The agreement, the first of its kind, will provide a pathway for Rialto Unified School District students to fulfill admissions requirements at Cal State San Bernardino, which will allow them to enroll and earn their bachelor’s degrees and teaching credentials, and return to their home district as teachers.
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.
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.
Jodie Ullman (psychology) receives a lifetime achievement award from the Western Psychological Association, Marc Robinson (history) is one of 10 scholars named as a member of the 2022 class of Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders, Valérie Morgan (world languages and literatures) is CSUSB’s 2021-22 Outstanding Lecture, Arianna Huhn (anthropology) talks about the upcoming symposium on “Developing Afro-Latinx Infused Curriculum,” and Treasure Ortiz (public administration) is one of seven candidates running for mayor of San Bernardino.
The bilingual teaching symposium for educators, focused on infusing Afro-Latinx content into K-12 teaching, will take place from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, in-person and virtually.
Learn about Project Impact, CSUSB College of Education’s initiative to significantly increase K-12 teacher diversity in the Inland Empire. An online information session is set for 4 p.m. Friday, April 2.
About 125 students receiving graduate degrees from Cal State San Bernardino’s College of Education were recognized during the 2019 Credential Ceremony held June 7 at the university’s Coussoulis Arena.
Nearly 500 teachers participated at the third annual Better Together: California Teachers Summit at Cal State San Bernardino, a free day of learning led by teachers for teachers.
The free event, open to current and prospective students, counselors and faculty, begins at 6 p.m. at the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, room 102.