California State University, Dominguez Hills has been awarded a multimillion dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement's School Leadership Program (SLP). More than $13 million of first-year funding was awarded for fiscal year 2013 to 20 educational institutions nationwide to support projects designed to recruit, train, and mentor principals and assistant principals for high-need schools and districts. CSU Dominguez Hills was the only California institution awarded and received the largest award amount. The grant to CSU Dominguez Hills–$1.16 million for the first year; $9.63 million total over five years–will establish the Innovative School ... Read More
Awards
Exemplary Achievement Awardee Salvador Valdez Finds his Calling in Advisement
Like so many children, as a boy Salvador Valdez (Class of '09, B.S., health science, community health; '12 M.A., education, counseling) wanted to become a doctor when he grew up. Intending to go to medical school, he began his freshman year at California State University, Dominguez Hills, majoring in biology. He also volunteered at UCLA-Harbor Medical Center and at a community medical clinic in Bell Gardens. He was on the right path to achieving his goal, but then he caught a bug. The teaching bug. “Teaching or education itself kind of always called my name,” Valdez said. As a university student, he was beginning to seriously evaluate his life's priorities, and after ... Read More
Staff Excellence Awardee Gaby Gomez-Dominguez is Focused on Customer Service
After spending some time with Gaby Gomez-Dominquez in the biology department office, it's easy to understand why she was awarded the 2013 Staff Excellence in Customer Service Award at California State University, Dominguez Hills. The rapport she shares with the many students and members of the faculty and staff who visit her on a daily basis is punctuated by her focused attention on addressing their needs. “I get along with people very well. Once I came [to the university] I discovered I really enjoy talking to the students. I really enjoy helping them. And of course after working here 10 years, I know how the department works. It helps to have that background,” said Gomez-Dominguez, who ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Awarded $800,000 NSF Grant to Support Math-Science Teacher Pipeline
California State University, Dominguez Hills has been awarded a third Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its efforts to elevate the caliber of math and science teachers in local middle and high schools. This new $800,000 grant serves as a second phase of the university's existing Noyce Scholars Program for undergraduate math and science students interested in teaching, which was funded by the first NSF-Noyce grant in 2008. One other Noyce grant, awarded to the university in 2010, established the CSU Dominguez Hills Master Teacher Fellows, a graduate-level program for current science teachers in Los Angeles Unified School ... Read More
Service and Milestones Honored at 2013 Staff Awards Reception
Celebrating 1,275 years of combined service, 91 staff members from California State University, Dominguez Hills were recognized for five-year milestones ranging from five to 35 and 45 years at the staff awards reception held in the Loker Student Union. Antoine Flint, who serves as an assistant for the Library's Cataloging Services, represents the most enduring term honored at the Sept. 26 event. He is arguably the most veteran campus employee and has certainly witnessed the evolution of the campus. He began at the university as a newly enrolled freshman the day the Watt Campus opened across the street from current location in September 1966. That very same day–47 years ago–he ... Read More