Current Students

Funding Scholarships and Awards

Hello Students! We know and appreciate that finding a way to fund your education and research is a top priority for you. We’ll share what we know about funding, scholarship and award opportunities here, so please plan on checking back periodically.

Current list:

• CSUN Financial Aid & Scholarships Department: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid
• CSUN Associated Students Finance Page https://w2.csun.edu/as/funding/finance
• MataCare Emergency Grant: https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/matacare-emergency-grant
• Anthropology Department Scholarships and Awards: Information for 2024-25 will be posted as it becomes available; please check back.

Opportunities for Students

Hello Students! As we learn of opportunities for students, we’ll post them here. We’re always on the lookout for opportunities in the areas of research, training, networking, jobs, and other ways to engage/get involved. This is a running list and we do not do extensive vetting of these opportunities, so it would be important to check them out yourself.

Current list:

• TPRG: The Paleoanthropology Research Group at CSUN is a research group composed of rotating student members who wish to gain research experience. Facilitated by Prof. Hélène Rougier, the group will work on case studies from ongoing research projects that focus on the population processes of Europe by Neandertals and early Homo sapiens. These processes form the background of the evolution of recent human diversity. Regular, online meetings will establish small research tasks to be completed by group members. The outcome is used by the group to critically address the larger question of past human population processes. TPRG aims at promoting student success and academic excellence by creating a community of active scholars. For more information, please visit TPRG@CSUN: The Paleoanthropology Research Group at CSUN
• ARCS: The Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) is a NASA-launched university center of excellence, forging research collaborations between physical, social, and behavioral science (S); technology and engineering (T); entrepreneurship and business (E); arts (A); humanities (H); and mathematics (M). Visit www.arcs.center to learn more.
• CSUN Career Services (for jobs, internships, micro-internships, on campus employment, alumni career services, etc.: https://w2.csun.edu/career/students

Campus Health and Mental Health Services

• If you need medical services, the number for the Klotz Student Health Center is (818) 677-3666, their email is shcinfo@csun.edu.
• CSUN has counseling and health services, many of which you pay for with your fees. If help is needed, the number for the CSUN Counseling Center is (818) 677-2366, Option 1 and their email is coun@csun.edu.

Student Success Services

• The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS) Student Success Team works with students to ensure you are on track for successful graduation. The Team consists of the following: Achievement Coach, Graduation and Retention Specialists, and the Academic Advisors/EOP Satellite Office. If you would like help from the Student Success team, fill out the Student Success Team Online Contact Form and read through the CSBS Student Success Team web pages.
• If you are deaf and/or hard of hearing and think you may need client services, please reach out to the National Center on Deafness (NCOD), located on our CSUN Campus. The NCOD website also gives tips for using NCOD services in the Zoom/Virtual Environment as well as other guides to their services.
• If you wish to be evaluated for ability-related resource needs, please reach out to the CSUN Disability Resources and Educational Services Office (DRES). Their phone number is (818) 677-2684 and the registration process is described at their DRES services and registration process webpage.
• If you need free help with your schoolwork, you might want to contact the CSUN Learning Resource Center. Another idea for free help is our College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Tutoring Center. They provide free statistics, methods and writing tutoring on a drop in basis (there is a Zoom link on their web page.)
• If you need a librarian who knows how to find resources on a subject that you are studying, please consult the CSUN Library Specialist Librarians.

Careers in Anthropology

1. National Association of Practicing Anthropologists Mentoring/Career Page: https://practicinganthropology.org/mentoring-career/
2. National Association of Student Anthropologists (part of the American Anthropological Association): https://nasa.americananthro.org/
3. American Anthropological Association Careers in Anthropology webpage: https://americananthro.org/careers/careers-in-anthropology/
4. AAA Career Center (job listings): https://careercenter.americananthro.org/
5. Society for American Archaeology: Archaeology as a Career webpage: https://www.saa.org/about-archaeology/archaeology-as-a-career
6. SAA Career Center (job listings): https://careers.saa.org/
7. National Park Service Employment: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/workwithus.htm
8. The US Federal Government employment website: https://www.usajobs.gov/
9. American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Careers in Biological Anthropology webpage: https://bioanth.org/career/careers-physical-anthropology/
10. AABA job listings: https://bioanth.org/jobs/
11. CSUN Handshake: https://csun.joinhandshake.com/login
12. Indeed: www.indeed.com

Additional Student Support Resources

• CSUN with A HEART: If you are facing challenges related to food insecurity, housing precarity/homelessness, mental health, access to technology, eldercare/childcare, or healthcare, you can find guidance, help, and resources from CSUN with A HEART https://www.csun.edu/heart
• If you are experiencing food insecurity, please feel free to contact the CSUN Food Pantry
• CalFresh Outreach can also connect you to a food needs counselor.
• CSUN is aware and sensitive to the difficulty students can face in being able to get consistent access to a strong internet signal, data and connectivity. The CSUN IT Department's connectivity resources page explains how students who do not have connectivity can get access to hot spots and other resources. The CSUN laptop loaner program may also be useful.
• Here are several additional CSUN IT resource pages that may be useful to you: [please list with sub bullets]
• CSUN’s IT Department’s live chat for students
• General IT help page for CSUN students