The California State University, Dominguez Hills family suffered another tragic loss in June with the untimely deaths of digital media arts major René Romero and alumna Stefanie Ramirez (Class of 2011, B.S. sociology), who died in a car accident on Friday, June 28. (Earlier in June, Marcela Franco, a senior majoring in psychology, was among four other victims, including her father, who were shot and killed by a lone gunman in Santa Monica.) To give the campus a chance to grieve but also celebrate the friends they have lost, the Office of Student Life the United Greek Council, and the campus Greek community, of which René and Stefanie were members, have organized a vigil on Tuesday, ... Read More
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$249K National Science Foundation Grant to Send Students to Australia to Study Climate Change
California State University, Dominguez Hills associate professor of biology Terry McGlynn has been awarded a three-year $249,922 National Science Foundation (NSF) International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) grant to establish the Fire, Carbon, and Climate Change in Australia program. The IRES grant will fully fund the opportunity for 12 undergraduate and graduate science majors at CSU Dominguez Hills to conduct climate change science research in collaboration with the CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre (TERC) in the Northern Territory of Australia. The first group of four students will leave in January 2014, with subsequent four-student cohorts going in 2015 and ... Read More
Marcela Franco: CSUDH Victim of Santa Monica Shootings Embraced Toro Spirit
California State University, Dominguez Hills faculty, staff, students and alumni are mourning the loss of student Marcela Franco, who died on Sunday, June 9, from wounds sustained as a victim of a one-man shooting that took place in various locations in Santa Monica on Friday, June 7. Six people were killed, including the gunman. Marcela and her father, Santa Monica College groundskeeper Carlos Franco, were exiting a parking lot on the SMC campus Friday, after visiting the campus bookstore to purchase Marcela's books for a summer class, when they were both shot. Her father died at the scene and Marcela was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries on ... Read More
Campus Hosts CSU “Journey to Success” College Fair For Asian, Pacific Islander Community
Approximately 500 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) parents and their sixth through 12th grade-age children from Los Angeles and Orange County participated in the “Journey to Success” college fair held at the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus on June 1. Journey to Success is a component of the CSU's AAPI Initiative, one of the first in the country with the goal of improving college access and graduation achievements among underserved students within the AAPI community. The initiative–targeting California's Samoan, Tongan, Marshallese, Hawaiian, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Fijian and underserved Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino communities–is among a number of ... Read More
CSUDH Alumni Reunite and Lead 2013 Graduates in Commencement Processional
Whether recapturing the cap-and-gown experience, making up for a missed opportunity to participate in commencement, or reconnecting with the university and former classmates, 54 California State University, Dominguez Hills alumni gathered in full regalia on May 18 to lead the 2013 graduates from the College of Arts and Humanities and College of Extended and International Education into the Home Depot Center Tennis Stadium. “The alumni commencement processional is an important element of community engagement for the university. Alumni have the opportunity to meet with university administration and faculty–some who were once their professors–and fellow and future alums. These sorts of ... Read More