California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received an $8,000 grant from the Pasadena Art Alliance to support a culmination art exhibition of CSUDH's Praxis Studio, a year-long extracurricular, cross-disciplinary arts and design program that explores community through socially engaged artistic expression. The university is one of 34 Southern California arts organizations, nonprofits and educational institutions selected by the Pasadena Art Alliance for its 2017 grant cycle. Praxis Studio was created and co-founded by Devon Tsuno, assistant professor in CSUDH's Art and Design Department, and L.A.-based interdisciplinary project Big City Forum through a $40,000 Creative ... Read More
Archives for March 2017
LA Times: Cal State Dominguez Hills is building a new science center, thanks to a $4-million grant from Toyota
The Toyota USA Foundation is giving Cal State Dominguez Hills $4 million to build a science center focused on preparing students for careers in technology, engineering and math. The Toyota Center for Innovation in STEM Education will include a fabrication lab, high-tech classrooms, collaborative workspaces and labs for K-12 teacher training, according to a joint announcement this week. Groundbreaking is scheduled for next fall ... (more, Los Angeles Times) ... Read More
DACA Student Aimee Vaquera Welcomes Undocumented and Other Students with Support
When Adriana (Aimee) Vaquera asked her parents to go on a senior trip to Europe while in high school, they said no, “You won't be able to come back.” “That's when they told me I was not a U.S. citizen. I was a little bit shocked, but not that surprised because in middle school there was a school trip across the state, and my parents wouldn't let me go on that trip either, telling me that they were just worried that something might happen to me,” said Vaquera, a California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) criminal justice major. “Even in high school I didn't fully understand because you grow up feeling that you're just like everybody else. But when I wanted to work and go to ... Read More
Jovany Paz Named Honorary Ball Boy for the LA Lakers after His Essay Wins Male Success Alliance Writing Contest
With the help and guidance of Male Success Alliance (MSA) student mentor Robert Head, high school junior Jovany Paz won a multi-school essay contest and the opportunity to serve as honorary ball boy on Feb. 28 when the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Charlotte Hornets at the Staples Center. Paz is a high school junior at the Alliance Patti & Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy, one of 10 schools partnering with California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) MSA program, a student success initiative focused on improving the educational outcomes of men of color at CSUDH–like Head–who in turn work off campus as student mentors. “Winning the essay contest was kind of surprising ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills to Cut Ribbon on The Rose Black Resource Center March 21
California State University, Dominguez Hill's (CSUDH) new Black Resource Center (BRC), which is nicknamed “The Rose” after Tupac Shakur's poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete," will officially open with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 21, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Loker Student Union Room 132. “The center serves as a safe space for African-American students on campus,” said Jonathan Henderson, coordinator of the BRC, at a recent meet-and-greet. “A lot of them experience problems with the university's process–navigating it academically and finding assistance–and how to get together socially. The Rose serves those needs. It's a space for them to come and feel like themselves, ... Read More
