On August 22, artist Alexey Steele and President Mildred García unveiled the fourth and final artwork created for the 50th anniversary of California State University, Dominguez Hills, which concluded in May. “Learners of Dominguez: Howard, Jenika, Auburn, Chris, Ronald” was painted this summer and depicts five CSU Dominguez Hills students, ranging from the oldest student –Howard Christiansen, who is 80–to the youngest–Auburn Hightower, who is 17. Also featured in the painting are Jenika Miller, Chris Barnette and Ronald Farol. Steele, a Russian American painter based in Carson, painted “Learners” in a series of live sessions with the students. He said that one thing that surprised him ... Read More
Administration
Fall Convocation Recounts Year of Successes Despite Fiscal Obstacles
While opening her fifth year as president of California State University, Dominguez Hills on Aug. 22 at the Fall Convocation, Dr. Mildred García commended faculty and staff on overcoming challenges to the state budget with success in enrollment, retention, and graduation of students. In addition, she recalled the 18-month celebration of the university's 50th Anniversary and presented new directives and opportunities that support building community, enrollment management, and fiscal stability. “It is so rewarding to look back and see how much we accomplished last year and to recognize the success of our students, faculty, and staff,” García told the assembled campus community following ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills President Opens 2011-12 Academic Year with Convocation
California State University, Dominguez Hills President Mildred García opens the 2011-2012 academic year - her fifth as president - on Monday, August 22, with the annual Fall Convocation, a tradition among universities in which the president welcomes faculty back to campus and highlights the previous year's accomplishments and plans for the coming year. Classes start at CSU Dominguez Hills on August 27. The event will take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the University Theatre and will be broadcast live on the university's distance learning web site, http://dhtv.csudh.edu. Then at 3 p.m. during the Fall Convocation reception in the Loker Student Union ballroom, Carson-based ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Named Among Nation’s Top 100 Degree Producers for Students of Color
California State University, Dominguez Hills has again been ranked among the top 100 universities nationwide to confer undergraduate and graduate degrees to students of color. The ranking is produced by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education using graduation data colleges and universities report to the U.S. Department of Education. Based on data from the 2009-2010 academic year, the 2011 rankings place CSU Dominguez Hills 80th nationwide in conferring bachelor's degrees and 63rd in conferring master's degrees to minority students. The magazine also breaks rankings down to specific ethnicities and disciplines, and the university was in the top 50 and even top 10 in several of those ... Read More
Obama Appoints García to Advisory Commission on Hispanic Education
Dr. Mildred García, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. García is one of 19 individuals from the education, business, nonprofit, philanthropic and high-tech sectors nationwide appointed to the commission, which will advise the president and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on issues related to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics. With Hispanics representing the fastest-growing minority group in the United States yet having the lowest rate of education attainment in the country, the committee's ... Read More