University Calendar

Fantastic & Strange: Reflections of Self in Science Fiction Literature

Tuesday, September 18 - Friday, July 26 All Day - Tseng Gallery, Oviatt Library
http://library.csun.edu/blogs/goingson/fantastic-strange/

Science fiction literature, one of the most popular and entertaining genres in modern fiction, has been read and loved by children and adults for decades. From the earliest pulp publications to modern masterpieces, science fiction short stories and novels have often functioned as a lens through which we express our sense of wonder, marvel at the possibilities of new technologies, and engage in our wildest imaginings. Join us as we celebrate the fantastic and strange in science fiction literature.

Psychology Department GE Brown Bag Series

Friday, February 15 12:00 pm - Saturday, May 11 1:00 pm - Sierra Hall 322

The General Experimental option for the MA in Psychology is pleased to present another series of brown bag talks during Spring 2013.  Please mark your calendars as follows:

February 15 - Rescheduled due to the CSUN Creative Works Symposium.  Please see 5/10/13 instead

March 15 - Revising Your Beliefs:  How the Scope of a Rule Affects Your Decision-Making by Alex Swan, UC Santa Barbara

April 5 - The Linguistic and Social Development of Mexican Immigrant Children by Allison Wishard, UCSD

April 19 - Alumni Panel organized and hosted by Mark Otten, Department of Psychology, CSUN

May 3 - The Development of Human Amygdala Function and Connectivity Following Early Life Stress by Nim Tottenham, Department of Psychology, UCLA

May 10 - Foster Care:  Attachment, Resilience, and Cultural Identify by Leslie Ponciano, Department of Early Childhood Education, Loyola Marymont University

I am also undocumented

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - Colleagues Room (2nd Floor Sierra Center)
http://www.csun.edu/~hfchs006/

As immigration reform is debated, certain voices are seemingly absent from the mainstream discussion. Join us for a forum that will address some of the experiences and perspectives of underrepresented migrants, including members from Asian Pacific Islander, incarcerated, and LGBTQ communities. We will interrogate some of the dominant narratives of immigrant rights and discuss how the inclusion of these perspectives necessarily transforms the immigration debate.

AnthroExpo 2013

9:30 am - 6:00 pm - Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451

Please join us for the AnthroExpo 2013, the Department of Anthropology's Annual Open House.  AnthroExpo will take place in the Whitsett Room on Wednesday, April 17 from 9:30am to 6pm. 

This all day event features papers presented by Anthropology students, a discussion with Anthropology alumni and affiliated scholars, and this year’s keynote address, presented by Dr. David Cleveland of UC Santa Barbara. 

Our student panels include many of our award winning students, including:

• Hugh Radde, recipient of the new CSUN Graduate Fellowship for Research and Creative Activity
• Victoria Weaver, recipient of an International Society of Primatology Research Award
• Krisha Pruhs, recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• Mario Borrero, Sandra Mermelstein, Ann Stansell, Kevin Zemlicka, and Rhea Mac, all recipients of CSUN graduate research support and Anthropology department travel funds. 

The keynote speaker, Dr. David Cleveland, is an Anthropologist with an appointment in UCSBs ground-breaking Department of Environmental Studies. His areas of interest include small scale farming (in Mexico and Southern California) and adaptation to climate change. He has been instrumental in bringing local, sustainable "fast" food to UCSB campus food facilities. He will speak on "Anthropology in the Anthropocene" at 4pm in the Whitsett Room.

De Los Remedios para el Aire y Los Remedios para el Alma

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Chicana/o Conference Room (JR 152)

GE PATHS DAY: Globalization, Social Justice

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Colleagues Room, Sierra Center

COLLEAGUES ROOM, SIERRA CENTER

GE Paths is a new way for CSUN students to fulfill GE requirements. GE Paths offer membership into themed Learning Communities in which students take GE courses with other like-minded students in their learning community, develop close ties with peers and their instructors, participate in engaging learning community events, and earn a certificate that will help to raise their profile on the job market.

