ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Sam Enriquez

Sam Enriquez
Above the Fold at the Wall Street Journal

Just a month after his promotion to national news editor of the Wall Street Journal in 2008, Sam Enriquez found himself reaching back more than two decades to his courses in economics from California State University, Dominguez Hills.

That fall, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., a global financial services firm and then the fourth-largest investment bank in the U.S., declared bankruptcy, ushering in a historic autumn of frozen credit markets and government bailouts as the national and global economy teetered on the brink of collapse. After years of reporting and editing general news, Enriquez said, with understatement, that what he learned in his macroeconomics classes would ”prove immensely important” in helping him understand, interpret and help edit the daily onslaught of news that evolved into the biggest story of the decade.

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2013 Commencement Alumni Processional

Alumni Breakfast
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Time: 9:00am
Location: American Express Stadium Club
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2013 Commencement Alumni Processional
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Location: Home Depot Center

Cap and gown is required. it may be purchased at the University Bookstore before Friday, May 17, 2013. Please contact the bookstore directly at (310) 243-3829 for more information.

Please RSVP by Friday, May 10, 2013 to fhernandez@csudh.edu or (310) 243-2237. Space is limited so reserve your space early.