Was it a steady flow of soft serve ice cream, or just your everyday swirl of carbon dioxide gas bubbles being streamed onto a boy's head? Justin Time-and-Space, a Mad Science Group, Inc. employee with a questionable last name, said “both would be fun,” then corrected the boy's ice cream quip in humorous yet scientific detail. The concoction was being served up during California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) 2nd annual STEM in Action: Kid's Conference on March 11. The conference invited nearly 700 inner-city elementary, and middle school students from the Los Angeles area to explore the lighter side of science in fun and creative ways. “It sounds a bit complicated, ... Read More
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Third Annual Community Engagement Symposium – March 21
For the third year, California State University, Dominguez Hills will share and celebrate the innovative ideas and approaches to community engagement from faculty, staff, students and community partners on Monday, March 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Loker Student Union Ballroom. More than 125 students. faculty and community members will showcase their community engagement-based projects in poster presentations throughout the afternoon. The symposium also provides an opportunity to recognize individuals for their commitment to community engagement. During a lunch-time program beginning at 11:30 a.m., the Center for Service Learning, Internships and Civic Engagement (SLICE), which ... Read More
MSA Spring Summit Strengthens Brotherhood Among 1,000 Young Men of Color
When Jeff Duncan-Andrade saw an African-American and a Latino student straightening each other's ties before the opening ceremony of the Male Success Alliance (MSA) 7th Annual Spring Summit “Reclaiming Our Legacy: Achievement, Advancement and Advocacy,” he was reaffirmed of how “legit” the event and the university's commitment to helping young men of color is. For Duncan-Andrade, an associate professor of Raza studies and education administration and interdisciplinary studies at San Francisco State University, it was his fourth time speaking at the day-long summit. Hosted by the MSA at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) on Feb. 4, the summit featured workshops, ... Read More
Mock Trial Program Makes Case at Competition; Student Gabriella DiCaprio Wins ‘Top Regional Attorney’
A corrupt gambling commissioner was standing trial for taking a bribe from a shady casino owner looking to expand, and the verdict was in–the defendant was found “guilty!” California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) prosecutors had won their case, as well as the last of the four rounds their eight-student team had competed in at the 2016 regionals of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) tournament on Feb. 27-28 at Claremont McKenna College. The team did not win the round simply by winning the case, but based on the number of points all the team members had accumulated for their performances during the round. The round was particularly significant for Gabriella ... Read More
Preventing Campus Violence Forum Promotes Vigilance at CSUDH
As the University Police Department carries out its more proactive and campus-inclusive approach to law enforcement, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is benefitting from its lowest crime rate in decades, but the campus community must still remain on guard in an era of increased campus violence. To lend a hand to the department's 20 sworn officers and 15 civilian employees, CSUDH encouraged a group of nearly 300 now well-informed observers during the “Understanding and Preventing Campus Violence” forum on March 2 to keep a look out for signs of suspicious behavior that could lead to violent acts. Along with identifying individuals who may have a propensity toward ... Read More
Occupational Thearapy Master’s Students Conduct Fieldwork in Mazatlán
Laurelin Hefter was uneasy around children, an admission she shared with her fellow California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Master of Science Occupational Therapy (MSOT) students during their recent fieldwork trip to Mazatlán, Mexico, to help provide care and wheelchairs to children and adults with disabilities. Adding to her apprehension was that the team would also be working with kids suffering from severe Cerebral Palsy. She was unsure how to interact with them or if she could temper her reaction to their body movements or drooling, which is often associated with the disorder. But those concerns proved fleeting after she began holding their bodies close to hers. “I ... Read More
Tori Correia Honored with ‘2016 Inspirational Spirit Award’
Tori Correia's passion and dedication to addressing injustice and helping others are traits that have been long recognized by her family and friends, particularly her late mother and her Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. sisters at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)–all of whom have played a critical role in developing that strength within her. Today, the depth of Correia's character is frequently recognized off campus, most recently by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce, which honored her Feb. 24 with the “2016 Inspirational Spirt Award” at the 19th Annual Black History Celebration. “I was ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: February 2016
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Business Administration and Public Policy Shari Berkowitz, assistant professor, and her colleagues recently published the study “Sleep deprivation and false confessions” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals. The researchers' breakthrough study found that after a single request, the odds of participants providing a ... Read More
‘Watts Now: a Student Exhibit’ opens in CSUDH’s Cultural Arts Center
… If WE all just reminisce, on lives passed and lives that exist. Then let us live in bliss along with the colors that consist. Something More if There's Hope. Let us all have S.M.I.T. H. … The stanza is from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) music student Monica Parra's poem S.M.I.T.H., which is currently on display in “Watts Now: a Student Exhibit,” an interdisciplinary exhibition featuring 130 works of art, poetry, motion graphics, design info graphics and environmental justice projects that explores Watts 50 years after the Watts Rebellion. The exhibit is on display Feb. 16 - May 12 in the University Library Cultural Art Center. Parra was chosen to read her ... Read More
Walter Mosley shares his work and personal reflections of the Watts Rebellion
With his wryly clever conversational style, best-selling author Walter Mosley charmed a packed Loker Student Union ballroom after stopping by California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Feb. 16 for a reading from his novel “Little Scarlet,” and to share thoughts about writing, racial inequity, and his personal reflections of the Watts Rebellion. Mosley was the guest speaker for the Department of English 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture. He is a prolific writer of more than 40 books–ranging from crime novels to literary fiction–and is widely recognized for his Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins detective series based in Watts, which includes the first book in the series “Devil in the Blue ... Read More
