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An award-winning author and member of Latino Literature Hall of Fame, Urrea will discuss his identity as a poet, novelist and essayist at CSUSB’s Hispanic Heritage Month virtual closing celebration on at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15.

Along with teaching and mentoring, Julie Paegle, who joined CSUSB in 2006 and taught a wide array of courses for the English department, was an accomplished poet and Pulitzer Prize nominee.

CSUSB’s Conversations on Diversity series returns on Tuesday, April 13, at noon with Terisa Siagatonu, poet, speaker, educator and community organizer, who will present “Finally, the Poets: The Duty of Art(ists) as the Pulse of Our Collective Healing & Greatest Hope at Justices.”