Alumni Profiles

Longtime Peace Corps Volunteer and Employee to Work in Asia: Northridge Alumna Kelly Cullen Tapped for Elite Security Team

Longtime Peace Corps Volunteer and Employee to Work in Asia: Northridge Alumna Kelly Cullen Tapped for Elite Security Team

Cal State Northridge alumna Kelly Cullen ’87 (Sociology) has spent more than 15 years as a volunteer and employee of the Peace Corps and has lived in five countries, including Jamaica and the Republic of Palau. This fall she will leave her current post as the Peace Corps’ country director of Tonga, in the South Pacific Ocean, to join the elite Peace Corps Safety and Security Officer team. She has been tapped to serve as one of 10 security consultants and advisors overseeing the safety and welfare of the more than 8,000 American Peace Corps volunteers serving in 77 countries.

Award-winning Film Created at CSUN Showcased at Cannes

Award-winning Film Created at CSUN Showcased at Cannes

This spring, a group of young filmmakers, recent graduates of the California State University, Northridge Department of Cinema and Television Arts (CTVA), won both a student Emmy and a coveted spot at Cannes.

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Thank Cal State Northridge for Their Start: 2011 Honorees: Don Hahn, Carol Vaness and Irv Zakheim

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Thank Cal State Northridge for Their Start: 2011 Honorees: Don Hahn, Carol Vaness and Irv Zakheim

Honored as this year’s recipients of Cal State Northridge’s Distinguished Alumni Awards, Hollywood producer Don Hahn ’75 (Music) proved dreams do come true; celebrated opera singer Carol Vaness MA ’76 (Music), Hon. D ’98 (Fine Arts) received rave reviews; and entrepreneur and business executive Irv Zakheim ’71 (Physical Education) attested that teamwork pays.

NASA Scientist and Program Executive Adriana Ocampo Uria, MS ’97

NASA Scientist and Program Executive Adriana Ocampo Uria, MS ’97

In August 2011, NASA will launch from Cape Canaveral its long-awaited Juno mission to orbit the massive globe of dense gases in search of new scientific understanding. As NASA Headquarters’ program executive for the science mission directorate, CSUN alumna Adriana Ocampo Uria, MS ’97 (Geology) is responsible for both the Juno and New Horizons missions.

CSUN Alumni a Winning Combination at Santa Monica High School: Teri Jones ’05 and Benjamin Kay ’08

CSUN Alumni a Winning Combination at Santa Monica High School: Teri Jones ’05 and Benjamin Kay ’08

Teri Jones ’05 (Business) and Benjamin Kay ’08 (Teaching Credential Program) are teachers at Santa Monica High School, a top-ranked California public high school popularly known as “Samohi.” The California State University, Northridge alumni have collaborated multiple times over the years and their students often work together on environmentally themed projects. Since September 2006, Kay [...]

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