Les and Judy Vadasz, through the Vadasz Family Foundation, have generously underwritten music education at Sonoma State University's Green Music Center with a $500,000 gift.
"We are confident that the Green Music Center will enhance the educational experience for our students, and are glad to be part of the community of supporters helping SSU achieve this goal," says Les Vadasz, retired co-founder of Intel Corp.
Because of their commitment to music and education, half of their $500,000 gift will go toward completing the music center and the other half to an endowment for student scholarships.
The Vadasz Family endowment fund supports lessons and individual practice scholarships for students with financial need. The endowment ensures that money will be available to students forever. The principal is banked and collects interest. That interest funds the scholarships.
In 1968, Les Vadasz was a member of Intel Corporation's founding team. He led design teams that developed some of the semi-conductor industry's most significant products.
Intel is known for silicon innovation and as being a major player in the personal computing industry.
Lectures
EXPLORING THE EXTREME UNIVERSE WITH FERMI - (left) Dr. Lynn Cominsky describes recent discoveries from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which is observing black holes, exploding stars and more. What Phsyicists Do Lecture Series. Mon., March 23, 4 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
POET AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST KYTHE HELLER - Poet and performance artist Kythe Heller offers a multi-media meditation on the ancient theme of fire - fire as a rage and death-bringer and fire as a creative and transformative power. Writers on Writing Program, the Nadenia Newkirk Foundation and the Department of English. Tues., March 24, 6 p.m. Schulz 3001.
KAT HUTTER - Kat Hutter, an oil and ceramic artist, relies on distorting the context in which shapes/objects exist through cultural or societal categorization. The relationship of recurrent visual signals in contemporary culture and the physical routine of living in the culture begin to build as layers in the patterns of everyday. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Art 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
RECLUSIVE, ECCENTRIC, AND CURIOUS: ART CREATED IN SOLITUDE AND CONFINEMENT - (right) Psychology Professor Geri Olson examines the spontaneous, obsessive and driven art done by artists in confinement, secrecy or solitude, living on the margins of social groups or in prisons and other institutions where supplies are limited and freedom to meet like-minded others is rare. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
RICK LUTTMANN FASHION SHOW - Mathematics professor Rick Luttman models some of his most eccentric outfits. SSU Math Club. Students $5, General $10. Tues., March 24, 7 - 9 p.m. Cooperage. (707) 664-2368.
EYES WIDE OPEN: HISTORICAL WOMEN'S POETRY - SSU's own Kerbrina Boyd recites famous poems written by African-American women over the past 100 years and speaks about the history and background of each author. Tues., March 24, 7 p.m. The Pub. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
THE MINSK GHETTO 1941 - 1943: JEWISH RESISTANCE AND SOVIET INTERNATIONALISM - Dr. Barbara Epstein, University of California at Santa Cruz, examines the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Annual Robert L. Harris Memorial lecture as part of the 26th Annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
WHAT DOES TRANSITION HAVE TO DO WITH BELONGING? - Steve Toby, an openly female-to-male trans-gender psychotherapist, discusses the unique role that belonging plays in compelling those who identify as trans-gender to seek hormonal and surgical treatment. Women's Health Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES TO HABITAT TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION - Jonathan Stillman, San Francisco State University, examines the impacts of temperature fluctuation on marine life. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
VOTE FOR YOUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT - Students are invited to cast their ballots for next year's Associated Students leaders. Polling takes place in Stevenson, Zinfandel and Sauvignon. Tues., March 24 and Wed., March 25. For more information, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/elections.
A BIJECTION ON CORE PARTITIONS - Brant Jones, UC Davis, gives several new interpretations of a bijection between cores that were used recently by Berg and Vazirani, including a geometric description in terms of a root lattice. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Weds., March 25. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER: OBAMA'S AMERICA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE - Chris O'Sullivan, author of "Sumner Welles, Postwar Planning and the quest for a New World Order" and professor of history at the University of San Francisco, explores the host of difficult global challenges, including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, re-launching the Middle East peace process, global climate change, and the worldwide economic crisis, that face the new Obama administration and will offer observations on the prospects for new approaches to global challenges. Thurs., March 26, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Commons. Miriam Hutchins. (707) 664-2409.
WOMEN, ISLAM AND MODERNITY IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA - Adrienne Edgar, Associate Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara, is a pioneer in the field of modern Central Asian history and the author of "Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan." In 2006, the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians honored Edgar for her trailblazing work on gender, religion and nationalism along the Muslim peoples of the former Soviet Union. Thurs., March 26, 3 - 5 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Student Union.
OPEN FORUMS ON DIVERSITY - Students, staff and faculty are invited to share concerns and offer suggestions about diversity on-campus. Free pizza. Senate Ad Hoc Diveristy Committee, President's Diversity Committee and Associated Students. Tues., March 24, 2 to 4 p.m. Weds., March 25., 3 - 5 p.m. Thurs., March 26, noon - 2 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Student Union. Elisa Velasquez. velasqel@sonoma.edu.
MULTICULTURAL NIGHT - The second annual multicultural night will cross racial and cultural boundaries culminating in an explosion of diversity and entertainment, including a fashion show, dancing and songs. Thurs., March 26, 6 p.m. Cooperage.
TISSEROMAN: THE WEAVING OF FEMALE SELFHOOD WITHIN FEMININE COMMUNITIES IN POST-COLONIAL NOVELS - Modern Languages & Literature professor Grethchen Kellough explores several contemporary women writers from West Africa and the Caribbean who have re-conceptualized the relationship between an individual and society through their depiction of local struggles against gender and racial oppression, particularly with reference to the female experience of self and feminine community. Thurs., March 26, 12:05 p.m. Schulz 3001. http://www.sonoma.edu/a&h/AHForum.htm.
CAREER FORUM FOR STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES - Speakers discuss job opportunities for Social Science students, including career pathways in city planning, human resources and advertising. Thurs., March 26, noon. Stevenson 2049.
STORAGE CLASS MEMORY TECHNOLOGY AND USE - David Pease, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, examines revolutionary new technologies for a solid-state, nonvolatile random access memory that will replace the disk drive and what impact this will on the design of future storage and memory systems. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Thurs., March 26, noon. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
CHILDREN'S SCHOOL FUNDRAISER - SSU's Pub hosts a fundraising "dine and donate" event to raise money for the The Children's School. The more sales made, the higher percentage of money that will be donated to help support The Children's School program, which provides excellence in early education programs for more than 100 children of SSU students, faculty and staff. Noon - 1 p.m. is the busiest time at The Pub, so plan ahead. Thurs., March 26, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Pub.
ZION I- FEATURING THE BAYLIENS - Zion I, one of the Bay Area's most highly respected hip-hop groups perform hits from their newest record, "The Take Over." DJ AmpLive's futuristic production techniques and MC Zumbi's strong and substantial lyrical content have taken this duo to the top of the underground. Fri., March 27, 8 p.m. The Commons. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
EMBODIED SPIRIT: THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE FEMININE IN ALCHEMY - Dr. Dyane N. Sherwood, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, presents a slide-illustrated lecture in which she suggests that any psychological transformation must include an engagement with the material world and its mysteries. This seminar presents images and texts that illuminate the redemption of the feminine and a renewal within a relationship to the natural world, which is a central theme of the medieval European alchemists. $25 admission. Depth Psychology Lecture Series. Sat., March 28, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cooperage. Laurel McCabe. (707) 664-2130. http://sonoma.edu/psychology/depth/events/2009.
Theater
FACULTY COMPOSER CONCERT - Music by faculty composers Will Johnson, Jeff Langley and Jesus Contreras is featured. Also on the program is Brian S. Wilson's Prayer for Peace for Women's Choir and his percussion quintet for multi-percussion and piano entitled Shalom Alechem. Students with ID and seniors $8, faculty, alumni and staff $10, general admission $12. Fri., March 27, 7:30 p.m. Ives 199. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/54390.
