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No horsefeathers
Mitchell, who also played two seasons of prep basketball, said her dream school is Cal Poly. She is also considering attending Cal State Northridge. Her brother, Cole, is an Oak Park sophomore in soccer and track and field. Their mom, Georgia Mitchell, is the Eagles’ varsity girls’ volleyball head coach. -- The Acorn
Governor Newsom Pardons Former CSUN Student Activist
Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday signed a posthumous pardon for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the California State University, Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Indigenous Pacoima Youth Appointed as Ambassador to the CA Native Youth Collective
Molina is simultaneously studying Chicana/o and Native American studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where they also work at the study center for Native youth. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
April 9: Journalist Asaf Elia-Shalev To Offer a New Perspective on History
Israeli-American journalist Asaf Elia-Shalev will discuss his most recent publication, “Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth” on Tuesday, April 9, at California State University, Northridge. -- SCV News
April 17: CSUN Hosts Third Annual EV Car Show
California State University, Northridge is hosting its third annual EV car show and panel discussion on the future of such vehicles on Wednesday, April 17. -- SCV News
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, April 4-11
The Soraya at California State University, Northridge: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and violinist and music director Joshua Bell, 6:30 p.m. April 4 ($78 and up; www.asmf.org). Location, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-8800. www.thesoraya.org -- Los Angeles Daily News
*Spectacular Sondheim! A Musical Revue
Details: The voice students of Joshua Wentz present “Spectacular Sondheim” A Musical Revue. Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3:00 pm, at Santa Clarita United Methodist Church. This event is FREE and open to the public! It features students from California State University Northridge, Los Angeles Mission College, Mission Opera, and Santa Clarita United Methodist Church. -- KHTS
Inland college notes: National title is the goal going forward for Cal State San Bernardino’s men’s basketball program
The Yotes (27-8 overall) reached the Final Four last year under Andy Newman before his departure to Division I Cal State Northridge. -- The Press-Enterprise
Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations
Newsom also granted a posthumous pardon to William Burwell, who helped organize protests as a student at San Fernando Valley State College, now Cal State Northridge, during the Civil Rights Movement. Burwell was arrested in 1969 and convicted of misdemeanor trespass and failure to disperse during a racial justice protest on campus in 1969, according to the governor’s office. -- Los Angeles Times
Newsom Pardons `Bill’ Burwell, 1960s CSUN Activist
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a posthumous pardon for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the Cal State Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies, CSUN officials said Saturday. -- MyNewsLA