The end of 2024 is in sight, Matadors — and it’s been quite a year. As the year winds to a close, we want to take a breath and express gratitude for the steadfast support of CSUN staff who help us every day to achieve our goals and make life on campus as smooth as possible. In our CSUN Newsroom’s “Season of Thanks,” we introduce some of the staff members behind the work that helps us all shine.
Rashawn Green, Director of the Learning Resource Center (LRC)
Rashawn Green ’94 (Business Education Office Systems), M.A. ’02 (Educational Administration) is not only a homegrown Matador — she’s also a product of the Learning Resource Center she now directs. She started working there as a student assistant.
“I used to be one of the front-desk students,” Green said, laughing. She quickly came to love the work of the LRC and the people involved, she said. This year, she celebrated 30 years working at CSUN. “When students come back and say ‘thank you’ — oh, wow — it makes me happy because it lets me know that we’re doing something right,” she said.
Green oversees the center’s five full-time employees, six part-time faculty members and more than 200 part-time student assistants who provide supplemental instruction, tutoring and front-desk support. The LRC, located on the 3rd floor of the University Library, provides a variety of help to students: Writing programs help students in 100-level courses through graduate level. The SMART lab is a resource for those needing help in math and science, including chemistry, physics, biology and psychology. “I always want to know that CSUN is doing anything and everything they can to help all students,” Green said.
In her role as director, Green enjoys overseeing the “big picture” of the LRC and encouraging instructors and tutors there in their jobs.
“Because I’ve had almost every role [in the LRC], I can think about things on a broader scale, because I’ve seen things come and go,” she said. Green said this perspective also has led to some creative programming for students. She’s particularly proud of a program called “Conversation Swap,” a casual get-together to help non-native English speakers. “It’s really for students to get comfortable speaking English, so when they have to approach their professor or they need help, they won’t retreat and not ask for help or not ask the questions,” she said.
Green said some of her favorite things about working at CSUN are the connections she’s made over the years. She currently serves on the board of the Black Faculty and Staff Association. Green was a founding member of the Black Alumni Association and in 2017, the Alumni Association honored her with a Volunteer Service Award. “I’m in different spaces where we want to help Black and African American students succeed,” she said. “I appreciate that there are people out there who want to do that and want to make sure that this is a campus that everyone wants to come to.”
