W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 25, NO. 01
July 30, 2026
CSUSB Names S. Terri Gomez as New University President Community News
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he California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has appointed S. Terri Gomez to serve as president of California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). Gomez currently serves as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona.
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“As a first-generation college graduate and a lifelong resident of the Inland Empire, I am honored to be named Cal State San Bernardino’s president,” Gomez said. “CSUSB is a university of access, talent and possibility, and its success matters profoundly to the Inland Empire, the High Desert and the Coachella Valley. I am excited by the opportunity to lead – alongside CSUSB’s dedicated and talented faculty and staff – a university that serves the communities that have shaped me and honors the values that have guided my career.”
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PHOTO CSUSB A Colton Native, Gomez currently serves as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona.
“Dr. Gomez is a principled and respected leader known for her student-centered approach to institutional decision-making,” said Jack B. Clarke Jr., CSU Board of Trustees member and chair of the CSUSB Presidential Search Committee. “The committee is confident Dr. Gomez will build on CSUSB’s strong
foundation as the region’s anchor institution, ensuring that students realize the full promise of a CSU education and that the university continues to drive the Inland Empire’s social and economic prosperity.” During her 27-year career in higher education, Gomez has championed innovative, equitycentered strategies that strengthen academic achievement, improve graduation and transfer outcomes, expand research opportunities and enhance institutional effectiveness. She has led transformative initiatives in academic innovation, artificial intelligence in teaching and learning, career-connected education, enrollment strategy and regional K–16 partnerships that increase educational access and workforce readiness. As provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona since 2023, Gomez has advanced efforts to strengthen proactive advising, expanded student success teams and increased institutional capacity to support students at scale. These collective efforts have delivered significant and measurable institutional gains in first-time four-year and six-year graduation rates, while strengthening outcomes for first-generation, Pell-eligible and transfer CSUSB cont. on next pg.
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Two young golfers wait in their carts ahead of the shotgun start July 25 at Shandin Hills Golf Club in San Bernardino.
A participant practices his swing during a golf workshop offered as part of the Shandin Hills Revival Classic.
San Bernardino Mayor Pro Tem Kim Knaus poses beside the sponsor display during the inaugural Shandin Hills Revival Classic.
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contributions for a community-led effort to restore the aging public course.
Organizers said 130 people registered — far more than the roughly 80 they initially expected.
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sold-out tournament drew 128 golfers to Shandin Hills Golf Club on Saturday, July 25, raising about $50,000 in cash and in-kind
The inaugural Shandin Hills Revival Classic & Community Picnic featured a shotgun start, golf clinic, awards ceremony, food and community vendors.
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