(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) production of Jean Paul Sartre's 1944 existentialist play “No Exit” explores how human interaction can reveal who people truly are and the debt they owe to themselves because of it. The show opens March 1 at 8 p.m. and will run multiple dates through March 17 in the CSUDH Edison Theatre. “No Exit” is set in the afterlife, where two women and one man are sentenced to live together for eternity. They are forced to face their earthly misdeeds and discover the true meaning of Hell. There is no torturer or fire and brimstone. There is only their own guilt to punish them. It is in“No Exit” that Sartre coined the phrase, ... Read More
CSUDH Hosts Ensemble Concert by LA-based Brightwork newmusic
Brightwork newmusic ensemble(Carson, Calif.) “Lost and Found . . . again,” a free concert at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) performed by the Brightwork newmusic ensemble, musically explores what it means to be “lost over and over again, only to be found, albeit for a fleeting moment.” The concert will take place on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in CSUDH's newly renovated Marvin Laser Recital Hall, located in LaCorte Hall, room A103. What: Brightwork newmusic ensemble concert “Lost and Found . . . again” When: Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. Where: Marvin Laser Recital Hall, room A103 in LaCorte Hall at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Information: The ... Read More
University Inaugurates Thomas A. Parham as 11th President
Words of admiration and promise filled the Loker Student Union Grand Ballroom as California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) celebrated the investiture of President Thomas A. Parham on Feb. 8. The afternoon ceremony was attended by nearly 450 faculty, staff, students, political figures, and notable community member. Parham delivered his inaugural address after being formally installed as president by California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy P. White and CSU Board of Trustee Chair Adam Day. He reflected on the power of higher education in society, and CSUDH's role, in particular, in helping shape the lives of the students and the communities it serves. “The ... Read More
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Talks Environmental Protections for Low-Income Residents During Lecture Series
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra frequently used Mother Nature as a powerful metaphor for protecting the planet and securing the environmental protections critical to residents as the featured speaker during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series on Feb. 7. CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham created the once-a-semester Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series as a way to engage the campus and surrounding community in thought-provoking discussions on some of society's most pressing issues. Themed “Fighting for a Sustainable Future and Healthy Communities,” the spring lecture was one of several events that marked Parham's ... Read More
Sarah Taylor’s Book ‘On Being Maya and Getting By’ Highlights Economic Ingenuity of Indigenous Villagers
After the ancient city of Ek' Balam–with its remarkably well preserved Maya sculptures–was unearthed on the Yucatán Peninsula in the late 1980s, the Mexican government gave control of the site to local indigenous villagers to create an authentic Maya tourist destination, and in the process, improve their overall prosperity. Sarah R. Taylor, assistant professor of anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has been researching the Ek' Balam's community-based economic development project since 2004 and the effects tourism and growth have had on the rural Maya village. She has chronicled her findings in her new book, On Being Maya and Getting By: Heritage ... Read More
