Education

An Irvine contracting firm will oversee the expansion and renovation of Cal State San Bernardino’s Performing Arts Building. Rudolph & Sletten has been selected general contractor and construction manager of the $84 million project, according to a statement. Phase one will be the construction of a 106,000 square-foot addition to …

Starting this fall, Mt. San Jacinto College will offer an automotive apprenticeship program. Some local automobile maintenance and repair businesses have expressed interest in helping students who are interested in working as automobile mechanics according to a statement on the community college’s website. “The apprenticeship [program] provides a vital supplement …

UC Riverside has received a grant of nearly $1 million that will help train Southern California’s labor force. The university’s extension will use the four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to work with businesses in Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles counties, according to a statement on …

UC Riverside’s School of Medicine will receive $25 million from the state of California. The state’s $202 billion budget for the 2020-’21 fiscal year, which began July 1, allocates $25 million for the medical school, according to a statement on the university’s website. That will be enough to help the …

Classes at UC Riverside this fall will be mostly remote, with some limited classroom instruction that will include a remote-learning option. Priority for in-person classes will go to graduate students, graduate courses, and undergraduate laboratory and studio courses, all of which tend to have fewer students, according to a statement …

Members of the Delta Sigma Phi Eta Beta chapter at Cal State San Bernardino raised more than $1,000 through a virtual fundraiser to buy meals for hospital workers at Dignity Health Community Hospital in San Bernardino. The fraternity bought meals from Alanbertos Mexican Food in San Bernardino and then donated …