HR News Campus Updates | April 2019

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 9:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Location: USU Northridge Center

The Institute for Sustainability will host guest speakers and CSUN Sustainability Leaders for a discussion on important issues surrounding water quality/pollution, water conservation, drought, water justice, and other sustainability-related water issues. Please email sustainability@csun.edu if you’re interested in attending this event.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Location: Matador Square

Join the Marilyn Magaram Center and campus partners at Matador Square on March 26th between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in celebration of National Nutrition Month!

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 2:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library

Join us for the 2019 eProcess+ Showcase on April 3, between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. in the Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library.  RSVP at csun.edu/it/eprocess-showcase-rsvp.

Academic First Year Experiences has scheduled several faculty-staff discussions of The Far Away Brothers, next year's Common Read selection.

Choose one and join us!

• Monday, April 8, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Sierra Hall 422 (Undergraduate Studies on the Roof Conference Room).  Hosted by Isabelle Ramos, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Oviatt Library; member of the Common Read Selection Committee.
• Friday, April 19, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Sierra Hall 422 (Undergraduate Studies on the Roof Conference Room). Hosted by Marvin Villanueva, Director, Student Services Center/EOP, College of Humanities.

You do not have to have read the book already to attend, so if you want to learn a little about the book before you read it, we would be happy to have you join us! And if you do not yet have a book, but you want one, we have an offer for you!

To RSVP for any of these sessions, please email Kelly Kroeker at or call AFYE at x6535.  The usual deal will apply: one free copy in exchange for your promise to speak about the book with at least one new freshman in fall 2019. Some possible conversation starters:

• "I see you are reading The Far Away Brothers.  How do you like it so far?"
• "I read this book over the summer. I thought the most powerful part was __________. Have you read that part yet?" 
• "Are you reading this book for a class? Which one?" 
• "Did you go (are you going to go) to New Student Convocation? I heard that the keynote speaker was (will be) really interesting."

Offer valid while supplies last. 

New H&R Block clients are eligible for $25 off in-office tax preparation, as well as other discounts, thanks to an Alumni Association partnership with CSUN.

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
Location: Bayramian Lawn

Earth Fair is a free, annual event hosted by Associated Student Productions that celebrates Earth Day. The ultimate goal of Earth Fair is to educate students in interactive and innovative ways about how to sustain and care for our planet Earth. Each year the theme is changed to capture attention and focus the event on the prominent environmental issues facing our society. The largest component of Earth Fair is the 30 to 40 on-campus, local, and outside vendors that are relevant to the Earth Fair theme and impact student learning. Local and outside vendors show students that goods and services that consumers buy everyday can be bought from companies that have less of a carbon footprint. CSUN departments and auxiliaries provide students the opportunity to learn about the sustainable developments the campus has implemented in day to day activities. For more information on the event and tabling opportunities, contact   from AS Productions.

Saturday, April 13, 2019 - 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Location: Sustainable Garden Education Center (Food Garden)

Want to volunteer at the garden but don't have time during the week? Join us on select Saturdays throughout the Spring semester. Activities range from weeding the garden, putting in new irrigation systems, harvesting and planting, and turning compost.

The office of Research and Graduate Studies (RGS) is hosting a workshop on Patents & Copyrights for faculty and staff active in research, innovation, and creative works.

This workshop will focus primarily on federal regulations that govern rights and ownership to inventions made during the course of funded research set forth in the Bayh-Dole Act. Topics will also include:

• When and how to disclose an invention or discovery
• University reporting obligations
• When and how to file a patent
• What happens after filing
• How to conduct a patent search
• Copyright basics: US law and CSU policy

Seating is limited to 75 attendees. You must RSVP if you plan to attend one or more sessions. You will be asked to indicate your interest and availability in the following schedule:

1. Intro to patents and process (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
2. Lunch, Patent Q&A (12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.)
3. How to conduct a patent search (12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.)
4. Copyright basics (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)

Please direct any questions to: sherrie.hixon@csun.edu

Join us for a Brown Bag lunch discussion and book signing featuring Julieanna Hever, on her new book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant Based Nutrition" Thursday, April 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the Ferman Presentation Room.

