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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Two Poetry Readings: Dixie Salazar & Jon Veinberg

Date: Thursday, February 25,2010
Time: 7 p.m. (reception follows)
Place: Henry Madden Library
Table Mountain Rancheria Reading Room
(3rd floor, North Wing)

Free to all. Seating is limited!

The Madden Library and the Fresno Poets’ Association* present poetry readings by Dixie Salazar and Jon Veinberg.

Dixie Salazar is the author of four books of poetry: Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet (Univ. of Arizona Press)is her most recent, following Hotel Fresno, Reincarnation of the Commonplace, and Blood Mysteries. She has a novel, Limbo (White Pine Press), and is also a visual artist, working primarily in oils. Her art studio, Silva Salazar Studio, is located in Fresno. Salazar has taught at Fresno State and extensively in the prisons.

Jon Veinberg is the author of several poetry collections, including An Owl’s Landscape, Stickball Till Dawn, Oarless Boats, Vacant Lots, and the recent The Speed Limit of Clouds. In addition, he was the co-editor of Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets. He has twice been awarded National Endowment for the Arts grants in poetry and his poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.

Call (559) 278-2403 for more information.

*The Fresno Poets’ Association is now a formal program of Fresno State in conjunction with the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. For more information, please call the Library Dean’s Office at (559) 278-2403.

Tehran Has No More Pomegranates

Date: Friday, February 26, 2010
Time: 5:30 P.M
Place: McLane 121


Tehran Has No More Pomegranates (2006). Directed by Massoud Bakhshi, made over the span of five years, the film is a comic and sarcastic narrative about Tehran's transformation from a small village into a huge modern megalopolis. Using an energetic mix of never-before-seen archival footage from the past 120 years, modern images of Tehran, and sometimes asynchronous music and sound, the aesthetic and cultural values of old and new Tehran are brought to life. In the process, director and crew embark on a self-discovery, realizing that while they belong to a drastically transformed Tehran, being a "Tehrani" is a timeless state of mind.

The film has received many critical acclaims, festival nominations and awards, including; Official Selection HOTDOCS, IDFA, Full Frame, Rotterdam Film Festivals; Winner, Best Director, 25th International Fajr Film Festival, Winner, Best Director, 11th House of Cinema Film Festival, Winner, AVINI Prize, Best Documentary of the year 2007 and Winner, Audience Award, CINEMA VERITE International Documentary Film Festival. 67 min.

Discussant: Afshin Matin-Asgari

CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/

Parking is relaxed after 4 p.m.

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department.

CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening
discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu

Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

Fresno State Symphony Orchestra

FRESNO STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor

Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Place: Department of Music, Concert Hall

Featuring Student Artists:Irina Smolyakova, piano/ Patrick Martin, composition

Program:
R. Schumann - Piano Concerto
F. Liszt – Hunnenschlacht (Battle of the Huns)
P. Martin - Waking Life (world premiere)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol

California State University, Fresno

General $15 ; Faculty & Staff $10 ; Seniors $10 ; Students $10

For tickets please check the Department of Music's webpage:
http://www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml

For more information contact Dr. Thomas Loewenheim at:
Tel: 559.278.7547 or via E-mail: tloewenheim@csufresno.edu

2009 – 2010 Lecture Series features Distinguished Alumna: Hon. Debra Kazanjian

College of Arts and Humanities 2009 – 2010 Lecture Series features Distinguished Alumna:

Hon. Debra Kazanjian, B.A. Speech Communication 1974, Probate Court Judge

Date: February 25, 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Kremen School of Education, Room 172

Judge Kazanjian worked as an attorney for 19 years before being elected Superior Court Judge in 2000. She is currently assigned to the Probate Court. Debra is a past president of the Fresno County Planning Commission, Fresno State Alumni Association, Channel 18 Business Advisory Committee, and Fresno County Young Lawyers Association. She was also chosen as one of the Top Ten Business and professional Women of the Year in 1993.

For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/DebraKazanjian.htm

Intellectual and Artistic Exploration
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College of Arts and Humanities
California State University Fresno
2380 E. Keats Ave.
MS/MB 99
Fresno, CA. 93740

559.278.3056
fax: 559.278.6758
josed@csufresno.edu
http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/

International Coffee Hour: Sudan

Date: February 23
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Place: Henry Madden Library 2134 in Studio 2

Country: Sudan
Presenter: Dhruv Doshi

Join us as we shift our focus away from Asia and start the Voice of Africa series. In this series, we will be looking at five different African nations over the next few weeks. Our first destination will be Sudan with Dhruv Doshi, a Business – Entrepreneurship major who will present on the Sudan beyond the news!

