CLA Weekly Announcements Nov 7-13

News & Announcements:
Music Newsletter Now Available
The Music Department’s latest newsletter is available to read online. 

Campus Closed for Veteran’s Day
Campus will be closed Friday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veteran’s Day. See daily events in celebration of Veteran’s Awareness Week below.

CSU Student Research Competition Entrees Needed
Cal Poly will host the 31st Annual CSU Student Research Competition on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, 2017. The College of Liberal Arts must submit its
prioritized list of nominees by January for Cal Poly’s preliminary internal competition in February. Because the preliminary rounds are so close to the start of winter quarter, please encourage students to think about preparing entrees this quarter. Spring
2016 graduates are also eligible. Specific dates for submitting proposals to the CLA Dean's office will be announced soon.

Learn more about the nomination process. 

Events:
Veteran’s Awareness Week:

VET NET Ally Training
9-10 a.m., noon-1 p.m., 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8
Science Building (No. 52), Room E29

Staff and faculty members are invited to participate in a one-hour awareness seminar focused on the needs and concerns of military service members and student veterans studying at Cal Poly. Participants will receive a decal to display in their workplace to show that they are allies of Cal Poly’s student veterans.

Veteran’s Awareness Week: Free Veterans Lunch
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9
Veterans Success Center (Bldg. 52), Room E4

Veteran’s Awareness Week: Student Veteran Organization Booth
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10
University Union

‘The War Comes Home’ Documentary at Palm Theatre
7 – 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10
Palm Theatre, Downtown San Luis Obispo
 

Theatre and Dance Department Presents ‘COSI’
8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 10, 11 and 12
Spanos Theatre (Bldg. 44)
Lewis, a recent university graduate, is hired to direct a non-musical version of Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte” at a psychiatric institution. The play is set in 1971, and patients strive
to produce their show against the backdrop of Vietnam War protests. Learn
more.

NSF Workshop: Social Facets of Data Science
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 10-11

Kennedy Library, Room 111H
The workshop, supported by an award from the National Science Foundation's STS Program, will focus on the everyday work of data scientists and on ethical dilemmas facing the profession. The workshop approaches data science as an important and growing profession that sits at the intersection of the STEM fields and the liberal and creative arts. Participants include social scientists, humanists, artists, and members of the growing Cal Poly Science, Technology and Society community. Free and open to the public. Learn more.