With donations from faculty, staff, and community partners, the Toro Food Pantry at California State University, Dominguez Hills continues to distribute food to students in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bags of food are safely dispensed to students in their cars. They include fresh "Farm Box" produce from the Farmers Market, and prepackaged healthy meals from Everytable, which opened a takeout location in the Loker Student Union in fall 2019. The Toro Food Pantry distributes food on campus to students every other Thursday. Support the Toro Food Pantry at csudh.edu/onlinegiving. To donate produce, visit venaver.org/product/toro. To learn more, connect with Morgan Kirk at ... Read More
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Food Programs and Energy Upgrades Earn CSUDH Two Sustainability Best Practices Awards
For its “elegant but effective” network of sustainable food sources and natural gas upgrades that have resulted in significant energy and water savings, CSUDH will be honored with two “Best Practices Awards” during the 2020 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC), to be held virtually July 6-10 at UC Santa Barbara. Presented to campuses of the California State University and University of California, the Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practices Awards showcase model projects within the systems in the areas of green building design, climate control and lighting, water efficiency, energy use, waste reduction, transportation, and food ... Read More
President Parham Participates in National Panel on Voting
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Thomas A. Parham participated in a national town hall discussion on the value of voting as a means of creating substantive change hosted by Keepers of 306, an initiative of the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) on June 30. Moderated by Tracie Potts, senior Washington correspondent for NBC News Channel, “Where do we go from here? To the polls,” included Parham, along with Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, DC; Tennessee State Senator Raumesh Akbari, and Rev. Earle Fisher, pastor, educator, and founder of UP the Vote 901. During the panel discussion, Parham and the ... Read More
President Parham Hosts ‘Virtual Check-In’ on Racism, Protests
In response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police and the resulting protests and turmoil throughout the United States, CSUDH President Thomas Parham hosted a virtual “community check-in” on Thursday, June 4, giving students and other members of the Toro community a chance to share their feelings about the unfolding events and the university's response. President Parham was joined by Rex Richardson, Long Beach City Councilperson; Framroze Virjee, president of CSU Fullerton; Donna Nicol, chair of the CSUDH Africana Studies Department; Catherine Jermany, coordinator of the Rose Black Resource Center; and psychologist Tiffany Herbert, psychologist, CSUDH Student Health and ... Read More
University Police Receive State Grant to Upgrade Radio Communications
The California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) University Police Department has received an $84,706 grant from Cal OES’ School Communications Interoperability Grant Program (SCIGP) to upgrade its handheld radios and enable communications with responding L.A County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) units during a campus emergency. SCIGP grants provide funding for campuses in the California State University and California Community College systems to acquire interoperable communications technology compatible with modern and future systems. The LASD is transitioning to a UHF communications platform, according to CSUDH University Police Chief Carlos Velez. With the grant, CSUDH ... Read More
