WHAT:  Dignitaries from across the state—including California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White and the presidents of CSU Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Channel Islands, Cal Poly Pomona and San Jose State—will be joining CSUN students, faculty and staff as they celebrate the official swearing in of Dianne F. Harrison as California State University, Northridge’s fifth president.

The investiture ceremony, themed “Unlocking Potential, Cultivating Achievement,” will feature presentations from representatives of CSUN’s students, alumni and faculty as well as members of the community. CSU Chancellor White will formally swear in Harrison.

Harrison is the fifth person to be appointed by the CSU Board of Trustees to be president of the Northridge campus. She came to CSUN from CSU Monterey Bay, where she served as that campus’ president from 2006 to 2012.

WHERE:  Valley Performing Arts Center

(northwest corner of Lindley Avenue and Nordhoff Street)

California State University, Northridge

18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330

WHEN: Friday, May 17, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHO:  CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison, CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White, among others

Media Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN Media Relations, (818) 677-2130 or carmen.chandler@csun.edu