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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

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

‘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

Matadors Finish 13th at Waves Challenge

SOMIS, Calif. – Senior Felix Mory posted his third top-10 finish of the 2017-18 season Tuesday, finishing in a tie for fourth at the Waves Challenge held at Saticoy Country Club. -- SCV News

2018 Women’s Water Polo Preview: The Big West Conference

If Coach Wright is the dean of Big West coaches, Matt Warshaw of California State University, Northridge is the newbie of the group. His maiden voyage with the Matadors was decidedly rocky; hired two months before the season started, Warshaw’s team went 12-20 (1-4 in the Big West play). CSUN did finish on a positive note, beating UC Santa Barbara for fifth in the conference tournament. --Swimming World Magazine

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.” -- Live Design

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