“Once a Toro, always a Toro!” There are few people who those words hold truer for than David Andres Gamboa, California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) new assistant vice president for external relations in the Division of University Advancement (UA). “I was honored and felt very proud when I learned I was moving to this position,” said Gamboa. “As a Toro, it is wonderful to know I will play a larger role in growing a university I've always felt very committed and connected to.” Gamboa (2005, B.A., Communications), who was appointed to his new position in July 2015, began working at CSUDH in 2007 as director of government and community relations, where he was responsible ... Read More
Archives for August 2015
CSUDH campus community welcomes 36 new faculty members
California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomed 36 faculty members this fall semester. While some are familiar faces, many of them are new to campus. Join Dateline Dominguez in congratulating them on their new appointments! College of Arts and Humanities Keunyeong (Karina) Kim, Assistant Professor, Communications Academic Background: Ph.D., Mass Communications, Pennsylvania State University M.S., Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University B.A., Economics and Business Administrations, Ajou University in South Korea Research Interests/Current Projects: Dr. Kim's research interests center on the affective and cognitive processes underlying media creation and ... Read More
New students share excitement and future plans during Freshman Move-In Day
A hot and muggy summer day couldn't damper the spirits of Eunique Foreman as she and members of her family hoisted, books, backpacks, kitchen utensils and other living essentials up the stairs to her apartment in University Housing during Freshman Move-In Day 2015 at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Foreman, an 18-year-old Lancaster resident who attended Eastside High School, has two roommates in her apartment. She was one of 201 freshmen to move into University Housing this fall, joining a total of 309 new campus residents. “I look forward to having a lot of fun, to having a lot of new experiences in the dorms, and to becoming more social. I'm so used to being at ... Read More
‘Inciteful Clay’ at CSU Dominguez Hills Explores Contemporary Ceramics Dedicated to Social Commentary
“Inciteful Clay,” a national touring exhibit that offers an unparalleled overview of an emergent movement in contemporary ceramics dedicated to social commentary, opens at the California State University, Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery on September 10 and runs through October 7. Incorporating a broad range of work, this selection of 27 ceramics looks at artists who have mustered an age-old medium to issue provocative critiques of current social and political inequities. The exhibition is organized around five themes: war and politics; the social and human condition; gender issues; environmental concerns; and popular and material culture. Featured artists in the exhibition ... Read More
CSUDH Day of Service helps strengthen community pride in Watts
Guided by their civic duty and desire to help enrich the communities in which they live and/or serve, dozens of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students and leaders joined residents in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles on Aug. 15 during “CSUDH Day of Service” to plant seeds of hope in a community still struggling 50 years after the Watts Rebellion. Armed with paint brushes, cleaning supplies and gardening tools to help beautify Fire Station 65 and the Bradley Milken Family Source Center in Watts, the volunteers were joined by a number of men from Beacon House, a residential alcoholic/drug recovery facility for men in San Pedro. CSUDH Day of Service is one of ... Read More