A new internship with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA) and the STEM Teachers in Advanced Residency (STAR) program in the College of Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is giving teacher candidates additional classroom tools to excite young students about the sciences. Cristina Gonzalez ('13, B.A. Liberal Studies) and LeiLani Zaragoza ('15, B.A. Liberal Studies) were among the first to take part in the two-month internship in the summer of 2017. During the program they were immersed in active local fossil and other geological research going on behind the scenes at NHMLA to help create and develop units of instruction, or lesson plans, which ... Read More
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More Than $5.2M In Grants Awarded to Cal State Dominguez Hills
CARSON, CA – California State University Dominguez Hills has received four grants worth more than $5.2 million. The funds will provide 240 local high school students with the resources they need to excel in high school and graduate from college, school officials announced Monday. The five-year U.S. Department of Education grants will support 60 students participating in CSUDH Upward Bound programs at five local schools: Carson High School, Gardena High School, Hawthorne High School, Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, and Thomas Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles. The grants will fund the programs from Sept. 1, 2017 to Aug. 31, 2022. "We are extremely excited about the ... Read More
Toyota and California State University, Dominguez Hills bring STEM Learning to Schools in the Los Angeles Region
“Thanks to Toyota and the Keck Foundation, we are now much more equipped to take engineering and mathematical concepts that are theoretical and physically put them in the hands of students to bring STEM to life,” said California State University Dominguez Hills President Willie J. Hagan, ahead of the debut of Four new mobile fabrication laboratories (fab labs) at the Carson campus on September 27. Toyota and the W.M. Keck Foundation partnered to create the fab labs, to help students enhance skills in science, technology, engineering and math. The labs, said program creators, will become part of a global network of about 900 labs that share common equipment and software. “The fab labs are ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills gifted $5.2M in grants to use for high school students
California State University Dominguez Hills has received four grants worth more than $5.2 million to provide 240 local high school students with the resources they need to excel in high school and graduate from college, school officials announced Monday. Each of the five-year U.S. Department of Education grants will support 60 students participating in CSUDH Upward Bound programs at five local schools: Carson High School, Gardena High School, Hawthorne High School, Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, and Thomas Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles. The grants will fund the programs from Sept. 1, 2017 to Aug. 31, 2022. “We are extremely excited about the opportunity to deepen our ... Read More
CSUDH Receives 4 Upward Bound Grants Totaling More Than $5.2 Million
Each of the five-year U.S. Department of Education grants will support 60 students participating in CSUDH Upward Bound programs at five local schools: Carson High School, Gardena High School, Hawthorne High School, Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, and Thomas Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles. The grants will fund the programs from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2022. “We are extremely excited about the opportunity to deepen our impact in the schools and communities connected to this funding. Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science programs are some of the most successful TRIO initiatives offered by the US Department of Education,” said William ... Read More
