Sharon Velarde Pierce, an associate professor of public administration and CSUSB alumna, was honored for her expertise in advising, authentic care for student success, a heartfelt passion for the profession, and her enduring commitment to teaching and mentoring students.
The two new officers are the first to be recruited as CSUSB students to join the university police department under a partnership with the department and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
The Coyote Cares Day volunteers worked on campus packaging dry soup mix for the needy and also out in the field at a domestic violence shelter, a food bank and community centers.
As chief of equity and access at San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Cherina Betters represents 33 school districts and more than 400,000 students.
CSUSB’s annual volunteer event, Coyote Cares Day, will be held on two days – Feb. 17 from 1-4:30 p.m., and Feb. 18 from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Alumnus Pat Person created the character “Mista Pat” as a way to reach underrepresented school children to learn about science and other ESTEAM subjects in an entertaining yet instructive way.
Laura Woodney, Carol Hood and Matteo Crismani (physics and astronomy) were mentioned in article about their department’s new name, and Paloma Villegas (sociology) led a team that published a study on the stigma of food insecurity faced by college students in the Inland Empire.
With alumni in all 50 states and 109 countries, the Alumni Hall of Fame Awards as a full university community recognizes the outstanding CSUSB graduates for their amazing work.
Andrew Thompson (lecturer, art), Joanne Whitlock (Air Force ROTC), Brian Levin (criminal justice), Eric Koda (lecturer, art) and Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology) were included in recent news coverage.