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Powerhouse poet heading to Edinburgh Fringe Festival
I started writing stories when I was very little. The first poem I wrote was when I was 11 years old at a Girl Scout meeting. My troop leader said, 'We're going to write poems today' and it was so effortless for me. I loved it instantly and went on to write poems privately for many years. It wasn't until I went to university that I shared my work out loud with others. I signed up for a class called 'Poetry as Performance' and that course dramatically impacted me as a writer, performer and person. It introduced me to an open mic and poetry slam in Boston called The Cantab Lounge that I proceeded to go to every Wednesday night for six years. Many years later, my first tertiary teaching role was for a very similar class at California State University Northridge. -- Mirage News
CSUN’s first annual lowrider car show celebrates Chicano history in California
Lowrider fans say the colorful event gives the public exposure to a vibrant culture -- Los Angeles Daily News
‘University is easier is when you have a community’: Inside TMU’s first in-person Black graduation
Kirk and Ahmed had been inspired by a friend’s Black graduation event at an American university. Arguably, Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States have only ever had Black graduation ceremonies; that is neither here nor there, though it ought to be known. America’s predominately white institutions and their Canadian counterparts have slowly embraced Black and other affinity-based graduations: CalState Northridge has had a Black graduation ceremony since 1972. The first-ever Black graduation event at Harvard University was held in 2017. -- TVO Today
Woman Shares Countless Rejections as She Tells Jobhunters 'Good Luck'
The woman, who is now happily employed while on her summer break from California State University, Northridge, had shared in the TikTok video that she had been rejected numerous times before landing her current job. -- Newsweek
Sept. 2: CSUN Night Returns to Dodger Stadium
After four long years, California State University, Northridge is delighted to announce the return of the historic CSUN Night at Dodger Stadium Saturday, Sept. 2, at 6:10 p.m. Spend a fun evening with fellow Matadors, family and friends cheering the Los Angeles Dodgers as they face off against the Atlanta Braves. -- SCV News
Neighborhood Councils: SB411 - Zoom vs. In-Person Meetings
And as to my niece, who’s a Freshman at Cal State Northridge, she finds the in-person classes way superior to remote/on-line education. Less boring and more interactive. -- City Watch LA
CSUN Professor Explains Why ‘June Gloom’ Was DifferentThis Year
The lingering “June gloom” and “May gray” that brought unusually persistent cool and cloudy overcast weather to Southern California have been hard to miss. While the cooler temperatures are common in late spring and early summer, this year seems different. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Low and Slow CSUN Holds its First Event Celebrating Lowrider Culture
In the warm afternoon sun this past Saturday, CSUN’s Chicano/a Studies Department held its first annual Low and Slow event, celebrating lowrider culture and cars. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Lawmakers Vote to Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans
Dr. Boris Ricks is Director at the Center for Southern California Studies, California State University-Northridge: “How are we going to actualize reparations? For example, Japanese Americans received $1.6 billion – about $20,000 each. However, when we talk about the African American community, we talk about compensation that exceeds $800 billion. That’s 800 times more than the Japanese Americans. Does this compensation come in the form of health disparities, economic injustices, civil rights violations, or police violence?”, he asked. -- Los Angeles Sentinel
Vague language impacts perceptions of vaping risks, study finds
The team’s new paper, “Perceived Threat and Fear Responses to e-Cigarette Warning Label Messages,” published June 23 in PLOS ONE. Co-authors include Rosemary Avery, professor in the Brooks School of Public Policy; Amelia Greiner Safi, professor of social and behavioral sciences and public health practice in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, in the College of Veterinary Medicine; Michael Dorf, the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School; Alan Mathios, professor in the Brooks School of Public Policy; and Motasem Kalaji, assistant professor of communication studies at California State University, Northridge. -- EurekAlert!