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Can CSUN's New $50 Million Tech Campus Bring More Latinos Into LA's Tech Scene?
About 8% of Apple's tech workers are Latino, a figure that's been stagnant for more than six years. The Cupertino company has grown its presence in Southern California as it attempts to break into Hollywood. Now, it's backing an initiative at California State University Northridge to bring more Latinos into the tech world. -- dot.LA
CSU Northridge Planning $50M STEM Hub for Hispanic Students
The Global Hispanic Serving Institution Equity Innovation Hub will host research labs, a maker space, online programs and a showcase area to attract Latinos and traditionally underserved students to science careers. -- GovTech
How Online Learning Fits in This Fall
Still, online learning remains an important part of the class mix at many institutions this fall. The California State University system, which went almost entirely remote in fall 2020, reports that roughly 80 percent of courses across its 23 campuses will be in person this fall, and 20 percent online, though the percentage varies substantially across campuses. The Los Angeles Times reported last week, for example, that the percentage of classes being held in person this fall is 45 percent at the CSU Long Beach campus, 50 percent at the CSU Northridge and CSU Los Angeles campuses, 65 percent at CSU Fullerton, and 85 percent at San Diego State. -- Inside Higher Ed
Apple invierte $30 millones de dólares en nuevas iniciativas para beneficio de la comunidad latina y de demás minorías
Apple se asoció con la universidad de California State University (CSU) para lanzar un Centro de Innovación Global HSI en Equidad para instituciones al servicio de los hispanos. Esta asociación pública y privada entre el estado de California, la CSU y Apple trabajarán en colaboración con las HSI en Estados Unidos para fomentar el éxito de los estudiantes, proporcionándoles las habilidades necesarias para las carreras más demandadas, incluidos los estudiantes Hispanos/Latinos, Negros y Asiático-Americanos. El compromiso de Apple apoyará las iniciativas en la sede principal del campus de California State University, Northridge, cerca de Los Ángeles, y proporcionará tecnología de Apple, apoyo al diseño y colaboración en el desarrollo de ideas a medida que el proyecto crezca. -- El Aviso (in Spanish)
Sisters celebrated as ‘the very presence of Christ’
Some of the highlights of her years of ministry were the decades spent in California as an advisor and counselor for American Indian students at both the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University in Northridge, time serving the St. Labre Indian school in Montana and ministering to American Indian youths in Colorado through a drug and alcohol prevention program. -- Catholic Herald
Here's What Eva Longoria Studied In School
According to Marie-Claire, Longoria received her Bachelor of Science in kinesiology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. While playing Gabrielle Solis on "Desperate Housewives," the actress earned her Master's in Chicano Studies from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 2013. -- The List
Talented trio bolsters Orange County Coastkeeper staff
Armita Ariano graduated cum laude with a degree in philosophy from California State University, Northridge before securing her law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Coastkeeper, Armita spent three years practicing entertainment law honing her transactional and negotiation skills at United Talent Agency and Pilgrim Media Group. Armita is active in her local community and serves as a member of the Sierra Club in Los Angeles County where she advocates for the just transition from fossil fuels to clean and sustainable energy practices. -- Orange County Coastkeeper
CSU to create an immersive tech hub to recruit Latinos, others into STEM fields
A $50-million technology hub will rise in a parking lot at Cal State Northridge with the goal of dazzling college, high school and middle school students with an immersive experience that shows off the possibilities of STEM studies and careers. -- Los Angeles Times
CSU to create an immersive tech hub to recruit Latinos, others into STEM fields
A $50-million technology hub will rise in a parking lot at Cal State Northridge with the goal of dazzling college, high school and middle school students with an immersive experience that shows off the possibilities of STEM studies and careers. -- Yahoo! News
CSUN’s 2021-2022 Freshman Common Reading Offers Look at What It is Like to be Black in America
California State University, Northridge’s incoming freshman class has been invited to explore what it is like to be a Black woman in America with the 2021-22 common reading book, “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir,” by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele. -- San Fernando Valley Sun