In a Sunday church sermon and with characteristic boldness, the current vice chancellor of UCI and future president of Cal State Dominguez Hills made his ambition clear. Thomas Parham, who will take the reins of CSUDH next month, vowed to transform the university into “a destination campus, not a default campus.” Parham went on to declare he plans to turn 1.9 grade average students into students with 2.5 grade averages, to build 3.6 students into PhDs. If it sounds like the same old rhetoric, it's not. Parham was like no other vice chancellor at UCI and it's certain he won't be like any other public university president when he leads at Cal State Dominguez Hills. How's this ... Read More
Graduate Tiffany Hall Finds an Angel in Uniform
There was a time when Tiffany Hall did all she could to avoid Long Beach Police Officer Jim Foster, even frantically knocking on the door of a stranger's home pleading “Help me, the police are coming. Can I go out your back door?” She got away, that time. Run-ins with Foster were the norm for Hall in the early 2000s when she was on the streets and addicted to crack cocaine and PCP, but the usual outcome placed her in handcuffs cursing and pleading to be released from the back of his cruiser on the way to the police station. Clean for nine years, Hall was greeted by Lieutenant Foster on May 18 not with cuffs, but with a hug. After shaking the hand of California State University, ... Read More
Kids Conference Puts STEM into Action for Inner-City Youth
What: “STEM in Action: A Kids Conference” When: Thursday, May 31, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: California State University, Dominguez Hills' North Lawn. The university is located at 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747. Click here for directions and a printable campus map. Summary: California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) 4th Annual “STEM in Action: A Kids Conference” on May 31 will provide close to 1,000 inner-city students the opportunity to participate in hands-on interactive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities that will help inspire them to become lifelong learners. Designed around the theme, “Outer Space: A Mission to STEMIA 2018,” ... Read More
Mayor Garcetti Speaks to Largest Graduating Class in CSUDH History
Enjoying the mild early June gloom temperature during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) 2018 commencement May 18 and 19, more than 39,000 loud and proud family and friends cheered on the Class of 2018–the largest in university history–as they made their way to the stage in the StubHub Center Soccer Stadium. There to congratulate and take photographs with the graduates were Michael Spagna, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at CSUDH, and Willie J. Hagan who led his final commencement as the university's 10th president, and marked the beginning of his retirement after 22 years of service in the California State University system. During his remarks, ... Read More
Hamoud Salhi Adresses Relocation of the Embassy in Jerusalem on CCTN
 CGTN's Elaine Reyes spoke to Hamoud Salhi about the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Salhi is interim dean of undergraduate studies and a professor of political science at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Source: EBL News ... Read More
