“Construction is in my blood,” says Cesar Mejia Gomez, which is just one of the reasons that he loves his job as lead carpenter in CSUDH's Facilities Services department. “I enjoy that I can make a difference for our students,” he says. “The work I do helps students enjoy their learning process more by beautifying, transforming, and maintaining our classrooms and other important areas of our campus. It gives the campus a more welcoming feeling.” Gomez' days usually begin by checking for new work requests that have come in for him or the staff he supervises. Then he'll either head onto campus or go to his shop in Facilities Services to work on current projects. Gomez often heads off ... Read More
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Urbanize LA: Affordable Student Housing Coming to Cal State University, Dominguez Hills
Source: Urbanize Los Angeles More student housing is coming to the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus in Carson, per a notice issued by the CSU Board of Trustees. The proposed Housing Phase 4 project, slated for a site located north of the existing residence hall near the intersection of International Avenue and Birchknoll Drive. The proposed $97-million project would provide space for up to 288 students in a mix of single, double, and triple residence rooms. "Residents will be organized into clusters of 36 students and one resident advisor," explains a project page on the CSUDH website. "Each cluster will contain a variety of room sizes, ... Read More
Chronicle of Higher Education: The Backlog That Could Threaten Higher Ed’s Viability
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education California State University-Dominguez Hills started building on its current site in 1965, amid America's postwar higher-education boom, and its campus looks like a lot of regional state universities: a core of Brutalist concrete buildings with glassy, modern structures surrounding them. This campus of 16,000 students is emblematic in another way – it's racking up a mounting tab for deferred maintenance. Administrators tally the deferred maintenance there at $130 million, and growing to $252 million over the next 10 years. In September last year, the California State University system requested $1.3 billion from the State of California to address ... Read More
