CSUDH Alumni Link April 2009

 

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April 2009

News and Information for CSUDH Alumni and Friends


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2009 Commencement Alumni Processional

We invite alumni to march in the 2009 Commencement Alumni Processional on Friday, May 22 at the Home Depot Center from 8 am to noon. Show your Toro Pride while reconnecting with old friends and professors.

 

We will be wearing regalia. If you no longer have your old regalia, it may be purchased at the CSUDH Bookstore. Please let them know your last degree earned at the university. For more information, please contact the CSUDH Bookstore directly at (310) 243-3829.

 

Please RSVP to the Office of Alumni Programs by Friday, May 8 at alumniprograms@csudh.edu or (310) 243-2237.


CSU Dominguez Hills Strategic Planning Continues with Meetings of University Stakeholders
The ongoing process of drawing up a strategic plan for the next five years at California State University, Dominguez Hills continued last week with gatherings of alumni, donors, community and business members, and elected officials. At the meetings, the guests were asked to describe where they hoped to see the institution as a “model urban university” in the next five years in regard to academic offerings, student success, connections to the community and public image.

Guests at the meetings, which were held in Club 1910 at the Loker Student Union, represented a broad spectrum of the university’s supporters and partners, including Gilbert Ivey (Class of ’75, B.A., business administration), chief administrative officer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Dr. Janice Filer, principal, California Academy of Math and Science; State Assemblyman Warren Furutani (D-55th); Ken Putnam, chair, CSU Dominguez Hills Foundation; Jacki Bacharach, executive director, South Bay Council of Governments; and Jorge Haynes, senior director for external relations, California State University.

Drafts of a strategic framework will be circulated to various campus constituencies for further feedback and refinement in the coming weeks. A rollout of the final version of the strategic plan is expected by the end of May. For more information see the strategic planning website at www.csudh.edu/strategicplanning.


Mark Hurley, President of Shell Pipeline Company LP Visits CSU Dominguez Hills

Mark Hurley, President of Shell Pipeline Company LP, spoke to students, faculty, staff and community members at the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS) Distinguished Speakers Series on Tuesday, April 14. Hurley is responsible for pipeline and terminal operations as well as road transport for Shell's Oil Products business in North America. He shared with the campus community his knowledge and experience with the "Energy Supply Chain." For more information about NBS or the Dean's Initiative Fund, please call (310) 243-2823.


President's Scholarship Reception

Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Loker Student Union

The President’s Scholarship Reception is held annually to honor the scholars receiving this prestigious award, as well as other scholarships. A goal of the President’s Scholarship Reception has always been to increase the number of awards given, and our goal for 2009 is to provide funding for at least 15 scholarships.

Discounted tickets are $50.00 each.

Please RSVP by April 22 to jenosara@csudh.edu.

Upcoming Events

Apr 22, 2009 Earth Day Celebration. The Beach Is Coming! As part of our day-long celebration of Earth Day, the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific will come to you, bringing sharks, sea stars, anemones and other California marine inhabitants in a dynamic mobile tide pool exhibit. The event takes place from 10 am to 4 pm in the Sculpture Garden on campus, and is open to all. For more information contact the Honors Program Office at (310) 243-3974.

Apr 24 & 25 at 8 pm, Apr 26 at 2 pm: "Everyman, The Musical" Brings Morality to the South Bay. 8pm at the University Theatre on CSU, Dominguez Hills campus. $12 or $10 for students and senior citizens. For more information call (310) 243-3589

Apr 27: The 2009 Pat Eliet Memorial Lecture with RJ Smith, author of "The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African American Renaissance" at 7 pm in Loker Student Union Ballroom. For more information call (310) 243-3322.

Apr 30: Labor and Social Justice Fair, noon-9 pm, Loker Student Union

May 21: 2009 Graduate Commencement from
7 pm at the Home Depot Center Tennis Stadium. Keynote speaker will be Los Angeles Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt.

May 22: 2009 Undergraduate Commencement from
8 am-noon at the Home Depot Center Soccer Stadium. Keynote speaker will be Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.

Did You Know?

Your gift, regardless of the size, helps your alma mater! Visit our Online Giving website to make a donation or call (310) 243-2182.

Did you know you can make a gift that provides a fixed income for life? More information can be found on our Planned Giving website or by calling 310-243-2182.

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