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Join Trekking Ambassadors for their 5k Fun-draising Trail run-hike on November 5th, 2022 to support local Santa Barbara Organizations on their mission to deliver critically needed solar lights and reading eyeglasses to remote villagers in the Mount Everest region!

This 5k trail run-hike is set in the beautiful foothills of Santa Barbara following the San Antonio Creek Trail which meanders up a fast, well shaded trail for a big portion of the course. Great for first timers and fun for those with experience that want to challenge their PR on a 5k.

Proceeds from this “FUN-draiser” event will benefit Santa Barbara Wellness Center, Unite to Light, Santa Barbara Waldorf School and the adventure hiking team. There will be a raffle for gift baskets; gift certificates for sport equipment and excursions; gourmet foods; luxury items and more. There will also be chair massages, a giant chocolate chip cookie bake sale and body composition/antioxidant readings.

To learn more and register for this fundraising event, please visit: https://trekkingambassadors.com/events


Date: November 5th, 2022
Time: 11am - 3pm PST
Price: From $45.00
Register Link: https://www.active.com/santa-barbara-ca/running/races/trekking-ambassadors-5k-fun-draising-trail-run-hike-2022

Piano faculty member Eric Kinsley will present an eclectic repertoire of chamber music with guest musician Caitlin Boruch on flute and other special guests.

Admission is free. Donations will be accepted. For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit CalLutheran.edu/music.

Sheridan Wigginton, PhD, and McNair Scholar Melissa Romero will discuss how Dominicans, Dominican-Americans and Dominican culture are taught to university students learning Spanish. This virtual presentation will pay special attention to how the books adhere to the cultural standards established by ACTFL.

The presentation is part of Wigginton’s 2021-22 research as a Fellow at the Dominican Studies Institute at the City University of New York.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required by 5 p.m. Oct. 12. Register at https://bit.ly/3cboTY8. Participants will receive a confirmation email and the Zoom link prior to the event.

This event is sponsored by the Department of Languages and Cultures, the City University of New York Dominican Studies Institute and the Afro/Latin-American Research Association.
For more information, contact Marisol Rodríguez, Department of Languages and Cultures assistant, at marisolrodriguez@CalLutheran.edu.

The One County, One Book 2022 selection for Ventura County is Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen. Cal Lutheran will present a panel of professors and alumni — Samuel Claussen, PhD; chef Antonio Sessa ’15; and Michaela Reaves, PhD — to talk about the role of food (such as chocolate) in American history and culture.

Taste Makers, Sen's debut book, published in November 2021, explores America’s modern culinary history through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. The W.W. Norton description of the book asks, "Who’s really behind America’s appetite for foods from around the globe?” This group biography features seven women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today, from World War II to the present.

The event is sponsored by the Ventura County Library and the History Department. For more information about the panel, contact Michaela Reaves at reaves@CalLutheran.edu or 805-493-3381.

For more information about the One County, One Book program and a link to additional events, including the author’s presentation on Nov. 12, visit https://www.vencolibrary.org/i-want/one-county-one-book.

Each fall, the university gathers to celebrate its mission and values, and marks the occasion with a festive convocation. We celebrate what it means to be a future-focused, values-informed university.

The program includes installing the Board of Regents, commissioning the Convocation, and recognizing the Christus Award honoree. This award is given annually to individuals in recognition of their contributions to strengthening the bridge between the church and the university, or who have made significant contributions to higher education in the ELCA. This year’s recipient is the Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin, president of United Lutheran Seminary. Erwin was the fourth bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the ELCA from 2013 to 2020. From 2000 until he was elected synod bishop, he held the Gerhard and Olga J. Belgum Chair in Lutheran Confessional Theology at Cal Lutheran.

Admission is free. The event will be livestreamed at CalLutheran.edu/live.

The Founders Day Convocation is sponsored by the Division of Mission and Identity. For information, contact Mission and Identity at 805-493-3589 or missionandidentity@CalLutheran.edu.