Films
ON AN AVERAGE DAY - Narrow Way Stage Company, a theater company founded and run by SSU students, presents the Bay Area premiere of "On an Average Day." Set in the home of acutely lonely Robert when his older brother Jack arrives for a visit, this mystery play features notable Bay Area actors Nick Christenson and Chris Ginesi and was directed by Adam Palafox. Thurs., March 26. Fri., March 27. Sat., March 28. Sun., March 29. 8 p.m. "The Annex" (formerly New College), 99 Sixth St, in Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Square. $15 seniors/ students with I.D., $18 general admission. Limited number of "Pay-What-You-Can" tickets available every Thursday night, on a first come first serve basis. (707) 332 - 3870. www.narrowwaystage.com.
SEVEN POUNDS - (2008) (right) An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2804.
THE HUMAN BEAST ("LA BETE HUMAINE") - (1938) (Renoir Classis) Inspired by Jean Gabin's desire to play a locomotive engineer, "The Human Beast" is the story of a romantic triangle; the human passions that are stunningly complemented by Renoir's location filming, bringing steam and sex together in a potent cocktail. (105 min., in French w/ English subtitles). 7 p.m. Thurs., March 26, 7 p.m. Darwin 103. Fri., March 27, 7 p.m. and Sun., March 28, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
CONTEMPORARY WARRIOR: SCULPTURE BY WANXIN ZHANG - With a collection of clay figures intended as a reference to the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, whose mausoleum was discovered through four pits excavated starting in 1974, Zhang explores his own inner warrior and represents the world he sees through an artistic kaleidoscope. Through Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
MIGRATION IMMIGRATION: HUNG LIU - Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Thurs., Feb 26 through Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
Lectures
CESAR CHAVEZ NATIONAL BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE - Sonoma State students, faculty and staff are encouraged to help save lives by donating blood to the Blood Bank of the Redwoods. Walk-ins welcome. Mon., March 16, 12:30 - 7 p.m. Recreation Center. To schedule a donation or for more information, call (707) 545-1222 or visit http://www.bbr.org.
NANO-MECHANICS: WHY THE STRENGTH OF A MATERIAL IS RELATED TO ITS SIZE - Dr. Andrew Minor, University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, shows results from mechanical testing experiments inside a transmission electron microscope, where the fundamental mechanisms of deformation in materials at nano-scale dimensions can be observed. Mon., March 16, 4 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
ROGER LEE - Roger Lee creates ceramic sculptures that are intended to be interacted with through internal thoughts and feelings without the impressions of "things" that objectify the body. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, noon. Art 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
ARAGON HAS THE LAST WORD: LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPANISH KING AND ARAGON'S CORTES - History Professor Mary Halavais examines an exchange of letters between a representative of the Spanish King in Madrid and Aragon's Cortes. The letter and reply, found in he Archive of the Crown of Aragon, date from the mid-seventeenth century, some thirty years after the forcible expulsion of the Moriscos (or converted Muslims) from the Spanish realms. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Tues., March 17, noon. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
UNDERSTANDING THE PAST: PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - Dr. Robert Krikorian, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at University of Cincinnati, presents the annual Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture. 26th Annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
GLOBAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT - Global Partners for Development works in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, working to achieve an end to hunger throughout the world, especially as it affects the survival and development of children. The key to the success of their projects is that they work directly with local organizations, school districts, cooperatives, and community governments. What Can I Do? Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, 7 p.m. Student Union Multipurpose Room. (707) 664-2382. http://sonoma.edu/as/asp
MY LIFE IN PANSY DIVISION - Jon Ginoli founded the band Pansy Division (left) in 1991 as a way to combine the two big interests in his life: being a rock musician and being gay. Ginoli will talk about the history of Pansy Division, what motivated him to form such a band and its relevance today. Gender Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, noon. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
THE NOT SO 'POST-RACIAL' AMERICA - Daisy Hernandez (right), renowned author and journalist and co-editor of Color Lines, a national journal on race and politics, explores what racism, sexism, and bigotry mean to young Americans in the 'post-civil-rights' era. Wed., March 18, 7:30 p.m. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
COMPUTING WITH CELLS: MEMBRANE SYSTEMS - Oscar Ibarra, University of California at Santa Barbara, examines membrane computing as a part of the general research effort of describing and investigating computing models, ideas, architectures and paradigms from the processes taking place in nature. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Thurs., March 19, noon. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
ISRAELI ACTIVIST DOROTHY NAOR - Dororthy Naor, a member of New profile, an activist group working to transform Israel's militaristic society to a civil one, is dedicated to spreading information. Her work has included taking people on tours of villages in the West Bank to give some intimation of what it is like to be Palestinian living walled-in and under occupation. $5 donation at door, free for students & low income. Project Censored, Students for Media Democracy, Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County, and Media Freedom Foundation. Thurs., March 19, 7 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Student Union. Peter Phillips. (707) 664-2588. phillipp@sonoma.edu
TELECOM 2020 - Dr. Patrick Pfeffer, Director of Strategy and Planning at Juniper Networks, examines the new services and networks that will exist in 2020 as a result of the broad adoption of IP and Ethernet-based technologies. He will discuss the impact that these changes will have on the carriers and on the industry itself. Thurs., Mar. 19, 4:40 - 5:15 p.m. Salazar 2009A. http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/lecture_series/.
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM: FROM ALABAMA TO OBAMA - Julian Bond (left), Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), engages students on the subject of social justice, equality and the rights of all people. A first-hand eyewitness to many watershed moments in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, Bond speaks on the centuries-long struggle of African-Americans for equality. Special 3:30 p.m. conversation with students, faculty and staff, Schulz 3001. Andrea Neves and Bart Evans Social Justice Lecture Series. Free for SSU students, staff and faculty. $10, general public. Fri., March 20, 7:30 p.m. Evert B. Person Theater. (707) 664-2382.
VISITING ARTIST: HUNG LIU - (right) Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu, a professor of painting at Mills College, combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Sat., March 21, 2 p.m. Art 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
Music and Theater
J.S. BACH: THE ORGAN AND THE CHORALE - The Sonoma County Bach Choir (right), the Santa Rosa Children's Chorus and organist Charles Rus present a concert featuring chorale-based organ works of Bach, along with the original hymn melodies and Bach's own imaginative vocal harmonizations. Students with ID and seniors $8, faculty, alumni and staff $10, general admission $12. St. Vincent de Paul. Sun., March 22, 7:30 p.m. (707) 664-2353. http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/perf.
SSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE - A showcase of the finest in classic and contemporary jazz compositions from around the world. Directed by Bob Afifi. Thurs., March 19, 7:30 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-2352. http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/perf.
