Students Take a First-Hand Look at Policy and Power The Association of Political Science Students at California State University, Dominguez Hills hopes to encourage students' newfound enthusiasm for politics during a historic election year with the new “Meet Your Local Representative/Foreign Dignitary” program, which takes students out of the classroom with a first-hand look at the careers of local policymakers and how they got to where they are today.

Photo above: This spring, CSU Dominguez Hills students, alumni and faculty were initiated into Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Founded in 1886, the nonprofit organization has a membership of approximately 60,000 scientists and engineers who are elected to Sigma Xi because of their achievements or potential in research. More than 500 chapters of Sigma Xi are at universities and colleges, government laboratories and industry research centers.

In addition to publishing American Scientist, Sigma Xi awards grants annually to promising young researchers, holds forums on critical issues and sponsors a variety of programs supporting the sciences in engineering, education, policy and public understanding.

Pictured L-R: Jerry Moore, professor of anthropology; Giancarlo Bonora, graduate student, biology; Johnly Tomelden, senior, computer science; Onyeka Uzomah (Class of ’08, B.S., biology); Sylvia Bonilla (Class of ’08, B.S., biology); Julissa Castaneda (Class of ’08, B.S., biology); Jazmyn Marquez, senior, biology; Erick Medina (Class of ’08, B.S., biology); Steve Martinez, senior, chemistry; and Cordale Johnson, senior, biology.

Not pictured: Lyzette Blanco, senior, sociology; Paul Maldonado, senior, chemistry; Katherine Bates, professor of biology; and Michael Ferris, lecturer, earth sciences.

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Photo courtesy of Tigress Briggs