A grant from the United States Agency for International Development has been awarded to the California State University, Dominguez Hills College of Extended & International Education to train nurses and other health professionals from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

In honor of Veterans Day, the Veterans Alliance, a student support group for veteran students at California State University, Dominguez Hills, will screen the documentary “Striking a Chord” on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1- 3 p.m. in the Loker Student Union. Veterans Alliance, which was established as a student organization last year, seeks to serve the significant number of students who are veterans, as well as active duty students who are completing distance learning programs through CSU Dominguez Hills while serving their country abroad and domestically.

Samantha Hernandez didn’t set out to be a role model when she made good grades in high school and got accepted to college. In fact, if anything, she was inspired by others to set those goals. However, the sociology major at California State University, Dominguez Hills has become just that as the featured student in a Spanish-language video produced by the U.S. Department of Education intended to promote college attendance among children of Latino families.