On Saturday, Oct. 5, California State University, Dominguez Hills will welcome thousands of Spanish-speaking families to campus for the fifth annual Educación: Feria Es El Momento from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair is part of a long-term education campaign led by Spanish-language television network Univision to increase the involvement of Spanish-speaking parents in their children's education, reduce the Latino dropout rate, and promote a college-going culture–all issues that are very important to this university, as well. CSU Dominguez Hills has partnered with Univision and its Los Angeles Station KMEX to put on Educación: Feria Es El Momento for the past five years. It is the largest ... Read More
Archives for September 2013
Women and Philanthropy: Mentors, Students Develop Strong Bonds
Several participants in the Women and Philanthropy (W&P) group at California State University, Dominguez Hills reunited during the organization's annual fall student-mentor mixer held in the Loker Student Union on Sept. 18. The event was also an opportunity for new and potential participants to meet and discover details about the program. Founded by Shirley Smith, the wife of former mayor of Carson and past member of university advisory boards Gilbert Smith, the organization is dedicated to mentorship between women who are successful professionals and those who are students at the university. There are currently 19 mentees and 15 mentors participating in the program. Smith asserted ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: September 2013
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Gilah Hirsch, professor of art, is among the artists whose works are featured in the “Tapping the Third Realm” exhibition spanning two galleries now through Dec. 8. The exhibit is being shown at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, and the Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University. In September Hirsch was in Guiyang, China, at the 11th Conference of International Society for ... Read More
CSU Trustees’ Award Recipient John Bagnerise: Recapturing a Future Nearly Lost
Just when many 21-year-old undergraduates are about to begin their last academic term, John Bagnerise was starting a much different sort of term–an 18-year-to-life sentence at Folsom State Prison. He spent the next 22 years incarcerated in some the toughest prisons in California for a crime for which he was present, but did not commit. “I had to convince a parole board that I was suitable to be a part of society and could readjust to a world that had become foreign to me,” said the determined 49-year-old. And convince he did, but not before 12 years–when he became eligible for parole–and another decade of pleading his case to parole boards would pass. Now six years out of prison, ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Awarded Inaugural STEM Advantage Scholarship-Internship-Mentorship Program
Twelve students majoring in computer science/computer technology with program emphases in areas such as homeland security and information security at California State University, Dominguez Hills are receiving close to $8,000 each for tuition, fees, and books for the year. STEM Advantage, a newly formed nonprofit selected CSU Dominguez Hills as its inaugural partner to pilot their scholarship program, which also includes paid internships and ongoing mentoring by professions in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. “Women, African Americans, and Latinos today comprise only one-fifth of the STEM workforce and yet they are project to make up over two-thirds of ... Read More
