Three California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) faculty members were honored for their excellence in teaching, outstanding achievement and the creative ways they engage students during the 2015 Annual Faculty Awards Reception on March 26. All three faculty and 40 of their colleagues were also recognized for a combined total of 500 years of service to the university. The recipients and their years of service are listed below. The reception was emceed by Ellen Junn, CSUDH provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, who began the evening by calling the award recipients “the soul of our university.” “Every accomplishment we enjoy would not take place were if not for ... Read More
CSUDH agreements offer students early admission to Caribbean medical schools
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) now guarantees that qualified students who want to earn Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees can gain early admission to the American University of Antigua (AUA) or St. George's University (SGU) in Grenada. CSUDH recently signed memorandums of understandings (MOU) with the two West Indies universities to establish early admission programs (EAP). Designed primarily for pre-health students at CSUDH, the programs are also open to any students, regardless of major, who earn the required prerequisites, according to Thomas Landefeld, professor of biology and pre-health adviser in CSUDH's Department of Biology and faculty adviser to ... Read More
STEM teachers in training celebrates Pi Day with Gage Middle School
The California STEM Institute for Innovation & Improvement (CSI3), an institute within the Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) at California State University, Dominguez Hills, celebrated the "Ultimate Pi Day" at Gage Middle School in Huntington Park this past Saturday by hosting its inaugural Pi Day Olympics. Celebrated every March 14, Pi Day was especially significant in 2015 because the date combined with a particular hour, minute and second –3.14.15, 9:26:53 a.m. – correlated to the first 10 digits of the most infamous mathematical constant, known as pi (Ï€). “CSUDH CSI3 faculty, staff, and teacher candidates treated the kids to a wonderful STEM experience through the ... Read More
CSUDH business students help prepare SoCal ROC students for the workforce
Business management students from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) conducted mock job interview sessions to learn essential management techniques, while helping students enrolled at the Southern California Regional Occupational Center (SoCal ROC) gain real-world interview skills to compete in today's competitive workforce. The SoCal ROC Service Learning Project took place on March 2, and included approximately 70 CSUDH students and local business professionals leading practice interviews with as many as 400 high school and other students studying a variety of occupations, from dental assistant and physical therapy aide, to welder and automobile mechanic. “The ... Read More
Alumnus Steffan Tubbs has a nose for news and ‘voice’ for U.S. soldiers, farmers
Armed with only a small recorder as an embedded reporter with a U.S. Army convoy in Taji, Iraq in 2006, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumnus and reporter Steffan Tubbs felt even more vulnerable when his Humvee approached a bridge. The convoy, which was transporting Tubbs and soldiers from the Army's 4th Infantry Division, drove over the bridge without incident; however, it was later discovered that the structure had been wired with an improvised explosive device (IED) when they crossed. “All you can do is wonder, 'Why didn't we hit that?'” said Tubbs (2009, M.A., humanities). Two weeks later, while back home in Colorado, Tubbs' memory of that convoy ... Read More
