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The journal won the 2019 Gerald D. Nash History Journal First Prize, awarded by the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.
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Founded in 2004, the Watson & Associates Literacy Center’s mission is to assist students, grades kindergarten through 12, to improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
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About 100-150 Latino and African-American high school seniors will visit CSUSB for the fifth annual Black & Brown Young Men’s Conference on Nov. 22.
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CSUSB has been awarded the ALL IN Challenge gold seal award for achieving a college student voting rate between 40 and 49 percent in 2018 midterm election.
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The 2019-20 season, Somewhere Between Fantasy and Reality, kicks off on Friday, Nov. 15, with a contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s classic “Twelfth Night or What You Will,” directed by Terry Donovan Smith.
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“Geographies of Migration and Detention on the U.S.-Mexico Border,” by Kate Swanson of San Diego State, will be presented at 11 a.m. Friday in the Center for Global Innovation building, room CGI-128.
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The Nov. 15 event will run from 4-7 p.m. in the CSUSB College of Education’s atrium and the Literacy Center, located in room CE-119, and is free to all ages.
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The 2019 Best Chapter Award from the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society also is the fifth award overall received by CSUSB students for their work.
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“China and the Uyghur Muslims: A Human and Cultural Genocide,” presented by the CSUSB Center for Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the College of Education, room CE-105.