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Lorna Sheridan: Education Roundup, Jan. 2
Good news for CSUs: According to PayScale.com’s 2017 Best Value Colleges report, 12 CSU campuses are among the top 100 public universities in the nation when it comes to return on investment for in-state tuition. The campuses include Cal Maritime (4), San Luis Obispo (11), San Jose (21), Pomona (31), East Bay (53), Chico (60), San Francisco (82), Sacramento (83), San Diego (89), Long Beach (90), Fresno (96), and Northridge (97). -- Sonoma News
Universities that do and don’t track student suicides
SCHOOLS THAT DON’T HAVE STATISTICS OR DON’T CONSISTENTLY COLLECT THEM:
Arizona State University-Tempe
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
California State University-Fullerton
California State University-Fresno
California State University-Los Angeles
California State University-Long Beach
California State University-Northridge
California State University-Sacramento
Central Michigan University (continued)
--The Washington Post
This year’s hurricanes ‘devastated’ coral reefs, scientists say
Researchers from the University at Buffalo and California State University, Northridge, traveled to the US Virgin Islands in November to evaluate the hurricanes’ aftermath. They found that coral colonies are missing branches and are infected with bacteria. --New York Post
Former California Angels broadcaster and Hall of Famer Dick Enberg passes away
What many people don’t know about Enberg is that his career start at the University of Indiana from 1957-1961 announcing basketball and football Enberg then came to California and was an assistant professor at Cal State Northridge where he also served as the Matadors’ baseball coach from 1961-1965. He then moved on and became the play-by-play announcer for the historic UCLA basketball team coached by another legend in John Wooden from 1966-1977. At the same time he announced for the Los Angeles Rams football team and then in 1969 for the California Angels. --Fansided/Halo Hangout
Dick Enberg, Veteran Sportscaster, Is Dead at 82
But when he did not, as he had expected, get an offer to teach full time at Indiana, he accepted a teaching position at San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge), where he also became an assistant baseball coach. --The New York Times
Dick Enberg, Legendary Sportscaster, Dies at 82
He began broadcasting in college at WSAM in Saginaw, Mich., and started broadcasting professionally in the late 1960s after leaving his job as an assistant professor and baseball coach at California State University Northridge. His first professional broadcasting position was with KTLA, anchoring a nightly sports report and calling UCLA Bruins basketball, and KMPC radio, calling the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Rams. His work at the stations earned him four California Sportscaster of the Year awards. --MSN News
Dick Enberg, Veteran Sportscaster, Is Dead at 82
But when he did not get, as he had expected, an offer to teach full time at Indiana, he accepted a teaching position at San Fernando State College (now California State University, Northridge), where he also became an assistant baseball coach. --News Report Online
Legendary Sportscaster Dick Enberg Dies
Enberg was raised near Detroit and attended college in Central Michigan and Indiana University. He began broadcasting after a stint as an assistant basketball coach at Cal State Northridge State, according to USA Today. --NewsDog
Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Dick Enberg Dies at 82
Before refining his skills in the broadcast booth, Enberg did plenty of homework. A graduate of Central Michigan University, he earned a master's degree and a doctorate from Indiana University, where he also served as the first-ever football and basketball play-by-play announcer for the Indiana University Sports Network. He then made his voice heard at the front of the classroom, as an assistant professor at California State University at Northridge. -- 4rfv.com
Boxing was a Springboard for Legendary Sportscaster Dick Enberg
As luck would have it, there was an opening for a health science teacher at San Fernando Valley State College, now Cal State-Northridge. --The Sweet Science