(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will host a beam signing ceremony on Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. for its new four-story, 107,600-square-foot Innovation and Instruction Building to mark a new phase in its construction, and celebrate its role in the transformation of the physical campus. The building is scheduled to be open in time for fall classes in 2021. During the ceremony, CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham and members of the campus community will sign their names and messages on the last steel beam to be placed during the framing phase of the Innovation and Instruction Building. Adding their mark during the beam signing ceremony will be Carson City Council ... Read More
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2019 Economic Forecast Shows Slowing yet Stable Economy in the South Bay
After years of solid economic growth, the South Bay’s local economy will experience some slowing in 2020, but will remain stable due in part to the federal government’s high level of defense spending in the region. Such was one of the many economic projections presented in the 2019 South Bay Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook, which California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) released on Oct. 29 as part of the fifth annual South Bay Economic Forecast conference hosted on campus. Approximately 200 guests representing cities and businesses throughout the region attended. CSUDH developed the report and the conference to provide a focused look at the current state of the ... Read More
College Futures Foundation Awards $410,000 to Support Young Males of Color Consortium
The College Futures Foundation has awarded a two-year $410,000 grant to support the California State University’s (CSU) Young Males of Color (YMOC) Consortium in its efforts to improve degree completion for male students of color by identifying, validating, and scaling encouraging practices at five CSU campuses. The grant is funded from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2021. California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) serves as the YMOC’s fiscal agent, while working closely with consortium partners CSU Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Sacramento, and CSU Bakersfield. The five campuses were selected to be part of the consortium for their success in advancing male-focused initiatives ... Read More
CSUDH Computer/Math Major Offered Two Aerospace Jobs at STEM Conference
Thar Soe may still have a semester to go before earning undergraduate degrees in both computer science and mathematics from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), but he already has been offered jobs from two major aerospace companies. Soe received the job offers while attending the 31st Annual Great Minds in STEM (GMIS) Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) on Sept. 25-29 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The conference offers thousands of students from across the United States a chance to access cutting-edge technologies, participate in professional development competitions, explore internships and graduate schools, and the opportunity to interview ... Read More
Center for Innovation in STEM Education Receives $13 Million in Federal Funding
It was a September to remember for the Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), thanks to the announcement of three U.S. Department of Education (DOE) grants totaling $13 million. "We compete with hundreds of universities and organizations for each of our grants,” said CISE Director and Annenberg Endowed Professor Kamal Hamdan. “Considering the competition, it is very rewarding and exciting to learn that one or more of our proposals were selected for funding.” A New STAR on Campus On Sept. 26, Hamdan received word that the DOE had awarded CISE a five-year, $7 million grant through the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant ... Read More
