Anthony Kordahi’s father emigrated from Lebanon to the United States in the 1980s to escape civil war and live in a country where he could have a voice, and vote what was in his heart. So, when Kordahi was asked to paint someone who inspires him to vote, his father was high on the list. Kordahi is one of 20 California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students whose paintings of family and friends are featured in a regional non-partisan art project called the Next Generation of Voters. Next Generation of Voters was developed by artist Deborah Aschheim, who is part of Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture’s Creative Strategist-Artist in Residence program, while ... Read More
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City of Los Angeles Honors President Parham for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Education’
For his “unwavering commitment to students’ academic excellence,” California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Thomas A. Parham was honored on Feb. 5 with the City of Los Angeles’s Hall of Fame award for “Outstanding Achievement in Education” in the City Council chambers at City Hall. Hosted by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Our Authors Study Club, the awards ceremony commemorated the contributions of Southern California African Americans in the areas of education, religion, the arts, culture, and the humanities, and kicked off the city’s annual celebration of African American History Month. The city council also presented recording artist Jeffrey Osborne with the ... Read More
CSUDH Professor Selected to International Conference on Women in Physics
Ximena Cid is more than an accomplished physicist, she’s also a self-described “vocal advocate for women and black, indigenous, and people of color” participating in physics, space, and other hard sciences. The California State University, Dominguez Hills physics professor is considered a trailblazer in the field, a status that was confirmed with her recent selection as a delegate to the International Conference on Women in Physics. Cid is one of just 20 female scientists nationwide selected for the conference, which is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and will take place in Melbourne, Australia this July. It’s a great honor, and one that extends ... Read More
Panetta Intern Oscar Mancilla Experiences History in the Making in D.C.
For Oscar Mancilla, living through history can be a lot more exciting than just reading about it. The California State University, Dominguez (CSUDH) history major learned this firsthand during his recent participation in the Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s Congressional Internship Program in Washington D.C., where he spent three months as an intern for California Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34th District). Mancilla had only been living and working in the nation’s capital for six weeks when the impeachment inquiry of President Donald J. Trump was announced on Sept. 24. “I was very fortunate. For a history major, there is no better place in the world to be right now than ... Read More
Toro Soccer Coach Eddie Soto Leads U.S. Beach Team to World Cup
Last winter, as most at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) were getting ready for finals or thinking about winter break, Toro men’s soccer Head Coach Eddie Soto was hard at work on his prestigious “side hustle”: leading the U.S. men’s beach soccer team to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay. Soto, who was hired in April 2019 to lead CSUDH's men's soccer program, has been involved with beach soccer for over 20 years. After an All-American career at CSU Fullerton playing on traditional grass pitches, Soto was a player on the first U.S. national beach soccer team, back before it was even considered a part of the U.S. Soccer establishment. “Being from Southern ... Read More
