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December 22, 2003 :: No. 124

Explore Middle East Road Map, Cultural Respect and Medical Advances in Lecture Offerings

What: Cal State Fullerton’s Continuing Learning Experience presents three free lecture series: “Middle East Road Map,” “Fostering Cultural Respect” and “Advances in Medicine.”
   
Where: Mackey Auditorium in the Ruby Gerontology Center
   
Schedule:

Advances in Medicine
Alternate Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 22-April 8
Presenters will include physicians from UCI Medical Center
Jan. 22 — “Travel Medicine” with Simin Torabzadeh, assistant clinical professor, department of medicine, UCI
Feb. 5 — “Fecal Incontinence, What’s New?” with Phuong T.V. Nguyen, assistant clinical professor, department of medicine, UCI
Feb. 19 — “Avoiding Medication Misadventures” with Bradley R. Williams, associate professor, clinical pharmacy and clinical gerontology, School of Pharmacy, UCI
March 4 — “Skin Cancer: What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself and Your Family” with Kenneth Linden, assistant professor, dermatology program, UCI
March 18 — “Memory: From Normal Aging to Dementia” with Mina Oak, clinical neuropsychologist, program in pediatrics, UCI
April 8 — “Hospice Care: What Is Hospice? What Are its Benefits?” with Solomon Liao, assistant clinical professor, program in geriatrics, UCI

Fostering Cultural Respect
Alternate Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 27-April 13
Jan. 27 — “Moving Beyond Tolerance to Culture Respect: Inside of and Beyond Christianity” with Bob Mooney, pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church, Yorba Linda
Feb. 10 — “Impact of Cultural Diversity on School District Administration, Teachers and Students” with Jan Billings, retired superintendent, Anaheim Union High School District
Feb. 24 — “Fullerton Ministerial Alliance and How It Works Toward Fostering Cultural Respect Within the Religious Community” with Rabbi Kenneth Milhander, Temple Beth Tikvah, Fullerton
March 9 — “When Girls Were Girls and Men Were Men” with Paul J. Levesque, assistant professor of comparative religion, CSUF
March 23 — “Sensitivity for Cultural Diversity Through Religion” with Nya Kwiawon Taryor, director for Christian education and youth coordinator, Christ Church by the Sea, Newport Beach
April 13 — “Why Is Multiculturalism Controversial?” with Scott Tang, assistant professor of American studies, CSUF

Middle East Road Map: to Peace or Disaster?
Alternate Thursdays, 1:15-3:15 p.m. Jan. 29-April 15
Presented by members of the CSUF faculty
Jan. 29 — “The Israeli-Palestinian Road Map Proposal” with George Giacumakis, professor of history and El Toro Campus director
Feb. 12 — “Immigration and Nationhood” with Giracumakis
Feb. 26 — “War and Borders” with Giacumakis
March 11 — “Jerusalem: One Capital for Two States?” with Giacumakis
March 25 — “Religion: Source of Middle East Peace or War?” with Benjamin J. Hubbard, chair and professor of comparative religion
April 15 — “A View From the Ground” with Stephen D. Simon, lecturer in philosophy

   
Cost: The lectures are open to the public free of charge.
   
Background: CLE is a self-governing university support group of approximately 700 retired and semiretired individuals dedicated to the pursuit of lifelong learning.
   
Media Contacts: CLE at 657-278-2446
Gail Matsunaga, Public Affairs, 657-278-4851