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Dr. Dianne Bartlow received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and was a much beloved professor at California State University Northridge (CSUN), where she was Chair of the Gender and Women’s Studies Department at California State University Northridge. Her scholarship took aim at the major concerns facing women in contemporary society. Her areas of research also included early Black Feminist Thought, representations of African-American women in popular music, culture and media and violence against women. -- Berkelyside

“No respect to what’s going on in conference realignment, but for me personally, when I think of cCoach [John] Wooden, I sure wish he was around now,” Cal State Northridge coach Trent Johnson, who also spent four seasons at Stanford, said of the announced departures of the Bruins and Trojans. “Because being a Pac-8, Pac-10, Pac-12 baby like Coach Wooden, Coach [Lorenzo] Romar, Steve Lavin, that was a tough day and I often wonder what would have happened if the legendary coach was here. So when I think of Coach Wooden, I think of responsibility to the profession.” -- Los Angeles Times

Liz Kraus is an adjunct professor of English, Emirita at Ventura College. After a 20-year career, she recently retired from her teaching position and just published a humorous, non-fiction travel book, "3 Sisters, 3 Weeks, 3 Countries (Still Talking). Kraus began her studies at Ventura College when she was 42 and used scholarships to fund further schooling at Cal State Northridge. The gift of scholarship then came full circle for Kraus as she and her husband created the Liz and Dave Kraus Scholarship for returning students who focus on humanities studies. -- PR Log

Pemberton is an associate professor of educational psychology and counseling in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Cal State Northridge and the faculty liaison for Strength United, the CSUN charter center that provides trauma services to the community and on campus. -- Telegraph Herald