By Marco Negrete Staff Writer Cal State Dominguez Hills and six other campuses have received three grants from the National Science Foundation for $2.5 million because of their success in increasing the number of Latino and underserved students studying computer science. “The grants help increase the number of Hispanic students who enter the computing workforce […]
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CSUDH honored by Obama with president’s higher ed. honor roll
By Da’ Ron Frost Staff Writer President Obama has honored California State University, Dominguez Hills, for its work in the community service field. CSUDH has been honored with “distinction” for the 2015 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll within the “General Community Service” category. CSUDH is one of 14 California State Universities that were […]
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Shedding light and hope for undocumented students
By Sheena Hutchinson Staff Writer Cal State Dominguez Hills, known for its diverse student population, also helps undocumented students here at home through an immigrant student alliance called Espiritu de Nuestro Futuro. Founded in 2001, ENF has been a support group for many undocumented students. CSUDH is one of the first campuses in the CSU […]
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University Police to host free women’s self-defense course
By Esther Cruz Staff Writer University Police is encouraging Cal State Dominguez Hills’ women to attend a free self-defense course. No prior experience with self-defense is required. It is, however, recommended that participants wear active or gym attire to the three-day course. The class is based on a program called R.A.D., or Rape Aggression Defense […]
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Seven scholarships and counting
By Alyssia Gilchrist-McPherson Staff Writer Crystal Yanez, 24, took the fear of applying for scholarships and turned it into a hobby. Yanez, a human services major, says that she applies to scholarships every year and hopes to win at least one. She did better than that this time around. She won seven of the 20 […]