As emergency management and preparedness coordinator of California State University, Dominguez Hills, Gary Singer (Class of '05, B.A., political science) says that the reality of emergencies is not if they happen, but when. He says that “Operation Jump Start,” a functional exercise that took place last month, was very informative in assessing the university's readiness for an emergency. “If you had a drill in which you did everything perfectly, you didn't have a good drill,” he says. “We have a laundry list of things to improve upon–that's the good thing about these drills. Small things... that you don't think about turn out to be very important in an actual emergency.” With the ... Read More
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Toro Baseball’s Su’a Represents Toros and MLB’s Urban Youth Academy in Japan
Toro Baseball's head coach Murphy Su'a was selected to serve as head coach in the fifth annual USA-Japan Friendly Series, which took place in Tokyo and Osaka in late June. He led a group of 18 local high school players who regularly train at the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy (UYA) in Compton to a four-game series against the citywide Tokyo All-Stars, Akashi Commercial High School, and Osaka Toin High School. Although the UYA team lost all four games, their coach says that it was a winning team on a more personal level. Su'a says that the trip to Japan was for the UYA students was “simply amazing,” and that the UYA team looked forward to playing the Tokyo All-Stars. “The ... Read More
Campus “Crowned” Location of Choice for Hollywood Productions
Local moviegoers and scores of alumni everywhere may recognize one of the supporting cast members in Tom Hanks' latest film, “Larry Crowne.” Standing in for the fictional East Valley Community College is none other than the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus, where shooting of scenes for the film took place a year ago. “Larry Crowne” is one of many productions shot on the campus. Richard Chester, director of Campus Dining and Commercial Services has been working with Jean Ferguson of Ferguson's Location Library for the last decade to market CSU Dominguez Hills as a potential location to filmmakers. “CSU Dominguez Hills provides a broad variety of looks that are not ... Read More
Obama Appoints García to Advisory Commission on Hispanic Education
Dr. Mildred García, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. García is one of 19 individuals from the education, business, nonprofit, philanthropic and high-tech sectors nationwide appointed to the commission, which will advise the president and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on issues related to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics. With Hispanics representing the fastest-growing minority group in the United States yet having the lowest rate of education attainment in the country, the committee's ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Welcomes Young Musicians on College Tour
California State University, Dominguez Hills opened its doors and dorms last week to more than 100 middle and high school students from central Texas, who are on a five-state college and performance tour, after an employee at the university - and a native of Texas - learned the students didn't have adequate accommodations while in California. “When I found out that a group of inner city high school students from Austin, Tex., was traveling all the way to the West Coast to visit local universities and sleeping on gymnasium floors, I knew that we had to do something,” said Tomás A. Aguirre, acting associate director of University Housing at CSU Dominguez Hills. “I'm lucky that I work at ... Read More