Kamal Hamdan has been honored with The California State University's Wang Family Excellence Award for 2016 for his unwavering vision and contributions to California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) STEM education programs and curricula, and his commitment to helping develop top educators, particularly for under-served communities. Hamdan ('94, M.A., educational administration), began teaching in CSUDH's College of Education in 2000, during which time he has developed and implemented a variety of innovative teacher education programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, as well as for general and special education teachers. Hamdan is the Wallis ... Read More
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Student Highlights: January 2016
Our students are active in community service, academic and athletic competition, during civic, business and artistic events, and within a much broader range of activities on campus and across the globe. Tony Alfaro, a kinesiology student and former All-American defender for CSUDH's men's soccer team, was invited to participate in the 2016 adidas Major League Soccer (MLS) Player Combine on Jan. 7-12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event enables potential professional soccer players to demonstrate their skills and mental grit to MLS team coaching staffs in advance of the league's 2016 SuperDraft in Baltimore. His impressive performance at the combine contributed to the Seattle ... Read More
Brian Jarrett draws from wealth of experience to help strengthen NCRP program
Whether in the wilds of Alaska, or his new home in urban southern California, becoming part of the local community is crucial to Brian Jarrett's process for serving others, as well as building comprehensive dispute resolution curricula and programs. Jarrett, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding (NCRP) - and the program's new director - arrived at CSUDH in August 2015 after serving for five years in a similar capacity at the University of Alaska (UOA). There he worked closely with indigenous Alaskan leader Polly Hyslop to generate discourse between villages, the justice system, and the university, and incorporated those real-world techniques into the dispute ... Read More