CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
THE PEDANT
September 2010
Volume 3, Number 1
A Newsletter
for CGU
students, or the
entomologically
inclined.
pages 2-3:
campus news
pages 4-5:
feature interview
with CGU’s new
president
page 7:
research and
awards
page 8:
events calendar
Harper Hall, nerve center of CGU’s resources and headquarters to our new president.
On help: an abridged guide to CGU’s
most useful resources
Even as a new school year dawns, the pitfalls of
graduate-student life spring eternal. The last two years at
the Pedant, we’ve tried to clue students in on ways to
make their tenure at CGU less difficult and more
enjoyable. In this spirit, we’ve provided below a list of 13
– a grad-student’s dozen – campus resources we think
every student should know about (other than the obvious:
library, security, etc.). For most of you this is a refresher.
For new students we hope this will be a useful
introduction to your new life at CGU. In talking to the
people who work in these offices, one mysterious theme
prevails: they often wonder why more students don’t take
advantage of what they offer. Don’t let these helpful folks
be helpful in vain. Be helped. No one gets out of here
without some.
Graduate Student Council (GSC) House
www.cgu.edu/gsc
Tucked away down the alley on 12th Street
between College Avenue and Dartmouth
Avenue, the GSC House (127 East 12th Street)
can be both your sanctuary and gathering place.
The house is open to all CGU students and has
a living room, kitchen, backyard, and workshop/
meeting space that can be booked by contacting
Katrina Sire (katrina.sire@cgu.edu). The GSC is
a governing body of, by, and for students. See
how you can get involved by visiting its website
(in italics, above).
International Place (I-Place)
iplace.claremont.edu
A self-described “home-away-from-home for
students from abroad and the United States,” IPlace offers an environment where students from
anywhere can convene to chat, share, and
celebrate in a spirit of global understanding.
They not only host events for students of all the
Claremont Colleges, but offer several helpful
services for international students.
Mail and Duplicating Services
www.cgu.edu/mailroom
Like our very own Kinko’s and FedEx, but
cheaper. Venture down the stairs of Harper Hall
to find this hidden gem, which prints the very
pages you hold in your hand.
A hearty Pedant
welcome and
well-wishes to
our new
university
President
Deborah A.
Freund. An
exclusive
interview with
her is on page 4.
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campus news
CGU walks the WASC
Though it’s a process most students can blissfully ignore, an
educational institution’s decennial accreditation process is
vitally important and labor-intensive. Be thankful you
don’t have to fill out any accreditation forms – and
that CGU’s WASC Institutional Proposal recently
passed review.
WASC (Western Association of Schools and
Colleges) is one of six regional accrediting
agencies for four-year and higher postsecondary programs in the United States. The
WASC Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges
and Universities provides extensive quality control for
four-year and graduate institutions. An institution's
ability to grant federal financial aid is just one aspect of
the accrediting process.
To give you an idea of how extensive accreditation is,
CGU’s reaffirmation process began with universitywide strategic planning in 2006, and the three-stage
review cycle is expected to be completed in late 2013 or
early 2014.
The first stage of the cycle is getting the Institutional
Proposal approved. The proposal is a work-plan for a
self-study of themes important to the university – it
guides the accreditation process, and establishes the
criteria on which the institution will be evaluated. CGU
has elected to study two themes: transdisciplinarity and
“Research That Matters.” The most important
aspect of these themes is their impact on student
learning outcomes.
An e-mail from Provost Yi Feng stated that,
“The WASC panel commended CGU
highly for taking the accreditation process so
seriously and writing such a comprehensive
and attentive report – excellent themes, forward
looking, well integrated, careful threading in of
student learning outcomes. . . . This is a very important
landmark in our institutional development.”
For more information on WASC and CGU’s
reaffirmation of accreditation process visit
www.cgu.edu/pages.6708.asp.
THE PEDANT is . . .
Brendan Babish — Managing editor
Kevin Riel — Head writer
Liz Nurenberg — Senior colorist
Though the CGU campus is relatively
small (or as a real-estate agent would
say, “quaint”), there are a surprising
number of resources tucked away that
many students don’t know about. That
is why we are dedicating this issue’s
cover story to a recap of some of the
most important offices on campus you
might not know about.
editor’s note
To all new students, welcome to
CGU. To returning students, welcome
back. We’ve missed you. Over the
summer our campus can get desolate;
this summer the only visible activity
outside our windows was construction
vehicles tearing up Dartmouth
Avenue.
