“A successful exhibition is one that empowers the viewer at many entry points,” says Jennifer Frias, the 2014 MFA art-art design alumna who returned to campus this fall to serve as art gallery director. She speaks as she sits just inside the Begovich Gallery, looking over the artwork currently on display in “A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place.”
Two photographers will reflect on how religion is expressed in quotidian matters during an Oct. 8 talk hosted by CSUF’s Department of Religious Studies.
Alumni from programs administered by the Educational Partnerships Department in Student Affairs share how they’ve changed their lives.
“The track record for professional classical singers who have studied at CSUF speaks for itself,” says baritone alumnus James ‘Marty’ Schaefer, who recently performed on stage in LA Opera’s “La Traviata” with fellow Titans Charles Castronovo, Omar Crook and Christopher Job.
Susan Egan, who brought the character Belle to life when the musical ”Beauty and the Beast” came to the Broadway stage in 1994, visited CSUF last week to work with musical theatre students and cast members who will be staging the production this October.
The 1991 screenplay for “Beauty and the Beast” may have been based on the French fairy tale, but Cal State Fullerton alumna Linda Woolverton made the characters her own, as she shared during a campus visit to speak to cast members of the university’s upcoming fall production.
Give me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks and a few thousand Titans, and you have the makings of one great night of baseball at the inaugural CSUF Night at Dodger Stadium Friday. Titans cheered on the Boys in Blue wearing special event LA/CSUF hats while watching President Fram Virjee toss the ceremonial first pitch. Alums, faculty, staff and students also were treated to a special treat: CSUF opera student Danielle Priybl singing the national anthem. The Alumni Association-sponsored event was a hit with the fans, as well as former Titans and now Dodgers Justin Turner and Dylan Floro. Play Ball!
In celebration of Woodstock’s 50th anniversary, Cal State Fullerton will create a high-energy musical variety show Saturday, Sept. 21, during the university’s annual Concert Under the Stars.
Cal State Fullerton’s SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Center for Creativity and Critical Thinking partnered with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District to help develop the literacy skills of English learners at three elementary schools. The summer camp focused on using art and science to build students’ language skills.
Five business leaders and entrepreneurs are among the incoming members of Cal State Fullerton’s Philanthropic Board of Governors.