Returning for a second time, Jess Block Nerren, alumna and full-time lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media, will become the Faculty Disability Inclusion Fellow for Cal State San Bernardino on Aug. 18.
Highlighting the events for the month will be the art exhibit, “What Were You Wearing?” which will be on display April 21-25 at the Santos Manuel Student Union North.
The Friendship Games “is about coming together as a family, celebrating our Filipino heritage, and creating memories that last a lifetime. Representing CSUSB with pride alongside other schools is an honor we hold close to our hearts,” said Caitlin Munar, president of LUBOS P.A.S.O.
The pre-college programs at CSUSB are designed to provide participants and their families with educational and personal support services that will increase high school graduation, college enrollment and college completion.
Keynote speaker John Kim of the Los Angeles-based Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California urged listeners to take charge, be problem solvers and to speak up in the face of injustice.
The university is getting a head start on the annual celebration of its Asian, Pacific Islander and South Asian communities, with events and programs revolving around the theme, “Uplifting Identities: Sharing Our History.”
Jess Block Nerren ’21, full-time lecturer in communication studies and former interim faculty director of CSUSB’s Services to Students with Disabilities, was named the first Faculty Inclusion Fellow for Disability, Difference and Accommodation.
In the last 10 years, CSUSB has grown from having two pre-college programs serving 100 students per year, across six high schools, to now housing programs serving more than 10,000 students per year, across 16 school districts in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
Amer joins The Pack after having served in an executive leadership capacity in athletics at California State Northridge, which he joined in 2018.