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With their experience in the military and in firefighting, first-generation CSUSB computer engineering student Vicky Lopez hopes to create devices that help with the safety of firefighters, first responders and/or military personnel.
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CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center offers a writing program directed specifically toward veterans and their family members. The result, 10 years on, is a trove of published books, regular appearances at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and a collection of author-veterans who range from poets to novelists to screenwriters.
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CSUSB, which ranked No. 10, was compared to over 300 other institutions nationwide, and is also the only California State University to make the top 100.
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CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed Friday, Nov. 10, in observance of Veterans Day. The university will reopen on Monday, Nov. 13.
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Agustin Ramirez, a U.S. Navy veteran and a Cal State San Bernardino alumnus, became director of CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center in 2017, a place, he says, that's always been close to his heart.
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CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed Friday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The university will reopen on Monday, Nov. 14.
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CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The university will reopen on Friday, Nov. 12.
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CSUSB Veterans Day Message 2020
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CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The university will reopen remotely for business and virtual classes will resume on Thursday, Nov. 12.