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Berlin Wall @ SDSU

A mini Berlin Wall was constructed on November 2nd in EBA-419. The wall will be torn down on Friday, November 6th to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. Everyone is welcome write something on the wall and/or participate in tearing the wall down. Read more about the event...

American Indian Heritage Month

November is American Indian Heritage Month. It's origins date back to 1915, when the first "American Indian Day" was celebrated. Read more about the events offered at San Diego State University this month...

Mexican Riviera Cruise

Join CAL and PSFA Alumni and friends for a seven-day educational cruise along the Mexican Riviera. The cruise departs for sunny Mexico on April 10, 2010. Read more about the cruise...

Mixtec-Language Class Featured in the News

Mixtec language is an ancient and indigenous language from Southern Mexico. Classes in it have been offered for the last nine years through the Center for Latin American Studies. Recently, the class was featured in the Union Tribune. Read the article...

In Memoriam

We are saddened by the passing away of Dr. Riz A. Oades on Thursday, October 8, 2009. Dr. Oades was an emeritus faculty ember in History and Asian Pacific Studies. A funeral will be held on Saturday, October 17, 10:00 AM at the Chapel of the Roses, Glen Abbey Memorial Park.

Look Who Turns Twenty

Our MFA in Creative Writing is celebrating it's 20th year at San Diego State University. Festivities will take place at SDSU and Balboa Park during the weekend of November 12-14, 2009. Read more about the program..

Congratulations to Professor Kaminsky!

Dr. Ilya Kaminsky, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director, Spring 2010, of the MFA Program in Creative Writing, SDSU has won The Levinson Prize for his poems in the May 2009 issue. It is presented annually since 1914 through the generosity of the late Salmon O. Levinson and his family, for the sum of $500. Read more about Professor Kaminsky...

Professor Co-Edits Reader on Fat Studies

Women's Studies Professor Esther Rothblum together with Sondra Solovay has edited the first ever comprehensive reader on Fat Studies. "Fat Studies" is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines the negative assumptions, stereotypes and stigma placed on fat and the fat body. Read more about Esther Rothblum...

Darwin Symposium 2009

In celebration of Darwin's birth and the publication of the On the Origin of Species, San Diego State University will be hosting a symposium in November honoring Charles Darwin and exploring the impact of his work on contemporary thought and culture. Read more about the symposium...


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Alumni Travel Back in Time

Maxine Mahon is the founding director and innovative force behind the California Ballet Company. Forty years ago, she set out to create a company grounded in the classical tradition, and capable of incorporating contemporary movement into its repertoire. Read more...

Monty Award Winners

Brian Mooney (’75, Anthropology), AICP, is President and Managing Principal of the Mooney Consulting Group, currently serving as Interim Director of Planning and Community Development for the City of Del Mar. Read more...

Calendar of Events

November 21, 2009
9am to 4:30pm

150 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Impact on the Humanities & Social Sciences in the Arts and Letters building

November 23, 2009
3:45 to 4:45pm

MALAS Lecture: History, Myth, and Mediation Framing the Fifties in Contemporary American Film by Christine Sprengler in LS-244.

January 22, 2010
11:30am-1:30pm

Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon: Living The Legacy in Montezuma Hall, (Aztec Center)

Winter Break Courses

Join Professor Huma Ahmed-Ghosh for a travel study course during in India (26 December 2009-16 January 2010). Students will receive 3 units of credit.

Join Professor Mark Wheeler for a 3-week long program in Guatemala (January 5-14, 2010). Earn 3 units of credit while working to help a local community


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