Tucked away on the third floor of Leo F. Cain Library, the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) may be small, but it exerts an outsized influence on the lives of students making the challenging transition from military service to academic life. “The Veterans Resource Center is the reason I'm here today and about to graduate with my bachelor's degree in business administration in December,” says Luigi Torres, 30, a former artillery cannoneer in the U.S. Marines. “It's the family that you don't think you need and that you don't know you have.” The VRC currently serves about 350 student veterans at CSUDH -250 who attend using the GI Bill, and another 100 who get support through the Cal-Vet ... Read More
CSUDH Campus News Center Archive
4th Annual Celebrate First Generation College Students
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumni joined in celebration of Toros who are the first in their family to attend or graduate from college on Nov. 8 for the fourth annual CSUDH “Celebrate First Generation College Students.” Rain caused a location change for the celebration, but the weather did not dampen the spirits of those who attended. They enthusiastically demonstrated that while first generation students don't have the family history of college to lean on as they navigate college life, they do have a strong network from other first-gens, the entire campus community, and the many services in place at CSUDH to support their success. Teddy the Toro, the CSUDH ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: November 2022
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. To share faculty news, email ucm@csudh.edu. Academic Affairs Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Ken O'Donnell became editor-in-chief of Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, a journal relating to high-impact educational practices and published in collaboration with the Society for Experiential Education. As editor-in-chief, O'Donnell appointed Associate Professor in Graduate Education Kitty ... Read More
L.A. Sentinel: CSU Dominguez Hills Names Eric McCurdy AVP/Director of Athletics
Source: L.A. Sentinel Cal State University - Dominguez Hills has named former Seattle Public Schools Athletic Director Eric McCurdy as the new Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics. His appointment makes McCurdy the 11th athletic director in the university's 53-year history. McCurdy will oversee Toro athletics department, which currently fields 10 different teams (four men's and six women's) competing at the NCAA Division II level. Dominguez Hills competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), the most prominent Division II conference in the nation with 154 NCAA National Championships. “We are ... Read More
Toro Women’s Basketball Building on Success
For the 2022-23 CSUDH women's basketball team, this season is all about building on the foundation of success that they established last year. With an entirely new batch pf players, the team was able to finish fourth in the ultra-competitive California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). This season, they're looking for more. “Last season was a pleasant surprise,” says head coach John Bonner, who is entering his seventh year in charge of the program. “We had 12 new players that we hadn't coached before, and one returning player who had redshirted. Because we were so young and didn't have a lot of experience, we didn't know what to expect.” “We wanted to utilize that time to ... Read More
