Stuart Sumida (biology) was featured in the magazine Phi Kappa Phi Forum’s Fall 2024 edition, and Sailesh Maharjan (lecturer, psychology) was interviewed at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Edwin Gomez, Riverside County superintendent of schools, the 2024 California Association of Latino Superintendents & Administrators Superintendent of the Year and CSUSB alumnus, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Nov. 14 event. Registration is free.
Jordi Solsona-Puig (education) discussed the benefit of CSUSB receiving a $3.3 million federal grant that it will use to increase teacher diversity in the Inland Empire, and Yolonda Youngs (geology and environmental sciences) was a guest on the “Nature Revisited” podcast on which the topic focused on the iconic Grand Canyon.
The five-year grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence Program, will fund the ExMILE project (Excellence as Multilingual Innovators and Leaders in Education), with a goal to address teacher diversity in the Inland Empire.
Lacey Kendall (communication studies lecturer) will serve as host of Growing Inland Achievement’s summit today and Wednesday in Riverside, Treasure Ortiz (public administration lecturer) is on the Nov. 5 ballot for the San Bernardino City Council’s Ward 7, and Alex Lara (education lecturer) also is on the ballot, running for re-election for the Redlands Unified School District’s Board of Trustees’ Area 4.
Sam Buenrostro, superintendent of the Corona-Norco Unified School District, was honored by the University of La Verne’s LaFetra College of Education as one of three of its inaugural Distinguished Education Doctoral Alumni. Buenrostro earned a doctorate in education from LaFetra in 2012.
On Sept. 28 at the Alumni Center, Cal State San Bernardino hosted the New & Newly Promoted and/or Tenured Faculty Brunch, bringing together faculty and administrators to celebrate newly hired, tenured and promoted faculty members.
David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the growing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and Alex Vara (lecturer, education) is on the Nov. 5 ballot seeking reelection to his seat on the Redlands Unified School District Board of Trustees.
Thomas Corrigan (media studies) discussed the state of journalism in the Inland Empire, Stacy Ortiz (education) was interviewed about the upcoming LEAD Summit XIII, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented on a UC regents’ decision regarding obtaining non-lethal, military-grade equipment for its campus police, and Meredith Conroy (political science) contributed to an article about the GOP stance on abortion during the 2024 election.