Some students accomplish so much during college, others endure so much to even get there, and still others manage to do both. For their outstanding leadership and extraordinary services to California State University, Dominguez Hills and surrounding communities, students nominated by their peers and members of the faculty were honored at the Second Annual President's Student Leadership and Service Awards held in the Loker Student Union ballroom on April 25. “We are acknowledging leadership. We are acknowledging relationships. We are acknowledging stewardship.” CSU Dominguez Hills President Mildred García said. This year, two female students were honored with both the Presidential ... Read More
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Summit Aimed to Empower Minority Male Students to Succeed in School and Life
Ten young men, all African American and Latino students, stood in front of an audience of about 600 of their high school and college peers during the California State University, Dominguez Hills Male Success Alliance Third Annual Spring Summit held in the Loker Student Union ballroom on April 24 as part of an exercise to illustrate a point: the odds against male students of color completing high school or college are staggering. Making the point graphically real, motivational speaker and guest keynote Ernesto Mejia of CoolSpeak, a youth engagement company that campaigns for minority students to stay in and finish high school and college, asked the students why they want to go to ... Read More
Excellence Celebrated at President’s Scholarship Reception
“It takes a village” is an adage that can arguably be applied to excellence achieved at any institution, including California State University, Dominguez Hills, where the “village” includes a special group of students, a long-time professor, and the people behind Shell Pipeline Company LP. They were honored at the 2012 President's Scholarship Reception held in the University Library on April 26, in front of a crowd filled with university administration, faculty, students, and family and friends, as well as several notable community leaders including current Carson Mayor Jim Dear and former Carson Mayor Gilbert Smith. Accepting their awards on stage were the Presidential Scholarship ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Announces Commencement Speakers
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills University is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for its 2012 Commencement Ceremonies, scheduled to take place over two days, Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19, in The Home Depot Center Tennis Stadium on the CSU Dominguez Hills campus. Robert K. Ross, president and CEO of The California Endowment College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and College of Extended and International Education 3 p.m., Fri., May 18 Antonia Hernández, president and CEO of California Community Foundation College of Business Administration and Public Policy, 6 p.m., Fri., May 18 James Newton Howard, composer, conductor, arranger, and music ... Read More
Lois W. Chi Named 2012 Katherine B. Loker Friend of Education
Perhaps more than any other professor in the history of California State University, Dominguez Hills, Lois W. Chi, professor emerita of biology, can say she has seen the university evolve. Chi will be presented with the Katherine B. Loker Friend of Education Award for her longtime commitment to the university, her students, and science at the 2012 President's Scholarship Reception on April 26. “I feel very honored. I [am] very lucky to get the award,” Chi said. As one of the 20 founding faculty members serving 180 students, she began teaching at the then-named California State College, Dominguez Hills in 1966. In fact, Chi taught the very first class held on the Watt campus, which was ... Read More
