Career Service workshops start Feb. 4
Career Services is pleased to announce a variety of activities offered in February:

• Grad School Preparation Workshop - With deadlines rapidly approaching, students will gain knowledge of the graduate school application process from start to finish on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. in University Student Union, Room 312-314 and Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 1 p.m-3 p.m. in the Library, Room 3212.
• Resume Writing Workshop - Attendees will learn how to write a resume that makes them “shine” and attract the employer’s interest in interviewing them on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. at the Library, Room 3212.
  
• Interview Techniques Workshop - Participants will discover how to impress employers with their skills and qualifications during the interview on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Library, Room 3212.
  
• Networking Mixer: How To Work A Room - Guests will learn the importance of career networking, who to include in their network, and what their career network can do for them; they will also eat, drink and meet with local area employers, other students, and alumni at the event on Thursday, Feb. 25 from 3 p.m.- 5 p.m. at the University Business Center 191.

For more information, contact Career Services, Thomas 103, 278-2381, www.csufresno.edu/careers.

Lyles Center offers free business plan writing workshops
The Lyles Center is offering the following free business plan writing workshops:

• Orientation/Networking Mixer on Feb. 4 in the Lyles Center from 4-6 p.m. Contact Timothy M. Stearns, executive director, Lyles Center.
  
• How to Write a Business Plan Workshop on Feb. 11. Contact Joshua Long, professor of business plan writing.
  
• Financing Your Business Workshop on Feb. 25. Contact Anthony Bea, branch manager, Tricounties Bank (Fresno area).
  
• Legal Issues to Starting a Business Workshop on March 11. Contact Riley Walter, bankruptcy attorney.
  
• Pitching Your Business Workshop on March 25. Contact Betsy Hays, professor, Mass Communication and Journalism Department.
  

Also offered is the "Dream It! Win It"! student business competition. Intent to compete submissions are due on Feb. 17. Entry form and submissions are due on Apr. 6. Semi-Final Round is on Apr. 16 and Final Round is on May 1.

For more information, contact the Lyles Center, 347-3925.

Lachs speaker for Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture Series
Author and professor John Lachs speaks on the topic "Good Enough" on Feb. 11 from 5-6 p.m. in the Alice Peters Auditorium as part of the Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture Series. He asks the question "Why is'good enough' not good enough?" and reflects on our desire for perfection, which he connects with the longing for God and the experience of beauty. Lachs concludes that “the fact that the world could be better does not imply that we are obliged to make it better.” Lachs is centennial professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of many books and articles, including most recently The Cost of Comfort (2010). He is the editor of the Encyclopedia of American Philosophy. This presentation is based on his article, “Good Enough,” published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy (2009). The event is sponsored by the Ethics Center at Fresno State, the Leon S. Peters Foundation, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and an IRA Grant. All lectures are free and open to the public. For more, contact Andrew Fiala or visit the Ethics Center’s Web site: http://www.csufresno.edu/ethicscenter.

Armenian Studies offers public lectures starting Feb. 17
Armenian Studies is offering public lectures under the general title “In the Darkness of the Genocide” with speaker Abraham Terian, Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies. Buried in the dark and long shadows of the Armenian Genocide are certain issues that should not be forgotten as the struggle against denial and for recognition of the Genocide continues. The first lecture, “Armenian Identity and the Genocide,“ will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the University Business Center, Room 191, Peters Auditorium. Defining identity in terms of uniqueness, this lecture probes through the history of the Armenian people for elements that gave their forebears a sense of identity. After pointing out the unique elements of Armenian Christianity, the hallmark of Armenian identity, the lecture moves into examining the extent to which the Genocide has become part of Armenian identity today. The lecture concludes by showing a continuum of uniqueness in both Armenian Christianity and the Armenian Genocide and elaborates on the relationship between the two. Other lectures will take place March 11 and Apr. 29, also at 7:30 p.m. in UBC, Room 191. The public lectures are free and open to the public. Contact the Armenian Studies Program, 278-2669, for more information.

Rose featured Madden Library speaker on Feb. 19
The Friends of the Madden Library presents the first of its 2010 programs featuring guest speaker Gene Rose on Friday, Feb. 19, in the Madden Library on the Fresno State campus. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. followed by Rose’s talk, “The San Joaquin River: the Water Wars Continue" in which Rose will highlight his research, which was published in his most recent book, San Joaquin – A River Betrayed.  