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While we at the Pedant enjoy compiling
lists, most of our feature stories are
dedicated to a single subject (check
out our archives: www.cgu.edu/
thepedant). We’ve got plenty of ideas
for future issues on our dry-erase
board here in the office, but we would
be happy to consider subjects from
new or returning students. Is there any
aspect of graduate life you would like
to know more about? We’ll do the
research. Anything you’ve learned
from your many years at CGU? We’ll
be happy to share that with the
community.
Of course, any other feedback is
welcome as well. Graduate school is a
huge investment – time and moneywise – and we’re looking for any way
to make sure you get the biggest
return.
Brendan Babish
brendan.babish@cgu.edu
the Pedant
Volume 3, Number 1
September 2010
Special thanks to Deborah A. Fruend,
Shanna Livermore, Gregory Pierre Cox,
and anyone else who generously gave their
time to our humble publication; and
Chipotle.
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Come together at
the Pedant Online
One of the complaints we hear most from
students is that they don’t always feel connected to
their peers. Yes, we’re a commuter campus, and
graduate students are typically busier than
undergraduates, and some of us even have
families and full-time jobs – but there is no
reason we can’t have a vibrant university
community. While our newly launched the Pedant
Online may not be the ultimate solution, we think
it can go a long way to get students to come
together.
The Pedant Online is a CGU-only social
networking site we’ve created through
Ning. Our Facebook page
(www.facebook/claremontgraduateuniversity.com ) is still fully operational,
growing, and a great way to connect with
other students and receive and share
information. However, the Pedant Online
is specifically CGU-centric and offers
more interactive options.
The Pedant Online works similarly to
your Facebook or MySpace pages (if you
still have a MySpace page, that is). You
create a profile, add photos and videos,
become friends with students you know,
and share musings on deep philosophical
problems, such as Team Edward or Team
Jacob?
In addition to what most social networks
facilitate, Ning has allowed us to add
platforms and tailor the site for our own
context. Under the “Forum” tab students
can post various forms of information or
public queries in the “General discussion”
sub-heading, pass on social news at
“CGU, Claremont Colleges, or local
events,” or sell used futons at
“Classifieds.” Similarly, the “Blog” tab
permits students to share longer pieces:
book reviews, essays, recipes for Apple
Brown Betty, whatever. There are links to
other public web-groups like the
Claremont Graduate University
GoodReaders on www.goodreads.com, as
well as direct access to our university
Youtube channel with videos of CGU
professors discussing their work.
Moreover, there are RSS links to the
university’s events calendar, news feed,
and the Zine: a CGU student publication’s
blog.
And we’re not done. We’re still
experimenting with ways to maximize
the website’s usability. Which is where
you come in. This is an online
community for you; please let us know
what you’d like to see and we’ll do our
best to accommodate. Or, in some
Get
down to
business
cards
cases, you can do it yourself. You can
create groups, post content, or add
applications.
A student community doesn’t work
without student participation, so visit
www.cgupedant.ning.com, click “Sign
Up,” insert some basic information,
and connect to a fuller university
experience . . . for everyone.
Just because you’ve deferred your brilliant
career to hone your skills in graduate
school doesn’t mean you can’t impress
new contacts with a chic business card.
Official CGU business cards are available
to students from the Office of University
Communications.
To secure a batch, send an e-mail to
mandy.bennett@cgu.edu with your name,
e-mail, school, the degree you’re working
towards, and your home or school address
(optional). After you’ve heard back from
Bennett, allow three to five business days
before you come to pick up your cards in
the Jagels building (150 East 10th Street).
The office has worked out a good deal
with printers to pass on to students; that’s
$27.44 for 250 cards and $32.78 for 500.
SCHOOL
OF
A RT S
AND
HUMANITIES
Tel: 909.555.2503
LIZ NURENBERG
liz.nurenberg@cgu.edu
MFA Student
Art Department
251 E AST T ENTH S TREET • C LAREMONT CA 91711
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CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
Pedant
interview:
Deborah A.
