The Toyota USA Foundation is giving Cal State Dominguez Hills $4 million to build a science center focused on preparing students for careers in technology, engineering and math. The Toyota Center for Innovation in STEM Education will include a fabrication lab, high-tech classrooms, collaborative workspaces and labs for K-12 teacher training, according to a joint announcement this week. Groundbreaking is scheduled for next fall ... (more, Los Angeles Times) ... Read More
CSUDH In The News
Hermosa Beach Resident Awarded Rotary Peace Fellowship
Hermosa Beach's Scott Martin is heading to Thailand in January after being awarded the 2017 Rotary Peace Fellowship. He will be studying in the Rotary Peace Centers program at Chulalongkorn University, where he will receive training in peace and conflict resolution. The Rotary Foundation's goal is to “advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.” Martin already has extensive peace and conflict resolution training and has been a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International, which focuses on building local skills for peace and meditation, for years and has traveled to numerous countries to ... Read More
Daily Breeze: Tech, Aerospace, NFL Driving the South Bay Economy, Study Says
South Bay workers are better paid and more educated than workers overall in Los Angeles County, but they also suffer from a stifled housing market, according to a new review and forecast of local business trends. The second annual South Bay Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook report was released Thursday at a Cal State Dominguez Hills conference with local business and civic leaders. The study, commissioned by the university's Economics Institute, was compiled by Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics. The report found the region is economically stable, with steady growth, and is well-positioned for a boom with coming major developments such as the Los Angeles Rams stadium in Inglewood ... Read More
Digital Media Arts students produce PSAs for City of Los Angeles
Looking for a way to produce four professional, high-quality public service announcements (PSA) without the high cost usually charged by industry professionals, the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks turned to California State University, Dominguez Hills' Digital Media Arts (DMA) Department and got a great price–free. The city pitched the PSA project to seniors in the DMA 346 Client-Based Production Workshop, the third and final course in a three-semester sequence required for the DMA Television Arts degree option. This course is one reason the DMA program has proven popular among local industry, non-profits and city agencies, as well as groups on campus that–along ... Read More
O&P Program assists in project to give 3-D printed hand to young girl
The Orthothics and Prosthetics program at CSUDH received local and national attention recently for the role it played in giving a local 7-year-old girl a prosthetic hand through 3D print technology. The project was led by the nonprofit e-NABLE in partnership with Built-It, a do-it-yourself 3-D printing workspace. O&P instructor Mark Muller consulted on the case and helped custom fit the 3-D printed arm with a silicone insert. Video from My50 Chicago Television coverage of the story featuring Mark Muller A sampling of other media coverage: 7-year-old Lakewood girl gets a new 'robohand' through 3-D printing technology -- Press-Telegram/Daily Breeze 3-D printer provides ... Read More
