Miguel Rivera did not retain a lot of what was taught at the “Every 15 Minutes” event that he attended as a senior at Norwalk High School in 2009, but when he returned two years later he was far-better prepared. Such events takes place each year at high schools across the country. They feature gruesome, yet staged car accidents strewn with “injured” and “dead” students, and such reality checks as a Grim Reaper removing a student from a classroom every 15 minutes to die, corresponding to the frequency of teenage death in the U.S. due to drunk driving. Rivera, now a sociology and business administration double major at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and founder of ... Read More
Archives for March 2016
STEM in Action Conference Makes 700 kids ‘Mad’ about ‘Science’
Was it a steady flow of soft serve ice cream, or just your everyday swirl of carbon dioxide gas bubbles being streamed onto a boy's head? Justin Time-and-Space, a Mad Science Group, Inc. employee with a questionable last name, said “both would be fun,” then corrected the boy's ice cream quip in humorous yet scientific detail. The concoction was being served up during California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) 2nd annual STEM in Action: Kid's Conference on March 11. The conference invited nearly 700 inner-city elementary, and middle school students from the Los Angeles area to explore the lighter side of science in fun and creative ways. “It sounds a bit complicated, ... Read More
Third Annual Community Engagement Symposium – March 21
For the third year, California State University, Dominguez Hills will share and celebrate the innovative ideas and approaches to community engagement from faculty, staff, students and community partners on Monday, March 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Loker Student Union Ballroom. More than 125 students. faculty and community members will showcase their community engagement-based projects in poster presentations throughout the afternoon. The symposium also provides an opportunity to recognize individuals for their commitment to community engagement. During a lunch-time program beginning at 11:30 a.m., the Center for Service Learning, Internships and Civic Engagement (SLICE), which ... Read More
MSA Spring Summit Strengthens Brotherhood Among 1,000 Young Men of Color
When Jeff Duncan-Andrade saw an African-American and a Latino student straightening each other's ties before the opening ceremony of the Male Success Alliance (MSA) 7th Annual Spring Summit “Reclaiming Our Legacy: Achievement, Advancement and Advocacy,” he was reaffirmed of how “legit” the event and the university's commitment to helping young men of color is. For Duncan-Andrade, an associate professor of Raza studies and education administration and interdisciplinary studies at San Francisco State University, it was his fourth time speaking at the day-long summit. Hosted by the MSA at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) on Feb. 4, the summit featured workshops, ... Read More
Mock Trial Program Makes Case at Competition; Student Gabriella DiCaprio Wins ‘Top Regional Attorney’
A corrupt gambling commissioner was standing trial for taking a bribe from a shady casino owner looking to expand, and the verdict was in–the defendant was found “guilty!” California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) prosecutors had won their case, as well as the last of the four rounds their eight-student team had competed in at the 2016 regionals of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) tournament on Feb. 27-28 at Claremont McKenna College. The team did not win the round simply by winning the case, but based on the number of points all the team members had accumulated for their performances during the round. The round was particularly significant for Gabriella ... Read More