Freund
After an extensive year-long search, CGU
has found its new president: Deborah A.
Freund. She comes to us from the Maxwell
School at Syracuse University, where she
was distinguished professor of public
administration, senior research associate in
the Center for Policy Research, and
formerly vice chancellor for academic
affairs and provost.
If you did not have a chance to meet
her during her visit in May, you
probably know little about the woman
behind the lectern. Therefore, we’ve
culled a series of questions – with the
help of Vice President of
Advancement Gregory Pierre Cox and
Graduate Student Council President
Shanna Livermore – to help introduce
students to their new president.
What inspired you to dedicate
your career to academia?
When I was in graduate school in
public health I had two professors –
one in economics, one in health
economics – who were spellbinding
teachers. My goal had always been to
change the world, and in particular to
work on programs that extended health
care to underrepresented and
vulnerable populations. Getting a
masters and PhD in economics had
never been part of my plan. But I
became a convert to academia from
these professors’ encouragement. I
realized that research held the key to
understanding how such programs
should be structured, and that I could
do the research and outreach
simultaneously.
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“I would love to have
open and structured
opportunities to meet
students and student
leaders – like a monthly
brown-bag breakfast
and coffee. I also plan to
have open office hours
for students. I welcome
anyone in the CGU
community to stop me
on the street or in a
grocery store to share
ideas or concerns.”
In your career, what publichealth issues have you been most
involved with, whether through
research or advocacy?
I spent the majority of my early career
studying Medicaid. Many scholars
credit me with being the first, certainly
empirically. I remember punching
cards and carrying them in shoe sized
boxes to the computer center at the
University of North Carolina!
My interests turned to Medicaid and
managed care when Ronald Reagan, in
his first term as president, wanted to
see if HMOs could be extended to the
Medicaid population. This was an
opportunity for me to see if managed
care was a vehicle to provide greater
access.
plan. This report was enacted into law,
leading to a new field called
pharmacoeconomics, and in the
United States to triple-tier
reimbursement policies for healthinsurance plans. It was one of the first
examples of the call for comparative
effectiveness research (CER) and how it
can be used to set policy. CER is one of
the cornerstones of the recently
enacted health reform bill.
Most recently, I have enjoyed working
with clinicians on the development of
orthopedic outcome measures.
Do you have plans to teach at
CGU?
I would love to find time to teach at
CGU and get to know students in this
way. CGU’s transdisciplinary
I was part of the first teams to study
orientation will make teaching for me
the Arizona Health Care Cost
like being a “kid in a candy store,” as
Containment System, then was the
my own work in health economics has
principal of the team studying how
touched on public health, health-care
Oregon’s health-reform program
management, health evaluation, and eimpacted children.
health. So I would try to teach a course
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was in health policy that would have
selected as a Kellogg Leadership Fellow economics and these topics embedded
and traveled to Australia where I wrote in it.
a report on pharmaceutical prices and
policy for the agency administering the
drug benefit for the national health
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What intrigues you about coming In addition to more transdisciplinary
to Southern California, especially course work, where CGU already leads
regarding its rich diversity?
the way, I see a greater need for
mentoring of doctoral students,
I grew up in New York City where
teaching them how to write grants and
Harlem and Spanish Harlem meet
articles, and assisting with job
wealth. So diversity has always been
placement. In our information age,
part of my life. I feel lost without it.
where students can use smart phones to
The Inland Empire has many of the
get answers to questions faster than a
same characteristics, yet it is growing
professor can lecture on the material,
more quickly and is a microcosm of
we are challenged to change our
social needs we see around the country teaching methods. I also think students
and world. CGU’s location is key
of today want to learn much more
because there may be opportunities to
through doing rather than sitting. In
expand our commitment to diversity
addition to more on-line coursework, I
through course work and research to
see more fieldwork, internships, and
serve those who are underrepresented
problem-based learning on the
or vulnerable.
horizon.
What does transdisciplinarity
mean to you and why should
students care about it?
