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Learn what it’s like - and what it takes - to be a successful journalist, with input from some of the leading journalists, athletes, coaches, and executives in the business. More in this Q&A with Jim Trotter. https://bit.ly/3xaIMo8 #SDSU #PSFA #JMS #Journalism #sportsjournalism #athletes #coaches #jimtroter #beatreporting #columnwriting #featurewriting #writers

July is Pride Month in San Diego. SDSU invites you to join us at the Pride events linked in this link: bit.ly/3h7N2yW I define Pride Month as a time of liberation. It’s a time for me to feel free and be able to embrace my true identity. During Pride Month, every individual a part of the LGBTQIA+ community should be celebrated and surrounded by love. -Jasmyne Robinson, fourth-year SDSU political science major.

Thanks to Times of San Diego's Pat Launer for this story about Turnkey Theatre, launched in April 2021 by founder/owner/artistic director Katie Turner & SDSU theater student J’Arrian Wade. https://bit.ly/3hn0dLp #SDSU #TTF #turnkeytheatre #scroll #blackbox #homecoming #passion

L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism Management Professor Mandy Brown is referenced in "Rapid Response" (the CSU News) this month. She was hired to create a virtual events class to help students interested in the HTM industry learn to adapt to the pandemic. Scroll down to "A Shifting Industry." https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-s//Pages/rapid-response.aspx

International Studies Minors! The pandemic changed study abroad opportunities, so PSFA 501 was created for International Studies Minors to conduct their cross-cultural studies. Read more in this Q&A with Mei Zhong. https://bit.ly/3w33MLV #SDSU #PSFA #Internationalstudies #crosscultural #studyabroad #research #travelrestrictions

Online in Fall 2021: Art, Environment, and Place (Art/Malas 596) explores the convergence of interdisciplinary art practice, field-based creative research, and environmental studies. Are you interested in creative thinking, placemaking, ecoarts, art/science collaborations, cultural geography, and regional sustainability through creative problem-solving? Check out this Q&A with Kim Stringfellow. https://bit.ly/3gRzxmP SDSU School of Art + Design #PSFA #SDSUArtDesign #SDSU #PSFA_SDSU #art #environment #classesyoudidntknowyoucantake #ecoarts #placemaking #sustainability #fall2021

The media dictates a lot of how society functions and tells us what and who is important to us. Become a more educated consumer of media in JMS 450: Media and Culture with Dr. Damariyé Smith. Check out this Q&A in our series of "Classes You Didn't Know You Could Take." https://bit.ly/2STChqE SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS) #PSFA #JMS #SDSU #PSFA_SDSU #mediandculture #societyandmedia #classesyoudidntknowyoucantake #mediaconsumer #class #fall2021

CJ 596 - A one-of-a-kind class at SDSU, and perhaps in the state! In most industries, criminal actions by employees often exceed crimes committed by customers or clients. This course covers theories that explain employee crime and actual crimes committed in the workplace. Check out this Q&A with Rodderick Colvin. https://bit.ly/3cUjYbU SDSU School of Public Affairs #criminaljustice #oneofakind #workplacecrime #criminalbehavior #harassment #bullying #theft #corruption #podcasts #realcrime #investigations #publicaffairs #classesyoudidntknowyoucouldtake #sdsu

Today we commemorate Juneteenth. An American holiday. A day of recognition, restoration, and celebration. Read more here about the meaning behind the Juneteenth flag symbols: https://bit.ly/3vGKVq7. #Itsastart #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #juneteenth #freedom

PSFA 320: Learning from the Borderlands is for anyone who is looking to expand their knowledge of cultural production in our region (San Diego/Tijuana), or has curiosity about how contemporary artists, filmmakers, and theorists have responded to the different issues/conflicts/polemics that borders present. Check out more with this Q&A with Amy Sanchez Arteaga. https://bit.ly/2S427YC #border #borderlands #borderregion #cultural #sandiegotijuana #contemporaryart #performance #film #SDSU #classes #noprerequisite #PSFA_SDSU #onlineclass

PSFA 280 is designed to help international students at SDSU to adapt to living in the U.S. culture, as well as fit into the academic setting while studying at SDSU. For more, check out this Q&A with Mei Zhong. SDSU International Student Center SanDiego StateUniversity https://bit.ly/3gv6qFS... #internationalstudents #PSFA #SDSU #adapt #USA #universitylife #culture #academic #classes

Classes You Didn't Know You Could Take: Enter the world of theatrical sword fighting. Learn the basic attacks, defenses, body movements, evasions, and terminology to safely participate safely in choreographed sword play using the broadsword, rapier and dagger, and small sword. Check out this Q&A with Randi Elise McKenzie about THEA 355. https://bit.ly/3vtQt7c SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film SDSU_Professional Studies and Fine Arts #PSFA #TTF #theatre #SDSU #swordfighting #broadsword #dagger #movement #choreographed #stage #swordplay

