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Matthew Markin, an academic advisor at Cal State San Bernardino, has been recognized for promoting global collaboration in that discipline. An advisor in the university’s Office of Academic Success and Undergraduate Advising, Markin was awarded the Charlie Nutt Award for Promoting and Supporting International Collaboration in Academic Advising, according to …

Cal State San Bernardino President Tomas D. Morales has received the 2025 University of Albany-SUNY (State University of New York) Excellence in Education Award from that university’s alumni association. Morales, who received his master’s degree in 1978 and his doctorate in 1998 from the university, was honored “for opening doors …

Dan Van Ness has been named Agua Caliente Casinos’ entertainment director. A veteran of more than 35 years in the entertainment industry, Van Ness will oversee all entertainment operations at the Agua Caliente tribe’s properties in Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, according to a statement. He will report directly to Pearl …

Stacy Fraser has been named Cal State San Bernardino’s outstanding professor for the 2024-25 academic year. A music instructor, Fraser was recognized for her “excellence in teaching, research, scholarly and creative activities, and service to students and the campus community,” according to a statement on the university’s website. Fraser received …

Two UC Riverside professors have been named members of the National Academy of Science. Mary Droser, distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences, and Hailing Jin, the Cy Mouradick Endowed Chair of microbiology and plant pathology, both received the career-defining honor recently, according to a statement on the university’s website. …

Jennifer Alford, an associate professor of geography and environmental studies at Cal State San Bernardino, has won the university’s Golden Apple Award for the 2024-25 academic year. This is the second year in a row that a professor from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has won that award, …