During the opening of his 2019 Fall Convocation address on Sept. 18, President Thomas A. Parham described California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) as “ripe for growth, change, and transformation,” and he offered ways to make the most of it to enrich students’ lives. “We are at a unique and especially rare point in time for this university,” he said. “All of the factors are aligning in our universe to support our vision of possibility and potential. We just need to step outside of our daily grind to see what I believe is right before our eyes.” The president set the stage for his remarks with an update of the current major construction projects in progress on campus. This ... Read More
Archives for September 2019
CSU Dominguez Hills Comedy of Ill Manners ‘Asunción’ Opens Oct. 11
(Carson, Calif.) – “Asunción,” a thought-provoking comedic play written by Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Jesse Eisenberg that challenges the audience’s views of politics and race, will open at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) October 11 at 8 p.m., and run Oct. 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m; and Oct. 12, 13, 18, 20 at 2 p.m. “Asunción” is produced by CSUDH’s Department of Theatre and Dance and directed by Professor of Theatre Arts Naomi Buckley. The hilarious, heartbreaking, and at times uncomfortable play explores the complicated ways culture and politics are exploited for one’s own needs. When a young Filipina woman named Asunción becomes the roommate of Edgar ... Read More
Trigger Warnings in the Classroom
Are trigger warnings helpful in the classroom? In today's Academic Minute, Mara Grayson of California State University, Dominguez Hills, says maybe not. Grayson is an assistant professor of English at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Source: Inside Higher Ed ... Read More
CSUDH Receives Grant to Continue Japanese American Digitization Project
(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Donald R. and Beverly J. Gerth Archives and Special Collections has received $282,102 from the National Parks Service’s (NPS) World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program to continue its work on the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project (CSUJAD). The JACS grant will fund the digitization of several recently donated collections that include approximately 7,000 archival items related to the incarceration of 120,000 Americans during WWII. The new collections resulted from outreach efforts during the CSUDJAD’s previous two-year NPS grant in 2015. “We are thrilled with ... Read More
CSUDH Ranks Well in U.S. News & World Report
(Carson, CA) U.S. News and World Report has ranked California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in three of its college ranking lists: “Regional Universities West,” “Best Undergraduate Teaching,” and “Top Performers on Social Mobility.” U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings are among the most anticipated in higher education. The publication’s methodology groups institutions into 10 different ranking categories based on their academic missions. Overall, CSUDH’s placed 72nd in “Regional Universities West,” the category in which all of CSUDH’s rankings appear. The regional categories are split into four zones: North, South, Midwest, and West, and rank universities in each ... Read More
