On Point: The New Pope and the Global Community
Much has been made of newly appointed Pope Benedict XVI’s ardent conservative past and what it will mean for interfaith dialogue under his watch. Linda Groff, professor of political science, who specializes in global studies – future studies, intercultural/inter-religious dialogue, and peace and conflict resolution – explains here how such dialogue is just one vital component of a bigger movement toward a more globally interdependent world. Full story

CBAPP and Campus News

CBAPP Alumni Called to Join in Commencement Celebration
All CBAPP alumni are encouraged to join President James E. Lyons, Sr. and the Platform Party in leading graduates onto the field of the Home Depot Center for the 2005 Commencement Ceremony on May 20 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition to special parking arrangements and catching up with former classmates, alumni will be seated in a special designated area at the front of the staging area to enjoy the festivities. Please RSVP by May 6 to Leslie Patterson, lpatterson@csudh.edu, (310) 243-2364.

Public Administration Celebrates Major Scholars
The 25^th Annual Public Administration Honors Banquet was held on Sunday, April 17 at Ports O’ Call Restaurant in San Pedro, recognizing outstanding academic achievements for undergraduate and graduate students within the major. Full story

Rookie ToroSifers Bring Home Hardware
In its first year on campus, CSUDH’s ToroSifers, a free enterprise student organization dominated by CBAPP majors, brought home two trophies, Rookie of the Year and Second Runner-Up, from the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) competition held April 14 at the Hyatt Regency in Los Angeles.  Full story

Eyes Over Baghdad
Ken Evans (M.B.A., 2001) was recently deployed to Taji, Iraq, to fly an AH-64D Apache Longbow with B Company (Killer Spades) 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. View some of his photos from his missions canvassing Baghdad and the Green Zone (the U.S. military headquarters and media center within the city) with his attack helicopter battalion.
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Sports and Entertainment Career Expo & Internship Fair at HDC on May 25
The Los Angeles Galaxy and Anschutz Entertainment Group will host a career expo and internship fair at The Home Depot Center on Wednesday, May 25 at 5 p.m. for those interested in a career in the sports and entertainment industry. An L.A. Galaxy soccer match will follow the fair, included in the $20 entry fee ($16 for current students). Full story

Newsmakers

Raoul Freeman, professor and chair of Information Systems, had his paper, "The Los Angeles Experience: A Field Study of Information Technology Issues Challenging Local Government," published in the April 2005 issue of The Journal of E-Government.

Senior Ossama El-Batran, political science, and junior Mark Mussari, political science, received Best Delegate awards for their presentations at the California Model United Nations Conference held at the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach on March 3. Along with 17 other members of CSU Dominguez Hills’ Model United Nations team, they also served as delegates at the four-day American Pacific Coast Model United Nations Confernece, held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, March 31-April 3. Senior political science majors Mary Cowen and Maritza Dreux, and junior Raul Murillo, political science, joined El-Batran and Mussari in receiving Outstanding, Distinguished, and Research awards at the multi-day, intercollegiate conference.

Senior Tracy Lloyd and graduate student Sudha Prakash received the Outstanding Student Awards, and Cynthia V. Menivar accepted the Abraam Krushkhov Memorial Scholarship at the 25^th Annual Public Administration Honors Banquet on April 17.
Twenty-nine students were inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha Honors Society, and 25 graduating students received recognition for honors in major. Senior Octavio Villavencio was applauded for graduating Cum Laude. Seniors Laurie Anderson, Todd Gaynor, Enrique Iribe, and Emilio Salas were also recognized for graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Junior Jaret Minami, marketing, was recently named president of the newly formed Honors Program Torchbearers Club, a group of student-athlete tutors who help fellow Toros maintain their grade-point averages and represent CSUDH well on the sports fields. The program plans to offer assistance in finite mathematics, biology, physics and English grammar. Minami is a midfielder on the men’s soccer team.

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