Sacramento State’s Serna Center is offering an exciting calendar of fall events, free and open to the public.
Assembly Member Bonnie Garcia will be the first of the fall speakers from noon to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Oak Room of the University Union. The only Latina Republican in the state legislature, Garcia will offer reflections on public service.
Next in the lineup is Stanford professor Gary Segura, who will discuss Latino political mobilization from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Lobby Suite of the University Union. Segura has written extensively about elections, public opinion and political parties, as well as having served as co-principal investigator of the Latino National Survey.
Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quinones will speak Thursday, Nov. 20 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Summit Room of the University Union. Quinones has authored books about border issues including True Tales from Another Mexico and Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream.
"I'm excited about the Serna Center bringing Assembly Member Garcia to campus, continuing a tradition of having elected officials from varying political backgrounds discuss the importance of public service,” says Serna Center director Ted Lascher. “I'm also most pleased that exceptionally well respected scholars such as Gary Segura and Sam Quinones will join us this year."
The Serna Center is also co-sponsoring the new Educational Leadership Seminar Series on behalf of the educational doctorate program. University professors Susan O’Hara and Robert Pritchard will present, “Hypermedia authoring and vocabulary development with English learners,” from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23 in the Summit Room of the University Union.
The Serna Center Scholarship Fall 2008 Awards Ceremony introduces and celebrates three scholarship recipients: Lyudmila Fanina, Angel Garcia, and Kathleen Gonzalez-Waldteufel. The ceremony will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 23 in the Summit Room of the University Union.
The Serna Center is named after the late Sacramento mayor and government professor Joe Serna and the late university administrator and Ethnic Studies professor Isabel Hernandez Serna who, like the Center itself, were dedicated to political activism and engagement, academic access and excellence, and service to the community.
