California State University, Dominguez Hills was named as a finalist for the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Presidential Award. A national program by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll recognizes the efforts of institutions to engage students in meaningful, measurable service in the communities their university serves. CSU Dominguez Hills has been named to the Honor Roll's “with Distinction” list for the past three years. This is the first year the university was a finalist for the program's highest honor and highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for ... Read More
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Mario Congreve: Lecturer, Staff Member, and Award-winning Documentarian
When media production specialist, lecturer of digital media arts, and alumnus Mario Congreve (Class of '88, M.A., humanities) isn't preparing students to be a part of the next generation of filmmakers, producing promotional pieces that play during breaks in distance learning classes, and other myriad video projects for California State University, Dominguez Hills, he can still be found behind a camera or in front of an editing bay, as director, cinematographer and producer of several award-winning documentaries, which has taken him to more than 30 countries, in many cases with unprecedented access. “I get to travel to a lot of countries. I get to meet a lot of people. I get to visit ... Read More
Mind Power Palpable at Student Research Day
[Editor's Note: Updated Feb. 27, 2013 with a red asterisk (*) next to the session winners who will represent the university at the 27th Annual CSU Student Research Competition on May 10 and 11 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona] Students at California State University, Dominguez Hills shared results of their scholarly research and creative endeavors through a record number of oral presentations that in many cases included multi-media components, as well as posters displayed on easels, during the university's daylong Student Research Day on Feb. 21 held almost entirely in the Loker Student Union. “It demonstrates that students are engaged in scholarship and academic ... Read More
Latinas Juntas: 10 Years Together
Whether you attend or just peek in on Latinas Juntas (Latinas Together) at California State University, Dominguez Hills, it's easy to see that the event fosters instant, deep, and lasting camaraderie among the students, alumni, faculty, and staff, no matter if they are returnees or first-time participants to the event, now in its 10th year. Its co-founders Denna Sanchez, a clinical psychologist for the Career Center, and Monica Rosas-Baines, a clinical psychologist for Student Health and Psychological Services, not only lead the way to empowerment and sisterhood, they embody it. The two–who, Sanchez said, “finish each other's sentences”–met on campus in 2002 and instantly bonded, drawing ... Read More
University Goes to Church for CSU Super Sunday Outreach
California State University, Dominguez Hills Interim President Willie J. Hagan helped kick off CSU Super Sunday, a system-wide event held at nearly 100 predominately African American churches throughout the state in February and March, when he attended services at the historic First AME (FAME) Church of Los Angeles this past Sunday, Feb. 10, and spoke before the congregation about the importance of college. Reaching more than 100,000 churchgoers, Super Sunday is produced by the CSU African American Initiative - a partnership between CSU campuses and African American religious leaders with the goal of increasing college-going rates among African American students. It is in its eighth ... Read More