CSUDH is among the 23 CSU campuses now requiring an ethnic studies course as a graduation requirement beginning with the freshman class of 2021-22. Photo by Iracema Navarro. By Iracema Navarro, Politics Editor A last-minute attempt by the California State University system to broaden an ethnic studies bill, which opponents said diluted the original purpose […]
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“We Asked for Orange Juice and Got a Glass of Tang:” CSUDH Faculty Sound Off on Alternative Ethnic Studies Requirement
California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, California where the State Legislature convenes. Photo by m mucoki on Unsplash By Iracema Navarro, Political Editor Updated 8/03/2020: Additional reporting by Brenda Verano and Robert Rios One month after the state voted to introduce an ethnic studies requirement to the California State University, the CSU Board of Trustees, […]
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Task Force to Examine Anti-Blackness Primarily, but Not Exclusively
Dr. Donna J. Nicole (left) and Dr. Anthony Samad (far right in second photo) are co-chairs of the Task Force on Racial reconciliation announced last week by Dr. Thomas A. Parham (far left, second photo), who stands beside Dr. Michael Eric Dyson , a noted professor and author who spoke on campus in 2019. Photos […]
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CSU’s Alternative to AB 1460 Passes Despite Disapproval From Ethnic Studies Community
This story is for republication, written by The Sundial’s Orlando Mayorquin. Photo by David J. Hawkins. By Orlando Mayorquin | CSU Wire The California State University Board of Trustees voted 13-5 to pass a measure to establish a CSU systemwide ethnic studies and social justice requirement starting in the 2023-2024 academic year. The measure is the […]
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CSUDH Reaches Agreement to House Historic African American Collection
The CSUDH Campus News Center, the product of the university’s Communications and Public Affairs department, reported yesterday that the university has reached an agreement to house the approximately two million items in the Mayme A. Clayton Collection of African American History and Culture. Dr. Clayton, a university librarian and historian, accumulated the collection of photographs […]