Faculty To Lead 25 Students
On Historic Cuban Visit In March
Four CSULB faculty members will lead 25 students to Cuba in March as part of a collaboration between Romance/German/Russian Languages and Literatures’ Spanish program and Chicano and Latino Studies.
VITA Offering Free Tax Return Assistance
Accounting majors at CSULB will be offering free income tax preparation for students and members of the community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program through Friday, March 23, in the College of Business Administration.
COTA’s Well-Travelled Torres-Santos
Looking Expand Students’ Universe
When Raymond Torres-Santos arrived on campus last fall to become the new dean of the College of the Arts (COTA), he completed a cycle that began three decades earlier with his first faculty appointment at CSU San Bernardino.
Lawver Tabbed Employee Of The Month
Brian Lawver, CSULB’s Director of Advancement Services, who is marking 23 years on campus, was named by his co-workers in University Relations and Development as employee of the month.
Center for Community Engagement Awarded Grant To Develop Civics Leadership Academy
The Center for Community Engagement at CSULB was awarded a $200,000 grant from the California Community Foundation to develop and implement a leadership development curriculum to build community member capacity for civic engagement through a Southeast Los Angeles Civics Leadership Academy.
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous
To Lecture At University On Feb. 2
Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will give Africana Studies’ Black History Month 2012 Inaugural Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 2 in the University Student Union.
Former CSULB Acting President,
CSU Executive June Cooper Passes
June M. Cooper, former acting president of CSULB and retired executive vice chancellor of the California State University, passed away on Jan. 10, at the age of 78.
CSULB’s First Amendment Studies Announces 2nd Annual Monograph Scholarship Contest
Sponsored by CSULB’s Center for First Amendment Studies in conjunction with A-Mark Financial and the website 911plus.org, the national monograph competition invites students to take part in the second annual Richard A. Clarke National Security and Counter-Terrorism Scholarship Competition with the chance up to win up to $20,000.