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This Family Sold Their House to Live in an RV—Now They Earn Over $80,000 a Year Traveling Across the US
After moving to the U.S. at 15, she attended both undergrad and graduate school at Cal State Northridge, accruing close to $70,000 in student loan debt while studying family and consumer sciences. When she married Sylvester, who had student loan debt of his own, in August 2011, the couple bought a home they couldn't really afford and began to live what they considered at the time to be the American dream. -- NBC San Diego
Tucker appointed GM of Water Replenishment District
Mr. Tucker graduated with a B.A. in Religion from Morehouse College, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Northridge, and an M.B.A in General Management from Pepperdine University. He also completed a series of leadership and certification programs from the UCLA Anderson School of Business and the Project Management Institute. -- California Water News Daily
CSUN’s Herbarium of Ancient Specimens Becomes Part of National Study
At California State University Northridge, in one of the newer science buildings, there’s a closet stuffed full of thousands of dead plants. -- Ventura Blvd. Magazine
MacKenzie Scott’s gift is a ladder to upward mobility
Scott has provided generous gifts to Cal State campuses at Northridge ($40 million), Channel Islands ($15 million), Pomona ($40 million) and Fullerton ($40 million). Individually, each gift represents the most generous ever received by the respective campus. Collectively, it is the largest one-time gift in CSU’s 61-year history. -- CalMatters
The Advising Dean: The magnificent miracles of MacKenzie Scott
MacKenzie Scott’s approach is a refreshing disruption of the usual pattern of enriching the already rich. Nothing against Harvard, which reported a 7% return on an endowment of $41 BILLION that generated nearly $3 BILLION in 2020 alone. However, while Harvard or Stanford would welcome another $10 or $50 million gift, that amount isn’t the same game changer as MacKenzie’s $7 million gift to Porterville College, $40 million to California State University at Northridge (both HSIs), or $50 million to HBCU Prairie View A&M. -- Napa Valley Register
Column: $135 million gift to Cal State helps provide pathways to opportunity
Scott has provided generous gifts to Cal State campuses at Northridge ($40 million), Channel Islands ($15 million), Pomona ($40 million) and Fullerton ($40 million). Individually, each gift represents the most generous ever received by the respective campus. Collectively, it is the largest one-time gift in CSU’s 61-year history. -- Desert Sun
Gamma Zeta Boulé Foundation Raises $190,000, Awards $83,000 in Scholarships to Eight Graduating Senior L.A.M.P. Mentor Program Mentees and Recognizes Three L.A.M.P. Mentees Selected as Boulé Scholars
The graduating Boulé Scholars are Ryan Houston (California State Polytechnic University), Chase Johnson, (Hampton University), and Marcus Powe (University of San Diego). The other graduates are George Bhimji, IV (Los Angeles Community College), Tyler Johnson (American University), Ethan Monroe (University of San Francisco), Dylan Wilson (California State University, Northridge), and London Wright (University of California, Merced). L.A.M.P. stands for Leadership, Achievement, Management and Professionalism and was designed for the purposes of developing the leadership potential in African American high school males. The L.A.M.P. Class of 2021 continues the program's track record of success as since inception, 100% of L.A.M.P. Mentees who complete the program enroll in a college or university and receive a scholarship. -- PR Newswire
MotorGospel Ministries Brings After School Auto Shop Club to LAPD Rampart Division
If prior experience is any indicator, some of the youth in the program will demonstrate passion, commitment and tenacity that will earn them a fast track into employment opportunities at the likes of Galpin Ford and educational opportunities in the Cal State University Northridge (CSUN) Mechanical Engineering program. One of the distinctives of the CSUN major is Formula SAE racing; a national race series among collegiate engineering students. -- WFMZ
Dustin Johnson leaves Tonopah Valley to lead Verrado football, stacks his staff
Burt was an assistant at UCLA, Hawaii and Cal State Fullerton, and was head coach at Cal State Northridge from 1986-94, posting a winning record. -- Arizona Central
Hayden Shenefield's journey to Cincinnati Reds organization is story straight out of Hollywood
He played well enough to land a Division 1 offer to pitch at Cal State Northridge as a graduate transfer. Shenefield again pitched well, going 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA, but he ran out of eligibility at the end of the season. -- Daytona Beach News Journal