Source: CalMatters Listen to an interview of article author Marisa Martinez on KCRW's Press Play. Growing up as the youngest child of four, Fernando Gomez would often pass the time by watching his two older brothers play the video games Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy while sitting cross-legged on his brother's bed. Gaming “kind of brought us together,” Gomez said. It also inspired him to create San Francisco State University's first student-run esports program as an undergrad – experience he parlayed into a post-grad job as the digital content coordinator for the Portland Trailblazers. “That experience is 100% why I'm here today, doing what I do now,” Gomez ... Read More
CSUDH In The News
California State University campuses in Los Angeles County awarded grants to increase transfers
Source: EdSource A new initiative aims to increase the number of students transferring from community colleges in Los Angeles County to two of the county's California State University campuses. A coalition of nonprofit organizations, called the Los Angeles Postsecondary Education Funders Collaborative, announced Thursday that they will award $550,000 in grants to CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Northridge, with the goal of helping more students transfer to those campuses from eight community colleges in the county. Of that grant money, $300,000 will go to Northridge and $250,000 to Dominguez Hills. With five CSU campuses and 21 community colleges in LA County, students often encounter ... Read More
Daily Breeze: CSUDH Student Makes History as One of the Oldest Graduates with a Double Major
Source: Daily Breeze It's never too late to receive an education, and one Cal State Dominguez Hills graduate set out to prove that. During the first day of the school's commencement ceremonies earlier this week, Maria Manning, a double major in liberal studies and Spanish public services, was among the students from the 2020 and 2021 classes to receive their diplomas at Dignity Health Sports Park. Manning did so at 88 years old – making her one of the oldest students in the Cal State University System to graduate with a double major. But her road to success faced many setbacks along the way. Manning, originally from the Cape Verde islands in West Africa, immigrated to America ... Read More
Daily Breeze: Cal State Dominguez Hills Earns $1.18 Million for Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Source : Daily Breeze CARSON – Cal State Dominguez Hills has received more than $1.18 million in performance payments for its successful efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, school officials said Wednesday. The payments come from the Clean Energy Optimization Pilot, a four-year, $20 million effort administered by Southern California Edison. The program was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission and launched by SCE in July 2019. It gives participating California State University and University of California campuses performance payments to identify and apply sustainable actions to reduce the release of greenhouse gases. Along with CSUDH, Cal Poly Pomona ... Read More
L.A. Sentinel: CSUDH Welcomes Partnership with Artist Toni Scott
Source: Los Angeles Sentinel On Wednesday, November 18, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Thomas A. Parham hosted Consequential Conversations: A Dialogue with mixed media visual artist, Toni Scott. The virtual conversation launches a strategic creative partnership between Scott and CSUDH exploring her artistic background, influences, and plans for upcoming projects. “In our quest to become a model urban university, CSUDH is positioning itself as the source for culturally rich and currently relevant information which the arts help us achieve through the visual expressions and renderings by the artists themselves,” stated Parham. “This new CSUDH-Toni Scott ... Read More
