With the help and guidance of Male Success Alliance (MSA) student mentor Robert Head, high school junior Jovany Paz won a multi-school essay contest and the opportunity to serve as honorary ball boy on Feb. 28 when the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Charlotte Hornets at the Staples Center. Paz is a high school junior at the Alliance Patti & Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy, one of 10 schools partnering with California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) MSA program, a student success initiative focused on improving the educational outcomes of men of color at CSUDH–like Head–who in turn work off campus as student mentors. “Winning the essay contest was kind of surprising ... Read More
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CSU Dominguez Hills to Cut Ribbon on The Rose Black Resource Center March 21
California State University, Dominguez Hill's (CSUDH) new Black Resource Center (BRC), which is nicknamed “The Rose” after Tupac Shakur's poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete," will officially open with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 21, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Loker Student Union Room 132. “The center serves as a safe space for African-American students on campus,” said Jonathan Henderson, coordinator of the BRC, at a recent meet-and-greet. “A lot of them experience problems with the university's process–navigating it academically and finding assistance–and how to get together socially. The Rose serves those needs. It's a space for them to come and feel like themselves, ... Read More
President Willie J. Hagan, Student Asia Watkins Honored During Black History Month Celebration
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Willie J. Hagan was presented the Leadership & Community Commitment Award at the Torrance Chamber of Commerce's and the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce's 20th Annual Black History Month Celebration on Feb. 24 at the Torrance Marriott. The celebration honors the contributions of the many African Americans who “span our nation's past, present, and future,” have “made a difference on the world stage,” and have changed lives in South Bay communities. “Anytime that you get an award like this you know it wasn't achieved by you as an individual. These awards represent the work of a lot of people, and ... Read More
Student Research Day 2017 Highlights the Quality of Faculty-Mentored Research
Dozens of academically dynamic and diverse student researchers garnered top honors in 25 categories during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) 12th Annual Student Research Day (SRD) Feb. 15-16, showcasing the value and breadth of faculty-mentored research at the university. This year SRD yielded 349 research abstracts–more than any other year–from undergraduate and graduate students in nearly every academic department from which a total of 258 oral and poster presentations were selected for the conference. Topics at SRD covered a wide range of academic disciplines at the university, from history to health, business to biology, Chicana/o studies to computer ... Read More
Remembering Injustices Done to Japanese Americans During WWII
Good afternoon and thank you for being here. We are here today, 75 years after the fact, to remember Presidential Executive Order 9066, issued on February 19, 1942 that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans. I know it is not lost on any of us that whenever people gather for a day of remembrance it is often because something immoral an injustice, occurred in the past. These remarks were given at the re-dedication of the university's Shinwa-en Japanese Garden as part of a day-long series of activities that included an academic symposium and opening reception of an archives exhibition related the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Remembering is important. ... Read More
