Sacramento State

Wonderful community arts program, happy holidays to all

What a year! As the semester comes to a close, the College of Arts & Letters sends our Season's Greetings and best wishes for the year ahead! See you in 2021!

Check out this amazing story about our creative writing alum, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo! He will also be part of an upcoming L.A. Times Book Club event on Dec. 15, and the free event registration is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-book-club-karla-cornej

Our signature event, U-Nite!, may be over, but it's not to late to tune in! The content will be available through Dec., so come by and check out what our faculty have been up to. https://www.crockerart.org/oculus/u-nite-from-home

2020 has been a challenging year for many. This year’s #GivingTuesday (Dec. 1) will specifically focus on social inequities in our Hornet community. We thank you for for all your support! #Give2SacState ** MATCH ALERT! ** The first 150 donors on Giving Tuesday will have up to $20 of their gift matched!

Join the Arts & Letters session Nov. 18, where our ASI director, Joseph Sais, will discuss his mental health strategies during quarantine. Some lucky participants will receive $20 Target gift cards! Register: https://csus.zoom.us//register/tZUqf-ytqj0pE9ZUef9QLgI8tLM

Congratulations to Professor Veronica Hicks for this special recognition! Catch her presentation at U-Nite! later this week. https://www.crockerart.org/event/2555/2020-11-12

We are just a few days away from U-Nite! Don't forget to bookmark our event page and keep checking back for updates Nov. 12-15. https://www.crockerart.org/event/2555/2020-11-12

Only one more week until U-Nite! Tune in Nov. 12-15 to hear some of our faculty present their work. . . . These pieces are from Professor Summer Ventis, who will present In Tents, discussing the meaning of the tent form in her practice.

We're looking forward to Global Entrepreneurship Week! We hope the virtual events this year will make it easier for everyone to attend.

This free eventis open to all CSUs! The webinar is a conversation with Postcommodity, an artist collective whose work takes an Indigenous lens on issues of borders and identity, among others. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting November's webinar along with CSU Bakesfield. Details to come!

In case you missed it, Stephen Blumberg took over as director of the School of Music in Aug. Most of you may know Stephen as director of the Festival of New American Music (FeNam), of which he served for nearly 20 years. Learn more about Stephen in his intro! https://mailchi.mp//greetings-from-new-school-of-music-dir

Did you know some of our courses are still in person? Thank you to our staff and faculty for their commitment to education!

Our own Nigel Poor (Photography faculty in the Department of Design) is continuing to do ground-breaking collaborative work with prisoners at San Quentin. Give this Pulitzer-Prize-Nominated podcast a listen, it's worth your while!

Looking for an internship? Curious about different career options and want to know how to stand out to employers? Join us for NATIONAL INTERN DAY on July 30 and learn tips from successful Hornet grads. Register at www.csus.edu/student-life/career-center

From Dean Sheree Meyer: Professor Jeffrey Dym, History Department, has once again brought his documentary skills to foregrounding another beautiful culture. The College of Arts & Letters is so proud of the talents of its faculty and the ways in which they bridge arts and the humanities.