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Claudia Davis (nursing), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Sara Callori (physics) were included in recent news coverage.
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Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) writes an op-ed, Lacey Kendall (communication studies) helps local churches, and Claudia Davis (nursing) receives cancer researcher award.
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Associate professor of nursing Claudia Davis received the 2020 Minority & Minority Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research award.
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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.
![Brian Esser (left) and Kelly Schoenfeld hold up a map of the U.S. with pins in every city where their customers are using their Lightning MD software.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Alumni_Kelly%20Schoenfeld%20and%20Brian%20Esser_14Sept2020.jpg.webp?itok=X_37lTzn)
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.
![The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Street Medicine program (left) and laptop computers to support remote learning will benefit from a Verizon Foundation grant.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/VerizonGrant.jpg.webp?itok=oMaDMqOr)
The Verizon Foundation grant will support the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Street Medicine program and will be used to purchase and loan laptops to students during the pandemic.
![Elizabeth J. Barfield, professor emerita and retired nursing department chair at Cal State San Bernardino](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Elizabeth_Barfield_xxJuly2020.jpg.webp?itok=OthWxG6V)
Elizabeth J. Barfield, professor emerita and retired nursing department chair at Cal State San Bernardino, has received the 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Duke University School of Nursing.
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The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus has named Kameron Manshadi as its Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 2020. Manshadi received a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
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The 421 bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees awarded this spring is the highest number in the history of the campus. This year’s commencement ceremony was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s goal is to recognize graduates with a traditional ceremony when it is safe to gather in celebration.