By Aldon Stiles |Staff Writer| Associate Professor of psychology at CSUSB Dr. Amanda Wilcox-Herzog was selected along with seven other California State University (CSU) faculty members to participate in the 2015-16 Simms/Mann Think Tank for early childhood education and development. Each of the 13—five came from other universities—faculty members chosen to attend the Think Tank, held in Beverly Hills on Nov. 8, are considered Faculty Fellows of the Simms/Mann Institute for Education and Community Development. The Simms/Mann Institute, according to their website, was founded in 2011 to help develop programs that tackle the challenges facing families in the fast-paced world of the … [Read more...] about CSUSB professor a part of prestigious think tank
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CSU’s policies discussed by Board of Trustees
By Melissa Benton |Staff Writer| New proposed policies for student grants and presidential salaries were discussed in a press teleconference Jan. 31 with the CSU Public Affairs and California State Student Association (CSSA). Miles Nevin, the executive director of the CSSA, Erik Fallis, Stephanie Thara and Elizabeth Chapin of the CSU Public Affairs directed the teleconference. They discussed the key issues from the January 2012 Board of Trustees meeting and what it all will mean for students. Fallis spoke first of the presidential salary policy and the newly updated California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) list. The Board of Trustees recently put into effect a policy … [Read more...] about CSU’s policies discussed by Board of Trustees