California State University, Dominguez Hills is recognized as one of the nation's top 100 universities granting undergraduate and graduate degrees to minority students, according to Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. In the magazine's “Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers” published this month, CSU Dominguez Hills ranked 52nd nationally in total number of bachelor's degrees–and 85th in total number of master's degrees–awarded to minority students during 2011-12, the year of the most current data reported to the U.S. Department of Education. In 2011-12, 1,639 minority students, representing 72 percent of the graduating class, earned their bachelor's degrees from CSU Dominguez ... Read More
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Incoming CSUDH Students, Parents Become Familiar with Campus and Gear up for Ultimate Goal–Graduation
By the end of summer, nearly 3,000 new students–and in some cases their parents–will be a little more familiar with the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus, and that much more prepared for the fall semester thanks to New Student Orientation (NSO). A daylong program offered at various dates throughout the summer, NSO includes campus and university housing tours, academic advisement, fall registration, and informative workshops tailored to address the unique needs of transfer and international students, as well as incoming freshmen, for whom the program is a requirement. “We're trying to develop a program that not only gives students what they need to register for their ... Read More
Record Number Attend the 2013 Connecting Women to Power Business Conference Held at CSU Dominguez Hills
Approximately 1,500 women and a few men from throughout much of Southern California –who already are or are interested in becoming small business owners–gathered at the 2013 Connecting Women to Power Business Conference held at California State University, Dominguez Hills on June 28. The record crowd–with 800 people in the Loker Student Union and a spillover of more than 500 who viewed the keynote session via live video feed in the university theatre–was on hand to gain tips on topics ranging from developing a business plan to marketing and going green through the conference's various workshops and breakout sessions. The master of ceremonies, president and CEO of Korean Churches for ... Read More
René Romero, Stefanie Ramirez: Friendship Grew From Campus Greek Community
The California State University, Dominguez Hills family suffered another tragic loss in June with the untimely deaths of digital media arts major René Romero and alumna Stefanie Ramirez (Class of 2011, B.S. sociology), who died in a car accident on Friday, June 28. (Earlier in June, Marcela Franco, a senior majoring in psychology, was among four other victims, including her father, who were shot and killed by a lone gunman in Santa Monica.) To give the campus a chance to grieve but also celebrate the friends they have lost, the Office of Student Life the United Greek Council, and the campus Greek community, of which René and Stefanie were members, have organized a vigil on Tuesday, ... Read More
$249K National Science Foundation Grant to Send Students to Australia to Study Climate Change
California State University, Dominguez Hills associate professor of biology Terry McGlynn has been awarded a three-year $249,922 National Science Foundation (NSF) International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) grant to establish the Fire, Carbon, and Climate Change in Australia program. The IRES grant will fully fund the opportunity for 12 undergraduate and graduate science majors at CSU Dominguez Hills to conduct climate change science research in collaboration with the CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre (TERC) in the Northern Territory of Australia. The first group of four students will leave in January 2014, with subsequent four-student cohorts going in 2015 and ... Read More