CSUSB Arts & Letters

BIG congratulations to the Class of 2026! 😃🎉

Thank you to all the faculty who joined us for commencement this morning, and a special shout out to our wonderful mace bearer, Dr. Liz Martin!

It was a beautiful day for free pizza and giveaways! 🌞 🍕🎉

Thank you to all the students who joined us in front of our brand-new Performing Arts Center yesterday for Pizza With The Dean! Special thanks the Coyote Radio team .radio for their help and for providing the music. 😎 🎶

📸 : Jacob Macias

Join us next week on Zoom for our Faculty Research Spotlight featuring our 2nd year faculty members!

Each of our panelists will talk about one aspect of their teaching, research, or creative activities that interests them most.

Wednesday, April 29
12 - 1 PM
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/4tIkZbQ

Featuring presentations by:

Dr. Injeong Yoon-Ramirez, CSUSB Art & Design
Dr. Alicia Escobedo, English
Prof. Rafael Duffie, CSUSB Art & Design

We hope to see you there!

More that 450 students joined us yesterday for the Arts & Humanities Career and Internship Fair!

Thank you to Dr. Sunny Hyon, Dr. Brian Heisterkamp, and the team for putting on another incredible fair with 50+ employers! 💙

Shout out to Jacob Macias from .radio for sharing some of the photos he took! 📸

Congrats to Dr. Jess Nerren from Comm & Media! 💙 🎉

Earlier this week she was named CSUSB's 2025-26 Outstanding Lecturer!

The award recognizes her work in and out of the classroom and her advocacy for all students, especially the neurodiverse, to ensure they have the opportunity and resources to succeed at CSUSB.

Nerren is an alumna of CSUSB, having earned her doctorate in educational leadership in the James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education.

Nerren also serves as Faculty Disability Inclusion Fellow and interim faculty director of Services to Students with Disabilities here at CSUSB.

Thank you to Aracely, Robert, Jacob, Mario, Jessie, and Melissa for speaking about the AWESOME jobs they landed after graduating from the College of Arts & Letters (CAL)! 🤩

These amazing CAL graduates participated in the college's very first alumni panel last month, "What's Possible with Your Degree." They shared their journeys and advice with more than 80 students who were in attendance, wow!

Together, they demonstrated how powerful an Arts & Letters degree can be in today's job market. 💪

Chech out our full list of alumni participants and their exciting careers!

Robert Conti, Technical Writer
Sean Mason, Video Editor/Motion Designer
Emily McKellar, Communication Specialist
Jessie McVicker, Math Teacher
Aracely Muñoz, Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Melissa Osorio, Spanish Teacher
Jacob Poore, Communications Director
Mario Verlangieri, Composer/Music Producer/Audio Engineer

📸 : Scenes from the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for our new Performing Arts Center!

Happy holidays from CAL! ☃️

Our Fall 2025 Newsletter is now available to read! Click the link below to catch up on everything you might've missed from CAL!

https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=7d381ca6d00f2c2c5db61e34e&id=4246fbe511

Congrats Arts & Letters Yoties!! 🎉 💙🐾

📸: Saturday, Dec. 12 | Fall 2025 Commencement

Thank you to our amazing team of faculty and staff who tabled at CSUSB's Instant Admit Event at Crafton Hills College this week! 💙