Students from the Accounting Society at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) were among the knowledgeable volunteers helping hundreds of individuals and families who converged on campus Feb. 13 to take advantage of the Free Income Tax Preparation and Family Resource Fair. The Accounting Society partnered with the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) to host the fair in CSUDH's Claudia Hampton Lecture Hall. As the participants entered the hall, BOE staff checked to ensure participants brought the proper documents and information with them to file their taxes during in-take interviews, while the students sat down with them in the adjoining computer lab to help them ... Read More
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Shari Berkowitz and her colleagues discover that sleep deprivation increases risk of false confession
Shari R. Berkowitz, an assistant professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and her fellow researchers provide the first empirical evidence that sleep deprivation increases the risk an innocent person will falsely confess to an act of wrongdoing. Berkowitz and her colleagues published their paper “Sleep deprivation and false confessions,” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Berkowitz assisted in designing the experiment, creating the research materials, and writing the paper. The researchers' breakthrough study found that after a single request, the odds of participants providing a false admission were 4.5 times higher if they had ... Read More
Danny Bakewell to be honored with Community Builder Award at Founders’ Dinner
For his prowess in combining activism and civic-focused entrepreneurship that for five decades has brought diverse groups together to benefit the underserved communities of South Los Angeles, Danny Bakewell, Sr. will be honored with the Community Builder Award during California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Founders' Dinner on Oct. 8. The Community Builder Award is presented to a local business owner who demonstrates exemplary citizenship, commitment to the community, and has made contributions that significantly and positively impact the quality of life in the region. The Founders' Dinner is part the university's year-long 50th Anniversary Watts Rebellion Commemoration. ... Read More
Class of 2015: Erik Ceja, B.S., business administration, entrepreneur
KNWRZN? What could that possibly mean? For Erik Ceja, a business administration student at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) who graduates May 15 with his bachelor's degree, it is a growing streetwear apparel business and brand, an investment in his future, and a tribute to a lost friend. “My best friend Omar 'Reazn' Valdez passed away in 2007 at the age of 24. He was a local graffiti artist who greatly influenced me when I was growing up,” said Ceja, whose degree concentration is in marketing and advertising. “After he passed away, I wanted to keep his spirit alive and created the first incarnation of KNWRZN.” He shelved the name after a couple of years to ... Read More
Class of 2015: Benjamin Clinton, 65, B.A, interdisciplinary studies, giver
At 65 years of age, Benjamin Clinton, an interdisciplinary studies student at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has no plans to hold back his career aspirations. In fact, like most of his fellow graduates who will walk across the commencement stage May 15 and 16, he sees his bachelor's degree as a critical step toward professional advancement. “Just by having a bachelor's degree while working for Los Angeles County will enable me to move up in the system,” said Clinton, a Carson resident who has been working in Los Angeles County's Department of Public Social Services' (DPSS) GAIN (Greater Avenues for Independence) program for 31 years. “My degree will make me eligible ... Read More