Classes You Didn't Know You Could Take: "Don’t let the catalogue title fool you! This course is not just for future classroom teachers. It is designed for anyone interested in developing skills to work with theatre artists, students, or community members." A Q&A with Dani Bedau about THEA 580. SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film #PSFA #TTF #theatre #SDSU #education #community #artists #collaborate #create https://bit.ly/3wGdpRO

SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film presents "Cloud 9," both a parody and spoof on the Victorian Empire, exploring gender identity and power dynamics in race. . Cloud 9 will be presented via live webinar on Feb. 13, 16, 17, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 14 and 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at tff.sdsu.edu. . Arts Alive SDSU will also present an interdisciplinary panel conversation inspired by Cloud 9 on Monday, Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. The panel discussion is fr...ee with registration. . For more information on Cloud 9 and how to register for the panel discussion on Feb. 15, check out the story on PSFA Stories: https://psfa.sdsu.edu//sdsu-theatres-cloud-9-asks-are-we-s #ArtsAliveSDSU #Cloud9 #SDSU

We're highlighting new, unusual, and little-known PSFA classes you can take in Fall 2021. Check out this Q&A with Randy Reinholz on THEA 532: Theories and Styles of Acting and Directing. https://bit.ly/2U4lBgy SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film #socialjustice #theatre #classic #contemporary #acting #directing #sdsu #classes #fall2021 #new #unusual #read #discuss #present #bipocplaywrights

This Thursday Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. (PST) hear from artist Shaun Leonardo in a lecture series titled From Seeing to Witnessing via Zoom. . Leonardo will discuss his multi-disciplinary work which negotiates social expectations of manhood, namely definitions surrounding Black and Brown masculinities, along with notions of achievement, collective identity, and experience of failure. . For the Zoom registration link and more information about the PLATFORM series, check out the ...full story on PSFA Stories: https://psfa.sdsu.edu//artist-shaun-leonardo-to-speak-at-v #ShaunLeonardo #SDSU #PLATFORM #CSU

Happy Monday! Need some Monday motivation? Here’s how to have a successful semester with Elizabeth Contreras from SDSU School of Art + Design! . Check out the full Q & A on PSFA Stories: https://psfa.sdsu.edu//psfa-motivation-launch-your-success #PSFAMotivation #studentsuccess #PSFAstudenthighlight #SDSU

Check out our new PSFA Story about San Diego State University School of Communication . Students in communication professor Wayne Beach's class share their personal perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on themselves, their families and the environment. Graphic: Ryan Schuler. (SDSU NewsCenter) . https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx... . #PSFAStories #SDSU #COVID #communications See more

How to launch a successful semester with Kelsi Dugas from SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS)! . The College of PSFA asked students from its schools for motivational ideas to launch a successful semester. . Check out the full Q & A on PSFA Stories: https://psfa.sdsu.edu//psfa-motivation-launch-your-success... #PSFAMotivation #studentsuccess #SDSU #PSFAstudenthighlight See more

How to launch a successful semester with Kayla Taliaferro from SDSU Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism! . The College of PSFA asked students from its schools for motivational ideas to launch a successful semester. . Check out Kayla's full Q & A on PSFA Stories: ... https://psfa.sdsu.edu//psfa-motivation-launch-your-success #PSFAMotivation #studentsuccess #SDSU See more

Faculty Spotlight: PSFA's Mei Zhong wins a Faculty Forward Award . Professor Mei Zhong (SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS) ) developed a cross-cultural research project for International Studies Students who could not travel during the pandemic. For this project International Studies majors interviewed international students for their research project, and led discussions for international students on various aspects of American culture. The two groups of students served as cultural informants for each other, and provided some of the interpersonal, cross-cultural experiences otherwise unavailable during the pandemic. Congrats Professor Mei Zhong!

The College of PSFA is excited to announce the launch of Creative Mind Academy! . Trailblazing high school students who are looking for an opportunity to learn and bootstrap their shining, creative interests have a new summer opportunity. . Students can take two 3-unit SDSU classes in one of the eight core areas: acting, musical theatre, leadership and debate, comics and graphic novels, music production, coding creatives, filmmaking, and social media and digital entrep...reneurship. . Read the full story on PSFA Stories and be sure to check out CMA's website at cma.sdsu.edu #CMAatSDSU #SDSU https://psfa.sdsu.edu//creative-mind-academy-where-imagina See more

New PSFA Story alert, featuring SDSU School of Art + Design! . Mick Rhodes from Claremont Courier writes, It is a project of Arts in Corrections, an initiative of the California Arts Council and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Check out the full story with the link below . https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t39887kspc... . #PSFAStories #arts #radio #sdsu See more

New PSFA Story alert! . The San Diego Union-Tribune writes, Arts & Culture Newsletter: Virtual performance piece explores new ways to reach audiences. Read the rest of their piece with the link below! (A screen capture from La Jolla Playhouse’s Zoom-based play You Are Here, written by and starring Marike Splint. (Courtesy photo)) . https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com//arts-culture-newslet... . #psfastory #virtual #sdsu See more

