April 15, 2004
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Summer Term 2004

Did you know that the CSUN Summer Term offers more than 600 courses each year? This summer, the following seven sessions are scheduled.  

Session 1: June 7  -  July 9
Session 2: June 7 -  July 30
Session 3: June 28  -  August 6
Session 4: July 12 -  August 13
Session 5: June 14 -  July 2
Session 6: July 6 -  July 23
Session 7: July 26  -  August 13

Classes are offered in the areas of arts, media and communication; business and economics; education; engineering and computer science; health and human development; humanities; science and math; and social and behavioral sciences.  

The catalog is available online at www.csun.edu/exl/summer or from the College of Extended Learning/Bookstore complex.  

Registration via the Web, U.S. mail and drop box starts Monday, April 20. Walk-in registration starts Monday, May 3, in the Bookstore Complex, Room 100.

 
Summer Extension Credit and Noncredit Courses

For Extended Learning students, the compressed format of Summer 2004 provides a great opportunity to take a course to satisfy a certificate program requirement, prepare for an examination or master new skills.  

The Summer 2004 Extension and Noncredit Courses catalog is available on campus now. Extension and noncredit courses appear in the online catalog at the link provided above. Registration dates are the same as those for University courses.
 
Spotlight on Late Spring Offerings

Several courses listed in the Summer 2004 Extension and Noncredit Courses catalog actually begin late in the Spring academic term. For this reason, they can be accessed online only at http://www.csun.edu/exl/schedule/spring/springdept.htm. Late spring courses of general interest include the following:  

Computer Competency  (Term & Class: 2043-18221)

10 meetings, Thursdays, May 6-July 8, 6:30-9:30 p.m.  

Learn to get more out of the most popular Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.  

Photoshop Tips and Techniques (Term & Class: 2043-19069)

6 meetings, Wednesdays, May 5-June 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Explore your creativity with this powerful digital imaging program.  

Fundraising Ethics (Term & Class: 2043-18266)

1 meeting, Saturday, May 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Required for the Fundraising and Institutional Advancement certificate, this course may be taken by anyone with an interest in contemporary institutional ethics.  

Kinder-Gardens: A Primer for Parents and Others (Term & Class: 2043-19186)

1 meeting, Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m.- noon

A master gardener, elementary school teacher and mother of a three-year-old shows adults how to share the joys of gardening with the children in their lives.  

Test Preparation

Extended Learning is offering spring preparation classes for the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I).

 
Instructor News:
Todd Ferguson, SPHR (senior professional in human resources) and instructor in Extended Learning’s human resources certificate program, has been elected a vice president of the Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA). PIHRA’s membership includes more than 3,500 human resources executives, managers and practitioners in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Ferguson’s course in training and organizational development begins June 14.
 
Dedication of the Roland Tseng College of Extended Learning and the Tseng Family Wing of the Oviatt Library

Last fall, Roland Tseng – an entrepreneur who grew up in the San Fernando Valley – pledged to Cal State Northridge an exquisite collection of Chinese antiquities valued at up to $38 million. The gift, designated for public display and academic study, is the largest donation in the history of the California State University system. In recognition of this gift, the CSU Board of Trustees in January 2004 approved renaming the College of Extended Learning as The Roland Tseng College of Extended Learning and the west wing of Oviatt Library – where the prized art will be displayed – as the Tseng Family Wing.  

The name changes will become “official”* at a dedication ceremony to be held on April 21, at which time the first public exhibition of the collection will open. For exhibit hours, call the Library at (818) 677-2271 or 677-2832.  

*If you received the February Insider, you know that we were so excited about our new name that we announced it early. Note: the new, approved short version of our name is the "Tseng College” – but we won’t be using either version until April 21.
  
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