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DI student-athletes demonstrate academic success, resilience amid challenges
"The APR data continues to demonstrate the high level of academic achievement of our student-athletes and teams, and their resiliency to excel through a global pandemic and instability in the intercollegiate landscape," said Division I Committee on Academics chair Dianne Harrison, president emerita at California State University, Northridge. "The APR has been and continues to be a valuable real-time tool that provides us with an opportunity to identify and work with schools that may need additional assistance to improve their academic support services. Overall, the Academic Performance Program furthers the NCAA's commitment to academic excellence and integrity, and the public release of this APR data while penalties are suspended is a reasonable interim step." -- NCAA
Election 2022: With turnout so low, why does LA County even have a primary election?
“The people who controlled the party would decide on who it is who gets to be the nominees,” said Cal State Northridge Professor Lawrence Becker. -- Los Angeles Daily News
De la prisión a Disney
María Martinez ganaba 35 centavos por hora en la prisión; graduada en CSUN, ahora obtendrá un salario anual de $100,000 en Disney -- La Opinion (in Spanish)
Celebrate Juneteenth with these 11 empowering (and fun) L.A. events
Make your way to Woodley Park in Van Nuys for a day filled with music, food and giveaways at the Juneteenth Community Celebration. There will also be informative discussions. Marquita Gammage, the department chair of African-American Studies at CSUN, will be hosting a talk on the history and importance of Juneteenth. James Thomas, the president of the San Fernando Valley NAACP, will be speaking about the state of being Black in the San Fernando Valley. -- Los Angeles Times
Report: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Produce Highest Economic Mobility
The school with the highest percentage of Hispanic students in the state, at 92%, is Imperial Valley College. Schools enrolling the largest numbers of Hispanic students include East Los Angeles College, California State University-Fullerton, California State University-Northridge, and the University of California Riverside. -- Public News Service
Santa Monica College celebrates Graduation
Jose Alejandro Ramirez had a large group with him—“Mama Bear” (his words), a friend, sister and brother-in-law, cousins, nephews. Graduating with three Associate degrees, in business, economics, and liberal arts, Ramirez is transferring to Cal State Northridge to “keep moving forward.” This is a watershed moment for him. “I was impacted by the judicial system since I was a young kid,” he said. “I got released from an institution in Venice and applied to Santa Monica College since it was local. I have been here for two years, and I changed my life.” -- Santa Monica Daily Press
Thousands turn out for LA Pride parade’s return to Hollywood
Atkinson, a Cal State Northridge student, was beaming as she stood by her parents, who said they were horrified by recent anti-LGBTQ legislation. Her mother, Monica Bundy, said she was initially a little nervous hopping on a Metro train in the San Fernando Valley while decked out in rainbow gear, but that she quickly saw other people clearly going to the Pride parade and felt nothing but love. -- Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Don’t expect teachers to be substitute police officers when the shooting starts
Fans of arming teachers are ignoring the teachers themselves, who for the most part don’t want anything to do with guns in the classroom. Several states, including Texas, already allow individual school districts to permit teachers to carry guns. Only 300 teachers in Texas have done so — less than one in a thousand. Both the Texas State Teachers Association and the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, are opposed to arming teachers. A 2019 survey by Cal State Northridge of 2,926 teachers found that 95% said no to the idea. Most teachers believed the situation would make schools more dangerous. -- Globe Gazette
Historic Filipinotown Coffee Table Book Announced
“My vision is about who are the Filipino-Americans today as the book takes off from the Filipinotown gateway marker,” said Enrique dela Cruz, professor emeritus of Asian American Studies at CSUN. “It should consist of small photo stories about the diversity of this group, professionally, their contributions to society, and their geographic concentrations.” -- Asian Journal
Interfaith Solidarity Network marches against hate, gun violence in Granada Hills
Members of various religious groups and social justice organizations came together to rally and listen to speakers including:
–Loraine Lundquist, PhD, a scientist from Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Daily News