(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Department of Theatre and Dance will hold auditions Aug. 28 and 29 in the University Theatre for its fall 2019 theatre productions of “Asuncion” and “Fuddy Meers.” The auditions are open to the public and seek performers from all demographics and ages. “Asuncion” runs October 11-20: Four roles are open for audition, three men and one woman. “Asuncion,” by Jesse Eisenberg, is a play that challenges our own views of politics and race. When a young Filipina woman named Asuncion becomes the roommate of Edgar and Vinny, the men attempt to prove how open minded they really are, but she serves to expose the shallowness of ... Read More
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CSUDH Receives Grant to Develop STEM Faculty Retention Program
(Carson, CA) - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) a three-year, $332,133 grant to develop a collaborative, strengths-based training program that addresses improving retention and tenure for early-career, underrepresented minority faculty in STEM fields. Titled “The AGEP California State University Underrepresented Minority STEM Faculty Alliance Model: A Culturally-Informed Strengths-Based Approach to Advance Early-Career Faculty Success,” the research program was developed through CSUDH's Faculty Development Center, which will take the lead in the grant's implementation across four California State Universities (CSU) ... Read More
Grant Funds Exhibit Exploring Animated Skeletal Art of José Guadalupe Posada
(Carson, CA) - The College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received a $4,500 Humanities For All Quick Grant from California Humanities to create the art exhibition “Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art.” The exhibit will run Oct. 2 through Dec. 13 in CSUDH's University Art Gallery. “Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art” will be a multimedia exhibit and a series of public programs tracing the influence of Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) on contemporary Latinx artists. Known for his animated skeleton figures–or calaveras–that have become a symbol of Day of ... Read More
Sociology Professor Matt Mutchler Awarded $655,000 to Develop HIV PrEP Uptake Intervention
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Professor of Sociology Matt G. Mutchler a three-year $656,000 grant to create a support program that addresses the disproportionate rate of new HIV infections among young African American men, and help improve their overall health and well-being. Mutchler and a team of investigators, including student and community health educators, are working with a community advisory board and participants to develop, pilot, and evaluate “PrEP-Talk,” an innovative intervention support program for young gay African American men and their close friends who use or would benefit from the preventative ... Read More
Tommy Irvine Jazz Collection in CSUDH’s Gerth Archives and Special Collections
The Tommy Irvine Jazz Collection, an eclectic assortment of rare jazz albums, featuring some of the genre's greatest artists and recordings, has been placed on loan in the Donald R. and Beverly J. Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). The collection was provided to CSUDH by the Irvine family in December 2018. It features 444 records in 76 albums, including such legendary jazz musicians as George Shearing, Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Lester Young. Irvine, who passed away in March 2018, began amassing his extensive jazz collection at the age of 14. KJLH DJ Roy Loggins once said, "Tommy's ... Read More