The 2024 Freshman Celebration

 

The 2024 Freshman Celebration

The 19th Annual Freshman Celebration

November 20 & 21, 2024 in the CSUN Northridge Center

 

About the Freshman Celebration

The first Freshman Celebration at CSUN took place in 2006 with participation limited to Freshman Connection students. In 2007 the Celebration was opened to all students enrolled in a fall U100 class. As enrollment has continued to grow, so has the Celebration. 

Each fall, freshmen taking University 100 are invited to participate in a campus-wide celebration of their first-semester academic achievements. This showcase, the Freshman Celebration, is modeled on CSUN's Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. The student projects often (but not always) are related to the their Information Competence Research or Community-Based Learning Project.

 

Judges’ Grand Prize Awards

DIGITAL PROJECT

Professor Imaya Rincon’s Deaf/Hard of Hearing/Deaf Studies U100 Cohort

“In Case of Emergency: Beyond Words, Ready to Respond!”

IN-THE-ROOM PROJECT

Professor Malinda Hackett’s Kinesiology U100 Cohort

“The Mindful Body: A Student’s Guide to Healthy Living During the First Year of College” (photos coming soon)  

 

People's Choice Awards

DIGITAL PROJECT

Professor Anna Avetisyan’s U100 Class

“Choosing Success”

IN-THE-ROOM PROJECT

Professor Sharon Lim’s Child & Adolescent Development U100 Cohort

“Kiss of Wellness” (photos coming soon)  

 

Runner's Up (in alphabetical order)

Judge’s Grand Prize

DIGITAL PROJECTS

Professor Jonathan Martinez’s FreshStart/EOP U100 Cohort

 “What Does EOP Mean to You?”

Professor Anjum Padyal’s Kinesiology U100 Cohort

 “Impact: I am Prepared”

IN-THE-ROOM PROJECTS (photos coming soon) 

Professor Sharon Lim’s Child & Adolescent Development U100 Cohort

“Kiss of Wellness”

Professor Karla Montenegro-Gonzalez’s FreshStart/EOP Cohort

“Your Guide to Packing for an Emergency”

 

People’s Choice

DIGITAL PROJECTS

Professor Imaya Rincon’s Deaf/Hard of Hearing/Deaf Studies U100 Cohort

In Case of Emergency: Beyond Words, Ready to Respond!

Professor Keli Rowley’s U100 Class

The Struggle is Real

IN-THE-ROOM PROJECTS (photos coming soon)  

Professor Edwin Aguilar’s First Year Experience/Student Housing Cohort

“Tree of Lights”

Professor Debbi Mercado’s U100 Class

“Inside Out: The Emotional State of a First Year Student”  

 

 View all of the 2024 Digital Freshman Celebration projects here

 

 Judges' Grand Prize Criteria

• Critical thinking (defined in the Information Competence Vocabulary list at the University Library as “The process of effectively examining and questioning information in order to weigh evidence and make choices and/or take action”.
  • Including appropriate credit to sources, if applicable

• Significance and importance of content and/or meaning
• Creativity, artistry, and aesthetic value