California State University, Northridge

April 15, 1996

Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
Director of News and Information,
(818) 885-2130

CSUN Offers Seminar to Help Disabled Find Jobs

The seminar will be from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Pasadena Room of The Career Center in the University Student Union at the center of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

The seminar will focus on overcoming the special obstacles the Deaf and disabled face as they prepare for careers.

Panelists include Jeanette Nishikawa, director of the Disabled Resource Center at Cal State Long Beach; Fran Goldman of the Office of Disabled Services at Cal State Northridge; Stella Wiggins, area recruiter for Kaiser Permanente; and Herb Larson, director of the National Center on Deafness at Cal State Northridge.

The panelist will discuss their own career paths as well as offer advice on internships and work experience.

The seminar is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the university's Adult Resource and ReEntry Program and The Career Center.

For more information, call Ellen Mayer of University Counseling Services at (818) 885-2366 or Brian Douglas, a career specialist for Deaf and disabled students, at (818) 885-2320 (voice) or (818) 885-3066 (TDD).