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Cal State San Bernardino has been ranked No. 1 in California and No. 12 nationwide in Military Times’ 2024 Best for Vets: Colleges rankings. This prestigious ranking marks the 11th consecutive year Cal State San Bernardino has been among the top institutions in the country for supporting military service members and veterans.
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CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center offers a writing program directed specifically toward veterans and their family members. The result, 10 years on, is a trove of published books, regular appearances at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and a collection of author-veterans who range from poets to novelists to screenwriters.
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CSUSB, which ranked No. 10, was compared to over 300 other institutions nationwide, and is also the only California State University to make the top 100.
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Agustin Ramirez, a U.S. Navy veteran and a Cal State San Bernardino alumnus, became director of CSUSB’s Veterans Success Center in 2017, a place, he says, that's always been close to his heart.
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Ralph Figueroa, a graduate student in the rehabilitation counseling master’s program, has been named one of the top 32 student veterans in the nation by GI Jobs Magazine.
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Cal State San Bernardino has once again been named a Military Friendly® School and a Military Spouse Friendly® School for 2023-24 under the large public university category.
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CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales gave a speech at the Santos Manuel Student Union North grand opening; Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed why the Aryan Nations Knights chose Arizona and commented on the increase of anti-Russian attacks; and Agustin Ramirez (VSC) commented on CSUSB being named a Military Friendly School.
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U.S. Rep. Mark Takano will visit CSUSB on Friday, Jan. 31, to meet with university officials and learn about CSUSB’s veterans and cybersecurity programs. Office of Strategic Communication
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The celebration, which is free and open to the public, will be held on the CSUSB Coyote Bookstore lawn on Friday, Oct. 12, at 11:30 a.m.