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Gracie Torres (adjunct, chemistry) has established a scholarship for high school students pursuing STEM in honor of her grandmother, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about a man accused of killing his two young children and saying he was influenced by the QAnon conspiracy theory.
![AVP Kimberly Shiner](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Shiner_A13I3129.jpg.webp?itok=kPg8rTK_)
AVP Kimberly Shiner has been awarded a $5,700 scholarship from the CSU Advancement Academy to attend the Certified Specialist in Planned Giving program.
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Shane Burrell got into his dream Ph.D. program for this coming fall: the gaming studies program at the University of Oregon.
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The Dr. David Riefer Endowed Student Award Fund was established with a $52,000 gift from the retired professor. A four-time Golden Apple award recipient and the 2000 Outstanding Professor of the Year, he taught at CSUSB for 34 years.
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RAFFMA's Festival de Calaveras was featured on Spectrum News 1, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the 'red flags' in the comments made by a California 50th District Congressional Candidate about the group Defend East County.
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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.
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Nora Nickoel Ortega has been named a CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement recipient for 2020-21, the CSU’s highest recognition of success based on superior academic performance, community service and personal accomplishments.
![Two CSUSB students selected as 2020-21 Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholars](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CSU_SallyCasanovaScholars_Ortega-Burrell_02Sept2020_REVISE.jpg.webp?itok=xXPZ9hJW)
Out of 250 applicants and as part of the California Pre-Doctoral Program, CSUSB students Nora Nickoel Bianey Ortega and Shane Burrell are among the 77 Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholars for 2020-21.
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All proceeds will benefit the CSUSB Sports and Entertainment Marketing Scholarship Fund. The program is housed in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration.