![Aleksandra Ksiezak is the 2022-23 W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CSBS_HarerScholar_Ksiezak_30Sept2022.jpg.webp?itok=faVmtkmD)
Ksiezak is teaching an upper-division history course, “In the Land of Stone and Copper: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Technology,” and will give a keynote lecture, “A gateway into the desert: History, exploration, and cyclical rediscovery of Wadi Tumilat,” at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art on Oct. 27.
![University Hall, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-University-Hall_4.jpg.webp?itok=3DaLSPS3)
Jessica Block Nerren (communication studies) led a team that included CSUSB faculty whose new book on autism-inclusion, education reform and communication, was recently published, Kate Liszka (history) served as a consultant on a new Disney movie, and Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) discussed the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship’s first-ever State of Entrepreneurship Minority Report.
![A mural at Chicano Park in San Diego.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_LEADKeynoteSpeakers_16Sept2022.jpg.webp?itok=8VnIA1ub)
Rosalio Muñoz’s talk is part of this year’s theme for the LEAD Summit revisiting and commemorating social movements from the last 50 years, including the birth of Chicano-ethnic studies, the school walkouts/blowouts, bilingual education and the Chicano Moratorium.
![Misealle “Ellie” Tolliver](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CSU-Trustee_Tolliver_CSUSB-Homepage-Slide.jpg.webp?itok=he6md5kG)
Misealle “Ellie” Tolliver has been selected for the 2022-23 California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU’s highest recognition of success.
![Stan and Ellen Weisser](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/News-Site-%5BPOST%5D---22_5208-CPAG-Weissers-Tribute-2022_0.jpg.webp?itok=VAFpsTu6)
Stan and Ellen Weisser show their dedication to advancing CSUSB by helping students succeed and making higher education a priority for all.
![Group at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Performing Arts Center](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_ODM_PerformingArtsGroundbreaking_07Sept2022.jpg.webp?itok=-ujNMGgZ)
The Sept. 7 event brought nearly 300 CSUSB administrators, faculty, staff, students and community members together in the Santos Manuel Student Union South to officially break ground for the new 73,337-square-foot Performing Arts Center.
![CSUSB's Performing Arts programs provide students with the artistic integrity and professional skillset they need to advance toward a successful future.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_ODM_VideoPromo_07Sept2022.jpg.webp?itok=9Ih6j42B)
The performing arts programs at CSUSB shape students into well-rounded individuals, giving them the artistic integrity and professional skillset to advance to successful futures in a wide-range of careers.
![Campus art sculpture, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-Art_5.jpg.webp?itok=-z7kgSrD)
Amy van Schagen (psychology) was awarded a grant to explore the potential of racial inequity and experiences in racism with the region’s early childhood workforce, and Eric Mulz (theatre arts) talked about student Isabel Peña, who he nominated for a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival fellowship.
![Edward Gomez, CSUSB art associate professor](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Art_EdGomez_26Aug2022.png.webp?itok=8mLQsyHh)
CSUSB received $66,906 for the “MexiCali Biennial: The Land of Milk and Honey,” created by Ed Gomez, associate professor of art, which will provide a comprehensive look at expanded modern and historical views of agriculture and related subtopics.