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Santa Monica: Linoleum Block Printed Cards with Zeina Baltagi
Zeina Baltagi is a California State University, Northridge graduate with a B.A. in printmaking. Upon graduation, she co-founded the Valley Print Studio in Woodland Hills. She currently teaches classes at Los Angeles Music and Art School. Baltagi manages a Printmaking Lab and unique workshops at the Camera Obscura and teaches art workshops throughout Los Angeles. She has exhibited at various galleries and academic institutions around Southern California. -- Best Events
L.A. Phil's Gustavo Dudamel: Teaching music took these students 'from nothing to something'
Now YOLA embarks on its first tour, a series of concerts in California beginning Sunday at the Valley Performing Arts Center with a concert led by the orchestra’s music director, Juan Felipe Molano, and culminating in Oakland a week later with a concert conducted by Dudamel. -- Los Angeles Times
California State University Northridge selected for the 2016 Climate Leadership Award
HACU and ecoAmerica’s Solution Generation program recognized California State University Northridge at the Associations’ 30th Annual Conference for its leadership in promoting awareness of climate change and sustainability with the presentation of the 2016 Climate Leadership Award. -- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Ahead of first tour, Youth Orchestra LA turns on the drama
Eighty of YOLA's most talented musicians will play at four venues around the state, starting with a performance at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge on Oct. 23. -- 89.3 KPCC
Briefs: Fundraisers, festivals abound in county
The event to benefit Agoura High's music program will include live music, food trucks, a silent auction, local artisans, vendors featuring their products and businesses, and arts and crafts for the kids. Performers will include CSU Northridge's Jazz "A" Band, the Equinox Jazz Ensemble and the Conejo Valley Community Jazz Band, along with groups from the Agoura High music program. -- Ventura County Star
Teacher rises to top of the pack
Simi Valley-born Reese grew up in Huntington Beach and moved back to Simi as a teen, attending Royal High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree and multiple-subject credential at Cal State Northridge. -- Simi Valley Acorn
Animator behind Woody Woodpecker has legacy of philanthropy
“He had never been much of a philanthropist,” said Landry, whom Lantz appointed to guide him on charitable donations. Eventually the foundation would go on to make donations for the establishment of animation labs at Cal Arts Valencia, Cal State Northridge and UCLA, which possesses Lantz’s archives. -- Camarillo Acorn
CSUN Marine Biology Team Joins NASA-Funded Global Initiative to Study Coral Reefs of the Pacific
California State University, Northridge marine biology professor Bob Carpenter is among a team of 20 international researchers and engineers who are taking NASA on a voyage to the depths of the ocean as part of a $15 million, three-year project to go where no NASA technology has gone before. -- American Towns
Los 'millennials' podrían hacer la diferencia
Se considera que si los millennials salen a votar serán un factor importante para el triunfo, e incluso la amplitud del triunfo de Hillary Clinton. La doctora en Ciencia Política, María Rosa García Acevedo, de la Universidad de California Northridge, considera que los jóvenes se inclinan por Hillary Clinton. “No he visto en el campus a jóvenes que traigan alguna propaganda en sus mochilas en apoyo a Donald Trump, como lo hacían con Bernie Sanders. Tal vez sin el entusiasmo que despertaba Sanders, pero están mayoritariamente con Hillary. En un salón con 250 estudiantes, no más del 20 por ciento sería partidario de Trump.” -- El Universal (Spanish)
ASU professor teaches class without speaking a word
After withdrawing from a private business school where he majored in economics, Quinn enrolled in Cal State Northridge. This school had a large deaf population and Quinn decided to take sign language simply because it looked like fun. Immediately, he found that he could sign without evening having to think about it. He then earned his bachelor’s degree in deaf studies and became an interpreter. At the same time, he applied to graduate programs in audiology in hopes of becoming the one of the first audiologists who could sign. -- AZ Big Media