California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been awarded a portion of an $8.9 million Scientific Leadership Award (SLA) grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate. CSUDH was one of eight Minority Serving Institutions nationally to be included in the grant, and joined CSU Northridge as one of only two in California. CSUDH will receive $1 million over the five-year length of the grant for their program Securing the Future of Los Angeles: CSUDH Homeland Security Initiative, which will launch the Homeland Security Initiative at CSUDH. The initiative aims to build the university's capacity in interdisciplinary research, education, ... Read More
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CSUDH Hosts Girls in STEAM Day
Some 400 students from more than a dozen middle schools in Compton gathered at the CSUDH campus on February 27 for the second annual Girls in STEAM Day. This year's event came together through the collaborative efforts of GEAR UP Compton, CSUDH, and the University of California Irvine. GEAR UP, or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, is a federal grant program with projects across the United States. It works with local school districts, community-based organizations, colleges, and universities to build long-term relationships with students starting in middle school. Girls in STEAM Day is one of several programs held each year by GEAR UP that seeks to ... Read More
Apple: Community Education Initiative Catalyzes Learning in More Than 600 Communities
Source: Apple Newsroom Several weeks ago, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) welcomed more than 300 elementary and middle school students from across Los Angeles to its Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) lab for a “STEAM Max” experience. The event gave participants from all backgrounds the opportunity to learn new science and technology skills – including app design. That same week, the university kicked off after-school coding clubs at six elementary and middle schools, and began hosting a regular Saturday STEM Exploration Day where activities are coached by CSUDH computer science majors. CSUDH is part of Apple's Community Education Initiative (CEI), ... Read More
CSUDH Part of $1.8 Million National Science Foundation Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to six institutions from the California State University (CSU) system, including CSUDH, to help transform the early curriculum experience of historically marginalized students in computing. The alliance brings together CSUDH, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and San Francisco State University, campuses which have identified that a disproportionate percentage of underrepresented minority students drop out of their computer science major in the first two years of study. The project's goal is for professors to show students through their initial coursework how the study of computer science can ... Read More
Daily Breeze: CSU Dominguez Hills Launches Institute to Train More Computer Science Educators
Source: Daily Breeze Cal State Dominguez Hills will try to address the lack of diversity in the tech industry by training more educatorsto teach computer science in K-12 schools – thanks to a $5 million grant from the company that owns social media application Snapchat. CSUDH sudents, teachers, administrators and alumni, as well as Snap Inc. representatives, recently gathered to celebrate the launch of the Snap Inc. Institute for Technology and Education, which is housed within the College of Education on the Dominguez Hills campus, with support from the nonprofit CSforALL. The institute will train aspiring educators to effectively impart computer science skills to students with an ... Read More
