Ty Herring never imagined that as a college student he would get a glimpse behind the curtain at the NFL’s West Coast headquarters in Inglewood. But for two weeks in June, he worked side by side with the creative team that packages game footage and graphics for the NFL Insider television program. “You walk into this incredible atmosphere,” says Herring, recalling the moment he arrived at the headquarters. “Highlight clips are playing on all the TV monitors, and team branding is hanging everywhere. It was amazing.” Herring, who will be a sophomore in the fall semester, was one of 20 students selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants for a paid internship in the NFL’s Technical ... Read More
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Toros Attend FBI Diversity Recruitment Event
Emanuel Prince stood behind a throng of other college students and watched intently as two FBI agents behind a booth marked “Evidence Response Team” demonstrated how to test fabric for traces of blood. Prince, a senior sociology major and Presidential Scholar at CSUDH, was one of a couple hundred students from 11 CSU and UC campuses across Southern California who were invited to learn about potential career paths at the FBI. Agents, analysts, and support staff explained how their accounting majors, foreign language skills, and even their passion for undersea diving could be put to good use to protect the nation. The recruitment open house is part of a broad national initiative called ... Read More
CSUDH Partners with Japanese Consulate on New Job Training Program
CSUDH students will have a new way to get a foot in the door of international industry leaders, with the introduction of the university's new Japan Job Training (JJT) program. The university will partner with the Japanese Consulate and prominent Japanese and local businesses to create the JJT program on campus. JJT is part of the consulate's new push to expand collaboration between Japan and the Southern California African American community, with the goal of creating “a deeper kinship and mutual understanding,” said Akira Muto, Consul General of Japan, at an event on June 30. “Equipping CSUDH students with the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to compete for workplace ... Read More
Office of Sustainability to Re-Cast Campus’ Ecological Footprint
Working with the administration and faculty to help make the university as energy efficient and environmentally aware as possible, while guiding student interns as sustainability leaders among their peers, California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) new Office of Sustainability is dedicated to re-casting the university's ecological footprint into a smaller mold. The Office of Sustainability is managed by Ellie Perry, who arrived in August 2017 as CSUDH's first coordinator and assistant energy analyst. The new office helps address the “three major utility pillars” of sustainability on a campus: energy, recycling, and water in addition to other campus impact areas such as ... Read More
