Communication Department Student Group Launches "Have A Heart" Food and Fund Drive Benefiting Community Food Bank
Each year the period right after the Holidays is a difficult time for the Community Food Bank. Food supplies are always low, but the current economy makes the situation worse than ever. As you may know, the Community Food Bank not only supports Fresno but also outlying areas in the San Joaquin Valley that might be in need.
The "Have a Heart" food and fund drive was launched last February near Valentines Day. When the Fresno State community learned that every dollar donated allowed the Food bank to purchase $8 in food, they generously donated. Last year the campus donated over $1,200, allowing the Community Food bank the power to purchase almost $10,000 worth of food for needy families throughout Central California
This year's "Have a Heart" drive will take place from Tuesday, Feb. 17- Friday, Feb.20. Students from the Professional Communication Association will be taking donations in the Free Speech area those 4 days between 11:30 and 1:00. Every donation will make a huge difference!
If you prefer to write a check, please make it out to the Community Food Bank and send it to the Communication Department, Attention Craig Fowler - PCA. If you have questions, please contact Craig Fowler at crfowler@csufresno.edu or Evan Halstead at evan.halstead@gmail.com
Friday, February 13, 2009
AN EVENING WITH TUCKER SMALLWOOD, ACTOR, AUTHOR, VIETNAM VETERAN
Theatre Arts Department presents
An evening with Tucker Smallwood, Actor, Author, Vietnam Veteran
Reading and discussing his book Return to Eden
Date: Saturday, February 21st
Time: 7 p.m. Free
Place: Woods Theatre, Speech Arts Building
Reception and book signing to follow
Limited Seating
R.S.V.P. to 278.5109 or pamd@csufresno.edu by February 18th
ABOUT TUCKER SMALLWOOD
Born in Washington, D.C. his early years included living for two years in Greece and two more in college in Munich, Germany. He received a BA in Speech/Television Production, from the University of Maryland. He began directing television and was then drafted into the Army in 1967.
Following his training, his service as an Advisor to Vietnamese troops in the Mekong Delta and his recovery from wounds received, he resigned his commission and moved to New York to study acting. He studied under Sanford Meisner and Stella Adler. After being cast in the soap opera Somerset, he was required to leave school, because students were not allowed to work professionally.
He had an enduring relationship at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater, as well as other roles in Broadway and regional theater productions. Additionally, he filmed more than 1000 television and radio commercials and PSA’s during that decade. During the ‘80’s, he appeared in The Cotton Club and Presumed Innocent.
In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles and began his work in prime time television. After several years of guest starring roles on dramas and sit-coms, he chanced into the universe of science fiction with roles in the series SPACE: Above and Beyond, The X-Files and Babylon 5, as well as in the films CONTACT and DEEP IMPACT. Theatrically, he performed in several productions for the Mark Taper, Cast Theater and Odyssey Theater.
Tucker spent a season as a Xindi diplomat for Star Trek: Enterprise. He's generated controversy as God on the Sarah Silverman Program and the film Black Dynamite that premiered at Sundance in January '09.
Following his return to Vietnam in 2004, in the late summer of 2006, he published an anthology of essays entitled RETURN TO EDEN
The listing of all of his shows and characters can be accessed by typing his name (Tucker Smallwood) into IMDb.com.
Pamela Dyer
Business and Promotions Manager
Theatre Arts Department
California State University, Fresno
5201 N Maple Avenue
Fresno CA 93740
559.278.7512
pamd@csufresno.edu
An evening with Tucker Smallwood, Actor, Author, Vietnam Veteran
Reading and discussing his book Return to Eden
Date: Saturday, February 21st
Time: 7 p.m. Free
Place: Woods Theatre, Speech Arts Building
Reception and book signing to follow
Limited Seating
R.S.V.P. to 278.5109 or pamd@csufresno.edu by February 18th
ABOUT TUCKER SMALLWOOD
Born in Washington, D.C. his early years included living for two years in Greece and two more in college in Munich, Germany. He received a BA in Speech/Television Production, from the University of Maryland. He began directing television and was then drafted into the Army in 1967.
Following his training, his service as an Advisor to Vietnamese troops in the Mekong Delta and his recovery from wounds received, he resigned his commission and moved to New York to study acting. He studied under Sanford Meisner and Stella Adler. After being cast in the soap opera Somerset, he was required to leave school, because students were not allowed to work professionally.
He had an enduring relationship at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater, as well as other roles in Broadway and regional theater productions. Additionally, he filmed more than 1000 television and radio commercials and PSA’s during that decade. During the ‘80’s, he appeared in The Cotton Club and Presumed Innocent.
In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles and began his work in prime time television. After several years of guest starring roles on dramas and sit-coms, he chanced into the universe of science fiction with roles in the series SPACE: Above and Beyond, The X-Files and Babylon 5, as well as in the films CONTACT and DEEP IMPACT. Theatrically, he performed in several productions for the Mark Taper, Cast Theater and Odyssey Theater.
