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‘It’s a disaster’: California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater
As a young man, he studied molecular biology at Cal State Northridge, and later did odd jobs from construction to bussing tables. He eventually got into selling real estate, including auto shops and buildings at business parks, and also developed gas stations. -- Los Angeles Times
CSUN professor Beatriz Cortez returns from the Arctic, to a $50,000 honor
An artist and a cultural and literary critic, Cortez receives grant from U.S. Latinx Art Forum -- Los Angeles Daily News
Employers Benefitted from Affirmative Action. It’s Time to Step Up.
This is the approach that the philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has been pursuing. She has flooded colleges such as Cal State Northridge, Lehman College, Florida International University, Prairie View A&M University and Whittier College with millions of dollars to recruit and support students in need. Corporate leaders need to take that as inspiration, and rethink what prestige means. (And with the rise of generative A.I., technology companies have an additional opportunity: to provide colleges with free technology to help them recruit, retain and support the next generation.) -- The New York Times
Gumbo Clay Fest
Guest artists include Clarion University’s Gary Greenberg; Patsy Cox, Professor of Visual Art at California State University-Northridge; Danielle Weigandt, a paper clay artist working in Utah; Stephen Wolochowicz, an Ogden, Utah artist who specializes in abstract industrial shapes with organic features; and Steven Erickson, a New York-based artist working with large-scale clay construction. More guest artists will be announced. -- The Examiner
Woman’s Club of South Pasadena Scholarship Awards
The winners will be attending these institutions and majoring in the following fields: California State University, Northridge (CSUN) (Broadcast Journalism); Emerson College & Paris College of Art (Film & Cinematic Arts); Sarah Lawrence College (English); University of California, Irvine (UCI) (undeclared); University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Applied Mathematics and Economics); University of California, Riverside (UCR) (Business); and the University of Minnesota (Nursing). -- South Pasadena News
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
Former CSUN assistant Tifft takes over as Head Coach at D2 Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Humboldt Athletics Director, Dr. Nick Pettit, announced the hiring of Chris Tifft as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. This appointment follows a national search assisted by Dr. Kurt Patberg from Mammoth Sports Consulting. Tifft possesses nearly three decades of experience coaching at the collegiate ranks, where he most recently served as the assistant coach at California State University Northridge. -- Hoop Dirt
Vanden grad hopes his electronic timing device catches attention of catchers, coaches
The launch comes 28 years after Ceriani signed his first professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. He played Division I ball at Cal State Northridge and Ole Miss before a minor league career that spanned from 1998 to 2010, getting as high as Double-A, before extending his career into independent baseball and abroad. -- Daily Republic
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