The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has awarded a $3 million grant to CSUDH to help establish a Health Professions Pathway Program in the College of Health, Human Services and Nursing (CHHSN). The program is designed to support and encourage students from underrepresented regions and backgrounds to pursue health care careers. “HCAI is pleased to provide this financial support for pipeline programs, internships, and fellowships that will open the door to needed health care professions for students, and in turn help the state create a more diverse health care workforce,” said HCAI Director Elizabeth Landsberg. CHHSN Dean Mi-Sook Kim ... Read More
Daily Breeze: With Karen Bass, Rex Richardson Mayor-Elects, CSUDH Counts 5 LA County Mayors as Alumni
Source: Daily Breeze When Karen Bass and Rex Richardson are sworn in as the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach, respectively, Cal State Dominguez Hills, near Carson, will have something particularly special to boast about: Five alumni will serve as mayors in LA County. Bass will soon make history as the first female mayor of America's second-largest city and Richardson will pave the way as Long Beach's first Black mayor. They join the ranks of fellow alumni - affectionately known as the 'Toros' - Carson Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes, Hawthorne Mayor Alex Vargas and Compton Mayor Emma Sharif. If that wasn't impressive enough, the state senator and assemblymember for the districts ... Read More
College of Education Awarded $2.57 Million Grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the College of Education a five-year, $2.571 million grant in support of Project MEDALLA (Multilingual Educator Development Advancing Language Learning Achievement/Activism), which aims to create a network of certified bilingual educators in the greater Los Angeles area. Until the 2016 passing of the Multilingual Education Act in California, English immersion classes had been required for English learners in the state. Now, by law, schools must provide dual language programs if requested by enough parents. Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented more than 200 of these programs since 2016, but demand continues to ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: November 2022
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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu. Academic Affairs Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Ken O'Donnell became editor-in-chief of Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, a journal relating to high-impact educational practices and published in collaboration with the Society for Experiential Education. As editor-in-chief, O'Donnell appointed Associate Professor in Graduate Education Kitty ... Read More
L.A. Sentinel: CSU Dominguez Hills Names Eric McCurdy AVP/Director of Athletics
Source: L.A. Sentinel Cal State University - Dominguez Hills has named former Seattle Public Schools Athletic Director Eric McCurdy as the new Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics. His appointment makes McCurdy the 11th athletic director in the university's 53-year history. McCurdy will oversee Toro athletics department, which currently fields 10 different teams (four men's and six women's) competing at the NCAA Division II level. Dominguez Hills competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), the most prominent Division II conference in the nation with 154 NCAA National Championships. “We are ... Read More