(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been selected as one of two California State University (CSU) campuses in a new Clean Energy Optimization Pilot in partnership between Southern California Edison (SCE) and the CSU and University of California (UC) systems. On April 25, the California Public Utilities Commission approved the four-year, $20 million pilot program that gives financial incentives to the CSU and UC to identify and apply sustainable actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. CSUDH and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona will join five UC campuses and medical centers on the performance-based GHG reduction program. “This ... Read More
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‘Unfinished Proof Ninomiya’ Chronicles Three Generations of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles
(Carson, CA) - The University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) presents “Unfinished Proof Ninomiya,” a collection of images that represent a year's worth of research by Los Angeles artist Alan Nakagawa of the vast Ninomiya Photography Studio Collection at CSUDH. The exhibit runs in the University Art Gallery from May 8 to Sept 18, Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment only. Admission is free. “Unfinished Proof Ninomiya” is the culmination of Nakagawa's residency with CSUDH's PRAXIS Studio combing through more than 100,000 prints and negatives in Ninomiya Photo Studio Archive, which was donated for preservation to CSUDH's Donald R. ... Read More
CSUDH to Bestow Honorary Doctorate on Olympic Gold Medalist Carmelita Jeter
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and the California State University Board of Trustees will bestow an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on 2012 Olympic gold medalist and CSUDH alumna Carmelita Jeter on May 17, at 6:30 p.m., during CSUDH's 2019 Commencement Ceremony. Jeter, who earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from CSUDH in 2006, will be recognized for her athletic achievements and continued contributions to the sport of track and field, her dedication to her community, and her success as a speaker and businesswoman. She will receive the honorary degree and give the keynote address at the College of Health, Human Services and ... Read More
Arbor Day Foundation Honors CSUDH with 2018 Tree Campus USA Recognition
(Carson, Calif.) - California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) was honored with 2018 Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. The Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for excellent campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Currently, there are 364 campuses across the United States with this recognition. CSUDH achieved the recognition by meeting Tree Campus USA's five standards: maintaining a tree advisory committee; developing a campus tree-care plan; dedicating annual expenditures for its campus tree program; hosting an Arbor Day observance; ... Read More
Novelist Will Alexander will be Featured Speaker for the Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture
(Carson, Calif.) - Nationally-renowned novelist and American Book Award winner Will Alexander will be the featured speaker for California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) 2019 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, April 23, from 7 to 9 p.m., in Loker Student Union Ballroom. The free lecture is hosted by CSUDH's Department of English and is open to the public. Alexander has written more than 30 books and chapbooks, including Singing in Magnetic Hoofbeat: Essays, Prose, Texts, Interviews, and a Lecture, which won the American Book Award in 2013, and The Sri Lankan Loxodrome and Across the Vapour Gulf, recent collections of poetry from New Directions Press. He was also honored ... Read More