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Julian Nava, trailblazing L.A. politician and U.S. ambassador, dies at 95
After graduating from Pomona College in 1951, Nava went off to Harvard, which allowed him to lecture across Latin America and Spain, the latter on a Fulbright scholarship. He returned to Southern California to become a history professor at Cal State Northridge when it opened in 1956, eventually becoming one of the last two professors from the school’s inaugural class when he retired in 2000. -- Los Angeles TImes
Divisions run deep for math requirements
Katherine Stevenson, a math professor at California State University, Northridge, who has worked with teachers in Los Angeles Unified, said, “It’s very hard for teachers not to get lost in skills and practices that are very concrete, so I applaud the big ideas.” But, she said, preparing lesson plans and classroom tasks will require an intense amount of preparation and continuous training. “If you look at the framework as an aspirational document, I am OK with it, but I have real concerns as an actionable document.” -- San Mateo Daily Journal
Equity-based Follett ACCESS Program Delivers on Student Well-being, Academic Success and Course Materials Affordability
“In the future, if I ever have the choice for my course materials to be included in a class or not, I would definitely choose for my course materials to be included because it saves me so much money,” said Robert Schrader, a student at California State University, Northridge -- Buffalo News
JOHN SCHULTHEISS OBITUARY
June 28, 1942 - July 16, 2022 John Edward Schultheiss, film historian and professor emeritus of film at California State University, Northridge, died peacefully in Tarzana, surrounded by his family. The cause of his death was lung disease brought on by leukemia. -- Legacy.com
Local spotlight: River Valley grads move on
River Valley High 2022 graduates and student-athletes Travis Brown (William Jessup, cross country/track and field), Kila Carleton (Sonoma State, cheerleading), Cassie Cordisco (Cal State Northridge, cheerleading), Hugo Mendoza (Coe College, football) and Collin Totman (Concordia University, track and field) celebrate their next step in life with moves off to college to play sports. -- Appeal Democrat
Peruvian makes history by assuming direction of journalism school in the US
Retis has been an advocate for Hispanic, immigrant, or first-generation students going to college. Since her arrival in the United States in 2008 to teach at California State University-Northridge (CSUN), she has sought to help her students find “their way to learn better” in the United States. and that "you can" achieve success. -- The Gal Times
Exhibition explores the layered histories and tensions of West Texas
David de Rozas (Spain, born 1979) lives and works in Los Angeles. His films have been screened in festivals and series worldwide, such as Visions du Réel (2018); True/False (2018); Sheffield Doc/Fest (2018); and Kassel DocFest (2018), among others. De Rozas is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning filmmaker who directed and produced GIVE, winning seven international awards, including Best Experimental at the Smithsonian African American Film Festival at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC (2018) and Best Short Documentary at FullFrame Film Festival (2019). He is the recipient of a VIA Art Fund, Artist Direct Grant (2020); the Flaherty Film Seminar Fellowship (2019); the McEvoy Family Award, San Francisco (2021); and a Visual Artists Fellowship, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles (2017). De Rozas was a 2021 Artist in Residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts, and is a lecturer at the San Francisco State University School of Cinema and California State University Northridge Department of Cinema and Television Arts. -- Art Daily
CSUN Expanding Library’s Ethnic Studies Resources
In light of the crucial role ethnic studies plays in education in the state of California, California State University, Northridge’s University Library recently purchased several important databases and digital archives to make the resources available to educators throughout the region. -- SCV News
Deep divisions, further delay for California's math guidelines
Katherine Stevenson, a math professor at California State University, Northridge, who has worked with teachers in Los Angeles Unified, said, "It's very hard for teachers not to get lost in skills and practices that are very concrete, so I applaud the big ideas." But, she said, preparing lesson plans and classroom tasks will require an intense amount of preparation and continuous training. "If you look at the framework as an aspirational document, I am OK with it, but I have real concerns as an actionable document." -- Palo Alto Online
Environmental officials see red over rage rooms
The danger to the environment and to customers from such businesses is likely minimal – especially compared to larger issues the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates, said Antonio F. Machado, professor of environmental and occupational health at California State University, Northridge. The amount of toxic material rage rooms generate is probably small, and good ventilation could alleviate much of the concern for patrons, he said. -- David Enterprise