These events are for all students, especially members of the Global Studies and Social Justice learning communities.

Join the GE Paths Learning Communities for Fun, Facts and Friends!

The Latino Threat Narrative in 'New' U.S. Latino Communities: Institutional Discourses, Everyday Talk, and the Crisis of Identity

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Sierra Hall (SH) 309

Whitsett Seminar and Lecture

All Day - Whitsett Room, SH 451
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/history/pdf/2013/Whitsett_Grad_Sem_and_Lecture_04-25-13.pdf

Please join the History Department for the Whitsett Graduate Seminar and Whitsett Lecture.  All events are free but reservations are required:  818-677-3054.

8:30 - 9:00:  Morning Refreshments and Coffee, Whitsett Room, SH 451

9:00 - 10:15:  Session 1: Race, Space, and Postwar Los Angeles

10:30 - 12:00:  Session 2:  New Directions in the Nineteenth-Century West

12:00 - 1:00:  Networking Lunch

1:00 - 2:15:  Session 3:  Indigenious People and Los Angeles Agriculture

7:30:  Whitsett Annual Lecture

Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not

11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Northridge Center, University Student Union

Whitsett Seminar and Lecture

All Day - Whitsett Room, SH 451
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/history/pdf/2013/Whitsett_Grad_Sem_and_Lecture_04-25-13.pdf

Please join the History Department for the Whitsett Graduate Seminar and Whitsett Lecture.  All events are free but reservations are required:  818-677-3054.

8:30 - 9:00:  Morning Refreshments and Coffee, Whitsett Room, SH 451

9:00 - 10:15:  Session 1: Race, Space, and Postwar Los Angeles

10:30 - 12:00:  Session 2:  New Directions in the Nineteenth-Century West

12:00 - 1:00:  Networking Lunch

1:00 - 2:15:  Session 3:  Indigenious People and Los Angeles Agriculture

7:30:  Whitsett Annual Lecture

Cross-Examine the Judges

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Grand Salon, University Student Union

The Department of Political Science presents

Cross-Examine the Judges Night

Join the Department of Political Science for an open forum with Los Angeles Superior Court Judges.  Take advantage of this unique opportunity to ask questions and get answers about your court system.

This event is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Grand Salon, University Student Union.

Comedy: THE BOOK OF LIZ

Friday, April 26 7:30 pm - Sunday, April 28 2:00 pm - VPAC's Experimental Theatre
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

THE BOOK OF LIZ From the comedy team of David & Amy Sedaris. The Squeamish sect's Sister Elizabeth abandons all for the world outside, in an American journey filled with Cockney-speaking Ukrainian immigrants and all other manner of Sedaris-esque characters. But where will Liz fit in?

April 26-28, May 1-5, 2013.  All curtain times 7:30pm except Sundays at 1pm.  Very limited late seating, often only at intermission. Interpreted performance on Friday May 3rd. Permit for campus parking ($6) can be purchased in Lot B-1

Noted Queer Theorist Tim Dean, to speak about film Tom Jones

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Nordhoff Hall Room 113

9th Annual Warrior Goddess Diva Event

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm - USU, Grand Salon

Methods Meets Art

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Noski Auditorium

The Department of Sociology presents:

Patricia Leavy, Ph.D.

Method Meets Art - Arts Based Research Practice

This event is open to the campus community.  For more information please contact the Department of Sociology at 818-677-3591.

Dr. Leavy is a widely recognized expert in qualitative research, arts-based research and gender issues and has published a dozen non-fiction books including Method Meets Art:  Arts-Based Research Practice, Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research:  Using Problem-Center Methodologies and Fiction as Research Practice as well as the best-selling novel Low-Fat Love.

