CSUSB Arts & Letters

Earlier today, the CSUSB College of Arts and Letters celebrated a virtual commencement for graduates along with the CSUSB College of Education, including remarks by President Tomás D. Morales and Dean Rueyling Chuang. Congratulations to the Class of 2020! #Coyote4Life #WeDefineTheFuture https://youtu.be/jcKEqnzrMGY

The California State University, which includes CSUSB, has announced that it is planning for an anticipated return to delivering courses primarily in-person starting with the fall 2021 term. Read more: https://www.csusb.edu//csu-anticipates-return-person-cours

The Department of Art & Design celebrated on Nov. 19 the launch of its new BA in art history and global cultures program and the Art History & Global Cultures L...ecture Series with the inaugural lecture Alfredo Jaar: It Is Difficult with internationally renowned artist Alfredo Jaar. https://www.csusb.edu//csusbs-art-and-design-department-pr See more

REMINDER: Any CSUSB student who has not completed mandatory Title IX training will not be able to register for Spring 2021 classes. To remove the registration hold: Log into myCoyote; Select My Tasks; Select End Sexual Violence Training. For more info, visit csusb.edu/title-ix/training

Is your Netflix queue growing stale? Are you looking for something fun for you and the little ones in your life? Mathematical Mayhem! Puppet Stories About Numbe...rs and Math by Professor Johanna Smith will debut on Oct. 30. Originally conceived as a touring production for local elementary schools, Professor Smith brilliantly reconfigured the show to cater to distance learning for our younger audiences. Join Granny, Mr. Kilo, Hecto, Deci, Milli, Centi, Micro, Nano and Deka as they show kids just how much fun math can be! Mathematical Mayhem is a series of FREE puppet shows beginning October 30th on our all-new Vimeo channel! The production will be available for virtual classrooms and from the comfort of your own home.Stay tuned to the Csusb Theatreboxoffice for further information on how to access this one-of-a-kind show!

Celebrate the Class of 2020 on Dec. 12, 2020! CSUSB's real-time commencement schedule: 8:00 am Social & Behavioral Sciences; 10:00 am Arts & Letters and Education; 12:00 pm Business & Public Administration; 2:00 pm Natural Sciences https://www.csusb.edu/commencement

Everyone gets nervous. You get nervous because you care, said Dr. Julie L. Taylor, CSUSB associate professor of Communication Studies and co-founder of The Speaking Center in the university's Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration.

On Thursday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m., The California State University Entertainment Alliance - CSUEA and Pipelines Mobile will present "esports 101: Careers and Representation in Gaming and Entertainment" via Zoom. Participating industry leaders are scheduled to include Arabian Prince, songwriter/rapper/founder, INOV8 Next Open Labs; Eric C. Wallace, vice president of Gaming & Esports, Glo Navy & DigiGlo; Femi Okusanya, vice president of Gaming & Esports, FaZe Clan; and Kevin Hoang, global program manager, Twitch. The free "zoominar" will be moderated by CSUEA Managing Director Simone Nelson.

Kathryn Ervin, CSUSB professor of Theatre Arts, served as the event’s emcee.

Join the fun this Friday!

On Thursday, Oct. 29 via Zoom, CSUSB Communication Studies faculty and graduate students will reflect on the Netflix docudrama "The Social Dilemma" and the media and societal issues the film raises. Click the item below for complete details, including Zoom link.

Responding to the growing need for creativity in these socially isolated times, the Kind Art Collective is a group of CSUSB graduate students offering free art supply kits along with step-by-step instructions to accompany online art classes on Zoom. The CSUSB students are pursuing their Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, a terminal degree program within CSUSB Art & Design that prepares graduates for careers as studio artists, art teachers, college professors, art curators an...d more. KAC recently conducted its first online art class with the Boys and Girls Club of Rialto. Upcoming projects will include face mask design and super hero illustration. The group offers small and thoughtful art projects to the local community to cultivate inclusion, inspiration and imagination. Follow them on Instagram @kindartcollective to enjoy free, easy and fun art experiences that promote kindness and unity. https://www.instagram.com/kindartcollective/

Super excited to share that the ensemble members of CSUSB Opera Theatre are now in the throes of stagings and soundtrack recording for Missy Mazzoli's 'Song fro...m the Uproar', an opera based on the life of early 20th Century feminist Isabel Eberhardt. We are working in collaboration with critically acclaimed dancer/choreographer Faith Jensen-Ismay of the San Diego based dance company, Mojalet Dance Collective to create an new and innovative staging of the work. The soundtrack will feature LA based hotshot players Steve Thachuk on electric guitar, Phil O'Connnor on clarinet, Sarah Wass on flute, Scott Worthington, Double Bass, our own Kevin Zhang on electronics and Alastair Edmonstone on piano. Stay tuned for streaming dates of our film adaptation! See more

ICYMI: There are still many students in the College of Arts and Letters who have not completed their mandatory, annual Title IX training. Students who do not complete the training will be unable to register for Spring 2021 courses.

Applications to the CSUSB MFA in Studio Art program now open twice a year. Visit: www.csusb.edu/art/MFA

Students in the CSUSB College of Arts and Letters can access advising services through a variety of remote methods. Appointments take place through the Zoom video conferencing app.

PLEASE SHARE: All CSUSB students are required to complete mandatory End Sexual Violence Training each academic year during the fall term. Federal and state law and the CSU Chancellor’s Office executive orders mandate this yearly training for all students, including online and graduating students. Now that the October 9 deadline has passed, a registration hold will be placed on the account of all students who did not complete the training. While the hold is in effect, students... will be unable to register for Spring 2021 classes. To complete the required training and remove the hold, log into myCoyote, click My Tasks then select End Sexual Violence Training. The hold will be released by an automated process within 24 hours of completion. For more information, visit csusb.edu/title-ix/training.

Mihaela Popescu of the Department of Communication Studies takes listeners inside the CSUSB Extended Reality for Learning (xREAL) Lab on the College of Arts and Letters' new podcast, an eclectic series offering an exclusive window into the ways CAL faculty, students and staff are defining the future with innovation and creativity. The CSUSB CAL Podcast’s 20-minute debut episode includes the story of Dr. Popescu’s journey from Romania to the United States and a discussion abou...t the xREAL Lab's use of extended reality (XR) technologies like virtual and augmented reality. Hosted by Kelli Cluque, operations manager of Coyote Radio, the free program is available now on Spotify and the Apple Podcasts app and soon will be listed in other popular podcast directories and apps. Future episodes are expected to feature CSUSB Art & Design Professor Katherine Gray; acclaimed soprano Stacey Fraser, chair of CSUSB Department of Music; and Eva Kirsch, director of the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art. https://podcasts.apple.com//csusb-cal-podcast/id1534621855