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The Faculty Center for Excellence also begins the new academic year with an expanded new structure that unifies faculty support and professional development in one center.
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The city of Palm Desert has declared Aug. 24 as “Dr. Diane Vines Day” to honor the nursing instructor for her leadership and service to the community.
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Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology) was on the LAist program “Air Talk” to discuss just how much protein a person really needs, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed by various news media about the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism’s latest report.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice) shared hate crime numbers that showed an increase in incidents targeting the LGBTQ+ community, Meredith Conroy (political science) shared her observations about the recent Republican presidential debate, Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) talked about the city-university partnership to open the Entrepreneurial Resource Center in downtown San Bernardino, and Kerry Cato (geological sciences) was interviewed about sinkholes.
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Three university-wide awards – Distinguished Alumni, Emerging Leader and Coyote Spirit – will be presented, as well as the Paw Print Awards, which honor esteemed alumni from each of the university’s five colleges.
![Cal State San Bernardino’s CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Fellows, from left, are Viviana Alvarez Rodriguez, Holli Rosas, Nikolay Maslov and Alexandra Khartabil.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Chancellor%E2%80%99s%20Doctoral%20Incentive%20Program%202023.jpg.webp?itok=G7H26Y-A)
The program aims to increase the number of promising doctoral students applying for future California State University faculty positions by offering financial assistance in the form of a loan and mentorship by CSU faculty.
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Youngsu Kim (mathematics) participated in a bootcamp focused on artificial intelligence and Norman Meek (geography and environmental studies, emeritus) was interviewed for a feature on San Bernardino’s mountainside landmark arrowhead.
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Sonia Otte, MSPA founding program director, was featured in the podcast, "Pulse of the PA," and Mike Stull, entrepreneurship, discussed the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship’s State of Entrepreneurship Minority Report.
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The National Science Foundation awarded the grant to the university’s School of Computer Science and Engineering, which will use it to provide scholarships, mentorships and experiential learning opportunities for low-income and underrepresented students, and to meet a growing need for talented computer professionals in the region.