Before I die… “I want to make my family proud,” scribbled 19-year-old business major Chinaemerem Isika in chalk on the “Before I Die…” wall that has been erected on the east walkway outside California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Loker Student Union. “When I saw the 'Before I Die…' board I became very happy because I have so many more things I want to do before I die,” said Isika, a Nigerian national who has only been in the U.S. for seven months to go to college. “And one of the most important things I want to do is make my family very proud of me. They sent me here to America to study, so I need to make them proud when they see my grades and results. They'll be like ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: March 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 Rick Noyce, adjunct faculty in music and humanities, and his band Resonance Flute Consort were honored in February 2016 with the 'Best Ambient/Instrumental Album for 'Lights Camera Flutes' at the Ambient Music Awards. The Los Angeles-based organization is dedicated to recognizing excellence in music throughout the world and supporting musicians interested in receiving a higher degree of market exposure and ... Read More
Students in New Call Center Link Generations of Toros to Alma Mater
After only six months on the job, the students placing calls in the Toro Fund Call Center at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) are not only learning new skills and earning some cash, they are also reaching out to alumni eager to better connect with campus and a new generation of Toros. The Toro Fund Call Center is a comprehensive annual giving program developed and managed by CSUDH's Division of University Advancement (UA) and staffed by student “phonathon ambassadors.” The center reaches out to CSUDH's approximately 90,000 alumni to seek donations to create student scholarships and fund such projects as campus improvements and faculty research. Since the center opened ... Read More
Marco Vasquez Holds Court During UCLA Law Fellowship Program
When California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) political science major Marco Vasquez began the UCLA Law Fellows Program he felt like an underdog; that was until an in-class assignment was passed out. The prestigious program was launched by UCLA's School of Law Academic Outreach Resource Center to prepare “high-potential” undergraduate and graduate students for careers in law, increase the diversity of students in law school, and “demystify the law school experience.” The fellowship program's “introduction ceremony” in January 2016 was attended by mostly University of California students from such campuses as UCLA, UCI and UC Berkeley, as well as students from USC and a ... Read More
Miguel Rivera Shares Personal Tragedy, Teaches Youth to ‘Dream Big’
Miguel Rivera did not retain a lot of what was taught at the “Every 15 Minutes” event that he attended as a senior at Norwalk High School in 2009, but when he returned two years later he was far-better prepared. Such events takes place each year at high schools across the country. They feature gruesome, yet staged car accidents strewn with “injured” and “dead” students, and such reality checks as a Grim Reaper removing a student from a classroom every 15 minutes to die, corresponding to the frequency of teenage death in the U.S. due to drunk driving. Rivera, now a sociology and business administration double major at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and founder of ... Read More
