Forums

Friday, 3 to 4 p.m., Campus Locations

Following the afternoon seminars each Friday, an "open forum" is held from 3-4 p.m.

The Forum features invited speakers of note, usually from outside Renaissance, who share their views on varied topics with members, followed by lively question-and-answer sessions. The locations vary depending on CSUS availability, so check below. The speakers and locations can change, so check here right before each Forum.

Elizabeth Hill Dan Schnur
Elizabeth Hill, Dan Schnur
Keith Simmons Judith Horstman
Keith Simmons (left in photo), Judith Horstman
Dave Jones Metwalli Amer
Dave Jones, Metwalli Amer
Right Photo from Sac News & Review
Kevin Johnson Ruth Sime
Kevin Johnson, Ruth Sime
Richard Cionco Scott Flake
Richard Cionco, Scott Flake
Right Photo from Mountain Democrat
Feb. 10: Elizabeth Hill, former Legislative Analyst
Redwood Room, Union
Budgets, Ballots and Reforms
Feb. 17: Dan Schnur, Director, Unruh Institute, University of Southern California
Del Norte 1004
Throwing Javelins: How California Politics Works (or Doesn't Work)
Feb. 24: Keith Simmons, Mission Director, U.S. Agency for International Development
Redwood Room, Union
Communism to Capitalism: Russia and the Eastern Bloc
March 2: Judith Horstman, journalist on health and medicine
Redwood Room, Union
Love, Sex and the Brain
March 9: Dave Jones, State Insurance Commissioner
Redwood Room, Union
Health Care Reform
March 16: Metwalli Amer, Retired CSUS Professor
Redwood Room, Union
Second Arab Spring: Report from Egypt
March 23:
CSUS Spring Break; No Forum
March 30:
Chavez Holiday; No Forum
April 6: Kevin Johnson, Dean, UC Davis Law School
Redwood Room, Union
Immigration Update: Arizona to Alabama and Beyond
April 13: Ruth Sime, Retired Sacramento City College Chemistry Professor
Redwood Room, Union
Medals and Mistakes: Nobel Prizes in the Sciences. For over a century, Nobel prizes have been regarded as the ultimate recognition for scientific brilliance, awards that are seen, like science itself, to be entirely objective and fair. In this talk, Dr. Sime will go behind the scenes to explore several controversial decisions, including the delayed award to Albert Einstein and the non-award to Lise Meitnear, showing how Nobel decisions were, from the start, influenced by scientific politics, nationalism and personal agendas. Sime is the author of Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics, the award-winning biography of the woman who co-discovered nuclear fission.
April 20: Richard Cionco, CSUS Music Professor
Music Recital Hall, Capistrano
Beethoven, Janocek and more. Professor Cionco will play mostly solo piano but also with play one piece, his own Etude Fantasy on C-H-A-S-E for violin and piano with Chase Spruill IV.
April 27: Scott Flake, SMUD
Del Norte 1004
Energy Now and for Future Generations
May 4:
No Forum.