CSUSB student awarded prestigious $25,000 Merck Scholarship

For the third time in six years, a CSUSB student has been awarded a highly competitive $25,000 Merck Scholarship.  Dwain McConnell, a chemistry/biochemistry and chemical engineering major, is one of only 15 undergraduates nationwide to receive the 2005 scholarship.  He applied for the award while working in the university’s McNair Scholars Program, which encourages students to pursue doctoral degrees.   Read the full story...

Palm Desert Campus to receive $1 million from City of La Quinta for new health science complex

La Quinta’s City Council voted unanimously to approve a $1 million contribution toward the construction of a health science facility at Cal State’s Palm Desert Campus.  The building, which will house nursing education programs, classrooms and labs, will complete the first phase of the permanent campus on Cook Street and Frank Sinatra Drive.   Read the full story...

University to offer master's degree in public health

The department of health science and human ecology will offer a new master’s degree program in public health starting this fall.  The two-year M.P.H. program is designed for health professionals to further their careers in public, private and community-based health care organizations.  Applications for fall 2006 are invited beginning November 1, 2005 and closing February 1, 2006.  Read the full story...

Scholar-Athlete Rob Mink qualifies for US Amateur Golf Championship

Robert Mink, CSUSB Alumni Association Alumni Scholar and three-year veteran of the Cal State San Bernardino men's golf team, qualified for this weekend's US Amateur Golf Championship. Mink, a senior and an all-CCAA first team selection this past season, was one of three qualifiers for golf's No. 1 amateur tournament, held this year at at Goose Creek Golf Club near Riverside.  Read the full story...

New BIO2MED program helps get students into med school

Up to six qualified CSUSB biology students each year will be assured admission to the osteopathic medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, thanks to an agreement between Cal State and Western University.  President Karnig praised the articulation agreement for its reaching and mentoring lower division students to help them into medical school.  Read the full story...

Back to College Night in D.C.

The Alumni Association invites CSUSB alumni in the Washington, D.C. area to join us for “Back to College Night” on Capitol Hill September 28.  Hosted by the California State Society, the event celebrates California’s institutions of higher education and brings together CSU and UC alumni with members of the California Congressional delegation and other Californians living and working in the D.C. area.   Read the full story...

Perkins’ attract $100,000 for scholarships at Lake Arrowhead estate fundraiser

University Advisory Board member Neale Perkins and his wife, Patricia, opened their expansive Lake Arrowhead French Normandy home this summer to raise money for scholarships.  In one night, the Perkins’ and their 225 guests raised nearly $100,000 for scholarships for people living in the mountain communities above the CSUSB campus who plan to attend the university.   Read the full story...