2020
- OCTOBER 29 CSU Board appoints Erika D. Beck, Ph.D. to serve as CSUN president
- NOVEMBER 12 CSUN President-select Beck in livestreamed conversation with alumnus and CNBC Anchor-At-Large Bill Griffeth ’80 (Journalism), Hon.D. ’17
2021
- JANUARY 11 First day as President!
- JANUARY 13 First decision – Open COVID-19 vaccination site on campus
- JANUARY 14 First Faculty Retreat
- JANUARY 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- JANUARY 19 CSUN opens large-scale LA County COVID-19 vaccination site
- JANUARY 20 Joseph Biden Jr. inaugurated as 46th President of the United States (Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and her husband, CSUN alumnus Douglas Emhoff, two Californians and friends of the university, go to the White House.)
- JANUARY 25 Spring 2021 semester starts
- FEBRUARY 14 Valentine's Day – President Beck’s favorite holiday
- FEBRUARY 15 Meets with hundreds of Matadors in a virtual forum, “An Afternoon with President Beck,” hosted by Associated Students
- FEBRUARY 18 First Faculty Senate Meeting
- FEBRUARY 26 Africana Studies hosts a conversation with renowned Black intellectual, Dr. Cornel West
- FEBRUARY 27 CSUN hosts a Year of the Ox Chinese New Year Celebration
- FEBRUARY 28 CSU Super Sunday, an annual faith-based event championing the importance of college preparation
- MARCH 2 Excelencia in Education California State Briefing with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, Chancellor Joseph I. Castro and other leaders
- MARCH 5 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
- MARCH 18 CSUN takes a stand against violence against Asian Americans
- MARCH 19 President Beck joins a showcase of powerful and influential women across myriad fields at the Valley Industry & Commerce Association’s (VICA) “Extraordinary Women in Leadership” event, presented in partnership with CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics
- MARCH 31 César Chávez Day
- APRIL 15 CSUN recognized as LGBTQ+ and Military Friendly Campus
- APRIL 21 President Beck joins U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and other higher-education leaders at Excelencia in Education’s “National Briefing on 25 Years of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) Accelerating Latino Student Success”
- APRIL 21 Message to campus on the verdict on the death of George Floyd
- APRIL 24 Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
- MAY 6 Los Angeles County in Yellow Tier of pandemic
- MAY 11 CSUN President Beck introduces the best-selling author and distinguished professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson at Los Angeles Times Virtual Ideas Exchange
- MAY 14 CSUN HSI Equity Hub Announced in Governor Newsom’s revised budget
- MAY 15 CSUN Virtual Commencement celebrating the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021