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Inland Empire's First Deaf Olympic Gold Medalist

After graduating, she was awarded an athletic scholarship to play D1 collegiate women’s soccer at Eastern Washington University. After 2 years at EWU, Anessa transferred to D1 Cal State University Northridge, where she is currently playing soccer and pursuing her BA in Criminology and Justice Studies. -- City News Group

The Strike for Black Lives: Growth of community in the Cal-Bridge program

Action Group 1, “Outreach to community college and CSU students,” has two strands. One strand was conceived and is led by three alumni from CSU Northridge: Diana Blanco Hernandez (now a PhD student at UC Santa Cruz), Mary Usufzy (a master’s student at CSU Fullerton), and Vidya Venkatesan (a PhD student at UC Irvine). As undergraduates they ran workshops for lower-division CSU Northridge students about the Cal-Bridge program and its summer research program. Although we cannot know if the workshops were the cause, applications from CSU Northridge have increased in the time since those workshops were implemented. -- Physics Today

Sprague Pest Solutions awards 3 scholarships

The 2022 scholarship recipients include: Nicholas Monterroza of Los Angeles, Calif. He is the son of Antonio Monterroza, a route manager in Sprague’s Los Angeles branch. Monterroza will be attending California State University at Northridge in the fall.-- Pest Management Professional

Noir Series returning to NOMA Black Box

Per and Tamara Danielsson on Friday, January 13, 2023 (7:30 p.m). Per is the piano instructor at the University of Central Florida, and his wife, Tamara, performs at Disney. Per is a talented Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator, and throughout his career he has performed with many leading jazz artists and entertainers such as Rich Matteson, Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Rosemary Clooney, Don Braden, and more. Tamara is a skilled saxophonist who has won a Downbeat Student Recording Award, a guest soloist spot with the Cal-State Northridge Jazz Ensemble at the NAJE Conference, and the NAJE’s “New Young Talent Award,” among other accolades and awards. -- Ocala-News

Portland rescinds job offer to police 'civilian dean of training' candidate

On Friday, PPB announced that it had chosen Dr. Thomas Datro to be civilian dean of training at PPB after "an extensive hiring process." Datro got his Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern California, earned a Master's in Public Administration from California State University at Northridge and a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice Management from Union Institute and University. -- KGW

SoCal Challenge Announces Creation of NIL Collective to Support Future Participants

The teams for the second edition of the SoCal Challenge include, in the Surf Division, University of Minnesota, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Cal Baptist University and Southern Illinois University, The Sand Division includes Cal State University Northridge, Central Michigan University, High Point University, and Tennessee State University. -- Globe News Wire

Newsom’s bid to make textbooks free delayed in community colleges central office

From that point, Estrada only enrolled in courses that used free textbooks, of which there are many in College of the Canyon’s sociology department. He said he used the website Rate My Professors to find professors who used free textbooks. He ultimately finished his associate degree in sociology this spring and is transferring this fall to California State University, Northridge. -- Capital Public Radio

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