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Political Notebook: LA Assembly Race Draws Wide Field

He credits his public school education and the assistance he received from community programs for why he thrived and was able to attend college. De Ocampo graduated from California State University Northridge with a degree in communication studies. -- EDGE San Francisco

Oratorio to celebrate 500th anniversary of the Lutheran/Protestant Reformation

Born and raised in Los Angeles, he graduated with degrees in opera and stage direction from California State University, Northridge, then moved to Germany to continue to work on his voice. He quickly landed his first opera contract, then crossed over to musicals and worked with Andrew Lloyd Weber, appearing as Max in “Sunset Boulevard,” and with Cameron Mackintosh as Valjean and Javier in “Les Miserables.” -- Lancaster Online - PA

Why Big Data is Important to Your Business

Sheza Gary is a technical director at Algoworks, a global IT service provider which operates chiefly in United States from its California office. She was previously a technical manager at CloudGenix. Sheza has a MBA from California State University, Northridge and a bachelor’s from Boston University. -- Inside Big Data

Eva Longoria—She Is Power Woman, Hear Her Roar

“I shot somebody in the foot,” she admits. “I did that with a BB gun when I was a child, but it wasn’t a serious injury.” Still—what street cred! We always knew that the 42-year-old actress, producer, director, designer, activist, philanthropist, restaurateur, author and businesswoman was a badass… we just didn’t know that she started quite so young. These days, Longoria has better aim—when she shoots, she scores. Her list of achievements, in a nutshell (both during and after her tenyear Golden Globe-nominated run as Gabrielle Solis on ABC’s Desperate Housewives) include opening Beso, a restaurant collaboration with master chef Todd English; publishing the cookbook Eva’s Kitchen: Cooking with Love for Family and Friends; founding the non-profit Eva’s Heroes, a charity that helps developmentally disabled children; launching her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment production company, which is in the midst of a two-year first-look agreement deal with Universal Pictures; becoming one of seven Californians named to co-chair Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012; and even finding the time to go back to school—she received her Master’s degree in Chicano Studies from California State University, Northridge in 2013. This year, she also released a dedicated clothing line, her eponymous Eva Longoria Collection. -- Haute Living

Jane Muse Matteson

In the 1970’s, she became interested in the human potential movement and earned a master’s degree in marriage, family and child counseling from California State University, Northridge. Subsequently, she worked at the Verdugo Hills Counseling Center in Glendale, California. At age 60, she retired from the clinic and joined the Peace Corps. She was sent to Africa where she taught children in Luanda, Kenya. -- Bend Bulletin - OR

CSUN's Aimee Glocke: Black Studies Faculty: Teaching Behind Enemy Lines

Drs. Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor, Carl Hart and John Eric Williams are Black academics who recently spoke out against national and global White supremacy, capitalism, and homophobia, and received death threats and backlash for their comments. But, being persecuted by the media and society is only one of the repercussions Black Studies faculty experience when they speak out on social and political issues. Others include being terrorized by our own university administration, being sold out by other Black Studies faculty, and being targeted by students who don’t agree with the material taught in class. -- Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Public radio in Southern California will offer a lot more eclectic music as college stations KCSN and KSBR team up as the New 88.5 FM

At present, KCSN, which is based at California State University, Northridge, and KSBR, which is located at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, don’t reach more than 2 million listeners combined, according to a press release announcing the new partnership. But both operate at 88.5 on the FM dial and by teaming up they will be able to cover a wide swath of Orange and Los Angeles counties, as well as a bit of Ventura County, too. -- Orange County Register

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