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GOPer Macedo launches bid to replace Mathis in Assembly
She graduated from Tulare Union High School before attending California State University, Northridge for her undergraduate education. She later attended San Joaquin College of Law to obtain her Juris Doctorate. -- San Joaquin Valley Sun
UCLA has a new disability studies major — the first of its kind at any public university in California
This fall, San Francisco State became just the second CSU school to inaugurate a disability studies minor. The first was Cal State Northridge last spring. UC schools have fared better, starting with the first disability studies minor in the system at Berkeley in 2003. -- Los Angeles Times
Darryl Phinnessee Opens Up About Penning Popular ‘Frasier’ Theme Song | VIDEOs
Darlene Donloe is a publicist and an entertainment, automotive and travel journalist whose work has appeared in People, Ebony, Essence, The Daily Breeze, The Wave, LA Watts Times, Los Angeles Sentinel, EMMY, Black Meetings and Tourism, The Hollywood Reporter, The Compton Herald, Billboard, Grammy, and more. She is a publicist, and substitute teacher, and has been an adjunct professor at California State University Northridge (CSUN) where she taught public relations and journalism. -- EurWeb
Pacific takes on CSU Northridge after overtime win
BOTTOM LINE: Pacific hosts the CSU Northridge Matadors following Pacific’s 68-65 overtime victory over the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils. -- Washington Post
After industry tumult, some fear Hollywood will backslide on diversity
“We’re going to pay more and have less options,” said Todd Holmes, associate professor of entertainment media management at California State University at Northridge. “And I certainly hope that doesn’t reduce diversity, diversity of viewpoints, but it could have that as a side effect.” -- Washington Post
Millions of US homes at risk of losing their insurance because of one major issue: ‘There is a reckoning on the horizon’
“The report shows that actuarially sound pricing is going to make it unaffordable to live in certain places as climate impacts emerge. It’s startling, and it’s very well documented,” said David Russell, an insurance and finance professor at California State University Northridge. -- Yahoo! News
In California Schools, Palestinian History Is Off-Limits
“When you choose to attack any one of us, we’re going to say, ‘Hmm why Palestine? Why are you doing this?’” Theresa Montaño, a leader of the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium in California and a professor of Chicano/a studies at Cal State Northridge, told The Nation. Her coalition’s strategy has been to market its curriculum—which encourages students to challenge stereotypes and seek to understand where they come from—to local school districts who can approve their own courses, separate from the state guidance. The liberated ethnic studies curriculum includes lessons about race and ethnicity—from the personal to systemic—social movements that pushed for radical change, like the East LA walkouts, and debates over organizing demands. -- The Nation
CSUN Developing Zero Cost Classes, Majors
California State University, Northridge has been working to develop zero-cost classes by eliminating the costs of course materials, an extension of a CSU-wide Affordable Learning $olutions initiative. -- SCV News
CSUN’s CREA Scholars Program Celebrates Incoming Students
Thanks to the California State University, Northridge CREA Scholars Program, 20 incoming freshmen were welcomed to campus this fall with funds and resources allocated to help them achieve academic success. -- SCV News
CSUN Pays Tribute to Dia de Los Muertos Art
California State University Northridge’s Chicano House hosted its annual two-night celebration for Dia de los Muertos recently. -- SCV News