HR News Campus Updates & Events | September 2022

The well-being of our campus community is paramount, and our campus health and safety procedures and practices will continue unchanged from the summer months.

Masking

CSUN requires masks to be worn in classrooms, laboratories and the University Library. The wearing of masks is strongly recommended, but not required, in all other indoor spaces and outdoors.

Daily Health Screening Survey

Everyone coming to campus must complete a health screening survey prior to arriving at campus.

• Student Health Screening Survey
• Employee Health Screening Survey
• Visitor Health Screening Survey

Vaccinations and Boosters

In compliance with the California State University’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, all employees who are accessing campus facilities must certify full vaccination and, if eligible, booster shot status. Medical or religious exemption may be requested. If you have not already done so, please visit the COVID-19 Information page to self-certify your vaccination status or request an exemption.

COVID-19 Information page

All COVID-19 policies and protocols now can be found on the COVID-19 Information page.

Remember, this is a collective responsibility. Thank you for doing your part to keep our campus community safe and healthy. 

A virtual Open Enrollment Benefits Fair will take place Wednesday, October 5th from 10:00-1:00 p.m.

Watch your inbox for more information about Open Enrollment and the Benefits Fair.

As part of CSUN's Web Presence Relaunch, the Portal Implementation Team has been hard at work on a new Portal for CSUN that incorporates new technologies and the same modern design of the new campus web site. The new Portal, called the CSUN Portal, uses the same technology that powers CSUN's Mobile App, which brings new kinds of interactivity and experiences!

Information technology will be hosting a series of Virtual Open Forums where you can explore the new CSUN Portal, ask questions, and provide feedback that will be used further improve the CSUN Portal! The Virtual Open Forums will be:

Join Us!

Great New Things are coming to the Creative Maker Studio this Fall!  Stop by the open House and learn about this invaluable resource available to all students!

3D SCANNING ● VIRTUAL REALITY ● SEWING MACHINES ●
PRODUCTION ROOM ● VINYL CUTTER ● IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS

September 8th Open House RSVP: 

The Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing invites you to join us for a Mindful Start to the Fall Semester 2022. Join us on Wednesday, September 14^th and Thursday, September 15^th from 12:00pm-12:30pm PST for mindful meditation on Zoom.

Wednesday led by Melanie Mamakos, “A guided, mindfulness meditation”

Thursday led by Matthew Reinig, “A visual, guided meditation”

Hosted on Zoom! https://csun.zoom.us/j/82671281245?pwd=a0lBVlFuR2ZzaUkvc3J1RVlmUG13Zz09 * Meeting ID: 826 7128 1245 * Passcode: wellbeing

Matador Eats invites you to take advantage of the numerous dining, beverage, and mercado venues on campus. You can view a pdf of the following image here.

LEARN WITH COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE CSU!

Many professional & personal development classes that were formerly in-person are now offered virtually. This gives us a unique opportunity to extend campus classes beyond campus borders and offer a new way to share professional development across the CSU!

CSUN HR has partnered with the following campuses to participate in a cross-campus collaboration and offer classes exclusively to other participating campuses:

Chancellor’s Office, Channel Islands, Chico, East Bay, Fresno, Humboldt, Long Beach, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, and Stanislaus

You can view the complete Fall 2022 line-up by selecting the following months; registration for each month of programming generally opens the week before the 1st day of the month.

Visit CSUN's CSU Cross Campus Collaboration Website

Corporate Connect is a unique program that serves as a catalyst for students to explore new and different places to work.

The CSUN Alumni Relations office plans all the visits, including a site tour (or walk-through), an overview of the organization/industry, an alumni career panel and a sponsored Q&A lunch. 

To find out how a special visit can be organized for your students, please email  

CSUN's Language Speech & Hearing Center announces the Fall 2022 Grand Opening of the L2L (Language to Literacy) program for preschoolers! Pilot program now enrolling!

The L2L program will:

❖    Be led by a Speech Language Pathologist, Early Childhood Educator and several graduate students in the Communication Disorders & Sciences Department 

❖    Integrate weekly themes in order to bridge the children’s language skills to beginning literacy skills. 

❖    Focus on the correlation between letter recognition and individual phoneme sound as well as sight words and new vocabulary, whether a child has some beginning knowledge or none at all.

❖    Introduce contextual skills such as story retell, prediction, and answering “wh” questions based on text and illustrations. 

❖    Incorporate weekly themes with children participating in creative and structured sessions which will include STEAM, music and movement related to the weekly topics.

❖    Model important development skills for a successful transition to kindergarten

-MW or TuTh afternoons available. Program limited to 8 children per session (M/W or T/TH)-

Contact lshc@csun.edu or call 818-677-2856 for more information and an application.

The USU has opened their events up for the entire CSUN campus community to keep everyone engaged and provide beneficial services during the pandemic. You can find additional information detailed on our calendar or webpage.

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October 22, 7:00 pm

Men’s Soccer v. Irvine

Save the date!

If you’re a Homegrown Alumni then you’ll want to join us on October 22^nd for a fun match between the Matadors and UC Irvine’s men’s soccer teams. The game starts at 7:00 pm and will be on the home field at CSUN.

https://gomatadors.com/calendar

Learn more about Premiere America Credit Union and how they can meet your banking and saving needs - conveniently! Explore here.

You can access the online version of the August 25, 2022 CSU Leader here.