University Lecture Series
Oscar Arias
"Waging Peace for the 21st Century"
Satellite Student Union
Tuesday, October 7, 1997
7:30 p.m.
Acclaimed as one of the most important and respected world leaders in the
later half of this century, Oscar Arias Sanchez has played a significant
role in bringing peace to millions in countries around the world. In 1986
Dr. Arias was elected President of Costa Rica and wasted no time in
promoting a negotiable solution to the brutal wars raging throughout
Central America. During a 1987 Central American Summit, Arias presented
his peace plan, which was the basis for the 1987 Central American Peace
Accord. Dr. Arias has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to
further world peace and human progress and was also awarded the 1991
Philadelphia Liberty Medal, honoring "leadership and vision in pursuit of
liberty." Dr. Arias' leadership has helped Costa Rica to achieve some of
the highest literacy rates and lowest infant mortality rates in the world.
A graduate of London School of Economics, The University of Essex, and The
University of Costa Rica School of Law, Dr. Arias will bring an extensive
educational background and world leadership experience to the speaker's
podium at Fresno State.
Elaine Chao
"Leadership: Making a World of Difference"
Satellite Student Union
Tuesday, November 11, 1997
7:30 p.m.
As the highest-ranking Asian Pacific American appointed to the executive
branch in U.S. history, Elaine Chao has a unique perspective on leadership
in America. As the deputy secretary of the Department of Transportation,
Chao helped lead a department with a budget of $30 billion and employee
ranks of 104,000 people. However, her accomplishments extend beyond her
governmental success to the business and non-profit sector. Ms. Chao
successfully returned respectability to the United Way of America as UWA's
president and chief executive officer. She brought a combination of
intellect, common sense and determination to the tremendous problems facing
the country's largest vehicle for charitable giving. Ms. Chao successfully
turned around the UWA after it had been buffeted by mismanagement and
economic recession. Before her time with the United Way, Chao was director
of the Peace Corps, the world's largest international volunteer
organization. Now a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Ms.
Chao uses her Harvard Business School education and vast business,
government and non-profit sector experience to lead policy research in
Washington, DC.
Bebe Moore Campbell
"Singing In The Comeback Choir"
Satellite Student Union
Tuesday, February 24, 1998
7:30 p.m.
Bebe Moore Campbell is a writer whose fiction burns with the fire of real
life. Her non-fiction work has appeared in The New York Times, The
Washington Post, Essence, Ebony, Working Mother, Black Enterprise, and
other leading publications. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Ms. Campbell
earned here Bachelor of Science in elementary education and taught in
elementary and middle school for five years. Ms. Campbell has won numerous
awards and acclaim for many of her writings, including Sweet Summer:
Growing Up With and Without My Dad, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, Brothers
and Sisters, and her newest book Singing In The Comeback Choir. During her
lecture, Ms. Campbell will offer selected readings and commentaries related
to the reading selections. Ms. Campbell recently earned the NAACP Image
Award for Outstanding Literary Work (fiction) and is a regular contributor
to National Public Radio.
Carol Gilligan
"In a Different Voice"
Satellite Student Union
Tuesday, March 3, 1998
7:30 p.m.
Carol Gilligan has changed the way developmental professionals, teachers
and parents think about the differences between women, men, boys and girls.
Her landmark book In A Different Voice has forced scholars to more closely
examine the differences in how boys and girls develop their moral and world
views. Dr. Gilligan discovered that the societal expectations about how
females should behave caused girls to lose confidence as they approached
adolescence. Her findings have made it nearly impossible for researchers
to reach conclusions about health care, education or psychology without
taking into full account the differences between males and females. After
earning her Ph.D. from Harvard University, Ms. Gilligan authored several
books including Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girl's
Development and Between Voice and Silence: Women and Girls, Race and
Relationship. She has been awarded The Distinguished Publication Award
from the Association of Women in Psychology, the American Educational
Research Association's Outstanding Book Award, and the New York Times
Notable Book of the Year Award. Presently, Dr. Gilligan is a Professor in
the Human Development and Psychology Program at Harvard University.
Loretta LaRoche
"Humor Your Stress"
Satellite Student Union
Wednesday, March 25, 1998
7:30 p.m.
Stress can negatively affect our lives in many ways, from raising our blood
pressure and increasing our chance of heart attacks to effecting job
performance and concentration. While we can't always eliminate the sources
of stress in our lives, Loretta LaRoche has found the key to help us deal
with day to day disasters in a healthy way. That key is humor. A dynamic,
gifted presenter, Ms. LaRoche brings the healing power of humor to life for
an audience. Her highly successful PBS special The Joy of Stress has been
airing nationally to rave reviews and was nominated for a regional Emmy
award. Her newest special for PBS is Humor Your Stress and focuses on how
we have lost sight of what's important in life. An adjunct faculty of the
Mind/Body Medical Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Ms.
LaRoche offers clinically sound advice on how to improve your life in a
hilarious fashion.
The Dr. Viola Davis and Millicent Collinsworth Memorial Lecture is made
possible by and endowment gift to the CSUF Foundation by the High Point
Foundation in Cooperation with the Fresno State Student Health and
Counseling Center.
Robert K. Massie
"The Romanovs: A Journey Through History"
Satellite Student Union
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
7:30 p.m.
Yale graduate, Oxford Rhodes Scholar, Navy veteran, journalist, historian,
university professor, best selling author, and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Robert K. Massie is all of these things and more. Mr. Massie began a
career in journalism in 1956. He served with Collier's Newsweek, and The
Saturday Evening Post.
Mr. Massie's first book, Nicholas and Alexandra, was published in 1967,
remained on the New York Times Best Seller List for 46 weeks, and was made
into an Academy Award nominated film. In 1980 Mr. Massie's Peter the
Great: His Life and World appeared and won the Pulitzer Prize for
Biography. In 1986,
Peter the Great became a television mini-series which won an Emmy Award
for Best Mini-Series. In 1995, Massie's The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
was published and details and the fate of the Russian Imperial family and
the efforts of numerous pretenders to assume the identities of the Romanov
children. Other works by Massie include Journey and Dreadnought: Britain,
Germany and the Coming of the real war.
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CSUF Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association - $5.00
CSUF Students - $2.00
Elementary and Secondary Student - $5.00
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Season Ticket Prices:
General Admission - $42.00
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CSUF Students - $12.00
Elementary and Secondary Student - $30.00
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Elementary and Secondary Student - $8.00
day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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