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February 15, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi
and Experts to Address
State’s Higher Education Challenges
(Carson,
CA) -- On Monday, Feb. 25, on the campus of California State
University, Dominguez Hills,
Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi will bring together a team of
leading experts to discuss ideas for addressing the state’s
higher education challenges. At what is the 10th stop on his “Listening
Tour” of California State University campuses, Garamendi
will hear from local business, labor, education and economic development
leaders about the CSU’s role in preparing California for
the future and developing the workforce of tomorrow.
The event, at 1 p.m. in the university’s
Loker Student Union, is open to the public.
The focus of the panel will be on preparing the next generation
of professionals in education and nursing. As a CSU Board of Trustee
member, the lieutenant governor recognizes that CSU Dominguez Hills,
and the entire CSU system, will play a critical role in addressing
shortages in these essential growing fields.
What: CSU Listening Tour: Workforce
Development Forum
Who:
• Lt. Governor John Garamendi
•
Dr. Mildred García, President, CSU Dominguez Hills
• Dr. Lynne Cook, Dean, CSU Dominguez Hills College of Education
• Dr. David Bradfield, CSU Dominguez Hills, Chapter President, California
Faculty Association
• Carole Shea, Ph.D., RN, Director, CSU Dominguez Hills School of
Nursing
• Ifeanyi Ebigbo, President, CSU Dominguez Hills Associated Students
Inc.
• Jonathan Mooney, Director, Teacher Pathway Project
• Jan Vogel, Executive Director, South Bay Workforce Investment Board
• Joe Aro, Executive Director, South Bay Economic Development Partnership
• George Eckhardt, Manager, Healthcare Partners Medical Group
• Dr. Linda Spink, President, Los Angeles Harbor College
• Julie Washington, Elementary Vice President, United Teachers Los
Angeles
When: 1 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25
Where: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Loker Student Union, Ballroom C
1000 E. Victoria St. (at Tamcliff Street), Carson, CA
The public should park in Parking Lot 3 at Victoria
and Tamcliff. For more information, call Garamendi’s
office at (916) 445-8994 or CSUDH at (310) 243-3819.
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About
CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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