California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomed 29 faculty members this fall semester. Join the CSUDH Campus News Center in congratulating them on their new appointments! College of Arts and Humanities Fernando Severino, Assistant Professor, Communications Academic Background: Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Master of International Affairs, Columbia University B.S., Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Research Interests/Current Projects: Severino's research areas and interests are in the intersection between mass media and international affairs, political communication, and journalism studies. Prior to CSUDH: Severino served as ... Read More
Environmental Science
CSUDH Receives STARS Silver Rating for Sustainability Achievements
(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has earned a “STARS Silver” rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of its sustainability achievements. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education. Since earning AASHE’s “Bronze” rating in 2018, CSUDH’s efforts to establish the next generation of student sustainability leaders has grown into a thriving student internship program. Dozens of interns and student volunteers have engaged nearly 2,500 people in sustainable campaigns and education, while working to ... Read More
Arbor Day Foundation Honors CSUDH with Tree Campus USA Recognition
The Arbor Day Foundation has given California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) a 2019 Tree Campus USA recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management. The Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for excellent campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Currently, there are 385 campuses across the United States with this recognition. CSUDH achieved the recognition by meeting Tree Campus USA’s five standards: maintaining a tree advisory committee; developing a campus tree-care plan; dedicating annual expenditures for its campus tree program; hosting an Arbor Day observance; and creating a student ... Read More
Food Programs and Energy Upgrades Earn CSUDH Two Sustainability Best Practices Awards
For its “elegant but effective” network of sustainable food sources and natural gas upgrades that have resulted in significant energy and water savings, CSUDH will be honored with two “Best Practices Awards” during the 2020 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC), to be held virtually July 6-10 at UC Santa Barbara. Presented to campuses of the California State University and University of California, the Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practices Awards showcase model projects within the systems in the areas of green building design, climate control and lighting, water efficiency, energy use, waste reduction, transportation, and food ... Read More
Cultivating Crops and Eager Minds Earns Jenney Hall the Excellence in Service Award
Since she arrived at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in 2016, lecturer of environmental studies Jenney Hall has wasted little time developing new ways to teach students how to study and protect the environment, and how to grow nourishing crops for themselves and food insecure people. Hall quickly became well liked and respected among her students and colleagues in CSUDH’s Interdisciplinary Studies Department (IDS) for her teaching of introductory and advanced courses in environmental studies, and for developing curriculum for face-to-face online and hybrid courses. In 2018, she brought agriculture to campus when she co-founded the Urban Farm to teach the health and ... Read More
