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Summer Movie Fest: Breakfast Club

Summer Movie Fest is an outdoor movie screening event hosted every Thursday at California State University Northridge. Each week we bring you an amazing movie, fun activities and delicious food trucks. So grab your blankets and chairs, bring the family, and enjoy an evening with CSUN. -- Carpe Diem!

5000 Pounds of Oranges are Harvested for Public Service

Approximately 130 volunteers recently harvested 5,000 pounds of Valencia oranges at the Orange Garden in Cal State Northridge, which is distributed to a number of food charities in Los Angeles County. -- World Journal (in Chinese)

Migratory Notes reflects the movement of immigration from fringe topic to key beat

Six months later, Daniela Gerson and Elizabeth Aguilera are considering whether Migratory Notes, which comes out every Friday (on Medium and via email), is really still a pop-up. “We initially thought we’d do this for a month, but the flood of news really has not let up,” said Gerson, an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge, and a senior fellow at the Democracy Fund (and a former immigration reporter for The New York Sun). “We’ve also received such overwhelming responses from people saying it’s really useful — initially from journalists, but also from lawyers, policy people, and immigrants themselves.” -- Nieman Lab

Study: Procurement Programs Provide Opp for Historically Disadvantaged Minorities

Preferential procurement programs are providing minority entrepreneurs an opportunity to leverage what might be seen as a hindrance — the historical lack of access due to their race or ethnicity — into a business advantage, according to a new study by California State University, Northridge management professor Lois Shelton. -- SCV News

Latino Book & Family Festival Coming to MiraCosta College

The college is hosting the festival as part of its extensive outreach to the community. MiraCosta College District Superintendent/President Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke will be on hand to introduce guest speakers, including former U.S. Ambassador Dr. Julian Nava and Carlsbad native and bestselling author Victor Villasenor. Nava, a longtime history professor at Cal State Northridge, was the first Mexican-American to graduate from Harvard and he became the first Mexican-American to hold the position of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico when he was appointed to the post by President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Villasenor has published numerous books, including the national bestsellerRain of Gold and Pulitzer Prize-nominee, Lion Eyes. -- Times of San Diego

Switching careers is hard. It doesn't have to be.

Meanwhile, employers hire based on credentials that job applicants can't change ” a college degree or previous job title ” rather than assessing the skills an applicant has developed, said Auguste, who was an economic adviser in the Obama administration. He said the approach should instead be,"If you learned it at Harvard or Cal State Northridge or on the job as a secretary or in the Navy or as a volunteer, awesome." -- Qatar Tribune

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