Source: Daily Breeze For the first time since becoming the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass stopped by her alma mater, Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, Wednesday, to share some words of wisdom with an audience made up of students, faculty, staff and community members. The conversation, led by CSUDH President Thomas Parham, touched upon several issues, including homelessness, education and international politics, but its main focus was leadership and civic engagement. “One of the most important things at this stage of my life that I can do is to contribute and support and prepare that next generation,” Bass said. Born and raised in Los ... Read More
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L.A. Times: Earning a Master’s Degree in Prison Now Possible in ‘Groundbreaking’ California Program
Source: Los Angeles Times IONE, Calif. — Decades ago as a little boy growing up in Santa Rosa, Luke Scott made a pledge to his mom that he would graduate from college one day. Despite being sentenced to life in prison for murder without the possibility of parole in 1988, Scott kept his promise. Scott, 60, earned his first of eight associate’s degrees from Coastline Community College in 2010 while at Salinas Valley State Prison. His mother kept a copy of his first degree hanging on the wall so she could boast of her son’s accomplishments. Twelve years later, long after his mother died in 2011, Scott went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in communications from Sacramento State while ... Read More
KABC 790: Mottek on Money Interview with CSUDH Economics Institute
Source: KABC 790 On the day of the 2023 South Bay Economic Forecast, Frank Mottek broadcast his program from CSUDH and interviewed the South Bay Economics Institute (from 26:34). Listen to the broadcast below: ... Read More
Daily Breeze: South Bay Economy Will Continue Thriving Despite Challenges, CSUDH Economists Say
Source: Daily Breeze While unemployment is expected to increase moderately in the next two years, the South Bay’s economy is will continue weathering challenges and growing, thanks to hyperinflation flattening, the region’s innovative industries and a strong overall labor market. That is according to researchers and economists at Cal State Dominguez Hills, who presented their findings during the ninth annual South Bay Economic Forecast conference this week. “Somehow, the economy keeps performing well,” Fynnwin Prager, co-director of the university’s South Bay Economics Institute, said during the Thursday, Oct. 26, conference. “That is in spite of really high inflation last ... Read More
L.A. Sentinel: Partnership Launched to Put More Compton Trainees into Medical Professions
Source: L.A. Sentinel Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) joined partners at California State University, Dominguez Hills – including the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Compton College, Compton Unified School District, CSUDH, Kedren Health, and St. Johns Community Health – to officially sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the Compton Community Health Professions Partnership (CCHPP). The CCHPP commits resources from stakeholders across the community towards a vertical integration along the health professions pipeline. Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) joined partners at California State University, Dominguez Hills – including the Charles R. Drew ... Read More