For Your Information shares announcements of events, public meetings, notices, classes and deadlines. The submission deadline is noon on Monday, one week before the next post.

The deadline for the March 3 posting is Monday, Feb. 24.

We strive to include all items submitted by deadline occurring until the next post. You can submit future items by emailing pubinfo@csun.edu, sending them to mail drop 8242 or faxing them to (818) 677-4909. Email is the preferred method of submission.

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Feb. 18
Abortion Politics: A Case Study in Ethics and Economics in Modern Israel
CSUN’s Jewish studies program presents a discussion led by professor Michal Raucher on the reproductive experiences f Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) women in Israel. The discussion is from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in the University Student Union, Thousand Oaks Room. It is organized by the Department of Religious Studies and funded by CSUN’s Distinguished Visiting Lecture Program.
For more information and to RSVP―Call (818) 677-4724 or email jewish.studies@csun.edu.

Feb. 19
Israel Today: From Destruction to Renewal
CSUN’s Jewish studies program presents a discussion led by Moshe Goldin on the history of Jewish people and how Israel is the land that gave rise to Christianity. The discussion is from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Sierra Hall 312.
For more information and to RSVP―Call (818) 677-4724 or email jewish.studies@csun.edu.

Feb. 19
Black History Month: Africology Online:  Rescuing and Reconstructing in Cyberspace
The Department of Pan African Studies presents Itibari M. Zulu, Th.D., senior editor of the Journal of Pan African Studies who will discuss cyberspace from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451.
For more information―Contact Department of Pan African Studies professor Aimee Glocke at (8180 677-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu.

Feb. 20
Black History Month: Hip-Hop Conference
The Department of Pan African Studies and the Hip-Hop Think Tank present a two-day conference titled, “Bridging the Gaps: Hip-Hop in the Age of Mass Incarceration and Deportation.” Activist and rapper Boots Riley of the group, The Coup; former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown; and Olmeca, an MC and activist who has garnered attention in the Latin Alternative scene are among the participants. The conference will take place at CSUN’s University Student Union on Feb. 20 and 21. It will highlight the issues around data that finds minorities are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates than whites. For more information or to register, visit the Hip-Hop Think Tank’s page.

Feb. 20
Chinese Film Festival
CSUN’s China Institute presents a the award-winning film series “Mysterious China Trilogy,” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Delmar T. Oviatt Library’s Music and Media Room, second floor, east wing.
For more information and to RSVP―Call (818) 677-6461 or email weimin.sun@csun.edu.

Feb. 21
First China Forum: Chinese Cultural Transitions
CSUN’s China Institute presents a lecture by Department of Communication Studies professor Kathryn Sorrells about her sabbatical experience in China and book “Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice.” The lecture is freee and open to the public.
For more information and to RSVP―Call (818) 677-6461 or email weimin.sun@csun.edu.

Feb. 25
Black History Month: Black Faculty, Staff and Alumni Talent Show
The Black Student Union, Black Alumni Association and Department of PAS present, “Professors and Alumni: After Hours,” from 5 to 7 p.m. in the SSU Sala de la Osa.
For more information―Contact Department of Pan African Studies professor Aimee Glocke at (818) 677-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu.

Feb. 26
Covering Greatness: The Life and Death of Nelson Mandela

The CSUN chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists-Student Association of Black Communicators will present a panel featuring NABJ President Bob Butler, a longtime broadcast journalist; Ann Simmons, a former Los Angeles Times reporter and video journalist; and Bill Whitaker, former Los Angeles Times reporter and chief of the African bureau who will discuss Mandela’s impact on society from 4 to 6 p.m. in Oviatt 125.
For more information―Contact NABJ-SABC at csunnabj@gmail.com.

Feb. 28

Bianchi Planetarium
Come and learn about stars, constellations and planets visible in the sky during winter at “Winter Sky Show,” which takes place at 7:30 p.m. It is followed by “The Voyager Encounters.” General admission tickets are $6 for one show, $10 for two shows; students are $4 for one show and $7 for two shows.
For more information―Visit the Bianchi Planetarium website or call (818) 677-2488.

March 18
Summer Session Registration Opens
CSUN students may make an appointment to register for summer session the week of March 18.  The registration appointment will allows students to register March 25 through April 1 for summer session classes before open registration starts for the community on April 2. CSUN’s Tseng College administers summer session, which consists of three separate components of academic credit classes that run May 27 to August 19.
For more information—visit the Tseng College website.

Personnel Planning and Review Committee
1:15–5 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
University Hall 277

Educational Policies Committee
2–4 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
University Hall 277

Senate Executive Committee
1–4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 27
University Hall 277

Faculty Senate Library Committee
2–4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5
Oviatt Library 372

General Education Council
2–4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5
University Hall 211

Faculty Senate
2–4:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 6
University Hall 277

Academic Technology Committee
1–3 p.m.
Friday, March 7
University Hall 211

Graduate Studies Committee
2–4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11
Education 1214/1216

Classroom Technology Committee
9–10 a.m.
Friday, March 14
University Hall 211

Research and Grants Committee
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Friday, March 14
University Hall 277

University Planning and Budget Group
12–2 p.m.
Friday, March 14
University Hall 277

University Student Union Board of Directors
12:30 p.m.
Mon., March 17
USU, Grand Salon

March 5

Dealing with Workplace Violence and Fear or Threats of Violence Part I
The Department of Police Services will present a workshop designed to familiarize staff with the range of university resources available and how to activate those resources when responding to a variety of behaviors that may cause concern within the employee’s department. The class is scheduled to take place from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the department’s 2^nd floor training room.
For more information―Visit the Safety Workshops Page or Register for this event.

Condolences

The Department of Pan African Studies and the campus community extend condolences to the family of James “Jim” Bracy, a longtime member of the department’s faculty. He passed away on Feb. 3. During his tenure, Bracy served as an interim chair of the department and associate dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.  A celebration of Bracy’s life is planned for March. For more information, contact the department at (818) 677-3311.

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