Most business and marketing experts likely will agree that conducting a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threats) analysis is critical to developing a solid business plan. H. Joseph Wen, the new dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has done just that and it has helped to shape his goals for the college. “High academic quality and positive university experience, that's my vision,” Wen said. “My goal is to grow our program into an elite program.” How does that happen? Firstly, Wen stressed that accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), while ... Read More
Fourth Annual Es El Momento: Feria de Educación Draws Thousands
California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomed to campus approximately 38,000 visitors who attended the 2012 Es El Momento: Feria de Educacíon (The Moment is Now: Education Fair) on Saturday, Oct. 13. For the fourth year, CSU Dominguez Hills partnered with Univision Los Angeles stations KMEX and KFTR 46 to present the free Feria de Educacíon, which provided an opportunity for students and parents to receive valuable information on how to successfully navigate their children through the educational system. The day also included live entertainment, vendor booths, and a town hall on anti-bullying moderated by Univision Network news anchor María Elena Salinas. At a ribbon ... Read More
University’s Effort to Accelerate Latino Student Success Receives National Attention
The Encounter To Excellence (ETE) Program, or Encuentro Hacia El Exito, at California State University, Dominguez Hills was recognized for its work to accelerate Latino student success in higher education and–out of nearly 200 nationwide submissions from associate, baccalaureate, and graduate programs–was selected as a finalist for the 2012 Examples of ¡Excelencia! at the baccalaureate level by Excelencia in Education. “We were among the 16 that were recognized as clear examples in Excelencia,” said William Franklin, associate vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, and ETE program director. On behalf of CSU Dominguez Hills, Franklin, along with Paz Oliverez, ... Read More
In Memoriam: Joann Fenton
Joann Fenton, a former dean at California State University, Dominguez Hills, died of cancer in May 2012, Dateline Dominguez has learned. She was 75. Fenton joined the faculty of CSU Dominguez Hills in 1970 as a professor of anthropology, and in 1979 was named dean of the then School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She served in that position until 1987 when she moved to Pennsylvania to become the provost and vice president of academic affairs at Shippensburg University. After retirement in 2000, she moved to Green Valley, Arizona near Tucson. “Joann was a great friend and colleague, and I regret that her passing may be unknown to some members of the campus community,” wrote Dema ... Read More
ASI President Djeneba Myriam Coulibaly Makes Student Success her Business
As a well-traveled West Africa native who is fluent in French, five West African indigenous languages, and English, and with arguably the highest profile job a student can have on campus–president of Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) –it would seem Djeneba Myriam Coulibaly just stormed onto the scene at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Au contraire. Coulibaly, who was born in Abidjan, the economic and former official capital of Ivory Coast, was more than a little shy when she arrived at the CSU Dominguez Hills. “I was very, very introverted. You couldn't get a word out of me. When you talked to me I'd have my head down,” the senior business administration major ... Read More
