News & Events
Admissions Day! April, 2013
French Departmental Assistants: Professor Chang and her student Anna McCree and Kaitlyn Webster
Student Workshop
Interested in a career in Nonprofit Public Relations and/or Communications?
WHO: The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the number of ethnic minorities in the fields of advertising, marketing and public relations.
WHAT: TLF is partnering with the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) to host a free career development workshop discussing careers in nonprofit communications and public relations
WHERE: MAOF
401 N. Garfield Ave.
Montebello, CA 90640
WHEN: Friday, April 19th 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
RSVP by sending your resume to tlfinfo@lagrant.com or call 323.469.8680 ext. 240
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LAGRANTFoundation Follow us on Twitter: @LAGRANTFoundatn
About the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF)
The mission of the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) is to provide for the socio-economic betterment of the greater Latino community of California, while preserving the pride, values and heritage of the Mexican American culture. This is accomplished through programs in early childhood education and family services, job training, and senior lifestyle development throughout the multi-cultural communities served by MAOF. MAOF is joined in this mission by government agencies, public and private foundations, and Corporate America. For more information, visit http://www.maof.org.
KCLU presents Rick Steves, February 22, 2013.
Rick Steves with Lisa Loberg, Director of Study Abroad and Sr. Lecturer of French, and some CLU students.
Chinese New Year Celebration! February, 2013.
Dean Joan Griffin with Professor Debby Chang and her daughter at the Soiland Recreation Center
Girls performing the Chinese ribbon dance at the Soiland Recreation Center
Professor Debby Chang and her students celebrating the Chinese New Year at the restaurant Mandarin Buffet
Professors Debby Chang, Ryan Medders and Lisa Loberg with students and guests at the restaurant Mandarin Buffet.
Speaker Immaculée Ilibagiza, January 25th, 2013.
Dr. Sheridan Wigginton and Immaculée Ilibagiza
Dr. Eva Ramirez and Immaculée Ilibagiza
Dr. Rafaela Fiore Urízar and Immaculée Ilibagiza
French Film Festival - Fall 2012
French Club Officers
Line outside Preus Brandt Forum for the French Film Festival
Macaron tree provided by Chocolatine. Mme. Sabrina Barthe serving hot chocolate.
Las Posadas - December 2, 2012.
Jack, the donkey, posing with members of the community.
Justina Posadas as Mary and Marco Camargo as Joseph.
CLU community holding candles and singing songs ready to start the re enactment of the biblical pilgrimage.
Author's Visit: Christopher Dennis, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Professor Dennis explored the impact that globalization and the spread of u.S. popular culture -specifically hip-hop and rap- are having on the social identities of younger generations of black Colombians.
Professor Dennis with CLU students and faculty after his talk about Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop.
Chinese Moon Festival Concert
Professors Debby Chang and Sheridan Wigginton with Soprano MingMing Jiang
Honors Banquet
Professors Eva Ramirez, Lisa Loberg, Sheridan Wigginton and Rafaela Fiore Urizar with students Mira Brown and Andrew Giuffrida and his parents.
Students Mira Brown and Logan Paris at the end of the ceremony.
Professors Eva Ramirez and Sheridan Wigginton with graduating student Andrew Giuffrida and his family.
Alpha Mu Gamma Ceremony
Admitted Student Day
French
The Zeta Chi Phi Delta Phi initiation held on April 23, 2012 on the California Lutheran University in the Scandinavian house.
French professor Lisa Loberg, Spanish professor Sheridan Wigginton, and Communications professor Russell Stockard at the Zeta Chi Phi Delta Phi initiation.
Clarice Hammett, Zeta Chi Phi Delta Phi member, and French instructor with her crêpe during the festivity.
1. Group photo at the Feb 08 pizza/ice cream social with French rap music.
2. Laura De Corte at the March 14 "Cocoa with Coco" event, with fondu (both cheese and chocolate), before the screening of "Coco before Chanel."
3. (Also at the "Cocoa with Coco" event) 3 "authentic" French students taking classes this semester at CLU: Crystalle, Léa and Guillaume.
On Saturday, April 14 at 7:00pm and Sunday, April 15 at 3:30pm the Getty Center will host "Sounds of L.A.: Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer (The Little Coal Minors from Hell), an a cappella ensemble presenting Québécois Celtic music. (In the Harold M. Williams Auditorium)
The Pi Delta Phi (French National Honor Society) initiation will be held on Monday, April 23, 2012 in the Scandinavian House from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, during the week of the CLU Festival of Scholars.
