![Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Hispanic-Heritage-Month-2021-Zoom-02-vFINAL.jpg.webp?itok=o2tli9fP)
The university will honor National Hispanic Heritage Month with a number of live and virtual events to celebrate the history, heritage, culture and contributions of Latino Americans.
![Guillermo Escalante](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_HHM_CNS_Escalante_14Sept2021jpg.jpg.webp?itok=q6pSPaji)
Guillermo Escalante's research focusing on sports nutrition, sports medicine and performance enhancement, has led him to speak at conferences nationally and internationally.
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UCLA history professor Robert Chao Romero will present “Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice and Identity,” at noon Thursday, Oct. 15, on Zoom.
![CSUSB alumnus Adonis Galarza-Toledo (left) is sworn in as a member of the board of the Coachella Valley Unified School District.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Alumni_Adonis_CoachellaValleySchoolBoard_HHM_06Oct2020.jpg.webp?itok=1EmHPUM-)
Alumnus Adonis Galarza-Toledo, ’20, who served as CSUSB’s ASI president, has been appointed to the Coachella Valley Unified School District Board.
![Carly Luna](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_WSOC_CarlyLuna_AsheNominee_HHM_06Oct2020.jpg.webp?itok=DzXJORgb)
Luna, sophomore goalkeeper on the women’s soccer team and a CCAA All-Academic, was one of 10 women in the running to be named the 2020 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year.
![The completed calaveras for RAFFMA’s Festival de Calaveras are now on virtual display on the museum’s website through Oct. 15.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/HHM_RAFFMA_Festival%20De%20Calaveras_banner__0.jpg.webp?itok=c9qJ3xuz)
Visit RAFFMA’s website and @RAFFMAcsusb social media pages to view the virtual Festival de Calaveras exhibition. All calaveras will be auctioned Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 to raise money for student scholarships.
![“¡Science, Si! Hispanic Pioneers of Science!” will be led by Brianne C. Martin, an international speaker, mechanical engineer, and advocate for diversity in STEM. She also serves as senior manager for membership relations at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_HHM_CNS_BrianneMartin_05Oct0202_0.jpg.webp?itok=aRXwIVif)
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, CSUSB’s College of Natural Sciences will celebrate Hispanic/Latinx scientists who have expanded the boundaries of research and innovation. The virtual event will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom.
![Ariana Cano, CSUSB alumna and communication studies adjunct professor, was accepted into four prestigious doctoral programs, all fully funded.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_02_Ariana%20%20Cano_HHM_16Sept2020.jpg.webp?itok=IebIj_kt)
After being accepted into four prestigious doctoral programs, Ariana Cano, CSUSB alumna and communication studies adjunct professor, decided to attend the Institute of Communications Research in the College of Media at the University of Illinois.
![Andre Adame](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_AndreAdame_HHM_18Sept2020.jpg.webp?itok=NYypC5i_)
For alumnus and adjunct professor Andre Adame, video games have led him on a rewarding academic journey, and he has been accepted to the highly competitive doctoral program at UC Irvine’s School of Informatics.