Check out our events this week! Hosted by: SDSU School of Art + Design , SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film and San Diego State University School of Communication

Repost from SDSU Art Galleries: Are you voting? Have you voted? Can you vote? GATHER invites you to a moderated conversation with graphic designers Arzu Ozkal, Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Nancy Skolos, and Tricia Treacy to talk about their poster designs for the AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote Project, a national campaign to increase civic participation. Email [email protected] for Zoom link. GATHER is an innovative coalition of partners from San Diego’s arts community dedicated to emerging artists, collaboration, and community building. Partners include San Diego State University, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Bread & Salt, and Art Produce.

The exhibition highlights works from three female artists who explore their personal identity and lived experiences related to heritage and migration. The virtual exhibition will be available for public viewing on KunstMatrix, a virtual exhibition platform starting Dec. 10, 2020, and will close March 31, 2021. Check out the full story with the link below! (PC: T. Kim-Trang Tran by Phung Huynh (center).) @SDSUSAD . https://psfa.sdsu.edu//school-of-art-and-design-presents-o . #psfastory #psfa #sdsu #exhibition

Check out our latest PSFA Story with SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS) Professor Rodriguez teaches a course on the late singer and says Selena is representation for the in-between, and for people who are in the US but have Mexican heritage and aren’t from one place or the other. The full story is linked below! (Image from Arlene Richie Media Sources, The Life Image Collection/ Getty Images.) . https://psfa.sdsu.edu/about_us/news_home... . #psfa #sdsu # Selena See more

Part of the Arts Alive SDSU Discovery Series, the School of Theatre, Television, and Film is showcasing and discussing select films from the 2020 San Diego Asian Film Festival in their panel event: Independent Visions: New Asian American Images on Screen. Read the full story with the link below. #psfa #sdsu #SanDiegoAsianFilmFestival - https://psfa.sdsu.edu//students-curate-independent-visions

SDSU NewsCenter looks at the disconnect between what the public perceives and tweets and what agencies post during outbreaks by reviewing tweets from San Diego’s Hepatitis A outbreak. This study teaches us lessons for COVID-19. Check out their article with the link below! #psfa #sdsu #twitter #covid_19 - https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx

Happy Monday Everyone, Check out these upcoming events hosted by SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS) and SDSU School of Art + Design. Below are the registration links for these events! - Disinfecting Disinformation: https://jms.sdsu.edu//making_news_/disinformation-webinars -... Amplify: Practicing Solidarity Lecture Series with Postcommodity: https://www.cpp.edu/platform-csu-art-speaker-series/ See more

San Diego Army ROTC is conducting Operation Agile Leadership Training this semester to replicate Cadets’ summer training that was canceled due to COVID-19. Read more with the link below! #PSFA #ArmyROTC #SDSU - https://psfa.sdsu.edu//sdsu-army-rotc-conducts-operation-a

For millennia, the Kumeyaay people have been a part of this land. This land has nourished, healed, protected and embraced them for many generations in a relationship of balance and harmony. As members of the San Diego State community we acknowledge this legacy. We promote this balance and harmony. We find inspiration from this land; the land of the Kumeyaay. #indigenouspeoplesday2020

SDSU alumna Haley Bishop, who graduated in 2010 from SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film, is one of the lead actors in Shutter’s newest horror film Host. Read more about Bishop and her projects with the link below! #psfa #sdsu #film #horror - https://psfa.sdsu.edu//meet-haley-bishop-sdsu-alumna-and-a

Happy Monday! Mark your calendars, we’ve got some exciting, upcoming events that are brought to you by the SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS) and San Diego State University School of Communication! Studies (JMS)Stay tuned for more info. #psfa #sdsu #events #monday

Great news out of the department of film!

Lanie Lockwood, PSFA Assistant Dean for Student Affairs went skydiving with the Army Golden Knights in honor of the SDSU Strategic Plan. Check out her skydiving experience! #sdsu

SDSU's film professor Brian Hu analyzes Disney’s Mulan, its relationship to the Chinese market and its shift to Disney+. Read more below! SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film #psfa #ttf #disney #mulan #sdsu - https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx

SDSU School of Journalism & Media Studies (JMS) is hosting Disinfecting Disinformation, a free five-part media literacy series aimed to spot, stop and debunk disinformation. Register for the first webinar with the link in the story below. Free and open to the public.

Check out how the School of Art and Design and Women's Studies Department, SDSU are teaming up to celebrate 50 years of the Department of Women’s Studies. - We the People: A Conversation with Deborah Jack (part of an Arts Alive Discovery Series) will be held tomorrow from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. You can join this lecture with the link in the story below! #psfa #artsalivesdsu #discoveryseries #sdsu - https://psfa.sdsu.edu//we-the-people-a-conversation-with-d