A group of California State University, Dominguez Hills students spent Spring Break 2014 in Managua, Nicaragua, gathering data about hygiene and working with the community to improve the health of families in the area. The three students– Temi Olagbemi, Reggie Withers and Courtney Zimmerman– are all enrolled in the CSU Dominguez Hills' Master's Entry-level Professional Nursing (MEPN) program, and they along with nursing students from San Diego State University and CSU San Marcos, were part of a nursing study aboard program organized by Fairfield University School of Nursing in conjunction with social work students at Universidad Centramericana (UCA). From March 28 to April 5, the students ... Read More
Country’s First Undocumented Immigrant to Practice Law Legally to Give Talk
Sergio Covarrubias Garcia, who became the first undocumented immigrant to receive a license to practice law in California, will speak at a special Inauguration Lecture on Monday, April 28, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Loker Student Union Ballroom The lecture is part of Inauguration Week activities at CSU Dominguez Hills leading up to the Investiture Ceremony of University President Willie J. Hagan on Friday, May 2. The inauguration theme is “California State University, Dominguez Hills: America Happens Here.” Garcia was born in Michoacán, Mexico, but moved between Mexico and the United States a number of times before settling in California as a teen. Despite the moves, Garcia excelled as a ... Read More
University to Celebrate Inauguration of Dr. Willie J. Hagan
Dr. Willie J. Hagan will be formally installed as the 10th president of California State University, Dominguez Hills during an investiture ceremony on Friday, May 2, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the North Lawn of campus. Steeped in academic traditions and pomp and circumstance, the investiture ceremony will feature a formal procession of visiting delegates from higher education institutions across the state and country, California State University Board of Trustee members, along with CSU Dominguez Hills emeriti presidents, administration, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the university. During the ceremony, CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White will formally install Hagan as the ... Read More
Fourth Annual CSU Dominguez Hills Pow Wow Celebrates Native American Culture
Native American culture will be celebrated on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20 at the fourth annual California State University, Dominguez Hills Pow Wow: Honoring the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. A social and sacred gathering, the pow wow is an educational as well as cultural event that brings Native American Nations from across the country together in celebration. The CSU Dominguez Hills Pow Wow will feature exhibitions of the traditional songs and dances performed by men and women in colorful and elaborate tribal regalia as well as social dancing, singing and drumming, and flute music. Many vendors will be in attendance at the event's Native American Marketplace, selling ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Honors Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service
California State University, Dominguez Hills recognized five of its faculty for their excellence in the classroom, in scholarship and in service to their profession during the 2014 Faculty Awards reception on March 20 that also honored years of service milestones and the more than 200 faculty members who help reduce book costs to students through the Affordable Learning Solutions program. “Tonight is especially important to us as an institution because our campus wouldn't be here without these hard-working and high-quality faculty,” said Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ellen Junn. “It is with great pleasure as your new provost that I be able to preside and recognize the ... Read More
