CSUCI announces events for this month

California State University Channel Islands has scheduled events for December. These and additional events are listed on the calendar at www.csuci.edu.

CSUSI is at One University Drive, Camarillo. Limited parking is available on campus for a $6 daily permit. Free parking is available at the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot with shuttle service to and from the campus until 10 p.m. Riders should board the CSUCI Vista bus.

•Students of the art program are presenting the fourth annual Student Art Sale Extravaganza through tomorrow, Sat., Dec. 8. Sale hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Fri., Dec. 7, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow. The sale is in the Topanga Hall art complex, building No. 71.

Fifty percent of the money raised will benefit local and international nonprofit organizations. The remainder goes to the artist. Art buyers have the choice of which program they wish to contribute to, including the Ventura County Arts Council, the United Nations World Food Programme and the CSUCI Art Program exhibition fund.

For more information, call Jack Reilly, art department chair, at (805) 437-8863, e-mail art@csuci.edu or visit www.art.csuci.edu/gallery.

•The CSUCI Psychology Program is hosting a fall 2007 Psychology Program Poster Presentation from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today, Fri., Dec. 7, in Bell Tower Room 1302. It is open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

The event highlights students' studies in the twosemester research methods courses and students' original work presented at regional and national conferences.

For information, call Jerilee Petralba, faculty support coordinator, at (805) 4378835 or email jerilee.petralba@csuci.edu.

•The biology program presents "Understanding the Channel Islands: an Interdisciplinary Approach," a symposium set for 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. today, Fri., Dec. 7 in the Aliso Hall Auditorium.

The symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is available at www.biology .csuci.edu/islandviews.

The symposium will feature Robert J. Lagomarsino, former U.S. congressman; CSUCI President Richard R. Rush; Kate Faulkner, chief of resource management at Channel Islands National Park; Chris Mobley, superintendent of Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary; Tim Coonan, Channel Islands National Park terrestrial biologist; and CSUCI faculty members Scott Frisch, Dan Wakelee, Colleen Delaney-Rivera, Steven Norris, Sean Anderson, ChingHua Wang and Don Rodriguez.

The symposium will educate the public about the issues related to the Channel Islands. It will explore the biological, ecological, conservational, anthropological and political aspects of the islands.

•The biology program will host a trip to the Channel Islands tomorrow, Sat., Dec. 8. The trip is free, and space is limited to the first 100 registrants. Transportation via boat will be provided by Island Packers. To register for the trip, visit www. biology.csuci.edu/islandviews.

For more information about the symposium or the trip, call Catherine Hutchinson, instructional support tech for biology and natural sciences, at (805) 437-8403.