"The Cosmic Ray Laboratory of Armenia: Challenges and Prospects"

The Armenian Studies Program cordially invites you to a lecture by Dr. Anahid Yeremian, Stanford University

"The Cosmic Ray Laboratory of Armenia: Challenges and Prospects"

Date: Friday, October 29, 2010 Place: University Business Center, Room 191 Free admission and the public is welcome

Armenia's Cosmic Ray Laboratory is considered one of the top 5 such scientific stations in the world. Dr. Yeremian will discuss the achievements of the Lab and its challenges and prospects.

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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

Music Department Centennial Events - October

The Centennial Year at Fresno State Continues...

Join us for another series of excellent performances including The Jazztet, Horn Studio, Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble, Keyboard Concerts presents Barry Douglas, The FRESNO NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL, and our Fall Opera Feature, "Opera in the Country"

Jazztet At “The Bucket” Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM Place: The Bucket (Center of Campus near the Fountain) Admission is Free

Food and beverages will be available for purchase
Tickets available online at:
www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml

Fresno State Hornists in Concert Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Time: 8:00 PM Place: Wahlberg Recital Hall General $7 Staff/Senior $6 Student $5

Jazz-O-Ween featuring the Fresno State Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Date: Friday, October 29, 2010 Time: 8:00 PM Place: Concert Hall General $7 Staff/Senior $6 Student $5

Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts presents pianist BARRY DOUGLAS Date: Sunday, October 31 , 2010 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Concert Hall General $18 Staff/Senior $12 Student $5

San Fransisco Art Tour Bus Trip

Visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the de Young Museum

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond:Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay

Date: Friday, October 29, 2010
Departure Time & Place: Leave the North Gym at 8 am

Purchase tickets at the USU Information Center
$20 Fresno State Students with valid ID
$30 General Public

Also that evening at the de Young Museum there is a Friday Night Soiree which will include a French menu at the cafe, live music, a movie screening and performance from Pacific Islander dancers.

For More Information Call 278-2741
www.auxiliary.com/USU
www.sfmoma.org
http://deyoung.famsf.org

Philosophy Department Centennial Celebration Distinguished Alumni Panel

Philosophy Department Centennial Celebration Distinguished Alumni Panel

Date: Friday October 15, 2010 Time: 2-3:30 PM Place: Henry Madden Library Auditorium Room 2206 (South Wing)

• What is philosophy good for today?
• How have philosophy and the university changed?
• What is the history of the philosophy department at Fresno State?

A panel of alumni and emeritus faculty discuss these topics as part of the College of Arts and Humanities Centennial Celebration.

• William Feightner, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, EFILM (BA Philosophy 1971)
• Ben Starr, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Modesto Junior College (BA Philosophy 1966)
• Wally Upton, Partner, Kimble, MacMichael and Upton Law Firm (BA Philosophy 1962)
• Dr. Jack Pitt, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Fresno State
• Dr. James Slinger, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Fresno State
• Dr. James Smith, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Fresno State

To be followed by a reception in the Dean’s Courtyard (Music Building) at 4 PM

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information contact: Andrew Fiala, Chair, Department of Philosophy
afiala@csufresno.edu

Mass Communication and Journalism Centennial Hall of Fame Induction

The College of Arts and Humanities, Fresno State Alumni Association, and The Mass Communication and Journalism Alumni and Friends Chapter of California State University, Fresno, invite you to:

MCJ Centennial Hall of Fame Induction: Honoring Roger Tatarian, Class of 1938

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 Time: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Place: Fresno State Smittcamp Alumni House

Join us to honor the legacy of this great professional, professor and friend – our own – Roger Tatarian.

Department of Mass Communication and Journalism
2225 E. San Ramon
Fresno, CA 93740
M/S MF 10
559-278-2087
559-278-4995 Fax

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Music Fresno State Symphony Orchestra Centennial Celebration

College of Arts and Humanities Department of Music Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor

Centennial Celebration

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: California State University, Fresno Department of Music Concert Hall

Program: Antonín Dvořák: CARNIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 92 Michael Torke: SAXOPHONE CONCERTO Aram Khachaturian: SYMPHONY NO. 3 – SYMPHONY POEM

Alan Durst, saxophone
Timothy Zerlang, organ
The Fresno State Alumni Trumpet Ensemble
Michael Caldwell, Christopher Craig, Eric Cymanski,Scott Dean, Dale Engstrom, Craig Erker, Ron Franklin, Mike Gunn, Jan Goyette, Paul Herrera, Joe Lenigan, Jeff LaRose,
Peter van der Paardt, Sean Salehi, Nathan Sobieralski

Admission: $15.00 General $10.00 Faculty/Staff/Seniors $5.00 Students
Tickets are available on-line and at the door
www.csufresno.edu/music

Linguistics Department Distinguished Alumni Panel

Linguistics Department Distinguished Alumni Panel

Chaired by Dr. Fred Brengleman and Dr. Chris Golston
Date: Friday, October 15, 2010 Time: 2:00-3:30pm Place: Fresno State: Peters Business Building, Room 192

Panel participants:

• DR. GEOFFREY GAMBLE, Retired President, Montana State University BA Linguistics 1965, MA Linguistics 1971
• ATHER FINNIAN MCGINN, Councilor to the Minister General of the Franciscans MA Spanish and Linguistics 1978
• DR. GERALD MCMENAMIN, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Fresno State MA Linguistics 1972
• NANCY FRAMPTON, Professor, Reedley College, MA English as a Second Language 1985, MA Linguistics 1986
• NORA MCKENNA, Teacher, BA English as a Second Language 1992
• ONDINE GAGE-SERIO, Lecturer, Fresno State, MA English as a Second Language 1991
• PHONG YANG, Lecturer, Fresno State, BA French 1995, MA Linguistics 2000

All are welcome!

