Announcements for the week of December 5, 2022

Spotlight

• Save the Date: 2022 Winter Faculty Retreat, "Meaningfully teaching and reaching today's students with intersecting identities," featuring keynote speaker Genevieve Flores-Haro, Associate Director for the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP), a nonprofit serving the indigenous migrant community in California’s Central Coast, Tues., Jan. 17, 9am-2pm, Soiland Arena, with coffee and camaraderie starting at 8:30am. Lunch will be served. Click here to RSVP. The Faculty Assembly meeting will be held following the retreat from 2-3:30pm.

Events

• Indigenous Peoples' Heritage Month: Click here for the full calendar of events.
   
• FAB Fall Lecture Series presents "From Segregated Radio to Top 40: Rock's Amazing Journey from 1955-1965 (Part 1)," Mon., Dec. 5, 10am, via Zoom. Click here to register.
   
• MPPA Policy Talks Series presents "Europe and the War in Ukraine" with Michael Postl, PhD, the Austrian consul general in Los Angeles, Mon., Dec. 5, 5pm, Samuelson Chapel. Click here for free registration.
   
• Jazz Collective, Uziel Colon, conductor, Tues., Dec. 6, 7:30pm, Preus-Brandt Forum. Admission is free, donations will be accepted.
   
• Holiday Sweater Town Hall, Wed, Dec. 7, 8:30-9:30am, Lundring Events Center, with Merry Morning Cheer festive beverages beginning at 8am. Click here for livestream link.
   
• Staff and Faculty Lunch, Wed., Dec. 7, 11am - 1pm, in the reserved area in the Ullman Dining Commons. The discounted price of $8 + tax includes all menu options offered in the Dining Commons.
   
• FAB Fall Lecture Series presents "Cyberterrorism: What is it and how can it affect US Citizens?" Wed., Dec. 7, 1pm, via Zoom. Click here to register.
   
• University Chapel, Thurs., Dec. 8, 11:25am, Samuelson Chapel.
   
• Adjunct Faculty Council Meeting - Thurs., Dec. 8, 4:00-5:00 pm on Zoom (link). All adjunct faculty are welcome to attend. 
   
• Mariachi Ensemble Concert, Rocio Marron conducting, Thurs., Dec. 8, 7:30pm, Samuelson Chapel. Admission is free, donations will be accepted.
   
• Afternoon Organ Recital Series featuring Adan Fernandez, University Organist, Fri., Dec. 9, 12:30pm, Samuelson Chapel. Admission is free, donations will be accepted.
   
• Provost Forum Session including Q&A, in-person and via Zoom.
• Fri., Dec. 9, 1-2pm, Nygreen 3 and via Zoom. Click here for Zoom link.
   
• Junior Faculty Conversations with Provost Neilson. There is one more scheduled for this semester on Fri., Dec. 9, from 2:15-3:00 in Ullman Commons 100/101.These meetings are hosted by the Junior Faculty Senator, LaVerne Seales, with Provost Neilson and the Junior Faculty (full-time faculty in their first six years), to facilitate open dialogue and conversation. If you have any questions, contact LaVerne Seales at lseales@callutheran.edu
   
• Las Posadas, Fri., Dec. 9, 6pm, Kingsmen Park. Admission is free.
   
• Fall Dance Concert, Fri., Dec. 9 and Sat., Dec. 10, 8pm, Preus-Brandt Forum. Admission is free.
   
• TUG Finals Week, Mon., Dec. 12 - Fri., Dec. 16. Click here for the finals week schedule.
• FAB Fall Lecture Series presents "From Segregated Radio to Top 40: Rock's Amazing Journey from 1955-1965 (Part 2)," Mon., Dec. 12, 10am, via Zoom. Click here to register.
   
• Arete Vocal Ensemble presents "Christmas with Arete," Sun., Dec. 18, 5pm, Samuelson Chapel. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 if purchased online in advance. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.aretevocalensemble.org.

Announcements

• The Academic Calendars for the next 5 years can be found on the Academic Services website at this link.
   
• All Fall 22 grades are due on Tues., Dec. 27 at 8 am. Self-Service is the most straight forward way to submit your grades online. After all grades are submitted for a class you will receive a confirmation email from the system email address, datatel@callutheran.edu. If you have any questions or difficulties entering your grades, please contact Maria Kohnke at kohnke@callutheran.edu or Stephanie Mercer at mercer@callutheran.edu.
   
• Summer Professional Development Opportunity: Washington, DC. Faculty and staff interested in pursuing professional goals while living in Washington, DC for a two-week period between May-August 2023 are invited to submit an application to the Lutheran College Washington Semester Summer Research Program. Perhaps you wish to incorporate course content related to DC into your syllabus, conduct research in the area, or create experiential opportunities for students? Application deadline is March 15. Details provided online or contact ehasecke@washingtonsemester.org or global@callutheran.edu.
   
• Cal-Lu Oxford Faculty Leader Interest: If you wish to receive information about the Cal Lutheran/University of Oxford Faculty Lead program, please send a note to global@callutheran.edu. Details from the November interest session will be shared along with the gForm application link. The submission is now extended to early January 2023 with preference for Fall 2024, 2025 and 2026 options included. 
   
• Save the Date: Harold Stoner Clark Lecture Series presents Sean A. Valles, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Michigan State University Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, speaking on "The Ethical and Public Health implications of Mass Incarceration and Housing (In)Security,” Tues., Feb 21 in Samuelson Chapel.
• Lecture 1:  "Rethinking Prisons, Policing, and Public Health after Fifty Years of Mass Incarceration," 11:10am.  **Please note we will be on Convocation Schedule with classes ending at 11am and resuming at 12:40pm.
• Lecture 2:  "Pandemic-Era Eviction Bans Were a Step Toward Recognizing Homes as a Basic Health Need," 4pm.