Students, faculty, staff and visitors who use the University Parkway-Interstate 215 interchange to reach the Cal State San Bernardino campus and the surrounding area should plan on alternate routes and extra traveling time.
The conversation with Tran, mayor of San Bernardino, will be led by Meredith Conroy, professor of political science, a nationally recognized scholar on women in politics at the local, regional and national levels. The program begins at noon in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences building, room SB-128.
The interchange, closed for 55 hours from Feb. 27 to March 2, is now open in its new configuration as a diverging diamond interchange. Students, faculty and staff should still allow for extra time to reach their destinations while construction continues in the area.
Access on to and off from the freeway at University Parkway will be closed beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, through 4 a.m. Monday, March 2. Students, faculty, staff and visitors who use the University Parkway-Interstate 215 interchange should plan on an alternate route and allow for extra time to reach their destinations.
A column by Kaitlyn Creasy (philosophy) was included in the top writings in the APA’s 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest, Paloma Villegas (sociology) was interviewed for a segment about CSUSB students seeking to make San Bernardino a sanctuary city, and Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) helped curate an upcoming exhibit, “Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art,” at the UCLA Fowler Museum.
Preliminary work, which includes surveying, installing concrete barriers and construction signage and temporary roadway striping, will mark the start of the realignment of the interchange that serves the CSUSB campus. Plan on using alternate routes to the university to avoid delays.
Commute time on the main thoroughfare to and from campus will be affected during construction, which is expected to begin in October and last for about a year.
On March 29, the Womxn’s Leadership Conference featured keynote speaker Helen Tran, the first Asian American mayor for the City of San Bernardino. Tran shared the obstacles she overcame on her journey to office.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed about the Entrepreneurial Resource Center in San Bernardino, the recently published book by Marc Robinson (history) was reviewed, Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) was quoted in an article about safeguarding water infrastructure from cyber attacks, and Edward Gomez (art) was the judge for the juried 55th Annual Multi Media Mini Show at the Redlands Art Association.