Elected officials, industry professionals, faculty, alumni, and campus leaders were guided by knowledgeable California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students as they toured the university's new Orthotics and Prosthetics Education Center (O&P center) in Los Alamitos during a ribbon-cutting event on Jan. 14. The event provided attendees the opportunity to see, touch and learn about current O&P applications, such as 3-D scanning, prosthetic systems, and the variety of state-of-the-art techniques and equipment available to O&P master's students in the 12,000 square-foot center. Among those taking the tours, and providing remarks later in the evening, were CSUDH ... Read More
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Kamal Hamdan honored with Wang Family Excellence Award for 2016
Kamal Hamdan has been honored with The California State University's Wang Family Excellence Award for 2016 for his unwavering vision and contributions to California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) STEM education programs and curricula, and his commitment to helping develop top educators, particularly for under-served communities. Hamdan ('94, M.A., educational administration), began teaching in CSUDH's College of Education in 2000, during which time he has developed and implemented a variety of innovative teacher education programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, as well as for general and special education teachers. Hamdan is the Wallis ... Read More
Student Highlights: January 2016
Our students are active in community service, academic and athletic competition, during civic, business and artistic events, and within a much broader range of activities on campus and across the globe. Tony Alfaro, a kinesiology student and former All-American defender for CSUDH's men's soccer team, was invited to participate in the 2016 adidas Major League Soccer (MLS) Player Combine on Jan. 7-12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event enables potential professional soccer players to demonstrate their skills and mental grit to MLS team coaching staffs in advance of the league's 2016 SuperDraft in Baltimore. His impressive performance at the combine contributed to the Seattle ... Read More
Brian Jarrett draws from wealth of experience to help strengthen NCRP program
Whether in the wilds of Alaska, or his new home in urban southern California, becoming part of the local community is crucial to Brian Jarrett's process for serving others, as well as building comprehensive dispute resolution curricula and programs. Jarrett, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding (NCRP) - and the program's new director - arrived at CSUDH in August 2015 after serving for five years in a similar capacity at the University of Alaska (UOA). There he worked closely with indigenous Alaskan leader Polly Hyslop to generate discourse between villages, the justice system, and the university, and incorporated those real-world techniques into the dispute ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: December 2015
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 Extended and International Education Brian Jarrett, director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding program, facilitated a workshop in Canada's Yukon territory on restorative practices that included members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, defense lawyers, prosecutors, court workers, corrections officers, and First Nation leaders. The workshop was supported by the Yukon Law Foundation, the minister of ... Read More