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Working in tandem toward Paralympic gold: A blind athlete, his sighted guide and their bond

Williams, who grew up in Visalia, California, started running in third grade and competed in track and field for most of his life. His mother, a former track and field runner herself, influenced him. He competed as a sprinter in junior college and at California State University at Northridge. But after graduation in 2005, he needed a job. Armed with a graphic design degree in advertising but few leads, he started working at Enterprise Rent-A-Car to pay the bills. -- Arizona Republic

Thomas Jacobs: 5 things to know about the villain of "The Bachelorette" who is heading for "BIP"

Thomas a fréquenté l’Université de San Diego et a joué au basket-ball pour l’école pendant la saison 2013-2014. Il portait un maillot rouge lors de la saison 2012-2013 et a également joué pendant un an à Cal State Northridge avant d’être transféré à l’USD. Les frères de Thomas sont également sportifs et ont joué au basket-ball à l’UC Santa Cruz. Thomas a également entraîné le basket-ball pour les jeunes dans le passé. -- News 24, France (in French)

Ask the Experts: Grocery Credit Card Shopping Tips

Yoko MimuraPh.D., Professor, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University Northridge Which do you think is likely to benefit the average person more: a credit card with great rewards on groceries or a credit card with great rewards on travel? Unless you travel on regular basis with your own money, a credit card with great rewards on groceries is likely to benefit the average person more because we are more likely to buy groceries anyways (necessity) than to spend on travel (often a luxury). -- Wallet Hub

Through disease, witchcraft and war, missionary nurses follow call to serve

Sulis Academic Press recently published “A Time to Heal: Missionary Nurses in Churches of Christ, Southeastern Nigeria (1953-1967)” by Martha E. Farrar Highfield, the daughter of the founding doctor of the hospital, Dr. Henry Farrar. Highfield is a professor emeritus of nursing at California State University/Northridge and serves on the Board of the International Health Care Foundation/African Christian Hospitals. -- The Christian Chronicle

Celebration of Life: Mae Pendleton Cowan

In 1981 she left the public school system and started a consulting firm specializing in social motivation and communication skills. Clients included Los Angeles Police Department and the Pasadena Ceta Program. Although the business was a success, Mae’s passion was education, as such, she obtained a teaching position at California State University Northridge. In 1984 Dr. Cowan was employed by Pacific Oaks College. Here she became the first African American Director and Advisor of the Credential Program and initialized programs such as the CBEST workshop and the C.A.P. program. -- Los Angeles Sentinel

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