Cal State San Bernardino has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation.

CSUSB joins a group of 471 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for completing four core actions:

 “Achieving recognition as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus is a testament to the collective dedication of our university community,” said Brian Heisterkamp, interim director of the CSUSB Office of Community Engagement. “At CSUSB, fostering nonpartisan civic engagement is a shared effort — from our students, faculty and staff to the Office of Community Engagement and our campus partners like ASI. Together, we are building a culture of active participation and empowering our students to make their voices heard at the ballot box.” 

“The research is clear: colleges and universities that make intentional efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement have higher campus voter registration and voter turnout rates. This year, we saw more colleges than ever before step up their efforts to ensure that their students were registered and ready to make their voices heard at the ballot box,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “These Most Engaged Campuses are setting the standard for nonpartisan civic engagement work for colleges and universities across the country.”

For the 2024 election, the university, led by its Office for Community Engagement, organized an effort to assist students with transportation to the polls through the ride service Lyft, made possible through a partnership with Students Learn Students Vote Coalition. The office also collaborated with the CSUSB Associated Students Inc. to host voter registration events on National Voter Registration Day in September at the San Bernardino and Palm Desert campuses.

Also, in February, Cal State San Bernardino celebrated the 20th anniversary of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) nonpartisan American Democracy Project© by recommitting to the initiative's guiding principles of civic and democratic engagement.

This is not the first time CSUSB has been recognized for its effort to encourage its students to exercise their right to vote. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge has awarded the university its Gold Seal for Excellence in Voter Engagement in the 2018 mid-term election, a Silver Seal Excellence in Voter Engagement for the 2020 presidential election, and its Bronze Seal for Excellence in Voter Engagement in the 2016 election in the 2022 mid-term election. Also, the magazine Washington Monthly has included the university on its 2018, 2020 and 2021 Best Colleges for Student Voting Honor Rolls.

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Campuses that join the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge complete a set of action items, with the support of ALL IN staff, to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning and voter participation on their campus. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge currently engages 10.8 million students from more than 1,075 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Learn more at the ALL IN Challenge Join In website.

ABOUT ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Through an intentionally designed program that provides structure, support and recognition, ALL IN works to improve civic learning, political engagement and voter participation on more than 1,075 campuses nationwide. ALL IN believes higher education should play a role in developing an active and informed citizenry by educating students, motivating them to engage in American democracy, and instilling the value of lifelong participation. ALL IN is an initiative of Civic Nation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.  

ABOUT Civic Nation
Civic Nation is a nonprofit ecosystem for high-impact organizing and education initiatives working to build a more inclusive and equitable America. Civic Nation shifts culture, systems and policy by bringing together individuals, grassroots organizers, industry leaders and influencers to tackle some of our nation’s most pressing social challenges. Civic Nation is home to seven national initiatives and campaigns: ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Change Collective, It’s On Us, Save On Clean Energy, SAVE On Student Debt, We The Action and When We All Vote.