Dr. Steve Neilsen

CBU has been awarded $1,896,660, through the FIPSE-SP program from the U.S. Department of Education. This award will fund the program Supporting Capacity-Building for High-Quality Short-Term Programs, with Dr. Steve Neilsen, dean of access and retention, as project director.

Dr. Kayla Middleton

Dr. Kayla Middleton, adjunct professor of education: Building Number Concepts in Early Childhood. The Journal of the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children (December 2025).

Dr. Karim Youssef

Dr. Karim Youssef, assistant professor of architecture: Ecological Nature of the City: Ecologicality. The Plan Journal (December 2025).

Dr. Veronica Regueiro, assistant professor of psychology, and Dr. Noel Cooper, assistant professor of psychology: Clinical Case Vignettes for Psychological Disorders: A Resource for Professionals, Trainees, and Students (Routledge, 2025). It includes contributions from several other CBU faculty members and doctoral students.

Dr. Nathan Iverson

Dr. Nathan Iverson, associate professor of psychology: How the 70–20–10 rule can ease holiday stress. Psychology Today — The Evolving Workforce (Dec. 9).

Dr. Teresa Hamilton

Dr. Teresa Hamilton, professor of nursing: book review on Visionary Leadership in Healthcare: Excellence in Practice, Policy, and Ethics by Holly Wei and Sara Horton-Deutsch. Nursing Science Quarterly (January 2026). 

Dr. Samantha Chao

Dr. Samantha Chao, adjunct professor of DBA dissertation committee: Anything But: Confessions of a Pastor’s Daughter. Challenger (Volume 65, Issue 1).

Dr. Namhee Kim, professor of communication sciences and disorders, and Johanna Pulliam, instructor of communication sciences and disorders: poster A Study on the Consistency of Generative AI Tools in Developing Intervention Plans. Kim also co-presented poster The Impact of Parents’ Definitions of Play on Early Language Development in 1 to 3-Year-Olds. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention on Nov. 21.

Dr. Christina Gonet

Dr. Christina Gonet, assistant professor of Christian ministries: Holding Fast and Drawing Near: Sanctification in Hebrews. Evangelical Theological Society’s annual meeting in Boston on Nov. 18.

Dr. Brian Bovee, associate professor of computer information technology, and Dr. Benjamin Sanders, assistant professor of computer science and data science: Gamified Learning in Clinical Education: Behavioral Outcomes in ECG Instruction for PA Students. Dr. James Zapata, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, was a co-author on the paper. Bovee also presented Social Media Use and National Work Ethic: A Cross-National Analysis Using UTAUT2 and Habit Formation. Hawaii International Conference on Education on Jan. 5.

CBU's Marketing and Communication team took home seven awards at the Public Relations Society of America, Inland Empire Chapter, Polaris Awards Gala held in Riverside on Nov. 13. Awards were received for video content for the 30^th Anniversary Video; media relations for the Aim High Flight Academy; social media for CBU Dads Video and CBU in Miniature; marketing for Best Kept Secret No More, A CBU Christmas and Military Marketing Campaign.

Photo by Sonya Singh

Sonya Singh, instructor of journalism, has a portrait of the musician Kris Kristofferson featured in Through the Lens, a photography exhibit in Paris, Tennessee, showcasing images with stories behind them. The exhibit opened Nov. 23 at the Paris Academy for the Arts and will run through February.

Dr. Natalie Winter

Dr. Natalie Winter, professor of business administration, earned her Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in December.

• $250,000 gift to an existing double major scholarship endowment fund
• $200,000 gift commitment to establish a funded scholarship
• $136,078 gift-in-kind supporting CBU’s Botanic Gardens at Grand Arbor
• $104,712 estate gift to an existing endowment fund
• $100,000 gift to an existing endowed scholarship in the Bourns College of Engineering
• $100,000 gift to the School of Performing Arts to support A CBU Christmas
• $60,000 gift to an existing double major endowed scholarship, to be matched by a private donor, and then matched again by CBU institutional funds – quadrupling the investment in CBU
• $58,427 gift to an existing funded scholarship
• $55,000 gift-in-kind to the School of Performing Arts
• $26,206 gift to an existing funded scholarship
• $25,000 gift to establish a double major endowed scholarship fund to be matched by a private donor, and then matched again by CBU institutional funds – quadrupling the investment in CBU

• $25,000 gift to an existing double major endowed scholarship fund to be matched by a private donor, and then matched again by CBU institutional funds – quadrupling the investment in CBU
• $25,000 gift to the general fund
• $15,000 gift to an existing funded scholarship endowment
• $13,983 gift to an existing double major endowed scholarship fund to be matched by a private donor, and then matched again by CBU institutional funds – quadrupling the investment in CBU
• $10,372 gift to the President’s fund
• $10,000 gift to an existing double major endowed scholarship fund to be matched by a private donor, and then matched again by CBU institutional funds – quadrupling the investment in CBU
• $10,000 gift to the CBU Endurance Fund
• $10,000 gift commitment to CBU’s College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design
• $10,000 gift commitment to College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Excellence Fund
• $10,000 gift to Fill the Gap Funded Scholarship
• $10,000 gift to establish a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program Excellence Fund

Dr. Humberto Gallegos, left, Wendy Barbosa-Bulrice, Dr. Mario Oyanader and Dr. Michael Sill

Members of CBU’s Tres Pasos program attended a STEM project presentation at Casa Blanca Elementary School on Dec. 15. Second-graders came up with ideas on how to improve Villegas Park. They created prototypes of their ideas using only recycled material and presented them to the panel. The panel consisted of Dr. Humberto Gallegos, professor of civil engineering, Wendy Barbosa-Bulrice, HSI grant coordinator, Dr. Mario Oyanader, professor of chemical engineering, and Dr. Michael Sill, professor of mathematics.

Logan and Liam Sais

Megan Sais, associate director of graduate admissions, and her husband, Travis, welcomed twin boys on Jan. 6. Logan Alan was 7 pound, 10 ounces and Liam Eric was 7 pounds.

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