Visibly moved by the beat as they bobbed their heads and tapped their toes, audience members were transported back to the jazz age during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Steinway by Starlight concert held on June 11 in the University Theatre. The second such concert in the past year, Steinway by Starlight is a direct result of CSUDH being an All-Steinway School. Wishing to replace its aging inventory of practice and performance pianos and raise the profile of its music program, the CSUDH Department of Music purchased 21 Steinway instruments in 2014 and sought the prestigious designation by Steinway & Sons. As an All-Steinway School, CSUDH is able to invite world ... Read More
Geography Students Awarded for Coyote Tracking Project
A spring 2015 internship for credit was a walk in the park, or a nature reserve, for California State University, Dominguez Hills students Alex Lepicier and J.J. Baraja, whose findings on those walks turned into a research project that won them a monetary award at the Southern California Academy of Sciences annual meeting in May. As volunteers for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Citizen Science Wildlife Tracking Team, the students were trained and assigned a hiking trail that they monitored weekly for animal tracks and scat. They would photograph, examine and report back what they found to the conversancy's steward associate in research, Ann Dalkey, who ran the program. “Alex ... Read More
[VIDEO] Teatro Dominguez: The Best Kept Secret at CSUDH
It might be uncommon to see second and third grade students volunteer to pick up trash, but that is exactly what has happened during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Teatro Dominguez community-based theater troupe performances at local elementary schools this semester. When the college student actors– in character as a coyote, an aardvark, a sea cucumber and other sea, land and sky animals–ask the young audience for volunteers, the children nearly launch from their seats with excitement, eager to save the environment with a quick demonstration on how they can help keep Earth clean. This semester, students enrolled in THE339: Multicultural Children's Theatre are ... Read More
Denver Alumni Mixer Photos
Over 120 CSU alumni and friends in the Denver area came together for a networking and social reception at the University Club of Denver. Visit the photo gallery. ... Read More
Alumni Class Notes, October 2014
Andy Perez (B.A. '99) has been appointed to the City of Long Beach's Planning Commission. Andy is currently employed by Union Pacific Railroad as director of port affairs for the Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland. He is active in the Long Beach community, having served on the Boards of Directors for Long Beach Boys and Girls Clubs and the Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of Mayor Robert Garcia's Transition Team. Nina Richardson (B.A. '06) has been appointed to the City of Long Beach's Commission on Youth and Children. Nina is a higher education professional and candidate for a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership at the University of Southern ... Read More
