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![Laurena Bolden, CSUSB Class of 2011, will receive the 2024 Community Champion Award from the Time for Change Foundation.](/sites/default/files/styles/cover_image/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_LaurenaBolden_TimeforChangeAward_.jpg?h=e3989623&itok=53ZSk40M)
CSUSB alumna receives Time for Change Community Champion Award
Alumna Laurena “Lala” Bolden ’11, psychology and criminal justice, was recognized by the Time for Change Foundation with its 2024 Community Champion Award.
![CSUSB Palm Desert Campus hospitality management students enjoy a meal during their trip to Italy.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/IMG_2496%20jpg.jpg?itok=cSRUdhxz)
Students had opportunities to interact with business owners and operators in the manufacturing and services sectors of wine, food products, retail, hospitality and tourism.
![Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at the annual Latin American Studies Conference at CSUSB on April 25.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_WLL_LatinAmericanConference_19Apr2024.jpg?h=9c192636&itok=kvUs8bcE)
Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference, which will take place in person beginning at 9 a.m. in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-5005, and also offered virtually, with a livestream available for the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus in the Rancho Mirage Student Center.
![The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER-24_7277%20RAFFMA_Reaccreditation%20Award%202024%20-%20RAFFMA_BB1U5802.jpg?h=28affe8b&itok=fcOHwuLi)
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA) earned reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, which is recognized as the gold standard for museum excellence. The designation showcases RAFFMA’s commitment to upholding the highest professional standards in the museum field.