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Student Success: Involvement, Sustainability, Positive Action

February 19, 2016

brett koontz

CSUN Health and Human Development students find success in helping others—and some go global.  Those who are studying energy sustainability in Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) have an angle on saving the planet.  EOH faculty Brett Koontz specializes in renewable energy policy and regional governance. His approach to teaching starts with getting students to notice their surroundings and take stock of their own behaviors. Read more

PT Students Make a Difference: Dodgers & Campanella Scholars 2016

February 2, 2016

Ashley Pena

The idea of helping others is something that hits home for CSUN Physical Therapy student Ashley Peña. In her second year in the university’s renowned doctorate in physical therapy program, Peña has already been able to help make a difference in the lives of many people through the clinical hours and volunteer work that she, and her fellow classmates, put in as part of their postgraduate work. Yet for Peña, there is more. Read more

2015 Ruth Shiffrar Scholar

January 14, 2016

karin brambila guzman

The inaugural Ruth Shiffrar Scholarship for Physical Education was recently awarded to Kinesiology major Karen Brambila Guzman. Her ideal academic profile made her a stand-out for the scholarship. Guzman is passionate about physical education and helping children. She's a community builder among teachers and students, and those are the criteria the scholarship committee was looking for. "I am truly honored to merely try to make you all proud of me," Guzman said. Maggie Shiffrar, Associate Vice President of Graduate Studies at CSUN, established the scholarship in her mother's name as a way to continue Ruth Shiffrar's legacy as an educator. Read more

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