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CSUN Professor Emeritus Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

(May 15, 2012)

A former professional belly dancer, an accomplished artist and writer and a California State University Northridge professor emeritus of psychology, Barbara Tabachnick is this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western Psychological Association.

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Determination, Hard Work Pay Off as CSUN Students Look to Graduation and Beyond

(May 14, 2012)

More than 9,200 students are expected to walk across a stage at California State University, Northridge later this month as they celebrate their graduation from the university before thousands of family members and friends.

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Cal State Northridge Journalism Students Receive Top Awards

(May 10, 2012)

A suspected gunman, the burden of student debt, and student protests; these are just a few of the stories covered by the California State University, Northridge student newspaper, The Daily Sundial, that helped its staff win more than 20 awards during the 2011-2012 school year.

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CSUN Cements Deal to Offer Accelerated Master’s Degree With Chinese University

(May 8, 2012)

Representatives from California State University, Northridge’s Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication signed an agreement last week that will allow students at Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) to complete an accelerated master’s degree in music.

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Cal State Northridge Honors Outstanding Student-Athletes At Varsity ‘N Academic Athletics Honor Roll Banquet

(May 2, 2012)

Sixty-one outstanding Cal State Northridge scholar-athletes were honored for their success in the classroom on earlier this week at the annual Varsity ‘N Academic Athletics Honor Roll banquet at the Orange Grove Bistro on the CSUN campus.

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CSUN’s StoryCube Returns to Capture Memories During Commencement Week

(May 1, 2012)

Do you have a story to share about your experience at California State University, Northridge?

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National Teacher of the Year, Business Leaders Among Those to Address Cal State Northridge’s Class of 2012

(May 1, 2012)

America’s Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki, Amgen executive Nicholas Timinskas, telecommunications entrepreneur Paul Jennings and business executive and former U.S. Census Bureau Director Vincent Barabba, all CSUN alumni, are among the dignitaries who will address California State University, Northridge students when they graduate later this month.

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CSUN Research Fellows Explore Topics that Advance Scholarship in Various Fields

(May 1, 2012)

What difference does difference make in multicultural neighborhoods? How are the concepts of “blackness” and “femaleness” interpreted in the classical Hollywood narrative? Can refundable state tax credits help combat childhood obesity rates among low-income children?

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CSUN Theater Project on the 1932 Bonus Army Gives Students Insight into the Needs of Today’s Veterans

(April 26, 2012)

Eighty years ago next month, more than 20,000 World War I veterans, known as the Bonus Army, set up a tent city outside the White House to demand the bonuses the American government had promised but never gave them for their military service.

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CSUN Guest Speaker Jonathan Mooney to Speak about Living up to Your Potential

(April 26, 2012)

California State University, Northridge’s Department of Special Education is hosting a lecture next week by motivational speaker and writer Jonathan Mooney, who will talk about his own experiences grappling with dyslexia and not learning to read until he was 12 years old.

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