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Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Sept. 5-12
Food drive for CSUN Food Pantry: The Community Concerns Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills holds a non-perishable food drive to help stock the food pantry at Cal State University, Northridge, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 17 and 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 18. The pantry benefits students who do not have much income for food while school is in session. Current needs: canned soups and other canned goods, pasta and dry boxed goods; also, hygiene items including soap, feminine products and shampoos. No glass containers or past date items. Drive-thru and a church volunteer will unload your donation. 10400 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. 818-360-1831. www.fpcgh.org/outreach. More details on California State University, Northridge Food Pantry here: bit.ly/3ch6IRl and here: bit.ly/3TeJiNe -- Los Angeles Daily News
Velázquez Endorsed by United Teachers of Pasadena and City Leaders in PUSD District 7 Election
Velázquez is a third-generation educator who said she understands education’s power in changing one’s circumstances. She currently teaches predominantly freshman and first generation college students in the Chicana/o Studies Department at California State University, Northridge. Both of her children attend San Rafael Elementary. -- Pasadena Now
Armenian Educational Benevolent Union Announces 2022-2023 Scholarship Recipients
At the event, Dr. Gagik Melikyan, Professor of Chemistry at the California State University of Northridge, delivered the keynote speech where he shared his insights about the Armenian presence in scientific international communities, and the social/political impact that Armenians can have through scientific work and research. -- Pasadena Now
Join us for CSUN ‘J-Day’ 2022 on Saturday, October 15
L.A. Times High School Insider, CSUN Journalism Department and Southern California Journalism Educators Association (SCJEA) are coming together to host our annual youth journalism conference at CSU Northridge. Learn from workshops led by professionals, test your skills in media contests and meet in small groups for roundtable chats with reporters. -- Los Angeles Times High School Insider
BEYOND ABCS AT HOME: MAKING LITERACY PART OF YOUR FAMILY’S LIFESTYLE
The Special Education Literacy Clinic of California State University at Northridge provides literacy support for special education students and their families. The center partners tutors with families to assess and identify students with learning disabilities and works with families to teach literacy to students diagnosed with mild to moderate disabilities. The tutors are reading specialists and university students working toward degrees in special education and educational therapy. Director Vanessa Goodwin says the clinic has been active for more than 20 years, providing invaluable services to local students and families. However, as education and student learning evolve, so does the program, and one of the most significant changes happened due to the pandemic. According to Sue Sears, coordinator of clinical services, the clinic began offering services online and building relationships with children and families outside the Los Angeles service area. While the center plans to re-open its doors to the public this fall, the online component will remain in place. -- L.A. Parent
Armenian Educational Benevolent Union Announces 2022-2023 Scholarship Recipients
The keynote speech was delivered by Dr. Gagik Melikyan, Professor of Chemistry at the California State University of Northridge. Professor Melikyan shared his insights about the Armenian presence in scientific international communities, and the social/political impact Armenians can have through scientific work and research. Dr. Melikyan addressed many issues and gave us some serious questions to think about and act upon. -- Asbarez
Students wait months for mental health help. ‘We’re bombarded,’ counselor says
“If you have a student in distress, it’s impacting their classmates, their classroom, their teacher,” said Alejandra Acuña, retired associate professor of Social Work at Cal State Northridge. “The student is suffering and so is anybody that cares about the student.” -- Los Angeles Times
It’s been a bad summer for souvenir shops on Venice Boardwalk
Nader Ibrahim is a student at Cal State Northridge and originally from Egypt. This is his second summer working at a t-shirt shop on the boardwalk. -- KCRW
[Hwang’s China and the World] What comes after BTS?
Moreover, this conference has been internationally held multiple times already. The first BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference was held at Kingston University in London in January 2020, while the second was held online by California State University, Northridge in Los Angeles at the height of the pandemic. -- The Korea Herald
Virginia Tech names IT transformation director
Qazi, who most recently served as director of human resources information systems at the California State University-Northridge, takes over for David Crotts, a finance and operations director who’d been serving as the IT transformation program’s interim director. -- EdScoop