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Piar set for US Women's Amateur Tourney
Piar is one of 156 golfers to qualify for the amateur tourney. She just wrapped up her sophomore season on the golf team at Cal-State-Northridge in California. -- Advantage News
Rochester Knocks Out 5 HRs in their Dominating Victory Over Minot
The Willmar Stingers score five runs in the seventh to extend the lead and take down the Badlands Big Sticks 10-3. Andrew Sojka (California State University Northridge) went 2-for-3 scoring three times with two RBI and one stolen base. Max Buettenback (University of Nebraska) went 2-for-5 scoring once with a double and three RBI. Brayden Hellum (Kirkwood Community College) went 1-for-4 scoring once with a double and one RBI. Gabe D’Arcy (University of San Diego) went 2-for-3 with one RBI and two stolen bases. Kaden Carpenter (University of Utah) went 1-for-5 scoring once with a double and one RBI. Hunter Possehl (Florida Gulf Coast University) earned the win throwing five scoreless innings with three strikeouts allowing three hits and two walks. -- Northwoods League
“Rest in Peace”: Travis Kelce’s Ex Mourns Tragic Death of LeBron James’ Designer as Kayla Nicole Pens Emotional Message for Waraire Boswell
An alumnus of California State University at Northridge, Boswell’s journey began in the bustling halls of talent agencies. “I started thinking about the future,” he once said as per the Hollywood Reporter, “and I realized my business isn’t scalable.” This forward-thinking approach led him from United Talent Agency and William Morris Agency to the quiet corners of his Koreatown workshop, where he honed his craft. -- Essentially Sports
Former Antelope Valley Press writer Semchuck, 75, has died
Semchuck earned an associate degree in communications, media print and broadcast from College of Lake County in Illinois. She studied at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She transferred to California State University, Northridge, where she earned her journalism degree. -- Antelope Valley Press
Valley 200 – 2024: Rebecca Lienhard
Lienhard is the chief executive of Sunland-based Tierra del Sol Foundation, which provides education, workforce development and other assistance to people with developmental disabilities. Since joining the agency in 1990, she has served as the key spokesperson at local, state and national venues. Lienhard is a member of the StandOut Client Advisory board at The Marcus Buckingham Co. and serves on the board of the Valley Economic Alliance. She is also a member of three California Department of Developmental Services Workgroups. She has a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership from USC and a master’s degree in special education from California State University, Northridge. -- San Fernando Valley Business Journal
CSUN Profs Explore ‘Spatial Harmonies’
Art comes in many forms, paintings, ceramics, photography or even collages. Regardless of the medium, it can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, create beauty from the profane, evoke emotions and inspire the imagination. -- SCV News
Summer baseball: Prune Packers stunned in PEL Championship opener; Sonoma Stompers advance in CCL playoffs
Darvin Scott (Menlo College) hit a grand slam in the third inning and Destin Allen-Fox (Cal State Northridge) struck out 10 in five innings of one-run ball to help the Stompers take down the red-hot San Luis Obispo Blues on the road Tuesday to advance to the CCL-North Divisional Championship game. -- Press Democrat
Five Potential Candidates Have Pulled Papers for San Fernando City Council
Strickler grew up in Sylmar, received a Bachelor of Arts in communication studies and a minor in journalism from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and recently graduated from Pepperdine University with a master’s degree in social entrepreneurship and change. -- San Fernando Valley Sun.
The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63
By the time she was 18, Chen was one of China’s biggest movie stars after the release of Little Flower and Hearts for the Motherland, both fervently patriotic dramas released in 1979; the latter included a scene in which Chen belted out the (still incredibly popular) song I Love You, China. But in 1981, aged 20, she decided to move to the US to study film-making at California State University, Northridge. -- Richard Hartley
CSUN's Robert Krol: Trump’s trade policies won’t make America great again
If former President Donald Trump wins the election in November, he has made it clear he will expand protectionist trade policies. He threatens to impose a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods and a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods. -- Las Vegas Review-Journal