FACULTY AND ALUMNI JAZZ ENSEMBLE - Bob Afifi, Randy Vincent, Chuck Sher, Kendrick Freeman and Dave McNab perform Latin Jazz from around the world. Sun., March 22, 8 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101,
Films
QUEEN KELLY - (1928) (Restored Silent Classic) (left) Directed by Erich von Stoheim, this film tells te bizarre story of a wild prince who is engaged to marry a deranged queen when he meets and kidnaps a lovely convent girl named Kitty Kelly and takes her back to his castle for an oyster dinner. This restored version can now be seen as one o the most important and memorable films of the silent period. (95 min., silent). 7 p.m. Thurs., March 19, 7 p.m. Darwin 103. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
HOUR OF THE STAR - (1986) (Brazilian Drama) Anti-heroine Macabea is a simple naive 19 year-old girl from the country who is lost in the big city of Sao Paulo. Poor, ugly and unintelligent, she has everything going against her. Yet, she is also sweet-tempered and doggedly optimistic. This film was the remarkable debut of Suzana Amaral, who, at 52, after raising nine children, finally realized her lifelong ambition of becoming a filmmaker (96 min., in Portugese w/ English subtitles) Fri., March 20, 7 p.m. and Sun., March 21, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium. Ives 101. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
CONTEMPORARY WARRIOR: SCULPTURE BY WANXIN ZHANG - With a collection of clay figures intended as a reference to the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, whose mausoleum was discovered through four pits excavated starting in 1974, Zhang explores his own inner warrior and represents the world he sees through an artistic kaleidoscope. On view until Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
MIGRATION IMMIGRATION: HUNG LIU - Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Thurs., Feb 26 through Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
Professor David McCuan discusses "Lunch with Bugs: The Elegant Simplicity of BioTerrorism" from noon to 1 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Stevenson 2011 at Sonoma State University.
This talk builds on research and training received over two summers where McCuan studied and conducted research concerning the rise of biological warfare and terrorism.
The talk examines questions such as:
What happens when norms of international conduct breakdown?
What are the risks if these norms disappear?
During the post-9/11 era, what new threats have replaced past
patterns of conflict and political violence?
This discussion revolves around the emerging threat and broader context of BioWarfare (BW) and the threat of BioTerrorism (BT). There are plenty of learned analysts and organizations concerned with the threat of some kind of mass casualty event. How realistic is the threat of BW attack? Is this much ado about nothing? How appealing are BW weapons to terror groups?
The main point of the discussion is that a BT/BW threat represents an “Event of Low Probability but High Consequence,” and has a distinct advantage over the employ of other Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) – type attacks.
He says "while we conceive of warfare as a means seeks to conquer territories and capture cities and resources, the threat of BT/BW is such that this type of terrorism seeks to kill some, hurt still more, and yet scare many in order to make a point. "
The “value” of BT/BW as an avenue for terror groups to exploit is best captured by the words of the famous film director, Alfred Hitchcock, commenting on his own methods of film production: “Putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen.” This remains the elegantly simple appeal of using BT/BW strategies for terror groups, says McCuan
While BT/BW is not a new threat, nor highly likely, the elegant appeal and simplicity of a BT/BW threat by terror groups presents an opportunity to study the rationale, motivations, and learning ability of how terror organizations are able to adapt their thinking in a rational way, he says.
McCuan is an Associate Professor of Political Science who comments regularly on the various dimensions of terrorism and security.
On the issue of piracy and maritime terrorism, he speaks to the general impact of terror on the high seas to groups while relating the unique dynamics of the high seas and seaport environments.
He is especially interested in topics related to the bioterrorism threat of seagoing trade and transport through the supply chain and through containerized cargo.
His training and expertise in the subject were gained as a result of work at the California Maritime Academy where he was a professor for four years working on maritime security and trade issues and also through participation, lectures, and research in advanced training on terrorism and security.
These trainings occurred at The National Security Law Institute at the University of Virginia, The Summer Workshop on the Teaching of Terrorism (SWOTT) at the College of William and Mary, and at The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), Washington, D.C. and Israel / West Bank.
What makes for the "perfect" job candidate in a tight employment market?
A new study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows that, for new college graduates in a recession, becoming the perfect job candidate is a tall order.
To assist students in finding jobs, Sonoma State University is holding the 22nd Annual World of Work Career and Summer Job Fair in the Student Recreation Center from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26.
Joyce Chong, Director Advising, Career, and EOP Services, says the most important thing to tell students is not to wait until they graduate to think about jobs.
"Given the state of the economy, students have to work harder to land opportunities but they are there. "
More than 80 employers are expected to participate in the event, with full-time, part-time, summer and internship opportunities for students at all levels. It is the perfect opportunity for students to network with and learn about potential employers.
Students are encouraged to bring resumes.
For more information on the World of Work Fair, phone (707) 664-2196.
For more information provided by NACE on college graduates seeking employment, visit http://www.naceweb.org/press/.
Pen-based computing and its applications will be explained in a lecture at Sonoma State University at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 in at the Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar 2009A.
Engineering Sciences Professor Bala Ravikumar will show how the pen is gradually gaining acceptance as an input to personal computers and can enhance them in numreous ways.
He says it helps in creating documents with sketches, mathematical expressions or schematic diagrams. Entering fonts/symbols from non-Roman alphabets can become easier.
The pen also can enhance remote interaction as on-line lectures can bepresented in such a way that the instructor's writing can be broadcast as a sequence of strokes. Students can participate as well by showing their work using a pen-input.
The current state of the technology in tackling these problems will be discussed and some of the completed and ongoing research projects done by engineering sciences students at SSU will be presented.
This Engineering Science series is sponsored by the Agilent Technologies Foundation under the SSU-Agilent Partnership Program. It is designed to benefit high tech and biotech industries and related businesses and community in the North Bay Region as well as the SSU community.
The lecture series covers a broad range of topics with focus on recent developments and trends and provides a platform for the exchange of ideas among the audience.
Attendance is open to engineers and scientists from industries, members of the business community, as well as the general public.
For more on Professor Bala Ravikumar, visit http://ravi.cs.sonoma.edu/.
Lectures
ULTRASHORT PULSE LASERS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - Dr. Michael M. Mielke (left), Raydiance, Inc., will describe how ultrashort pulse lasers work, what they can uniquely do, and where they are gaining traction as enabling tool for new processes. 4 p.m. Monday, March 2. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
VISITING ARTIST: RUSSELL DUDLEY - At once provocative and prosaically slow, Dudley's work takes various forms: photography, installation, sculpture, and video. Dudley's work has been exhibited in galleries, public collections, and alternative spaces, including Mindy Oh in Chicago , the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson , and the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Tues., March 3, noon. Art Building 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
WINE IN THE LANDS OF TSAR AND COMMISSAR - History professor Stephen Bittner will talk about his new project on the development of the Russian and Soviet wine industry, and about his recent archival
research in Crimea and Odessa. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tues., March 3. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
RELIGION IN WAR - Dr. Eric Thompson examines several periods in history when religion has been an expression of people fighting over land for centuries. Religion and Spirituality Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Tues., March 3. Student Union Multipurpose Room. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
BECOMING EVIL - Dr. James Waller, author and professor of psychology at Whitworth University, presents analysis on how ordinary people can commit acts of extraordinary evil. 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4 - 5:40 p.m. Tues., March 3. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
INVESTIGATING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF GROUP LIVING IN A PATAGONIAN RODENT - Julie Woodruff, University of California: Berkeley, examines discusses the impacts of group living. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tues., March 3. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
MARRIAGE FOR ALL: RACE CHALLENGES AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY - Andrea Shorter is the Campaign Director of And Marriage For All, a public education campaign connecting issues of race and marriage equality and the Co-Chair of the Bayard LGBT Rustin Coalition, Northern California's largest Black LGBT political organization. She will speak on the ways in which race related to Proposition 8 and its aftermath. Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon - 12:50 p.m., Tues., March 3. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
CLiCS: CATEGORIAL LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: WHERE DO WE STAND NOW? - Valeria de Paiva, Palo Alto Research Center, discusses Categorical Logica, a branch of Category Theory, a newer subfield of Algebra, established in the late forties/ early fifties by Eilengerg and MacLane. De Paiva will discuss the exciting possibilities for applcation in theretical computer science from a very personal perspective. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Weds., March 4. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
HIP HOP POETRY WITH ISE LYFE - Fusing spoken word and hip hop, Ise Lyfe's (left) unique style of delivery and powerful content grasps his audiences, deconstructing the facade of dominant narratives in society. In the midst of an ever-growing culture of "Going Dumb" and Hyphy-ness, Ise chooses to spin off of that energy, using that same force to empower and uplift via his vocal and lyrical artillery. Easily deemed the next biggest breakout artist in the Bay Area, Ise Lyfe is one of the most promising up and coming artists and emcees in the country. See his work at www.youtube.com. 7 p.m. Thurs., March 5. Student Union Multi Purpose Room. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0305700.shtml.
IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PATERNS: A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE - Greg Scull, FCMAT/ California School Information Services, Sacramento, reviews some of the core concepts behind a few frequently used enterprise design patterns. The concepts are Inversion of Control, Dependency Injection, the Factory Pattern, the Data Access Pattern and Transfer Objects. The purpose of the talk is to examine real world examples of how and why these patterns are important in enterprise application architecture. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon, Thurs., March 5. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
SIGNAL INTEGRITY CHALLENGES AND THE ENGINEERING TOOLS THT SOVE THESE PROBLEMS - Mike Resso, Product Manager, Signal Integrity Applications, Component Test Division, Agilent Technologies, examines the dilemmas of signal integrity and potential solutions. 4:40 - 5:15 p.m. Thurs., March 5. Salazar 2009A. http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/lecture_series/.
Theater
PIRATES OF PENZANCE -In this comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan (right), Frederic is, as a child, apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates. His nurse, who is hard of hearing, had mistaken her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a dotty Major General, his large family of beautiful but unwed daughters, and the timid police force, all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria's name. Evert B. Person Theater. Tickets available at door. Free for SSU students. Non-SSU students and seniors $8. Faculty, alumni and staff $12. General admission $15. Opening night is 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, with additional performances on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to purchase advance tickets online, visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/54383.
Films
CADILLAC RECORDS - (2008) (left) In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2804.http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING - (2003) (Buddhist Fable) A graceful Buddhist fable by Korean director Kim Ki-duk, a tiny Buddhist temple perched on a floating platform in the middle of a jewel-like lake is tended by an aged monk and his protege, who passage through the seasons of life - from the thoughtless cruelty of childhood to the enlightenment of maturity - shapes the structure of this hauntingly beautiful and tantalizing enigmatic film. ( 103 min., in Korean w/English subtitles). Thurs., March 5, 7 p.m. Darwin 103. Fri., March 6 7 p.m. and Sun., March 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
HIDDEN TREASURES: SELECTIONS FROM THE SSU ART GALLERY PERMANENT COLLECTION - Many of the 16 artists shown are household names - Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky; others are names known to those more familiar with 20th century art history - Dubuffet, Appel, Bellmer; and many others are renowned Bay Area artists - Morehouse, De Forest, Linhares. These works have come to the SSU Art Gallery from generous donors - some who have been collectors their whole lives, some who have donated one piece, all of whom believe in public education and access to art. The University Library Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Through Friday, March 13. Karen Brodsky (707) 664-4240 or visit http://library.sonoma.edu/about/gallery.html.
CONTEMPORARY WARRIOR: SCULPTURE BY WANXIN ZHANG - With a collection of clay figures intended as a reference to the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, whose mausoleum was discovered through four pits excavated starting in 1974, Zhang explores his own inner warrior and represents the world he sees through an artistic kaleidoscope. On view until Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
MIGRATION/ IMMIGRATION: HUNG LIU - Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Thurs., Feb 26 through Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
Daryl "DMC" McDaniels, on third of the trailblazing, multi-platinum
rap group Run-DMC, will speak in Evert B. Person Theater on 7:30 p.m.,
Monday, Feb. 23 as part of the vibrant selection of Black History
Month Activities scheduled for the month of February.
Run-DMC's influence and commercial and critical success make
McDaniels a true hip-hop living legend. He will explore the history
and future of hip-hop music from an insider's perspective including
its potential to socially and politically influence the youth of America
and the world. He also will look at the impact of finding out about
being adopted and his search to find the other family he never knew.
Tickets are only $10 to the general public and are available at the
SSU Student Union. SSU students, staff and faculty are admitted free.
Other Black History Month Celebrations include tonight's lecture by
Jim A. Bell, a civil rights activist and motivational speaker who will lecture
on diversity and community leadership. Now an accomplished litigator,
Bell overcame many obstacles in his rise to success, including exposure
to rampant drug abuse, violence, and poverty, making him uniquely
suited to lecture on overcoming adversity. Bell speaks tonight
(Tuesday, Feb. 17) at 7 p.m. in the Cooperage.
The Kingdom Travelers, a talented and respected musical group from
Richmond CA, will appear in the Cooperage as part of a Gospel
Extravaganza on Friday, Feb. 20 from 7-10 p.m.
The Black History Month festivities culminate with a closing ceremony
and dance on Monday, Feb. 26 in Warren Auditorium at 7 p.m. The dance,
themed "Freaks and Geeks" will be in the Commons at 10 p.m.
The Black History Month celebrations also feature a weekly movie
night. with films screened in the Cooperage at 8 p.m. every Wednesday
night for the month of February. Screenings have included "The Great
Debaters" (2/4), "When We Were Kings" (2/11), "Hotel Rwanda" (2/18).
The final screening will be of "Higher Learning" and is scheduled for
Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The Black History Month celebrations continued at the Sonoma State
University Commons last Thursday night when two high-profile comedians,
headliner Mike E. Winfield and opener "PHAT" Joe Mendez, were featured
for the for the annual Black Comedy Jam, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m.
For further information, visit Posted by wasp at 3:34 PM
Sonoma State University art students help boost Santa Rosa's downtown arts revitalization with an upcoming show at the Phantom Gallery from Feb. 27-April 10.
The artists will use everyday materials, sound, light and juxtaposition to build a site specific, large-scale installation. The storefront retail space at 519 Mendocino Ave. in Santa Rosa will be transformed to address the show's theme: "Community, Connections and Divisions in a Consumer Culture."
The show is hosted by the Phantom Gallery, a program of the Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks Department., and the work will be exhibited at the gallery located at 519 Mendocino Ave in Santa Rosa.
The Phantom Gallery accepts proposals for art shows on an ongoing basis. The SSU students saw the Phantom Gallery program as a unique opportunity to participate in Santa Rosa's downtown arts district and forge connections with Sonoma County's local arts community beyond the SSU campus.
SSU student artists Ben Lastufka, Paul Alsop, Emily Wiseman, Jason Perry, Itzul Gutierrez, Danielle Clement, Andrew Merriss, Kelly Casemay, Cathy Ellis and Stasia Suttie will be participating in the show.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 27 from 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours are noon-6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
For further information, contact Cathy Ellis, (707) 304-0008 or e-mail cellis707@yahoo.com.
Above, Andrew Merriss at work in the SSU painting studio. Below, artists (from top to bottom) Cathy Ellis, Emily Wiseman and Kelly Casmey.
Lectures
VISITING ARTIST: TOM MARIONI - (left) Tom Marioni is a pioneering Bay Area conceptual artist & author. Marioni founded the Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA) as "a large-scale social work of art." Marioni is also a sculptor who has created a large body of work in drawing and printmaking. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Thurs., Feb. 26, noon. Art Building 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
LUNCH WITH BUGS: THE ELEGANT SIMPLICITY OF BIO-TERRORISM- Political Science professor David McCuan examines the global impact of bio-terrorism. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Tues., Feb. 24, noon. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
"THE WISHING YEAR" - Noelle Oxenhandler, English, reads from her new memoir, "The Wishing Year: A House, A Man, My Soul..." Both comic and serious, the book is a chronicle of Oxenhandler's attempt to set aside her skepticism and launch a year's "experiment in desire." Oxenhandler's essays have appeared in national and literary magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, VOGUE, Tricycle and "O" Magazine. She is the author of two previous non-fiction books, "A Grief Out of Season" and "The Eros of Parenthood." Writers on Writing series. 6 p.m., Tues., Feb. 24, Schulz 3001.
