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CSUDH to Serve as Vote Center for 2024 Election

California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will serve as an 4-day Los Angeles County Vote Center in the upcoming Presidential General Election, Saturday, Nov. 2 through Tuesday, Nov. 5. Vote Center Location: Extended Education Auditorium (EE-1213). For directions, visit www.csudh.edu/visit-us.Days and Hours: Saturday, Nov. 2 – Monday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.Election Day Voting: Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. All voters in line by last hour will be served.Free Parking: Signs will direct voters to special parking in Lot 3. Voters in Los Angeles County who choose to vote in person will be able to cast their ballot at any Vote Center located across the county. ... Read More

Passion, Drive at Heart of Women in Comedy

“Having stories to tell is your sustenance—that’s what pushes through the breaking points.” So said screenwriter, actor, and director Lake Bell, who moderated “Women in Comedy” on Oct. 7 for an audience of students, faculty, and staff. Presented by the Women’s Studies Department and Hollywood by the Horns, the event brought prominent comedy creators and performers to CSUDH to discuss their triumphs and setbacks in the entertainment industry. In addition to Bell, the panel included screenwriter and producer Nicole Jefferson Asher, comedy writer and stand-up comic Erin Foley, playwright and TV writer Janine Nabers, and actor and comedian Michaela Watkins. Among the themes discussed ... Read More

TTLA Scholarship Event Honors Future Early Childhood Educators

CSUDH honored nearly 150 new scholarship recipients in the Toros Teach LA (TTLA) program during a ceremony on Oct. 2 hosted by the College of Education and the College of Health, Human Services and Nursing. The nearly $1 million in scholarships, announced earlier this year, provide critical financial support for students already working in the child development sector to get their teaching credential, undergraduates in child development or liberal studies, and graduate students who want to pursue a career in early childhood education. Funding for the TTLA program comes from a historic $22 million donation by the Ballmer Group—the largest in CSUDH history. About $17 ... Read More

U.S. News & World Report: Hispanic Serving Institutions—What to Know

Source: U.S. News & World Report As the Hispanic population has grown in the U.S. in recent decades, with it has come the emergence of Hispanic Serving Institutions. Hispanic Serving Institutions – HSIs – are colleges and universities where Hispanic students make up at least 25% of the full-time equivalent student body, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Hispanic Serving Institutions must be certified as such by the Department of Education. Certification gives schools eligibility to compete for grants earmarked for HSIs. These funds also enable colleges to continue to recruit Hispanic students and to support them on campus, guiding students ... Read More

LAist: At Cal State Dominguez Hills, Students Are Connecting Other Students to Health Services

Source: LAist The Student Health Center at Cal State Dominguez Hills saw use of its services plummet after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. That’s not a surprise. Students didn’t set foot on campus for months at a time. “During the COVID years, we were down significantly, seeing… 1,200 [to]1,100,” students, said Susan Flaming Yeats, who directs CSUDH’s Student Health Center. Before the pandemic the center served a high of 1,241 students in Sept. 2019. To turn things around, last year the center’s staff made it a goal to increase the number of students served by 7%. By the end of the academic year they’d more than doubled that goal. So far this semester the center has served 1,402 ... Read More

Ignite: Faculty Dance Concert

What:               Ignite: Faculty Dance Concert, artistic direction by Chelsea AsmanWhen:              Oct. 30 and 31, Nov. 1 and 2 at 7:00 p.m.Where:             University TheatreTickets:            $10 for students and $15 for General Admission. To reserve a ticket, visit www.csudh.edu/theatre-arts/buy-tickets/.Contact:          Call the CSUDH Performing Arts Department at (310) 243-3589, or email PerformingArts@csudh.edu. The California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Department of Theatre and Dance presents Ignite: Faculty Dance Concert, artistic direction by dance faculty Chelsea Asman. Performances are in the University Theatre; the show will run Oct 30 and 31, and Nov. ... Read More

Groundbreaking Celebrates Four Major Capital Projects

At a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 3, CSUDH heralded four multimillion-dollar capital projects that will transform the campus and serve students, faculty, and staff for decades to come. They are: the new Affordable Student Housing and Dining Commons, the new Health, Wellness & Recreation Center, the new Orthotics & Prosthetics Center, and an augmented power grid to facilitate campus growth. Together, these facilities total $228 million. They represent a major milestone for the university, which only three years ago celebrated the opening of three new buildings totaling more than $200 million. “Today signifies another step in our journey of transformation for CSUDH—not just ... Read More

L.A. Times: Good Salary, Little to No Debt — A California College Guide to Top-Value Majors

Source: L.A. Times Edgar Roa was mostly raised by an immigrant mother without a high school degree, surviving on welfare benefits as his family frequently moved around Southern California in pursuit of affordable housing. But he is poised to graduate next spring with a degree in a medical field with median earnings of $126,318 five years after graduation, and from a university with an average net cost of just $4,000 annually. Those low tuition costs and high earnings — along with his GI Bill benefits and a federal Pell Grant — will enable Roa to graduate debt free and transform the future of his family. He attends Cal State Dominguez Hills, one of the state’s most effective ... Read More

L.A. Times: How a Jaguar Cub Wound Up in a California Suburb

Source: L.A. Times This article features Ed Newcomer, a CSUDH lecturer of criminal justice and former Fish and Wildlife agent. At less than a month old, unsteady on his small paws, the jaguar cub was already working. While others born in the Amazon rainforest were still being nursed by their mothers, he was rented out to do a photo op in a Texas hotel room for $1,000 an hour. People snapped their fingers to get the cub’s attention and held him on their laps. They posed with him for photos later posted on Instagram. In video of one such photo shoot, the cub — smaller than a house cat — shrank back from the loud voices around him. As the jaguar wandered on the hotel carpet, ... Read More