Clips
Preps notebook: State-wide honors roll in for local football players
Ben Hibbert, a sophomore hurdler at Cal State Northridge, recently finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico last week. -- Bakersfield Californian
My Mazda Road to Indy: Nikita Lastochkin
I grew up in the city, just doing regular stuff, nothing about racing. I hung out with my friend, getting in trouble. As soon as I graduated from high school at 16, I moved to the United States. I had no family here, no friends, but I'd always had an adventurous streak and I wanted to see the world, see what was out there. I didn't know what I wanted to do in my life, what degree to pursue, so I asked my parents if I could do it, and I moved to English First, a language school in the Los Angeles area. I could speak English, so it was more about exploring the city and the culture. It was a nine-month program and after it was done, I got an Associates Degree from Santa Monica College, then a business degree at Cal State Northridge. When I finished with school, I worked in the jewelry industry. -- Racer
Hart Board names four new principals
Holcombe is a native Santa Clarita resident, having graduated from Saugus High School, College of the Canyons (COC), California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
ETC Makes the News at Fox Studios
Reinig's career path was equally transformative. While he worked in construction, he maintained an interest in photography and operated a DJ company with several DJs and mobile systems for private parties and nightclubs. When he was injured on a construction job, he went back to school -- first to Moorpark College, followed by a degree in cinematography at Cal State Northridge. "I was lucky to have a friend at Fox who let me play with equipment and learn the gear -- I also apprenticed with cinematographer Bill Bennett (a member of ASC) and fell in love with lighting." -- Lighting & Sound
Gil Haskell headlines S.F. Prep Hall of Fame Class of 2018
•Julie Middleton, San Mateo, track, gymnastics — played basketball at Cal State Northridge. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Include mentoring skills in hiring and promotion criteria
At the California State University in Northridge, we have shown how well this tactic works. When hiring dozens of faculty members (Nature 538, 171; 2016), we included rigorous evaluations of their teaching and mentoring skills as an essential requirement in addition to their publication records. -- Nature
Traffic deaths in LA are down, but well short of city’s goal. What’s next for Vision Zero?
He added that road diets may not be appropriate in certain situations, and said he hopes the city can focus more attention to projects where there is already support, including two bike lane projects that he and others have been pushing for near Pierce College and Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Solana Beach fills all but one vacancy on its resident commissions
The Parks and Recreation Commission reappointed one member and added two new ones. Linda Swindell, who has made the proposed skate park at La Colonia her personal crusade, will return to her seat. She and the other two returning commissioners are being joined by litigation attorney Tracy Richmond and Jolene Koester, a higher-ed consultant who was president of Cal State University-Northridge from 2000 to 2011. -- Del Mar Times
Working group releases report evaluating the use of nature-based strategies to combat ocean acidification
In addition to the report’s findings, the hearing will include presentations from researchers at The Nature Conservancy, University of California, Davis, and California State University, Northridge highlighting specific actions being taken locally and key next steps for California. -- Lake County News
‘Stain of Denial,’ All-ASA’s Campus Protests Set for Feb. 8
ASAs participating in this year’s Stain of Denial include those based at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Northridge, the Claremont Colleges, Glendale Community College, Los Angeles Valley College, Loyola Marymount University, Occidental College, Pasadena City College, Santa Monica College, UC Los Angeles, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and the University of Southern California. For the first time in its history, Stain of Denial will also include universities outside of California as well: Armenian students at Northeastern and Tufts Universities located in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale University, Concordia University, Montreal, and various colleges on the East coast of Canada will be participating. -- Asbarez