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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Located on the vibrant campus of California State University Northridge (CSUN), The Soraya and the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication share an integral link that enhances student access and opportunities in the arts and performing arts. A $5 million contribution from record producer and former California Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb was pivotal in ensuring the completion and opening of The Soraya in 2011. For his founding support and in acknowledgment of the integral relationship between the Mike Curb College and The Soraya, Mike Curb is recognized as one of The Soraya’s Cornerstone Benefactors. This partnership fosters academic and artistic excellence, elevating the talents and the future growth of CSUN’s students through master classes, student tickets, concerts of student ensembles, and students appearing alongside renowned artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Aida Cuevas, and Martha Graham Dance Company. -- NoHo Arts District
Guild Opera Company to Present 5 TENORS In Concert This Month
Emesh Wijewardena, from Sri Lanka, was recently featured as Tamino Die Zauberflöte at Cal State University, Northridge and has participated in the South Africa International Opera Singing Masterclass and Competition in Cape Town and the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Sicily. He won the All Island Competition in the Sri Lanka Festival for the Performing Arts, was awarded a full-ride scholarship for the Opera Studio of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, and most recently achieved the Runners-up award in the Palm Springs Opera Competition. -- Broadway World Los Angeles
Bill Macfadyen: Noozhawk Begins 2024 with New Roles for Local News Team
Most readers know Josh from his ubiquitous government and K-12 education reporting, and his popular Santa Barbara Talks podcasts. But he’s also a talented mentor and instructor in both the Santa Barbara City College and CSU Northridge journalism departments. -- Noozhawk
See some of the most uplifting Southern California stories of 2023
“It's just been really worth it and valuable, not only as a person, but as the first person graduating in my family, it really means a lot”, says Lupita as she recalls the hardships she endured to be able to graduate from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). -- NBC 4 Los Angeles
U Of U Top-Ranked Public University In Western U.S.
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah is the top-ranked public university in the West. The results of the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the United States rankings considered graduation rates and graduates’ salaries at 70-percent of a school’s total score, with learning environments counting for 20-percent and diversity ten-percent. The University of California-Berkeley and California State University-Northridge ranked second and third. BYU was ranked 20th in the nation among private universities. -- Mid Utah Radio
WSJ Ranks CSUN No. 1 for College Diversity in Western U.S.
California State University, Northridge is ranked the No. 1 college for diversity in the Western U.S. and No. 3 in the nation, according to the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Top Colleges in the Western U.S for Diversity. (Subscription required.) -- SCV News
Cal State Dominguez Hills, Winston Salem State University, and Cal State Pomona Lead Tenth Annual Social Mobility Index (SMI)
9 - California State University-Northridge -- Yahoo! Finance
Tom Petty’s Estate Remembers Jim Ladd, Inspiration for “The Last DJ,” After Sudden Passing
Petty was one to always come to Ladd’s defense. When Ladd had been fired from a DJing job, Petty played the song at Cal State Northridge in defiance. At the time of the firing, Petty also said, “Jim Ladd was fired this week for having an imagination.” -- American Songwriter
‘He lived for the music’: Jim Ladd, ‘The Last DJ’ who inspired Tom Petty song, dies aged 75
In 2011, when Ladd and a number of his colleagues were sacked from KLOS after it was acquired by Cumulus media, Petty paid tribute during an intimate performance with the Heartbreakers at Cal State Northridge. -- Yahoo! News
California Is Desperate for Affordable Housing But Can’t Stop Getting in Its Own Way
Housing costs and homelessness have become the top political issue in the state, prompting officials to set ambitious goals to build more housing, faster. Los Angeles is aiming to construct more than 450,000 new homes by 2029, a feat that would require five times as much construction as occurred in the previous decade, according to a May report from researchers at the University of California Los Angeles’ Ziman Center for Real Estate and California State University Northridge. -- The Wall Street Journal