(Carson, CA) - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Foundation a grant of more than $2.9 million to create a Master Teacher Fellows program, with the goal of developing exemplary teacher-leaders in science and mathematics for high-need K-12 schools. The Master Teacher Fellows (MTF) program is a partnership between CSUDH, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) - Local District South, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The six-year grant was awarded through the NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The MTF's goals are to increase participants' content knowledge and pedagogical and ... Read More
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Respect and Admiration Earn Vivian Price the 2020 Faculty Excellence Award
Vivian Price is respected by her peers and admired by her students, many of whom have become active partners in her creative work and causes, from filmmaking and research around equity, race, and gender, to environmental racism and climate change. Price is a professor of interdisciplinary studies and coordinator of the Labor Studies program at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). She has earned the 2020 Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award. The award acknowledges research, scholarship and creative activities that are essential components of the university's mission. The honor also recognizes professional activities that provide intellectual ... Read More
College of Business Administration and Public Policy Earns AACSB Accreditation
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) College of Business Administration and Public Policy (CBAPP) has earned accreditation by AACSB International (AACSB), the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools. In the AACSB Self Evaluation Report, CBAPP was commended in several areas, particularly as a core component of the university's growth strategy and plans to increase its footprint in the region, and its overall competitiveness among institutions of higher education. The report also found that overall enthusiasm and passion that permeates throughout the college for transforming the lives of its students and the communities CSUDH ... Read More
Daily Breeze: “Carson’s Cal State Dominguez Hills Aims to Preserve Coronavirus History”
Source: Daily Breeze These are historic times and in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone is part of the still-unfolding story. Carson's Cal State Dominguez Hills wants to tell that story to future generations via paintings, social media posts, digital photos, journal entries and the like created by Southern California residents while it's still happening. Greg Williams, director of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at the university, described the process as “collecting in advance of the past.” “This is not a collection for tomorrow because everybody is living it right now,” Williams said. “It's a collection for 20, 50 or 100 years from now. “It's not too ... Read More
Nine Toros Receive Top Honors During Statewide CSU Student Research Competition
Showcasing the high standards for student research and faculty mentorship at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), nine students garnered top honors in four categories during the statewide 2020 CSU Student Research Competition, which was hosted via Zoom by CSU East Bay on April 24-25. Studio arts major Jose Espinoza earned first place in the Creative Art and Design category for his art presentation “Illustrating Historical Truth through Visual Research.” Espinoza's work has its origins in his lifelong fascination with history, and his belief that stories found in history books are often not accurate. His award-winning art reflects the colonization of Mesoamerica ... Read More