In a time of uncertainty for California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students, the university’s Undocumented Student Ally Coalition (USAC) is playing a vital role in helping advocate for their success, while partnering with those who are addressing their fears and concerns as the DACA program comes to an end. During its early days in 2014—the year USAC was founded by CSUDH faculty, staff, students, and administrators—the coalition consisted of “a small group of people who wanted to help undocumented students” and came together to have related conversations. They brainstormed such ideas as developing a website for undocumented ... Read More
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2019 President’s Student Leadership and Service Awards
Highlighting their exemplary leadership, commitment to inclusion and student support, and the impact they have had on the campus community, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) honored five students with the Presidential Award for Outstanding Student during the 2019 President’s Student Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony on May 7. The annual event also celebrates and showcases co-curricular experiences through student organizations, and recognizes outstanding faculty and staff who support them. The university is home to 115 student organizations with more than 2,300 students involved in various clubs. Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Alejandro Campos, ... Read More
Corina Benavides-Lopez is Guided by the Enduring Principles of Social Justice
Corina Benavides-Lopez considers the principles of social justice – access, equity, rights, and participation – to be the most enduring values in her life. The assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) also believes that social justice is at its weakest when narrowly applied, which is why Benavides-Lopez teaches its tenets as accessible for everyone. “I don’t feel that I have the right to choose what, or whom, is most important when it comes to addressing the critical issues around social justice in my research, or in the classroom,” she said. CSUDH has presented Benavides-Lopez with the 2019 Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez ... Read More
2019 Faculty Awards Honor Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) honored five faculty members during the 2019 Faculty Awards Reception on April 18 for their excellence in teaching and research, their contributions to university governance and development, and for the role non-tenure track faculty play in student achievement. During the reception, which took place in the Loker Student Union, 40 of their colleagues were also celebrated for five to 35 Years of Service to the university. The recipients and their Years of Service are listed below. 2019 Faculty Award Recipients: Orie Berezan, assistant professor of management and marketing, was honored with the Excellence in Research, Scholarship ... Read More
Toro Dreamers Success Center Opens at CSU Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Toro Dreamers Success Center (TDSC) officially opened its doors Jan. 25 with a “meet-and-greet” packed full of faculty, staff, and students there to learn about the “safe space” and the services the center offers undocumented students. Planning for a center that supports and advocates for all of the university’s undocumented students began over a year ago. According to Paz Oliverez, director of the university’s Educational Opportunity Program, the decision to create a center is part of a larger goal, to provide services and resources for all the campus’s diverse students. “The center really demonstrates Cal State Dominguez ... Read More