Whether we are dealing with
theoretical, empirical, or practical
problems of everyday life, answers
rarely come in black and white or
neatly wrapped packages. Rather,
solutions can be fashioned through
dialog and challenge from different
perspectives. Transdisciplinarity is a
concept that leads to an environment
where such sharing is rewarded and
promoted, and as a result intellectual
and practical breakthroughs are more
likely. If a student or faculty member
imports a method from one discipline
into another, there is likely to be a
lasting insight. It is a process that
allows scholars to become more adept
at learning about another person’s
language and perspectives, which is as
important in a boardroom or in
government as it is in academia.
What can be done to address the
substantial cost of graduate
education?
This is a very complex challenge that
will take thought and time to address.
To start, we have to make sure CGU
operates efficiently so that more money
is available to fund students in the form
of travel grants, stipends, research,
and/or teaching assistantships. Further,
we must pursue more grant
opportunities and aggressively write
student support into such grants.
Finally, as we refine and implement the
strategic plan, it is likely we will find
additional sources to support students.
What book(s) has/have been
most influential to you and why?
There is no one book I can point to,
though there are two bodies of work
that have influenced my thinking and
explain a bit about who I am. The first
is on student retention and engagement
by two scholars of higher education:
Professor Vincent Tinto at Syracuse
University and Professor George Kuh
at Indiana University. Both are giants
in their fields, and I had the great
opportunity to work with them to put
their writings into action on campus.
Most of their ideas about retention
address undergraduate education, but
many ideas can be applied in different
ways to graduate education, fostering a
notion of it being student-centered.
The other work comes from articles by
Joe Newhouse, Bob Brook, and many
of my other colleagues who worked on
Our best to interim President Joseph Hough,
the Rand Health Insurance
who kindly left the gate open for Freund.
Experiment (HIE). The Rand HIE
How will you ensure that you are took place while I was a graduate
student in economics. I first looked at it
well informed on matters
Can you comment on how
as a powerful study to test the basic
important to students?
graduate study has changed since
propositions of the demand for medical
you’ve been in academia? How
care in health economics. I later
Working with all those at CGU who
do you view its future?
realized that for me the lessons were
are dedicated to the support of our
students, I would love to have open and more profound, as this was my first
Though we still have a long way to go, structured opportunities to meet
exposure to transdisciplinary thinking.
the primary difference I see is that
[For more information on the Rand
students and student leaders – like a
graduate education has become more
HIE, visit www.rand.org/health/
monthly brown-bag breakfast and
welcoming to women, students from
projects/hie.]
coffee. I also plan to have open office
underrepresented groups, and to
hours for students. I welcome anyone
different viewpoints; in terms of
in the CGU community to stop me on
structure, I am not sure there have
the street or in a grocery store to share
been many changes.
ideas or concerns.
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The mailroom also administers discount
passes to an array of Southern California
theme parks and attractions, as well as
discounted movie tickets.
Minority Mentor Program (MMP)
www.cgu.edu/mmp
Engendering a spirit of diversity at CGU,
this multifaceted program transcends its
title. In addition to its excellent studentmentor program – in which advanced
students help incoming minority students
transition into graduate life – MMP offers
workshops, hosts events, facilitates campus
groups, and organizes an annual
conference (this year, to be held April 1)
that encourages CGU student
submissions.
Office of Advancement
www.cgu.edu/advancement
Besides housing the Office of University
Communications (which produces this
venerable publication), this fall the Office
of Advancement – in a joint project with
the GSC – will make their foundations
database accessible to students and
provide assistance on funding research.
Look for updates in the next the Pedant, at
the Pedant Online, and on our
“CGUPedant” Twitter and CGU
Facebook pages.
Office of Career Management
(OCM)
www.cgu.edu/ocm
Since – alas! – we can’t be graduate
students forever, OCM partners with
students to plan a way to put that booklearning to work. OCM counselors meet
with students on multiple occasions to
guide them through the complex process
of finding both gainful and rewarding
employment. Schedule an appointment by
e-mailing career.center@cgu.edu.
Ombuds Office
www.cgu.edu/ombuds
CGU’s ombudsperson handles “dispute
resolution and mediation services” for the
university. In other words, the
ombudsperson is CGU’s troubleshooter.
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Note: We’ve penned larger pieces on most
of these offices over the last couple years,
which can be accessed at our online
archive: www.cgu.edu/thepedant.
