We are here to Enhance, Empower, and Enrich the Human Experience.
Together, HHD students, faculty, staff, and community improve the quality of life through research, education, and action. Our alumni are in professions that enrich health and well-being, fitness and activity, and living environments for individuals, families, and communities. We are the College of Life.
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November 23, 2020
Enjoy a Virtual Tour of the Great Smoky Mountains with Recreation and Tourism Management Chair and faculty Mechelle Best and Kinesiology faculty Ivan Guillory in collaboration with RTM faculty Chris Whitesides and CSUN Associated Students/Outdoor Adventures. This live virtual event was recorded on November 18 for all to enjoy thereafter. The speakers shared their experience, expertise and the insights they have gained through their trips through the park and the region, giving special consideration to the lived experience of people of color in outdoor spaces. Read more
November 11, 2020
On this Veterans Day, with appreciation and respect, we in the College of Health and Human Development at CSUN thank our military veterans for their dedication and sacrifice to serve our country. Read the greeting
September 28, 2020
Time and again, we see that nurses are at the forefront of our global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is doubtful that there is anyone who doesn’t realize the essential nature of the nursing profession by now. CSUN has been educating nurses since the 1990s, and, since 2006-07, through an intensive Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (A-BSN) program. The program leaves no time for work beyond the pursuit of the degree. And so the Department of Nursing is pleased to announce the establishment of the Jeanne C. Mayer Endowed Scholarship fund in Nursing. Read more
September 25, 2020
Jumpstart, CSUN’s early literacy education program for children aged three through five is still going strong, thanks to a renewal of a grant from California Volunteers and AmeriCorps. Housed in the Department of Child and Adolescent Development, but open to students of all majors, the program works with Volunteers of America (VoA) and the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) to match CSUN students with children from traditionally under-served backgrounds learn to read and develop a love of reading that can last a lifetime. Read more about JumpStart
Drawing from her book, "Black Faces, White Spaces", her relationships "in the field", her lived experience, Dr. Carolyn Finney digs into the complexities and contradictions of American history as it relates to green space, race, and the power to shape the places we live in in our own image. Find out more about this event.
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