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Coyote Hour was created to give a time for students to get involved in campus activities, meet with other students and learn about the campus affinity centers.
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Community partners June and Ernest Siva, and CSUSB faculty members Enrique Murillo Jr. and Alexandra Cavallaro, were honored for their work at the Office of Community Engagement’s Community Collaboration Celebration.
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CSUSB’s Office of Community Engagement will host its Community Collaboration Celebration at 9 a.m. Friday, March 4, honoring faculty and community members who have left a lasting impact on the university and the community.
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The university earned a Silver Seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for student voter participation efforts in the 2020 presidential election, with a voting rate between 60 and 69 percent.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker, member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, and local tribal representatives will share their strategies that promote a more balanced approach to protecting and sustaining environmental resources. The virtual panel will take place on Zoom Tuesday, March 1, at noon.
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Through a program developed by art and design associate professor Ed Gomez, CSUSB art students are getting hands-on experience with international artist Daniel Ruanova and will help create a piece that will be exhibited at The Cheech.
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RAFFMA partnered with the San Bernardino City Unified School District and Music Changing Lives to distribute 280 free art packs to the community with a target of kids ages 6-13 from underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Alexandra Cavallaro, assistant professor of English, is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Community Engagement Award for her work in academia, the Prison Education Project, and the Inside-Out Prison Education Program.
![Becky Talyn (far right), a lecturer of biology, and Erik Melchiorre (center), a professor of geology, and their daughter, Gabrieila (seated)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_TalynMelchiorre_producedonated_xxMay2021.jpg.webp?itok=XFuXTOam)
Twenty-nine CSUSB students, seven staff and four faculty members were given the Do Good Volunteer Recognition Award for volunteering more than 25 hours toward their community from Dec. 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021.