![Fernando Sanchez](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_HHM_FernandoSanchez_23Sept2021.jpg.webp?itok=RtFQ5mFs)
Now studying at the prestigious Near Eastern Studies doctorate program at UC Berkeley – one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country – Sanchez credits the faculty at CSUSB for helping him achieve his goal.
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Fernando Sanchez credits the foundation he received at CSUSB as playing a major role in getting into the prestigious Near Eastern Studies doctorate program at UC Berkeley -- one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country. CSUSB "helped me immensely, in more ways that I can say.”
![Marmar Zakher](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlie_WHM_MMUF_CAL_Zakher_UCDavisPhD_24Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=miV9hNgj)
As part of our celebration of Womxn’s History Month, take a look back when Marmar Zakher, history major and Arabic language literature and culture major, was awarded the prestigious Provost Fellowship for Ph.D. studies in Comparative Literature at UC Davis.
![CSUSB Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FacultyInTheNews_June2020_20.jpg.webp?itok=pJQ7eKa5)
Meredith Conroy (political science), Ryan Keating (history), and Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) were included in recent news coverage.
![From left: Isabella Cantu, Stepfanie Alfonso, Johnathan Solomon and Xavier Resendez.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_MMUF_17July2020.jpg.webp?itok=DmfR-WPX)
Four CSUSB students have been selected for the 2020-21 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, a two-year program that provides financial support, research mentorship and assistance with graduate school applications.
![Marmar Zakher](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Web_MMUF_CAL_Zakher_UCDavisPhD_xxApr2020.jpg.webp?itok=DKi-fTGc)
A dual major in history and Arabic language literature and culture, Zakher was awarded the prestigious Provost Fellowship for Ph.D. studies in Comparative Literature at UC Davis.