DHTV, the broadcast programming service of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has been honored with three 2015 Telly Awards. Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards honors the very best film & video productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs. DHTV won for its "OSHA Entertainment Safety Certificate" commercial, "Freshman Convocation - Wrap-Up" video, and "Dig It: Anthropology" about anthropology students conducting research at Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum. The videos were selected out of almost 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Click here for information on the Telly ... Read More
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AB 540 students share challenges and triumphs with consul general of Mexico
After crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, 14-year-old Belen Mercado walked with her two brothers through the desert for two days and slept in the cold sand by night to reunite with her mother, whom they had not seen since she had migrated from Guadalajara, Mexico, to the United States a couple years prior. Mercado soon enrolled in middle school and began leading the life of an undocumented immigrant teenager. She is now an AB 540 student at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) who wants to major in English. “It was nice to see my mother again. There were a lot of experiences that I had to go through, but I reunited with my mom after two years in Mexico without a ... Read More
Commencement 2015: big on pomp, deep in circumstance
Eagerly emerging from deep within the StubHub Center Tennis Stadium tunnel like teams about to compete in a sporting event, California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Class of 2015 waved to throngs of family, friends, faculty and staff as they walked toward their seats amid rumbling cheers during five college-based commencement ceremonies. The difference: victory was already theirs. After taking their seats, students listened to words of well wishes, personal reflections from their own college years, and offerings of insightful advice that trumpeted from the platform party, Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, and local and national civic and business leaders. For two ... Read More
University Receives $3 Million for Higher Education Innovation
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been awarded a $3 million one-time infusion of state funds in recognition of its innovative efforts to reduce the average time to earn a degree and increase graduation rates among its students. The university was one of 14 California public colleges and universities–and one of only five CSU campuses– selected to share a pool of $50 million allocated by Governor Jerry Brown in the 2014 state budget. The Awards for Innovation in Higher Education reward colleges and universities for implementing creative techniques that improve educational outcomes and have the potential to be replicated at other institutions. “The award recognizes ... Read More
Class of 2015 raises most money ever, helps hydrate future Toros
Surrounded by an enthusiastic and seemingly thirsty group of seniors and other California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students, the Class of 2015 unveiled its Senior Class Gift on May 7, the first of four new clean water drinking stations to be installed on campus. The unveiling of the filtered water station took place in a high-traffic outdoor hallway on the second floor the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) building. The event included brief remarks and a table full of water bottles ready for students to grab and fill with fresh and free water at the end of the ceremony. “I like the clean water drinking stations because they're convenient for the students to get ... Read More