The Sudan is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab world with nearly 50 different ethnicities who converse in more than 100 languages. From the UNESCO World Heritage Site Jebel Barkal to the capital Khartoum to the place where the White Nile and Blue Nile meet, there is more to Sudan than meets the eye.

If you have any questions, please e-mail the International Coffee Hour Coordinator David Rasiah at davidrasiah7@csufresno.edu


**** International Coffee Hour, Exploring Global Diversity on Campus for the Past 17 Years (1993-2010) ****

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Summer 2010 Short Term Study Abroad Programs

A great opportunity to study abroad and earn some units. Check out these short-term travel studies. Make your deposits now so you are assured a space on any of these experiences. All study programs are led by our Fresno State faculty.

China: From Farm to Fork: Agricultural and Food Production Practices
AGEC 185 T - 3 units
May 29 - June 8, 2010
For information contact: Dr. Annette Levi
Email: alevi@csufresno.edu Phone: 278-3040

Deposit of $700 is due February 16, 2010
Balance of $2,295 due April 16, 2010

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Costa Rica: Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish 125 or Span 10 - 3 units
May 25 - June 9, 2010
For information contact: Dr. Isolina Sands
Email: isands@csufresno.edu Phone: 278-5112

Deposit of $500 is due to the extended date of February 19, 2010
Balance of $2,208 due March 22, 2010

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Culture of Trinidad and Tobago
CFS 132T or Plant 170T or FSM 162T - 3 units
May 29 - June 8, 2010
For information contact: Dr. Sean Seepersad
Email: ssepersad@csufresno.edu Phone: 278-3081

Deposit of $300 is due to the extended date of February 19, 2010
Balance of $2,800 due April 16, 2010.

Scholarships for some of these programs are available through the School or College as well as the Study Abroad and International Exchange Office
You must apply for scholarships.

Study Abroad Office: Family Food Science Room 111. Call 278-6452.

For details of the above and other programs visit our website at:

http://www.csufresno.edu/cge/programs/travel_study/credit.shtml

Salsa Anyone?

Come join the Fresno State Salsa Club this Friday for a night of dancing. No partner needed, all ages welcome!

Only $5 entry which includes a complimentary lesson and open dance until 10pm.

LADIES FREE THIS FRIDAY!!!

Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: Lessons start 7:30 and open dance until 10 PM
Place:
Peters Building, Room 11

FREE FOOD!


For more info please contact Adriana Mendoza at adrianaisabel@csufresno.edu

"Armenian Identity and the Genocide"

The Armenian Studies Program cordially invites the campus community to a public lecture.

"Armenian Identity and the Genocide"

by Dr. Abraham Terian
The Eighth Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
Times: 6:30- reception (food and beverages) in the UBC Gallery
7:30-lecture
Place: UBC, Rm 191

Free and open to the public.

Defining identity in terms of uniqueness, this lecture probes through the history of the Armenian people for elements that gave their forebears a sense of identity. The lecture also will examine the extent to which the Genocide has become part of Armenian identity today.

Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001

ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129

Visit the ASP Website: http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Messenger

Date: February 12, 2010
Time: 5:30 and 8:15 p.m.
Place: Tower Theater
815 E. Olive Avenue


Tickets: $10 general, $8 students & seniors

February 12: The Messenger (2009) is a powerful and tender story about a returned war hero making his first steps toward a normal life. In his first leading role, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband’s death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival. The film, directed by Oren Moverman, brings us into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and dignity. In English, 115 min. Rated R.

For more information:

CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department: MCJ 177T (Spring 2010 course # 37395).

