HR News Campus Updates | August 2018

Please note on your calendars that the President's Annual Welcome Back Address & Reception is scheduled for Thursday, August 23, at 9 a.m., in The Soraya. Watch your mailbox for additional information and an RSVP link.

You're invited to join Matador Momentum and help new students become aware of the various campus resources available to ensure they succeed here at CSUN.

Volunteer to staff a table at the Campus Resource Fair sessions taking place August 1st through August 24th.  The Resource Fair takes place in the University Student Union - Northridge Center.

To view dates and times of the Campus Resource Fair, and to indicate when you plan to help staff the Matadors Rising table, visit: https://www.csun.edu/hr/august-2018-new-student-orientation-resource-fair-matador-momentum-tabling-event.   You can volunteer for 30 minutes or up to an hour; the point is to make students feel like this is where they belong and let them know that we're all here to help. 

The Student Recreation Center is offering a FREE one-week trial membership Monday, Aug. 13 – Sunday, Aug. 19 to all CSUN faculty, staff, alumni and anyone else who is eligible to be an SRC member. To see if you’re eligible for a trial membership at the SRC, visit our Membership Page. This free trial enables you to scale the Ridge Rock Wall, snooze in a Nap Pod, dive into the Plaza Pool and so much more. For complete information about this week and other Membership Services options, visit the SRC website https://www.csun.edu/src.  If you are currently enrolled in any units at CSUN, your SRC membership fee is already included in your campus fees.

That's A Wrap!  Catch the last of the AS Summer Movie Fest Nights! 

Hairspray- August 2nd 

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Dirty Dancing - August 9th 

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle 

Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle - August 16th

Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game.

Get Out - August 23rd 

A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

For Details and More Information: http://www.csun.edu/as/summer-movie-fest

Join Us!

It’s time to volunteer to be a CSUN Navigator!

CSUN Navigators are staff and faculty that welcome our students during the first two days of the fall semester, answering questions and helping students find their way (navigate) to classes and other locations.

Fall 2018 marks the eighth year for the CSUN Navigators!  With the expectation of a large number of new students, we will need a lot of volunteers to assist us with this program as it has been well received.  Even if you know very little about the campus, we will give you all the tools you need to be a great Navigator. This is a good opportunity to interface with our students and to spend some time with colleagues!

All CSUN Navigators need to attend a training session. Even if you volunteered last year, you must attend the training as the content is updated each year and your experiences in prior years will add value to our discussions for our newbies. Dates for the training are currently being scheduled. 

If you're interested in being a CSUN Navigator for Fall 2018 and would like us to reach out to you once the training dates are established, please provide your contact information at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018_Navigators_Interest.

You can view some photos of past events at the CSUN Navigators Website at: http://www.csun.edu/development/csun-navigators

Mark your calendars for October 13, 2018!  CSUN is celebrating its 60th birthday with a spectacular event, including a Grand Reunion picnic on the Delmar T. Oviatt Library lawn, a campus 5K, food trucks, a beer and wine garden, main-stage entertainment, kids’ zone and many more activities throughout the weekend. More information can be found here:  www.csun.edu/60

Using a refillable bottle is a small but significant way to help reduce waste, save money, and stay hydrated. Bring your own reusable bottle (BYOB) and fill it with free water at CSUN Dining beverage fountains or water bottle filling stations across campus. To easily find these free water refill stations, you can use this map: http://www.csun.edu/sustainability/bottle-refilling (see image below).  You can also refill your bottles at Flowater stations, which contain chilled reverse-osmosis filtered water, for a nominal fee. There are five FloWater refill stations on campus.

CSUN Dining and the Institute for Sustainability have been actively promoting access to free water at CSUN, in an effort to increase the use of reusable bottles on campus, reducing single-use plastic in our waste stream.

Another way to reduce plastic waste is by bringing your own reusable utensil set to conveniently and sustainably enjoy meals. Contact the Institute for Sustainability at sustainability@csun.edu or call x7710 to request a set of reusable utensils.

Join our Weekly Green Bag Lunch Series!  Thursdays This Fall: 9/6-12/6/18 | 12:30-1:15 PM

You know that feeling where your brain seems to be sputtering to a halt? Researchers call that "mental fatigue," and spending time in nature has a host of benefits, including helping to reduce mental fatigue. Join our weekly Green Bag Lunch Series to connect with CSUN community members in the healing environment of our award winning “Tree Campus USA”.

Please BYOGB (Bring Your Own Green Bag lunch) to the OST Lawn, west of the Sustainability Center, and enjoy insights by our CSUN Sustainability Champions who will moderate the lunch.  

For a full list of Green Bag Lunch Series events and other Institute events, please visit: www.csun.edu/sustainability/news-and-events.RSVP at sustainability@csun.edu.