The inauguration of Thomas A. Parham as California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) 11th president provided the perfect opportunity to welcome alumni back to campus to celebrate a new era for the university. In a series of Inauguration Week activities that took place Feb. 5-9 and culminated in a formal ceremony installing Parham as president, the CSUDH Alumni Association invited five alumni to serve as featured speakers and share their experiences as students, impart the knowledge they have gained in their professions, and express their enthusiasm for CSUDH’s future. Raymund Diaz (’02, B.A., political science/English literature), deputy district attorney of Orange County, ... Read More
Campus News
Campus Opens Newly Renovated Marvin Laser Recital Hall
Music students at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) got an extra bonus when they returned to campus for the spring semester – a redesigned and refurbished Marvin Laser Recital Hall. The project of turning the campus’s original music venue into a state-of-the-art performance space has been the works for more than 18 months, and everyone involved is excited and proud of the results. As Music Department Chair Scott Morris says, “We finally have a space that represents what we’re doing here. We’re doing high-quality work, and now we have a high-quality hall.” Named after the founding dean of what is now the College of Arts and Humanities, the facility was in disrepair ... Read More
Toros Boost Effort to Turn Industrial Waste Site into Neighborhood Park
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) faculty and students who have been active in plans to turn a long-contaminated parcel of land in unincorporated Los Angeles County into a neighborhood park are celebrating. In November, Margaret Manning, lecturer in the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program, joined CSUDH students, local residents, neighborhood activists, and industry and civic leaders for a groundbreaking ceremony for Wishing Tree Park. The park will be built on land that for more than two decades has been under environmental supervision as an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Site. “Over here on the north side there were open pits ... Read More
O&P Society Raises Funds for Physically Challenged Boy to Compete in Triathlon
The Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) Society student organization at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) made it possible for 12-year-old Zion Redington, who has ectrodactyly and was born with one finger on each hand and one toe on each foot, to compete in 25th Annual Aspen Medical Products San Diego Triathlon Challenge Oct. 19-21 in La Jolla, Calif. The O&P Society raised $2,000 for Zion and his mother, Heather Redington-Whitlock, to fly from their home in Franklin, Tenn., to La Jolla, and to register Zion in the triathlon. They also raised enough money to pay for their hotel room, car rental, and expenses. ... Read More
Faith Leaders Welcome President Parham During Clergy Breakfast
Nearly 100 religious leaders joined President Thomas A. Parham for a California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Clergy Breakfast on Nov. 6 to establish new bonds between the university and churches in the region. The Clergy Breakfast is a tradition for CSUDH presidents. To build more personal relationships, this year’s gathering was smaller and more intimate, enabling Parham to interact with attendees in the University Library in a more relaxed setting. The Clergy Breakfast showcased the diversity of church leaders in the South Bay and Los Angeles County, with the majority of attendees coming to campus from Gardena, Carson, Los Angeles, and Long Beach, as well as several ... Read More
