California State University, Dominguez Hills was well-represented at the 32nd Annual Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry (SCURCCB), hosted by Concordia University in Irvine, on April 12. A conference of the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society, SCURCCB gives undergraduate students in chemical sciences at universities in the southern California region an opportunity to not only present their own research, but sit in on posters and talks of their peers. Barbara Belmont, a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, required her research students to at this conference and later suggested it to other ... Read More
Women’s Conference: Students as Architects of Their Own Lives
By:Wyahee Tucrkile How do I build the life I want to build? How do I create the space around me to make that structure strong enough to withstand the things that it might need to withstand? As students and faculty from California State University, Dominguez Hills and local high schools including Fremont, Firebaugh, Crenshaw, and Lynwood High School, sat in a nearly packed Loker Student Union ballroom, speaker Tricia Rose challenged students with difficult questions for the university's first Women's Conference on March 7 titled “Students as Architects of Their Own Lives.” Hosted by the newly reopened Women's Resource Center, the conference kicked off Women's History Month with a ... Read More
Disabled Student Services Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary
The Office of Disabled Student Services (DSS) will be hosting a celebration in the Loker Student Union Ballroom on Wed., April 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. in honor of their 40 years of service on the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus. In addition to celebrating the 40th anniversary of DSS, the event will also recognize the students with disabilities graduating in May and professors who have been nominated by DSS students for being outstanding professors. Founded in 1974 by alumnus and emeritus director of student development Larry Gray (1970, B.A), DSS began with one staff position and two student assistants serving only 10 students. Today, the office staff has grown to ... Read More
Special Education Symposium Focuses on the Topic of Bullying
By:Wyahee Tucrkile Students in Special Education Post Induction (SPE 571) organized a Special Education Symposium on March 6 in the California State University, Dominguez Hills Loker Student Union Ballrooms. The symposium and panel discussion focused on the film “Bully” by Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen, and shed some light on the topic. Under the direction of Caron Mellblom-Nishioka, professor of special education, and Pat Murphy, adjunct faculty member in special education, the forum was part of the students' clear credential requirement to engage in and develop meaningful professional developmental activities. Hosted by special education graduate students, Anthony Jackson, a ... Read More
