Register for Open University starting January 29!  Even if you’re not regularly enrolled at CSUN, you can take an academic-credit class through Open University. Weekday classes start Jan. 22, and anyone in the community has a chance to sign up. Choose from thousands of classes offered in dozens of subject areas.

Congratulations to CSUN for rising to the top 1% of the 2017 Social Mobility Index by CollegeNET! CSUN placed 13th out of 1,363 colleges and universities nationally.

The ranking measures the commitment of higher education to success and opportunity for economically disadvantaged students. “The Social Mobility Index helps policymakers determine which colleges are addressing the national problem of economic mobility,” said Jim Wolfston, CEO of CollegeNET. “Administrators have a better chance to help strengthen U.S. economic mobility and the promise of the American Dream if they can identify and learn from the colleges that are skilled at doing this.”

Expand your mind and increase your competitiveness in the workplace! CSUN’s new online Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies gives busy professionals an expanded perspective.   If you finished lower-division classes but never got your degree, this program is for you! It will give you new ways to think and expand your insight.  At the same time, you’ll get strategies to address local and global challenges in the workplace and in your life.

Homes are expensive, California unemployment runs higher than national levels, and an inland versus coastal economy splits California. Even so, business activity and venture capital are way up, many fields are projected to grow, and California is a center of design and innovation. Jeffrey Kravetz, regional investment director of The Private Client Reserve of U.S.

CSUN students, if you’re planning or doing research in your field, take part in the Annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium! Whether you’re an undergraduate or graduate student in any field, get recognition for your projects and creative activities. Share the results with students, faculty and officials throughout campus at a conference April 6, 2018.

Finish a semester-length class in just a few weeks in Winter Term! You can spend the time between Fall finals and the start of the Spring semester completing an academic-credit course. CSUN offers two Winter Term components: Dec. 21-Jan. 18 (online classes), and Jan. 2-19 (face-to-face classes). Get a class out of the way before the Spring semester starts. You don’t even have to be enrolled at CSUN to take a Winter Term class.

The California drought is over, but the water crisis isn’t. Despite record rainfall, Southern California still has to tackle ongoing challenges of waste water and storm water, watershed storage and conservation. CSUN will help tackle these community issues through the City of Los Angeles One Water LA initiative.

Faculty and staff from around campus recently met with city representatives to get the conversation started on dealing with water demands and solutions. University reps and city officials will work together on addressing the city’s water needs, resources and facilities. “We have faculty interested in long-term studies,” said Sherry Sidick, associate director of external relations for the Tseng College. “There are opportunities we can offer for the One Water Plan. Faculty and staff asked excellent questions at the meeting to start the ball rolling with possible proposals and/or relationships. The One Water plan will help the region with sustainability.”

Join us for a spirited talk about Presidential powers to celebrate Constitution Day! History professor James Sefton and political science faculty John Evans of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire lead the lively presentation. They’ll talk about the conflict between presidential and Congressional powerholders.

(August 1, 2017) - “People actually care more about you there!” “Go Matadors”. “Best experience of my life”. With comments like these, it’s no wonder CSUN hit the top five nationally in the Forbes #MyTopCollege competition.

(July 24, 2017) - It's already time to think about the Fall! If you're not a CSUN student but would like to take classes this Fall, you can register through Open University. So long as you meet course prerequisites, space is available and the instructor approves, you can sign up. More than 6,600 courses run this Fall, and many of them take place online. Weekday classes start Aug. 28, so check out the schedule today!