Workshop Drama: UNCLE DADDY WILL NOT BE INVITED

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm - Nordhoff Hall (NH) Little THeatre NH121
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

The year was 1967. While playing a rabbit in a Winnie-the-Pooh play here on campus, 22-year-old senior David Gerrold wrote and sold what was to become one of the most beloved Star Trek episodes ever: The Trouble with Tribbles.  Mr. Gerrold’s career as a writer has since spawned more than 50 novels, a dozen-plus teleplays, and the film The Martian Child, starring John Cusack, based on Gerrold’s autobiographical tale of a single gay man adopting an at-risk youth.  It earned Gerrold both the coveted Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Now the year is 2013 and Mr. Gerrold is back at his alma mater, back on the same theatre stages that launched his career, workshopping a new play entitled UNCLE DADDY WILL NOT BE INVITED.  The one-act production looks at two men planning their wedding--or so it appears on the surface.  Audiences are well cautioned that all is not as it seems. 

 The two performances, 8pm on April 30^th and May 1^st, promise to be some of the hottest tickets in town and cetain to sell out.  Touted in Variety and other industry media, the $12 general admission tickets will soon go on sale but CSUN students can get the advance seats now for $5 by showing their ID at the Student Union Ticket Office. The performance itself takes place in Nordhoff Hall’s Little Theater (NH121).

Hosted by Associated Student’s Theatre Guild, the play is directed by Gerrold and stars two current student actors: Steven Brogan and Alex Manolopoulos, previously seen this semester in CSUN’s RAGTIME and ROMEO & JULIET respectively.  Producers for the Guild are Brianna McDonnell and Daniel Guerrero, and Cara Failer is the Stage Manager.  Audiences are cautioned about mature themes and adult language.

Second Annual All-Day Symposium

8:45 am - 4:30 pm - Northridge Center, University Student Union
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/pan_african_studies/index.html

The African Studies Interdisciplinary Program (ASIP) in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, will be holding its Second Annual Spring Symposium on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, from 8:45 am - 4:30 pm in the Northridge Center, University Student Union. The theme for this year's event is "African Diaspora Discourses: Gender, Youth and Social Change."   

 RSVP to tom.spencer.walters@csun.edu

For additional information please contact 818-677-7819

Feel free to join us and stay as long as you can.

Comedy: THE BOOK OF LIZ

Wednesday, May 01 7:30 pm - Sunday, May 05 2:00 pm - VPAC Experimental Theatre
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

THE BOOK OF LIZ From the comedy team of David & Amy Sedaris. The Squeamish sect's Sister Elizabeth abandons all for the world outside, in an American journey filled with Cockney-speaking Ukrainian immigrants and all other manner of Sedaris-esque characters. But where will Liz fit in?

April 26-28, May 1-5, 2013.  All curtain times 7:30pm except Sundays at 1pm.  Very limited late seating, often only at intermission. Interpreted performance on Friday May 3rd. Permit for campus parking ($6) can be purchased in Lot B-1

Workshop Drama: UNCLE DADDY WILL NOT BE INVITED

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm - nordhoff Hall (NH) Little Theatre NH121
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

The year was 1967. While playing a rabbit in a Winnie-the-Pooh play here on campus, 22-year-old senior David Gerrold wrote and sold what was to become one of the most beloved Star Trek episodes ever: The Trouble with Tribbles.  Mr. Gerrold’s career as a writer has since spawned more than 50 novels, a dozen-plus teleplays, and the film The Martian Child, starring John Cusack, based on Gerrold’s autobiographical tale of a single gay man adopting an at-risk youth.  It earned Gerrold both the coveted Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Now the year is 2013 and Mr. Gerrold is back at his alma mater, back on the same theatre stages that launched his career, workshopping a new play entitled UNCLE DADDY WILL NOT BE INVITED.  The one-act production looks at two men planning their wedding--or so it appears on the surface.  Audiences are well cautioned that all is not as it seems. 

