At a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 3, CSUDH heralded four multimillion-dollar capital projects that will transform the campus and serve students, faculty, and staff for decades to come. They are: the new Affordable Student Housing and Dining Commons, the new Health, Wellness & Recreation Center, the new Orthotics & Prosthetics Center, and an augmented power grid to facilitate campus growth. Together, these facilities total $228 million. They represent a major milestone for the university, which only three years ago celebrated the opening of three new buildings totaling more than $200 million. “Today signifies another step in our journey of transformation for CSUDH—not just ... Read More
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Field Work Gives Toros Hands-On Training in Water Resource Management
About 2,600 miles of rivers and streams run through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in Northern California. These waterways provide irrigation to the fertile San Joaquin Valley, whose agricultural production, including food manufacturing and wineries, generated more than $4 billion in 2023. These waterways also serve as the perfect outdoor classroom to train the next generation of water resource managers, environmental scientists, and others who will help California better manage one of its most precious natural resources. Every two years, John Keyantash, professor and chair of the Department of Earth Science and Geography at CSUDH, leads field work here and elsewhere in the ... Read More
Toro Paralympian Seeks Gold in the City of Light
Some 4,400 athletes from 168 delegations joined the Parade of Nations in the Place de la Concorde on Aug. 28 to mark the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and a proud graduate of CSUDH’s certificate program in orthotics and prosthetics walked among them. Para canoeist Jillian Elwart, 41, will make her Paralympic debut at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Sept. 6. Her event is a 200m sprint in a Va’a, an outrigger-style canoe fitted with a float on one side. Elwart’s Paralympic journey began in 2014 after a whitewater expedition in Mexico introduced her to para canoe sprinting. Meeting Paralympian Kelly Allan, who represented the U.S. in Rio in 2016, gave ... Read More
Toro Alum Works to Share History of Early Civil Rights Activists
Edwin Henderson might not live anywhere near CSUDH, but his experience after taking teacher credential courses here shows how the Toro community’s commitment to social justice transcends distance and history. Henderson taught elementary school in the Compton Unified School District in the 1980s, attending CSUDH to take the required courses to renew his teaching credential. He later moved to Falls Church, Virginia, teaching in public schools there until his retirement in 2012. It was there in Northern Virginia that Henderson started his work commemorating the region’s early civil rights history. He founded the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation in 1997 to research and preserve the critical ... Read More
NFL Internship Opens Up New Horizons for CSUDH Sophomore
Ty Herring never imagined that as a college student he would get a glimpse behind the curtain at the NFL’s West Coast headquarters in Inglewood. But for two weeks in June, he worked side by side with the creative team that packages game footage and graphics for the NFL Insider television program. “You walk into this incredible atmosphere,” says Herring, recalling the moment he arrived at the headquarters. “Highlight clips are playing on all the TV monitors, and team branding is hanging everywhere. It was amazing.” Herring, who will be a sophomore in the fall semester, was one of 20 students selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants for a paid internship in the NFL’s Technical ... Read More
