Toro Baseball’s head coach Murphy Su’a was selected to serve as head coach in the fifth annual USA-Japan Friendly Series, which took place in Tokyo and Osaka in late June. He led a group of 18 local high school players who regularly train at the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy (UYA) in Compton to a four-game series against the citywide Tokyo All-Stars, Akashi Commercial High School, and Osaka Toin High School. Although the UYA team lost all four games, their coach says that it was a winning team on a more personal level. Su’a says that the trip to Japan was for the UYA students was “simply amazing,” and that the UYA team looked forward to playing the Tokyo All-Stars. “The ... Read More
Archives for July 2011
Campus “Crowned” Location of Choice for Hollywood Productions
Local moviegoers and scores of alumni everywhere may recognize one of the supporting cast members in Tom Hanks’ latest film, “Larry Crowne.” Standing in for the fictional East Valley Community College is none other than the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus, where shooting of scenes for the film took place a year ago. “Larry Crowne” is one of many productions shot on the campus. Richard Chester, director of Campus Dining and Commercial Services has been working with Jean Ferguson of Ferguson’s Location Library for the last decade to market CSU Dominguez Hills as a potential location to filmmakers. “CSU Dominguez Hills provides a broad variety of looks that are not ... Read More
Obama Appoints García to Advisory Commission on Hispanic Education
Dr. Mildred García, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. García is one of 19 individuals from the education, business, nonprofit, philanthropic and high-tech sectors nationwide appointed to the commission, which will advise the president and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on issues related to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics. With Hispanics representing the fastest-growing minority group in the United States yet having the lowest rate of education attainment in the country, the committee’s ... Read More
Todd Matsubara: Family History of Perseverance Propels New Graduate
Todd Matsubara (Class of ’11, B.S., business administration) is proof positive that one can go home again. After dropping out of California State University, Dominguez Hills in the early 1990s, he returned nearly two decades later to complete his degree. This past May, the 43-year-old graduated cum laude as a McNair Scholar and will begin the Transportation Science Graduate Program at University of California, Irvine this fall with the hopes of eventually earning a doctorate and entering a career in academia—possibly at his alma mater. Matsubara had a personal example to draw from in his journey to complete a college education. As the son and grandson of Japanese and Japanese ... Read More
