(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will host a beam signing ceremony on Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. for its new four-story, 107,600-square-foot Innovation and Instruction Building to mark a new phase in its construction, and celebrate its role in the transformation of the physical campus. The building is scheduled to be open in time for fall classes in 2021. During the ceremony, CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham and members of the campus community will sign their names and messages on the last steel beam to be placed during the framing phase of the Innovation and Instruction Building. Adding their mark during the beam signing ceremony will be Carson City Council ... Read More
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Elvira Teller Reveals Opportunity for Students and Non-Tenure Track Faculty
For Elvira (Vera) Teller, lecturer of information systems and operations management at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), being an educator means helping students make connections and challenging them to reach their full potential. Teller, who has been teaching at CSUDH for 10 years, was honored this year with the Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award. The award recognizes faculty who demonstrate excellence in teaching effectiveness, and acknowledges the role non-tenure track lecturers play in student success and the campus community as a whole. Before moving into teaching, Teller spent over 25 years as director of systems and programming for ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: July 2019
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Education Anthony Normore, professor emeritus of school leadership in graduate education, delivered the Walter D. Cocking Lecture at the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership and the Educational Leaders Without Borders conference in July 2019 at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, CA. Normore’s presentation was titled “Human Rights, Civil Rights and Democracy in Context of Educational Leadership ... Read More
Grit and Experience Drive Graduate Joe Taylor’s Success
Joe Taylor has an unusual plan for the next phase of his life, which starts this summer after he graduates with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). He plans to retire. Students Taylor’s age—he is 71 years old—typically have unique reasons for putting in the time and dealing with the inherent challenges of earning a college degree later in life, but career advancement isn’t often one of them. For Taylor, he had something to prove to himself, and a promise to fulfill to his twin 19-year-old granddaughters. “My granddaughters were applying at universities. One night when we were sitting at the table talking about their ... Read More
2019 Faculty Awards Honor Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) honored five faculty members during the 2019 Faculty Awards Reception on April 18 for their excellence in teaching and research, their contributions to university governance and development, and for the role non-tenure track faculty play in student achievement. During the reception, which took place in the Loker Student Union, 40 of their colleagues were also celebrated for five to 35 Years of Service to the university. The recipients and their Years of Service are listed below. 2019 Faculty Award Recipients: Orie Berezan, assistant professor of management and marketing, was honored with the Excellence in Research, Scholarship ... Read More
