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Giving Season and Giving Back All Year-Round
At a time of the year when many are motivated to give back to their communities, California State University, Northridge professor Gina Giotta reminds do-gooders to extend their efforts beyond the confines of the holiday season. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Jon Hamm, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and More Celebrate Nonprofit Honorees at Golden Globes Foundation Dinner
Additional institutions receiving support include Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Northridge, Cerritos College Foundation, Feirstein School of Cinema at Brooklyn College, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Valley College, Loyola Marymount University, Mt. San Antonio College, Santa Monica College, California Institute of the Arts, UCLA, Southwestern Law School and the American Film Institute. -- Variety
Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Dec. 25-Jan. 12
Valley Economic Alliance – Our Region, Our Future: The public is invited to a regional development summit with guest speakers in business, real estate development, healthcare, manufacturing and tourism, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Keynote speaker; Rick Caruso. Dress code: business attire. Admission $99. Reservations required. Orchard Conference Center at California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. (www.orchardconferencecenter.com). Register here: thevalley.net/events/2024-regional-summit/ -- Los Angeles Daily News
Dr. Jasvant Modi Promotes Jainism Across Higher Education
Dr. Modi's efforts have led to significant contributions to various institutions. The University of Illinois Department of Religion recently received a $1 million donation, the largest in its history, from a group of donors including Dr. Modi to establish Jainism as a course of study. Similarly, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), in collaboration with Dr. Modi and his wife, Dr. Meera Modi, has benefited from an $800,000 gift to support the Bhagvan Ajitnath Endowed Professorship in Jain Studies. -- EIN Newswires
University of Utah top public college in the West, says Wall Street Journal rankings
The University of California, Berkeley and California State University, Northridge ranked second and third, respectively, among public universities in the West. -- Deseret News
C.W. Driver Commences Work on CSUN Student Housing Project
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—C.W. Driver Companies is collaborating with designer A.C. Martin Partners on a 198-bed student housing complex at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). -- School Construction News
The Power of Place: Purple Heart recipient Paul Hellweg makes his living with words
For many years Hellweg lived in California and was an assistant professor at California State University at Northridge, where he taught classes in journalism, anthropology and literature with a specialty in adventure recreation and wilderness literature. -- Westerly Sun
LED Volume Screens for the Masses: One of the Biggest Moviemaking Plot Twists of 2024
Meanwhile, film schools including SCAD, Chapman, Cal State Northridge and Full Sail University — with more on the way — also offer LED Volume screens to prepare their students for this monumental shift in production. And the Cherokee Nation has a Volume screen at Cherokee Film Studios, the first tribal soundstage of its kind. -- MovieMaker Magazine
Lowriders Legally Cruise into the New Year
As Denise Sandoval Ph.D., professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge, describes in the book “The Politics of Low and Slow/Bajito y Suavecito,” lowriders and cruising are deeply rooted in Southern California Latino/Chicano culture. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Jim Thomsen: A Life Carved from Adventure and Innovation
In addition to running his two outdoor shops, Jim also taught business classes at California State University, Northridge, and later started work at VF Corp. Here, he played a crucial role in acquiring many outdoor companies, including The North Face and Eastpak, Vans, Kipling, and others. He was instrumental in opening offices throughout Europe. -- Gripped Magazine