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CSUN Marks 2023 Commencement With Series of Celebrations
Thousands will be cheering later this month as more than 11,000 graduating students cross the stage in front of California State University, Northridge’s iconic University Library as CSUN celebrates its 2023 commencement. -- SCV News
Writers Strike Day 2 – What’s Happening At The Picket Line?
Today on AirTalk, Austin Cross talks to Bloomberg climate reporter Zahra Hirji and Tracie Tung, Assistant Professor of family & consumer sciences at CSU Northridge, about this current state of fast fashion and whether companies are seriously planning to invest into more sustainable practices. -- LAist/KPCC
Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis
At least one Cal State legislative report painted an incomplete picture of its efforts to close equity gaps. Last year, the system wrote to lawmakers that Cal State Northridge narrowed its achievement gap by 4 percentage points between underrepresented and non-underrepresented minority groups between 2019 and 2020. That’s true, but only because the non-minority group graduation rate dropped by three points. -- California Political Review
SERJ TANKIAN SHOWCASES UNPARALLELED PERFORMATIVE PROWESS WITH SOARING ORCHESTRAL SUITE, ‘INVOCATIONS’
See exclusive images of the venerated frontman’s ambitious solo cannon performed along with the Cal State University Northridge Symphony. -- Knotfest
Creative Minds Compete at the Sunstone CSU Startup Launch Competition
The competition has grown from five to 18 campuses in just its second year. There will be teams from CSU Dominguez Hills, Cal State East Bay, Fresno State, CSU Fullerton, Cal Poly Humboldt, CSU Long Beach, Cal State Los Angeles, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU Northridge, Cal Poly Pomona, Sacramento State, CSU San Bernardino, San Diego State, San Francisco State, San Jose State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU San Marcos, and Sonoma State. -- AP
San Fernando Valley automotive legend Bert Boeckmann dies at 92
Some of Boeckmann’s commitments to the community include two decades of service as an LAPD commissioner, and as an executive board member of the Boy Scouts of America, serving on former Mayor Tom Bradley’s blue-ribbon committee on budget and finance, and holding a seat on the CSUN Association Executive Advisory Council. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Santa Clarita Music Educator Recognized By State
Stoffle has also served as a music education and double reed clinician at UCLA, Indiana University, Northern Illinois University and Cal State Northridge. -- KHTS
Conservatives Rail Against ‘Segregated Graduations’
At some universities, the legacy of affinity graduation celebrations dates back decades; California State University, Northridge, hosted its first Black graduation celebration in 1972. Universities continue to add such celebrations to their end-of-year festivities, with Harvard making a particular splash when it introduced a Black graduation celebration in 2017. -- Inside Higher Ed
Hart District Music Education Expert Awarded All-State Recognition
Stoffel is completing her 10th year as director of instrumental music at Rancho Pico Junior High School in the William S. Hart Union High School District, and has taught grades 4-8 instrumental music for over 26 years in both Illinois and California. Before joining the Hart District, Stoffel taught for nine years in the Newhall School District. She holds membership in the National Association for Music Education, California Music Education Association, California Band Directors Association, California Orchestra Directors Association, and the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association. Stoffel has served as a music education and double reed clinician at UCLA, Indiana University, Northern Illinois University and Cal State Northridge. -- SCV News
National Basketball Teams of Armenia and France to Play Friendly Games in Los Angeles
France is the defending silver medalist of FIBA’s European Championships (EuroBasket), and Armenia is the defending champion of FIBA’s European Championship for Small Countries. The games will take place at Premier America Credit Union Arena, a 3,000-seat arena located on the campus of California State University, Northridge. -- MassisPost