FORUMS

Spring 2010

Following the afternoon seminars each Friday, an "open forum" is held from 3-4 p.m.  The Forum features invited speakers of note who share their views with members, followed by lively question and answer sessions. The locations vary depending on CSUS availability, so check below.

Feb. 5: No Forum.  

Feb. 12: Richard Shek – China as an Emerging Power - Friend or Foe to the U.S.?

Hinde Auditorium  

This CSUS professor in the Humanities and Religious Studies Department will discuss our relationship with the world’s most-populous country.  

Feb. 19: Sister Libby Fernandez – Sacramento’s Homeless.

Hinde Auditorium  

The director of Loaves and Fishes and a nun with Sisters of Mercy offers some suggestions on what we can do to help the homeless.  (photo shows Fernandez at right, from CSUS Journal)

Feb. 26: Richard Bay – Metamorphosis

Hinde Auditorium  

The CSUS Theatre and Dance Department professor provides a preview of the campus’ spring semester play.  (photo CSUS)

March 5: Representative from Repair California

Redwood Room

Hear an explanation of why California needs a constitutional convention to reform state government.  (photo: The 1849 Constitution was signed at Colton Hall in Monterey)

March 12: Richard Lewis – Run Away to the Circus

Hinde Auditorium

The executive producer of California Musical Theatre, AKA the Music Circus, will outline this summer’s entertainment lineup.  

March 19: Representative from California Forward

Mendocino 1003

Hear an explanation of how California’s government can be reformed without a constitutional convention. 

March 26: Deborah Niemeier – Can You Feel the Heat?

Hinde Auditorium

This professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Davis and director of the UC Davis-Caltrans Air Quality Project will discuss global warming. Dr. Niemeier's current research focuses on characterizing greenhouse gas emissions and energy flows in complex systems. The research group also works in the area of transportation - vehicle emissions modeling at local and regional scales, including evaluating the connections between transportation and air quality policy.  (photo from Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, Stanford University)

 April 2: Spring Break; No Forum. 

April 9: Alexander Gonzalez: The State of the University.

Mendocino 1003

Dr. Gonzalez, CSUS’ president, will explain why the state’s budget woes won’t break CSUS or the CSU system.  

April 16: Anne Rudin – The Strong Mayor Initiative

Hinde Auditorium

The former Sacramento mayor will discuss whether Mayor Kevin Johnson’s proposal is good for Sacramento.This relates to the controversial proposal by Mayor Kevin Johnson on the June 2010 ballot. (photo, left with Carol Channing from CSUS Hornet Happenings)

April 23: Cheryl Osborne – We Are All Getting Older

Hinde Auditorium

Professor Osborne, director of Gerontology in the CSUS Division of Nursing, asks: What are you going to do about it?

April 30: Greg Lucas – Sacramento Restaurants

Hinde Auditorium

This restaurant reviewer for the Sacramento News and Review digests the good, the bad and the ugly in the local dining scene.     

May 7: No Forum.