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Jacobo Lopez (left), a Project Impact graduate, walks with some of his students at the Rialto elementary school where he now teachers, in a clip from the “Inside California Education” report, “Project Impact: Diversifying the Teacher Workforce.”
May 29, 2025

“Project Impact: Diversifying the Teacher Workforce” takes an in-depth look at the teacher training program that locates, recruits, trains, mentors and then deploys minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland California area and the state. 

Graduation reception at CSUSB Palm Desert Campus
May 12, 2025

The event serves as a special opportunity to highlight academic excellence, as well as recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of graduating students.

The “Eternal Learning” mural located at the James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education at Cal State San Bernardino. The university will host the annual Celebration of Teaching on March 21.
March 7, 2024

Presented by the university’s James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education and the College of Natural Sciences, the event will begin at 4 p.m. and run through 6 p.m. at the Santos Manuel Student Union South.

The James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education at CSUSB
November 6, 2023

“Innovative Practices in Education,” presented by CSUSB’s James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education, is the theme of this year’s summit, set for 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Santos Manuel Student Union North. Register for the summit online.

Contributors to the mural pose for a photo
May 4, 2023

Designed, created and installed by students, “Eternal Learning” consists of 850 square feet of ceramic tile that depicts humans at work, study and play among larger-than-life books. The project took five years to make with the help of 20 CSUSB students.

Mural in the Watson College of Education atrium
April 11, 2023

The Celebration of Teaching, with the theme “The Future of Education Is in Your Hands,” is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, in the Center for Global Innovation at Cal State San Bernardino.

WCOE, Faculty in the News
February 23, 2023

Nena Torrez (education) was interviewed for a segment on the Project Impact initiative to increase the number of K-12 male teachers of color, and Annika Anderson (sociology) discussed the work of Project Rebound, which assists the formerly incarcerated enroll at CSUSB and obtain their college degrees.

Students participating in the Project Impact program during an event in May 2022 at the James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education.
February 14, 2023

Project Impact is the vision of James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education Dean Chinaka DomNwachukwu to locate, recruit, train, mentor and then deploy minority male teachers to classrooms throughout the inland area and the state.

U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, gave the morning keynote address at the 2022 Educational Leadership Summit at CSUSB on Nov. 2.
November 3, 2022

“Educational Leadership and Voice for Critical Action: Leading Educational Policies and Practices in an Era of Change” brought together Southern California’s top educational leaders to engage in topics that will enhance K-12 and higher education opportunities.