The UC Riverside School of Medicine has a new dean. Dr. Deborah Deas’ appointment was confirmed Monday by the University of California Regents Committee on Health Services, according to a university statement. She is scheduled to take over May 16. Deas, who will also be the school’s chief executive officer, …
Read More »Agreement in Cal State Pay Dispute Reached
California State University and the California Faculty Association have reached an agreement that will avoid a strike by faculty members. That agreement will pay professors, instructors and other union members a 10.5 percent pay increase during the next three years, seven percent of which is scheduled to begin this summer, …
Read More »Report Backs Teachers’ Salary Demands
California State University faculty members should receive the five percent raise they’ve been asking for more than one year, according to a report released Monday. The fact-finding report took about two months to complete and was presented to the California Faculty Association and the California State University Chancellor’s office 10 …
Read More »Learning Center Gets Started
A learning center in Fontana that will train people to work in manufacturing jobs opened yesterday. About 200 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Industrial Technical Learning Center [InTech Center], which is located on the campus of California Steel Industries near the Auto Club Speedway of California. About 2,000 …
Read More »Cal State teachers may strike this spring
California State University faculty are preparing for a five-day strike. Members of the California Faculty Association voted this weekend to walk off the job April 13-15 and April 18-19, Marcia Marx, president of the faculty association’s chapter at Cal State San Bernardino, said Monday. The faculty association, which represents all …
Read More »Inland Youth Learn about the Military
Some students at Westside Christian School in Redlands got a lesson in the U.S. military this week. On Tuesday, the day before Veteran’s Day, each of the youngsters was assigned a branch of the military to learn about, then negotiated an obstacle course and celebrated the birthday of the U.S. …
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