
Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus has named David Garcia-Tlahuel as its Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 2022.

President Tomás D. Morales donated a beaded calavera (skull), made by art student Valeria Vargas, to the CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center, which he purchased during a Día de los Muertos celebration and auction last November.

Original CSUSB undergraduate student artwork will be on display at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art from May 13-June 25. An awards ceremony will be held on Friday, May 13, at 6 p.m., followed by a reception at 7 p.m.

CSUSB’s Opera Theatre presents “I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky,” set in Los Angeles circa 1994 during the Northridge earthquake, on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Recital Hall.

Theatre arts professors Tom Provenzano and Kathryn Ervin are directing two productions in repertory through May 15 at CSUSB’s Barnes Theater. Provenzano is directing “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” and Ervin is directing “Lucky Stiff.”

The four-day virtual workshop hosted by the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art will offer children ages 6-13 the chance to explore the rich history of ancient Egypt with kid-friendly activities. Deadline to register is June 11.

The presentation by Mansour, a Jerusalem-based contemporary artist, is free and open to the public. It will take place on Zoom beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Time.

From April 22 to May 15, the theatre department will run a futuristic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” alongside the musical comedy “Lucky Stiff.”

Johanna Smith’s book has been selected for the Nancy Straub Award for Excellence in Publication on the Art of Puppetry, which honors works that are exemplary contributions that forward the field of puppetry.