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Teacher standards are key to helping student’s reading
The primary difference between the new California standards and their predecessor is that they more clearly identify and list teaching performance expectations, and add direction for literacy instruction for English learners and children with disabilities, said Sue Sears, a professor at CSU Northridge who also was a member of the expert group that created the standards. -- The Daily Journal
COLUMN: A transformational force gone too soon
Larry founded vital programs that benefited Deaf people and their professional fields. For example, Larry worked with teachers for the Deaf in special education. He was considered the “major architect” of the groundbreaking California State University, Northridge Deaf Studies Program, the very first in the world. Then, he became the chair of the program. Imagine, this was before Gallaudet University, the world’s only liberal arts Deaf college, began thinking about such a program. -- Roma News-Tribune
Composers Inspirations In Performers Interpretations Opens 10th Season Of INTERHARMONY Carnegie Hall Series, November 5
Dr. DMITRY RACHMANOV, piano is Chair of Keyboard Studies at California State University, Northridge. A sought-after performer, master class clinician, adjudicator and lecturer, Dr. Rachmanov has served on the faculties of Manhattan School of Music and Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and has been a guest artist/lecturer/clinician at The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Royal Northern College of Music (UK), Shanghai and Beijing Central Conservatories. Rachmanov has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, London's Barbican and South Bank Centres, at venues across Europe and Asia, and has collaborated as a soloist with the Ukraine National Symphony, and National Orchestra of Porto, among others. He has recorded for Naxos, Parma, Master Musicians and Vista Vera labels. An active member of the American Liszt Society, Dmitry Rachmanov is the president of the society's Southern California chapter. His festivals include InterHarmony in Italy, Adamant in Vermont; In the summer of 2019 he was a resident at the Brahmshouse in Baden-Baden, Germany. He has served as a Co-Director of the ChamberFest @ CSUN Festival since 2019. A proponent of Russian repertoire, Rachmanov gave the US premiere of Boris Pasternak Piano Sonata, broadcast by the NPR, and he is a founding member and President of the Scriabin Society of America. His April 2014 commemorative all-Scriabin program at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall was described as "a 'poem of ecstasy' in every sense: giant in conception, quantity, quality, execution, thoughtfulness, and sensitivity" by the New York Concert Review. He is in the process of recording a video anthology of Alexander Scriabin's piano works. Dr. Rachmanov is a recipient of numerous awards, among them "Jerome Richfield Memorial Scholar" at CSUN and receiving an "Outstanding CAPMT Member State Recognition Award" by California Association of Professional Music Teachers. -- Broadway World
What happened to the lineup at radio’s SoCal Sound 88.5
Apparently, SoCal Sound 88.5 General Manager Patrick Osburn has received an email or two – or many more – due to the decision to drop many of the station’s weekend programs, move others to new time slots, and expand the regular format to more hours each week. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Prof Creates App for Nonprofits and Activists
Hoping to create a platform where activists and nonprofits can gather, connect and share information and a place where individuals can find volunteer opportunities and nonprofits can tap into the potential of volunteers and donors, California State University, Northridge political science professor Nicholas Dungey has created Reluvotion (pronounced Ree-Luv-oo-Shun.) -- SCV News
Community Voices: A rose by any other name …
In the late 1800s, other state normal (teachers) schools were established in Chico, San Diego and San Francisco. Mr. Price is correct in that school names that begin with a location name in our system and end in “State University” tend to be the older campuses. San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, Humboldt State University and San José State University are all examples of “older” campus names that begin with places. But CSU, Chico is among the exceptions. And how does one explain San Fernando Valley State College (later CSU, Northridge, founded in 1957) and Sonoma State University (founded in 1960) when earlier campuses used place names last? -- Bakersfield Californian
Your guide to L.A. Community College District Board of Trustees candidates
Name: Gabriel Buelna
Age: 50
Occupation: Professor of Chicana/o studies at Cal State University Northridge, family and criminal law attorney, YouTube influencer -- Los Angeles Times
TheWrap’s Top 50 Film Schools for 2022
17. California State University, Northridge / Northridge, CA
Located about 25 miles from Hollywood, CSUN offers value (in-state tuition is just $7K for undergrads, $8.4K for grads) and robust diversity (it’s majority Latino) in a competitive program. New additions include a Virtual Production track and an upcoming master’s degree in Entertainment Media Management. The school’s size (34,000 students, second largest in the Cal State system) might put off some prospective students, but it gets bonus points for helping NASA find E.T.: The school was recently tapped by the space agency to make a documentary about the search for extraterrestrial life. -- The Wrap
How Chatsworth Lake Manor and its San Fernando Valley neighbors hope to fight wildfires
Valley residents work with government and CSUN on new ideas to make their fire-prone areas safer -- Los Angeles Daily News
Karen Bass and Rick Caruso reach out to voters as Nov. 8 Election Day rushes closer
Tom Hogen-Esch, chairman of the political science department at Cal State Northridge, believes Caruso’s focus on retail politicking is intended to soften the real estate tycoon’s image and “highlight his ability to connect with” grassroots voters, particularly Latino voters. -- Los Angeles Daily News