Feature films screening in the Ventura County area and elsewhere :
Hugo in 3D: “Abandoned by his uncle to live – literally – inside a gigantic clock beneath an ominously large pendulum in a French railroad station, Hugo steals in order to survive, which brings him into conflict with one of the station’s stallholders, bad-tempered toymaker Georges (Méliès), though Hugo manages to make friends with Georges’ orphaned niece. (N.B. Georges Méliès was a famous French cinema pioneer, who invented by accident the first cinematic special effects and who in reality did actually sell toys and candy in the Montparnasse railroad station.
The Artist: This silent film in black and white starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo is a tribute to the history of cinema and art.
The Belgian singer, Johnny Hallyday, will perform at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on April 24, 2012. For information phone 800-745-3000
On Saturday, May 05 at 7:00pm the Getty Center will screen the Roger Vadim 1956 film Et Dieu créa la femme, starring Brigitte Bardot. (In the Harold M. Williams Auditorium)
National French Week: November 8-14 (2011-2012)
National Pi Delta Phi Day: the first day of National French Week (November 8 (2011-2012)
National Foreign Language Week (NFLW): March 5-11 (2012) Current News and Events in the francophone world.
Useful francophone sites for current news, events, etc.:
Félicitations! California Lutheran University now has 24 hour access 7 days a week to TV5, the francophone television station. (Set the CLU remote on channel 16 and amusez-vous!) View the online program guide at http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/programmes/p-74-s5-z305-lg-Editorial.htm
The CLU French Club is already meeting to plan activities for this semester. Please contact the President, John Saucedo jsaucedo@callutheran.edu for the most current information, or to input your suggestions for possible events.
French Culture News http://www.france24.com/en/culture
Bonjour LA http://www.bonjourla.com/
French Cultural Events http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?rubrique4
Le Consulat Général de France http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article1082
TV5 (dictionary, news, videos, quizzes, weather, music, sports, plays, feature films, science, programs from francophone Canada, Africa, etc.) http://www.tv5.org/
About.com: French Language (punctuation, accents, symbols, texting, abbreviations, vocabulary, spelling, writing informal French, common mistakes and difficulties, grammar, etc.) http://french.about.com/
French blog (contains embedded videos, songs with lyrics, teaches vocabulary, etc.) http://www.transparent.com/french/
Useful free francophone apps for the iPod touch/iPhone:
Francofolies
Le Loup 98.9 and Le Loup 104.1
Sounds (French phonemes)
WordRef (translator)
Ascendo Dictionary and Phrasebook (French to English, English to French)
iTranslate
Paris (metro/RER map)
Paris (gardens, museums, churches, etc.)
City Walks
TVMonde
7 Jours sur la planète
Useful free francophone apps for the iPad:
TV5Monde
France 24 (International news)
Littré (dictionary in French)
Le Monde.fr (newspaper in French)
Radio française
L’Express (magazine highlights)
Le Point (magazine highlights)
Expressions françaises
Calculez votre QI
Paris (gardens, museums, churches, etc.) [also on iPod Touch and iPhone]
750 Grammes (recipes in French)
Chinese
February 2nd: Chinese New Year at the Soiland Recreational Center. We celebrated the year of the Dragon with traditional costumes, food, dance and music!
Spanish
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 21 & 22, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Two day Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. Tickets are free by reserving online: www.lacma.org/series/contested-visions-latin-america-through-film will show you a calendar and various film titles to chose from Latin America. This series runs in conjunction with the art exhibit “Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World which is at the LACMA through Jan. 29.
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 4-6pm Lundring Center. The Study Abroad Center invites the campus community to a reception to welcome the Fall 2011 study abroad students back to CLU. Go and mingle, enjoy some food, and hear their stories. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the Study Abroad program on campus.
Sunday, March 11, 2pm Samuelson Chapel. In a concert of Latin-inspired favorites, soprano Heidi Valencia Vas will explore traditional soprano repertoire and delve into mezzo-soprano and non-classical works.
Tuesday, April 17, 7pm Lundring Center. Speaking in Tounges examines America’s resolute commitment to remaining an “English-only” nation by showcasing an America in which communication barriers are being addressed. Reel Justice film series presents this film.
Sunday, April 22, 10am Museum of Tolerance. CLU Undergraduate field trip found on the Undergraduate Student Events calendar. If you care to go with CLU there will be a group going to the museumtogether. Otherwise, you are able to visit at any other convenient time. You can check their website www.museumoftolerance.com for their scheudule. A bilingual special exhibit entitled Para todos los ninos/For All the Children documents fighting segregation of Latino families in Southern California and closing
“Mexican schools.”
LACMA, visit by May 1. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (www.lacma.org ) contains art from Ancient America as well as contemporary Latin American Art in the Art of the Americas building, Fourth floor. Take a visit and write about your favorite work of art.
