Student body leaders from four local California State University campuses–Dominguez Hills, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Northridge–stood side-by-side with CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White and CSU Dominguez Hills President Willie J. Hagan on Thursday, Feb. 13, in the auditorium of the CSU Dominguez Hills College of Extended and International Education and made an appeal to students that they help spread the word to their family and friends about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the new federal law that requires all Americans to have health insurance. “I'm proud of CSU Dominguez Hills' participation in this event and the role we students are playing in helping each other understand that quality ... Read More
Communications
Professor of Anthropology Jerry Moore Honored with Prestigious Book Award
The Society of American Archaeology (SAA) has named Jerry Moore, chair of Academic Senate and professor of anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, the recipient of its 2014 Book Award for his book, “The Prehistory of Home” (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2012). Moore will be formally recognized with the presentation of a plaque during the SAA's Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony to be held in Austin, Texas, on April 25. He will also receive a citation in The SAA Archaeological Record and acknowledgment on the awards page of the SAA website. The society awards two prizes annually to honor recently published books; one for a book affecting ... Read More
Recent Alumni Return to Alma Mater for Inaugural Alumni Career Chat
Oscar Moreno, a junior majoring in film and television production, sat transfixed as nine alumni panelists and about 20 other invited alumni shared details of their college days as well as how they've attained success early in their careers. “I learned about what life is like after graduating, what to be prepared for, interviews, internships,” Moreno, a first-generation college student, said of information that alumni shared. This sort of exchange was precisely what director of Alumni and Family Programs and alumna Gayle Ball-Parker (Class of '78, B.A., psychology) had in mind when organizing the Alumni Career Chat: New Year, New Goals event in partnership with University Housing ... Read More
Tour for Diversity Makes Stop at CSU Dominguez Hills to Inspire Minority Students into Medical Fields
California State University, Dominguez Hills will be among five West Coast college campuses to host Tour for Diversity in Medicine, a grassroots program to encourage and inspire more ethnical and racial minority students to become doctors and dentists by providing them with information and advice from those who were once where they are. The tour makes its only Southern California stop at the CSU Dominguez Hills campus on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Open to undergraduate and recent graduates from CSU Dominguez Hills and campuses throughout the Los Angeles region, the tour will include a variety of workshops throughout the day on such topics as the application process, and interview and test-taking ... Read More
Students Get Next-Steps Advice with Resume Clinic
More than 77 students got resume advice during the Career Center's Resume Clinic on Thursday, Oct. 17. The center tried a new format this year, and scheduled students in two sessions. Each session included a resume writing workshops led by Sherron Hawkins of Enterprise Holdings followed by group critiques in which two to five students sat with one of the 13 employer volunteers as he or she gave an evaluation of each students' resume. For more photos see: Resume Clinic Flickr set ... Read More
