After an extensive nationwide search, California State University, Dominguez Hills President Mildred García has announced the selection of Ramon Torrecilha as the university's provost and vice president for academic affairs. He will begin the position on February 20. “I am pleased that Dr. Torrecilha will be joining the CSU Dominguez Hills community as its provost and vice president for academic affairs,” said García. “Dr. Torrecilha brings with him a wealth of experience and a strong track record of working collaboratively across divisions and in the external community to develop innovative programs that benefit students. He is a respected professional in the field of higher education, ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Awarded Department of Education Grant to Help LAUSD Students GEAR UP for College
National statistics show that only 55 percent of students from low-income families go on to college from high school compared to 84 percent among high-income families, with the Los Angeles region mirroring that trend. California State University, Dominguez Hills will work toward shrinking the gap locally thanks to a grant from the United States Department of Education. CSU Dominguez Hills has been awarded the first year of a nearly $3.6 million, seven-year Department of Education Gaining Early Access Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) grant designed to expand college preparatory resources for students from low-income families. The university is partnering with the ... Read More
Eric Myles: Studio Art Alumnus Leads Program for Intellectually Disabled
Eric Myles (Class of '87, B.S., studio art) once painted in the oversized scale needed for billboards. Today, he makes a larger-than-life mark on the intellectually disabled as program manager of the South Los Angeles art center of the Exceptional Children's Foundation (ECF). Myles's work is currently featured in the exhibit, "I Have the Right," now on view at the PICTURE Cultural Art space on the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus through Summer 2012. His charcoal drawings, "Zapata" and "Freedom" incorporate meticulously rendered images with freeform paper collage. He says that he has recently begun to utilize this style because of "a fragmentation of time." "I ... Read More
Annual Latinas Juntas Celebrates Mentorship and Support for Students
Whether they were first-time participants at Latinas Juntas or returning for another year, Latinas of the CSU Dominguez Hills campus community found strength in their experiences with one another at the annual event, which took place in the Loker Student Union on Dec. 2. Through conversations and group exercises, the day-long conference provides support, mentorship, and a social setting for Latina students to realize that they are not alone in their struggles - cultural and otherwise - toward achieving a higher education. Monica Rosas-Baines and Denna Sanchez, psychologists in Student Health & Psychological Services, created Latinas Juntas eight years ago in order to directly ... Read More
Doris Okada (1937- 2011): Professor Helped Build Special Education Programs at University
Doris Okada, emeritus professor of special education, died on Nov. 28 of complications from atypical Parkinson's disease. Her career at California State University, Dominguez Hills included service as a faculty member from 1975 to 2003, a stent as chair of the Graduate Education Division and coordinator of special education programs, and founder of the university's Infant Toddler Development Center (ITC) for children with special needs, where she was serving as director until shortly before her death. She was awarded the Lyle Gibson Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987; the CSUDH Disabled Student Services Award in 1984 and 1987; and the Distinguished Public Service Award in 1985. She also ... Read More