Now retired, Rose worked for years as a Fresno Bee journalist. He reported on the national parks and forests in the California Sierra Nevada and became known as the “conscience of Yosemite.” In 1987 he revealed that the Yosemite Park and Curry Company grossed $87 million for its exclusive contract but paid a concession fee of $585,000.

Exhibitions on display in the library will include The San Joaquin River: History and Revival of a Heartland River and paintings by art and design professor Stephanie Ryan. Recommended campus parking for this event is in Lots D and E. Campus maps are available at www.csufresno.edu/ucomm/maps/. Reservations are required by Feb. 17. Call 559-278-5790.

Guests are welcome. Non-members will be asked to pay a nominal charge of $2 at the door; $1 for students. All Friends of the Madden Library meetings are accessible to the physically handicapped. A sign-language interpreter will be provided upon advance request. For more information call 559-278-5790.

The Friends of the Madden Library is a non-profit organization established to support, promote, and raise funds for the programs and collections at the Fresno State library.

Gazarian Center workshop focuses on California real estate
The university's Arnold and Dianne Gazarian Real Estate Center will host a free workshop Feb. 19 to provide up-to-date information and perspective on the recovering California real estate market. Dr. Richard K. Green of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California will discuss facts about California and its real estate markets under the topic "Is There Reason for Hope?" Arthur C. Danielian, an Irvine-based expert on housing design, will assess "Strategies for the New Central California Housing Markets." The event begins with registration and coffee at 8 a.m. Feb. 19 at the University Business Center. The program will begin in the Alice Peters Auditorium at 8:30 and the program should conclude around 11:30 a.m. Because seating is limited, reservations are advised before Feb. 10. RSVP to hansz@gazarian.info. Details are at www.gazarian.info.

Ag One Community Salute held Feb. 27
Ag One will bestow the 2010 Community Salute honor to Edward “Ed” Baloian, chairman of Baloian Farms, on Feb. 27 at Pardini’s in Fresno. Baloian is being honored for his more than 60 years of devoted service to the California produce industry coupled with his unwavering commitment to his community. Proceeds from this event will be used to establish the Ag One – Edward “Ed” Baloian Endowment fund to benefit deserving students pursuing a degree in the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology. The Ag One salute dinner is open to the public and begins with a social at 6 p.m.  Reservations are $100 per person and $1,000 per table of 10. Sponsorship opportunities range from $500 to $5,000. See the full story here.

Engineering holds golf tournament March 5
The Engineering Chapter of the Alumni Association is having its annual golf tournament on March 5 at Riverside Golf Course. All proceeds go to the Col. Rick Husband Memorial Alumni Scholarship Fund. To play or to become a sponsor, please call Roxanne Hinds at 278 8597 for detailed information.

Winemaster's Weekend 2010 is March 5-6
The ninth annual Fresno State Winemaster's Weekend will be held March 5-6 at the Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite, where experts on grapevine grafting and pairing wines with fine chocolate will be featured attractions this year. Reservations may be made by calling Tenaya Lodge at 888-514-2167 or online at TenayaLodge.com/Winemasters.

Fresno State plays major part in Big Read
Graphic novelist Tim Hamilton discusses his authorized adaption of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 on March 19 from 7-9 p.m. On March 20, a daylong tribute symposium on Bradbury will bring lectures, panel discussions, book signings and a video conference with the famed author to the Student Recreation Center. The Arne Nixon Center is teaming up once again with the Fresno County Public Library as part of this year’s Big Read event. The featured book, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, will be celebrated throughout Fresno County. Hamilton’s presentation will be held in the Woodward Park Branch Library located at 944 E. Perrin in Fresno. Refreshments and parking are free. For more information please call the Arne Nixon Center at 278-8116 or e-mail arnenixoncenter@csufresno.edu.

Yellow Brick Road leads to Fresno State
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Fresno State and the International Wizard of Oz Club are hosting a national Oz conference, “Oz: The Books,”
May 14-16, on the Fresno State campus. Featured speakers will include authors Gregory Maguire, Michael Patrick Hearn, John Fricke, and Kathleen Krull, as well as graphic novelist Eric Shanower. For more information, contact Angelica Carpenter, curator of the Arne Nixon Center, at angelica@csufresno.edu or 278-8116.