Community Engagement Symposium Abstracts 1.
Finding Funding for Young Scholars Presenter: Luis Mendez Faculty Mentor: Brenda Riddick, Political Science Video Presentation Using Political Science to help the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum, a non-profit that offers programs that help children develop skills in Math and English. These programs play a vital role in the young scholars’ life. The Political Science students were in charge of finding funds to keep these programs running.
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Holy Trinity Compensation Research Report Presenters: Efrain Carlin, Joseph Luevanos, David Romberg Faculty Mentor: Thomas Norman, Marketing/Management This consulting report has been prepared by California State University, Dominguez Hills students to analyze employee compensation and benefits raised at Holy Trinity School. Located in San Pedro, California, Holy Trinity School provides educational services. Its objective is to describe the current compensation of employees, and indicate possible issues to address related to salary and benefits. In addition, local educational institutions will be measured against Holly Trinity’s compensation package such as Los Angeles Unified School District, Torrance Unified School District, and Long Beach Unified School District. Our analysis will suggest implementation of the compensation package described may assist with employee recruiting and retention. The compensation package describes possible measures for adequate hiring and retaining qualified employees in a competitive labor market.
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CSUDH Mock Interviews at SoCal ROC
Presenter: Katrina Rhodes, Staff and Alumnus College of Business Administration and Public Policy Faculty Mentor: Thomas Norman, Marketing/Management This presentation describes a 5-year service learning partnership that teaches Dominquez Hills (DH) students how to conduct a structured interview with behaviorally-based questions by providing a group of job seekers at a local occupational training center with multiple practice interviews.
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Small Community Agricultural Living Quarters Presenters: Brittney Ford, Lauren Godoy Faculty Mentors: Kirti Sawhney Celly, Marketing/ Management Ellie Zenhari, Digital Design Agricultural communities of four that will allow for home owners and renters to grow and manage their own gardens organically and by using repurposed product i.e. coffee grounds with the possible investor Back to the Roots. These gardens will grow different produce combinations per unit, and encourage trade between dwellings for edible goods or personally designed products they may have contrived with use of their personal in home 3D printer. The object of this project is to promote self-sustainability throughout our nation and possibly internationally. These truck container homes are intended to be powered entirely from naturally derived energy sources e.g. kinetic energy from riv-