 The two performances, 8pm on April 30^th and May 1^st, promise to be some of the hottest tickets in town and cetain to sell out.  Touted in Variety and other industry media, the $12 general admission tickets will soon go on sale but CSUN students can get the advance seats now for $5 by showing their ID at the Student Union Ticket Office. The performance itself takes place in Nordhoff Hall’s Little Theater (NH121).

Hosted by Associated Student’s Theatre Guild, the play is directed by Gerrold and stars two current student actors: Steven Brogan and Alex Manolopoulos, previously seen this semester in CSUN’s RAGTIME and ROMEO & JULIET respectively.  Producers for the Guild are Brianna McDonnell and Daniel Guerrero, and Cara Failer is the Stage Manager.  Audiences are cautioned about mature themes and adult language.

Student Research Forum

8:00 am - 4:00 pm - 1st and 4th Floors of Sierra Hall

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning will be sponsoring a Student Research Forum in Sierra Hall on Thursday, 9 May. There will be two events. The first event will be a presentation of posters of student research work. These posters will be displayed between 9 and 11 am in the first floor lobby of Sierra Hall (east end). The second event will be a panel of oral presentations of student research. This will be held at 2:30 pm in the Whitsett Room (4th floor) or Sierra Hall.

The objectives of this research forum are to highlight student research activities and offer students an opportunity to make professional presentations of their research work. The presentations demonstrate the engagement and commitment of the department’s students to address local and regional urban issues and planning challenges.

Poster Presentation

10:00 am - 12:00 pm - Northridge Center, University Student Union

You are cordially invited to the Master of Social Work Student Capstone Poster Presentation.

This is a great opportunity to learn about the research projects our graduating MSW students have been working on for the past year.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in the Northridge Center, Student Union.

For additional information contact 818-677-7630.

Commencement: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

8:00 am - 10:00 am - Oviatt Library Lawn
http://www.csun.edu/commencement/index.htm

College Reception: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

A reception for graduates and their families will be held immediately following the ceremony on the patio area on the south side of Bayramian Hall just west of the Oviatt Library.

Note: For Masters and Doctoral graduates, additional information regarding Hooding Ceremonies can be inquired by contacting individual departments.

Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN's 10th Annual "Folklor de Mexico": Saturday, May 25, 2013

2:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Plaza del Sol Performance Hall (PH)

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of our annual music and dance concert with live folklorico and musical guests.

Two shows: Matinee @ 2pm - Gala Show @ 6pm

*Ticket prices $10 for Matinee & $20 for Gala Show

Matinee Show:

Ballet Folklorico Cielito Lindo - Nuevo Leon

Ballet Folklorico Santa Clarita - Campeche

Ballet Folklorico Winnetka Park - Colima

Ballet Folklorico Las Florecitas - Veracruz

Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc - Event Blessing

Gala Show:

Xochipilli de Santa Barbara - Guerrero

Grupo Folklorico Cuauhtli - La Danza de los Chichimecas, San Luis Potosi y Chinas de Puebla

Mariachi de mi Tierra

Tamborazo Aries - Sinaloa y Zacatecas

Los Hermanos Herrera - Son Huasteco and musica Nortena

*Galla and Matinee: Ballet Folklorico de CSUN & Teatro Aztlan

*Memorial day weekend- Celebrating and remembering the men and women who have served in the US Armed Forces.

*TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE as of March 20th @ the VPAC (Valley Performing Arts Center) ticket office which is located on the northside of the VPAC center - on the southside of the CSUN Bookstore Complex Building and adjacent to Lindley Avenue.

Please see the csun campus map at www.csun.edu

PLEASE NOTE: That both shows will be held at the: PLAZA DEL SOL PERFORMANCE HALL

*For ticket information please contact the VPAC ticket office at (818) 677-3000.

Ballet Folklorico Aztlan at California State University, Northridge is a student dance organization whose focus is educating the community about the rich Mexican culture through dance.

Contact: Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN Via email: ballet@onebox.com

(866) 248-7671 ext. 7532

Or visit us on our facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/bfa.csun