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The CLU Wind Ensemble and the University String Symphony will each perform a wide variety of outstanding and diverse music, then join forces to close the performance with works for full symphony orchestra.

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

“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 third lecture in the series, associate professor of history David Nelson, PhD, will discuss Sugihara Chiune (1900-86), the only Japanese national to be honored by Israel as one of the “Righteous Among the Nations.” Sugihara facilitated the emigration of Jewish Eastern Europeans after German and Soviet expansion following the 1939 invasion of Poland. As Vice-Consul stationed in Lithuania from 1939 until the day of his departure on September 4, 1940, Sugihara (ab)used his authority to issue visas for 2,000 to 5,000 Jewish refugees to travel through the Soviet Union to Japan, where most departed to their final destinations in the Americas, the British Commonwealth, and China.

The series will continue with:
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.

The Cal Lutheran Choral Ensembles will join with student instrumentalists to present the annual Christmas Concerts. Welcome the season with a narrated performance of Christmas music guaranteed to put you in the holiday mood. As always, the program for this longest-running annual event will include delightful lesser-known carols as well as familiar favorites. Wyant Morton will conduct.

These concerts are popular, so arrive early for convenient parking. Doors open one hour before the concerts.

Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4, 4 p.m.

Tickets are $15 (free with Cal Lutheran ID) and must be purchased in advance. For tickets, visit cluchristmastickets.com, or for more information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3305 or visit CalLutheran.edu/music.

Join Vlad Vaiman, PhD, associate dean and professor for the School of Management, who is widely regarded as one of the leading international scholars in the field of talent management, for a lively discussion and sharing of ideas related to “The Great Resignation: Attracting and Retaining Talent in the Post-pandemic World.” This is the seventh annual forum dedicated to building a stronger bridge between industry and higher education.

For information and to register, visit https://www.executivetalent.net/. The event is sponsored by the School of Management.

José Hernández, MS, will share the story of his journey from migrant farmworker to NASA astronaut.

Hernández spent much of his childhood on what he calls “the California circuit,” traveling with his family from Mexico to Southern California each March, then working northward to the Stockton area by November, picking strawberries and cucumbers at farms along the route. They returned to Mexico for Christmas and started the cycle again come spring. After graduating from high school in Stockton, Hernández enrolled at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. He was awarded a full scholarship to the graduate program at UC Santa Barbara, where he continued his engineering studies. In 1987, he accepted a full-time job with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he had worked as a co-op in college. In 2004, NASA selected Hernández as a member of its 19th class of astronauts. He was chosen for a mission in 2007 and flew as the flight engineer on a 14-day mission in 2009 aboard the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. In addition to his flight engineer duties, Hernández operated one of two principal robotic arms. Before being selected as an astronaut, he worked at NASA as the branch chief of the Materials and Processes Branch at the Johnson Space Center in Texas.

Admission is free. Please RSVP on the STEAM website at CalLutheran.edu/hispanic-serving/steam.html.

This is the first in a series of free 30-minute organ concerts throughout the year. Join us for an afternoon delight of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more presented by university organist Adan Fernández.

The recital series will continue on Oct. 14, Nov. 11 and Dec. 9.

For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit CalLutheran.edu/music.

Keynote speaker Tyrone Howard, PhD, professor of education in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, will discuss diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to race, culture, access and educational opportunities for minority students.

For more information, contact Andrea Delgadillo Velasquez at 805-493-3731 or visit https://bit.ly/3cOljnn. This program is made possible by a Department of Education grant.

Join university organist and organ faculty Adan Fernández in a Halloween celebration as he performs “Night on Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky, Symphonie “Gothique” by Widor, “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saëns, “One-Winged Angel” by Nobuo Uematsu from Final Fantasy VII, and more favorites.

Come in your costumes and enjoy Halloween treats at the end.
Admission is free. Donations will be accepted.

For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit CalLutheran.edu/music.

Join the Cal Lutheran community and the Latin American Student Organization for a Día de los Muertos celebration honoring the lives of deceased loves ones. Día de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and Central and South America that reunites the living and the dead using altars made for loved ones who have passed. The evening will include family-friendly activities such as face painting, crafts, a piñata, music and raffles. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. A traditional altar will be displayed, and community members are invited to bring pictures of their loved ones to include.

Admission is free. The ground-level patio is located past the breezeway of Ullman Commons in front of the Mail Center. Sponsored by Student Life and the Latin American Student Organization. For more information, contact Yuliana Montes at ymontes@CalLutheran.edu or Jerry Tovar at jerrytovar@CalLutheran.edu.

International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education, is an opportunity to celebrate and promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences. This week is a chance for Cal Lutheran to commemorate the cultures represented on campus and learn about differences that make the community beautiful.

The Center for Global Engagement, in collaboration with Cal Lutheran partners, will host programs throughout the week including lectures, a photo contest, presentations, international performances, an international-movie watch party and more. To see the schedule of events, visit https://bit.ly/3AQWTDQ.

Events are 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.