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Ken Sawa leads Catholic Charities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

School of Social Work alumnus, Ken Sawa '92, is the CEO and executive vice president of Catholic Charities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. His non-profit organization has provided vital social services and other philanthropic support to over 10,000 families. His mission is to continue providing these services to build strong families and ultimately impact their communities.

Kaitlyn Creasy, assistant professor of philosophy, has been selected for the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship from the American Association of University Women, where she will research stubborn social emotions and their harms.

The Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) project at CSUSB launches a digital platform this summer with original programming off its LEAD summits and affiliate programming.  

The four-year grant will fund a collaboration between CSUSB and scientists from UCLA, UCR, and Loma Linda University Health. Jacob Jones (psychology) will serve as principle investigator, and partner with Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology).

Edward Zakher, an economics major at Cal State San Bernardino, walked away with first place honors with the top scoring presentation in his section at the California State University’s Student Research Competition held last weekend.

“Winning first place felt amazing. After winning second place in last year’s CSU research competition, I gained a lot of confidence in my ability to perform research, but I was also shown what separates me from being someone who could get first place,” said Zakher. “So, to me, winning first place showed progress. Progress in my ability to conduct research, in my ability to present, and for my goals to make economic policy.”

Bibiana Díaz, associate professor of Spanish, was surprised on June 11 with the award for her “passion, commitment and dedication to student success and providing career and life guidance.”

Bibiana Díaz, Cal State San Bernardino associate professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Literatures, was surprised on June 11 via Zoom with the 2019-20 Outstanding Faculty Advisor award.