For more information visit the following website: http://www.fresnostate100.com/cah/alumnipanels.htm

Mass Communication and Journalism Distinguished Alumni Panels

The Department of Mass Communication & Journalism invites you to join us for one of our Centennial Celebrations. On October 15, 2010, we will be hosting three Distinguished Alumni Panels. We are honored to have so many of our alumni join us. It is sure to be an exciting day. Please join us!

Mass Communication and Journalism Distinguished Alumni Panels

Date: October 15, 2010

Mass Communication and Journalism Print Journalism Panel
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Place: Table Mountain Rancheria Reading Room
Henry Madden Library, 3rd floor

Moderator: Jim Tucker
Panelist: Mike Wise, Sports Writer, The Washington Post,
Anthony Marquez, Los Angeles Bureau Chief, Associated Press
Jim Boren, Vice president and editorial page editor, The Fresno Bee
Ray Steele, Publisher, The Fresno Bee, retired 2008
Tom Bohigian, State Director, Senator Barbara Boxer
Robert Gauthier, 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist
Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 2007 Journalist of the Year, National Hispanic Journalists Association
Christopher Reynolds, Features reporter, L.A. Times

Mass Communication and Journalism Broadcast Journalism Panel
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Place: Peters Auditorium, PB191

Moderator: Jim Wilson
Panelists: Victor Hernandez, Director of Coverage, CNN North America
Stefani Booroojian, Anchor, KSEE 24, Fresno
Angelo Stalis, ABC 30 Weatherman
Jan Yanehiro, Author and Emmy-winning TV host
Luke Tang, CEO Computer Technologies, San Jose

Mass Communication and Journalism Public Relations/Advertising Panel
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Place: Peters Auditorium, PB191

Moderator: Betsy Hays, APR
Panelists: Jim Melikian, President/CEO, The Popcorn Man
Thomas McGurn, VP of Public Relations, BMW North America, retired 2007
Chris Finks, Finks Inc. Public Relations Firm, Portland, Oregon
Susan O-Dwyer, Director of Business Development, Habif, Arogeti & Wynne
Bruce Batti, President, Jeffrey Scott Advertising
Tamyra A. Pierce, Ph.D.

Keynote Speaker--Media Effects Researcher


Associate Professor/Department Chair
Dept. of Mass Communication & Journalism
California State University, Fresno
2225 E. San Ramon Ave M/S MF10
Fresno, CA 93740

“Teaching about Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East”

Date: October 7-9, 2010

Keynote Address

“Teaching about Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East”
Dr. Nancy Gallagher

Date: October 7, 2010
Time: 5 pm
Place: Fresno State Peters Building 191

Dr. Nancy Gallagher is Professor of Middle East History and previous Chair of Middle East Studies Program at UCSB. Her areas of expertise and research include Comparative Gender History, Comparative Race and Ethnicity, and the Modern Middle East.

Dr. Gallagher teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including a Proseminar on Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East and North Africa; Post colonial and Postmodern Discourses on Africa and the Middle East; Women and Gender in Middle Eastern history.

A scholar and mentor in Middle East Women’s Studies, Dr. Gallagher is Co-editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, the official publication of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies, a multidisciplinary, international organization affiliated with the Middle East Studies Association, for which she has served as Past-president.

Currently Dr. Gallagher is working on a book entitled “Women and Islam: Human Rights and Activism” under contract to Routledge Press. Her previous publications include:

Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (American University in Cairo Press, 2007). Early efforts by peacemakers in the world’s longest refugee crisis.

Femmes, Cultures, et Societes au Maghreb, 2 vols. Co-edited with Rahma Bouqia and Mounira Charrad (Casablanca: Afrique Orient, 1996)

Approaches to the History of the Middle East, Interviews with Leading Historians (Ithaca Press, 1994; paperback edition, 1996)

Egypt’s Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health, (Syracuse University Press, 1990)
Medicine and Power in Tunisia, 1780-1900 Cambridge University Press, 1983, Paperback edition, 2002

Dr. Corey Whitehead, Solo Flamenco Guitar Virtuoso

The Department of Music and The Henry Madden Library present: The Inaugural Performance of the 2010-2011 Ellipse Friday Concert Series featuring

Dr. Corey Whitehead, Solo Flamenco Guitar Virtuoso

Date: Friday, October 8, 2010 Time: 12:15-12:45 p.m. Place: Peters Ellipse, Henry Madden Library

MFA Faculty Reading

The MFA Program in Creative Writing Faculty will give a prose and poetry reading on:

Date:Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Henry Madden Library.

The event is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow.

For more information contact Dr. Connie Hales, connieh@csufresno.edu or 278-2359.

Empire of Illusion :The End of Literacy and the Triumph of the Spectacle

LEON S. PETERS ETHICS LECTURE

Empire of Illusion
Chris Hedges
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Time: 8 – 9 p.m.
Place: Henry Madden Library
Table Mountain Rancheria Reading Room

Pulitzer prize–winning author and journalist Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion. Hedges argues in his new book, Empire of Illusion, that we now live in two societies. One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and
magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The Ethics Center at Fresno State, the Leon S. Peters Foundation,
The Printise J. Womack Lectures endowment fund, and the Henry Madden Library

Contact Andrew Fiala @ afiala@csufresno.edu or visit The Ethics Center's web site at www.csufresno.edu/ethicscenter