California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received a five-year $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) Title-V, Part B-PPOHA (Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans) program to launch the Graduate Writing Institute for Excellence (GWIE). The institute will advance the reading, writing and research skills of the university's graduate students through a comprehensive skills enhancement program, and seek to develop additional academic and professional partnerships that will help foster student success. Thirty-six percent of CSUDH's graduate student population is Hispanic. The DOE grant will enable the GWIE to advance academic ... Read More
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Class of 2014: A Snapshot of Featured Graduates
California State University, Dominguez Hills' graduating class of 2014 is remarkable. From future business leaders, scientific researchers, artists and academics, the close to 3,000 degree candidates join the Toro family network to succeed and lead their communities. These are just some of the students who will become the next generation of experts and leaders. Kumar Tiger, 23, B.S., molecular and cellular biology Future scientist Kumar Tiger was heavily involved in campus life at CSUDH, participating in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and the Minority Biomedical Research Support program (MBRS-RISE). In addition, he was the treasurer of the ... Read More
Presidential Awards Highlight ‘Outstanding’ CSUDH Students, Faculty and Staff
Academic excellence, extraordinary perseverance and outstanding service to the community–these are just a few ways to describe the students, faculty and staff honored at the fourth annual President's Student Leadership and Service Awards at California State University, Dominguez Hills on April 29. In front of a packed Loker Student Union ballroom with more than 200 students, faculty, staff and family members, 159 nominees were celebrated for their work in enhancing the lives of people both on and off campus and in their local communities. “We have many challenges on this campus, but we have people willing to take them on,” said University President Willie J. Hagan, adding that we could ... Read More
CSU College Fair: A Super Saturday for Families to Explore College
Azario Cush, a sixth grader at Wilmington Middle School, already has his sights set on college; he wants to study culinary arts. Brenda Galvan, a 10th grader at Synergy Quantum Academy Charter High School in Los Angeles, is trying to decide what area of engineering she'd like to specialize in when she gets to college. Joseph Gardner, a senior at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Riverside, wants to major in cinematography. Whether these students stick with these pursuits over the next several years remains to be seen; however, one thing is for sure, they have a better shot at success because they are preparing for college now. On August 17, they were among nearly 3,000 visitors who got an ... Read More
MSA Summit: Young Men of Color Challenged to Make Meaningful Changes
With a dynamic line-up that included a keynote address, workshops, panels and hosted discussions aimed at building their self-worth and empowering them to strive toward success through education, nearly 800 middle- and high-school Latino and African American male students from local Los Angeles and Long Beach Unified school districts, and from California State University, Dominguez Hills were brought together for the Fourth Annual Male Success Alliance (MSA) Summit, a day-long event hosted on May 9 in the Loker Student Union at the university in partnership with Inglewood-based nonprofit Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI). Kicking off the event was an inspirational and edgy ... Read More