![CSUSB Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/FacultyintheNews_slideshow_10.jpg.webp?itok=Iwp87AIa)
Brian Levin (criminal justice) discusses hate crimes and comments made by President Trump, and Jake Zhu (dean, Palm Desert Campus) talks about the educational challenges during the pandemic.
![PDC students and siiblings Jennifer and Scott Hanson](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_HansonSiblings_XXOct2020.jpg.webp?itok=_-QZjmll)
Siblings Jennifer and Scott Hanson are students at CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus studying to become nurses, and both are receiving a full-ride scholarship through the campus’s University Legacy Scholarship program.
![The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Street Medicine program (left) and laptop computers to support remote learning will benefit from a Verizon Foundation grant.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/VerizonGrant.jpg.webp?itok=oMaDMqOr)
The Verizon Foundation grant will support the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Street Medicine program and will be used to purchase and loan laptops to students during the pandemic.
![Registration is now open for fall online classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PDC_OLLI_BB0U5509a.jpg.webp?itok=tN_GvmSm)
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a program designed for adults 50 and older who want to experience learning for the fun of it.
![A CSUSB Palm Desert Campus PR class is helping nonprofits with public relations and social media campaigns.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_BB1U8162_0.jpg.webp?itok=nkw8ohQU)
PDC students in the PR Campaigns course are partnering with Coachella Valley nonprofits to help struggling organizations share the innovative ways they are trying to help their communities.
![Pedro Beltran](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PDC_Alumni_Pedro%20Beltran%20photo.jpg.webp?itok=HqGvHxTd)
Pedro Beltran, who received his master’s in special education from the Palm Desert Campus, has been named Teacher of the Year at James Earl Carter Elementary School in Palm Desert.
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CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The campus will reopen on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
![ITS Tech fair](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/NewsSlide_HHM_ITS_TechFair_08Wed_10-8.jpg.webp?itok=sCD2YmGN)
Workshops on technology services to help CSUSB Hispanic students will be held on Thursday, Oct. 10, as part of the university’s Hispanic Heritage Month events.
![Tech Fest](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/NewsSlide-ITS_TechFEST_v2_08Oct2019.jpg.webp?itok=vXazeF_R)
CSUSB’s Information and Technology Services will hold Tech Fest Week, Oct. 8-11, for CSUSB students, faculty and staff to learn about its technology services.