2007-08 General Catalog

              16 2007-2008 California State University, Fresno General Catalog
The University Lecture Series
The University Lecture Series (ULS) brings
distinguished scholars, performers, and
public figures to California State Univer-sity,
Fresno. ULS programs stimulate and
enhance the intellectual climate of the
university and surrounding communities.
Featured speakers have included marine
researcher and president of the Ocean Fu-tures
Society, Jean-Michel Cousteau; former
correspondent for Comedy Central’s The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Mo Rocca;
MTV Award Winning director Sergio Arau
and acclaimed actress Yareli Arizmendi;
writer and author Joyce Carol Oates; and
California State University Fresno alumnus,
Professor Edward Diener.
A program of the Office of the Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs,
the University Lecture Series receives ad-ditional
funding from Coke and James
Hallowell, the University Student Union,
Associated Students, Inc., and the Pic-cadilly
Inn Hotels. For more information,
call the University Lecture Series Office
at 559.278.2431 or visit www.csufresno.
edu/universitylecture/. ❖
Jean-Michel Cousteau
has spent his life exploring the world’s
oceans aboard the research vessels Calypso
and Alcyone and communicating to people
of all nations his love and concern for the
world’s oceans. He is president of Oceans
Futures Society, a non-profit organization
dedicated to exploration, research, and
communication of issues affecting the
world’s oceans.
University Lecture Series
Mo Rocca
is a current contributor to NBC’s Today show
and host of Bravo’s Things I Hate About You.
Rocca is also regularly seen on VH1’s Best
Week Ever pop culture roundup and on the
series I Love the ’70s, I Love the ’80s, and I
Love the ’90s. Also he is the former president
and writer of Harvard University’s Hasty
Pudding Theatricals.
Joyce Carol Oates
is an incredibly versatile, serious writer
and the award-winning author of a
number of distinguished books in several
genres. In addition to numerous novels
and short story collections, Ms. Oates
has also published novels for young
adults.
Edward Diener
was described by Time magazine in
January 2005 as “a.k.a. Dr. Happiness.”
He is one of the few psychological
researchers who have “ventured out of
the dark realm of mental illness into
the sunny land of the mentally hale and
hearty.” Professor Diener is a California
State University, Fresno alumnus and
was awarded the Distinguished Alumni
Award. Professor Diener is the editor
of the Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology (1998-2003) and is also editor
of Journal of Happiness Studies.
Sergio Arau
and Yareli Arizmendi
are the husband and wife duo and co-creators
of A Day Without A Mexican,
a politically charged film considered
a masterpiece of wit, irreverence, and
social commentary. Celebrated artist and
cartoonist Arau and acclaimed actress
Arizmendi are committed to using their
art to affect social change.