Tucker spent a season as a Xindi diplomat for Star Trek: Enterprise. He's generated controversy as God on the Sarah Silverman Program and the film Black Dynamite that premiered at Sundance in January '09.
Following his return to Vietnam in 2004, in the late summer of 2006, he published an anthology of essays entitled RETURN TO EDEN
The listing of all of his shows and characters can be accessed by typing his name (Tucker Smallwood) into IMDb.com.
Pamela Dyer
Business and Promotions Manager
Theatre Arts Department
California State University, Fresno
5201 N Maple Avenue
Fresno CA 93740
559.278.7512
pamd@csufresno.edu
Friday, February 6, 2009
SO YOU WANNA BE A BROADCAST JOURNALIST?
The College of Arts and Humanities Presents Distinguished Alumnus
Nancy Osborne, B.A. Speech and Communications – Theatre Arts 1976
Anchor Reporter
KFSN-TV ABC30 Action News
So YOU wanna be a Broadcast Journalist?
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium
If so you better want to win, beat the competition every day and look good doing it. As a daily reporter and news anchor for ABC30 for three decades Nancy Osborne has the ultimate insider’s view of what it takes to succeed.
In an age where faces come and go hers remains steady. That is a source of great pride for one of the first women to join the ranks of broadcast journalism in the Central Valley.
For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/NancyOsborne.htm
Nancy Osborne, B.A. Speech and Communications – Theatre Arts 1976
Anchor Reporter
KFSN-TV ABC30 Action News
So YOU wanna be a Broadcast Journalist?
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium
If so you better want to win, beat the competition every day and look good doing it. As a daily reporter and news anchor for ABC30 for three decades Nancy Osborne has the ultimate insider’s view of what it takes to succeed.
In an age where faces come and go hers remains steady. That is a source of great pride for one of the first women to join the ranks of broadcast journalism in the Central Valley.
For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/NancyOsborne.htm
"ARMENIAN CONSTANTINOPLE/ISTANBUL: CHURCH, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE" BY DR. RONALD MARCHESE
Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, The University of Minnesota Duluth
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: University Business Center Alice Peters Auditorium
Free Admission
Dr. Marchese has spent the last several years documenting the rich cultural history of the Armenians in Constantinople, by studying the works of art that the Armenians produced. He will present an illustrated lecture on his research.
(Partially funded by the Associated Students, Inc.)
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: University Business Center Alice Peters Auditorium
Free Admission
Dr. Marchese has spent the last several years documenting the rich cultural history of the Armenians in Constantinople, by studying the works of art that the Armenians produced. He will present an illustrated lecture on his research.
(Partially funded by the Associated Students, Inc.)
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
"PLATO'S POLITICAL PESSIMISM: WHY THE IRONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE REPUBLIC ISN'T AS CRAZY AS IT SEEMS".
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Place: Speech Arts, Room 151
Mark Ralkowski, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Abstract: There are several obstacles -- what I call the ontological, epistemological, moral, and political problems -- blocking the standard interpretation of the Republic as a work of utopianism. The first three of these problems are sufficient to show that the ideal state cannot come into existence, and the fourth informs us that an approximation of it is improbable and extremely undesirable. To make this last point, I describe the philosophic nature, explain how it is corrupted, and argue, on the basis of historical evidence and textual evidence from Plato's Republic, that this account applies to Alcibiades. Then I show that the Republic makes three references to Alcibiades, and that the second and third of these links the Republic with the conclusion of the Symposium, where Plato presents what one scholar describes as "the most indelible portrait of Alcibiades from antiquity." This portrait of Alcibiades gives us the best evidence that Plato thought of Alcibiades as a potential philosopher. In his speech, he is portrayed as possessing a significant degree of philosophical insight, despite being ruined by moral weakness. Once we link the Republic and the Symposium in this way, we can see the true tragedy of the Symposium, which is the fate of philosophy in society.
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Place: Speech Arts, Room 151
Mark Ralkowski, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Abstract: There are several obstacles -- what I call the ontological, epistemological, moral, and political problems -- blocking the standard interpretation of the Republic as a work of utopianism. The first three of these problems are sufficient to show that the ideal state cannot come into existence, and the fourth informs us that an approximation of it is improbable and extremely undesirable. To make this last point, I describe the philosophic nature, explain how it is corrupted, and argue, on the basis of historical evidence and textual evidence from Plato's Republic, that this account applies to Alcibiades. Then I show that the Republic makes three references to Alcibiades, and that the second and third of these links the Republic with the conclusion of the Symposium, where Plato presents what one scholar describes as "the most indelible portrait of Alcibiades from antiquity." This portrait of Alcibiades gives us the best evidence that Plato thought of Alcibiades as a potential philosopher. In his speech, he is portrayed as possessing a significant degree of philosophical insight, despite being ruined by moral weakness. Once we link the Republic and the Symposium in this way, we can see the true tragedy of the Symposium, which is the fate of philosophy in society.
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