• All full time faculty and adjunct faculty are invited to the annual Faculty Holiday Reception, hosted by the Provost's Office, Fri., Dec. 8, 4-6pm, William Rolland Art Center Student Art Gallery. Significant others are welcome to attend!
   
• Gallegly Center: Information on the Elton and Janice Gallegly Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement has been compiled into a fact sheet that can be foundhere.
   
• RSVP Requested - Winter Faculty Retreat: "2020 Vision: Next Generation Teaching and Learning", featuring keynote speaker Tom Brown, Tues., Jan. 16, 8:45am – 1:15pm, Lundring Events Center. Sponsored by: ALLIES in STEM, Enrollment Management and Marketing, and Teaching and Learning Committee. Click here for more information and to register. For questions contact Sarah Fischbach atsfischbach@callutheran.edu.
   
• Professionals 6^th Annual Holiday Toy Drive benefiting KABC7 & So Cal Firefighters’ Spark of Love: through Fri., Dec. 8. New, unwrapped toys for infants, children and teens can be dropped off across campus at the locations below:
  • Professonals' Office (Benson House)
  • President's Office
  • Library
  • Fredrickson Family Early Childhood Center (Pre-School)
  • College of Arts & Sciences - HUM 246 & SWEN 214
  • Graduate & Professionals' Admissions (Alumni Hall)
    
    
• CTL presents Conversations with Colleagues, Teaching Metacognition with Andrea Sell (Psychology), Mon., Dec. 4, 3:30-4pm, Humanities 116. Click here for information and to register.
   
• Staff and Faculty Lunch, Wed., Dec. 6, 11am - 1pm, in the reserved area in theUPSTAIRS Ullman Dining Commons. The discounted price of $8 + tax includes all menu options offered in the Dining Commons.
   
• The AMA Club is holding an event for Lutheran Social Services on Wed., Dec. 6, 4-5pm, Kingsmen Park. The event is to support Human Rights and they will be making Christmas cards for homeless families.  When you donate $5 you receive Pizza and a T-shirt to write your own Hashtag to support the Human Rights of your choice. Contact Sarah Fischbach (SOM) at sfischbach@callutheran.edu for further details.
   
• The Hillel Club is hosting a Hanukkah Party, Wed., Dec. 6, 5-7pm, Lundring Events Center. Admission to the service is free. Cost of dinner is $15, free with CLU ID. For information, contact Rabbi Belle Michael at bmichae@callutheran.edu.
   
• Collapse, History Lecture Series, Wed., Dec. 6, 7pm, Grant Brimhall Library Community Room. Paul Hanson (History) will speak on "Collapse of the Persian Empire."
   
• University Chapel, Thurs., Dec. 7, 11:25am Samuelson Chapel. Sankta Lucia Service.
  
  
• Center for Teaching and Learning's Lunch Series, Thurs., Dec. 7, 12:15pm, Nygreen 5.  Zareh Marselian (CIO) will be speaking about "VIP News and Updates from ITS." Lunch will be served. If you would like to propose a topic or lead a session, please contact Joan Wines at wines@callutheran.edu.
   
• The History Department presents Recollections of a WWII Veteran, Len Zerlin,Thurs., Dec. 7, 4pm, Nygreen 2.
  
  
• Merry Morning Cheer, sponsored by the President's Office, Fri., Dec. 8, 9-10am, Pederson Administration Building.
   
• Lunchtime Organ Recital featuring Joseph Peeples, Fri. Dec. 8, 12:30pm. Attendees are encouraged to bring lunch. Admission is free.
   
• Jazz Collective Concert, Fri., Dec. 8, 7pm, Preus-Brandt Forum. Admission is free.
   
• The College of Arts and Sciences is developing their very own magazine! They are looking for diverse content and would like to include as many different subjects and writing styles as possible. They are interested in current research projects, opinion pieces, articles, creative writing samples (poems/short stories) and student profiles. Please nominate students to be interviewed and submissions of works to be featured. Questions, nominations and materials can be sent to coas@callutheran.edu. The deadline for submissions for the first publication is Mon., Dec. 11.
   
• Reimbursement Update: All reimbursement checks will now be mailed directly from Wells Fargo to your home address. Please make sure your address is updated in our system, click here for the HR change of address form.
   
• Festival of Scholars: The last day to plan a session to be included in the 2018 Festival of Scholars is Jan. 26, 2018. Please click here to complete the Session Request Form and return to fos@callutheran.edu or Ashley Fessenden at MC 1425.

Upcoming

• Graduate Faculty Meeting, Mon., Dec. 11, 3-4pm, Swenson 101 (immediately prior to the all Faculty Meeting). All are welcome to attend this meeting to hear updates on items specific to Graduate Programs.
   
• Faculty Meeting, Mon., Dec. 11, 4 - 6pm, Swenson 101, with refreshments in the Pamela M. Jolicoeur Gallery beginning at 3:40pm.
   
• Entrepreneur Speaker Series presents Emily Best, CEO & founder of Seed&Spark,Wed., Dec. 12, 6pm, Westlake Center. Admission is free, but registration is required.
   
• CTL presents Blackboard: Copy and Move Course Content, Wed., Dec. 13, 1-2pm, SBET 136. RSVP to Natalina Parker at nparker@callutheran.edu.
   
• Merry Morning Cheer, sponsored by the President's Office, Fri., Dec. 15, 9-10am, Pederson Administration Building.
   
• President's Christmas Camaraderie Party, Fri., Dec. 15, 3-6pm, the President's Residence, 372 Camino de Celeste, Thousand Oaks
   
• Grade due dates:
  • Term 2 (8-week program) grades are due Sun., Dec. 17.
  • Fall Semester grades are due Fri., Dec. 22, at 8:00am.
     
• Campus closed for Winter Break beginning Mon., Dec. 25 and will re-open againTues., Jan. 2, 2018.
   
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Mon., Jan. 15 - Most administrative offices closed.
   
• January start dates for classes:
  • 8-week program classes (Term 3) begin Tues., Jan. 2.
  • 11-week program classes (Winter Term) resume Tues., Jan. 2.
  • Spring Semester classes begin Wed., Jan. 17.