Against a sunny, clear spring day, a gathering of faculty, staff and students helped mark the re-opening of the California State University, Dominguez Women's Resource Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 3. “We are so happy to be able to re-open the women's center,” Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Borrego said. “There has been so much shared effort among groups on campus in support of the center. It is a great day to see it open.” Ivonne Heinze-Balcazar, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Modern Languages who served as director of Women's Resource Center prior to its closing, expressed joy at seeing the center reopen. “I am so ... Read More
Social Work
Cuban and CSUDH Faculty, Students Participate in Sociological Exchange
The idea to take a group of students to Cuba stemmed from an academic visit that Jose Prado made to the island nation when he was a graduate sociology student more than 10 years ago. “I made a promise to myself that, like the professors who took me and other students to study in Cuba, I'd do the same when I became a professor,” he said. Prado kept his promise. Prado, an associate professor of sociology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, collaborated with Cuban academics from Havana's Universidad de la Habana and Casa de las Americas (CLA), a Cuban cultural institution, to design a week-long academic seminar, Latitudes de Latinidad en America (Latitudes of Latina/o ... Read More
CSU Student Leaders Get Help Spreading Word About Health Insurance
Student body leaders from four local California State University campuses–Dominguez Hills, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Northridge–stood side-by-side with CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White and CSU Dominguez Hills President Willie J. Hagan on Thursday, Feb. 13, in the auditorium of the CSU Dominguez Hills College of Extended and International Education and made an appeal to students that they help spread the word to their family and friends about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the new federal law that requires all Americans to have health insurance. “I'm proud of CSU Dominguez Hills' participation in this event and the role we students are playing in helping each other understand that quality ... Read More
Health Science Majors Volunteer to Promote Youth Fitness at Redondo Beach Supert Bowl 10k/5k
California State University, Dominguez Hills health science majors in the Health Science Student Alliance (HSSA) spent Super Bowl Sunday promoting fitness as fun to children in the South Bay. Kaiser Permanente South Bay invited the student organization to participate in its annual Kids Corner as part of the 36th Annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k/5k free Health and Fitness Expo. The 14 CSU Dominguez Hills students built a football-themed obstacle course that a couple hundred children ran through, as well as approximately 50 runners. “I felt that the event went really well and we had a great turnout," Johnny Garcia, HSSA secretary, said. "We represented our school and club ... Read More
CSUDH Hosts First U.S. Department of Education Hearing on College Affordability
In partnership with the California State University Office of the Chancellor, California State University, Dominguez Hills hosted the first in a series of United States Department of Education (DOE) public hearings on President Barack Obama's College Affordability Initiative on Nov. 6. The university was one of four higher education institutions in the U.S. selected to host this hearing, which sought feedback from the public on the various components of the president's higher education plan, including how to develop and implement the new college ratings system. “I believe that this campus is an appropriate venue for such a hearing, given our long history of access, affordability, and ... Read More
