The College of the Arts and Department of Music at CSU Stanislaus are pleased to present the fifth annual Jazz Festival on Friday, February 5, 2010.

Each year the Jazz Festival at CSU Stanislaus provides a unique educational and musical experience for both students and directors. The Festival also fosters growth of the community of jazz educators, musicians, and students within the Central Valley and beyond. Participants will interact with special guest clinicians Dr. John Davis, University of Colorado, and Dr. Steve Roach, CSU Sacramento.
Two more information sessions for the California State University, Stanislaus Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership degree program’s third cohort in Stockton, scheduled to start in June 2010, are set for January 12 in Modesto and February 24 in Stockton.

Applications are now being accepted for the University’s first doctorate program that made its debut in September 2008. The priority deadline for applications is Monday, February 15, 2010.
In observance of the holiday season, California State University, Stanislaus will be closed for its annual winter break from noon on Thursday, December 24, 2009, through Friday, January 1, 2010.

The University, preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first classes held in 1960, will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2010.
The California State University, Stanislaus parking management program has earned a statewide citation of its own in recognition for providing service to other college campuses and using the funding for scholarships and other student programs.
Submissions of short fiction, poetry, art work, and photography are being accepted through Friday, February 26, 2010, for “Penumbra,” the annual California State University, Stanislaus art and literary magazine.
 
All interested writers, artists, photographers, and others are welcome to submit entries. Written work must include two copies of a cover letter with a list of submitted works, a brief biography, name, address, e-mail, and phone number, and a CD containing each submission as a separate file saved in rich text format (rtf).
Students who plan to participate in the California State University, Stanislaus Department of Nursing Fall 2010 Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree program have until Monday, February 1 to apply for admission to the University.
 
Registered nurses seeking a degree in the full-time, three-semester program must apply as no later than the application deadline for upper division transfer students, according to Nursing Department Chair Dr. Peggy Hodge.
Jim Bowen
Jim Bowen, who built the California State University, Stanislaus baseball program to greatness during a 25-year coaching career and
California State University, Stanislaus will honor the third graduating cohort of the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree program this Saturday, December 12 at a 5:30 p.m. reception in the Event Center of the University Student Union Building.
Monica Luangrath is wrapping up her Bachelor’s Degree this fall without the pressure of having to commute to a classroom. Single mother of three Lucia Munoz appreciates being able to balance a full-time job and college classes from home.