The $20,000 grant comes from the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
The award is the highest given by the national honor society, and is the ninth overall that the Theta Iota Chapter at CSUSB has received.
“In|Dignity,” which will open in January 2018, received $15,000 from the California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Brian Levin, CSUSB professor of criminal justice and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, testified on Aug. 30 before a California state Legislature joint committee that later approved a statewide hate crime
The U.S. Department of Education has recognized CSUSB as one of the leading institutions for Hispanics in the nation as listed in the Hispanic Outlook On Education Magazine.
The start of the 2017-18 academic year also means the return of the intermittent feature, Faculty in the News, a compilation of news coverage that included Cal State San Bernardino faculty.
Music’s Stacey Fraser’s performance is reviewed and history’s David Yaghoubian is interviewed for a program on “The demise of the dollar.”
The movie, which is also open to the public, will be shown Oct. 26 at the SMSU Theater, with the interview with Gore following at 3:45 p.m.
Tomás D. Morales, president of CSUSB, was among eight education leaders who were recipients of the 2017 Legacy of Exemplary Service Awards given recently by the Librería Del Pueblo.