For the 2022-23 CSUDH women’s basketball team, this season is all about building on the foundation of success that they established last year. With an entirely new batch pf players, the team was able to finish fourth in the ultra-competitive California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). This season, they’re looking for more. “Last season was a pleasant surprise,” says head coach John Bonner, who is entering his seventh year in charge of the program. “We had 12 new players that we hadn’t coached before, and one returning player who had redshirted. Because we were so young and didn’t have a lot of experience, we didn’t know what to expect.” “We wanted to utilize that time to ... Read More
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Staff Spotlight: Ellie Perry
CSUDH Sustainability Manager Ellie Perry thinks that she has the “best job ever” as the person in charge of the university’s environmental initiatives and sustainability efforts. “I like that every day there are new opportunities to make things better,” she says. “Even though our office has accomplished a lot in the five years that I've been here, we are still growing by leaps and bounds when it comes to our sustainability efforts as a campus.” Perry spends much of her time keeping the lines of communication open with a wide variety of people, units, and departments from both on- and off-campus who are vital to ensuring that CSUDH delivers on its sustainability ... Read More
CSUDH is Changing the Face of Sustainability
Sustainability is about more than just greenhouse gas reduction and better waste management, says Jenney Hall, lecturer in environmental studies at CSUDH. “Sustainability is ultimately about perpetuating systems. When you perpetuate systems, you must ask if those systems are serving everyone,” Hall says. “I think that our unique perspective is incorporating social justice, environmental justice, and climate justice into that transition.” Integrating sustainability with social and educational inequities is critical to CSUDH’s approach, says Ellie Perry, manager of the university’s Office of Sustainability. “We’re a small, under-resourced institution that caters predominantly to ... Read More
Student Janelle Nelson Attends Reproductive Rights Summit with Vice President Harris
CSUDH criminal justice major Janelle Nelson was among 75 student leaders who participated in a meeting at the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss the fight to protect reproductive rights. Nelson, a CSUDH senior and Presidential Scholar who will graduate this December, was one of two students chosen from the 23 CSUs across the state. She joined students from 65 other campuses and 33 different states at the forum. “It was amazing,” says Nelson. “I was only there for two days, but I slept a lot on the plane, so I had time to walk around and see as much as I could—to just soak it all in, because I don't know when I'll be going to Washington DC again!” In selecting a ... Read More
KABC 7: Changing the Stigma of Low Rider Cars and Helping Local Students in the Process
Source: KABC 7 (video) Scholars United is an organization that helps formerly incarcerated students turn their lives around. The group put on a first-of-its kind lowrider car show. The event, which was held at CSU Dominguez Hills, is tying spruced-up cars to students in need of a helping hand. Shiny paint jobs, vintage car models and hydraulics - that's what you'd find at a lowrider car show called, Uniting Cars, Culture and Education. The event had a specific goal. "Bring the negative stigma down with lowriding," said Luke Peck, president of Scholars United. "Back in the '70s and '80s, lowriding was known for gangs and violence, but it was also created at that time to bring ... Read More
CSUDH Workforce Integration Network Awarded Prestigious Volcker Alliance Grant
The CSUDH Workforce Integration Network (WIN) has been selected as the recipient of the Volcker Alliance’s Government-to-University Talent Connection Grant. The $40,000 grant supports WIN’s innovative outreach effort: From Public Sector Job Aggregator Tool to CSU Public Sector Alliance. Addressing the needs of a public sector workforce in crisis due to an aging workforce and a shortage of talent, WIN will design an outreach and education module to address the way young people seek careers—with a focus on finding meaning in work. By combining the stories of those employed in the public sector with navigation help for those seeking entry-level public-sector jobs, WIN creates a pathway ... Read More
South Bay Economic Forecast Predicts the Future is Green
In spite of uncertainty around interest rates and inflation, the South Bay has reasons to be optimistic over the next year. Such was the mixed economic picture painted in the 2022 South Bay Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook, which was released on Oct. 13 at the 8th annual CSUDH South Bay Economic Forecast, where more than 200 industry leaders gathered on campus to hear about the challenges and opportunities facing the region. Developed by CSUDH economics and public policy faculty through the CSUDH South Bay Economics Institute, the report presented an in-depth look at the economic health of key industries in the region, as well as housing trends, ... Read More
Daily Breeze: South Bay Economic Forecast Predicts Mixed Bag of Financial Fortunes
Source: Daily Breeze The South Bay economic forecast has neither ominous storm clouds nor clear skies ahead — but predicts, rather, a moderately sunny future, with some mildly concerning clouds looming. That’s according to the authors of the eighth annual South Bay Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook. The clouds – inflation, supply chain disruption, slowing growth of the gross domestic product – are the same ones hovering across the rest of the country, as many experts predict some form of a recession on the way. But there is reason to believe that the South Bay is poised to weather the future financial storm with resilience, experts said earlier this week. A key part of that, ... Read More
KABC 790: Mottek on Money Interview with Fynnwin Prager
Source: KABC 790 (audio clip, from 26:50) Frank Mottek interviewed CSUDH's Fynnwin Prager, associate professor of public administration, about the economic prospects for the South Bay and beyond. ... Read More
CSUDH History Woven into New Book about Los Angeles Street Groups
More than 30 years ago, CSUDH Professor Emeritus of Sociology John C. Quicker and alumnus Akil S. Batani-Khalfani began a sociological and historical deep dive into the origins of street groups in South Los Angeles. Their years of research, which began during their time together at CSUDH, have turned into a new book: Before Crips: Fussin’, Cussin’, and Discussin’ Among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs (Temple University Press, July 2022). In 1970, when Quicker began teaching sociology at what was then known as California State College Dominguez Hills, the campus and surrounding community were in the throes of change. It was five years after the 1965 Watts Rebellion, and only two years ... Read More
