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Sentenced to life for murder, he has helped 1,500 fellow inmates earn degrees
The college program also created tutoring opportunities for graduates, like Julio Acosta, who tutored his fellow Ironwood inmates in math for five years before his release in 2013. Acosta is now obtaining his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at CSU Northridge. --J Weekly
Students and artists prepare for LA march against gun violence
Leaders of the LA march met at Self Help Graphics and Art in Boyle Heights on Thursday. There, they traded stories about how they were personally affected, and committed, to the movement for against gun violence. Organizer Fernando Lopez said that he was brought on-board by area protest group March And Rally Los Angeles, but that he was searching for a way to contribute long before then. A student at California State University, Northridge, Lopez says that he doesn’t believe his younger sister should live in fear of gun violence. -- The Hub - LA
CSUN Announces Recipients of Distinguished Alumni Awards
The list of California State University, Northridge’s Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients is diverse and dynamic. In keeping with that theme, the university is adding three highly accomplished honorees from three different walks of life to the list in April. -- SCV News
Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities
Last summer, our research team visited our HSI partner institutions: California State University at Northridge, Florida International University and the University of Texas at El Paso. During these campus visits, we interviewed the first cohort of the program – 10 students at each school – to learn more about their stories, their ambitions to become professors and how they were experiencing the program. -- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Foos, Garufis and Zeidler will be Honored at 2018 CSUNDistinguished Alumni Awards
The list of California State University, Northridge’s Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients is diverse and dynamic. In keeping with that theme, the university is adding three highly accomplished honorees from three different walks of life to the list in April. -- AmericanTowns.com
Foos, Garufis and Zeidler Will Be Honored at 2018 CSUN Distinguished Alumni Awards
The list of California State University, Northridge's Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients is diverse and dynamic. In keeping with that theme, the university is adding three highly accomplished honorees from three different walks of life to the list in April. -- 4-Traders
Tech Tidbits From Across New Hampshire
Open Access Technologies, Inc., a Nashua-based product technology company focused on making complex data accessible to all people, has entered into a strategic partnership with Boston-based codeMantra, a provider of content-centric Robotic Process Automation solutions across the entire content lifecycle. The partnership will allow Open Access Technologies to deliver accessible robotic publishing automation, extending codeMantra’s market leading robust electronic publishing platform to the accessibility market for corporate enterprises, the government, academic and various industries. Open Access Technologies, Inc. is currently attending California State University, Northridge's Assistive Technology Conference, taking place on March 19 – March 23 in San Diego, Calif., booth #416. -- New Hampshire Business Review
What’s Up With All The Consumerism In ‘Queer Eye’?
Like its predecessor, the new “Queer Eye” shares the message that most effective means of self-actualization is consumerism, says Yarma Velázquez Vargas, a professor of media studies at California State University at Northridge and the author of “A Queer Eye for Capitalism: The Commodification of Sexuality on U.S. Television.” -- Good Magazine
Andy Chanley, a veteran of The Sound 100.3, lands the afternoon drive-time shift on KCSN-FM/88.5
Andy Chanley, the first DJ hired at the classic rock station The Sound 100.3 and the last voice on the air when it folded on Nov. 16, landed a new gig Wednesday when he was hired to fill the weekday afternoon slot on KCSN-FM/88.5. -- Orange County Register
CSUN's Robert Krol: Time to rethink how we fund highways
In February, the Trump administration laid out its proposal for expanding infrastructure investment in America. The plan calls for $200 billion in seed money to support $1.5 trillion in state, local and private infrastructure investment over the next 10 years. The proposal failed to provide further details on how it would be funded, though the president reportedly supports increasing federal gasoline and diesel taxes by 25 cents per gallon. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Trucking Association also support raising fuel taxes. -- Washington Times