Jessica Mahinda, a master's entry-level professional nursing (MEPN) student, was recognized with a 2013 Presidential Outstanding Student Award at CSU Dominguez Hills for her 4.01 GPA and her focus on clinical nurse leadership. Driven by her desire to understand and improve the national healthcare … [Read more...]
Nop Ratanasiripong: A Career Dedicated to Research, Teaching, and Caring

“One day I walked into the gynecology ward. There was a row of patients with cancer. I approached a lady, she was about to die. I helped her turn from one side to the other side. She looked at me and said, ‘Thank you.’ She was crying. Just turning a patient, it makes a difference. That moment … [Read more...]
Keeping Pace with 2013 Excellence in Service Award Recipient Mary Lou Cappel

Just as the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Club of America, and other such recreational programs have provided countless young people with a chance at a healthy, productive life, so too has Mary Lou Cappel, professor and program coordinator of Recreation and Leisure Studies at California State University, … [Read more...]
Michelle Padilla Wholeheartedly Believes in Disease Awareness

“Gooood afternoon… This is K-D-H-R coming live from Cal State Dominguez. This is Michelle Padilla. …Happy Valentine’s Day everybody. It’s also go red for women American Heart Association Month …and we’re winding down Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week…” Michelle Padilla, … [Read more...]
Health Science Students Present at National Conference

Students from the Division of Health Sciences at California State University, Dominguez Hills were among a select few undergraduates who presented their scholarly research alongside respected professionals, as well as doctoral and master’s level students at the 140th American Public Health … [Read more...]
Occupational Therapy Cohort Program Distinctive in Design

Now in his third semester in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Edward Kim is focused on pediatrics. He along with one of 69 students from the program’s eighth cohort are in the field once a week at the Speech and Language … [Read more...]
Pamela Lane: Nursing Graduate Finds Purpose in Helping Others

For Pamela Lane – a recipient of the 2012 California State University, Dominguez Hills Presidential Award for Outstanding Student for academics, leadership and community service and the Presidential Award for Personal Perseverance who was once a high school dropout – walking in commencement … [Read more...]
Nursing Student Receives U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship

California State University, Dominguez Hills Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) student Anna Rosen will be spending eight weeks in Tunisia this summer following her selection by the U.S. Department of State to its Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program. Rosen was one of only 575 undergraduate and … [Read more...]
Business, Nursing Faculty Work to Address Nursing Shortage in African Nation

Sometimes all it takes to accomplish a task, to move forward, to succeed is that one thing that’s just out of reach. But with it, everything will fall into place. Such appears to be the case for the nursing program at the Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (HKMU) in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The … [Read more...]



