From stars in business and sports, to actually reaching for the stars, on May 17 and 18 five California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumni will grace the 2019 Commencement stage as keynote speakers, welcoming the Class of 2019 to the alumni ranks and offering words of encouragement and inspiration as graduates now go out to master their future. This year, commencement will return to the Tennis Center at Dignity Health Sports Park–formerly the StubHub Center–after the past two years at the Soccer Stadium. The sports park has changed names, but the tennis center remains the same, with its intimate feel and close-up opportunities to watch the nearly 3,600 graduates cross ... Read More
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Male Success Alliance Celebrates 10 Years of Empowering Students of Color
(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) innovative Male Success Alliance (MSA) program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The first of its kind in California to address retention and graduation rates among male college students, and high school dropout rates and access to higher education for boys of color, the MSA has garnered accolades and the funding to help develop similar programs statewide. Primarily serving African American and Latino males, but open to all ethnicities, the MSA was established in 2009 with a small group of seven CSUDH students. A decade later, the program has grown to approximately 80 members and, over recent years, has seen an ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: February 2019
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. College of Arts and Humanities Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, will be included in two upcoming exhibitions. "Himalayan Flight Series, Palimpsest 1” and “Dorado” are two of a series of four experimental pieces she created at the invitation of and in collaboration with Solo Impression, Inc. in New York City. The work will be featured in the "Art on Paper Fair" exhibit opening March 7. Her piece "Infinitely Connected" will be ... Read More
Lessons Learned Underscore the True Value of Student Research Day
Student Research Day (SRD) continues to be California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) premiere showcase of quality student research, and this year's 14th annual competition on Feb. 13-14 was no exception. Beyond the well-deserved accolades and camaraderie students receive, the lessons they learned and applied underscore the true value of SRD and make all their hard work worth it. This year close to 300 students put their analytical vigor on display during hundreds oral and poster presentations covering a wide range of academic disciplines at CSUDH. Forty-seven student investigators received with top honors during the SRD Reception and Awards Ceremony, an event that officially ... Read More
CSUDH Play ‘No Exit’ Explores Guilt as the True Nature of Hell
(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) production of Jean Paul Sartre's 1944 existentialist play “No Exit” explores how human interaction can reveal who people truly are and the debt they owe to themselves because of it. The show opens March 1 at 8 p.m. and will run multiple dates through March 17 in the CSUDH Edison Theatre. “No Exit” is set in the afterlife, where two women and one man are sentenced to live together for eternity. They are forced to face their earthly misdeeds and discover the true meaning of Hell. There is no torturer or fire and brimstone. There is only their own guilt to punish them. It is in“No Exit” that Sartre coined the phrase, ... Read More
CSUDH Hosts Ensemble Concert by LA-based Brightwork newmusic
Brightwork newmusic ensemble(Carson, Calif.) “Lost and Found . . . again,” a free concert at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) performed by the Brightwork newmusic ensemble, musically explores what it means to be “lost over and over again, only to be found, albeit for a fleeting moment.” The concert will take place on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in CSUDH's newly renovated Marvin Laser Recital Hall, located in LaCorte Hall, room A103. What: Brightwork newmusic ensemble concert “Lost and Found . . . again” When: Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. Where: Marvin Laser Recital Hall, room A103 in LaCorte Hall at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Information: The ... Read More
University Inaugurates Thomas A. Parham as 11th President
Words of admiration and promise filled the Loker Student Union Grand Ballroom as California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) celebrated the investiture of President Thomas A. Parham on Feb. 8. The afternoon ceremony was attended by nearly 450 faculty, staff, students, political figures, and notable community member. Parham delivered his inaugural address after being formally installed as president by California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy P. White and CSU Board of Trustee Chair Adam Day. He reflected on the power of higher education in society, and CSUDH's role, in particular, in helping shape the lives of the students and the communities it serves. “The ... Read More
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Talks Environmental Protections for Low-Income Residents During Lecture Series
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra frequently used Mother Nature as a powerful metaphor for protecting the planet and securing the environmental protections critical to residents as the featured speaker during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series on Feb. 7. CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham created the once-a-semester Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series as a way to engage the campus and surrounding community in thought-provoking discussions on some of society's most pressing issues. Themed “Fighting for a Sustainable Future and Healthy Communities,” the spring lecture was one of several events that marked Parham's ... Read More
Sarah Taylor’s Book ‘On Being Maya and Getting By’ Highlights Economic Ingenuity of Indigenous Villagers
After the ancient city of Ek' Balam–with its remarkably well preserved Maya sculptures–was unearthed on the Yucatán Peninsula in the late 1980s, the Mexican government gave control of the site to local indigenous villagers to create an authentic Maya tourist destination, and in the process, improve their overall prosperity. Sarah R. Taylor, assistant professor of anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has been researching the Ek' Balam's community-based economic development project since 2004 and the effects tourism and growth have had on the rural Maya village. She has chronicled her findings in her new book, On Being Maya and Getting By: Heritage ... Read More
This is what Angela Davis had to say at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson
An intellectual rock star took the stage at Cal State Dominguez Hills - and the audience roared as if at a concert. That rock star was Angela Davis. Davis, one of the most eminent political and cultural philosophers of the last half-century, gave an approximately 90-minute lecture in Dominguez Hill's gymnasium Monday evening, Feb. 11, weaving a centuries-long narrative about the struggles of oppression - from Native American genocide to transphobia - and urging her audience to “imagine a different world.” At 75, Davis - still with her trademark Afro and powerful voice - captivated the audience with ease. The approximately 1,000 people in the gym sat rapt, hanging on Davis' every ... Read More
