Lissa D. Ramirez-Stapleton, who is an associate professor of education at Cal State Fullerton, will present “Black Deaf Education and Praxis: The Intersections of Culture, Community, and Hope.”
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, the 2024 Ford Foundation Disability Futures Fellow, is the featured speaker when the Disability Studies Lecture Series hosts its first event for the 2024-25 academic year. The free talk will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday on Zoom.
James Fenelon (sociology) will be a panelist at a Sept. 12 program discussing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis, Kimberly Collins (public administration) co-authored a new study about building infrastructure for the electrification of the trucking industry, and Jennifer Andersen (English) wrote an opinion piece on name-calling in political discourse.
First-generation college student Jeffery Marino followed a post-CSUSB career path that led him to leadership in California state government. His message: California needs more public servants. And there are ways to combine your passion with your service.
Beth Lew-Williams, professor of history at Princeton University and an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, will present “John Doe Chinaman: Race and Law in the American West,” a talk that is part of CSUSB’s Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month programming.
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.
Alexis Arias was presented with a $25,000 check at a surprise event held at Amistad High School where she is a 12th grade English teacher.
Ellen Weisser, BA, English, ’68, will be honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes an achievement of noteworthy value, a series of such achievements or a career or humanitarian effort of noteworthy accomplishment.
Diane Vines (nursing) was honored by the city of Palm Desert for her service to the community, David Marshall (English) was interviewed for a podcast on advising, and Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) was the emcee for the topping out ceremony for the new Performing Arts Center.