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Amid rising antisemitism at universities, L.A. Federation revamps its Campus Impact Network for students
To address the troubling trend, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles relaunched the Campus Impact Network, an initiative to help support Jewish college students across L.A., including those at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USC and California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The aim of the program is to connect Jewish students and empower them to promote a positive view of Israel and become effective leaders, said Joanna Mendelson, the federation’s senior vice president of community engagement. -- eJewish Philanthropy
California State University, Northridge Develops Zero Cost Classes and Majors
California State University, Northridge is working to create zero-cost classes by eliminating the costs of course materials, an extension of a CSU-wide Affordable Learning $olutions initiative. -- Nation World News
AVIXA Foundation 2023 Scholarship Recipients
elAVate Scholarship
The AVIXA Foundation’s elAVate Scholarship supports the growth of women and gender equality in the AV industry. The 2023 recipient is Megan Duncan, a California State University, Northridge (CSUN) student pursuing a master’s degree in educational technology. -- Commercial Integrator
Rhiannon Giddens’ Next Act
Rhiannon Giddens has taken a chair, stage right in the theater at the Soraya Center for the Performing Arts at Cal State University Northridge in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley suburb. She’s asking her question to the dozen (or so) other musicians arranged with their instruments in an arc across the stage. This is the acclaimed Silkroad Ensemble, a collective of visionary international talent, sound-checking and rehearsing for the evening’s concert, just the fourth on their tour of their American Railroad project. -- AOL
Nov. 25: CSUN Hosting 38th Annual Powwow
The 38th Annual CSUN Powwow will take place Nov. 25, to celebrate American Indian communities of Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. The powwow is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Sierra Quad, located in the center of campus at 18111 Nordhoff Street in Northridge. -- SCV News
CSUN Director Named Appointee for Small Business Administration
Tim Tiemann, managing director of California State University, Northridge’s Innovation Incubator, has been appointed to the United States Small Business Administration’s Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee. -- SCV News
Reparations discussions are happening on the city, county, and state levels
The city advisory commission has been giving presentations at community meetings and churches, and they have held several virtual meetings that are open to the public. Earlier this year, this pilot program launched the study of the Black Experience in Los Angeles in partnership with California State University, Northridge. -- Los Angeles Standard Newspaper
C.W. Driver Breaks Ground on $56M Student Community in Northridge
C.W. Driver has broken ground on a $55.7 million, 198-bed affordable student housing community that will serve California State University’s Northridge campus. AC Martin will act as the project’s architect. -- Multi-Housing News
CSUN Professor: Biggest Threat Is If Volcanic Fissure Will Open Inside Grindavík, Threatening Community
Associate Professor of Geophysics at California State University Northridge, Dr. Julian Lozos, joined FOX Weather to discuss the risks of this particular volcano in Iceland. -- FOX Weather
What is media literacy? What parents need to know
“Media literacy is an essential life skill,” says Bobbie Eisenstock, a journalism professor at California State University — Northridge. -- Editor and Publisher