The Art and Design Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomes Stefan G. Bucher, a prominent Los Angeles-based graphic designer, motion graphics artist, illustrator and author for a guest lecture at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the University Art Gallery. Bucher has created designs for David Hockney, Sting, time-lapse drawings for PBS's “The Electric Company” and typography for such television shows as “The Fall,” “Immortals” and “Mirror Mirror.” He is also the creator of the popular online animation series, Daily Monster. During the free and public lecture, Bucher will discuss his creative process in designing his motion graphics and will create a demo ... Read More
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Alumna Chardae Jenkins Taps Her ‘Moxy’ to Excel in PR
In a famous quote it is said that in life “10 percent is what happens to you, and 90 percent is how you respond to it.” When it comes to California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumna Chardae Jenkins (Class of '13, B.A., communications) who follows this belief, one gets the impression that in terms of living a rich and rewarding life–no matter how it's broken down–she has always been all in. “I have shiny ball syndrome. When I'm not busy I'm going to get into something. I'm like, 'I want this opportunity, I want that one,' but now that I have a steady job, I have something I love doing very much to focus on,” said the 24-year-old who grew up in San Diego and ... Read More
Two CSU Dominguez Hills Professors Awarded Fulbright Scholars Grants
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced the selection of two California State University, Dominguez Hills professors–Kate Fawver, professor of history, and Kim Trimble, professor of teacher education–as Fulbright Scholars for the 2014-2015 academic year. With their selection, CSU Dominguez Hills will have three professors in the Fulbright program this year. In March it was announced that Nancy Erbe, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peace building, was awarded a prestigious distinguished chair Fulbright at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is one of ... Read More
University to Lead NEH-Funded Archives Project to Digitize Japanese American Internment Documents
The California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections Department, in collaboration with archives divisions at CSU Fresno, San Jose State, CSU Northridge, CSU Fullerton and CSU Sacramento, has been awarded a $40,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to plan the digitization and creation of a website for collections relating to Japanese Americans' incarceration during World War II. “We are thrilled that NEH has recognized this project, especially since the topic is still of great interest to scholars and the Japanese American community in California and elsewhere,” said Greg Williams, principal investigator for the grant and director of Archives ... Read More
Women’s Conference: Students as Architects of Their Own Lives
By:Wyahee Tucrkile How do I build the life I want to build? How do I create the space around me to make that structure strong enough to withstand the things that it might need to withstand? As students and faculty from California State University, Dominguez Hills and local high schools including Fremont, Firebaugh, Crenshaw, and Lynwood High School, sat in a nearly packed Loker Student Union ballroom, speaker Tricia Rose challenged students with difficult questions for the university's first Women's Conference on March 7 titled “Students as Architects of Their Own Lives.” Hosted by the newly reopened Women's Resource Center, the conference kicked off Women's History Month with a ... Read More