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu

CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

Chamber Music with Strings

California State University, Fresno Department of Music presents

Chamber Music with Strings with special guest artist Prof. Bruce Bransby, double bass, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Date: Friday, February 12, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM
Place: Department of Music - Concert Hall

General $10 ; Faculty & Staff $5 ; Seniors $5 ; Students $5

Program:
  • Handel-Halvorsen
  • Passacaglia for violin and cello
  • Rossini
  • Duo for Cello and Bass
  • Franz Schubert
  • The Trout Quintet
Performers:
  • Limor Toren-Immerman, violin
  • David Shearen, viola
  • Thomas Loewenheim, cello
  • Bruce Bransby, bass
  • Andreas Werz, piano

For tickets please check the Department of Music webpage: http://www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml

For more information contact Dr. Thomas Loewenheim at: Tel: 559.278.7547 or via E-mail: tloewenheim@csufresno.edu

Good Enough

The Ethics Center Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture

Good Enough: Why is the “good enough” not good enough? by John Lachs

Date: February 11, 2010
Time: 5-6 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium

Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
Relaxed parking in the UBC parking lot only

Philosopher John Lachs reflects on our desire for perfection, which he connects with the longing for God and the experience of beauty. Suggesting that the ideal of moral perfection can be inhumane, Lachs concludes, “the fact that the world could be better does not imply that we are obliged to make it better.”

John Lachs is Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of many books and articles, including most recently The Cost of Comfort (2010). He is the editor of the Encyclopedia of American Philosophy. This presentation is based on his article, “Good Enough” in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy.

Sponsored by The Ethics Center at Fresno State, the Leon S. Peters Foundation, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and an IRA Grant

Contact Andrew Fiala: afiala@csufresno.edu or Ethics Center's website: http://www.csufresno.edu/ethicscenter

CSU Summer Arts Needs Horns!

The CSU Summer Arts program is soliciting for any horn instruments to be used to build a sound sculpture this summer. Horns can be "junk" instruments, unsalvagable, or in working condition.

Summer Arts will again be hosted by the Fresno State campus June 27 through July 24. Fifteen courses are being offered and one art course titled Building Reactive Sculpture: Spaces & Objects, Sound & Movement requires horn instruments for the construction of this sculpture.

The guest artist requesting these instruments is Seattle based, Trimpin. Trimpin is an internationally exhibiting artist/composer/inventor/engineer and is featured in the documentary film, TRIMPIN: the sound of invention, (www.trimpinmovie.com) currently traveling the Film Festival circuit. Seattle's Music Experience Project features Trimpin's sound sculpture, if vi was ix, constructed of 700 acoustic and electric guitars, towering 50', playing via computer a collection of musical genres and, via computer, self-tuning!

Trimpin will be featured in a public event/performance scheduled for Sunday, July 18th from 12 to 4 p.m. on the Fresno State campus.

Please contact Jackie Doumanian at jdoumanian@csufresno.edu or 559-241-6090.

Fresno State Bulldog Beat in Concert!

It's the 2nd Annual Bulldog Beat: In Concert! and it's on

Date: Friday, February 12th, 2010
Time: 8 pm
Place: Wahlberg Recital Hall on campus.

Tickets are $6 for general admission, and $5 for staff/students/seniors.

Chances are, you've seen Bulldog Beat before; they are the energetic group of student musicians who perform at Bulldog Basketball and Volleyball games in the Save-Mart Center. They also frequently show up around campus and throughout town (and even out of town), helping to spread the good news of Fresno State. This Friday night, you can catch these talented students in a performance all their own!

The concert will be full of fun and surprises, featuring your traditional Bulldog favorites along with new songs learned for the occasion. What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day weekend than with an evening with the Bulldog Beat!

For more information, please contact Tim Anderson at (559) 278-2166 or at tanderson@csufresno.edu.

Timothy Todd Anderson
Associate Director of Bands
California State University, Fresno

Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Sound Mosaic

California State University Fresno, Department of Music presents Fresno State’s Annual Music Faculty Concert

A SOUND MOSAIC

Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM
Place: Department of Music - Concert Hall

Cost: General $20 ; Faculty & Staff $15 ; Seniors $10 ; Students $10

Fresno State Music Department presents A Sound Mosaic: An Evening's Concert with the Fresno State Music Faculty on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 8:00 PM in the Concert Hall on the Fresno State campus.

A reception will follow the performance.

A Sound Mosaic presents an evening of lively and varied music, including pieces by Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, and Vivaldi, as well as original compositions by Fresno State composers, Kenneth Froelich, and Brad Hufft.

All proceeds from this annual event benefit student music scholarships.

