The College of the Arts’ Department of Music at California State University, Stanislaus presents the following performances during the month of December:

Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. – Student Chamber Music

Thursday, December 3, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. – Jazz Combos

Friday, December 4, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. – Wind Ensemble

Sunday, December 6, 2009, at 2 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – Carolfest

Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. – Jazz Ensemble

Thursday, December 10, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. – Compositition Studio Recital
A group of 24 California State University, Stanislaus students, many of them having overcome challenges and obstacles in their lives to excel academically, have been honored as Mary Stuart Rogers Scholars.

Recipients of the 2009-10 scholarship awards were congratulated by John and June Rogers of the Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation at an October 30 reception and dinner program on the CSU Stanislaus campus. This year’s group includes nine graduate and 15 undergraduate students who have demonstrated academic talent and skills that place them at the top of their classes.

The California State University, Stanislaus campus will go into its Warriors spirit mode for Homecoming Week, November 16-20, with a schedule of “Around the World in 5 Days” theme activities for students and alumni capped by a Friday evening basketball game.
  
Alumni are encouraged to join a student rally from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Warrior Arena that includes introduction of the CSU Stanislaus athletics teams, contestant competition in the Mr. and Mrs. Warrior pageant, food, and a variety of other entertainment.
An information session on the second cohort of the Master of Science in Nursing Degree program that starts in Fall 2010 will be held on Tuesday, November 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 119 of Demergasso-Bava Hall on the California State University, Stanislaus campus.
 
The drop-in session is free and open to all prospective applicants to the degree program that features concentrations in Nursing Education and Gerontology.
The new California State University, Stanislaus Warrior Stadium facility and the hospitality features of the Turlock community were a big hit with participants in the November 5-7 California Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championship tournaments.
 
That added up to an economic plus for a number of Turlock businesses during the three-day, eight-team tournament and bodes well for how future events at the 2,300-seat stadium will attract dollars to the community.
Derek McGinnis, a Social Work graduate student who wrote a book about his experiences with the pains of war in Iraq, will be a participant at the “Support Our Troops” information table program at California State University, Stanislaus on Tuesday, November 10. The “Thank a Veteran” booth will include a banner for people to sign and will be set up in the University’s Quad in front of the Vasche Library Building from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.