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September 3, 2004 :: 29

Politics, Medicine and a Little Bit of Everything...
CLE Presents Its Free Fall Series

What: Join Cal State Fullerton’s Continuing Learning Experience for three free lecture series beginning this month: “Political Series 2004,” “Advances in Medicine” and “Best of the Eclectics.”
   
Where:

Mackey Auditorium in the Ruby Gerontology Center.

   
Schedule:

Political Series 2004
Alternate Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 16-Dec. 2
Sept. 16 — “Who’s Your Candidate, or Why Vote Your Party?” with Barbara Stone and Raphael Sonenshein, CSUF professors of political science

Sept. 30 — “Legislative Issues of the 2004 Election” with Tom Umberg, partner in the Orange County office of Morrison & Foerster LLP and former assemblyman; and Scott Baugh, chair of the Orange County Republican Party

Oct. 14 — “Current Political Issues” with Rick Reiff, executive editor of Orange County Business Journal, and Will Swaim, editor of OC Weekly

Oct. 28 — “How to Save Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid” with Gayle Gerdes, western regional director of the Concord Coalition

Nov. 11 — “Politics: Keeping Friends Close and Enemies Closer” with Jean Pasco, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times

Dec. 2 — “Patriot Act in Historical Perspective” with Gordon Bakken, CSUF professor of history


Advances in Medicine

Featuring physicians from UCI Medical Center
Alternate Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 21-Dec. 7
Sept. 21 — “Why Would Three Geriatricians Care About Elder Abuse?” with Lisa Gibbs, geriatrician and assistant clinical professor, UCI department of family medicine

Oct. 5 — “Seniors and Geriatricians in the Hospital: Should There be More Interaction?” with Michael Wang, geriatrician and assistant clinical professor, UCI department of medicine

Oct. 19 — “Studies of the Oldest Old” with Claudia Kawas, the Al and Trish Nichols chair in clinical neurology, professor of neurology and professor of neurobiology and behavior at UCI

Nov. 2 — “What’s New on the Horizon for Parkinson’s Disease?” with Neal Hermanowicz, associate clinical professor of neurology at UCI

Nov. 16 — “Life is Good. Enjoy It!” with Bonnie Olsen, UCI Senior Health Center

Dec. 7 — “Empowering Yourself, Protecting Your Loved Ones” with Fay Blix, attorney and certified elder law attorney


Best of the Eclectics

Alternate Thursdays, 1:15-3:15 p.m. Sept. 23-Dec. 9
Sept. 23 — “Going to Mars: The Manned Mars Initiative” with CLE member Lon Isenberg, retired Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist

Oct. 7 — “Photography: Orange County Through the Years and How to Take Your Best Travel Photos” with Patrick O’Donnell, CSUF photographer

Oct. 21 — “Take Control/Disaster Response” with CLE member Bebe Pollack, disaster preparedness, mitigation response and recovery planning consultant

Nov. 4 — “Your Be the Editor” with Jean Adelsman, journalism instructor at USC Annenberg School for Communication

Nov. 18 — Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary with Karon Cornell, director of Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, and Birkin Newell, Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary on-site manager

Dec. 9 — “Professors-Be-a-Know-It-All” with CLE members Dick Blake, Jean Brosang, Len Leventhal and Barbara Talento; and “What’s Behind the News” with CLE member Dave Baker in a special two-hour session.

   
Cost: The series are open to the public free of charge.
   
Background: CLE is a self-governing university support group of more than 700 retired and semiretired individuals dedicated to the pursuit of lifelong learning.
   
Media Contacts:

CLE at 657-278-2446

 

 

 

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