Memorial for Vivian Malmstrom, Aug. 27

Vivian Malmstrom, a co-founder of the Nursing Department, died July at her home in Bend, Oregon. She will be remembered at a gathering in the Student Union multipurpose room on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 4:30-6 p.m. Malmstrom was a graduate of the UCSF School of Nursing, and she earned a Master's degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She worked with Mary Searight to plan an innovative program at SSU designed to meet the needs of R.N.'s who wished to work for a B.S. in Nursing. Their design was accredited by the National League of Nursing. Her generosity of spirit, her wisdom, and her ready wit made her a natural leader, cherished by colleagues and students. Her special gift for building consensus extended beyond the Nursing Department, to faculty governance where she served for many years in many capacities. 

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Campus MovieFest - Registration begins August 20 for faculty and staff as well as students to participate in this popular annual movie-making contest taht is the world's largest student film festival. More information about the event and the ability to sign up can be accessed at MovieFest. For SSU-related info, call 4-4129 or e-mail as.pr@sonoma.edu.

IExpress - The University Library Art Gallery stages the exhibition I Express from Aug. 22 through Nov. 5 as one of several events in the Fall 2008 Arts and Lectures program entitled It Matters! Engage. Participate. Vote.  The exhibit explores themes SSU students identified as important in the current election cycle – such as war and the environment. More details at http://library.sonoma.edu/about/gallery.html.

Michael Parenti - Outspoken author, historian and media critic Michael Parenti visits the campus at 7 p.m. on Aug. 28 in Darwin 103 to present the first of the Modern Media Censorship Lectures to be held Thursdays during the fall semester. Series host Mickey S. Huff introduces the topic “Can We Call it Censorship?” followed by Parenti, who will discuss “Orthodoxy and Diversity in the News Media.” Tickets are $10 and free for students. For more information, visit www.projectcensored.org/lectures or contact Kate Sims at simsk@sonoma.edu, 4-3160.

Fall Midnight Breakfast - Faculty, staff and administrators don their aprons to serve students at a midnight meal, 10 p.m.-midnight, Sept. 4. To sign up, contact Mo Phillips, mo.phillips@sonoma.edu.