In honor of CSUDH's 2021 Black History Month theme "The Racial Wealth Gap," the Rose Black Resource Center and Associated Students, Inc., is partnering with the Africana Studies Department to host "Lessons in the Lyrics," an essay contest to encourage students to find financial lessons and advice within the lyrics of their favorite rap or hip-hop songs. Winners will receive Amazon gift cards: $200 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third. To view the guidelines and instructions visit: https://forms.gle/vyutJ82aq3XpumPCA The deadline to submit an essay is February 28 at 11:59 p.m. ... Read More
Archives for February 2021
Watch Party and Discussion: ‘The Big Picture: A Race for America’
The Africana Studies Department is hosting a Zoom watch party and discussion of “The Big Picture: A Race for America,” an Al Jazeera English documentary focused on private funding from foundations and its impact on Black lives through the pandemic, social protests, and politics. The film includes Donna Nicol, associate professor and chair of Africana Studies, who served as an expert panelist during the film. The documentary originally aired as a two-part series earlier this month. The watch party takes place Feb. 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Join the conversation on Zoom: ID number 840 1223 7375; passcode 007732. ... Read More
Innovative Research Earns Students Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
For their innovative research on the transportation industry, four California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students have been named to the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) 2021 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP). The merit-based DDETFP awards 150 to 200 fellowships annually to students across the nation to help strengthen the national workforce in the field through education and research. CSUDH received $35,000 through DDETFP's local grant competition for Hispanic-serving institutions to offer the fellowship to its students through a competitive application process. The CSUDH DDETFP fellows are graduate ... Read More
Professor Terry McGlynn Named Earth Leadership Program Fellow
To help address some of the world's most pressing environmental and sustainability challenges, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Professor of Biology Terry McGlynn has been named a fellow for the 2021-22 North American Cohort of the Earth Leadership Program. Emphasizing new forms of individual and collective leadership, the Earth Leadership Program enables skilled scientists with theoretical approaches to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders to address in a significant way environmental issues and policy on campus, in their fields, and in government. “I plan to be deliberative and effective at leveraging my platform in the scientific community to make a ... Read More
Male Success Alliance Receives $100,000 Grant from Kaiser Permanente
(Carson, Ca.) The Male Success Alliance (MSA) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received $100,000 from Kaiser Permanente as part of $8.15 million in grants awarded to 40 nonprofit and community-based organizations across the nation for programing that addresses systemic racism. Kaiser announced the funding on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as part of a $25 million commitment the nonprofit health system made in June 2020 to promote health equity and address racism-driven stresses that lead to poor health outcomes. It includes $1 million for 10 organizations in Southern California, and CSUDH was the only institution of higher education among the grantees. “CSUDH is ... Read More