FROM ASHES TO LIFE: MY MEMORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST - Lucille Eichengreen (right), author and a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto and the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen, presents a lecture as part of the 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4 - 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
WHAT AN ACTUARY ACTUALLY DOES - Nick Franceschine, North Bay Pensions, discusses actuaries, the business professionals who attempt to forecast the financial consequences of future events. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
AUTHOGRAPHY IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: REGULATION AND ROLE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DIESESE - Jessica Young, University of Washington, examines neurodegenerative disease. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
BEYOND BINARIES: GENDER SPECTRUMS - Stephanie Brill is the co-founder and Director of Gender Spectrum Education and Training, a featured speaker on issues of the developmental stages of gender variance in children, and co-author of The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals. She will introduce a multi-dimensional framework that seeks to counter the prevailing binary gender system and explores how children frequently experience the interrelated notions of biological sex, gender expression, and gender identity. Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon - 12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
WORLD OF WORK CAREER AND SUMMER JOB FAIR - More than 80 employers are expected , with full-time, part-time, summer and internship opportunities for students at all levels. Students are encouraged to bring resumes. 11-3 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26. Student Recreation Center. (707) 664-2196.
DNS SUMMER OF FEAR 2008: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE 16 BIT NONCES - Paul Vixie, Internet Systems Consortium, received a phone call from a guy who said he'd found a way to insert any data he wanted anywhere in the DNS. He spent the next six months trying to coordinate a global patch event. Now this fantastic story of heroism and buffoonery can finally be told. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 26. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
DARYL "DMC" MCDANIELS - Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, one third of the multi-platinum hip-hop group Run-DMC, talks about the history and future of hip-hop music from an insider's perspective including its potential to socially and politically influence the youth of America and the world. He also will look at the impact of finding out about being adopted and his search to find this other family members he never knew. Associated Students Productions, the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality. Free to SSU students, faculty and staff; $10 general public. 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 23. Evert B. Person Theater. (707) 664-2382 orhttp://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0223730.shtml.
Theater
PIRATES OF PENZANCE -In this comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, Frederic is, as a child, apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates. His nurse, who is hard of hearing, had mistaken her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. Frederic, about to celebrate his 21st year, rejoices that he has completed his servitude and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on February 29 in leap year, and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a dotty Major General, his large family of beautiful but unwed daughters, and the timid police force, all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria's name. Evert B. Person Theater. Tickets available at door. Free for SSU students. Non-SSU students and seniors $8. Faculty, alumni and staff $12. General admission $15. Opening night is 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, with additional performances on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to purchase advance tickets online, visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/54383.
Films
HIGHER LEARNING - (1995) Tyra Banks and Laurence Fishbourne head up a cast depicting the experience of some of the first black freshmen at Columbus University. Presented by Student Associated Productions and Black Scholarship United as part of the Black History Month Film Series. 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25. Student Union Multi Purpose Room. Call (707) 664-2382 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/bhm.shtml.
RIALTO $1 MOVIE NIGHT: THE WRESTLER - (2008) Decades after headlining as a professional wrestler, Randy "The Ram" Robinson makes ends-meet by performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and New Jersey community centers. As his sense of identity slips away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life -- trying to reconnect with his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood), and striking up a romance with an exotic dancer (Marisa Tomei) who is ready to start a new life. Presented by Associated Student Productions and Rialto Cinemas. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the Rialto Cinemas, Santa Rosa. SSU students, faculty and staff may purchase tickets at the Student Union front desk. Nominated for two Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. (707) 664-2382 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0224700.shtml.
SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY - (2006) (Thai) A rising international star, Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul made his first American breakthrough with the audacious TROPICAL MALADY, a love story remarkable for its tenderness and originality of vision. Those same qualities shine through his wonderful new film, a reverie based on the director's memories of growing up as the son of physicians. The movie is broken into two distinct but analogous parts: One focuses on a female doctor in a small-town clinic, the other on a male doctor at a big city hospital. What unites the stories of Apichatpong's superb eye for nuances of feeling, anti-nostalgic nostalgia, and alluring knack for finding marvelous vignettes." - New York Fim Festival (105 min., in Thai with English subtitles) Tickets are free to SSU students with I.D., $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12, $4.50 to non-SSU students with I.D., senior citizens and SSU faculty and staff, $5 for general admission. 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb 26. in Darwin 103; 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 and 4 p.m. Sunday, March 1 in Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
HIDDEN TREASURES: SELECTIONS FROM THE SSU ART GALLERY PERMANENT COLLECTION - Many of the 16 artists shown are household names - Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky; others are names known to those more familiar with 20th century art history - Dubuffet, Appel, Bellmer; and many others are renowned Bay Area artists - Morehouse, De Forest, Linhares. These works have come to the SSU Art Gallery from generous donors - some who have been collectors their whole lives, some who have donated one piece, all of whom believe in public education and access to art. The University Library Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Through Friday, March 13. Karen Brodsky (707) 664-4240 or visit http://library.sonoma.edu/about/gallery.html.
CONTEMPORARY WARRIOR: SCULPTURE BY WANXIN ZHANG - With a collection of clay figures intended as a reference to the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, whose mausoleum was discovered through four pits excavated starting in 1974, Zhang explores his own inner warrior and represents the world he sees through an artistic kaleidoscope. On view until Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
MIGRATION/ IMMIGRATION: HUNG LIU - Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Thurs., Feb 26 through Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
"Art from the Heart," the popular art auction benefiting the University Art Gallery , celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It is an evening of art, food, and fine wine, featuring modestly-priced works in many mediums sold during a silent auction from 6-9 p.m on Saturday, Feb. 14.
This year more than 125 artists have donated original works of art especially for "Art From the Heart," including Chester Arnold, Sally Baker, Todd Barricklow, Mary Black, Aryan Chappell, Deborah Colotti, Poe Dismuke, Cynthia Hipkiss, Bob Hudson, Rob Keller, Kurt Kemp, Tony King, John LeBaron, Judith Linhares, Stella Monday, Mark Perlman, Sylvia Seventy, Richard Shaw, Jack Stuppin, Masami Teraoka, Shane Weare, Sam Woolcott, and many others.
"As always, the auction will be an exciting evening of art, music, food and fine wine that has become one of the oldest continually-held fundraising events in the area and a "must" for novice and seasoned collectors alike," says Gallery Manager Carla Stone
A $25 donation is suggested at the door. Food and wine will be served. For more information, call the Gallery at (707) 664-2295.
For further information, phone Carla Stone, (707) 664-2295 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/artgallery/heart.html
In ways that are resonant with President Obama's call for new models of collaboration and problem-solving, Dr. Allan Chinen speaks on new models of masculine energy that transcend old models of the hero and the patriarch at a free public lecture in February at Sonoma State University.
"Backing into Wisdom: The Deep Masculine and Adult Development" will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Student Union.
After many millennia of the archetypal hero and patriarch, men and women today are ready for other models of masculine energy, Chinen says. These new models reach back for inspiration to ancient cross-cultural folk tales from around the world.
They personify what he calls the "deep masculine:" They emphasize communication rather than competition, creativity instead of conquest, and healing over heroics.
Chinen offers a model for mature masculine development and a vision of apost-patriarchal world, with an authentic reconciliation of masculine andfeminine. His message is relevant to men and women, old and young, whowould like to effect creative change in the world, says Laurel McCabe, Coordinator of the DepthPsychology master's program at SSU.
