CSUDH In The News

Source: Press-Telegram Esports broke out at the Century Villages at Cabrillo last week, thanks to a group of college students from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Ruby, a 10-year-old who lives at Century Villages at Cabrillo, was among the players. She’s resident at the 27-acre permanent supportive housing community that is home to more than 1,500 people, including veterans, seniors and families with children who have all experienced homelessness. Children growing up at the Villages have the opportunity to participate in after-school programs, as well as summer enrichment programs, that help them succeed academically and socially. That effort offered something new on Thursday, July 22, ... Read More

Source: KTLA There are lots of different types of summer camps: some focus on sports, others focus on the arts or activities. At Fleming Middle School in Lomita, students are using the latest technology like iPads, iMovie and 3D printers to tackle environment issues like global warming. The camp is done in association with CSU Dominguez Hills, which works with Apple as part of their Community Education Initiative, which aims to bring coding and creativity to underserved communities. ... Read More

Source: Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine Community Engagement and Dialogues on Social Justice Through Art: CSUDH University Art Gallery and PRAXIS Program support Hispanic Artists California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is embedded in the South Los Angeles community, with a long history of reaching out to underserved populations. It is currently one of the most diverse public university campuses in the United States, and in 2020 it was ranked by Hispanic Outlook as one of the Top 100 Schools for Hispanic Students (25th rank for Bachelor’s Degrees and 54th rank for Master’s), as well as the 35th University with highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the nation. ... Read More

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

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