Art and design student Adrian Gonzalez scours a thrift store before finding what he is looking for–an old vintage chair. When he gets home, he places it on the floor, cleans it up and takes a seat to try it out. He then stands, grabs an aluminum baseball bat and begins breaking the chair to bits. Gonzalez arranges the pieces on a canvas placed flat on the floor, adds blue and green shades of paint and dribbles water all over to create an “ocean feel.” He grabs his camera and begins taking pictures, rearranges the splintered wood, then takes more shots. He does this several times. Now back at his computer, he adds graphic elements and a title, “The Chairs,” to his piece, and to ... Read More
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Alumna Linda DeYampert featured in ‘Made in the CSU’ display
Linda Corsey DeYampert, a California State University, Dominguez Hills alumna and the first African American woman to hold a management position at the National Football League (NFL) Network, has been selected to be featured in the California State University's Made in the CSU poster display in the state capitol. “I'm very surprised when I'm honored for my accomplishments. When you're passionate, believe, serve and value your work in the community–both personally and professionally–it becomes part of your daily routine,” said DeYampert (1999, B.S., business management). “I'm also honored and humbled about the opportunity to have my image placed on the wall in the capitol." DeYampert is ... Read More
Terri Ares presented Clinical Nurse Specialist Educator of the Year Award
Terri Ares, lecturer and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) program adviser at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), means a lot to her students. Entrenched last fall while finishing their clinical hours, studying for final exams and preparing for graduation, her students somehow etched out enough time to gather feedback about Ares from multiple sources, solicit letters from her colleagues, and assemble an award nomination package to submit to the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS). Their efforts paid off. On March 6, Ares was presented the NACNS' prestigious Clinical Nurse Specialist Educator of the Year Award during its 2015 Annual Conference in ... Read More
Nursing Program Ranked By U.S. News & World Report, NurseJournal.org
California State University, Dominguez Hills' School of Nursing and its degree programs were recently ranked nationally by two publications. In the U.S. News & World Report 2015 Best College rankings, CSUDH School of Nursing's online Bachelor of Nursing program ranked 140th in the nation for online degree programs. U.S. News & World Report's methodology considers student engagement, faculty credentialing and training, and student services and technology. For more information on the rankings, visit here. The School also received the highest ranking in the West by NurseJournal.org, a social networking website for nurses and health care professionals, with an overall score of ... Read More
Faculty scholar Sharrell Luckett employs a ‘collective’ approach to teaching
Sharrell D. Luckett, assistant professor of theatre at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), is helping her students in the Performance Studies and Arts Research Collective “harness their artistic ingenuity” while discovering their true selves through the study of others. Established by Luckett when she arrived at CSUDH in 2013, the Performance Studies and Arts Research Collective in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance consists mostly of theatre and dance students, but also includes business, psychology, communication, education, mathematics, and music majors. Luckett said she designed the collective to engage students in opportunities that spark life-long learning as ... Read More
Student James Harris receives Torrance Chamber’s Inspirational Spirit Award
James Harris, a business accounting major and Africana studies minor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), is more than happy to help high school student Raul Ruiz when he calls looking for a ride to school, a few bucks or for Harris to let his teachers know he can't make it to school. Ruiz has come a long way since Harris began mentoring him at Bethune Middle School in Los Angeles, one of the schools he has been assigned as an academic mentor in CSUDH's Male Success Alliance (MSA). “I met Raul when he was involved in a gang. He was very quiet when we first met. I found out he had failing grades in all his classes, that his parents neglected him, and that ... Read More
Professor Larry Press chimes in on U.S.-Cuba digital relations
Larry Press, a professor of information systems at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), is encouraged by the thawing of poor relations between the United States and Cuba. He has worked for years to understand and improve the state of the Internet in Cuba and is “hopeful that this is a good start.” “While dropping the trade embargo would require congressional action, the Obama Administration has made an important concession that affects the Internet,” said Press. “U.S. companies are now free to sell communication infrastructure and information technology products and services to Cuba. They justify that exception to the embargo in hope that improved Cuban Internet access ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: February 2015
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 Arts and Humanities Rudy Vanterpool, professor emeritus and chair of Africana studies, was among a number of L.A. County chairs of black studies who served on a panel discussion, “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture,” at a special City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month event hosted by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and Our Authors Study Club on February 5. Ellie Zenhari, assistant professor of art, received ... Read More
Student Research Day caps off decade of consistent growth, student achievement
With consistent growth during an entire decade of outstanding student research, faculty mentorship, and well-deserved accolades, the 10th Annual Student Research Day (SRD) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) highlighted an event poised for expansion for years to come. This year 352 students shared their research throughout the top floor of the Loker Student Union and in the University Library in the form of 237 presentations and posters, making it the largest SRD to date. Students from a wide array of disciplines were awarded prizes for their research and presentations, and 10 winners were selected to represent the university during the system-wide CSU Student ... Read More
Alumna Kayleigh Davis joins the Peace Corps to teach English in Indonesia
Speaking in Bahasa Indonesian, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumna Kayleigh Davis said “Sampai jumpa lagi" (Until we meet again) as she left her friends whom she'd been visiting in Las Vegas. When she got in her car for the long drive home to Los Alamitos, she turned on a language-learning audio tape to try to memorize more words and dialogue. Davis (2014, B.A., interdisciplinary studies) believes she will have a good grasp of the language in two years when she returns from her time as an education Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Indonesia. Accepted into the Peace Corps in December 2014, she will depart for the Southeast Asian country this March to ... Read More
