HR News Campus Updates & Events | July 2024

Oftentimes when we’re deep in our workflow, it can be easy to forget to take breaks before we get back to our projects. And when we do take that time for ourselves, we may feel guilty and eager to return to our task at hand. 

But those things can all hinder us from taking quick, effective rest moments for an instant boost that can improve our mental well-being during the day. 

Establish your simple routine for taking effective breaks between work tasks with Calm’s resources: 

• One Minute Reset
• In this 1-minute guided meditation with Chibs Okereke, he’ll help you quickly reset by taking deep breaths with grounded intentions. 
• Balanced and Present
• In this 2-minute meditation with Jeff Warren, you’ll find your calm in moments when you may be experiencing difficult feelings. 
• Reset With the Breath
• In this 3-minute breathing exercise with Jay Shetty, you’ll calm your mind and re-balance your body so you can feel refreshed.

Check out the Calm app for other diverse resources that’ll support your mental health journey. Haven't redeemed your free Calm Premium subscription yet? 

To Get Started

• Visit the following link: Calm for CSUN Employees
• Sign up with your personal email address (or log in to an existing account)
• Validate your work email address or Employee ID

Join a Calm App Webinar to learn how to personalize your app experience or deep dive into monthly themed topics to enhance your mental health toolkit.

Cal State Tech Connect's "AI in July" event (July 8 - 31) will be a series of online sessions featuring keynote speakers,  AI challenge prompts, and campus showcases where we will highlight the AI work of CSU talent and sponsors throughout July. We will explore AI’s role in higher education, share strategies for evolving in an AI-driven world, and have some fun learning opportunities for our Cal State Tech community along the way.

The “From He­­­re to Career: Career Readiness Program”, is brought to you by CSUN’s Division of Student Affairs in collaboration with the Career Center, Human Resources, and the University Student Union. From Here to Career (FHTC) is based on the National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Readiness Competencies which have been identified to help employees be successful in the world of work.

FHTC is looking for CSUN supervisors and student employees to form the 2024 – 2025 cohort! We’re currently accepting registrations until October 2^nd, 2024.

Through the 9-month program (September to May), student assistants will learn key concepts and skills that future employers are looking for by: 

• Engaging in an online course 
• Meet with peer mentors 
• Gain access to a designated career advisor
• Learn from CSUN alumni who were student assistants.  

As a supervisor, the program will support you by:

• Providing a structured professional development/career readiness program you can implement as part of your student employee’s position
• Access to CareerLink’s Supervisor Toolkit and additional resources
• Build your supervising network and community by exchanging best practices and new ideas (e.g., establishing trust and rapport, setting clear expectations, empowering/motivating your student employees, etc.)

Upon completion of the program, students and supervisors will receive recognition at our FHTC End-of-Year Celebration in May. Enrolled student employee participants have the opportunity to be nominated by their peer mentors and selected to receive our “Outstanding Student Employee” awards.

To participate in this program:   

• A CSUN faculty or staff member, who supervises a student employee, must complete the registration form.  
• The student employee must be able to commit approximately 30 minutes a month for 9 months within the 2024-2025 school year.

If you are interested in this opportunity and want to learn more about our program, please join an upcoming virtual information session:

Information Session Dates:

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:00 am

• Join Zoom Link
• Meeting ID: 897 4493 9289, Passcode: 948746

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 1:00 pm

• Join Zoom Link
• Meeting ID: 813 0420 3696, Passcode: 237266

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 10:00 am

• Join Zoom Link
• Meeting ID: 871 6474 5775, Passcode: 209387

Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 2:00 pm

• Join Zoom Link
• Meeting ID: 867 5225 8742, Passcode: 532684

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 2:00 pm *Open to all CSUN Students!

• Join Zoom Link
• Meeting ID: 820 2336 6645, Passcode: 626250

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 2:00 pm *Open to all CSUN Supervisors!

• Join Zoom Link
• Meeting ID: 865 5980 9406, Passcode: 261523

Next Steps:

For more info about how to integrate From Here to Career into your student's position, training, and professional development, please visit our program website here.

If you are ready to take advantage of this program and enroll your student employee(s), please complete our registration form: From Here to Career Registration Form 23-24. We will be accepting registrations until October 2^nd, 2024.

For questions or concerns, please contact Isabel Casas, FHTC Student Employment Advisor, at isabel.casas@csun.edu.

Associated Students' Summer Movie Fest is Back!

• Each Thursday night in June – Movies start at dusk on the Library Lawn!
• Open to all CSUN Faculty, Staff, Students, and the local community!

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We are happy to announce that the numbers are in for the Matador Move Out Donation Drive, a partnership between Sustainability and Student Housing!

Approximately 10,850 total pounds of clothing, non-perishable food, and other miscellaneous items were collected and donated to campus and local partners, including:

• the CSUN Food Pantry,
• Women’s Research and Resource Center,
• Matty’s Closet,
• LA Family Housing, and
• Hope of the Mission.

Some honorable statistics to highlight are that we provided 2,667 pounds of non-perishable food donations to the CSUN Food Pantry which will provide about 7 weeks of food to CSUN students and the campus community and 659 pounds of non-perishable food donations to the Women’s Research and Resource Center. Also, we received about 6,435 pounds of clothing, of which 195 pounds were donated to Matty’s Closet. Most of our donations went to LA Family Housing which services the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valley’s unhoused populations. By diverting these items from landfill, we saved 2,712 lbs of CO2 equivalent emissions.   Click here for the full report!

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The Center for Teaching and Learning in the Michael D. Eisner College of Education at Cal State Northridge is actively seeking submissions for the upcoming un-themed issue of T-CARE. Share your practical strategies, your helpful resources, and your educational insights in this open topic call for submissions! 

SAVE THE DATE

President’s Welcome Address
Thursday, August 29, 2024
The Younes and Soraya Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

August 29, 2024

Book Talk: The Most Awkward Man in Japan: Dispatches from a Philosopher Abroad

with Author and CSUN philosophy professor Rob Gressis

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.,
University Library
Gohstand Leisure Reading Room

You can access the online version of the Jun 6, 2024 CSU Leader here.