As many a student can attest, sometimes life gets in the way of school, thwarting goals and altering paths. This was certainly the case for Cesar Deleon. He faced circumstances that could have jeopardized his education altogether, but instead he met those challenges head on, and with the help of the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (USTAR) program the senior chemistry major at California State University, Dominguez Hills is preparing for graduate school, where he plans to specialize in organic chemistry with the goal of developing new medicine. Although a bright kid, Deleon was not all that dedicated to his school work. An ... Read More
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Students Connect with Professionals during CBAPP’s Inaugural Pathways to Business Success Symposium
Loren Uridel turned a personal misfortune into a fulfilling career. As a young boy he was an avid builder of model airplanes and dreamed of becoming a commercial airline pilot when he grew up. But when at the age of 13 he learned he could not meet the vision requirements for the profession, he had to consider alternative options. He realized he also enjoyed designing structures–which he had always included in his model airplane layouts. With a new vision for his future, he went on to earn a bachelor's in architecture from Ball State University in Indiana and a master's in business administration from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Today Uridel is a successful architect and ... Read More
University’s STEM Scholars Garner Interdisciplinary Experience at National Conference
Thirteen years ago, a lone student from California State University, Dominguez Hills attended the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science's (SACNAS) National Conference at the urging of biology professor, Laura Robles, now acting vice president of Research and Funded Projects and emeritus professor of biology. This year, 24 research students from the university participated. With more than 275 exhibits, nationally renowned keynote speakers, myriad research presentation opportunities, and conference programming “specifically tailored to support undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and career professionals at each transition stage of ... Read More
University Awarded Multimillion Federal Grant for School Leadership Initiative
California State University, Dominguez Hills has been awarded a multimillion dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement's School Leadership Program (SLP). More than $13 million of first-year funding was awarded for fiscal year 2013 to 20 educational institutions nationwide to support projects designed to recruit, train, and mentor principals and assistant principals for high-need schools and districts. CSU Dominguez Hills was the only California institution awarded and received the largest award amount. The grant to CSU Dominguez Hills–$1.16 million for the first year; $9.63 million total over five years–will establish the Innovative School ... Read More
Students Get Next-Steps Advice with Resume Clinic
More than 77 students got resume advice during the Career Center's Resume Clinic on Thursday, Oct. 17. The center tried a new format this year, and scheduled students in two sessions. Each session included a resume writing workshops led by Sherron Hawkins of Enterprise Holdings followed by group critiques in which two to five students sat with one of the 13 employer volunteers as he or she gave an evaluation of each students' resume. For more photos see: Resume Clinic Flickr set ... Read More