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CSUN Students Partner with Alum to Help Unhoused Community College Students
California State University, Northridge’s student-based brand management and creative services agency: IntersectLA (IXLA) has partnered with the nonprofit Los Angeles Room & Board to help unhoused community college students in the Los Angeles area. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
‘I feel duped’: Inside the fast-food industry’s push to dismantle a new California labor law
Although some people interviewed by The Times ultimately declined to sign the AB 257 referendum petition, seven voters realized they had signed in error. They include Lindsay Pérez Huber, a professor at Cal State Long Beach’s college of education, who signed a petition in front of a Ralphs in Westchester and Rochelle Staab, 73, who signed at Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Times
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 2-9
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: The contemporary dance company performs “Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth,” 8 p.m. Feb. 18. Tickets $39 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. Details and to purchase tickets: bit.ly/3jiouaz -- Los Angeles Daily News
Black History Month events in the LA area, February 2023
Christian McBride’s the Movement Revisited – A Musical Portrait of Four Icons: The eight-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride leads a Big Band and Gospel choir concert that also includes a section dedicated to the election of Barack Obama, 8 p.m. Tickets $39 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. Details and to purchase tickets: bit.ly/3H222tS -- Los Angeles Daily News
Animation Educators Forum Names 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees
Bill Matthews (1932-2022) Animator — Bill worked at Disney on Sleeping Beauty (1959) and on The Mickey Mouse Club. He also worked for the Jet Propulsion Lab creating instructional films. He taught animation at Sheridan College, California State University Northridge, Van Film Arts and Woodbury University. During the 1980s and ’90s he ran Disney Feature Animation’s recruiting and training division. -- Animation Magazine
CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF DISNEY’S ALADDIN AND MORE AT THE SORAYA THIS SPRING
Thirty years has passed since Disney took us on a magic carpet ride with the release of its animated feature Aladdin. Many who enjoyed the Academy Award-winning movie for the first time as kids now have their own kids who will it, too. The Soraya at California State University in Northridge celebrates this special anniversary with three, family-friendly concerts this spring, each with ties to the Disney classic. -- L.A. Parent
Aerospace employers in east Kern forging data link with local schools, colleges
Besides CSUB, the aerospace cluster is working with the Kern Community College District, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Antelope Valley College, Cal State Northridge and other campuses within the California State University system. -- Bakersfield Californian
Hart District Awarded $240,000 for Teacher Credentialing Program
The Hart District is partnering with California State University, Northridge and the University of Massachusetts Global in the implementation of this grant. Classified employees will be able to use the awarded grant funds for tuition at those two universities. -- SCV News
CSUB leads the way in improving transfer student success
CSUB is working with the Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Los Angeles, Northridge and Pomona campuses, all led by Cal State San Marcos. -- KERO
CSUN, Law Enforcement Partner to Produce Fentanyl PSA
California State University, Northridge film students, along with faculty and alumni have produced a public service announcement to address the ongoing fentanyl crisis and educate the public about the dangers of fentanyl pills. This PSA was made in partnership with the United States Attorney’s Office Central District of California, the Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Division and the District Attorney’s Offices of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. -- SCV News