After five years of trying, professor of anthropology Jerry Moore has received a $191,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Archaeology Program for research in northern Peru. When asked what worked in acquiring the grant this time, he laughs, “Sheer persistence. Over the last
five years, the competition for these funds has become absolutely fierce. In this last round, 67 proposals were submitted.
Ten will be funded.”

Associate professor of political science Margaret Blue is on the event committee for the Los Angeles premiere of the internationally acclaimed film, “Buffalo Boy,” to be held at the historic Warner Grand Theatre on Jan. 28. She serves as co-chair of a reception that evening, honoring the film’s director and screenwriter Nghiem-Minh Nguyen-Vô, as a board member of
Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, which is presenting the film.

Athletics Director Patrick Guillen, who has been in the acting position at California State University Dominguez Hills since Nov. 1, 2005, has earned the permanent position. The announcement was made Jan. 11 by Boice Bowman, vice president of Student Affairs. Guillen began his new position immediately, replacing Ron Prettyman, who left CSUDH in August 2005 to
take a position as the athletic director at Indiana State University.