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NCAA volleyball: Loyola ties atop MIVA; NCAA format set; women’s coaching notes
The Big West has No. 2 Long Beach State home for No. 10 UC San Diego, No. 4 Hawai’i home for No. 5 UC Santa Barbara, and No. 14 UC Irvine at CSUN. -- Volleyball Magazine
Dr. Souzy Ohanian Named Principal of C. & E. Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School
Prior to Pilibos, Dr. Ohanian served in the classroom as a first-grade lead teacher and sixth and seventh-grade social studies teacher at Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Armenian School, where she planned and scheduled curricula for multiple grade levels. Dr. Ohanian earned a Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies from California State University, Northridge. After serving in the classroom for more than a decade in first-grade instruction, she furthered her academic pursuits and earned her first Master of Fine Arts in K–12 education/teacher education and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. She later earned her second Master of Fine Arts in K–12 educational leadership and politics followed by a Doctor of Education in K–12 curriculum and instruction. -- Asbarez
Educating During the Pandemic
California State University, Northridge special education professor Wendy Murawski, executive director and Eisner Endowed Chair at CSUN’s Center for Teaching and Learning, said online learning has provided opportunities for educators to improve and adjust their current teaching methods. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Six picks for your L.A. weekend: Alvin Ailey Dance, a 12-hour music marathon at Disney Hall
‘Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim’
Ragamala Dance Company, a classical Indian troupe led by mother-daughter artistic directors Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, presents the world premiere of this site-specific work inspired by Hindu teachings on life, death and rebirth. Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 8 p.m. Saturday. $36-$71. thesoraya.org -- Los Angeles Times
Welcoming a Stochastic Season
Led by Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, the celebrated Ragamala Dance Company brings classic South Indian Bharatanatyam dance in Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim. The site specific work is described as a ritualistic tale of time suspended as humans interact with the divine. At the Soraya, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge; Sat., April 9, 8pm, $36-$71. The Soraya. -- Cultural Daily
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, April 7-14
Ragamala Dance Co.: “Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim,” created by artistic directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, 8 p.m. April 9. Tickets $36 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. www.ragamaladance.org; www.thesoraya.org -- Los Angeles Daily News
Montana State signs men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle to four-year extension
A Helena native, Sprinkle has deep coaching ties to Southern California. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Cal State Northridge in 2000. Except for a two-year stint as an assistant at Montana State from 2006-08, Sprinkle was an assistant coach at CSUN from 2001-13. From 2013-19, he was an assistant at Cal State Fullerton. The next year, he got the head coaching position back at MSU. -- FOX News Montana
LIGHT IRON WELCOMES CHARLES BUNNAG TO COLORIST TEAM
Previously, Bunnag worked at Company 3, Technicolor and EFilm. Prior to his career as a colorist, he was a matte painter and VFX artist for features and television. A graduate of California State University, Northridge, where he studied art and illustration, Bunnag credits his background in traditional artistic techniques as crucial to his process today. He has also been a speaker at the SXSW Film Festival and has served as an instructor at Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Los Angeles. -- Production Hub
Pianist Milen Kirov Infuses American Jazz with European Classical, Bulgarian Folk Traditions on "Spatium," Set for June 3 Release
Enrolling first in the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (where he received a full scholarship), Kirov later transferred to the more experimentally minded California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he studied with David Rosenboom and Vicki Ray, earning a BFA and a Doctor of Musical Arts there as well as a Master’s in composition from Cal State Northridge. -- PRWeb
World Premiere of THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY to Play at the Zephyr Theatre
Writer-performer Larry Davidson was born in Brooklyn. He received a BA in Motion Picture and Television Production from UCLA and an MA in English Literature from CSUN. Following his studies at UCLA, he became a documentary filmmaker. He currently teaches film to high school students. He was a member of Dream Circus Theatre, for whom he served as performer, writer, lighting designer and stage manager, performing at Electric Daisy Carnival, Burning Man, and Lollapalooza. -- Broadway World - Los Angeles