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As we step fully into Fall, there are even more ways for you to engage with the campus community. We hope you'll take advantage of the information highlighted below.
In case you missed it, you can read President Harrison's October 16th Fall Mid-Semester Update letter to the campus community here.
Some highlights include:
Remember to check out CSUN as One for comprehensive information and the latest updates on current operations.
Drop in on the October 27th North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Meeting and learn about the cutting edge mixed-reality technology available at CSUN that can be used in education, business, nursing, journalism, management, mental health, and so many other areas. Interact with an avatar and immerse yourself in a situation as you practice "real-world" skills in communication, collaboration, interpersonal relationships, sales, HR, leadership, and so much more. You need to see - and interact with - SIMPACT to believe this technology actually exists!
Start your day with this informative meeting featuring two eye-opening presentations!
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Where: Zoom Meeting
Schedule: Networking - 7:45 a.m. - 8:05 a.m.
State of the District - 8:15 a.m.
SIMPACT Immersive Learning - 9:00 a.m.
Contact NVRCC Office - 818-349-5676 or
Or, register here.
Matador SUCCESS Series (Supporting Unified Campus Conversations to Empower Student Success), also known as the Provost’s Student Success Series, is pleased to present:
Title:
Real Connections in a Virtual Community
Date:
November 5
Time:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Description:
In the face of a pandemic, CSUN has had to rethink student services and create innovative new ways to foster authentic support and relationships with our students and with one another in a virtual environment. Join us for a zoom “conference style” webinar to learn about the ways that our campus community is fostering student success during COVID-19.
No RSVP required: Join us via Zoom at: https://csun.zoom.us/j/81970248765?pwd=TU9xc1BUUkJhSDMzV3IxMUZBcEVaQT09
CSUN is pleased to host the CSU-Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting on Friday, November 6, 2020, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. as a forum for the exchange of ideas on key topics in cancer research.
Conference aims include:
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us!
Registration is now open. #2020CSUICM
Save the date and join the next End the Silence’s discussion led by Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, and Brigette Amaya from the Labor/Community Strategy Center in LA about the constructive choices you can make to serve Black and Latino communities and fight for the interests of the Third Word. The only question is, “Do you want to make those choices?”
RSVP by November 11: https://tinyurl.com/y4evhbwr
IMPORTANT: We will be giving out 20 free copies of Eric Mann’s book, “Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer” to the first 20 people who sign up for the event!
The death of George Floyd exposed, again and again, the structural racism of what Eric Mann calls “the white settler state.” The Labor/Community Strategy Center in South Los Angeles, is a think tank/act tank where Black and Latino people are fighting for social justice. The Center’s Bus Riders Union is fighting for free public transportation, its Taking Action Social Justice Clubs helped to win a 35% reduction in the Los Angeles School Police Budget and the Center’s Revolutionary Organizers Film and Book club shows films about inspiring social revolutions. While the Strategy Center membership and staff are overwhelmingly Black and Latinx, the center is a multi-racial organization where volunteers of all races are welcome and needed. Eric is a veteran of the Congress of Racial Equality and is now an organizer in South Los Angeles at the Strategy and Soul Movement Center. His book Playbook for Progressives: the 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer has been read by more than 10,000 of the best organizers in the U.S. But what about your life, your life choices? Eric will be joined by LCSC Director of Organizing, Channing Martinez and Lead Organizer Brigette Amaya. They will talk about many constructive choices you can make to serve Black and Latino communities and fight for the interests of the Third World. The only question is, “Do you want to make those choices?”
See thestrategycenter.org; voicesfromthefrontlines.com and Wikipedia, “Eric Mann Civil Rights Organizer”
Research and Sponsored Programs, with support from the Jerome Richfield Memorial Fund, organizes each year an event that celebrates a CSUN faculty member engaged in high quality, high-impact research, where they are named as the Richfield Memorial Fellow. The Fellow presents a lecture at the Provost’s Colloquium Series, which is designed to highlight and celebrate the scholarly achievements of our faculty, and to provide an opportunity for socialization among faculty, administrators, students, and staff.
We are happy to announce that this year’s 2020 Jerome Richfield Memorial Fellow is Dr. Hélène Rougier from the department of Anthropology.
Here is an excerpt of her work:
The disappearance of our closest relatives, the Neandertals: Were we involved?
Neandertals are a fossil human group that lived in Eurasia between approx. 200,000 and 35,000 years ago. Recently, genetic studies have shown that Neandertals are part of our direct ancestry due to interbreeding between them and our early modern human (Homo sapiens) ancestors when the latter were migrating from Africa into Eurasia approx. 50 to 60,000 years ago. As a result, all non-Africans today have about 2% of their DNA inherited from Neandertals and geneticists have just begun to understand the impact of this heritage on our biology.
