"We need to change the world by changing the focus." With that quote, Rebecca Blanton, executive director of the California Commission on the Status of Women & Girls, kicked off the first-ever California State University, Dominguez Hills Women in STEM Conference on April 30. Blanton joined numerous well-known female speakers and practitioners in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from around the United States at the conference, which was designed to address, assess and make recommendations on the current state of women in the sciences, and how to bring more women–especially minority women–into the fields. The one-day conference ... Read More
Business
CSUDH: Building a Pathway to Success for Transfer Business Majors
Nearly two dozen business majors from Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) spent the day touring California State University, Dominguez Hills on April 15 to get a first-hand look at the campus, speak with professors and other students in their major, and hear how CSU Dominguez Hills could teach them the skills needed to succeed. LAHC is among 11 local community colleges that are part of the CSU Dominguez Hills Pathways to Success Enrollment Partnership, which provides a clear transfer path to CSU Dominguez Hills for those students who commit to meeting the requirements of the program. To seal the deal with LAHC students interested in the Business Transfer Pathway program, the College of ... Read More
Google Glass, Others Offer Business Students Insights into Cutting Edge Enterprise
Students along with faculty and staff from California State University, Dominguez Hills were given a glimpse into the future, if not through rose-colored glasses certainly through futuristic ones. David Zakariaie, CEO of Glassic, a private company that creates applications for Google Glass, provided an overview of the so-named deviced, its components, capabilities, and special considerations such as battery life and privacy issues during a presentation hosted by the Hospitality Technology Research Institute (HTRI) in the university's Financial Market Trading and Business Simulation Lab. As part of the Feb. 5 demonstration attendees were able to experience for themselves the ... Read More
CBAPP Hosts Successful Women Leaders Symposium
“Don't ever underestimate confidence. Even if you don't know what you're doing at the moment, act like you do. Fake it until you can make it.” “Never let them see you sweat.” These are just some of the words of wisdom imparted to about 175 students, mostly women along with several men, from business classes, faculty, staff, and guests by a panel of prominent women business and community leaders at the Successful Women Leaders Symposium hosted by the College of Business and Public Policy at California State University, Dominguez Hills on Feb. 25 in the Loker Student Union. The diverse group of women, director of recruitment at Northwestern Mutual Kristin Burke, attorney at law ... Read More
Panetta Institute Internship Introduces Business Major Nicole Leonard to U.S. Political System
As something she and her mom used to do for fun, Nicole Leonard would often spend weekends spontaneously dropping in on real estate open houses in and near Torrance, where she was born and still calls home. Leonard developed such an interest in residential real estate that it became her career aspiration to become a licensed real estate broker. As a means to that end, she enrolled at Marymount College (now Marymount California University) in Rancho Palos Verdes and in spring 2012 earned an associate's degree in business with a concentration in accounting. By the time she transferred to California State University, Dominguez Hills in fall 2012, something had caught the senior ... Read More
