The Street Medicine program is a collaborative partnership between the CSUSB Department of Nursing at the Palm Desert Campus; the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine; Desert Regional Medical Center; Well in the Desert; and the Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine.
CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The university will reopen remotely for business and virtual classes will resume on Thursday, Nov. 12.
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.
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.
Jake Zhu will join two other educators on the webisode on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. Pre-registration is required.
“Hospitality & Tourism amid COVID-19 Reopening and Recovery in the Coachella Valley” will be the focus of the program at 2 p.m. It will be presented on Zoom.
Kelly Schoenfeld and Brian Esser were out singing karaoke one night about five years ago when they decided to start what is now ESC Medical Billing. That resulted in a second business, Lightning MD, that launched in February.
As the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed large gatherings of any kind, Lacey Kendall saw a need to help local churches stream their services. With technology she and three friends developed, Kendall is seeking to help three historic Black churches in Riverside and San Bernardino counties go virtual.
The Regional Access Project Foundation grant will be used to purchase much-needed supplies for the street medicine team to use in the field while providing healthcare services to the homeless and unsheltered populations in the Coachella Valley.