Countless students at California State University, Dominguez Hills have saved untold dollars on textbooks and other alternative learning materials they may have otherwise been unable to access thanks to Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$), a systemwide CSU initiative to provide low- and no-cost online educational resources. For her extensive work developing the cutting-edge service on this campus, and upon the recommendation of the Faculty Leaves and Honors Committee, former director of reference services Naomi Moy has been recognized with the university's 2013 Excellence in Service Award. Click here for information on the March 14 Faculty Awards Reception, where the award will be ... Read More
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Matt Mutchler Earns Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
For his continuous and meaningful collaboration with students, large body of original research, scholarly publications, and grants acquisition, Matt Mutchler, associate professor of sociology and director of the Urban Community Research Center (UCRC) at California State University, Dominguez Hills, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Leaves and Honors Committee, has been recognized with the university's 2013 Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award. Click here for information on the March 14 Faculty Awards Reception, where the award will be presented. “It's a great honor to be recognized by the campus community for research, scholarship and creative activity. ... Read More
Keeping Pace with 2013 Excellence in Service Award Recipient Mary Lou Cappel
Just as the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Club of America, and other such recreational programs have provided countless young people with a chance at a healthy, productive life, so too has Mary Lou Cappel, professor and program coordinator of Recreation and Leisure Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills. For her tireless efforts to not only inspire students to live healthy lives and serve their communities, but to achieve student success, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Leaves and Honors Committee, she has been recognized with the university's 2013 Excellence in Service Award. Click here for information on the March 14 Faculty Awards Reception, where the award will be ... Read More
Ruben Medina: Dancing his Way Through a Degree in Physics
Once a dance major, naysayers nearly crushed his dream. But Ruben Medina, now a senior majoring in physics at California State University, Dominguez Hills, leapt from the clutches of confusion and self-doubt to have it all. In evidence, the Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) and Minority Access to Research Careers-Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (MARC-USTAR) student has participated in opposite ends of the spectrum at the university's Student Research Day. He went from winning first place in physics in the 2011 competition with his presentation “Improving KAON Identification with CLAS” to this year ... 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
