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Switzer Scholarship

Professor Switzer

CSUSB students studying for an academic year abroad in France or Quebec are eligible for the Switzer Scholarship. The award ranges from $500 to $10,000 based on merit and/or financial need. Priority is given to majors, then minors, then everyone else. No separate application is required for those students who are accepted to one of the CSU International Programs. For more information, contact Dr. Martin.

CSUSB students spending a year in France (Aix-En-Provence or Paris) or Quebec (Canada) have been the recipients of the Switzer Scholarship. Since 1999 the Switzer fund has awarded over $143,000 to 24 students.

P. Richard Switzer was a professor of French at CSU, San Bernardino. Switzer specialized in French literature of the 19th century with emphasis on Chateaubriand and Scribe. He was the author of 15 books and contributed to 3 additional books. He read 29 papers at professional meetings and authored 34 articles appearing in 15 different journals. Switzer taught at Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin (Madison), the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois (Chicago) and the University of California (Berkeley) before coming to CSUSB as the Dean of Humanities in 1970. He served as Dean from 1970-79 before dedicating his energy to the French program where he regularly taught French composition, linguistics, literature, and literature in translation. When Professor Switzer passed away in 1995 he left his estate to fund this scholarship program to encourage CSUSB students to spend a year studying in France.

Past and Current Recipients

2020-21

  • Dyanna Trujillo

2018-19

  • Angelica Vargas

2016-17

2014-15

  • Heather Landeros

2012-13

  • Brittini Schoech
  • Ayanna Anthony
  • Cameron Doussett
  • Gabriela Garcia

2010-2011

  • Carlos Castro
  • Edna Chavez
  • Emmanuel Okharedia
  • Ana Ramirez-Rodriguez

2008-09

  • Sydney Atherton
  • Antoinette Norman
  • Christina Williams

2006-07

  • Zachary Howe
  • Ashley Reynolds
  • Brandie Stephens
  • Brandy Wiersma

2004-2005

  • Ashley Davidson-Fisher
  • Kerri Faulkner
  • Danielle Ogaz

2002-2003

  • Jennifer Johnson
  • Amanda Porter
  • Scott Poff

2000-2001

  • Jennifer Baldwin
  • Kim Clifton
  • Windsor Muguertegui
  • Leslie Ruiz

1998-1999

  • Katherine Hoyo
  • Mandy Wilson

1995-1996

  • Lena Batanian
  • Valerie Johnson
  • Jack Lape
  • Constance Tseng
  • Robert Viera

2019-20

  • Hosanna Betcher
  • Anahi Pimentel-Meza

2017-18

  • Shaina Lumpkin
  • Bradley Dooley

2015-16

  • Rocio Fuentes

2013-14

  • Heather Landeros
  • Jane Hurd

2011-12

  • Limber Chavez
  • Clarissa Garcia
  • Cindy Grande
  • Pierina Saldonid

2009-10

  • Jessica Harp
  • Michelle Roeder
  • Diana Salazar

2007-08

  • Jonté Leon Guerrero
  • Sacha Rice
  • Sally Smith

2005-06

  • Chistine Cowan
  • Toni Drewry
  • Jury Lim
  • Sarah Quinte

2003-2004

  • Amanda Black
  • Ashley Davidson-Fisher
  • Lydia-Carlie Tilus
  • Rachel Fields
  • Flor Quinto
  • Oscar Zambrano

2001-2002

  • Angela Brau
  • Molly Green
  • Huong Nguyen
  • Felipe Rangel

1999-2000

  • Katherine Hoyo
  • Cynthia Olivera
  • Vanessa Jong
  • Rosie Zelaya

1997-1998

1996-1997

  • Damon Nance
  • Anne-Lise Sveen

1994-1995

  • Lena Batanian
  • Brizeida Fernandez