2021-2022 Academic Year

COMPETITIONS

•  CSUN Jeff Marine Bull Ring Competition
• -- Grand Prize: Ryan Moradpour and An An Chang with Octobit, an online training platform with AI.
• -- Second Place: Mark Ajina, Mickey Obispo and Jesus Garcia with SubmitIt,  a service for instructors that checks for potential plagiarism and saves time by grading students’ code.
• -- Third Place: Ifeanyi Nnaji and Amira Judah with Canmove, a platform that connects apartment tenants and homeowners to independent drivers/moving companies.

• CSUN Fast Pitch New Venture Competition
•  -- Grand Prize: Ryan Moradpour and An An Chang with Octobit, an online training platform with AI.
•  -- Second Place: Van Zellers, Annie Donaldson, Lukas Zelada and Tanner Sommer with Green Leather Co.
•  -- Third Place: Eduardo Macias with TONEY.

• Small Business Institute Experiential Learning Project of the Year
•  -- First Place: Undergraduate consulting category: Students helped the in-person Hipcooks culinary school with a digital branding campaign.
• -- Second Place: Undergraduate comprehensive category: Students on this team worked with Redflight Innovation that offers a science, technology, engineering and mathematical kit to middle-school students with limited access to technology.
• -- First Place: Graduate feasibility/business plan category: Team members Jason Casio, Thomas Lee, Hannah Labra, Kristen Mossessori and Anna Russell took first place for “Stuck in a Maze.”
•  -- First Place: Graduate specialized/consulting category: Team members Richard Klein, Wendy Medina, Amaris Miller, Kenny Oluwaseun Ukpong and Kenny Peneda took first place for "Teen Therapy Center."

• CSU Venture Competition: Launched in May, the competition is a regional collaboration with the best teams from CSUN, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal State Fullerton participating.

 SCHOLARSHIPS/CERTIFICATES

• More than 160 Nazarian business students awarded scholarships.
• 145 students received SAP certification.
• 73 students received a certification in Google Analytics; 55 students received certification in Google Ads Displays; and 44 students received certification in Google Ads Search.

INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION

• Jennifer Nunez was named a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholar.
• Elline Deogracias received the Outstanding Senior Award. 

CO-CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

Distinguished Speaker Series: The Business of Sustainability with Dawn James (MSc, Geology ’03), Paul Jennings (Marketing ’85) and Kam Mahdi (Engineering ’84)--Spring '21

EVENTS

 More than 420 students and 64 employers attended Industry Night.

 HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Nazarian College's Beta Alpha Psi Chapter achieves international recognition as a "Superior Chapter," a significant accomplishment.
• Nazarian College's Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter attains "Highest Honors Status," the most prestigious level of recognition a chapter can receive.