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Artist and Cal State San Bernardino alumna Jean Vezzalini will host a reception on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., to showcase her paintings in the lobby of the Indian Wells Theater at the university’s Palm Desert Campus.
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Businesswoman, educator, author and one of America’s most successful female entrepreneurs, Janice Bryant Howroyd, will speak at CSUSB on Thursday, Jan. 30.
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The event, which was the largest mixer of the year, recognized Rusty Bailey, Riverside mayor and CSUSB alumnus, for his leadership and dedication to the region.
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About 1,144 students are expected to participate in the ceremonies in Coussoulis Arena: 1,018 undergraduates and 126 graduate students.
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William Vandyke and Michael Nguyen (health and human ecology) and Alemayehu G. Mariam (professor emeritus, political science) were included in news coverage.
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Fourteen people died that day – five of them CSUSB alumni – and all were remembered during a memorial service at the university’s Peace Garden.
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CSUSB’s College of Natural Sciences will hold a Day of Remembrance on Monday, Dec. 2, at the Peace Garden next to the Chemical Sciences building to honor the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting.
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Three recent CSUSB communication studies graduates earned second place in the television news category during the 29th California State University Media Arts Festival.
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The College of Natural Sciences is celebrating the achievements of students who participated in an internship focused on stem-cell research with the “Ten Years of CIRM Bridges Successes" symposium, 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the SMSU Theater.