A group of international students studying at CSUDH literally helped build walls and figuratively built connections at a Habitat for Humanity build day recently in Watts. Not even the unseasonably warm weather could dampen the students’ enthusiasm for their charitable work, as they worked together to make a house a home for a family in need. As Siba Kattan, a student from Saudi Arabia, put it, “I feel good about helping people who need it. I've never experienced something like that. It's like doing yoga ten times! You feel so good on the inside after you help someone. (Everyone) should do it!” The international group comprised Toro exchange students, as well as students in the ... Read More
College of Extended and International Education
Brian Jarrett draws from wealth of experience to help strengthen NCRP program
Whether in the wilds of Alaska, or his new home in urban southern California, becoming part of the local community is crucial to Brian Jarrett’s process for serving others, as well as building comprehensive dispute resolution curricula and programs. Jarrett, professor of negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding (NCRP) – and the program’s new director – arrived at CSUDH in August 2015 after serving for five years in a similar capacity at the University of Alaska (UOA). There he worked closely with indigenous Alaskan leader Polly Hyslop to generate discourse between villages, the justice system, and the university, and incorporated those real-world techniques into the dispute ... Read More
First-Year Seminar introduces freshmen to rigors of upper-division course work
Yesenia Cardenas, a freshman at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) who plans to be fully entrenched in the study of criminal justice in a couple years, is already gaining the experience and exposure to the rigors of upper-division curricula in the university’s new First-Year Seminar program. Launched in fall 2015, the program is a “re-imagining of the university 101 course” for students to experience discipline-specific lecture that encourages debate and student engagement during class and activities. Taught by full-time faculty with doctorate degrees who are active in their fields, the program provides freshmen a learning experience similar to upper-division study in ... Read More
Alumnus Charles Snyder teaches in Spain in cultural immersion program
Charles Snyder, a two-time California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumnus, is hoping to enjoy the “fiestas and everything Spain has to offer” during his nine months in the European country as a teacher in the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program. Snyder (’09, B.A., theatre arts; ’11, M.A., negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding) arrived in the town of Torre Pacheco in Murcia, Spain, in late September to teach English to 6- to 11-year old children. As a writer and poet who recently was a summer fellow at the VONA Voices writing workshop for writers of color, he also hopes to teach poetry and other types of writing in the cultural immersion ... Read More
University’s DHTV Wins Three Telly Awards
DHTV, the broadcast programming service of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has been honored with three 2015 Telly Awards. Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards honors the very best film & video productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs. DHTV won for its "OSHA Entertainment Safety Certificate" commercial, "Freshman Convocation - Wrap-Up" video, and "Dig It: Anthropology" about anthropology students conducting research at Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum. The videos were selected out of almost 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Click here for information on the Telly ... Read More
