(Carson, CA) - The California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Gerth Archives and Special Collections has acquired the vast Holt Labor Library - along with a donation of $200,000 to catalog and maintain the artifacts from the library's founder, Apple Inc.'s fifth employee, Rod Holt. The collection is the largest archival donation in the university's history and chronicles the history of the struggle to organize trade unions, the rise of anti-war and political movements, and the fight for civil rights and to protect the environment. “The Holt collection is a fantastic expression of 20th century dissent, as well as the labor movement in the U.S., and includes a whole host of ... Read More
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California Arts Council Awards CSUDH $135,000 to Expand PRAXIS City ArtS Parks Program in Carson
(Carson, CA) -The California Arts Council has awarded the PRAXIS City ArtS Parks program at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) a $135,000 Creative California Communities grant to expand to additional parks throughout the City of Carson to provide art workshops taught by working artists, and to create two public arts projects in the city. CSUDH's PRAXIS art engagement program launched the PRAXIS City ArtS Parks program in the fall 2018 to expand narratives of South Los Angeles with afterschool art and mentoring programs. The program provides an artistic outlet for youth and local community to aspire and dream, while cultivating pride and specificity of place. The ... Read More
Assistant Professor of Sociology Joanna Perez Named Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellow
(Carson, CA) California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Assistant Professor of Sociology Joanna Perez has been named a Career Enhancement Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Perez is the first CSUDH faculty member to receive this prestigious award. Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Career Enhancement Fellowship creates career development opportunities for selected faculty fellows with promising research projects. In addition to a $30,000 grant, the award includes a stipend for research and travel or a publication. The program also provides mentoring to the recipient and participation in a ... Read More
CSUDH Co-Partners with So Cal Edison on $20 Million Clean Energy Pilot
(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
‘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
