![CSUSB joins a group of 471 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_OCE_All%20In%20College%20Voting%20Award_Homepage%20Banner_v1%20%28option%201%29.jpg.webp?itok=rBH2Y6O3)
Cal State San Bernardino is one of 471 colleges and universities in the nation recognized for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation in the 2024 election.
![Cal State San Bernardino receives national recognition for its community engagement.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/24_7022%20OCE_2024%20Carnegie%20Elective%20Classification%20for%20Community%20Engagement_Banner_0.jpg.webp?itok=L8jeCSSW)
CSUSB was the only California State University to receive the 2024 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The elective designation highlights Cal State San Bernardino’s commitment to community engagement, and it is the second time CSUSB has renewed its classification.
![Brian Heisterkamp](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Heisterkamp_OCE_18Aug2023.jpg.webp?itok=jNf4CVW9)
Brian Heisterkamp will serve as interim director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Office of Community Engagement, facilitates partnerships between the university and public and private groups off campus, providing knowledge and resources to enrich scholarship, research and creative activity that benefits the public good.
![University Hall, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-University-Hall_7.jpg.webp?itok=CaWKJj5Y)
Brian Heisterkamp (communication studies), Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were mentioned in recent news coverage.
![Brian Heisterkamp, CSUSB professor of communication studies and the grant’s principal investigator](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Slide_CAL_Title-V-Grant.jpg.webp?itok=mSV6VkF-)
The grant will help develop a studio incubator, where students from various disciplines and departments will work together on different projects.