Four minutes and eight seconds. That is how quickly Los Angeles Airport Police Division officers responded and stopped a gunman who had already killed one Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer from carrying out his plan to kill even more. A well-choreographed response to the 2013 shooting of a TSA agent at LAX.The November 1, 2013 attack at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) made international headlines, and in the thick of it was California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumnus Patrick Gannon ('83, B.A., public administration), who at the time had been serving as chief of airport police for just over a year. In August 2016, he was promoted to his current ... Read More
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CSU Dominguez Hills Alumna Arleene Valdez Takes on Big Events for the LA Times
“Baptism by rain” is what Cal State Dominguez Hills alumna Arleene Valdez ('11, B.A., communications, minor in marketing) calls her first assignment as a planner of consumer events at the Los Angeles Times after it rained on the newspaper's annual Festival of Books for the first time in its 20-year history. Fortunately, the festival is so popular that it still had its largest turnout to date in April 2016 as its long-time fans and newcomers–more than 100,000s attendees–broke out umbrellas or just got wet as they strolled the entire USC campus to find books, and enjoy literary speakers, performers, and food. All the while, Valdez and her colleagues in the Times' events department were ... Read More
New Alumni Banners Line Campus Walkways, Engender Toro Pride at CSU Dominguez Hills
High achievement engenders Toro Pride more than any other measure of success, and no group invokes that proud Toro feeling better than California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) more than 95,000 distinguished alumni. To showcase their accomplishments, the Division of University Advancement created the “I'm a Toro” outdoor banners featuring some of its most successful and celebrated alums in fields of art and entertainment, civic leadership, teaching and school administration, and across the gamut of industries in the private sector. With larger-than-life portraits of each alumna/us and bold personalized statements about their work and accomplishment, the banners draw the ... Read More
Cal State Dominguez Hills Hosts 400 Local Educators at Teachers Summit
Eager to network with peers while learning and sharing best practices, more than 400 PreK-12 teachers gathered at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) on July 29 for the second annual statewide Better Together: California Teachers Summit 2016. The California Teachers Summit is a partnership between the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, the California State University system, and the New Teacher Center. CSUDH was one of 40 locations across the state that hosted more than 15,000 educators during the summit, which featured two keynote addresses that were streamed live to all host locations, and were delivered by high school teacher and ... Read More
Fun and Inspiring Youth Programs Draw Hundreds to CSUDH
When 7th grader Noah Cabrera is not busy doing his homework, he can often be found stopping fire-setting villains by spinning violently in circles to create a funnel that extinguishes the flames. Noah Cabrera is Tornado Man. But even superheroes need mentors, and Tornado Man's mentor is Catman, who is there for him through thick and thin, much like the “huddle counselors” who have been there for Cabrera and the more than 300 other students who are attending Sharefest's Summer Youth Development Academy (YDA) July 11 through Aug. 5. Now in its 10th year on the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) campus, YDA offers two to four weeks of outdoor fun combined with academic, ... Read More
