Pollak Library’s Faculty Noontime Talks continue April 11 with Gregory X. Whitmore, assistant professor music, and William Tonissen, symphonic and marching band director at White Plains High School in Westchester County, New York. Their presentation is entitled “Are you on the list? Diversity and Representation of Music Festival Composer Lists: An Investigation.” This noontime talk […]
The Pollak Library’s 7th annual Literary Peeps Contest is back! Peeps have returned to the stores and it’s time to create your own diorama using those little marshmallow cuties. The rules are simple: Design and make a diorama based on a book using marshmallow peeps. Submit your form and entry by April 21 to the […]
An exhibit, Native Motion, celebrates resistance and cultural resilience. The artists in this exhibit represent only a small snapshot into the diversity that is Native America. These artists were selected because their work reflects both cultural tradition and contemporary innovation. Their work demonstrates an unbroken connection to their cultural roots while evolving in bold contemporary […]
The Faculty Noontime Talks continue on Tues., April 4 with Heather Moore , musicologist, educator, and professional pianist. Her presentation, “From Synth-Pop to Psych Rock: Defining “Krautrock” as a Genre,” will expose listeners to the experimental rock and electronic music of 1970s West Germany, exploring the musical and philosophical ideas connecting this diverse body of […]
The Faculty Noontime Talks continue Tuesday, March 21, with Mikel Hogan, professor of human services. Her presentation, “Edge Dancers: Mixed Heritage Identity Negotiation of Multi-Ethnic/Racial/Marginalized College/University Students,” will first describe the study that coined the term “edge dancers.” This study revealed their “performance” as a dance of three simultaneous experiential themes of alienation, complexity and […]
The Patrons of the Library at California State University, Fullerton, will hold the first of its lecture series of 2023 in the Pollak Library, Room 130 at 2 p.m on Sat., March 18. Gustavo Arellano will discuss “Digging Beyond the Orange Crate Label: An OC Native’s Guide to Learning More About his Homeland and Why […]
Calling all Orange County residents – Help us preserve Black OC history. CSUF Digital Futures and the Pollak Library are currently documenting the stories of Orange County’s Black communities from the 1920s through the present. The #NetworkedOC digital public humanities project, is looking for personal or professional photographs, images, letters, and documents that speak to […]
The Faculty Noon Time Talks continue on Tues., March 14 with Christine Vu , assistant professor in the School of Nursing presenting “The Essence of Wellbeing: The Method for Stress Reduction and Prevention of Burnout”. Vu’s scholarly work focuses on the practice of wellbeing, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-reflection, professional identity, and how to promote […]
The Faculty Noon time Talks continue on Tues., March 7, with Amirah Saafir, assistant professor in the child and adolescent studies. Her presentation is entitled, “Understanding the Role of School Ethnic/Racial Context in Shaping Racial Identity Development for Black Adolescents.” This talk will focus on exploring different aspects of how school ethnic/racial environments shape Black […]
The Pollak Library’s Faculty Noon Time Talks continue on Tuesday, Feb. 28 with Randall Fujimoto, designer and instructor of a game-based, learning microcredential program at CSUF. Fujimoto is a game-based learning designer and the executive director of GameTrain Learning, Inc. His presentation, “Game-Based Learning in Higher Education,” will provide an overview of game-based learning (GBL) […]