Ready to launch their college careers at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), hundreds of new Toros here onhand to receive frank advice and words of encouragement from campus leaders along with Facebook executive and CSUDH alumna Bree Nguyen during Freshman Convocation on Aug. 26. After the Freshman Class of 2016 took their seats in the StubHub Center Tennis Stadium, the familiar sound of Pomp and Circumstances began to play in the arena as President Willie J. Hagan, vice presidents and college deans marched to the stage in full academic regalia, creating the look, feel, and atmosphere of what will be their commencement day in four years. …You are going to meet people ... Read More
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CSU Dominguez Hills Alumna Arleene Valdez Takes on Big Events for the LA Times
“Baptism by rain” is what Cal State Dominguez Hills alumna Arleene Valdez ('11, B.A., communications, minor in marketing) calls her first assignment as a planner of consumer events at the Los Angeles Times after it rained on the newspaper's annual Festival of Books for the first time in its 20-year history. Fortunately, the festival is so popular that it still had its largest turnout to date in April 2016 as its long-time fans and newcomers–more than 100,000s attendees–broke out umbrellas or just got wet as they strolled the entire USC campus to find books, and enjoy literary speakers, performers, and food. All the while, Valdez and her colleagues in the Times' events department were ... Read More
New Alumni Banners Line Campus Walkways, Engender Toro Pride at CSU Dominguez Hills
High achievement engenders Toro Pride more than any other measure of success, and no group invokes that proud Toro feeling better than California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) more than 95,000 distinguished alumni. To showcase their accomplishments, the Division of University Advancement created the “I'm a Toro” outdoor banners featuring some of its most successful and celebrated alums in fields of art and entertainment, civic leadership, teaching and school administration, and across the gamut of industries in the private sector. With larger-than-life portraits of each alumna/us and bold personalized statements about their work and accomplishment, the banners draw the ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Professor Gilah Hirsch’s Documents Archived in Smithsonian
In the early 1970s, Gilah Yelin Hirsch was an artist whose paintings were widely recognized, but it was a time when art by women was rarely in major museums and exhibits around the world. In 1971, to draw attention to the sexism in the art scene, particularly in Los Angeles, Hirsch collaborated with a small group of women to found the Los Angeles Council of Women Artists (LACWA), which helped “pave the way to equality for women artists” everywhere, according to Hirsch. Hirsch has been invited to house her archive of original documents on the creation of LACWA at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art in Washington D.C. “It's really a tremendous honor, and I'm very pleased to ... Read More
Willie J. Hagan Selected Executive Board Member by the California Campus Compact
California Campus Compact announced on Aug. 10 that its Executive Board has selected two new members: California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Willie J. Hagan, and University of San Diego President James T. Harris III. Harris and Hagan are serving three-year terms, beginning retroactively on July 1, 2016. Harris and Hagan are assuming the seats on the board formerly held by Loyola Marymount University President David Burcham and California State University, Channel Islands President Richard Rush. “I know that Jim Harris and Willie Hagan will approach their new roles on the Board with tremendous energy and commitment,” said California Campus Compact chair and ... Read More