
Michelle Russen (hospitality management/marketing) worked with a team to publish a study on masculine and feminine leadership traits in hospitality managers, and Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed for the radio program “Southern California Business Report.”

The event, which took place at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, was facilitated and coordinated by Michael Karp, an assistant professor of history at the Palm Desert Campus and member of the board of directors of the World Affairs Council of the Desert.

The “Amplifying Unheard Voices from the Inland Empire” grant project culminates with 144 oral history interviews transcribed and archived on CSUSB ScholarWorks.

Members of the CSUSB campus community hand-delivered 100 long-stem roses and cards to senior citizens at the facility on Valentine’s Day, fostering community connections and brightening their day.

Guillermo Escalante, professor of kinesiology and associate dean in the College of Natural Sciences, was invited to participate on a panel at the Second Conference on Human Enhancement, held at Oxford University in England.

An art news website featured a question-and-answer interview with Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) about the UCLA Fowler Museum exhibit she helped curate, “Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art.” Also interviewed for a Q-and-A was Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) on the topic of the newest Entrepreneurial Resources Center in Palm Desert.

Cal State San Bernardino’s continuing series resumes at noon Wednesday, Feb. 19, when it hosts Amy Barden, chief of Seattle’s Community Assisted Response & Engagement Department, a public safety agency that assists police officers on calls involving people experiencing crisis or behavioral health challenges.

Stacey Ortiz, program specialist for the Doctorate in Educational Leadership program, will help lead the conference in Anchorage, Alaska, in March. NACADA is an association that consists of professional advisors, counselors, faculty, administrators and students who work together to enhance the educational development of students.

Michael Karp (history) will host the Academic World Quest competition Feb. 13 at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for an article about what may have motivated a 17-year-old Antioch (Tenn.) High School student to fatally shoot a classmate.

CSUSB student Katherine Yvonne Posada will present her Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, “Raíces Salvadoreñas, Sueños Americanos (Salvadoran Roots, American Dreams),” at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art from Feb. 20-27. A reception is scheduled for Feb. 20, from 4-6 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

The 12th annual Pioneer Breakfast will take place on Friday, Feb. 28, from 9-11 a.m., celebrating the remarkable contributions of African Americans who have profoundly impacted CSUSB.

Dorothy Chen-Maynard (health science and human ecology) was interviewed about the temblor that shook the San Bernardino area on Feb, 10. And the following faculty recently published studies: Miranda M. McIntyre (psychology), Yunfei Hou (computer science and engineering), Rajrani Kalra (geography and environmental studies), Nicholas Brunet (psychology) and Christina Hassija (psychology).