Source: AsAmNews As industries increasingly move online amidst the digital age, many historians are working to digitize historical documents, objects, and stories. One community working to preserve their memories is Filipino Americans. Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley was an exhibit that debuted in April at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in California and explored Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. It brought together oral history, familial archival contributions, and contemporary works of art to feature multidimensional narratives across four themes: Labor, gender, conflict, and memory. The ... Read More
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CBS News: Nonprofit Organization Helps Former Foster Children Set Up College Dorm Rooms
Source: CBS News/KCAL News (Video) Rina Nakano profiles Ready for Success LA, a nonprofit organization that helps former foster children as they continue their pursuit of education, providing them with the means to outfit their dorm rooms and adapt to college life. ... Read More
Forbes: The 25 Colleges With The Highest Payoff
Source: Forbes (Paywall) College is an investment, and one more and more Americans are leery of. Most now say a college degree isn't worth taking on student debt. A new Gallup poll finds a third of Americans—triple the number of a decade ago—have little to no confidence in higher education, with costs (along with politics) underlying this growing disenchantment. So here's the good news: There are lots of schools on Forbes' America's Top Colleges list that actually produce an excellent return on investment. This is about more than just the sticker price. Go to a cheap school that produces lousy job prospects and taking on even a few thousand in debt (plus the lost time you spent ... Read More
Toro Paralympian Seeks Gold in the City of Light
Some 4,400 athletes from 168 delegations joined the Parade of Nations in the Place de la Concorde on Aug. 28 to mark the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and a proud graduate of CSUDH’s certificate program in orthotics and prosthetics walked among them. Para canoeist Jillian Elwart, 41, will make her Paralympic debut at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Sept. 6. Her event is a 200m sprint in a Va’a, an outrigger-style canoe fitted with a float on one side. Elwart’s Paralympic journey began in 2014 after a whitewater expedition in Mexico introduced her to para canoe sprinting. Meeting Paralympian Kelly Allan, who represented the U.S. in Rio in 2016, gave ... Read More
Awards and fellowships in history and science, bilingualism research, and appearances in Politico, Fortune, and USA Today: Summer 2024 Faculty Highlights
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. To share faculty news, email lmckibbin@csudh.edu. College of Arts and Humanities College of Business Administration and Public Policy College of Education College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences Sociology lecturer Marisela Velazquez was interviewed for NVivo's podcast series Between The Data about the diverse work she carries out as a qualitative researcher. The interview, entitled "Reflexivity in ... Read More
Toro Alum Works to Share History of Early Civil Rights Activists
Edwin Henderson might not live anywhere near CSUDH, but his experience after taking teacher credential courses here shows how the Toro community’s commitment to social justice transcends distance and history. Henderson taught elementary school in the Compton Unified School District in the 1980s, attending CSUDH to take the required courses to renew his teaching credential. He later moved to Falls Church, Virginia, teaching in public schools there until his retirement in 2012. It was there in Northern Virginia that Henderson started his work commemorating the region’s early civil rights history. He founded the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation in 1997 to research and preserve the critical ... Read More
Beverly Press: The Art of Water Conservation
Source: Beverly Press As a part of several Getty “PST ART: Art & Science Collide” exhibitions, Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio are presenting “Portable Wetland for Southern California,” a conceptual artwork and experimental proposal for ecological remediation at Brackish Water Los Angeles. Located on the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus in South Los Angeles, where local rivers have been transformed into concrete channels, and where industrial contamination and ecological racism have plagued surrounding communities for generations. The exhibition considers issues of access, inclusion, ecological racism and cultural/class system interchanges along Los Angeles’ ... Read More
Leadership Program Gives Black Students the Tools to Thrive
It’s never been more important for young people of color to fully engage in civic life and to know they can shape the way we move forward as a state and as a country, says California Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland). “On the eve of one of the most consequential presidential elections ever, we need to give our future leaders the tools they need to face these moments,” said Bonta. “They need to know they can do something.” Bonta visited CSUDH on July 17-20 for the ninth annual African American Leaders for Tomorrow program, an event coordinated by the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and hosted by the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic ... Read More
CSUDH Art Gallery Presents Brackish Water Los Angeles, Part of Getty’s PST ART
(Carson, CA) July 23, 2024 –– The University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) presents Brackish Water Los Angeles, co-directed by University Art Gallery Director Aandrea Stang and independent curator Debra Scacco. The exhibition will open August 12, 2024 with an opening reception on September 18 from 4-7 p.m., and is the culmination of a four-year art and research project which is part of Getty's PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. PST ART (previously known as Pacific Standard Time) engages over 70 cultural, scientific, and community organizations, supported by nearly $20 million in grants from Getty. This year, the initiative’s third ... Read More
LA Times: How Kei Kamara Escaped Sierra Leone to Star for LAFC
Source: LA Times The explosion outside of his school. The vultures feasting on corpses in the streets. The water gushing into the boat that was ferrying him to safety. The images of war remain with Kei Kamara to this day. The LAFC striker pictures them whenever he shares the story of his childhood in Sierra Leone. He often sees them in his dreams. “I get these nightmares,” Kamara said. “I’m always running. I’m always running from chaos.” The memories continue to haunt the 39-year-old Kamara, but they also have convinced him of how fortunate he is. So rather than be disenchanted with how he’s switched teams more than a dozen times in his career, he celebrates how ... Read More
