Hosted by CSUSB’s Women of Color in Academia, “A Seat at the Table: Intersectionality in Higher Education,” featured a panel discussion focusing on women of color in higher education and two surprise faculty awards.
Jean Peacock (psychology) and Eri Yasuhara (world languages and literatures), the two founders of CSUSB’s University Faculty Mentoring Network were honored, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about a rarely prosecuted hate crime law.
Luis and Wendy Castaneira, both first-generation college students, will graduate together — each with honors — on Thursday, June 14. Luis will receive a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, Wendy with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
The Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus held its annual nursing pinning ceremony on June 15 in the Indian Wells Theater.
Senior nursing student Saxxie Tran will be among the 23 California State University students to be honored with an Award for Outstanding Achievement at the CSU Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11.
CSUSB is one of nine schools chosen for the All of Us Research Program funding. The program seeks to build a national research cohort of 1 million or more participants reflecting the diversity of the United States.
The event will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the university’s Santos Manuel Student Union Events Center, simulcast to the Palm Desert Campus at HS 106 and streamed live on Facebook.
Younglee Kim (nursing), Astrid Sheil, (communication studies) and Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) were mentioned in news coverage on various topics.
Claudia Davis (nursing, interim chair, health science and human ecology) will be honored by the NAACP Riverside Branch, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about Facebook pivoting to private platforms.