CARSON - Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas will be among the honorees at California State University, Dominguez Hills 2017 Founders' Dinner, Oct. 26. The dinner awards will occur from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles, located at 19800 S. Main St., in Carson, Calif. Honorees have contributed to building strength and vibrancy within local communities dedicated to civic engagement, and have helped CSUDH provide education, scholarship, and services that are accessible and transformative. Source: Compton Herald ... Read More
Archives for October 2017
2017 Founders’ Dinner Honors those who Accelerate Success at CSUDH
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) honored those who have contributed to building strength and vibrancy within local communities, are dedicated to civic engagement, and have helped CSUDH provide education, scholarship, and services that are accessible and transformative during its 2017 Founders' Dinner: Accelerating Success on Oct. 26 at the Porsche Experience Center in Carson. The Founder's Dinner ceremony was preceded by a formal reception during which many CSUDH alumni, partners, staff, students and honorees mingled, while some took advantage of the new Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles' amenities, such as riding shotgun in a Porsche around the center's 2.38-mile ... Read More
Cal State Dominguez Hills Starts $82M Innovation Center
Officials at California State University-Dominguez Hills are building an $82 million science center now under construction as a boon to students at the campus in Carson as well as L.A.'s growing tech sector. The three-story, 91,000-square foot instructional and research building, which broke ground late last month, will include more than 30 classrooms and labs, all geared toward training students for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is slated to open at the end of the fall 2019 semester. “With Silicon Beach, the region's burgeoning focus on entrepreneurial and business mentorship, and our growth as a top biotechnology hub, Los Angeles is experiencing ... Read More
Office of Sustainability to Re-Cast Campus’ Ecological Footprint
Working with the administration and faculty to help make the university as energy efficient and environmentally aware as possible, while guiding student interns as sustainability leaders among their peers, California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) new Office of Sustainability is dedicated to re-casting the university's ecological footprint into a smaller mold. The Office of Sustainability is managed by Ellie Perry, who arrived in August 2017 as CSUDH's first coordinator and assistant energy analyst. The new office helps address the “three major utility pillars” of sustainability on a campus: energy, recycling, and water in addition to other campus impact areas such as ... Read More
Ariana Stein’s Books Help Parents Connect Children to their Heritage
Helping ensure that her 4-year-old son's generation learns about its Latino heritage, and that "assimilation doesn't get the best of them," is of the upmost importance for CSU Dominguez Hills alumna Ariana Stein. Stein's longtime friend Patty Rodriguez, who is also a mother, couldn't agree more. In fact, when Stein first discussed the importance of passing on their culture with her, Rodriguez had already been on such a "journey" trying to submit dual-language children book manuscripts to publishers, but with little success. "We shared ideas, but more importantly, we shared the same passion for the goals we had envisioned," said Stein (2008, B.A., business administration). "When she ... Read More
