Keynote speaker John Kim of the Los Angeles-based Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California urged listeners to take charge, be problem solvers and to speak up in the face of injustice.
The university is getting a head start on the annual celebration of its Asian, Pacific Islander and South Asian communities, with events and programs revolving around the theme, “Uplifting Identities: Sharing Our History.”
Jess Block Nerren ’21, full-time lecturer in communication studies and former interim faculty director of CSUSB’s Services to Students with Disabilities, was named the first Faculty Inclusion Fellow for Disability, Difference and Accommodation.
In the last 10 years, CSUSB has grown from having two pre-college programs serving 100 students per year, across six high schools, to now housing programs serving more than 10,000 students per year, across 16 school districts in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
Amer joins The Pack after having served in an executive leadership capacity in athletics at California State Northridge, which he joined in 2018.
The opening program, “South Asian Stories at Sunset,” presented a rich cultural texture that broadened what it means to be a member of the Asian American, Pacific Islander and South Asian community at Cal State San Bernardino.
With the kickoff event on Wednesday, April 5, CSUSB is getting a head start on the annual celebration of its Asian, Pacific Islander and South Asian communities. Space is limited for “South Asian Stories at Sunset.” RSVP by Tuesday, April 4
Terrence Floyd, the founder of the We Are Floyd Foundation and a board member of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, discussed how to promote change, how to deal with grief, law enforcement and his brother, George.
The grant from the Stupski Foundation is in association with the National Academic Advising Association, which, in its awarding of the grant to CSUSB, said, “after reviewing dozens of submissions, your application rose to the top,” in part because of its ability to outline the issues facing the campus and its intentions to address them.