Education

Cal State San Bernardino has received a $960,000 donation from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians intended to increase enrollment of Native American students. The three-year gift, which is part of the university’s Native American Enrollment and Achievement Initiative, requires school officials to hire a director of tribal relations …

Twenty five students have enrolled in Chaffey College’s facilities management program. Now in its second year, the program is a collaboration between the school, San Bernardino County and the International Facilities Management Association, according to a statement. “There is a tremendous need for skilled facilities managers,” said Diane Levine, the …

Cal State San Bernardino has opened an on-campus community and dining complex. Coyote Village and Coyote Commons was inaugurated Monday with a ribbon-cutting in the project’s courtyard, according to a statement. Tomás D. Morales, university president,  Harry Le Grande, interim vice president of student affairs, Shari McMahan, provost and vice …

Chaffey College’s Industrial Technical Learning Center has received a $700,000 grant that it will use to improve its advanced manufacturing apprenticeship program. InTech will use the money to work closer with several agencies it’s already allied with, including the San Bernardino County Workforce Development Board, the Manufacturers’ Council of the …

UC Riverside ranked 85th on the list of best universities in the United States in the annual rankings of colleges and universities by U.S. News & World Report, which was released Monday. That was an improvement of 39 place compared with last year’s list, reportedly the largest year-over-year improvement of …

Perris is offering classes for people interested in working in construction. The three-hour, once-a-week class is scheduled to start Sept. 20 at the Perris Community Adult School, 418 West Ellis Ave., according a statement on the city’s website. Classes will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays. Perris, …