California State University, Dominguez Hills is among the nation's top degree grantors to minority students, according to the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, which each year publishes its Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers and Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers lists. Overall, CSU Dominguez Hills came in at 60th for granting bachelor's degrees to 1,406 students of color in 2011 – the graduation year used in the 2012 rankings – and 64th for conferring master's degrees to 492 students of color. That year, the university granted 3,005 degrees in total. Using data reported by universities to the National Center for Education Statistics to compile its two lists, the ... Read More
Administration
Staff Lunch Serves up Smiles and Appreciation
About 450 of the nearly 600 full- and part-time staff members at California State University, Dominguez Hills came out from virtually every nook and cranny of the campus to enjoy a complimentary lunch in their honor on July 10. Although the line for food winded around the Loker Student Union Palm Courtyard, workers were having a great time taking a break from their duties, visiting with each other and enjoying some good eats. Donned in chef aprons, top administrators served up hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, sides, and all the fixin's. “We have a great staff and I was very pleased to have the opportunity to appreciate and thank them for all they do in making a difference in the ... Read More
Women’s Business Conference Enlightens and Empowers
Approximately 1,000 women (and a few brave men) from throughout much of Southern California–who already are or are interested in becoming small business owners–gathered at the 2012 Connecting Women to Power Business Conference held at California State University, Dominguez Hills on June 14. The large crowd was treated to rousing keynote and welcome speeches laced together by master of ceremonies and HOT 92.3 FM radio personality Josefa Salinas, who made a generous offer to help any woman in the audience to promote their business on air. Among those that Salinas introduced was the husband-and-wife team of alumnus and chairman of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Ranks Nationally in Graduating Hispanic Students
California State University, Dominguez Hills is among the nation's leading institutions in granting degrees to Hispanic students, according to Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. In its Top 100 lists, Hispanic Outlook ranks CSU Dominguez Hills 37th in granting the most undergraduate degrees and 31st in awarding the most graduate degrees to students of Hispanic origin against other universities across the country. The 2012 rankings are based on 2011 graduation data as reported to the National Center for Educational Statistics. That year, CSU Dominguez Hills conferred 785 bachelor's degrees and 210 master's degrees to Hispanic students. With 2,057 students graduating from the ... Read More
President Mildred García: A Fond Farewell
Poignant tributes and well wishes marked a farewell reception on May 10 for California State University, Dominguez Hills President Mildred García. More than 250 guests attended to take a look back at the many significant accomplishments García has made during her five-year term at helm of the university. Discussing what is possibly the broadest accomplishment García has achieved–an increased presence of CSU Dominguez Hills within surrounding communities–guests and speakers alike shared similar views of how she helped to make CSU Dominguez Hills the university of choice in the South Bay. “I think she has been a benefit to this school, in the way the school is seen by the community. ... Read More
