California State University, Dominguez Hills continues its 50th Anniversary Speakers Series with “Influential Women in California” on Monday, March 22. In recognition of Women’s History Month, this special lecture featuring three inspiring and influential Southern California women, including CSU Dominguez Hills alumna Towalame Austin (Class of '04, B.A., business administration/marketing; at right), president of the Magic Johnson Foundation.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of California State University, Dominguez Hills, a new book on the history of the campus has been written and compiled by Greg Williams, director of the University Archives and Special Collections containing more than 200 images of the university from its early beginnings as South Bay State College - when it was located in a Rolling Hills Estates bank building - to the Carson campus as it stands today.

Randolph Cauthen, associate professor of English at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has recently published his first full-length book, “Black Letters: An Ethnography of a Beginning Legal Writing Course”.