According to the ombuds’ website,
“students are welcome to discuss grade
disputes; student/faculty
misunderstandings; thesis and
dissertation concerns; housing problems;
disciplinary matters; disability issues;
harassment; discrimination;
interpersonal issues; roommate conflicts;
and other concerns related to the
mission of the university.”
Preparing Future Faculty Program
(PFF)
www.cgu.edu/pff
Because CGU is all-graduate, teaching
assistantship opportunities are scarcer
than at conventional universities. But if
you have ambitions to be a professor,
PFF offers 12 workshops a year in
various aspects of higher-education
teaching. Depending on how many you
attend, you can receive a diploma or
certificate of completion (c.v. candy).
RSVPs are a must!
Real Estate and Housing Services
www.cgu.edu/housing
Whether you’re looking to buy or just
renting, the Real Estate and Housing
Services office (735 North Dartmouth
Avenue) will help you find a roof to put
over your head. In addition to operating
the CGU Apartments, the office has a
Housing Referral Service that can put
you in contact with off-campus
landlords.
Student Health Services (SHS) and
Monsour Counseling and
Psychological Services
www.cuc.claremont.edu/shs
Both located on the ground level of the
Tranquada Student Services Center (757
College Way), these two offices will help
keep your heart pumping and mind at
ease. That’s free short-term therapy or
psychiatric care and a surprising range
of health-care services that are almost
always cheaper than what you’d pay
off-campus.
Student Services
www.cgu.edu/pages/104.asp
When in doubt, the Student Services
office probably has your answer. Its
website offers links to just about all the
relevant information you’ll need to
survive grad school. The office also
houses our extraordinarily talented and
good-looking financial aid team (they
also administer our work-study
paychecks), who can help you plan/save
your fiscal future.
Transdisciplinary Studies
Program
www.cgu.edu/Tcourse
CGU prides itself on transdisciplinary
study and research; you knew that. But
did you know the Transdisciplinary
Studies Program gives out some of the
most lucrative awards at CGU? It
provides Transdisciplinary Dissertation
Awards of $3,000-$10,000 and grants
of $500 for transdisciplinary reading
groups and other awards for
collaborative projects.
CGU Writing Center
www.cgu.edu/writecenter
The difference between an A and Acould be a timely visit to this
indispensable office. The Writing
Center provides free workshops and
consultations for all CGU students,
faculty, and staff in all aspects of the
writing process. Though from diverse
backgrounds, the office’s instructors are
all excellent writers. To boot, the
Writing Center has a brand-spankingnew online appointment system, found
at www.rich35.com/cgu.
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research and awards
The Paul & Daisy
Soros Fellowships
for New Americans
This fellowship supports
international students who retain
loyalty and a sense of commitment
to their country of origin, though
they will continue to regard the
United States as their principle
residence and focus of national
identity.
Applicants may already be pursuing
graduate study and may receive
fellowship support to continue that
study. Individuals who are in the
third, or subsequent, year of study
in the same graduate program are
not, however, eligible for this
competition. Each year fellows
receive a maintenance grant of
$20,000 (paid in two installments)
and a tuition grant of one-half the
tuition cost (up to $16,000 per
academic year).
The deadline is November 1, 2010.
For more information or to apply,
visit www.pdsoros.org/overview.
GSC’s Fall Travel
Awards
Attending conferences – especially
those outside Southern California –
can be a drag on your finances. A
Graduate Student Council (GSC)
Fall Travel Award may not get you
to Europe, but it will definitely free
you up for those trans-county/state
endeavors.
Twice a year the GSC accepts
applications for travel awards for
students planning on attending an
academic event, a professional
conference, or conducting research.
Applicants must be currently
enrolled at CGU and be in good
academic standing. Awardees
receive $300, with an additional
$500 for students who qualify for a
Presidential Travel Award.
The application period is open from
October 25 to November 5 at 4:30
p.m. (sharp!). The conference or
event must have convened from May
3, 2010 to October 30, 2010. Stay
tuned to the Pedant for information
on Spring Travel Awards or visit
www.cgu.edu/gsc.
Jacob K. Javits
Fellowships
Program
This program provides fellowships to
students of superior academic ability
– selected on the basis of
demonstrated achievement, financial
need, and exceptional promise – to
undertake study at the doctoral and
MFA level in selected fields of arts,
humanities, and social sciences.
