(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been selected as one of two California State University (CSU) campuses in a new Clean Energy Optimization Pilot in partnership between Southern California Edison (SCE) and the CSU and University of California (UC) systems. On April 25, the California Public Utilities Commission approved the four-year, $20 million pilot program that gives financial incentives to the CSU and UC to identify and apply sustainable actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. CSUDH and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona will join five UC campuses and medical centers on the performance-based GHG reduction program. “This ... Read More
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‘Unfinished Proof Ninomiya’ Chronicles Three Generations of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles
(Carson, CA) – The University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) presents “Unfinished Proof Ninomiya,” a collection of images that represent a year’s worth of research by Los Angeles artist Alan Nakagawa of the vast Ninomiya Photography Studio Collection at CSUDH. The exhibit runs in the University Art Gallery from May 8 to Sept 18, Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment only. Admission is free. “Unfinished Proof Ninomiya” is the culmination of Nakagawa's residency with CSUDH's PRAXIS Studio combing through more than 100,000 prints and negatives in Ninomiya Photo Studio Archive, which was donated for preservation to CSUDH’s Donald R. ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: April 2019
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 Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies Teodross Avery has released "After the Rain : A Night for Coltrane," a jazz album celebrating the music of John Coltrane. Avery has performed and collaborated with such internationally celebrated performers as Aretha Franklin, Betty Carter, Lauryn Hill, and Amy Winehouse. Assistant Professor of Art Devon Tsuno will serve as juror for the College of the Canyons Art ... Read More
Grit and Experience Drive Graduate Joe Taylor’s Success
Joe Taylor has an unusual plan for the next phase of his life, which starts this summer after he graduates with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). He plans to retire. Students Taylor’s age—he is 71 years old—typically have unique reasons for putting in the time and dealing with the inherent challenges of earning a college degree later in life, but career advancement isn’t often one of them. For Taylor, he had something to prove to himself, and a promise to fulfill to his twin 19-year-old granddaughters. “My granddaughters were applying at universities. One night when we were sitting at the table talking about their ... Read More
Graduate Illen Barrios Draws Strength from Unimaginable Loss
Illen Barrios may not hear her mother among the thousands of family and friends cheering on graduates at California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) 2019 Commencement Ceremony on May 18, but knowing her mother will be there, and that she is proud of her, is all Barrios really wants. Strength is a dominant trait among the women in Barrios’ family. For her mother, her children’s education was always a high priority, and one of the reasons she left her home and family in the Philippines for a job as a nanny in Saudi Arabia when Barrios was just 2 years old—to earn money for her children’s schooling. Tragically, the job was a lie, and Barrio’s mother was forced into domestic ... Read More
