Professional Development Partnerships
During the 2014-2015 academic year, Human Resources' Professional and Personal Development Program provided the campus with robust professional development programming for the year, emphasizing the campus's seven priorities.
The 7 Campus Priorities:
2014-2015 sessions offered = 125
Total attendance number = 1636
Keynote Speakers
Human Resources brought two dynamic speakers to campus to further engage employees.
JAMES MAPES, a CSUN alum, and founder of Quantum Leap Thinking, 
challenged his audience to practice "creative visualization," communicating a dynamic, clear and emotionally charged future vision with optimism and hope.
BRIDGET SCHULTE, author of "Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time" provided insight into various strategies employees can undertake to achieve a healthy and beneficial balance between work and life.
CSUN Shine From Within
The CSUN Shine from Within Program is an opportunity for highly motivated university
staff — with the support of their supervisors — to participate in a cross-divisional development cohort program. The program was developed as part of the university priority that focuses on employee success and was announced by President Dianne Harrison at the Staff Service Awards in Spring 2014 and her Convocation and Welcome Back address on August 21, 2014. Learn More ...
The program's main goals are to help selected staff develop core competencies, develop a sense of connection and community with other units across campus, broaden understanding and knowledge about the university and other divisions, and invest participants more deeply in the mission of the university and its planning priorities.
Chair: Frank Stranzl, Interim Associate Director of Employee Development and Communications
2014-2015 CSUN Shine From Within Cohort:
- Joy Bartley, College of Social & Behavioral Science
- Brian Berry, Purchasing
- Ernesto Casillas, Annual Giving
- Mindy Chi, Human Resources
- Sean Choi, Information Technology
- Sophia Do, CHHD Dean's Office
- Mari Flores-Garcia, Geological Science
- Augustin Garabay, Matador Involvement Center
- Olivia Herstein, Marketing & Communications
- Jaclyn Keitzman, Student Outreach & Recruitment
- Samuel Lingrosso, Office of the VP, Student Affairs
- Dominic Little, Information Technology
- Willie Martinez, Physical Plant Management
- Ed O'Brien, Office of the President
- Julie Pierce, University Counseling Services
- Angela Ramirez, Budget Planning & Management
- Julia Riddle, Information Technology
- Cynthia Ruan, University Corporation
- Geraldine Sare, Undergraduate Studies
- Downie Techaviratanakul, Learning Resources Center
CSUN Weekly
Partnering with Marketing and Communications, Human Resources encouraged employees to engage in HR and university sponsored events by weekly providing events for the "Focus on Faculty and Staff" section of CSUN Weekly.
CSUN Navigators Program
Members of Human Resources once again participated in the CSUN Navigators program, wearing their "Ask Me" buttons and providing directions to new students and faculty during the first few days of the Fall Semester.
Common Read - "Postmortal" by Drew Magary
CSUN's 2014-2015 Freshman Common Read was "The Postmortal", a novel by Drew Magary. Human Resources encouraged faculty and staff to participate in the program by advertising it through both HR News and its' Common Signature. Several HR staff members took part in the program and engaged students in discussions of the book.
