e-Portfolio Challenges & Prizes
CSUN students are invited to participate in CSUN's Portfolium Challenges to win prizes and awards and get noticed by potential employers!
Matador Moments 2021/22
“Matador Moments: Welcome First-Year Students and Returning Matadors." Matador Moments is an online challenge that reflects on first-year student experiences for Freshmen and Transfer students. This year CSUN Portfolium teamed up with the Office of Student Success to invite all CSUN students to participate in our annual Matador Moments Challenge. We invite all CSUN students to share their reflections on Portfolium about their experience attending virtual classes and in-person classes for the hybrid academic year. We ask the participating students to reflect on the following questions; What have you learned from being a student during a pandemic? What have you learned about yourself? How were you able to overcome challenges? and how can we support and motivate other Matadors as we transition back to campus?
Stay tuned as we annouce our upcoming Matador Moments 2022/2023 challenge!
Winners & Awards
In partnership with the Office of Student Success, we had a panel of judges collaborate on selecting the three winning students.
We would like to thank all participating students for sharing their reflections about their personal experiences studying off-campus and attending virtual classes. All the stories shared were inspiring and impactful-- encouraging all Matadors to unite and rise through these challenges together.
We are happy to announce the winning three students in each category:
Written submission winner:
Deborah Clem: "Matador"
Photo submission winner:
Elise Eley: "Matador Moments 2021"
Multimedia slideshow winner:
Isabelle Ruvalcaba-Luna: "Becoming Isabelle"
Judge's Grand Prize Award for Best Overall Project
- Digital Project: Professor Kim Bonfiglio’s U100 Criminology & Justice Studies class
View the Project Here - On-Site Project: Professor Gigi McGuire’s U100 Black Excellence class
View Photos of the Project Here
People's Choice Award for the Favorite Project
- Digital Project: Professor Monicka Guevara's Bridge to the Future - Canoga Park High School class
View the Project Here - On-Site Project: Professor Sharon Lim's U100 class
View Photos of the Project Here
Judges’ Grand Prize – Motion Graphics Project
Professor Keli Rowley’s U100 Kinesiology cohort
View Kelly's project here
Judges Grand Prize – Still Image(s) Project
Professor Marvin Villanueva’s U100 FreshStart/EOP cohort
Motion-Graphics Project
Debbi Mercado’s U100 class: NCOD/Deaf Studies cohort
Still Image(s) Project
Elizabeth Riegos Olmos’ U100 class: EOP FreshStart cohort
Thank you to everyone who participated, Congratulations to all of the sections for the hard work and thoughtfulness you put into the projects. The projects were truly inspirational and so enjoyable to view.
Interested in learning more about Portfolium Challenges?
Other Challenges and Events
The Freshman Celebration is an annual CSUN event that showcases work created by first-time freshmen enrolled in University 100 during the fall semester.
Cloud Jam presents student teams with cloud computing resources and tools to solve real-world challenges. Students learned about cloud concepts and had access to resources from top cloud providers to compete against other student teams.
Spring 2015, was our first CSUN Portfolium event- 24 students teamed together to create apps and competed in one of two categories: student life or student finances.
Students shared and reflected through a video - a personal journey that led to where they are now. What obstacles have they overcome? Why are they at CSUN? and what goals lie ahead.
The VARJAM competition offered all CSUN students an opportunity to create a Virtual Reality (VR) project.
Students used AI tools to develop an innovative solution. Use the resources in Canvas and support from the community and AI experts to bring the student's idea to life.
Past Winners & Awards
If you need help getting started on Portfolium, view our Portfolium Ambassador page for support.
You can also contact our e-Portfolio Coordinator: fiona.marak@csun.edu.