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2017’s Best Places to Flip Houses
CSUN's Robert Kent: One of the most frequent mistakes in house flipping is a lack of detailed knowledge of the neighborhood, and the current dynamics of its social environment and housing market. -- WalletHub
Preferential Procurement Programs Open The Doors To Success For Minority Entrepreneurs, According To CSUN Professor’s New Study
Preferential procurement programs are providing minority entrepreneurs an opportunity to leverage what might be seen as a hindrance - the historical lack of access due to their race or ethnicity - into a business advantage, according to a new study by California State University, Northridge management professor Lois Shelton. -- Public Now
46 Totally Fun Things To Do in L.A. This Week You Need to Know About [7-31-17 to 8-4-17]
25. Summer Movie Fest at Cal State Northridge is a free weekly movie night taking place at dusk on CSUN’s Oviatt Library Lawn. The series continues with The Breakfast Club. FREE -- We Like LA
At CSUN's historic orange grove, volunteers pick fruit for food charities
With his neck cranked back, Joshua Chavarria, 7, struggled to balance a 10-foot fruit picker about twice his size. Moments later, he broke into a smile. -- Los Angeles Times
CSUN's Daniela Gerson: Diversify Now, Stand Up for Staff and Other Lessons From a Bilingual, Multicultural Newsroom in Southern Indiana
Like many Midwestern cities and towns, Evansville, Indiana’s demographics have evolved in recent decades .-- Media Shift
Reflecting on Asian American studies through the teachings of Grace Lee Boggs and community
[Editor’s note: Once a year, a guest columnist will be part of Rhizomes to encourage scholars in education and Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge, where the columnist set up an endowment to honor her mother, Asuncion Castro Abarquez, and her eldest sister, Rosalinda Abarquez Alcantara. Michelle Bac was chosen, after a vetting process done by CSUN’s literature and Asian Am faculty, as the recipient of 2017’s Abarquez-Alcantara Asian American Studies and Education Endowment Scholarship.] -- Asian Journal
Art on wheels
The show, which opened earlier this month and runs until next June, is the third lowrider exhibition that Sandoval, a Chicano Studies professor at California State University, Northridge, has curated at Los Angeles' Petersen Automotive Museum since 2000. -- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Clean energy industry workshops to be held at 5 CSU campuses
The university system received a $250,000 grant from the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s new Energize California initiative. The workshops will be held at Long Beach, Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, Pomona and Northridge. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Athlete of the Week: 10 Questions with Micole Nuñez
Are you going to college in the fall?
Yes, I am. I’m attending Cal State-Northridge and majoring in apparel design and merchandising. -- Malibu Surfside News
The Soraya’s Arts Education Series Teaches Beyond the Classroom
Officials with California State University, Northridge’s Arts Education program at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (formerly known as the Valley Performing Arts Center), hope to have that impact with their Student Matinee Series - which is designed to provide K-12 students an introduction to the educational benefits of the performing arts. -- AmericanTowns.com