(Carson, CA) - “Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art,” a multimedia exhibition tracing the influence of Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada on contemporary Latinx artists, will run Oct. 7-Dec. 13, Monday-Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment at the University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). The public opening reception for the exhibition takes place Saturday, Oct. 5 from 3 to 6 p.m. The exhibit is FREE and open to the public. Known for his animated skeleton figures–or calaveras–used in annual Day of the Dead observances, Posada chronicled and satirized his society in street art that appealed to the ... Read More
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CSUDH is ‘Ripe for Growth, Change, and Transformation’
During the opening of his 2019 Fall Convocation address on Sept. 18, President Thomas A. Parham described California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) as “ripe for growth, change, and transformation,” and he offered ways to make the most of it to enrich students' lives. “We are at a unique and especially rare point in time for this university,” he said. “All of the factors are aligning in our universe to support our vision of possibility and potential. We just need to step outside of our daily grind to see what I believe is right before our eyes.” The president set the stage for his remarks with an update of the current major construction projects in progress on campus. This ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Comedy of Ill Manners ‘Asunción’ Opens Oct. 11
(Carson, Calif.) - “Asunción,” a thought-provoking comedic play written by Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Jesse Eisenberg that challenges the audience's views of politics and race, will open at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) October 11 at 8 p.m., and run Oct. 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m; and Oct. 12, 13, 18, 20 at 2 p.m. “Asunción” is produced by CSUDH's Department of Theatre and Dance and directed by Professor of Theatre Arts Naomi Buckley. The hilarious, heartbreaking, and at times uncomfortable play explores the complicated ways culture and politics are exploited for one's own needs. When a young Filipina woman named Asunción becomes the roommate of Edgar ... Read More
Trigger Warnings in the Classroom
Are trigger warnings helpful in the classroom? In today's Academic Minute, Mara Grayson of California State University, Dominguez Hills, says maybe not. Grayson is an assistant professor of English at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Source: Inside Higher Ed ... Read More
CSUDH Receives Grant to Continue Japanese American Digitization Project
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Donald R. and Beverly J. Gerth Archives and Special Collections has received $282,102 from the National Parks Service's (NPS) World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program to continue its work on the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project (CSUJAD). The JACS grant will fund the digitization of several recently donated collections that include approximately 7,000 archival items related to the incarceration of 120,000 Americans during WWII. The new collections resulted from outreach efforts during the CSUDJAD's previous two-year NPS grant in 2015. “We are thrilled with ... Read More
CSUDH Ranks Well in U.S. News & World Report
(Carson, CA) U.S. News and World Report has ranked California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in three of its college ranking lists: “Regional Universities West,” “Best Undergraduate Teaching,” and “Top Performers on Social Mobility.” U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings are among the most anticipated in higher education. The publication's methodology groups institutions into 10 different ranking categories based on their academic missions. Overall, CSUDH's placed 72nd in “Regional Universities West,” the category in which all of CSUDH's rankings appear. The regional categories are split into four zones: North, South, Midwest, and West, and rank universities in each ... Read More
Juan Venegas Honored with 2019 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) undergraduate Juan Venegas knows the value of hard work and isn't afraid to give everything his all. For Venegas' perseverance and dedication to his future and to helping others, the California State University (CSU) is honoring him as CSUDH recipient of the 2019 CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement. The Award is the CSU's highest recognition of student achievement, providing annual scholarships to one student on each CSU campus who demonstrates superior academic performance, personal accomplishments, community service, and financial need. Growing up with his single mother in a low-income neighborhood in San Jose, ... Read More
Corina Benavides-Lopez is Guided by the Enduring Principles of Social Justice
Corina Benavides-Lopez considers the principles of social justice - access, equity, rights, and participation - to be the most enduring values in her life. The assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) also believes that social justice is at its weakest when narrowly applied, which is why Benavides-Lopez teaches its tenets as accessible for everyone. “I don't feel that I have the right to choose what, or whom, is most important when it comes to addressing the critical issues around social justice in my research, or in the classroom,” she said. CSUDH has presented Benavides-Lopez with the 2019 Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez ... Read More
Cornel West Talks ‘Race Matters’ during Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series
Cornel West, the prominent author, professor, and provocative public intellectual, addressed hundreds of fans, friends, and admirers on Sept. 27 as the featured speaker during the Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series. The series is hosted each semester by California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Economic Institute. With the theme "Rise of Racism in America: Revisiting 'Race Matters,'” West's address broadly centered on his book “Race Matters,” which was published in 1993, a year after the L.A. riots. It features a collection of West's essays on race in America, which remain relevant today. View the Cornel West address in its ... Read More
Dr. Cornel West to be Featured Speaker of Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series
(Carson, CA) - Cornel West, the prominent author, professor, and provocative public intellectual, will be the featured speaker during the Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series on Friday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Torodome Gymnasium at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). The lecture is FREE. With the theme “Rise of Racism in America: Revisiting 'Race Matters,'” the Dymally Distinguished Speaker Series is hosted by CSUDH's Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Economic Institute. “Race Matters” was published in 1993, a year after the L.A. riots. It features a collection of West's essays on race in America, which remain relevant today. West is the ... Read More
