Spring is a time of growth and change, and this spring semester, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will experience plenty of it as 30 programs and departments move to new locations on campus between April 12 and 28. Student Success Hub The largest group relocating includes 12 of CSUDH's student support services. They will move to the third floor of the University Library North building to create the new Student Success Hub, a space designed to unite student-centered programs. “We're creating a one-stop location, so students won't have to travel to different parts of campus to explore the services available to them or meet with staff to discuss their options,” said ... Read More
Teacher Education
University Garners Delphi Award for Support of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
For its success in connecting its support for non-tenure-track faculty to improved mental health counseling for students, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been honored with the inaugural Delphi Award from the USC Rossier School of Education's Pullias Center for Higher Education. Announced by the Pullias Center on Oct. 16, CSUDH will officially receive the Delphi Award and its $15,000 prize Jan. 24, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. One four year college/university and one two-year college receive this recognition each year. Harper College, a community college in Palatine, Illinois, has also been named a recipient of the award. The Delphi Award is an initiative of the ... Read More
Faculty Highlights, September 2018
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Salim Faraji, professor of Africana Studies, presented the paper “The Ascendancy of the Kushite Kingdom of Kerma in the Post Middle Kingdom Era: Revisiting the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt” at the 14th Annual International Conference on Nubian Studies at the University of Paris-Sorbonne/Louvre Museum. Faraji also presented “Osirian Motifs in the Martyrdom of St. Peter of Alexandria” during the ... Read More
Three CSUDH Students Selected for Prestigious Pre-Doctoral Program
Three high-achieving California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students have been named 2018-19 Sally Casanova Scholars and selected to participate in the California State University system's (CSU) competitive California Pre-Doctoral Program. Cellular and molecular biology major Natalya Cardona, Spanish linguistics major Jesús Eduardo González Franco, and history major Thaithao Nguyen are among 75 undergraduate and graduate students from across the CSU system who are part of this year's pre-doctoral cohort. All three CSUDH Sally Casanova Scholars are also in the university's McNair Scholars Program, a federal grant program with similar aims: to encourage and prepare students ... Read More
STEM Teaching Program Wins My LA2050 Activation Challenge
(Carson, CA) - A California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) teacher-training program that combines classroom training, real-time feedback, and group collaboration received the most votes in the “learn” category of the Goldhirsh Foundation's My LA2050 Activation Challenge. The result: a $200,000 LA2050 grant to expand the program to more schools. The crowdsourcing contest seeks innovative programs to make Los Angeles the best place to learn, live, connect, play, and create by 2050. Developed by CSUDH's Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) in partnership with The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs (The L.A. Coalition), the Next Generation Science Standards: ... Read More
