California State University, Dominguez Hills assistant professor of history Christopher Monty has a passion for learning and imparting the ability to learn, traits he considers the hallmark of teaching excellence. For such, and upon the recommendation of the Faculty Leaves and Honors Committee, he has been honored with the 2013 Lyle E. Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award. Click here for information on the March 14 Faculty Awards Reception, where the award will be presented. “[This recognition] means a great deal because it is an award that's, well, the president makes the final decision, but it's based on the recommendations of the Faculty Leaves and Honors Committee, a committee ... Read More
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Ruben Medina: Dancing his Way Through a Degree in Physics
Once a dance major, naysayers nearly crushed his dream. But Ruben Medina, now a senior majoring in physics at California State University, Dominguez Hills, leapt from the clutches of confusion and self-doubt to have it all. In evidence, the Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) and Minority Access to Research Careers-Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (MARC-USTAR) student has participated in opposite ends of the spectrum at the university's Student Research Day. He went from winning first place in physics in the 2011 competition with his presentation “Improving KAON Identification with CLAS” to this year ... Read More
Education is a Universal Theme for NBC Human Resource Manager
One might think that someone encountering the likes of Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, *NSync, The Rock, and Angelina Jolie during stints at Motown Records, Jive Records, and NBCUniversal would be star struck. But it was a bunch of teenagers that struck a chord with California State University, Dominguez Hills alumna Lisa Collins (Class of '06, B.A., interdisciplinary studies). While working as a staffing and recruitment manager nearly 10 years ago at Hot Topic, a mall- and web-based apparel retail store, Collins participated in one of the company's outreach events geared toward providing high school students with real-world business insights and extolling the benefits of earning a college ... Read More
Mind Power Palpable at Student Research Day
[Editor's Note: Updated Feb. 27, 2013 with a red asterisk (*) next to the session winners who will represent the university at the 27th Annual CSU Student Research Competition on May 10 and 11 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona] Students at California State University, Dominguez Hills shared results of their scholarly research and creative endeavors through a record number of oral presentations that in many cases included multi-media components, as well as posters displayed on easels, during the university's daylong Student Research Day on Feb. 21 held almost entirely in the Loker Student Union. “It demonstrates that students are engaged in scholarship and academic ... Read More
Ericka Verba Granted NEH Fellowship for Life’s Work
Ericka Verba, associate professor of history at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been awarded a Fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to undertake the writing of a biography of 20th century Chilean artist Violeta Parra, the culmination of decades Verba has dedicated to the study. The project submitted to the NEH as “A Transnational Biography of Chilean Folklorist, Musician and Visual Artist, Violeta Parra (1917-1967),” earned Verba two potential awards from the organization. She was the only candidate to receive both grants this year. However, required to accept only one, she chose the NEH Fellowship grant over the NEH Award for Faculty. ... Read More