Approximately 140 students from universities throughout the Southern California region, as well as local high school students– mostly from ethnic and racial minorities that tend to be underrepresented in the medical profession–came to California State University, Dominguez Hills earlier this month to learn about what they need to do to become doctors. From CSU Dominguez Hills, Charles Drew University, University of California, Los Angeles, CSU Fullerton, Mt. San Antonio College, Los Angeles City College, Pitzer College, Argosy University, and high school students from the on-campus California Academy of Math and Science, as well as John Glenn, South Gate and Madonna high schools, the ... Read More
STEM Education Students Teach Science of Golf
Part of the struggle to interest more young people in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)–and equally a challenge for their K-12 teachers–is how to make these subjects more engaging. From Feb. 13 to 16, 23 California State University, Dominguez Hills students with aspirations of becoming math and science educators were given the chance to see one way to do that–through the game of golf. Students in the university's STEM educator scholarship programs–Math and Science Teacher Initiative, Noyce Scholars, Transition to Teaching (TTT)– spent their weekend at the Northern Trust Pro-Am Golf Tournament at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, where they taught the science ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: February 2014
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 Nancy Erbe, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, has been named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro for the 2014-15 academic year. Only 38 Fulbright distinguished chairs were named this year. Jung-Sun Park, professor and coordinator of Asian Pacific studies, contributed a chapter, “Negotiating Identity and ... Read More
University Strategic Plan Town Hall Engages Campus Community
Approximately 250 faculty, staff, and students from California State University, Dominguez Hills joined top university administrators on Feb. 20 in the Loker Student Union Ballroom for a first in a series of town halls designed to provide participants with an opportunity to contribute suggestions and recommendations toward revising the campus's current Strategic Plan. Developed in 2009-2010, the original five-year Strategic Plan set for 2010-2015 is ready for an overhaul, said University President Willie J. Hagan. “Now is really a perfect time to revisit that plan. ...[T]hings have changed since that plan was put together,” he said, pointing to evolved enrollment, fiscal, and ... Read More
CSU Student Leaders Get Help Spreading Word About Health Insurance
Student body leaders from four local California State University campuses–Dominguez Hills, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Northridge–stood side-by-side with CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White and CSU Dominguez Hills President Willie J. Hagan on Thursday, Feb. 13, in the auditorium of the CSU Dominguez Hills College of Extended and International Education and made an appeal to students that they help spread the word to their family and friends about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the new federal law that requires all Americans to have health insurance. “I'm proud of CSU Dominguez Hills' participation in this event and the role we students are playing in helping each other understand that quality ... Read More
