During a community brunch for students, faculty and staff on May 1 to commemorate the inauguration of California State University, Dominguez Hills president Willie J. Hagan, winners from the “America Happens Here: Reflections on Making it Real” contest were recognized for their work. Student essays, art compositions, poems and videos about how the university was a catalyst to help people's dreams come true and further the essential American themes of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” were presented during the brunch in Loker Student Union. While many students were honored for their work, junior music technology major Bronson Buskett took the grand prize for his ... Read More
Digital Media Arts
VIDEO: Biologist Terry McGlynn Leads Study in Costa Rica On Bullet Ant Foraging Habits
Terry McGlynn, associate professor of biology, was in Costa Rica in January at the Organization for Tropical Studies' La Selva Biological Station as a visiting professor for its Introduction to Tropical Ecology, a four-week course in field for graduate students. During the month students, who came from universities through the U.S. and abroad, also learned how to use video to share their work. As part of the learning process they produced videos for an internal Student Film Festival. For National Geographic's Explorers Journal, a member of a two-man video production company who taught the students the basics of filming and editing wrote about the experience and the resulting videos the ... Read More
Michele Bury: Drawing on Experience to Inspire Design Students
Graphic design constantly and creatively innovates, adapts, evolves, and progresses. So, too, does Michele Bury, past chair and professor of art and design at California State University, Dominguez Hills. And the beauty of it is her influence can be seen in the works created by the university's art and design students. Traditionally, the works of students are displayed during the Annual Student Art and Design Exhibitions held in the University Art Gallery. Drawing on her early career experience working internationally as a graphic designer–in Paris she designed for clients including the Chateau de Versailles Museum and for one of London's top agencies, Roundel Design Group–the Berkeley ... Read More
Mario Congreve: Lecturer, Staff Member, and Award-winning Documentarian
When media production specialist, lecturer of digital media arts, and alumnus Mario Congreve (Class of '88, M.A., humanities) isn't preparing students to be a part of the next generation of filmmakers, producing promotional pieces that play during breaks in distance learning classes, and other myriad video projects for California State University, Dominguez Hills, he can still be found behind a camera or in front of an editing bay, as director, cinematographer and producer of several award-winning documentaries, which has taken him to more than 30 countries, in many cases with unprecedented access. “I get to travel to a lot of countries. I get to meet a lot of people. I get to visit ... Read More
Digital Media Arts Students Produce City of L.A. Recreation & Parks Department PSA
Two California State University, Dominguez Hills digital media arts (DMA) students landed a gig that highlights their talent in a big way. The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) commissioned recent alumna Danayia Stedham (Class of '12, B.A., digital media arts, television arts option) and Kimberly Esslinger, a senior majoring in DMA with a television arts option, to produce a 30-second public service announcement (PSA), "Experience a Healthy Lifestyle," which has since aired on the City of L.A.'s Channel 35 with a reach of 1.3 million households in the City of Los Angeles, and debuted on the giant video screen at the Staple Center during halftime at the Clippers ... Read More
