The 2026 President’s Donor Appreciation Celebration brought alumni, donors, campus leaders, and students to The Soraya for an evening of gratitude, inspiration, and artistic excellence.

Before Mark Edward Harris ’81 (History) photographed more than 100 countries on all seven continents, the award-winning photographer found the spark for his global career in a CSUN darkroom.

Sustainability and the World Cup are not necessarily contradictory concepts. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, director of California State University, Northridge’s Institute for Sustainability, argues that attending the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament does not mean one has to sacrifice their dreams of championing sustainability. 

Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) – co-chair of the STEM Education Caucus and the only Latina in Congress with a background in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – presented over $1,000,000 in federal funding to California State University, Northridge.

Teenage Drama Workshop has offered a conservatory-style program on the CSUN campus for young people between the ages of 12 and 18 that gives them the opportunity to develop skills in the theatre arts.