On August 23, the Fall Convocation in the University Theatre welcomed faculty and staff at California State University, Dominguez Hills to the 2010-11 academic year. Dr. Irene Vasquez, chair and professor of Chicana/o studies and chair of the Academic Senate, welcomed her colleagues to the meeting in the University Theatre and introduced President Mildred García, whose annual address focused on the university's successes and a look ahead to the new Strategic Plan. “We came through it with respect for each other, civility, compassion, and commitment, never forgetting our high standards and by providing the best education possible,” García said of the 2009-2010 year. During ... Read More
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CSU Dominguez Hills Receives Federal TRIO Grant
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills has been awarded the first year allocation of a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue its Student Support Services (SSS) program for disadvantaged students. The first year award is for $259,059, with the full award totally approximately $1.3 million. SSS is a Department of Education TRIO program that aims to improve college retention and graduation rates among low-income, first generation or disabled students by providing such services as advising, counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and career planning. This is the third multi-year TRIO/SSS grant CSU Dominguez Hills has received; its program has been in ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills, Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum Receive National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded California State University, Dominguez Hills and Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum a $171,788 grant through its Landmarks of American History and Culture program to offer two weeklong professional development workshops next summer for high school teachers across the country. The proposal also received a “We the People” designation for its “efforts to strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture,” according to an NEH press release. Professors from CSU Dominguez Hills, along with staff in the university's Service Learning, Internships and Civic Engagement (SLICE) and Archives and Special Collections ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills One of Nation’s Top 100 Degree Producers for Minority Students
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills is among the top 100 universities in the nation to confer the most degrees, both undergraduate and graduate, on students of color. The magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education recently released its annual “Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers” and “Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers” rankings, and CSU Dominguez Hills ranked as high as 17th in the nation in one of the undergraduate discipline categories. Using graduation data reported by two- and four-year institutions to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics for the 2008-09 academic year, the magazine ranked universities not only on how ... Read More
Annual Staff Awards Celebrate Service, Commitment to Students
Staff and administrators at California State University, Dominguez Hills were honored with an awards ceremony on July 15 in the Loker Student Union. Longtime employees from every department on campus were welcomed by President Mildred García, who noted that “No matter where you work, you are an educator here at Cal State Dominguez Hills.” “You are all working to make sure our students have the best environment possible,” she said of the 104 employees who are eligible this year for recognition of their fifth, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, or 35th anniversaries at CSU Dominguez Hills. “All of you should be proud that the jobs we have transform the lives of students every day. We thank you for ... Read More