The Tanni Block Memorial LGBTQ Scholarship serves to honor the memory of Tanni Block, an extraordinary student leader at CSUN, by recognizing on-campus leadership, involvement, and advocacy efforts that support inclusivity on campus, particularly with and for the LGBTQ community.  Encourage your students who qualify to apply by April 26, 2019.

Learn more at: https://csun.academicworks.com/opportunities/1018

Sunday, April 28, 2019 - 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Location: CSUN Orange Grove

Assist guests and students at commencement by showing your CSUN spirit, and say farewell to our class of 2019.

Volunteer roles include:

Way Finder/Greeter - Initial point of contact for guests to help navigate them to the venue
Diploma Cover Distributor - Provide students with diploma covers just prior to them walking on stage
Line Management - Guide the graduating students into their seats during the processional
Gate Supervisor - Back-up for ticket scanners who identify persons with invalid tickets and offer suggestions 

If you are interested in volunteering please complete the form here: http://www.csun.edu/commencement/commencement-volunteers-form

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us at ashley.simmons@csun.edu. 

Thank you and go Matadors! 

The Language, Speech and Hearing Center, which is the clinical arm of the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, has numerous services available to CSUN faculty and staff, at a special discounted rate.  In addition to speech therapy and audiology services, the Center also provides therapy for stuttering and voice (including vocal hygiene).  

Voice Therapy Programs. Are you a professional voice user?  Do you lecture, and count on your voice staying with you all day?  Do you sing in a garage band or your church?  Do you sometimes go home with a painful sore throat?  You may benefit from a Vocal Hygiene program. You can learn how to use your voice optimally, and have power left over.  Contact the Language, Speech and Hearing Center at lshc@csun.edu, or call 818-677-2856.

Avoidance-Reduction Therapy program for persons who stutter.  Group meets Monday nights from 7-9 p.m. in Monterey Hall Room 100.  Anyone interested can email the Language, Speech and Hearing Center at lshc@csun.edu, or call 818-677-2856 to enroll.  This program is designed for adults, college age and older.  Stutterers do not have to avoid speaking situations.  In this program, stutterers learn how to approach speaking situations with a variety of useful techniques.

If you think the Center can help, visit https://www.csun.edu/language-speech-hearing-center or contact via email at lshc@csun.edu or call 818-677-2856.

The award-winning Teenage Drama Workshop (TADW) offers teens (those going into 7th grade through those just graduating 12th grade) the opportunity to develop skills in the theater arts in a six-week, conservatory-style, Summer program on the campus of California State University, Northridge.

This year's season runs June 10 thru July 21.

To find out more information and to apply, please visit the Teenage Drama Workshop website at http://www.csun.edu/teenage-drama-workshop.

In collaboration with the Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing, we are pleased to announce that a fifth lactation location on campus opened on March 1^st, 2019.  A special thanks and much appreciation to Shari Tarver-Behring, Interim Dean of the Michael D. Eisner College of Education, and her staff for providing the space which is ED 1110. 

If you are a Faculty, Staff, or Student mom on our campus and looking for a lactation location close to you, please contact wellbeing@csun.edu, or call 818-677-7715 to schedule.  You can view a map of all five lactation spaces at: https://www.csun.edu/wellbeing/csun-lactation-accommodations.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Location: Jerome Richfield 348

The Institute's Sustainability Program Analyst, Sarah Johnson and Project Coordinator Misha Kouzeh from the Institute will be leading a Climate Reality Workshop on campus. They are official Climate Leaders trained by the Climate Reality Project founded by former vice-president Al Gore, and will be presenting the challenges that our planet faces today, and communicate what impact change makers can have on our future.  Please email sustainability@csun.edu if you’re interesting in attending this event.