Cal State Dominguez Hills News

State Controller John Chiang, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, Harbor Area Rep.

Asked to "study something important," students stayed on task for two minutes before they "began responding to arriving texts or checking their Facebook feed, " reports a study , published in the May issue of Computers in Human Behavior , by Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University-Dominguez Hills.

Using tech tools that students are familiar with and already enjoy using is attractive to educators, but getting students focused on the project at hand might be more difficult because of it.

Linda Broyles, 57, of Coronado, has been appointed to the California Commission on Emergency Medical Services.

Six former academic leaders including three deans, two department chairmen and a vice president will be enshrined in the Hall of Honor for emeriti faculty Chico State University during ceremonies May 16 at Manzanita Place.

Loyola hired Maleta Wilson as the new manager of the University Bookstore. Prior to starting the job at Loyola on April 1, Wilson was a bookstore field manager at California State University Dominguez Hills and worked for Follet Higher Education group, the company which owns and operates Loyola's bookstore.

Timothy White, the new chancellor of the California State University system, introduced his folksy brand of leadership Tuesday to the Dominguez Hills campus in Carson, where he wandered about and chatted up students, professors and janitors alike.

Our Lady of Holy Cross College in Algiers recently held an investiture ceremony for its new president, Ronald J. Ambrosetti.