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
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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
Family Affair: Class of 2011 Celebrates Multigenerational Pursuit of Higher Education
In her keynote address at the College of Business Administration and Public Policy commencement ceremony, Janet Murguía, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, underscored the importance of graduates thanking their loved ones for supporting them throughout their education with a personal story of bringing her parents to the Oval Office to meet President Bill Clinton, for whose administration she worked from 1994 to 2000. “I'll never forget that moment when I was able to walk them in,” said Murguía. “My mom was crying, and she said, 'How did we get here?' “My dad was so proud. He stuck his hand out to President Clinton as I walked him into the Oval Office and he said, ... Read More
Agents of Change: Class of 2011 Celebrated with Messages of Hope
Graduates of the Class of 2011 at California State University, Dominguez Hills were celebrated on May 20 with words of hope and encouragement. Remarks by President Mildred García and keynote speakers at the day's four ceremonies focused on their hopes for the new graduates as agents of change in a world full of social and economic challenges. García commended the Class of 2011 and reminded them to thank family, friends, professors, and all of those who supported them through academic success. She also charged them with three things to remember as they enter the working world as alumni of CSU Dominguez Hills. “One, continue learning,” said García. “This degree will open doors for you, but ... Read More
