Pianist Sean Chen, a Southern California native who at 28 years old is a rising star in the music world, will perform in California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) winter concert Steinway by Starlight at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the University Theatre. Steinway by Starlight is an annual performance to showcase the university’s designation as an “All-Steinway School,” which it received from Steinway & Sons in 2014. Music majors at CSUDH learn, practice and perform only on pianos designed by Steinway & Sons and have the opportunity to host world-class performers and master classes. Among Chen’s accolades are winning the American Pianists Association’s DeHaan Classical ... Read More
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CSUDH Marks 75th Anniversary of Order to Incarcerate Japanese Americans
“And Then They Came for Us…,” California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) daylong commemoration on Feb. 9 marking the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066 (EO9066), which authorized the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, will include keynote speaker Satsuki Ina, the renowned filmmaker who was born in the Tule Lake Segregation Center during the war. On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed EO9066 authorizing the creation of military areas along with west coast from which “any and all persons may be excluded” at the discretion of the secretary of war. The order paved the way for the government to remove tens of thousands of American ... Read More
Religious Violence Expert Mark Juergensmeyer to Begin CSU Dominguez Hills’ Semester-Long Speaker Series ‘Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God’
“Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God,” California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) semester-long speaker series exploring the connection between religion and violence, solidarity, peacebuilding, and combating terrorism, kicks off Feb. 7 with professor and author Mark Juergensmeyer. Juergensmeyer is a professor of sociology and director of global and international studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. An expert in religious violence, conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics, Juergensmeyer is the author of 22 books including, “Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence” (University of California Press, fourth edition ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Hosts 2nd Annual South Bay Economic Forecast
From the economic impact of the Los Angeles Rams return to Southern California, to Millennium Space Systems’ contribution to the local “space renaissance,” California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) 2016-17 South Bay Economic Forecast on Oct. 27 will provide a broad analysis of key economic and employment drivers in the region. Titled “A Region in Transition: Game Changers,” the economic forecast will be hosted by Frank Mottek, anchor for KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO, and will provide a detailed, comprehensive report on wages and employment, industry, and economic trends in the South Bay, and Los Angeles County. The event will also include presentations and a panel discussion featuring ... Read More
Forest Whitaker, CSUDH Program to Teach Conflict Resolution in Schools
Today at a school-wide assembly at Andrew Carnegie Middle School, artist and social activist Forest Whitaker—the Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation—officially launched the Domestic Harmonizer Program with California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Andrew Carnegie Middle School is in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and currently enrolls 915 6-8th grade students, all of whom will participate in the program. The Domestic Harmonizer Program is an innovative initiative designed by WPDI and CSUDH's Negotiation Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program and College of ... Read More