“Flipping the Script” is a history lecture series that highlights people, groups or events in world history that are typically ignored or considered irrelevant in mainstream cultural narratives.

For the second lecture in the series, Chris Kimball, PhD, will discuss the Jackie Robinson story. Although Robinson’s story is well known, less reported is the impact of integration on Black professional baseball. As Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, the “Negro Leagues” experimented with white players. That fascinating story further highlights the remarkable nature of Robinson’s achievement.

The series will continue with:
Dec. 1: David Nelson, PhD, “Japan’s Schindler: Sugihara Chiune and the Power of the Visa”
Jan. 26: Michaela Reaves, PhD, “Making the World Safe for Democracy: World War I?”
April 20: Samuel Claussen, PhD, “Hear Me Roar: Powerful, Violent Women of the Renaissance”

This series is presented by the History Department faculty and other experts, focusing on different periods in world history. The series is sponsored by Cal Lutheran, the Thousand Oaks Grant R. Brimhall Library and Ventura County Library, and generously funded in part by a Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation grant. For information, contact David Nelson at dnelson@CalLutheran.edu.

Thursdays through Saturdays, Nov. 10-12 and 17-19, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m.

Shakespeare in Love is a wildly funny and romantic play based on the Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. The play is set in the outrageous world of Elizabethan theater as a young Will Shakespeare struggles to write Romeo and Juliet. Filled with sword fights, farcical comedy, on- and off-stage drama, a touching love story, and even Queen Elizabeth I, the play imagines how Shakespeare might have begun his journey to becoming the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare in Love is adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.

Admission is $10; free with Cal Lutheran ID. For information, call 805-493-3452 or visit CalLutheran.edu/theatre. Presented by the Theatre and Dance Department.

Join the Center for Global Engagement and the United Students of the World club in a celebration of cultural diversity at the World Fair. Events will include international talent shows, cultural tables and global cuisine. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3AQWTDQ.

The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Global Engagement. For more information, call 805-493-3750 or email global@CalLutheran.edu.

World AIDS Day events are free and open to the public. Indoor masking is required and will help us protect the health of featured speakers and attendees.

AIDS Memorial Quilt Viewing, 2-7:30 p.m.
American folk art and quilting have significant history in the AIDS pandemic, beginning in the 1980s with the iconic presentation on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and continuing today as panels are painstakingly created by hand to memorialize those who have died of AIDS-related complications. These serve to increase awareness of the disease and bring solace to survivors, and are deeply moving for visitors to experience. A display of quilts sponsored by Quilt Project Gold Coast in collaboration with the NAMES Project Foundation will be on view in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center Lobby beginning at 2 p.m.

World AIDS Day ’22 Panel Presentation and Candlelight Vigil, 5:15-7:30 p.m.
Organized in collaboration with the HIV/AIDS Coalition of Ventura County, including Ventura County Public Health and Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast, this presentation is part of the county’s annual observance of World AIDS Day. We invite everyone to consider HIV/AIDS not only as a global-health issue but also as a social-justice issue that impacts local communities. Adina Nack, PhD, medical sociologist and professor at Cal Lutheran, will start by sharing global, national and local updates on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Then, Neil and Keith Coffman-Grey from Quilt Project Gold Coast will describe the history and continued significance of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. In addition, we’ll hear about personal experiences of living with HIV/AIDS. The event will conclude with Colleen Windham-Hughes, MDiv, PhD, and students leading a nondenominational Candlelight Vigil.

Events are sponsored by Cal Lutheran’s Public Health Program and Sarah W. Heath Center for Equality and Justice.

For more information, contact the Sarah W. Heath Center for Equality and Justice at cej@CalLutheran.edu or 805-493-3694.

Student performers in the jazz ensemble will play standards and modern classics.

Admission is free. Donations will be accepted. For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit CalLutheran.edu/music.