Awardees receive the Javits
Fellowship annually for up to 48
months or the completion of their
degree, whichever is shorter. The
fellowship consists of an institutional
payment (accepted by the institution
of higher education in lieu of all
tuition and fees for the fellow) and a
stipend (based on the fellow's
financial need as determined by the
measurements of the Federal Student
Assistance Processing System). For
2010, the maximum stipend will be
$30,000, while the institutional
payment is estimated to be $13,755.
The deadline for transmitting
applications is October 5. For more
information, visit www.ed.gov/
programs/jacobjavits.
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event in
focus:
September 11: Creating Now –
Art@CGU! comprises a full day of
events to honor artist and former Chair
of CGU’s Art Department, Roland
Reiss. From 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
there will be an open house in the Art
building (251 East 10th Street) – your
opportunity to tour students’ studios
and rub shoulders with them, staff,
faculty, and alumni. In addition, Reiss’s
Flora: Recent Paintings and A Garden for
Sally will be open to the public in the
building’s East and Peggy Phelps
Galleries. Then, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30
p.m., a panel discussion with CGU Art
faculty – titled Art@CGU! – will
commence at Burkle 16 (1021 North
Dartmouth Avenue). After that, there
will be a Q and A with Reiss and artist
and critic Christopher Miles in the
Burkle Courtyard. Finally, a reception
will be held in the Art building from
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more
information, visit www.cgu.edu/art.
graduate tips
CGU Professors Paul
Gray and David E.
Drew, authors of What
They Didn’t Teach You
in Graduate School:
199 Helpful Hints for
Success in Your
Academic Career, have
been kind enough to
allow us to publish one
helpful hint from their
book in each issue. This
is so that one day you don’t raise your fist in
the air and curse CGU for not teaching you
to . . .
7. FINISH YOU PHD AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE. Don’t feel that you need to create
the greatest work that Western civilization ever
saw. Five years from now the only thing that
will matter is whether you finished. If you
don’t finish, you are likely to join the ranks of
“freeway flyers,” holding multiple part-time
teaching jobs.
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events calendar
CGU
August 26-28 – Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of
Management Student Orientation. For more information, visit www.cgu.edu/
drucker.
August 30 – “Out, out, brief candle!” of summer. Shakespeare was obviously
referring to our first official day of classes. Welcome back!
School of Arts and Humanities New Student Orientation: 9 a.m. Albrecht
Auditorium.
August 30-September 17 – Special exhibition on display at the East and
Peggy Phelps Galleries (251 East 10th Street) by Roland Reiss: Flora: Recent
Paintings and A Garden for Sally.
August 31 – Acquaint yourself with a world of resources at International Place
of the Claremont Colleges’ (I-Place) open house: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 390 East
9th Street on Claremont McKenna College’s campus.
September 6 – Labor Day, no classes.
September 11 – Creating Now – Art@CGU! Come by to honor artist and
former chair of the department, Roland Reiss, with an open house of students’
studios, a panel discussion with faculty, and reception for Reiss’s exhibit, 11
a.m. to 9 p.m.
September 13 – Last day to drop classes for a full refund.
September 15 – Visiting Artist Lecture Series welcomes Jon Pylypchuk,
Albrecht Auditorium at 4:30 p.m.
September 16 – The Minority Mentor Program’s (MMP) annual Welcome
Back Event. Hang out with students and learn about the MMP, its workshops,
and programs. Party/reception rages from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m at the DesCombes
Quad.
September 27 – Last day to drop for a 75 percent refund.
October 6 – The School of Educational Studies hosts its 27th Annual Howard
R. Bowen Lecture at Albrecht Auditorium: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This year’s
speaker is Mildred Garcia, president of California State University,
Dominguez Hills.
Visiting Artist Lecture Series welcomes Jessica Rath, Albrecht Auditorium at
4:30 p.m.
October 11 – Last day to drop classes without getting a big, fat “W” on your
transcript, or to get a 50 percent refund.
October 13 – Visiting Artist Lecture Series welcomes Charles Long, Albrecht
Auditorium at 4:30 p.m.
October 20 – Visiting Artist Lecture Series welcomes John Sosini, Albrecht
Auditorium at 4:30 p.m.