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CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus experienced a significant milestone in fall 2013 when it first began offering four-year degrees. In June 2017, a number of them became the first four-year students to graduate from PDC.
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Students participating in the Ontario-Montclair Promise Scholars Initiative from Oaks Middle School heard presentations focused on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) disciplines.
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Campus Tours and Events is working with the Rialto Unified School District to bring every 8th grader in its district to tour Cal State San Bernardino — more than 1,900 students.
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Alastair Edmonstone (music) is featured, Mildred Dalton Henry (professor emerita, College of Education) offers her perspective on Black History Month, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) shares the history of the KKK in Orange County.
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Julia I. Lopez, one of California’s most impactful philanthropists and foundation leaders who has made a profound difference in the lives of students through her work with the College Futures Foundation, will be awarded a doctorate of humane letters.
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The event on March 10 showcased the work by students in the Verizon Innovative Learning Program at Cal State San Bernardino.
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In the Professional Competition of the the American Advertising Federation Inland Empire Chapter Awards, Coyote Advertising won one gold, three silver and six bronze awards. In addition, CSUSB students took home 31 awards in the Student Competition.
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The 31 awards were the most this year by any one school in the student competition.
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LendEDU, an online marketplace for student loan refinancing, recognized Cal State San Bernardino for having one of the top financial aid counseling programs in the U.S.