Ample evidence has shown that Neandertals were well adapted to their environment and that they may have had high cognitive and symbolic abilities. Yet they went extinct, and the circumstances of their disappearance and the role our modern human ancestors may have played in it have been highly debated. Recent multidisciplinary projects, both in the field and laboratory research on old collections, have resulted in the discovery of new Neandertal and early modern human fossils. Their study along with that of their associated context has produced new data that provide critical information towards better understanding the period of the Neandertals’ disappearance. This talk will review the current evidence and hypotheses pertaining to the replacement of Neandertals by our modern human ancestors in Eurasia, a process that forms part of the evolutionary background for recent human biological diversity.
Marilyn Magaram Center Staff & Student Interns
End a long school day (for you and your child) with some fun in the kitchen. Join the Marilyn Magaram Center for their Young Chef Virtual Workshop Series for children (ages 5-11).
Friday, November 13th, we'll prepare fun recipes that celebrate fall flavors!
Check out our next Working Parents Mid-Morning Brown Bag on Wednesday, November 25th
Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:
If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.
Withdraw from Session: If you need to cancel your registration, select the “Self” icon in CSU Learn. Select “Learning,” then “Registrations.” Select the box next to the session you need to cancel, and select “Cancel Registration.” In the next window, select “Confirm Cancellation.”
CSUN Fast Pitch is an "elevator pitch" competition where students have three minutes to pitch their startup idea to a panel of judges and audience. The competition is hosted annually by CSUN's Nazarian College and generously supported by the Marine Family. Don't miss the final showdown of eight student teams competing for $4,000 in prizes!
Register here to be in the audience.
More info: www.csunfastpitch.com
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.
Faculty & Staff are encouraged to join our alumni at these upcoming November events:
11/6/2020:
Veterans Alumni Chapter Networking Night: https://www.csun.edu/alumni/events/veterans-chapter-networking
11/6/2020:
Black Matadors Got Talent, hosted by the Black Alumni Association https://www.csun.edu/alumni/events/BlackMatadorsGotTalent2020
11/18/2020:
CSUN Alumni + Marilyn Magaram Center Virtual Cooking Class
o The holidays are around the corner and what better way to prepare than registering for our free Thanksgiving Plant-based Sides Virtual Cooking Class! Chef Avila is back to teach more cooking techniques and plant-based Thanksgiving sides! This is the second event in our series and partnership with the Marilyn Magaram Center! Chef Harold will demonstrate 5 Thanksgiving plant-based sides along with tons of cooking techniques!
o https://csun.edu/alumni/events/magaram-center-virtual-cooking-class
“Los Angeles: On Film and On Record” takes you on a journey through film and archives. The exhibit examines a number of popular films that feature the City of Angels within the storyline, setting, or both, and compares these visions, interpretations, and variations of movie Los Angeles with the documentary record of real Los Angeles, using archival and other primary sources from Special Collections & Archives.
The exhibit consists of four parts. Part 1, LA Aspirations, explores its role as a hub of opportunity, while part 2, LA Critique, questions Los Angeles as a site of the American dream. Part 3, LA Living, looks at the ways films and filmmakers have attempted to depict "real" Los Angeles. Finally, Part 4, LA Aesthetic, considers ways LA's landscape, architectural features, and infrastructure appear in films, shaping perceptions of the city.
“Los Angeles is the birthplace of motion pictures, so it is fitting that we are offering up this virtual exhibition of important and timeless films,” says Mark Stover, Dean of CSUN’s University Library. “It is always fun to watch movies that are set in the city we live in, but this exhibit goes further. It dives deep into several selected films, asking provocative questions that will help us understand these stories from a fresh perspective.”
As you explore the exhibit, the Library encourages you to consider the choices each filmmaker made, and the version of Los Angeles they chose to present. What truths does each film contain? How do they create or reinforce stereotypes about people and places? Who is absent, misrepresented, maligned, or celebrated in narratives about the city, and why?
The November issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is now available online and for download at insightintodiversity.com. This issue highlights the 90 recipients of the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. Check out pages 62 and 77 for CSUN!
In this special section, read about the innovative events, programs, and initiatives that help define HEED Award colleges and universities as exemplary models of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education. You can also learn about the methodology for determining which institutions earn this honor and hear from chief diversity officers about how they utilize the HEED Award process to annually assess and improve their campus environments.
Also in this issue, we examine how students, faculty, and allies are combatting the rising tide of discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, we take a look at the ongoing movement to eradicate Native American team names and mascots in athletics, learn what advice experienced chief diversity officers have for new DEI professionals, and much more.
