Celebrating 1,275 years of combined service, 91 staff members from California State University, Dominguez Hills were recognized for five-year milestones ranging from five to 35 and 45 years at the staff awards reception held in the Loker Student Union. Antoine Flint, who serves as an assistant for the Library's Cataloging Services, represents the most enduring term honored at the Sept. 26 event. He is arguably the most veteran campus employee and has certainly witnessed the evolution of the campus. He began at the university as a newly enrolled freshman the day the Watt Campus opened across the street from current location in September 1966. That very same day–47 years ago–he ... Read More
Administration
CSU Trustees’ Award Recipient John Bagnerise: Recapturing a Future Nearly Lost
Just when many 21-year-old undergraduates are about to begin their last academic term, John Bagnerise was starting a much different sort of term–an 18-year-to-life sentence at Folsom State Prison. He spent the next 22 years incarcerated in some the toughest prisons in California for a crime for which he was present, but did not commit. “I had to convince a parole board that I was suitable to be a part of society and could readjust to a world that had become foreign to me,” said the determined 49-year-old. And convince he did, but not before 12 years–when he became eligible for parole–and another decade of pleading his case to parole boards would pass. Now six years out of prison, ... Read More
Convocation: University’s Past Serves as Testament to Achievement, Future Outcomes
On the 113th day of his permanent appointment by the California State University Board of Trustees as president of CSU Dominguez Hills, Willie J. Hagan welcomed faculty, staff–several of whom are recent additions–and students to the campus during the annual fall convocation. The Sept. 12 event held in the Loker Student Union Ballroom drew a large crowd of approximately 400 people who were treated to details of the university's history that Hagan said help to make its achievements particularly significant. “California State University, Dominguez Hills has always been a catalyst for change, a place of individual and social transformation,” he remarked. “This is who we are. Despite ... Read More
Annual Hispanic Education Fair on Campus Garners L.A. Emmys Governors Award
For the past four years, California State University, Dominguez Hills has hosted one of the largest one-day Spanish-language education fairs in the country through a partnership with Univision and its flagship Los Angeles station, KMEX, on Edúcalos: Es el Momento (Educate Them, the Moment is Now), the Spanish-language television network's national education initiative. On Saturday, Aug. 3, during the 65th Los Angeles Area Emmys® ceremony, the Es el Momento campaign was honored with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2013 Los Angeles Area Emmys Governors Award, the highest honor given in the local broadcast industry in recognition of an outstanding singular achievement or ... Read More
Gary Reichard Appointed Interim Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Gary W. Reichard has been appointed interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at California State University, Dominguez Hills effective Monday, August 5. "Dr. Reichard has more than 40 years of experience as an academic leader and faculty member and will provide the seamless and stable leadership necessary while we conduct a national search for a provost and vice president of academic affairs," said University President Willie J. Hagan. Reichard has over a decade of experience in the California State University system. He served as executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer of the California State University system from 2006 to 2009, provost and senior vice ... Read More
