![Two of the high school students who participated in the 2023 GenCyber summer camp at CSUSB’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER_24_7355-CyberSecurity_Summer-Camp-2024-25.jpg.webp?itok=HpigukHZ)
CSUSB’s Center for Cyber & Artificial Intelligence, in collaboration with the Office of Pre-College Programs, is hosting the 10th annual youth cyber summer camp, “CyberGuardians: Navigating the AI-Enhanced Future,” from July 7-12. The camp will welcome 60 high school students from across the Inland Empire region.
![CSUSB student Asia Ponder (left) talks with alumnus Alberto Jasso ’15 about her courses.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/precollege.jpg.webp?itok=sTHv75pw)
“I think the fact that [alumni] have returned to the university speaks to the positive, relationship-building aspects of our [pre-college] programs and to the opportunities the programs offer,” said Summer Steele, the executive director of CSUSB’s Pre-College Programs. “Many begin as student assistants in our office, build their skills and continue on. CSUSB is great for those students who were part of the pre-college pipeline.”
![Veronica Guzman, director of CSUSB’s College Corps program.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER_Veronica-Guzman.jpg.webp?itok=71bC4reT)
As the program director, Veronica Guzman said it’s critical to find student fellows who are passionate about serving their communities.
![The TRIO Educational Opportunity Center at CSUSB took 23 participants to a College and Career Exploration Day at the University of Redlands in fall 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/TRIO%20EOC%20trip%20to%20Redlands%20in%20fall%202023%20cropped.jpg.webp?itok=wXO7WSKE)
The pre-college programs at CSUSB are designed to provide participants and their families with educational and personal support services that will increase high school graduation, college enrollment and college completion.
![Veronica Guzman, director of the Office of Pre-College Programs](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER_24_7147_Veronica-Guzman.jpg.webp?itok=-Jvt6TML)
Director Veronica Guzman shares her excitement in this new student engagement program which benefits not only students’ own lives but the lives of those in their home communities.
![CSUSB Palm Desert Campus student Juliana Garcia](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Juliana%20Garcia%201.JPG.webp?itok=nDWipmnm)
As a College Corps fellow, PDC student Juliana Garcia volunteers at Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Desert while earning a financial benefit to help pay for her college education.
![CSUSB Palm Desert Campus](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/BANNER_PDC-Family-Financial-Fair%202.jpg.webp?itok=YAs7zT45)
The free event on March 16 is designed to empower families with essential tools and information to enhance their financial well-being and will feature assistance with financial aid applications, special guests, activities for kids, opportunity drawings and a live broadcast by La Poderosa 96.7 FM.
![More than 80 percent of CSUSB students are first-generation, meaning their parents have not competed a four-year college degree.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FirstGen_20Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=hV2E_4ch)
CSUSB held a series of events to celebrate first-generation students and their successes as part of the second annual First-Generation College Celebration held Oct. 23-Nov. 6.
![Wild Song at the SMSU](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/WildSong-SMSU_2017_14x7.jpg.webp?itok=GF2rAQ_S)
The award will be used to recruit and train 22 academic fellows per academic year from the CSUSB Undocumented Student Success Center, Office of Pre-College Programs, and 2020 alumni.