Hanging around professional soccer players, preparing commemorative shirts for the LA Galaxy's season opener, helping coordinate children on the field before a game, and getting paid to boot–it's all in a day's work for Jason Loyola, a marketing major at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Well, at least during the spring 2016 semester. Loyola and fellow CSUDH marking student Victor McGinnis have been working at the StubHub Center located on campus as this year's LA Galaxy/StubHub Center sales and marketing interns. “I love meeting and walking alongside world-class soccer players like [the LA Galaxy's] Steven Gerrard and Giovanni Dos Santos,” said Loyola, a 25-year-old ... Read More
Toro Forensics Team Grabs Top Honors at PSCFA Conference
Shrewd persuasiveness, incisive interpretation, and keen critical thinking helped California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Toro Forensics Team achieve two top honors during the 2016 Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association Cool-Off Tournament on April 23-24 at Saddleback College. More than 150 students from 25 colleges across California and Arizona competed in the conference, including such regional campuses as CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, and Biola University. “The Saddleback College Forensics tournament is one of many over the last decade where our Toros have earned top public speaking and acting awards,” said Donis Leonard, professor of theatre and speech, ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: April 2016
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. College of Arts and Humanities Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, presented her book “Demonic to Divine: The Double Life of Shulamis Yelin” (Vehicule Press, 2015), which deals with creativity and mental illness, at the Center for Environmental Studies conference. Additionally, on April 30 she will be doing a book signing and discussion at the Mystic Journey Bookstore in Venice, Calif., from 2 to 4 ... Read More
Peace Pole Installation Marks End to Watts Rebellion Commemoration
As a symbol of inspiration, awakening, and the vital role California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) plays in the communities it serves, the university installed a peace pole on April 26 in the Sculpture Garden during the campus's annual Unity Fest celebration. The peace pole's unveiling and dedication marked the end to the university's year-long 50th Anniversary Watts Rebellion Commemoration. The CSUDH peace pole is a six-sided, hand-crafted monument engraved with the message and prayer “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” It is one of tens-of-thousands of peace poles in 180 countries around the world erected to remind passersby to “visualize and pray for world peace.” It is also an ... Read More
Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus Delves into ‘The Fiction of Memory’
The Social Justice Distinguished Speaker Series, co-founded by Shari R. Berkowitz and Jennifer Sumner, assistant professors in Criminal Justice Administration at the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), is delving deep into miscarriages of justice in the criminal justice system by hosting two nationally recognized experts. Steven Drizin, clinical professor of law and assistant dean of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, will speak about juvenile false confessions on May 2 on the fifth floor of the University Library South Wing. Drizin is the post-conviction attorney for Brendan Dassey. Dassey's case has drawn international attention due ... Read More
