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April 5, 2001
DH-00-TW-246
Contact: Tim Woodhull
 
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

California State University, Dominguez Hills to celebrate cultural diversity with 5th Annual Unity Fest

California State University, Dominguez Hills will host students, faculty, and staff - as well as prospective students and residents of the communities that the university serves - at Unity Fest 2001, a celebration designed to honor the diversity of the campus.

Admission is free to the three-day event that takes place in the university’s Sculpture Garden from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25; from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 26; and, from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Festivities will include dancers, singers, musical bands, martial artists, interactive games, arts and crafts, an international menu of foods and – this year for the first time – a poetry slam, children’s village and a folk arts festival.

Unity Fest was begun in 1997 to honor the spectrum of ethnicities and cultures that comprise CSU Dominguez Hills. This year is no different: For the third consecutive year, the university has been named the most diverse public university in the West by U.S. News & World Report.

California State University, Dominguez Hills, is located at 1000 East Victoria Street, Carson.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the CSUDH MultiCultural Center at (310) 243-2519.

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