Online tickets are available at: http://www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml

Pre-concert tickets are available at 7pm on night of concert

In-person tickets are available in Music Office (M-135) Mon-Fri, 11am-1pm

For info contact Dr. Thomas Hiebert, at tomh@csufresno.edu.

Monday, February 1, 2010

African Peoples History Month Celebration 2010

Date: Monday February 1, 2010
Time: Noon
Place: USU South Patio

Learn How You Can Help the People of Haiti
Music, Dancers, Speakers, Poetry

Pick up a calendar with all of the months activities
At the opening ceremonies or come to
The center for women and culture

For more information call: 278-6946 or for a full listing of events and activities go to
Www.csufresno.edu/cvchi

“The Jim Learner News Hour”

The Deans’ Series Presents “The Jim Learner News Hour”

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Place: 2rd Floor of the Henry Madden Library
Auditorium Room 2206, North Wing

Topic: Leadership and Professional Development

In this session of the Deans' Series, join "Jim Learner" (aka Dean McDonald) as he skillfully interviews and delves into the secrets, confessions, and insights of five panelists regarding their leadership techniques and professional development.

Come join us for this lively, fun and engaging exchange! Audience participation is welcomed.

Karen Carey
Karen Carey has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from San Diego State, a master’s degree in school psychology from UNLV and a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She currently serves as Dean of the Division of Graduate Studies.

Berta Gonzalez
For over 30 years, Dr. González taught in elementary and secondary grades, university level students, professionals and administrators in the United States and in numerous countries abroad. Her current position is Associate Vice President for the Division of Continuing and Global Education.

Ellen Junn
Ellen Junn earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from Princeton University in cognitive and developmental psychology and comes to Fresno after teaching at Indiana University, CSU San Bernardino and CSU Fullerton over the past 24 years. She currently serves as Associate Provost.

Peter McDonald
Peter McDonald, Dean of Library Services at Fresno State, began his library career at the New York Public Library in 1987. Since then he has worked at Cornell University, and more recently at Syracuse University. He arrived in Fresno to take up his current position on February 1, 2007.

Dennis Nef

Dr. Nef is an agricultural economist with an interest in food, agriculture, and resource policy and the use of technology in education and project based learning. He currently serves as Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

Dave Tyckoson
Dave is the Associate Dean of the Henry Madden Library, California State University - Fresno. Prior to moving to California, he held positions at SUNY-Albany, Iowa State University, and Miami (Ohio) University. He has an undergraduate degree in Physics and a Master’s degree in Library Science, both from the University of Illinois.

John Ross & Corazon del tiempo (U.S. Premiere)

Presentations by John Ross,

Award winning journalist/poet, he is the winner of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Upton Sinclair Prize and the American Book Award for the first published account of the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas.

El Monstruo (The Monster)
Date: Friday, February 5, 2010
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: Peters Business 191

John Ross presents his latest book, "El Monstruo" ("The Monster") - taming the most contaminated, corrupt, crime-ridden, and chaotic urban entity in the Americas.

Corazon del Tiempo (2008) THIS IS THE FIRST SHOWING IN THE U.S.A. (ASIDE FROM SUNDANCE) & the first feature-length movie set in a Zapatista village in Chiapas. Director Alberto Cortes. It is a time of revolution and Sonia’s rebellious heart causes further commotion in their village. Recently bethrothed to a young community leader, Miguel, she is walking along a path in the Selva Lacandona one day when she locks eyes with those of Julio, a rebel fighter; their passion puts the security of her community and the Zapatista rebels in jeopardy. In a world where everything changes, in a land if free Indians who have decided to take a stand and resist, Sonia takes on the struggles of love in the heart of time. 90 min.

http://www.corazondeltiempo.com/

1810-1910-2010-Revolutionalry Years in Mexico (Off Campus Presentation)
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Time: 7 p. m.
Place: C.A.F.E. Infoshop, 935 F. St. Downtown Fresno

2010 will mark the bicentennial of Mexico's war of liberation from Spain and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. As the country plunges into the most severe economic collapse since the Great Depression, President Felipe Calderon will spend billions of pesos to celebrate the twin centennials, a mistake dictator Porfirio Diaz made on the eve of the Mexican Revolution. As it was a hundred years ago, social discontent is at fever pitch and some are anticipating violent uprising in 2010.

For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department: MCJ 177T (Spring 2010 course # 37395).

CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening
discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu

Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu