California State University President Willie J. Hagan has been selected to participate in a College Affordability Roundtable between U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and presidents and chancellors of universities and community colleges across the nation. The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is hosting the private meeting on Oct. 25 during its annual conference taking place in Chicago. The 13 leaders meeting with Duncan are all HACU members and from federally designated Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). They will be meeting with Duncan to discuss President Barack Obama's higher education agenda and how to achieve the president's goal to make college more ... Read More
University Awarded Multimillion Federal Grant for School Leadership Initiative
California State University, Dominguez Hills has been awarded a multimillion dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement's School Leadership Program (SLP). More than $13 million of first-year funding was awarded for fiscal year 2013 to 20 educational institutions nationwide to support projects designed to recruit, train, and mentor principals and assistant principals for high-need schools and districts. CSU Dominguez Hills was the only California institution awarded and received the largest award amount. The grant to CSU Dominguez Hills–$1.16 million for the first year; $9.63 million total over five years–will establish the Innovative School ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: October 2013
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 Jung-Sun Park, professor and coordinator of Asian Pacific studies, had her article “Why 'Gangnam Style' Isn't Hallyu Style?” published in the journal Global Asia, vol. 8, no. 3 (2013). In it, Park discusses the global success of the song and music video “Gagnam Style” by Korean rapper Psy and whether it will translate into success for other Korean artists. Vivian Price, associate professor of ... Read More
Students Get Next-Steps Advice with Resume Clinic
More than 77 students got resume advice during the Career Center's Resume Clinic on Thursday, Oct. 17. The center tried a new format this year, and scheduled students in two sessions. Each session included a resume writing workshops led by Sherron Hawkins of Enterprise Holdings followed by group critiques in which two to five students sat with one of the 13 employer volunteers as he or she gave an evaluation of each students' resume. For more photos see: Resume Clinic Flickr set ... Read More
Campus Joins CSU Effort to Educate Students, Families about Affordable Care Act
According to student population data for the California State University system, more than 70 percent of CSU students and their families would be eligible for Medi-Cal or government subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal healthcare reform law commonly referred to as ObamaCare that requires that all legal U.S. residents have health insurance by Jan. 1, 2014 or pay a penalty. To reach the students who may be impacted by the new law and help explain the new benefits and mandates to health insurance, California State University, Dominguez Hills is among a group of campuses selected to participate in an education and outreach project coordinated between California State ... Read More
