(Carson, Ca.) California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been awarded the first year of a $7.6 million multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to develop an innovative teacher education program that offers the unique opportunity to earn a multiple-subject and single-subject credential in one program. Most universities only offer these credentials in separate programs. The Accelerated Preparation Program for Leaders in Education (APPLE) program will receive $4,946,297 over three years or $7,591.553 over five years to prepare approximately 350 teachers for the classroom. CSUDH students who has gone through APPLE will teach in the Los Angeles Unified ... Read More
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CSUDH Ranked in Top 50 Nationally for Hispanic Enrollment, Graduation
(Carson, CA) California State University, Dominguez Hills ranks in the Top 50 of four-year universities nationwide for educating and graduating Hispanic students, according to The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine’s annual “Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics” issue. Every year, the publication surveys and charts the national progress of institutions of higher education that are committed to serving the educational needs of Hispanic students. The data is compiled from the Department of Education’s database of completed higher education surveys from all 50 states. Based on data from the 2018-2019 graduating class, CSUDH made the Top 50 in the magazine’s rankings in two ... Read More
Theatre and Dance to Host Webinar with ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Playwright Josefina López
(Carson, Ca.) California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Theatre and Dance Department will host a Zoom webinar and interview with Josefina López, celebrated playwright of “Real Women Have Curves” on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. to discuss the production of her classic comedic drama “Confessions of Women from East L.A.” The webinar will also focus on López career as the most highly produced Chicana playwright. A prolific writer, López started her writing career at the age of 17 and has since had more than 100 of her plays produced throughout the country. To register for the webinar visit: https://csudh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EouQAkUOSu2kY7-l4JDYKw Best known for writing the play and ... Read More
CSUDH Partners with Multi-Media Artist Toni Scott
(Carson, CA) — California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has entered into an impactful strategic partnership with acclaimed mixed media artist Toni Scott to inform and inspire students and the broader community to explore emblematic historical and cultural themes through art. Scott’s engagement with the CSUDH campus begins this fall and will open a new window of innovative academic and co-curricular endeavors. “This new CSUDH-Toni Scott collaboration represents a meshing of individual and institutional souls creating energy that feeds the other in reciprocal ways, and provides the broader community with a lifeline to its past, present, and future,” says CSUDH President ... Read More
TRIO Student Support Services Receives $2.4 Million Grant
(Carson, CA) California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received two U.S. Department of Education (DOE) grants totaling $2.4 million for the TRIO Student Support Services program to provide low-income and military veteran students the services and coaching they need to excel at CSUDH. Student Support Services (SSS) is one of the eight federal “TRIO” programs that help support low-income and first-generation college students, and those with disabilities succeed in higher education. The DOE grants will help CSUDH’s SSS program provide an array of comprehensive services, including academic tutoring, financial aid advice, career and college mentoring, and assist students to ... Read More
