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Nearly 800 ninth-graders will participate in the PUENTE Project Student Leadership Conference and Feria Educativa at CSUSB on Wednesday, March 18.
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The hiring of Pablo Gomez (psychology) as the first fulltime CSUSB Palm Desert Campus faculty member is included in recent news coverage. Sam Crowell (education, emeritus) Stuart Sumida (biology) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) also are included.
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The theme for the 11th annual summit is “Movimiento y Compromiso: 50 Years of Challenges, Possibilities, and the Quest for Educational Equity.” The summit is set for March 26, and online registration is now open.
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More than 1,100 students participated in CSUSB’s 19th December commencement during three graduation ceremonies on Dec. 7.
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About 1,144 students are expected to participate in the ceremonies in Coussoulis Arena: 1,018 undergraduates and 126 graduate students.
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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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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.