As the Chemical Hygiene Officer for the CSUDH Environmental Health and Safety Department, Ricardo Magallanes is responsible for making sure that students, faculty, and staff are safe while on campus and working with chemicals. This can mean everything from working with administrators to develop good hygiene policies to maintaining accurate inventories of the chemicals that are stored here. To that end, he says he spends most of his days “going through emails, conducting lab inspections, leading a variety of safety training events, reviewing CSUDH safety programs–and going to lots of meetings.” Magallanes has been at CSUDH for three years, and is proud of the work he's done building up and ... Read More
Toro Community Celebrates Homecoming 2023
Hundreds of CSUDH alumni from throughout the state descended on the campus during Homecoming 2023, enjoying a week-long slate of activities and opportunities to connect with old friends. The event kicked off with an opening ceremony in front of the Leo F. Cain. University Library, and culminated on Saturday, Feb. 18, with an outdoor brunch, games and activities on the North Lawn, and a pair of basketball games at the Torodome. At Monday's opening ceremony, several speakers got the event rolling by describing their pride at attending CSUDH and happiness at seeing the campus growing and thriving. Former mayor of Lynwood and current Alumni Advisory Council President José Solache was in ... Read More
Toro Alumna Named California Teacher of the Year
CSUDH alumna Bridgette Donald-Blue never intended to have a career in teaching. When the Florida native completed her bachelor's degree in English at Howard University in Washington, DC, she planned to go on to law school. The words of a favorite professor echoed in her ears, though. “I remember he said, 'I know all of you are going to do amazing things, but I don't want you to just write a check. I want you to be involved and affect change.'” Taking those words to heart, Donald-Blue decided to postpone law school for two years and committed to spend that time in the Teach for America program. The nationwide program fights educational inequality, signing up engaged citizens from across ... Read More
Toro Baseball Aiming for Consistent Success
After a successful post-season run in 2022, CSUDH head baseball coach Tyler Wright has one main goal for the program entering the 2023 season. “Consistently being in the mix for a conference championship is the next step for us as a program.” “Our goal is to make this three years in a row in which we are a competitive, top team in the in the conference,” he continues. “We're looking to compete for a conference championship and a conference tournament each and every year going forward.” Competing in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), one of the top Division II conferences in the nation, doesn't come easy. But Wright is confident that he has the team to do it. 2022 ... Read More
New Student Success Centers Open Their Doors
Students looking for academic advising or other support now have a new place to go on campus–five new places, in fact. CSUDH advising options that used to be centered in the University Advisement Center (UAC) are now divided up among the five colleges, with new Student Success Centers opening their doors for the Winter 2023 semester. “These new centers are meant to be extremely collaborative, and have a focus on holistic student support,” says Andrew Drummond, associate vice president for academic advising and career development. “Our new model recognizes that it takes the whole campus to support the whole student. We've created centers that bring multiple different offices together to ... Read More