CSUS Showcase
July 14 - 23, 2000
 HONORING THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD TRIALS
Lectures, Concerts, Exhibits and More!
California State University, Sacramento

Lectures on Track and Field Events
University Union Auditorium
(Free)

• Javelin, Bill Webb, head track coach, University of Tennessee - July 14, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

• African American Women in Olympic Track and Field, Daina Ramey, professor of history, Arizona State University & former member, UCLA track team, and Mamie Rallins, two-time Olympian & head track coach, Hampton University - July 15, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

• Hammer Throw, Kenneth Norlen, UC Davis coach - July 17, 1 - 3:30 p.m.

• Scientific Aspects of the Horizontal Jumps, Melvin Ramey, UC Davis professor, engineering - July 20, 1 - 3 p.m.

• Discus, Jay Sylvester, Olympian  - July 21, 1 - 2 p.m.

Sponsor: College of Business Administration

Displays: Olympic Photographs, Memorabilia and Art
University Library
(Free)

July 14 - 23: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.

• Legacies of the 1932 OIympic Games -- historical photographs

• Treasures of Olympics Past -- Olympic uniforms, maps, programs, and more

• Track and Field Images 1948 - 1996 -- photos of great track and field athletes

• The Olympic Figure -- sculpture by artists Steve Kaltenbach & Nina Petrotta

• The Olympics through the Eyes of Children -- artwork inspired by the Olympics, drawn by children at the CSUS Children's Center

• Stamps Honoring the Olympics and Olympic Athletes 

• The History of the Olympics, 1896 - 2000 -- images of great moments in Olympic history

Sponsor: University Library, with materials from the Los Angeles Public Library, the Oakland Museum of California, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the John Natsoulas Gallery and various collections

Exhibit: The World's Most Unusual Athletic Events
University Union Exhibit Lounge, 2^nd floor
(Free)

July 14-15, 18-21, 23, 10 a.m. -2 p.m.; July 17, noon-5 p.m.; July 22, 1-5 p.m.

• Off the Beaten Track -- videos, photographs and sound recordings of feats of athleticism in a variety of traditional cultures, including the extraordinary "land-dive" of the Melanesian Bunlap people of the Pentecost Islands in Vanuatu

Sponsor: Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies; co-sponsors, Kinko's, CSUS Foundation

Outdoor Band Concerts
Outdoor Theatre in Library Quad
(Free)

July 16, 22 and 23, 6:30 p.m.

• Concerts by the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West's Galaxy Band

Sponsor: Department of Music, School of the Arts

Dance through the Decades
University Theatre, Shasta Hall

July 20, 21, 22, 8 p.m.

• "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow;" social dance through the decades -- from the Charleston to Hip Hop, tickets $18 general, $15 students, seniors & alumni, $10 ages 12 and under, Dale Scholl, director. Visit the CSUS Central Ticket Office in the University Union, or call (916) 278-4323.

Sponsor: Department of Theatre and Dance, School of the Arts; co-sponsors, The Sacramento Bee, City and County of Sacramento

Exhibit: Works of Art
Else Gallery, Kadema Hall (Free)

July 14 - 21 (closed July 16), 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• Works in various media by CSUS graduate students on display

Sponsor: Department of Art, School of the Arts

To locate venue locations please use our online Campus Map.