Allan B. Chinen, is a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the author of numerous books on psychological development. More on him can be found at www.storydoctor.net.
This lecture is part of the Master's program in Depth Psychology new Public Programs series this spring, It is co-sponsored by Associated Students.
Future programs can be found at www.sonoma.edu/psychology/depth/events/2009
For further information, contact Psychology Professor Laurel McCabe, (707) 664-2130.
Lectures
"AIR: THE ANTIDOTE TO NATURE DEFICIT " - Rocky Rohwedder, Professor of Environmental Studies and Planning, leads a panel discussions on the increasingly important role of experiential, outdoor and community-based approaches to teaching and learning to offset the injury done to the human body by excessive exposure to electronic devices, especially among young people. Rohwedder calls this "nature deficit" and the first step is fresh air. Panelists include Ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison and Craig Anderson, Executive Director of Landpaths, experts who work to connect students with outdoor classrooms.
Six Elements of Sustainability Lecture Series. 4-6 p.m., Thurs., March 12. Environmental Technology Center. Rocky Rohwedder, (707) 664-2249.
SAFE HARBOR? CULTURAL PLURALISM AND A CONTESTED LANDSCAPES IN A HISTORICAL FIJIAN PORT-O-CALL - Anthropology professor Margie Purser examines sociological forces at work in an historical Fiji. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tues., March 10. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
BREAKING THE SILENCE: A HOLOCAUST CHILDHOOD - Author Paul A. Schwarzbart (left) presents a lecture on the years of his childhood spent in hiding at a Catholic boys school. 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4 p.m. - 5:40 p.m., Tues., March 10. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT - Join amateur and professional astronomers to observe the Orion Nebula and the Beehive Cluster. 8 - 10 p.m. Friday, March 13. The Observatory is located inside the stadium area at the southeast corner of the campus. Call before coming if it appears possible that clouds or fog may force cancellation. (707) 664-2267. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/observatory/pvn.html.
MARY LIGHTFINE: NURSE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES - Mary Lightfine, author of "Nurses, Nomads and Warlords," founder of Nurses Without Boundaries and a seasoned veteran of the Nobel Prize-winning organization Doctors Without Borders, presents an inspiring multimedia presentation that illustrates how one person can make a difference in the world. Lightfine has felt the inhumanity of war, starvation and desperation from an up close and has lived among dozens of the world's most fascinating cultures in Countries like Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan. She will be speaking about all that she has encountered on her journeys, encouraging a new generation of leaders who intend to make a difference in the world around them. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., March 12. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0312730.shtml.
PANDEMIC FLU - Dr. Mark Netherda, Sonoma County Dept. of Health Services, examines the danger of a flu pandemic. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
WHY CERTAIN INTEGRALS ARE "IMPOSSIBLE" - Pete Goetz, California State University Humboldt, explains why certain integrals are "impossible." The proofs rely on a 19th century theorem due to Liouville, and can be phrased in the language of differential Galois theory. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Wed., March 11. Reception, 3:45 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
IMAGING WITH X-RAY LASERS - Dr. Stefano Marchesini, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, describes how novel x-ray sources will be used for high resolution three dimensional tomographic imaging required for developing nanoscience and nanotechnology. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Mon., March 9. Reception, 3:30 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
ONLY SIX DEGREES? SEXUAL NETWORKS AND HIV PREVENTION IN QUEER MALE COMMUNITIES - Scholar-activist Kyriell Noon (left), Executive Director of STOP AIDS Project, describes how even in major metropolitan areas, queer men are more closely connected to each other through sexual networks than previously thought. Working these networks to guide HIV prevention allows agencies to support existing friend groups, maximize community assets, and shape healthy community norms. Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tues., March 10. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
RUBY: AN INTRODUCTION - Ytha Y. Yu, California State University East Bay, offers a quick tour of Ruby, an interpreted object oriented programming language that has become popular recently. The Ruby on Rails framework is designed for fast and easy development of websites. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon, Thurs., March 12. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
Films
SILENT COMEDIES: CHAPLIN, KEATON AND LANGDON! - A selection of three silent comedies featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. A DOG'S LIFE - (left) Regarded by many as Charles Chaplin's first masterpiece, the Little Tramp rescues a mutt from a dogfight. (1918, 40 min., silent). THE GOAT - A mistaken-identity crisis precipitates an almost continuous - and continuously brilliant - chase through two adjoining towns where Buster Keaton is taken for Dead Eye Dan, Public Enemy. (1921, 23 min., silent). THREE'S A CROWD - Rarely shown film by the baby-faced silent clown Harry Langdon. This sentimental comedy that finds Langdon caring for a young woman and her child lost in a snowstorm. (1927, 60 min., silent) Screenings on Thurs., March 12 at 7 p.m. in Darwin 103 and Fri., March 13 at 7 p.m. and Sun., March 15 at 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-2606, http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/contact.html.
NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST - (2008) (right) A comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living and live, loud music. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Sat., March 14. Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
Galleries
HIDDEN TREASURES: SELECTIONS FROM THE SSU ART GALLERY PERMANENT COLLECTION - Many of the 16 artists shown are household names - Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky; others are names known to those more familiar with 20th century art history - Dubuffet, Appel, Bellmer; and many others are renowned Bay Area artists - Morehouse, De Forest, Linhares. These works have come to the SSU Art Gallery from generous donors - some who have been collectors their whole lives, some who have donated one piece, all of whom believe in public education and access to art. The University Library Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Through Fri., March 13. Karen Brodsky, (707) 664-4240.
With grace and humor, "The Vagina Monologues" celebrate women's sexuality and strength with the second Sonoma State University production of V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler's award-winning play.
"The Vagina Monologues" is based on Ensler's interview with more than 200 women, and gives voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. Though this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives.
SSU's V-Day benefit production of "The Vagina Monologues" will be held at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14 in The Cooperage on behalf of the V-Day 2009 Campaign. The production will be presented a third time at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 15.
Tickets for the event are $5 for SSU students, $10 for faculty and staff and $15 for general admission. For tickets, call or visit the Sonoma State Student Union, (707) 664-2382. This benefit production is sponsored by the Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality, Division of Administration & Finance, the Queer-Straight Alliance and the Sonoma Student Union.
Last year, performances of the "The Vagina Monologues" raised global awareness and more than $6 million in more than 1150 communities. SSU has joined this global movement as part of the V-Day 2009 College Campaign dedicated to preventing violence against women.
The V-Day movement promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and empower women to find their collective voices to demand an end to the violence that affects one in three women in the US and around the world.
Over the last ten years, highly successful V-Day benefits have raised millions of dollars for local charities that support awareness and prevention. Proceeds from the SSU production of "The Vagina Monologues" will benefit violence prevention programs on campus and in the community.
For more information on this event, visit http://sonoma.edu/ccgs or call (707) 664-2845.
Sonoma State University Geology Professor Matt James sent this message last night about his plans to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of natural selection, whose 200th birthday is being celebrated today.
He writes from Quito, Ecuador:
"Darwin's big 200th is tomorrow (2/12), I will be here on the continent, off to Galapagos on 2/13 for 15 days on a boat the Tip Top IV, going ashore at all the places Darwin went ashore in 1835 and where the California Academy of Sciences expedition went ashore in 1905-06.
I am going to have all the 16 passengers on the Tip Top IV make "snow angels" in the white sand on a beach where Darwin went ashore to wish him a happy 200th, and we will toast to the great man right on the equatorwith the famous constellation the Southern Cross clearly visible - itwill be very festive.
Having studied Darwin's life an work since 1982 when I first went to Galapagos to study paleontology of the islands, and when I studied hislife and work at Oxford University in summer 1982, this trip is a great opportunity to celebrate his 200th birthday, and the 150th anniversary of publication of the "Origin of Species" in 1859.
