CSUDH honored nearly 150 new scholarship recipients in the Toros Teach LA (TTLA) program during a ceremony on Oct. 2 hosted by the College of Education and the College of Health, Human Services and Nursing. The nearly $1 million in scholarships, announced earlier this year, provide critical financial support for students already working in the child development sector to get their teaching credential, undergraduates in child development or liberal studies, and graduate students who want to pursue a career in early childhood education. Funding for the TTLA program comes from a historic $22 million donation by the Ballmer Group—the largest in CSUDH history. About $17 ... Read More
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Community History-Making at Forefront of Archives Event
History isn’t bound by the walls of a university, library, or museum. It can be created, examined, and rewritten by the individuals and communities who have too often been misrepresented or excluded from institutional narratives. That was the central message of the “Our Memory, Our Stories: Reimagining Histories of a Multicultural Los Angeles” event on Sept. 17, a collaboration between the CSUDH Gerth Archives & Special Collections, Black Resource Center, and Latinx Resource Center. Students heard from a panel of Black and Latinx scholars and curators about how they can contribute to that crucial work of sharing unknown histories. The panel included Rose Mitchell, former librarian ... Read More
CSUDH’s Dedication to Access and Affordability Reflected in Its National Rankings
Over the last several years, CSUDH has excelled in national rankings measuring social and economic mobility, access, and student outcomes. 2024 is no different, and the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report and Washington Monthly, among others, affirm the university's commitment to uplifting students and helping them to ascend the economic ladder. CSUDH placed 6th on Third Way's 2024 Social Mobility Index, which measured how 1,205 four-year institutions enroll students from low-income backgrounds, graduate students into high-paying careers, and apply promotional messaging towards solving the U.S.'s social mobility problem. Forbes also named CSUDH among "25 Colleges with ... Read More
Toro Gabriella Amaya Earns the 2024 CSU Trustees’ Award
Gabriella Amaya’s passion for occupational therapy stems not simply from a deep desire to be of service to others. “It’s about building and regaining people's independence by doing the things they love most and need to do,” she says. “I have so much drive for doing the best I can in my own life. I want to help my future patients do the same and to live to their fullest capacity, no matter what their circumstances might be.” Amaya grew up in North Hollywood, Calif., but moved to Palmdale in her senior year of high school. She graduated from California State University, Northridge, in 2021 with a degree in child development. She’s currently in the second year of CSUDH’s graduate program ... Read More
Brackish Water Los Angeles Explores the In-Between
Taken literally, brackish water is where salt and fresh waters meet. However, in Brackish Water Los Angeles, the current exhibition in the CSUDH University Art Gallery, it becomes an expansive metaphor for the in-between environments, ecosystems, and infrastructure of Los Angeles. The opening reception for Brackish Water Los Angeles is Sept. 18 from 4-7 p.m. in the University Art Gallery. All of the CSUDH community is welcome to attend. Co-curated by Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco, the art and research project examines issues of access, inclusion, ecological racism, and cultural/class interchanges along L.A.’s waterways. It is also part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide ... Read More
