California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been selected by American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to participate in its three-year “Re-Imagining the First Year of College”(RFY) project, a sweeping initiative aimed at transforming the first year of college to enhance students' success in their undergraduate years and in the 21st century workforce. “CSUDH is pleased and excited to be among only 44 universities selected across the nation to be part of AASCU's Re-Imagining the First Year of College,” said Ellen Junn, CSUDH provost and vice president of academic affairs. “Our campus has been very proactive in implementing a range of new initiatives for ... Read More
Walter Mosley is 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Guest Author
To continue its year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Watts Rebellion, California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomes best-selling novelist and Los Angeles native Walter Mosley as the 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Series guest speaker on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Loker Student Union ballroom. The author of more than 40 books ranging from crime novels to political essays, Mosley is considered one the most versatile and prolific writers in the United States today. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mosley is best known for his mystery series featuring ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Ranked Nationally for Value-Add to Graduates
An education from California State University, Dominguez Hills results in greater upward mobility gains for its graduates, according to new rankings by The Economist magazine and The Brookings Institution. The Economist's rankings included 1,275 four-year, non-vocational colleges and were derived by analyzing the difference between expected earnings–as predicted from such variables as SAT scores, sex, race, college size, Pell eligibility and courses studied– to the Department of Education College Scorecard data of the actual median income of financial aid students 10 years after graduation. The Brookings Institution's report analyzed 1,666 four-year colleges to produce its value-added ... Read More
Photos: STEM in Education Conference
More than 350 educators, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals and nonprofit organizations, CSUDH math, science and teacher education majors, and high school students attended the 2015 STEM in Education Conference put on by the university's Center for Innovation in STEM Education on Saturday, Oct. 24. ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: September 2015
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, wrote a book review on "Syria: A Decade of Lost Chances" for International Journal of World Peace (March 2015, 32(1): 104). Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art and design, was a visiting artist at the International Painters' Symposium in Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, where she gave presentation on her work, "The Science of Art as a ... Read More
