California State University, Dominguez Hills senior studio arts students Luis Avalos and Marco Cabrera, along with assistant professor of ceramic arts Jim Keville, have been selected to exhibit their ceramic art work at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona. The exhibit “KilnOpening.edu 2012,” which showcases ceramic works of Southern California instructors and their students, opened with an artist's reception on April 14, and will continue through June 30. For the selection process each student was allowed to submit one piece and each ceramics professor could submit up to three pieces. The pieces submitted by Avalos and Cabrera (whose entry is actually a pairing of two ... Read More
National Military Award Recognizes University ROTC Instructor
“Leadership Excellence” is an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) motto and one that Major Heath Papkov, assistant professor of military science at California State University, Dominguez Hills, lives by. In an affirmation of this, in February Papkov was given the 2011-12 Colonel Leo A. Codd Memorial Award. Presented to one outstanding ROTC instructor from each military branch of service –Army, Navy, and Air Force–the award is also known as the ROTC Instructor of the Year Award. Army nominees must hold the rank of lieutenant commander, major, or below, and are evaluated on such criteria as their teaching performance (including evaluations by students), counseling abilities, civilian ... Read More
Toro Night with LA Galaxy: Student Interns Put Their Degrees to the Test
Estevan Hernandez and Kishore Ramlagan are taking the ultimate test toward their business management and marketing degrees. Selected for a unique collaborative internship program between The Home Depot Center, the LA Galaxy, and the California State University, Dominguez Hills College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Hernandez and Ramlagan are putting into action the many lessons and concepts they've learned in their business classes to get as many Toros as they can to buy tickets to an LA Galaxy Major League Soccer game. The “Toro Night” game is on Saturday, April 28, against FC Dallas. Using phrases such as “target marketing” and “SWOT analysis” –SWOT stands for ... Read More
Ramon Torrecilha: Meet the Provost
Bringing with him more than a decade of university administration experience and a life's story that illustrates what a dream and a college education can do for an individual, Ramon Torrecilha became California State University, Dominguez Hills's new provost and vice president for academic affairs on Feb. 20. Born in Brazil to a Puerto Rican father and Brazilian mother, Torrecilha spent much of his youth at a state school for poor children, where he took classes in the morning and worked in the fields in the afternoon. When he moved to the United States at the age of 17, he once again worked the fields, this time picking fruit in an orchard in the state of Washington. But Torrecilha ... Read More
French Film Festival at CSU Dominguez Hills Explores Cultural Diversity
Five French films will be showcased over five days in April at California State University, Dominguez Hills when the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Tournées Festival of French Films comes to campus. Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Phi Alpha Theta history honors society, the 2012 Tournées Festival at CSU Dominguez Hills will screen the following films (with English subtitles): “Persepolis,” Wed., April 4; “L'avocat de la terreur” (“Terror's Advocate”), Tues., April 10; “Le chant des mariées” (“The Wedding Song”), Wed., April 11; “Entre les murs” (“The Class”), Tues., April 17; and “Welcome,” Wed., April 18. Adrien Sarre, executive director of the Consulate ... Read More
