa cum laude, is a member of the first group of University Legacy Scholars at PDC and the first University Legacy Scholar to graduate from the Palm Desert Campus since the program began in fall 2017.
![Corwin Porter](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSite_CorwinPorterSBCoHealth_07Dec2020_0.jpg.webp?itok=f-k5JltO)
Corwin Porter ’89, director of the SBCO Department of Public Health and CSUSB alumnus, gave an update on COVID-19 on Dec. 10 on Zoom. A video of the presentation is now available to view.
![Corwin Porter](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSite_CorwinPorterSBCoHealth_07Dec2020.jpg.webp?itok=0s-_6qjH)
Corwin Porter ’89 director of the SBCO Department of Public Health and CSUSB alumnus, will give an update on COVID-19 at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, on Zoom.
![The Day of Remembrance will be held at 2 p.m. via Zoom in memory of the 14 victims of the 2015 mass shooting, including five College of Natural Sciences alumni.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_Dec2Memorial_01Dec2020.jpg.webp?itok=MB_R60zr)
CSUSB’s College of Natural Sciences will hold a Day of Remembrance event at 2 p.m. on Zoom to honor the memories of the individuals – including five alumni – who were killed five years ago during a mass shooting in San Bernardino.
![“Guerilla Warfare from the Street to the Courtroom” will be the focus of the Nov. 25 Conversations on Race and Policing on Zoom. In the photo: A May protest after the death of George Floyd. Wikicommons/Fibonacci Blue](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_RaceAndPolicing_No25_Protest_against_police_violence_-_Justice_for_George_Floyd%2C_May_26%2C_2020_26Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=zZ0vLMOA)
Cal State San Bernardino alumnus Curtis Briggs ’08, will join Black Lives Matter activist Tianna Arata at the next Conversations on Race and Policing on Zoom as they discuss what has become a high-profile case stemming from a July 21 protest in San Luis Obispo. The program is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, on Zoom.
![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.
![Assemblymember James Ramos, the first California-born Native America elected to the state legislature, gave the keynote address and opening prayer.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_NAHMKickOff_Ramos_09Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=U5KZ8okd)
State Assemblymember James Ramos, the first California-born Native American elected to the state legislature, gave the keynote address.
![Adonis Galarza-Toledo](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_ELN_Galarza-Toledo_09Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=D6fccZYK)
Alumnus Adonis Galarza-Toledo ’20, who served as CSUSB’s ASI president, has been elected to the Coachella Valley Unified School District Board.
![Native American Heritage Month runs from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_NAHM_2020_29Oct2020.jpg.webp?itok=h9zBvI7C)
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, this November, Cal State San Bernardino will hold a number of virtual events to honor and celebrate Native American culture, traditions and contributions.