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An L.A. watchmaker crafted a $70,000 timepiece. It could revolutionize the U.S. watch industry
Shapiro pursued his love of history at UCLA, where he majored in the subject, graduating in 2008. He got a master’s degree in history at Cal State Northridge six years later. By then, he’d already begun a career in education, having coached track and field and worked as a substitute teacher at Arcadia High School. -- Los Angeles Times
Wes Ghan Gibson Has Created a Championship Culture With San Marcos Baseball
After finishing his college career at Cal State Northridge, Ghan Gibson wasn’t thinking about going into coaching. -- Noozhawk
A Woman Invited Celebrities To Her Graduation & Some Actually Responded
Renee is a 2022 graduate of California State University, Northridge, with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. She also graduated with honors, so no wonder she wanted some beloved celebrities to hear about it!
Renee sent out several letters with the extra graduation invites and had five responses! -- Your Tango
'Playoff Jimmy:' Heat's Jimmy Butler puts spotlight on clutch performances in NBA Playoffs
Mark Otten, a professor of sports psychology at the University of California at Northridge, said he began researching clutch performance at a time when researchers were focused on the phenomenon of choking. He said he’s convinced clutch performance is a real phenomenon and that Butler exhibits a key trait. -- USA Today
CSUN Dedicates Altar That Honors Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women
The Pride Center at Cal State Northridge recently installed an altar that sheds light on women whose stories are in need of resolution. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
David Ellenstein Named Artistic Director & Bill Kerlin Named Managing Director of Laguna Playhouse
Favorite roles as an actor include Andrey Botvinnik in A Walk in the Woods, Max Prince in Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Matt in Talley's Folly at North Coast Rep, title roles in Hamlet at Los Angeles Theatre Center and Los Angeles Repertory Company; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight Stage, Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Einstein inPicasso at the Lapin Agile at Laguna Playhouse; Calisto in The Illusion and Harker in Dracula at the Arizona Theatre Company; Jonathan in Sight Unseen at North Coast Rep and Portland Repertory Theatre. David has appeared in more than two dozen roles in film and television, and has been guest faculty for several universities including California State Northridge and Cal Arts. -- Broadway World - Los Angeles
Hawaii still fighting for Big West baseball title
CSU Northridge’s Kevin Fitzer, top, has not missed a game this year after playing only 20 contests last year. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
CSUN Honors Convocation Puts Spotlight on Outstanding Graduates
Of the approximately 3,700 invited to take part in California State University, Northridge’s Honors Convocation on Saturday, May 13, six individuals were singled out for special recognition as outstanding graduating students. Three stories will appear in this issue of the San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol, and three more will appear in next week’s edition. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
What Californians can learn from the Hollywood writers’ strike and the lack of urgency to end it
“It could affect 300,000 workers,” said Todd Holmes, associate professor of entertainment media management at Cal State Northridge. Holmes, who predicted more than $3 billion in overall economic damage, added: “This is going to be a long fight.” -- CalMatters
Filipino Family Recalls Assault on its One-Year Anniversary
Her sister Patricia described how hard it’s been living near the place where she was assaulted — reliving the trauma of that day every time they drive by. However, she said that the campaign to get justice for her family is still going strong. She helped establish the Pilipino Youth Kollective (PYK), a new student youth organization at CSUN that campaigns for the rights of Filipinos in the San Fernando Valley. -- San Fernando Valley Sun