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CSU's 4-Year Graduation Rate Nearly Doubles In Less Than A Decade
Graduation rates are also uneven across campuses, with some performing much better than others. Several campuses have yet to hit any of CSU's graduation rate targets, including Los Angeles, Northridge and Sacramento, three of the largest campuses in the system. -- Rohnert Park-Cotati Patch
Santa Cruz’s Brendan Bobo breaks Northwoods League’s career HR record | Local Roundup
Two other former Santa Cruz and Cabrillo players, corner infielder Javier Felix and left-handed pitcher Clayton Ray, also played for the Crabs. Felix plays for Cal State Northridge, and Ray plays for Nevada Reno. -- Santa Cruz Sentinel
Wetzel’s Sets New Table
Kristen Walker, a professor of marketing and the MBA director of the Nazarian Business School at California State University – Northridge, called the move by the company “the smartest thing for them … it’s not necessarily a rebrand; the extension is a safe way to test out markets and acquire new customers without losing existing (ones).” -- Los Angeles Business Journal
As Talks Are Set To Begin, WGA Says Studios Have ‘Wasted Months’ On ‘Failed Strategy’
Todd Holmes, a professor of entertainment industry management at Cal State Northridge says the current WGA strike has already lasted about as long as the last writers strike in 2007/08. -- LAist
CSUN Once Inspired Sign Language Barbie
In the late 1990s, creators at Mattel decided it was time to make a Barbie doll devoted to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Who better to advise the El Segundo-based toymaker than the staff at California State University, Northridge’s National Center on Deafness? -- SCV News
CSUN Honors ECMC Foundation’s Peter J. Taylor with New Scholarships
A new scholarship fund at California State University, Northridge honors the contributions of Peter J. Taylor, a transformational leader in education whose service to the CSUN system and ECMC Foundation brought visionary focus on systemic change to provide higher education opportunities for underserved students. -- SCV News
CSUN Special Collections Chitjian Endowment Presents Opportunity to Delve Into History of Armenian Diaspora
NORTHRIDGE (CSUN Today)—Authentic Armenian books, medals, personal letters, photos, autobiography manuscripts and translated documents can be found in a special collection at the California State University, Northridge’s University Library. -- Asbarez
Cal State makes some progress on graduation but lags on key graduation and equity goals, report finds
Graduation rates are also uneven across campuses, with some performing much better than others. Several campuses have yet to hit any of CSU’s graduation rate targets, including Los Angeles, Northridge and Sacramento, three of the largest campuses in the system. -- EdSource
NASA Funds Nearly $900,000 in Planning Awards to Minority Serving Institutions
The winners are as follows:
Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL
Creating a Storage Standard for Methane
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Scenario Based XR Immersive Training Environment
California State University, Northridge
Glass Fiber Reinforcement in 3D Printed Concrete -- SpaceRef
‘I’m PUSD Proud’ : John Maynard to lead Don Benito Fundamental
Maynard attended Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania studying chemistry and sign language interpreting. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree and moved to California to work at Cal State Northridge’s National Center on Deafness in 1994. He also earned a Master of Administration from Cal State Los Angeles. -- Pasadena Weekly