I will be giving a few lectures on the Tip Top IV on Darwin, and evolution and the 1905-06 expedition, similar to what I do in my popular SSU course on the Hawaiian Islands.
There is a saying, 'once a landing spot, always a landing spot' and that is true in Galapagos, everyone goes ashore at the same places, from Buccaneers to Whalers to Darwin to scientific expeditions -- So I will literally and figuratively be walking in the footsteps of Darwin and others, and standing on the shoulders of giants."
Communities seeking to broaden and deepen their commitments to sustainability because of growing public demands or state mandates now have an important new resource.
SSU's Department of Environmental Studies and Planning has launched a new Center for Sustainable Communities to encompass the work of its Environmental Technology Center, but with a new focus.
The CSC has been created to support local sustainability efforts, playing to ENSP's curricular, research, and community service strengths - energy management and design, green building, community and environmental planning, environmental conservation and restoration, sustainable landscaping, water quality, environmental education. It also has a long history of working with local governments and community groups.
CSC programs will provide training on sustainability topics for local governments and other organizations, such as local government approaches to reducing green house gas emissions, green building, land use planning and public health.
"The CSC will reflect how communities are rising to the challenges of sustainable development and will take advantage of the unique strengths of ENSP faculty, staff, and students," says interim director Alex Hinds.
"While the spirit is often present, in many cases communities do not have the resources to develop and implement sustainability programs."
A prime example, he says, is the current concern over limiting green house gas emissions and the related interest in adopting and implementing green building strategies.
CSC staff will also work with communities to develop policy documents and implementation programs and expand its program of service learning for Environmental Studies and Planning students, giving them new opportunities to work with local communities
For more information, contact Alex Hinds, Interim Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities, at hindsa@sonoma.edu.
Lectures
STRAIGHT TROUBLE: HETEROSEXUALITIES IN A POST-CLOSETED SOCIETY- Sociology professor James Dean, presents a lecture in part of the School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Stevenson 2011.
http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS - Sociology professor Eric Williams presents a lecture in part of the 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE E2DISP ANTIGEN DISPLAY SYSTEM AS A NOVEL HIV VACCINE APPROACH - Dr. Dina Kovarik, University of Washington, will explore new approaches to fighting HIV. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
INVISIBLE CHILDREN IN UGANDA - (left)A compelling presentation of the conflict in Uganda with accompanying screening of the acclaimed film "Invisible Children". Presented by Associated Students Productions. What Can I Do Lecture Series. 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17. Student Union MPR. (707) 664-2382 or http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0217700_2.shtml.
ATTORNEY AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER JIMMY BELL- Jim A. Bell, civil rights activist and motivational speaker, will discuss community leadership and diversity. Presented by Black Scholars United, Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality, SSU Student Union and Associated Students Productions as part of the Black History Month Celebrations. 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382 or http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0217700.shtml.
HOMO-COMING: YONE NOGUCHI'S CLOSET AND TRANSNATIONALISM - San Francisco State Univeristy Ethnic Studies and Sexuality Studies Associate Professor Amy Sueyoshi (right) explores how immigrant poet Yone Noguchi wrote openly about the beauty of male same-sex love at the turn of the century only to declare heterosexuality in later writings. Sueyoshi argues that his life suggests limits and liberations of transnationalism and the power of personal will. Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon - 12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
PEN-BASED COMPUTING - Professor of Computer Sciences and Engineering Sciences Bala Ravikumar explains currennt projects with pen-based computing. Engineering Science Lecture Series. Reception, 4 p.m. Lecture, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19. Salazar 2009A. http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/lecture_series.
STRONG STUFF FOREVER - Mary Baker, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, discusses the need to preserve large volumes of quickly accessible digital content indefinitely in the future and examines strategies to safeguard digital assets over long time periods. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 19. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
BACKING INTO WISDOM: THE DEEP MASCULINE AND ADULT DEVELOPMENT - Dr. Allen Chinen (right), Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco examines millennial old models of heroes and patriarchs through a unique group of fairy tales from around the world that offer a needed alternative of a model for mature masculine development and a vision of a post-patriarchal world, with an authentic reconciliation of masculine and feminine. 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19. Student Union Multi-purpose Room. Presented by Associated Student Productions, the Student Union and the Depth Psychology MA Program. (707) 664-2382 or http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0219700.shtml.
Theater
PIRATES OF PENZANCE -In this comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, Frederic is, as a child apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates. Frederic, upon completing his 21st year, rejoices that he has fulfilled his indentures and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on February 29 in a leap year, and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. Evert B.Person Theater. Tickets available at the door. Free for SSU students. Non-SSU students and seniors $8. Faculty, alumni and staff $12. General admission $15. Opening night is 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, with additional performances on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to purchase advance tickets online, visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/54383.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES - The award-winning play based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with more than 200 women celebrates women's sexuality and strength. For more than twelve years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. Directed by Kathryn Pomilla and Danielle Zelisko with special sponsorship by the Queer-Straight Alliance. Tickets available at the Student Union. Students $5, faculty $10, general admission $15. 8 p.m., Friday, Feb 13. 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb 14. 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb 15. Rachel Espinoza, (707) 664-2845, ssuvaginamonologues@gmail.com.
Films
TWILIGHT - (2008) (left) Based on the bestselling book by Stephanie Meyer, a teenage girls risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2804.
HOTEL RWANDA - (2004) Don Cheadle leads up the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwanda Hotelier who shelters threatened Rwandan natives during the genocide of 1994. Presented by Student Associated Productions and Black Scholarship United as part of the Black History Month Film Series. 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18. Student Union Multi-purpose Room. Call (707) 664-2382 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/bhm.shtml.
SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN - (2002) (right)"Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang's first film since THE BLUE KITE, is an exquisite remake of Fei Mu's classic melodrama about a sickly young landowner named Li-yan whose lovely, dissatisfied wife finds her passion for her old lover unabated. What's more, he happens to be her husband's oldest friend." New York Film Festival (2002), 116 min., in Mandarin w/English subtitles). 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
HIDDEN TREASURES: SELECTIONS FROM THE SSU ART GALLERY PERMANENT COLLECTION - Many of the 16 artists shown are household names - Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky; others are names known to those more familiar with 20th century art history - Dubuffet, Appel, Bellmer; and many others are renowned Bay Area artists - Morehouse, De Forest, Linhares. These works have come to the SSU Art Gallery from generous donors - some who have been collectors their whole lives, some who have donated one piece, all of whom believe in public education and access to art. University Library Art Gallery open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Through Friday, March 13. Karen Brodsky at (707) 664-4240.
ART FROM THE HEART - 25th annual Art from the Heart party and (not so very) silent art auction. Art from the Heart features modestly priced works of art and other items, such as stays at local inns and hotels, theatre and museum tickets, and bottles of wine, that are sold during a silent auction. As always, the auction will be an exciting evening of art, music, food and fine wine that has become one of the oldest continually held fundraising events in the area and a "must" for novice and seasoned collectors alike. Proceeds from the auction benefit the Art Gallery's exhibition, publication, and lecture programs. $25 donation is suggested at the door; food and wine served. 6 - 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb 14. University Art Gallery. (707) 664-2295 or http://www.sonoma.edu/artgallery/heart.html.
"Understanding the Past: Personal and Intellectual Perspectives on the Holocaust and Genocide" is the theme of Sonoma State University's 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide lecture series held Tuesdays from 4 to 5:40 p.m. through May 12 in Ives 101 on the Rohnert Park campus.
This year's lecture series includes a special dedication of the Erna and Arthur Salm Memorial Grove at 3 p.m. on March 29. SSU's Holocaust and Genocide Center unveiled plans for this holocaust and genocide memorial grove by the lake on the east side of campus to honor those who were lost in atrocities committed throughout the world.
