The California State University and the California Faculty Association have reached a tentative agreement on a multi-year successor contract. The agreement, which covers more than 23,000 instructional faculty, coaches, librarians and counselors on the 23 CSU campuses, will be in effect through June 30,...

In an effort to promote water and energy sustainability efforts amid record drought conditions, College of the Canyons will host the second annual Green Up: Community Action and Education Conference presented by the SCV Family of Water Suppliers and the Santa Clarita Environmental Education Consortium...

Undocumented UC students who qualify for in-state tuition but are ineligible for federal assistance soon will be able to borrow up to $4,000 a year to make up the shortfall, thanks to a new law supported by the University of California and state legislators. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed legislative...

College of the Canyons and the Health Workforce Initiative invite healthcare providers, educators, government agencies and the general public to attend a fee workshop focused on Hazardous Waste Management and Pollution Prevention for Medical and Dental Offices and Hospitals. The Industry Assistance and...

Historic legislation signed Monday by Governor Jerry Brown could provide local residents with another option to earn a bachelor’s degree in the Santa Clarita Valley. Brown signed Senate Bill 850 authored by Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego), which authorizes the California Community Colleges to launch...

CSUN students work at the San Fernando Observatory at its previous location. When the Aerospace Corporation looked for a place to build a solar observatory in the 1960s for their work with space radiation, they needed to find somewhere where an unstable atmosphere wouldn’t impede their work. They chose...

SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUR JOB SEARCH Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Student Center – PDR#2   WORKSHOP: Learn the basics of various social media platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter; how to maximize these platforms in your job search; how to find...

College of the Canyons students will explore California’s natural beauty, innovation and enduring spirit of optimism during the “California Dreaming” art exhibit at the Old Town Newhall Library beginning Oct. 1. Using digital and traditional methods of drawing and illustration, students from the...

The California State University has received a $1 million grant from Chevron to help integrate engineering design into K-12 teacher preparation through the CSU’s Pathways to New Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Teacher Excellence initiative. The initiative will prepare K-12 teachers...

In implementing the Teaching a New Generation of Statistics Educators Stats Ed project for the fall 2014 semester, co-principal investigators Monica Dabos of College of the Canyons and Michael Posner of Villanova University are building a foundation for statistics education reform among the nation’s...