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Six tips for going to college and working full-time, from a student struggling to do both
California State University, Northridge is one of the most diverse schools in the nation. But roughly half of its students don’t graduate in six years, and many never receive a degree. To remedy this problem, California State University, which consists of 23 schools and is the largest university system in the country, has launched an initiative to double its four-year graduation rate in 10 years. Working with The Hechinger Report for this series, three students from a Northridge journalism class write about what has held them back, and what they think needs to change. -- Hechinger Report
Penn Center Aims to Boost Hispanic Faculty Pipeline
Last Thursday, the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate program announced the first group of thirty students who will participate in the program starting this summer. Students in the first class come from California State University, Northridge; Florida International University; and the University of Texas at El Paso. Faculty from five research institutions – New York University, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and UC Davis – will partner with the program. -- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Sucker-punched West Hills teen visits ‘The Doctors’ to discuss violent attack
After learning that Jordan loves theater, “The Doctors” staff presented him with a six week scholarship to a drama program at Cal State Northridge. They also surprised him with a pre-recorded message from professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, who personally invited Jordan to visit him in San Diego, Jordan said. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Researchers Reveal a Simple Plan to Combat Public Sex Work
Looking to curb sex work in Los Angeles, two researchers at California State University Northridge conducted a study that they think shows simple urban planning techniques could reclaim a heavily trafficked area of the city from those who walk the streets at night. --attn
Make Your Mother Proud: A story of deportation and one student's resilience.
“I’ve been accepted to California State University -Northridge. To study engineering.” -- The Good Men Project
Salinas student receives top national honor
El también líder estudiantil fue seleccionado de entre más de 80 solicitantes alrededor del país. Los tres ganadores de este año son de California, pues además de Mendoza serán galardonados Joanna Beltrán Girón, de UC Santa Cruz, y Álvaro Castillo, de CSU Northridge. -- Noticias Ya! (in Spanish)
Pasadena’s Love of Pickleball Spikes, Interest Higher Than in Tennis at Some City Facilities
Other new business that will be taken up in Tuesday’s Recreation and Parks Commission meeting include the Pasadena Roving Archers agreement and operation of the Lower Arroyo Archery Range, updates on the Cal State Northridge Exercise Program, a quarterly report from the Parks and Natural Resources Division of the Pasadena Public Works Department, and the Human Services and Recreation Department’s monthly update. -- Pasadena Now
California Dreaming: Calexit campaign gets legal boost
“I think it’s very unlikely. Only 33 percent of Californians favor this at the moment and I think that’s likely to go down as the downsides of secession are revealed. Also, where does it stop If California leaves, what about Oregon, Washington or the state of New York,” Prof. Tom Hogen-esch from California State University Northridge said. -- CGTN America
Where to get free tax help in the Bay Area
The program is a version of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), which was started in 1971 by Gary Iskowitz at Cal State Northridge as a way to provide local taxpayers with free tax return preparation by accounting students and has grown into a national Internal Revenue Service program. -- East Bay Times
CSUN's Daniela Gerson: What Jared Kushner could teach Trump about the Holocaust
(CNN)The first person I heard from as news spread around the world of the United States banning refugees was my friend Steffi. Her grandfather was a Nazi. -- CNN