Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, P.O.BOX 34080, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92634-9480


Anthropology 2000:
Bringing Anthropology to the Community


As many of you know, the Anthropology Department received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to renovate space on the fourth floor of McCarthy Hall. Renovation began in August 1996, and in Fall 1997, a new Anthropology Research/Teaching Facility will occupy 10,000 sqare feet in the area facing and adjoining the central elevator on the fourth floor. The area will include new labs for archaeology, biological anthropology, and visual anthropology; a computer lab (that will serve as a Center for Ethnographic Cultural Analysis, provide training in GIS, and in general meet the computer needs of all the subdisciplines); and a museum with flexible walls that will be able to mount as many as four exhibits, or serve as a large conference space. The new facility will house faculty offices and a conference room, and will also have a few flexible-use research/storage areas that students with special projects can apply to use. The Building Committee has been working with the architects Bauer and Wiley to create an innovative, aesthetically pleasing environment that all students--past, present, and future--will be proud to be associated with. Once of the distinctive features of the design is that it reflects commitment to the four-field approach in Anthropology.

The total cost of creating this renovated and reconstituted research/teaching facility is $2 million. President Milton A. Gordon provided $447,000 as the university's match, which enabled us to qualify for the $1 million from NSF. This summer, the Department launched a campaign to raise additional money that will enable us to complete what will be one of the strongest centers for teaching Anthropology at the B.A. and M.A. levels in the nation.

The campaign will be the focus of the faculty/student colloquia scheduled for this year. The campaign is exciting and significant primarily because it will enable all members of the anthropological community associated with CSUF--present students, alumni, interested members of the community--to share in and comtribute to a vision of an Anthropology that is responsive to the needs of the community.

The Anthropology Campaign Council is being chaired by Mr. Norm Rosen, former graduate student and well-known conservationist and primatologist, who brings a wealth of experience in business and fund-raising to the compaign, and who started off the campaign with a generous contribution of $25,000. Dr. Jacob Pandian will serve as Coordinator of the Council. The Chair and Coordinator are working with an extraordinarily motivated and innovative group of alumni who are chairing committees with specific foci, who will develop their goals and explore specific avenues for raising money. You are invited to join one or more committees and help us in this compaign.



CommitteeChairFaculty Contact
Alumni AffairsNorma AppleyDr. Jacob Pandian
(773-3294)
Community RelationsKarla ValdesDr. Pandian
Environmental ArchaeologyCameron WalkerDr. Lori Sheeran
(773-2765)
Humanistic AnthropologyVirginia BerensenDr. Pandian
Landscape (GIS) ArchaeologyThomas TaylorDr. Yun Lee
(773-3807)
MuseologyArmand LabbeDr. Susan Parman
(773-2844)
Organizational AnthropologyMikel GarciaDr. Pandian
PrimatologyNorm RosenDr. Sheeran
Public ArchaeologyLeslie MouriquandMrs. Connie Comeron
(773-3977)
Visual AnthropologyJacqueline BryantDr. Joseph Nevadomsky
(449-5335)


The Anthropology Colloquia for 1996-1997 will spotlight the activities of these committees. What, for example, are the goals of Primatology or Public Archaeology in academic/community partnerships? What does Anthropology have to offer to how you and your family function in the community? You, the students, will have the opportunity to see the applications of your field, and to ask questions and contribute ideas about academic/community relationships. I think you will be very excited by these colloquia. They have always played an important role in fostering a sense of our own departmental community, and they will play an even more critical role in 1996-1997 as we plan for the uses of the new facility to be opened in Fall 1997.


When: Sep 6, Sep 20, Oct 4, Oct 18, Nov 1, and Dec 6
Where: Humanities 110
Time: 6:00pm (all dates are Fridays)




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