The Grove is being transformed by an original sculpture that will provide a compelling context. Created by Associate Professor of Sculpture Jann Nunn, the sculpture's design consists of two 40-foot-long railroad tracks embedded into the lawn. The converging steel lines emerge from a gentle slope of ground and intersect a pedestrian footpath.
The steel lines come within six inches of each other, ending with light from an internally illuminated glass column that stands ten feet tall and is inscribed at its base.
Rows of ivory colored memorial bricks will be placed in the position of railroad ties relative to the steel tracks. Each brick will be laser-inscribed with names and memorial expressions. For more information, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/grove/index.html.
Highlights of the 2009 lecture series this semester include:
Dr. Robert Krikorian, who teaches at George Washington University and is a leading scholar of the Armenian Genocide, gives this year's Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture on March 17.
Dr. Barbara Epstein, Professor of History of Consciousness at University of California, Santa Cruz, gives the annual Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture on March 24 on the subject of her recently released book, "The Minsk Ghetto 1941- 1943: Jewish Resistance and Soviet Internationalism. The book discusses Communist-led resistance movements inside the Minsk Ghetto.
Dr. Viktoria Hertling, the founder and director of the Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, presents "The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List" on May 5. Hertling is a member of the international editorial board of the Journal of Genocide Research, published in the United Kingdom and has produced three award-winning video documentaries.
Dr. Jeannette Ringold, a chair of the Bay Area Hidden Children's Group, discusses children who were hidden during the Holocaust in her lecture on May 12.
The schedule for the spring semester follows:
Feb 17: "Perspectives on International War Crimes Tribunals" -Eric Williams Ph.D., Sonoma State University
Feb 24: "From Ashes to Life: My Memories of the Holocaust" -Lucille Eichengreen
March 3: "Becoming Evil" - James Waller, Ph.D., Whitworth College
March 10: "Breaking the Silence: A Holocaust Childhood" - Paul A. Schwarzbart
March 17: "Understanding the Past: Personal and Intellectual Perspectives on the Armenian Genocide" - Robert Krikorian, Ph.D., George Washington University. Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture
March 24: "The Minsk Ghetto 1941-1943: Jewish Resistance and Soviet Internationalism" - Barbara Epstein, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz/ Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture
3 p.m., March 29: SPECIAL EVENT: Dedication of the Erna and Arthur Salm Memorial Grove
April 7: "Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda" - Mathilde Mukatabana, M.A., M.S.W., Consumnes Community College and President, FORA: Friends of Rwanda Association
April 21: "We Will Remember: 2nd and 3rd Generation Survivors" - Barbara Lesch McCaffry, Ph.D., Sonoma State University, moderator in Observance of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
April 28: "Our Mothers War: A Biography of a Child of the Dutch Resistance" - Christina Radich
May 5: "The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List" - Viktoria Hertling, Ph.D. Director, Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies, University of Nevada, Reno
May 12: "Hidden Children During the Holocaust" - Jeannette Ringold, Ph.D., Chair, Bay Area Hidden Children's Group
May 19: "What Have We Learned?" - Student/Faculty Panel
For those unable to attend a lecture, streaming video will be available during the lecture and afterward at http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm
Myrna Goodman, Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide at SSU, which presents the lecture series, notes that the Series was founded by a remarkable group of academic and activist visionaries who hoped to use this annual set of lectures to fulfill the Series motto: "Study the nature of hate: Prevent the escalation of prejudice into genocide."
The organizers believed that by studying the Holocaust--and other genocides--students could deepen their understanding of human nature, organized society, political leadership, democratic participation, and civilization itself.
The lecture series is supported by a University-Community partnership between the SSU's Center for the Studyof the Holocaust and Genocide and the Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust.
For further information, contact the Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Dr. Myrna Goodman, (707) 664-4076.
An original Tuskegee airman, James Goodwin, visits the Sonoma State University campus from noon - 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in Stevenson 1002 as part of the Black History Month observations. Goodwin will be joined by Dave Cunningham whose father John was also a Tuskegee airman. Cunningham is president of the West Coast chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Goodwin, 84, and 220 other Tuskegee airmen, had a personal audience with President Barack Obama as part of the recent inauguration ceremonies in January.
Goodwin has also been invited to join the Soul Food dinner Tuesday evening at 5.p.m. in Zinfandel Dinning Hall. The Black Student Union and the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity have collaborated to bring this group to campus.
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American pilots who flew with distinction during World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps. They were the first to integrate the military forces in the U.S. and are an important part of the American civil rights movement.
For more information on them, visit
http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/Tuskegee_Airmen_History.html.
Future wine entrepreneurs, or those already in the business, can benefit during these difficult economic times from Sonoma State University's popular Wine Entrepreneurship course which begins Feb. 19.
Wine industry expert and author Ray Johnson has gathered a group of experts to advise anyone who wants to launch a career in the wine business, run or own a winery, manage some part of its operation, or develop a vineyard.
"It's a very difficult time for many in the industry with loads of layoffs and boatloads of bad news. This course could make a big difference to people in or wanting to get into the business," he says.
"Many in this field can utilize this current downturn in the economy to reposition their business or prepare to launch a new venture or a new career when the tide turns."
A high caliber group of experts and successful entrepreneurs teach this class and share their real-world experience and expertise on the important components of a successful wine business.
The focus of this course is the development of a business plan which will receive constructive feedback from the experts and then be applied to a future opportunity.
The 13 sessions on Thursday nights provide an excellent background for someone looking to start their own business, from vineyard to winery, learning the practical keys to success.
Key wine business subjects include competitive strategy, raising capital, public relations and growth management among others. The comprehensive course integrates all the aspects of Wine Entrepreneurship.
Those already in the industry will find the class useful for revamping and improving their existing business plans, or refining the management of one of their winery’s business units.
"While this class is not inexpensive at $750, it is a bargain when considering the cost to hire the contributing speakers to consult directly," Johnson says. "And the price of admission could certainly save the cost of a serious mistake."
Guest speakers include:
David Hehman former Director of the Wine Business Program at SSU, will share his experience in the early phase of launching a venue.
Guy Eck of American AgCredit, who has assisted numerous winery and vineyard development projects, will share his know-how.
Susan Cagann, special counsel in Farella, Braun and Martel's Business Transactions division, will provide her knowledge of the legal aspects of the industry.
David Stoll, Partner at Farella, Braun and Martel, will share his expertise in grape contracts, mergers, consulting, trademarks, trade names and much, much more.
Elizabeth Slater, lectures nationally on "Winery Direct Sales." She will help in the understanding of direct sales to the bottom line.
Tim McDonald, known as Mr. PR throughout the industry, will present how to brand a product successfully.
Stephen Schwitalla, CEO of the Sonoma County Vintners Co-op, will share his knowledge on logistics and moving your product efficiently through the channel across the US.
Diane Silber-Cohen, a human resource specialist will present the most important considerations in the area of employee relations from hiring, terminations, to Worker's Compensation.
David Miskie, Peet's Senior Financial Analyst, will demonstrate how to quantify the quality that is put into a product.
Armand Gilinsky has served as Director of SSU's Entrepreneurship Center, Wine Business Program, and Small Business Institute. His areas of specialty include strategic planning and venture planning.
Course instructor Ray Johnson is one of California's most admired wine educators and serves as the Assistant Director of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
The author of "The Good Life Guide to Enjoying Wine," his work on regional branding has been published in the International Journal of Wine Business Research and Vineyard & Winery Management. His web site is located at www.rjwine.com.
For further information, call Renee Thompson at (707) 664-2260 or visit www.sonoma.edu/winebiz/.
