What:

Representatives from universities throughout the country - led by Harvard and Yale -‹ will join Cal State Northridge faculty, staff, and students as they celebrate the inauguration of the university's new president, Jolene Koester.

Dressed in full academic regalia, the delegates and hundreds of local faculty and administrators will march onto CSUN's Oviatt Library lawn for the ceremony in which CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed and Trustee Laurence Gould will invest Koester as only the university's fourth president in its 43-year history. Koester will then deliver her inaugural speech.

Where:

Oviatt Library, in the center of the campus
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge
Thomas Guide grid 501 A-6

Who:

CSUN President Jolene Koester
California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed
Laurence Gould, chair of the CSU Board of Trustees
Hundreds of faculty members and administrators from around the country

Dick Tyler or Carmen Ramos Chandler, (818) 677-2130