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 ucm@csudh.edu. College of Arts and Humanities Lorna Fitzsimmons, professor of humanities, presented "'The memory bound to the window': Enabling Resistance to ASD Oppression," at the online Memory, Forgetting, and Creating–International Interdisciplinary Conference organized by the University of GdaÅ„sk, Poland and Norwegian University of Science and Technology on Jan. 13 and 14. Benito Gómez, professor ... Read More
Meals 4 Toros Program Distributes Thanksgiving Dinners to Students in Need
Responding to the needs of many in the Toro Nation, the staff of CSUDH's Basic Needs Office distributed Thanksgiving meals to students on Friday, Nov. 19. The event was part of the university's new Meals 4 Toros program, which is aimed at providing holiday dinners for CSUDH students in need. The program is a joint effort between the Office of Development, the Basic Needs Office, and Campus Dining. It was the brainchild of Andre Khachaturians, CSUDH's senior director of annual campaigns and advancement services. As a member of the school's Basic Needs Committee, he is keenly aware of the lack of resources available to many Toro students. “I was at home thinking about Thanksgiving,” he ... Read More
MyNewsLA.com: CSU Expands Program Providing iPads, Other Technology for Incoming Students
Source: MyNewsLA.com Students at six more California State University campuses, including five in Southern California, will be offered free iPads and other technology tools during the spring semester, the university announced Wednesday, expanding a program that now includes 14 CSU schools. Learn more about CSUDH's participation at csudh.edu/CSUCCESS. Under the program known as CSUCCESS – California State University Connectivity Contributing to Equity and Student Success – first-year and new transfer students at the participating campuses will receive an iPad Air, Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard Folio. Students will also be offered a free WiFi hotspot device. The students will keep ... Read More
CSUDH Highlighted in National 2021 Sustainable Campus Index
CSUDH has been recognized nationally for its sustainability efforts in the recently published 2021 Sustainable Campus Index. A publication of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), the Sustainable Campus Index recognizes innovative and high-impact initiatives from colleges and universities that submitted a Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) report in the most recent calendar year. Initiatives were selected by a team of AASHE staff based on the level of innovation and overall impact in advancing sustainability, potential for replicability, and the added impacts this would present. AASHE's STARS program is a ... Read More
Chemistry Student Receives 2021 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) undergraduate Berenice Rojas is no stranger to hard work. Its value was instilled in her at a young age, as her Mexican immigrant parents toiled in the Yuma, Arizona sun as farmworkers to provide for Berenice and her two brothers. “They would start working at five or six in the morning,” says Rojas. “They would work all day, then come home at about eight at night.” Today, the third-year Toro student is doing plenty of hard work of her own, pursuing a bachelor's degree in chemistry at CSUDH. She wants to use the knowledge she gains at the university to help mitigate the effects of climate change in the Arizona fields where her parents ... Read More
