Correction: The SRC facility including the Rec pool is 138,000 square ft., the building is 118,000 square ft. and the Rec pool is an additional 20,000 square ft. The actual cost of the SRC is $62,354,790 (University Advancement rounded to $62.3 million.) After 24 months of construction, CSUN’s Student Recreation Center (SRC) will be celebrating its grand opening Thursday, Jan. 26 at the USU. The event, which is open to all students, faculty and staff, will feature live disc jockey’s, arcade games, go carts,… Read more

Governor Brown’s 2012-2013 state budget proposal, issued earlier this month, requires higher grade point averages (GPA) for Cal Grant recipients, but there will be no change to this year’s $2 billion in support to the California State University, with the provision that voters pass his tax initiative in November. If the initiative, which would raise income tax for Californians who earn more than $250,000 annually and increase sales tax by half a cent, is turned down, the CSU will suffer… Read more

The CSUN Botanic Garden kicked off its CSUN-Al Gardening Series Saturday morning at Chaparral Hall with a workshop about rose pruning.Steve Gerischer, who presented the event, has been growing roses for many years and is the owner of Larkspur Garden Design and is president of the California Horticulture Society. “Roses are tough customers,” Gerischer said. “The one thing that’s hard to get across to people is that they think they need a lot and really don’t. I have (some) rose bushes… Read more

A commission to oversee higher education in California may be created after the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) reported on Jan. 6 that CSU and public universities are making ill-advised decisions, subjecting students to frustrating enrollment processes and using state resources for self-interests. No oversight commission currently exists since Governor Jerry Brown vetoed approximately $2 million worth of funding to the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) in the fall. The CPEC was responsible for regulating program and budgetary requests, along with… Read more

With President Jolene Koester retiring at the end of the semester, the Northridge Presidential Search Committee has been working hard to find her replacement. The search committee consists of the Advisory Committee to the Trustees Committee for the Selection of the President and the Trustees Committee for the Selection of the President itself, said Liz Chapin, CSU spokeswoman. “The trustees committee is responsible for the recruitment, selection and appointment of the campus president,” she said. “Members of the advisory group… Read more

The possibility of campus visits for CSUN presidential candidates has been moved from January to the beginning of the week of March 12 because the search for a new president has been extended 90 days. “None of the process has changed at all,” said Steven Stepanek, advisory committee member and department chair of computer science. The Trustees Committee for the Selection of the President, comprised of six board members, will decide whether or not candidates will be required to visit… Read more