In partnership with International Trade Education Programs (ITEP) and Los Angeles Harbor College, California State University, Dominguez Hills will help nearly 400 local at-risk students discover global careers possibilities during the "Fourth Annual GPS Your Future" on Friday, October 11. Established in 1999, the nonprofit ITEP connects the classroom to the international trade business community in order to develop career-ready, college-prepared high school students. ITEP's success in developing a strong student body is evidenced in an 85 percent average high school graduation rate for students in its program. Working in partnership with industry and educators, ITEP helps young people ... Read More
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McNair Scholar Gabriel Jones: In his Element in Environmental Research
It would be fair to say Gabriel Jones wants to help save the world. But he's not doing it wearing a cape. The senior majoring in anthropology with a minor in geography at California State University, Dominguez Hills is working toward making positive changes in environmental justice and policy based on research. A lofty goal to be sure, but with the opportunities that being a scholar in the Ronald E. McNair Program at CSU Dominguez Hills provides him, he is well on his way to the education he will need to ensure his ability to attain that goal. Named after the late African-American physicist who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the post-baccalaureate ... Read More
Es El Momento Spanish-Language Education Fair Returns to Campus for Fifth Year
On Saturday, Oct. 5, California State University, Dominguez Hills will welcome thousands of Spanish-speaking families to campus for the fifth annual Educación: Feria Es El Momento from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair is part of a long-term education campaign led by Spanish-language television network Univision to increase the involvement of Spanish-speaking parents in their children's education, reduce the Latino dropout rate, and promote a college-going culture–all issues that are very important to this university, as well. CSU Dominguez Hills has partnered with Univision and its Los Angeles Station KMEX to put on Educación: Feria Es El Momento for the past five years. It is the largest ... Read More
Women and Philanthropy: Mentors, Students Develop Strong Bonds
Several participants in the Women and Philanthropy (W&P) group at California State University, Dominguez Hills reunited during the organization's annual fall student-mentor mixer held in the Loker Student Union on Sept. 18. The event was also an opportunity for new and potential participants to meet and discover details about the program. Founded by Shirley Smith, the wife of former mayor of Carson and past member of university advisory boards Gilbert Smith, the organization is dedicated to mentorship between women who are successful professionals and those who are students at the university. There are currently 19 mentees and 15 mentors participating in the program. Smith asserted ... Read More
CSU Trustees’ Award Recipient John Bagnerise: Recapturing a Future Nearly Lost
Just when many 21-year-old undergraduates are about to begin their last academic term, John Bagnerise was starting a much different sort of term–an 18-year-to-life sentence at Folsom State Prison. He spent the next 22 years incarcerated in some the toughest prisons in California for a crime for which he was present, but did not commit. “I had to convince a parole board that I was suitable to be a part of society and could readjust to a world that had become foreign to me,” said the determined 49-year-old. And convince he did, but not before 12 years–when he became eligible for parole–and another decade of pleading his case to parole boards would pass. Now six years out of prison, ... Read More
