Longtime staff member Patricia Lord has been appointed director of the Office of Admissions and Records.

Newly appointed Vice Provost Cynthia Rawitch’s foray into academia was purely experimental. A hard-hitting reporter for the Associated Press, she accepted her first teaching assignment at Cal State Northridge in 1973 with the idea it would be a one-time thing.

Over the past 45 years, Catherine Jeppson ’71 (Business Administration), MS ’75 (Accounting) has seen California State University, Northridge “grow from a small family to the big family” it is today.

Head track and field coach Don Strametz had a revelation when a track and field alumnus recently visited him in his office. The alumnus said he was about to retire at the age of 52, and Strametz’s prolific career at Cal State Northridge was suddenly put into perspective.

Before Josefina “Josie” Carbajal MA ’04 (Education Administration), ’96 (Liberal Studies) made a career as an advocate for work-study students, she was one herself.

Mark Stover will bring his passion for books, leadership and technology, along with almost 30 years of library experience, to California State University, Northridge as the new dean of the Oviatt Library.

For nearly a decade, chemistry professor Gagik Melikyan has been on a mission to find ways to save human life.

Karin Stanford has always wanted to change the world. As a child growing up in Inglewood, she wondered why the black boys in her neighborhood were disappearing. She found out many were sent to the California Youth Authority, often wrongly accused and abused.

Conductor, pianist, percussionist, music director, professor. It’s all in a day’s work for Cal State Northridge music professor John Roscigno, who is expanding his musical repertoire this spring.

Annette Cardona once made her living acting and dancing across stages around the world. Her name was ingrained in history for her portrayal of the iconic Cha Cha in the 1978 movie musical “Grease.” No one else matched her signature moves on the dance floor as she mixed it up with John Travolta and other cast members, her arms and legs attacking the music’s beat.