Coming Up

Meisel on "Reflections on the Juvenile Parole Enterprise"

Josh Meisel, Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies, is the featured speaker at Tuesday's Brown Bag Series hosted by the School of Social Sciences. He will speak on "Reflections on the Juvenile Parole Enterprise" at noon on Tuesday, April 15, in Stevenson 2011. Meisel argues, during the 1990s, there was a great deal of experimentation and innovation that occurred in the design and delivery of aftercare and community-based re-entry services for youthful offenders. As greater numbers of youthful offenders have been confined to secure facilities for longer periods of time, the impact on future re-offending behavior is being compromised in the absence of effective community transition and aftercare programming, he says.

In this presentation, he provides an overview of the challenges of juvenile re-entry and the subsequent need for a critical review of the empirical literature on juvenile parole to date. To that end, he outlines a research project underway involving SSU students who have been hired to build an annotated bibliography of research on juvenile parole. Meisel recently joined the Criminal Justice faculty from Humboldt State University.

Loeb Heads Workshop on Teaching for Engagement

Paul Loeb, Affiliate Scholar at Seattle's Center for Ethical Leadership, presents a special workshop on "Teaching for Engagement" on Monday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Schulz 3001. Faculty members, graduate students and students with an interest in education are welcome. This workshop explores how to teach social commitment to America's future citizens, and is a great opportunity for participants to reflect on their mission as educators. Register at http://www.sonoma.edu/ctpd/. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement and the Center for Teaching and Professional Development. Loeb, author of "Soul of a Citizen" and editor of "The Impossible Will Take a Little While," also presents a free lecture at 7:30 p.m. that day in the Cooperage. Drawing on his books and 35 years of exploring citizen involvement, Loeb will focus on how ordinary citizens and students in particular can make their voices heard and actions count in a time when they are told neither matter. Free tickets are available at the Student Union Front Desk.

A&H Forum: Kaiser Willie and W.E.B. DuBois

Bob Coleman Senghor, English, speaks about "Kaiser Willie: W.E.B. Du Bois and Germany" at noon on April 17 in Schulz 3001. The event is part of the Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum.

W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1963), historian, sociologist, social philosopher, novelist, co-founder of the NAACP, editor of Crisis Magazine, civil rights leader and activist, and author of Souls of Black Folk and 35 other books. This talk examines DuBois' relationship to German culture, history and politics from his early encounters in the 1880s with German romantic writers as a high student until his death in 1963.

Senghor will identify the high points of this relationship beginning with his admiration of Bismarck, followed by his student years in Berlin, his emulation of the Kaiser Wilhelm's dress, his views on Hitler, and his absorption into and betrayal by the propaganda machine of the German Democratic Republic.

This survey will also touch on Dubois' relationship with the township of Eisenach and the international metropolis, Berlin. In the course of the talk, he addresses some of the unique challenges facing archive research in Germany, a county once torn by two world wars, a division into two nations, the Cold War, reunification, and the bureaucratic complexities of the "Datenschutz" (privacy laws). The talk will also feature photographs

Meet and Greet Offers Networking for
Past, Present and Future MBA's

Sustainability and entrepreneurial success, ,two important topics for tomorrow's business world leaders, will be explored by Brad Baker, President and CEO of Codding Enterprises, with Masters in Business Administration students and alumni from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday April 17 at the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster in Rohnert Park.  Michael Newel, Executive Director of the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster, is host. Guests will be treated to food and wine donations from Oliver's Market in Rohnert Park and La Crema in Healdsburg. Those who would like to attend can inquire at thompren@sonoma.edu or visit www.sonoma.edu/busadmin/mba/.

SAVE THE DATE:

Harlem Wizards - SSU hosts one of the most well-known exhibition basketball teams in the nation in a match against the hand-picked Sonoma State All-Stars, the best and brightest of the Sonoma State University basketball team and campus community. Associated Students Productions. 7 p.m., Saturday, April 26. SSU gym. $5 for SSU students and children (12 & under) and $10 general admission. To purchase tickets, phone 4-2382 or visit www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.

What the Dormouse Said - New York Times Reporter John Markoff describes how a political counterculture converged with the microprocessor during the 1960s and early 1970s around Stanford University to create personal computing. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, April 24. Darwin 102, 4-2667.