The event welcomed new and returning students while underscoring the university’s commitment to supporting Native student success.
The celebration, set for 6 p.m. today, is free and open to the public, and caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, during which more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visited the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
The San Manuel Pow Wow, billed as the largest in Southern California, took place at Cal State San Bernardino on Sept. 19-21, and featured traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
The San Manuel Pow Wow, billed as the largest in Southern California, is a three-day celebration free to the public, featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
“Project Impact: Diversifying the Teacher Workforce” takes an in-depth look at the teacher training program that locates, recruits, trains, mentors and then deploys minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland California area and the state.
“Project Impact: Diversifying the Teacher Workforce” takes an in-depth look at the teacher training program that locates, recruits, trains, mentors and then deploys minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland California area and the state.
Highlighted in various media is the work of Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history), Sishi Wu (criminal justice), Lisa Looney (child development), Yunfei Hou (computer science and engineering), Miranda McIntyre (psychology), Jesus Herrera (information and decision science), Hani Aldirawi (mathematics), Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Eric Vogelsang (sociology), Jacob D. Jones (psychology) and Fabian A. Borges (political science).
A column by Kaitlyn Creasy (philosophy) was included in the top writings in the APA’s 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest, Paloma Villegas (sociology) was interviewed for a segment about CSUSB students seeking to make San Bernardino a sanctuary city, and Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) helped curate an upcoming exhibit, “Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art,” at the UCLA Fowler Museum.
California Native American Day, celebrated annually on the fourth Friday of September, is a day to honor California’s indigenous people, an opportunity to learn about Native American culture and a time for people of all cultures to reflect on and remember their traditions.