Woman with dwarfism reveals how years of bullying over her 3ft stature left her depressed and suicidal - but finding her passion for dance again has helped her recover
Eventually Jonna, who just graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelors in Child and Adolescent Development, wants to become a children's therapist. -- Daily on Sunday - United Kingdom
Ridgecrest Republican Women, Federated hear from California party chair
She got her start volunteering at the Republican headquarters in Hacienda Heights. She became a county central committee executive director, and went on to work for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator John McCain, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, as well as working on leadership projects for Congressman Kevin McCarthy. She also attended Cal State Northridge and studied political science. Patterson is married with two children and is CEO of California Trailblazers, which recruits and trains Republican candidates for state legislative office. -- Ridgecrest Daily Independent
Excelencia in Education Celebrates its Quinceañera at ALASS Institute
Dr. S.K. Ramesh – an electrical and computer engineering professor at California State University, Northridge – directs AIMS², which stands for Attract, Inspire, Mentor, and Support Students. The program partners with community colleges to increase the number of low-income Latino transfer students majoring in engineering and computer science. He described the initiative as a “cohort-based model” where students work together on a collaborative project. -- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
CSUN to Host Its Annual DÃas De Los Muertos Celebration
In conjunction with its 50-year anniversary, the department of Chicana/o studies at California State University, Northridge will hold its annual Días de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration, with two nights of events on Thursday, Oct. 31, and Friday, Nov. 1. -- AmericanTowns.com
CSUN Receives $3 Million from NASA to Study All Aspects of Artificial Intelligence
NASA has awarded California State University, Northridge a three-year, $3 million grant to establish a multidisciplinary research center at the university to study all aspects of increasingly autonomous (IA) systems, from such automated systems as autopilots to advanced systems with artificial intelligence able to adapt and evolve. -- AmericanTowns.com
Sharing his love of black art, and life, with others
The idea for this exhibit was a couple of years in the making. The San Diego Museum of Art approached us to collaborate, and specifically wanted a photography exhibition. After working through a few proposals, I contacted California State University, Northridge about a collection of African American photography they had been gifted. When I called them, I was connected with the collection archivist, Keith Rice. The photos were a combination of content, art and history. The subject matter includes a number of celebrities, primarily because the photographers had unfettered access to these celebrities. Even with celebrities as the primary subjects, these individuals demonstrate friendship, family, and the brilliance of performing that are, in my opinion, the cornerstone of who we are. -- San Diego Union-Tribune
Sharing his love of black art, and life, with others
Tell us about the “Black Life: Images of Resistance and Resilience in Southern California” exhibition that the SDAAMFA organized with the San Diego Museum of Art and California State University, Northridge. -- Daily Republic
UCSB Soccer Gets Out of Northridge With a Scoreless Draw
The UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team picked up its eighth clean sheet of the season with a scoreless draw with Cal State Northridge on Saturday evening at Matador Soccer Field. -- Noozhawk
Examples of Excelencia Recipients
AIMS2 uses a cohort-based model to create that feeling among students, said S. K. Ramesh, director of the program and a professor at Cal State Northridge. Students from across disciplines work together, breaking down the silos in which students in different majors typically exist, Ramesh said, which creates a collaborative environment. Faculty members and those running the program also look out for students and meet each month to discuss how each individual student is doing. -- Inside Higher Ed
California Teachers Association posts membership decline of about 15,000
Montaño, a former teacher and staffer with United Teachers Los Angeles, also had deep roots in the CTA. She also has been a professor of Chicano Studies at Cal State Northridge for many years. If elected, she would have been the first member of the California Faculty Association to be president of the CTA. -- EdSource