CSUSB’s Fall Preview Day for prospective students will be on Oct. 26 in San Bernardino and Nov. 9 at the Palm Desert Campus. These events will showcase the university’s academic programs and resources through workshops, campus tours and opportunities to connect with current students, faculty and financial aid experts.
Miranda M. McIntyre (psychology) led a team that that examined STEM pursuit and academic performance, and Nicolas Burnet (psychology) published an article that took a look at delays in facial processing.
Following the screening, filmmakers Sergiho Roosblad and Mike Shum will join the Conversations on Race and Policing hosts to discuss their work. The presentation begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday on Zoom, and is free and open to the public.
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, the 2024 Ford Foundation Disability Futures Fellow, is the featured speaker when the Disability Studies Lecture Series hosts its first event for the 2024-25 academic year. The free talk will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday on Zoom.
The university’s Counseling and Psychological Services has sponsored a Mental Health First Aid certification for 30 staff and faculty members, which will equip them with the skills to support students by recognizing and responding to those facing mental health challenges.
Kelly Campbell, vice provost of academic programs at Cal State San Bernardino, will participate as a panelist at two women in leadership conferences.
CSUSB alumna Stacey Chartier-Grable founded OC Habitats in 2017 as a grassroots organization to address habitat and species conservation in Orange County.
Thomas (T.C.) Corrigan (media studies) wrote about the Inland Empire “news mirage,” and Stuart Sumida (biology) was part of a team that presented research on the benefits of using non-traditional field trip locations.
The Scholarship Success Summit: Your Path to Higher Education will provide vital academic and financial resources to local African American high school students on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Lacey Kendall (communication studies lecturer) will serve as host of Growing Inland Achievement’s summit today and Wednesday in Riverside, Treasure Ortiz (public administration lecturer) is on the Nov. 5 ballot for the San Bernardino City Council’s Ward 7, and Alex Lara (education lecturer) also is on the ballot, running for re-election for the Redlands Unified School District’s Board of Trustees’ Area 4.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus), was interviewed about the increase in antisemitic incidents in the past year and on the diverse membership of a white supremacist group, and Meredith Conroy (political science) was interviewed and wrote about the lack of gender parity between the Democratic and Republican parties.
Sam Buenrostro, superintendent of the Corona-Norco Unified School District, was honored by the University of La Verne’s LaFetra College of Education as one of three of its inaugural Distinguished Education Doctoral Alumni. Buenrostro earned a doctorate in education from LaFetra in 2012.