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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, CSUSB faculty, staff and students volunteered at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission and Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino, giving back to the community and helping local families in need.
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Marc Robinson (history) will give the keynote address at Washington State’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 18, Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed by Istanbul University’s Faculty of Theology about her film “1948: Creation & Catastrophe,” Kimberly Collins (public administration) participated in a panel on the region’s logistics industry, James Fenelon (sociology) presented at the Jan. 11 UCLA Sociology Colloquium Series, and Everett Sheffield (industrial technologies) has passed away at the age of 83.
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Winter intersession classes and university business operations will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
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Winter intersession classes and university business operations will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
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Winter intersession classes and university business operations will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
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Also in honor of King, the CSUSB Office of Community Engagement will host “Listen. Learn. Share. MLK Day of Service Virtual Celebration” beginning that day through Wednesday, Jan. 20.
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California State University, San Bernardino will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of a state holiday commemorating the late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Alemayehu Mariam writes on the Trump administration's influence on the release of Ethopian political prisoners; Wil Greer to speak at a community MLK Jr. event; Barbara Sirotnik reports on the region’s economy.
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While the campus is closed for the holiday, the university’s Coussoulis Arena will be the venue for the Inland Empire Concerned African American Churches’ 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.