Putting a positive spin on a gas tax increase that has been widely unpopular in California, Gov. Jerry Brown and other state leaders came to Carson on Friday to tout the benefits to minority- and women-owned businesses once billions of dollars are spent on badly needed transportation projects. The governor, joined by South Bay Sen. Steve Bradford and other legislative leaders, discussed the state's recently passed $52”‰billion transportation bill during a roundtable at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The bill will allow the state to tackle transportation infrastructure projects such as highways and bridges and, in the process, bolster businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans, they ... Read More
CSUDH Campus News Center Archive
California colleges transform remedial courses to raise graduation rates
Before Aida Tseggai could major in biology at Cal State Dominguez Hills, she had to catch up in math. She passed a non-credit remedial math class in the fall and then was offered a new pathway - a for-credit course in college-level algebra that provided extra class time, tutoring and review of more fundamental material. Such combination classes - known as co-requisites, bridges or hybrids - are seen as a crucial tool to help hundreds of thousands of CSU students climb out of the remedial education hole in which some feel trapped. Part of a national reform movement, such courses also are aimed at helping students graduate faster. “It saved me time and money,” said Tseggai. Nervous ... Read More
Student Researcher Dhanushka Kumarasinghe Takes 1st Place, Twice
For Dhanushka Kumarasinghe, winning 1st place at the 31st Annual CSU Student Research Competition at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) in late April 2017 was “surreal,” in part because he almost didn't present at California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) 12th Annual Student Research Day in February, where he needed to win to compete at SLO. Two days before Kumarasinghe was to give his talk, “Come Catch Pokémon at the Celadon City Department Store!: Player Perceptions Toward Businesses Within Pokémon Go Hotspots,” at the university's research day, his father had a stroke and he rushed him to the hospital. “There was a lot on my mind. I thought, 'I have no time for this. There ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: May 2017
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Doris Ressl, associate professor and chair of dance, has been elected to the national board of directors of the American College Dance Association for the Baja region. Acosta's three-year term extends from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020. The association's primary focus is to support and promote the “wealth of talent and creativity” that is prominent throughout college and university dance ... Read More
Library Archives Receives $100K to Expand Japanese American Digitalization Project
California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Library Archives and Special Collections has received a $100,000 archival grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) to continue its work on the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project (CSUJAD). The CCLPEP grant will help fund CSUJAD projects and the digitalization of more than 6,500 additional records related to Japanese Americans during the mid-20th century, including oral histories from California State University, Fullerton's (CSUF) Center for Oral and Public History, and collections from Claremont Colleges Libraries. “The CSUJAD project has allowed us to develop a functional and useful ... Read More