
Approximately 600-700 high school seniors from the San Bernardino City Unified School District visited the Cal State San Bernardino campus on Nov. 12-13 for Instant Admit Days, an event that provided students with on-the-spot admission decisions and a first-hand look at university life.

Cal State San Bernardino will welcome approximately 600-700 high school students from the San Bernardino City Unified School District to campus for Instant Admit Days Nov. 12-13.

The third annual smARTshow, a collaboration between CSUSB and Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary School, will feature the thought-provoking artwork of talented fourth-graders and be on display at the Garcia Center for the Arts in San Bernardino from May 3-9. The opening reception will take place on Friday, May 3, from 5-7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Jodie Ullman (psychology) receives a lifetime achievement award from the Western Psychological Association, Marc Robinson (history) is one of 10 scholars named as a member of the 2022 class of Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders, Valérie Morgan (world languages and literatures) is CSUSB’s 2021-22 Outstanding Lecture, Arianna Huhn (anthropology) talks about the upcoming symposium on “Developing Afro-Latinx Infused Curriculum,” and Treasure Ortiz (public administration) is one of seven candidates running for mayor of San Bernardino.

The bilingual teaching symposium for educators, focused on infusing Afro-Latinx content into K-12 teaching, will take place from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, in-person and virtually.

Meredith Conroy (political science) participated in a FiveThirtyEight politics chat on Donald Trump’s influence on the Republican Party, and Eric Nilsson (economics) was interviewed about a high school logistics course designed by CSUSB and Chaffey College faculty and funded by a grant from Amazon.

RAFFMA partnered with the San Bernardino City Unified School District and Music Changing Lives to distribute 280 free art packs to the community with a target of kids ages 6-13 from underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds.

As part of our celebration of Black History Month, take a look back when author and CSUSB alumna Margaret Hill ’80 was profiled about her 49-year career in education.

COE Dean Chinaka DomNwachukwu has a number of goals for the college, such as increasing the diversity of students enrolled there, especially African American males becoming teachers.