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CSUN’s DEAF Project Joins Deaf Community, Bloomingdale’s in Honoring Male Role Models on Father’s Day Weekend

Any man can father a child, but it takes a real man to be a father — or father figure — a child can look up to. California State University, Northridge’s Deaf Education and Families (DEAF) Project is teaming up with members of the Deaf community and the department store Bloomingdale’s on Saturday, June 17, to honor dads, stepdads, uncles and all men whose active involvement enhances the lives of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. -- AmericanTowns.com

Independent Shakespeare Co. presents MEASURE FOR MEASURE

In her ten years as a college faculty member she taught at Moorpark College, Pepperdine University, and California State University, Northridge. Drawing on her experience as an educator, she has guided the company in the development of educational programming for schools, as well as workshops directed toward families that take place before performances in Griffith Park. -- Broadway World Thousand Oaks

Three Life-Changing Innovations for People With Disabilities

More than a billion people around the world have some sort of disability, and it’s important to create technologies to help them. That was the idea behind many of the technologies on display at the CSUN (California State University, Northridge) Assistive Technology Conference, held from 1 to 3 March in San Diego. Here are three of the more impressive devices. -- The Institute

Exclusive Test Data: Many Colleges Fail to Improve Critical-Thinking Skills

Results of a standardized measure of reasoning ability show many students fail to improve over four years—even at some flagship schools, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of nonpublic results SCHOOL VALUE-ADDED SCORE VALUE-ADDED SCORE PERCENTILE RANK FRESHMAN SCORE SENIOR SCORE POINT DIFFERENCE FRESHMEN WITH BELOW BASIC SKILLS Plymouth State University 2.02 95 1,007 1,185 178 40% Western Carolina University 0.99 87 1,048 1,163 115 25% University of New Mexico 0.96 86 1,124 1,216 92 13% California State University, San Bernardino 0.92 86 976 1,092 116 47% California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 0.87 86 1,155 1,281 126 8% West Chester University 0.76 85 1,076 1,185 109 20% California State University, Sacramento 0.73 84 948 1,119 171 55% Colorado State University 0.73 84 1,125 1,232 107 9% California State University, Northridge 0.62 82 959 1,117 158 48% California Polytechnic State University, Pomona 0.57 80 1,066 1167 101 17% -- The Wall Street Journal

100+ college presidents vow to meet Paris targets on their own

Timothy Carter, president of Second Nature, an organization that collaborates with academic institutions on climate-change matters, told the Chronicle that the signatories include presidents of George Washington, Brandeis, Northeastern, and Portland State universities, along with the University of California at Merced, California State University at Northridge, Lamar Community College, Agnes Scott College, Emory and Henry College, and others. -- Campus Reform

All the US cities, states, universities, companies, and investors defying Trump on Paris

Cities, towns, businesses, and universities also are clambering to show their support for the Paris agreement. So far, 211 US mayors have added their names to a pledge to locally honor the Paris agreement climate goals regardless of Trump’s decision, and over 1,000 mayors, businesses, and university presidents have signed onto a parallel declaration organized by several environmental groups. By signing, these entities promised to “pursue ambitious climate goals” and “take forceful action” to reduce their emissions. While it still remains to be seen what specific steps the signatories-which include giants like Apple and Facebook and big pension funds like CalPERS-will take to fulfill that promise, the outpouring of support suggests it is rapidly becoming unfashionable not to take a stance supporting the Paris agreement.....Dianne Harrison, president of California State University-Northridge -- True Viral News

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