The first cohort of awardees of the Scholarships for Education and Economic Development (SEED) have arrived for a six-month course of study at California State University, Dominguez Hills. The SEED Scholars, who are from Central America and the Dominican Republic, will examine vector-borne disease control in an exclusive program taught by university faculty and staff, as well as Los Angeles County health professionals. The group was welcomed to the university at a reception in January attended by the Honorable Jose Alberto Acevedo Vogl, consulate general of Nicaragua, Mildred García, president of CSU Dominguez Hills, Margaret Gordon, dean of the College of Extended & International ... Read More
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Human Geography: Earth Science Club Participates in L.A. Homeless Census
While students majoring in geography and geology usually study physical properties of the earth, those in the Department of Earth Sciences at California State University, Dominguez Hills are examining the impact of human needs and man-made effects upon the planet. Last month, members of the Earth Science Club participated in the biannual homeless count sponsored by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). The club's president, Daniel Pearlman, says that the earth and environment major has “a lot of focus on interactions with people. The way they structure the program will prepare us to be policymakers and involved with how decisions are made.” Pearlman and his fellow ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills’ “Macbeth” at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
The California State University, Dominguez Hills Department of Theatre and Dance was honored with an invitation to perform a scene from the fall 2010 production of "Macbeth" at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which took place Feb. 9 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in downtown Los Angeles. The students performed their scene in front of registered festival attendees as part of performances from 10 different colleges and universities from the KCACTF region VIII (Arizona, Central and southern California, Hawaii, southern Nevada, and Utah), including CSU Fullerton and Concordia University. “The KCACTF regional VIII chair and judicator and a second ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Names New Director of Development
California State University, Dominguez Hills is pleased to announce that Alexandra Jordan is the university's new director of development. Her first day was February 7. Jordan comes to CSU Dominguez Hills with more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and higher education arenas. For the past three years she had been a development coordinator at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), where she was responsible for implementing fund raising strategies for the College of Business Administration. Prior to working at CSULB, she served as interim executive director and administrative director at Christian Outreach in Action, a nonprofit that serves the homeless population ... Read More
Franklin Strier: Shaky Future For Class Action Suits in Conservative Supreme Court
Franklin Strier had his editorial, “Don't deny justice to everyday folks; Supreme Court will hear two class action suits that may affect this legal avenue” published in Newsday in January. The emeritus professor of business law states that while class action suits have been an “iconic instrument of socio-economic justice,” they may be an endangered species in the face of two major cases about to be heard by the Supreme Court: Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, which is brought by 1.5 million past and present female employees of the retailer who claim gender-based pay and promotion discrimination; and AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, composed of customers who allege that the company's ads promising ... Read More
Jerry Moore: Anthropologist Selected to Edit Andean Studies Journal
Dr. Jerry Moore, professor of anthropology, has been selected to serve as editor of Ñawpa Pacha: Journal of Andean Archaeology, beginning in March and will serve for a minimum of two years. The publication, whose name means “antiquity” in the Incan language, is the oldest and most prestigious peer-reviewed journal on Andean studies, and was established in 1963 by the late John H. Rowe, a leading specialist on Peruvian archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley. “Over the last 47 years, Ñawpa Pacha has been the journal of record for archaeological research in this broad region with a complex and profound prehistory,” says Moore. “I am proud to contribute to that historic ... Read More
Ana Pitchon: Working Toward a Sea Change in Fishing Industry, Conservationism
Ana Pitchon, assistant professor of anthropology, presented a poster on the practice of forming stakeholder groups when designating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) during a session on the California State University's Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) at the CSU Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach. Presentations from 20 of the CSU's 23 campuses were shown during an annual meeting of CSU presidents on Jan. 25. Pitchon created “Competing ideologies, policy, and marine protected areas” with psychology major John Bunce. Their collaboration was the only student-mentor team that applied the social sciences to the study of the ocean at the event. Pitchon says that MPAs ... Read More
Intramural Sports Program Helps Keep Students in the Game
Sophomore Martha Torres has found that the Intramural Sports Program (DHi) at California State University, Dominguez Hills has a lot more in store for students than just earning one unit to play their favorite sport. “I tried different sports,” says the kinesiology major, who assists the program as an intern, which is sponsored by American Collegiate Intramural Sports (ACIS) .“I was into soccer, soccer, soccer. So I tried tennis; it was very interesting. Softball, I didn't even know how to play [at first]. This semester, I'm going to try aqua aerobics. I don't even know how to swim, but I'm going to try it. That is college... experimenting.” In its third year at CSU Dominguez ... Read More
Gilah Yelin Hirsch: Artist Named Co-President Elect of Energy Medicine Society
Professor of Art Gilah Yelin Hirsch was selected as co-president elect of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM) and will preside over the organization's annual conference in 2012. A transcription of Hirsch's presentation on “Biotheology, Imagery, and Healing” from ISSSEEM's annual conference last June, which included a most comprehensive survey of reproductions of paintings spanning her entire career, was published in the recent issue of the organization's journal, Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine. Hirsch, who shares the office of co-president elect with energy medicine expert Dr. Karl Maret, says that she hopes to further ... Read More
Hedy Moscovici: Florida State Alumna Honored for Contributions to Science Education
Hedy Moscovici was recently selected as a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her research and service to professional organizations. The professor of education at California State University, Dominguez Hills has focused her research on the teaching of mathematics and science at the elementary, secondary, and college levels and the professional development of an international community of teachers. She will be recognized at AAAS's annual conference to be held in Washington D.C. in February. Moscovici was also recognized with the Distinguished Educator Alumna Award by the College of Education at Florida State University. A native of Bucharest, ... Read More