Source: Daily Breeze When Karen Bass and Rex Richardson are sworn in as the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach, respectively, Cal State Dominguez Hills, near Carson, will have something particularly special to boast about: Five alumni will serve as mayors in LA County. Bass will soon make history as the first female mayor of America's second-largest city and Richardson will pave the way as Long Beach's first Black mayor. They join the ranks of fellow alumni - affectionately known as the 'Toros' - Carson Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes, Hawthorne Mayor Alex Vargas and Compton Mayor Emma Sharif. If that wasn't impressive enough, the state senator and assemblymember for the districts ... Read More
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Apple: Community Education Initiative Catalyzes Learning in More Than 600 Communities
Source: Apple Newsroom Several weeks ago, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) welcomed more than 300 elementary and middle school students from across Los Angeles to its Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) lab for a “STEAM Max” experience. The event gave participants from all backgrounds the opportunity to learn new science and technology skills – including app design. That same week, the university kicked off after-school coding clubs at six elementary and middle schools, and began hosting a regular Saturday STEM Exploration Day where activities are coached by CSUDH computer science majors. CSUDH is part of Apple's Community Education Initiative (CEI), ... Read More
CSUDH Part of $1.8 Million National Science Foundation Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to six institutions from the California State University (CSU) system, including CSUDH, to help transform the early curriculum experience of historically marginalized students in computing. The alliance brings together CSUDH, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and San Francisco State University, campuses which have identified that a disproportionate percentage of underrepresented minority students drop out of their computer science major in the first two years of study. The project's goal is for professors to show students through their initial coursework how the study of computer science can ... Read More
NBC4: Large Donation at CSUDH to be Used to Foster Equity in STEM
Source: NBCLA (Video) Big changes are coming to Cal State Dominguez Hills thanks to the largest single donation in school history. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News. ... Read More
Bobbie Porter: Fighter for Equity and Diversity
Bobbie Porter's passion and enthusiasm for her work are evident the moment she starts speaking–and she's ready to put that energy to work as CSUDH's first vice president and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. “Education changed my life,” she says. “If you look at the statistics, there's no way I should be where I am today. But I'm here. My mission is to help anyone that's choosing education as that bridge, as that gateway to a better life. I want to help create the conditions so students can do that–so they don't just survive college, but they thrive in it. And then they go out and change the world!” Porter grew up in a military family–her father was in the Navy, so she ... Read More
