Edna Martinez, the new associate vice president and administrator in charge of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, is the first Latina to lead the Palm Desert Campus in its 37-year history.
Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) was interviewed about the LEAD Summit XII on Sept. 29, its theme, “¡Ya Basta! – Enough is Enough! Education and Violence in the Context of our Schools, Community Safety, and Law Enforcement,” and the programs related to it.
The capstone presentation will conclude a day of programs on the summit’s theme, “¡Ya Basta! – Enough is Enough!: Education and Violence in the Context of our Schools, Community Safety, and Law-Enforcement.”
“¡Ya Basta! – Enough is Enough!: Education and Violence in the Context of our Schools, Community Safety, and Law-Enforcement,” will take place Sept. 29 at Cal State San Bernardino. The keynote speakers and honorary chairs are Dolores Huerta, president and founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and Emilio Rivera, actor.
Sahmae Jackson, a student veteran in the CSUSB Career and Technical Education master’s program, has been named the Trustee Emeritus Murray L. Galinson Scholar for the donor-funded CSU Trustees’ Award and will receive a $9,000 scholarship.
Ralph Figueroa, a graduate student in the rehabilitation counseling master’s program, has been named one of the top 32 student veterans in the nation by GI Jobs Magazine.
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.
Annika Anderson (sociology), Rigaud Joseph (social work) and Paul Jones (social work lecturer) of CSUSB’s Project Rebound published a paper on the efficacy of programs that provide support services to formerly incarcerated college students, and Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) was mentioned in an article about the naming of LEAD Summit XII’s honorary chairs.
Both are familiar with the summit’s theme, “¡Ya Basta! – Enough is Enough!: Education and Violence in the Context of our Schools, Community Safety, and Law-Enforcement,” having experienced different strands of it, said Enrique Murillo Jr., executive director of LEAD. Registration for LEAD Summit XII is now open online.