Stan and Ellen Weisser show their dedication to advancing CSUSB by helping students succeed and making higher education a priority for all.
The Sept. 7 event brought nearly 300 CSUSB administrators, faculty, staff, students and community members together in the Santos Manuel Student Union South to officially break ground for the new 73,337-square-foot Performing Arts Center.
The performing arts programs at CSUSB shape students into well-rounded individuals, giving them the artistic integrity and professional skillset to advance to successful futures in a wide-range of careers.
The nearly $127 million construction project will add a new Performing Arts Center and is scheduled to open during the 2024-25 academic year. The ceremony has been moved indoors due to extreme heat in the forecast, and is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the Santos Manuel Student Union South.
Auditions are open for the San Bernardino Symphony Youth Ensemble, directed by Nicholas Bratcher (music), Kelly Campbell (psychology) discusses getting out of toxic relationships, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for articles on the FBI seizing classified documents from the Florida home of former President Donald Trump.
Nicholas Bratcher (music) directed the first performance of San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Wind Ensemble on June 5, and an article on ancient Timbuktu by Brent D. Singleton (library) was cited in a feature story, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about anti-Asian hate crimes in Chicago.
Thanks to a close partnership with the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, CSUSB music students demonstrated their skills on camera as part of the orchestra’s Music in the Schools program.
The May 26 presentation by Jacqueline Avila, associate professor in musicology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will examine the EDM group MIS and Netflix’s Latinx-focused dramady “Gentefied.”
Mariachi Los Coyotes, a CSUSB student musical group, will perform a free concert 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at the San Manuel Student Union South Theater.