California State University, Northridge facts for kids
California State University, Northridge or CSUN is a public university in Northridge, California, a neighborhood in the United States' second-largest city of Los Angeles. CSUN belongs to the California State University system. It was founded first as the Valley satellite campus of California State University, Los Angeles and adopted its current name of California State University, Northridge in 1972. It has become the third largest university in the California State System.
CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields, master's degrees in 42 fields, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. Cal State Northridge hosts the National Center on Deafness, and each year the university hosts the International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities.
The school's sports teams, nicknamed "Matadors", play in the Big West Conference.
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Vice President Hubert Humphrey is met by student protest in 1966 while visiting San Fernando Valley State College (now CSUN)
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Earthquake damage sustained by parking structure C after the 1994 Northridge earthquake at CSUN
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Manzanita Hall, one of the buildings constructed as part of the earthquake recovery
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CubeSats being deployed by NanoRacks deployer
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University Library (then Oviatt Library) in 2009
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Student Recreation Center
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The entrance to the Matadome
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Alumna Florence Griffith Joyner is considered the fastest woman of all time; the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand.
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Sublime performing at a Noontime concert at the CSUN University Student Union
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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Soundcheck before a Noontime concert at the CSUN University Student Union
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Magic Johnson talks at CSUN's Big Lecture
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Eva Longoria, award-winning actress
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Scott J. Horowitz, NASA astronaut
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Mike Curb, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California and musician
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Lauren Ridloff, deaf American actress
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Richard Dreyfuss, Academy Award–winning actor
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Paula Abdul, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning singer and choreographer
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Kathleen Utgoff, former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Alyson Hannigan, award-winning actress
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Gene Haas, founder and owner of Haas F1 Team and Haas Automation
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Andy Summers, guitarist for The Police
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Phil Hartman, Emmy Award–winning comedian and actor
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Serj Tankian, frontman of System of a Down
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Katie Hill, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Diane Warren, Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe Award–winning musician
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Nury Martinez, the President of the Los Angeles City Council
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John Densmore, drummer of The Doors
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Jenna Elfman, Golden Globe Award–winning actress
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Lt Gen Christopher Bogdan, former Program Executive Officer of the Joint Strike Fighter program
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Cheech Marin, Grammy Award–winning comedian
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Nicole Avant, 13th Ambassador to the Bahamas
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Vincent Barabba, two-time Director of the United States Census Bureau
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