By:Wyahee Tucrkile How do I build the life I want to build? How do I create the space around me to make that structure strong enough to withstand the things that it might need to withstand? As students and faculty from California State University, Dominguez Hills and local high schools including Fremont, Firebaugh, Crenshaw, and Lynwood High School, sat in a nearly packed Loker Student Union ballroom, speaker Tricia Rose challenged students with difficult questions for the university's first Women's Conference on March 7 titled “Students as Architects of Their Own Lives.” Hosted by the newly reopened Women's Resource Center, the conference kicked off Women's History Month with a ... Read More
Archives for March 2014
CSU Dominguez Hills Honors Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service
California State University, Dominguez Hills recognized five of its faculty for their excellence in the classroom, in scholarship and in service to their profession during the 2014 Faculty Awards reception on March 20 that also honored years of service milestones and the more than 200 faculty members who help reduce book costs to students through the Affordable Learning Solutions program. “Tonight is especially important to us as an institution because our campus wouldn't be here without these hard-working and high-quality faculty,” said Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ellen Junn. “It is with great pleasure as your new provost that I be able to preside and recognize the ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: March 2014
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 Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, will have her artwork shown in the Santa Monica Museum of Art's annual “Ingognito 2014” exhibition and art sale on April 26 that features original works from 500 contemporary artists. Jung-Sun Park, professor and coordinator of Asian Pacific studies, contributed an entry, “Korean Americans and Transnationalism,” in the recently published “Asian Americans: An ... Read More
Disabled Student Services Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary
The Office of Disabled Student Services (DSS) will be hosting a celebration in the Loker Student Union Ballroom on Wed., April 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. in honor of their 40 years of service on the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus. In addition to celebrating the 40th anniversary of DSS, the event will also recognize the students with disabilities graduating in May and professors who have been nominated by DSS students for being outstanding professors. Founded in 1974 by alumnus and emeritus director of student development Larry Gray (1970, B.A), DSS began with one staff position and two student assistants serving only 10 students. Today, the office staff has grown to ... Read More
Special Education Symposium Focuses on the Topic of Bullying
By:Wyahee Tucrkile Students in Special Education Post Induction (SPE 571) organized a Special Education Symposium on March 6 in the California State University, Dominguez Hills Loker Student Union Ballrooms. The symposium and panel discussion focused on the film “Bully” by Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen, and shed some light on the topic. Under the direction of Caron Mellblom-Nishioka, professor of special education, and Pat Murphy, adjunct faculty member in special education, the forum was part of the students' clear credential requirement to engage in and develop meaningful professional developmental activities. Hosted by special education graduate students, Anthony Jackson, a ... Read More