On performance tours students have the additional benefit of meeting with musicians in other areas, participating in competitions, and, again, providing a positive experience for the local communities in which they perform. Don Henriques Additionally, the Music Department has numerous chamber music ensembles which perform on campus, and occasionally provide recitals in some of the local public schools, giving grade school and high school students exposure to music they many not have previously had an opportunity to hear. Also, live performance provides an additional dimension to that exposure. Student is involved with project at the North Coast Environmental Center. Open to all students.
Student provides service on a volunteer basis in agencies with community groups.
In these two courses the student and Women's Studies advisor determine a program of 40 hours per credit hour, either in a primarily learning capacity or in a service capacity in a local organization, either on or off campus. Internships in Women's Studies resources, In Y.E.S., Rape Crisis, and other organizations have led to community service in the same facilities, and community service can also be initiated alone in an area in which the student already has the necessary expertise to serve. Students prepare for a National Organization of Women post-conference in Sacramento for training in lobbying for women's issues. They then attend the post-conference, visit state representatives to lobby for the issues using the training procedures they learned, and visit with women representatives from other regions of California to learn about women's issues around the state. Finally, upon their return, after a wrap-up session on the Sacramento projects, they plan a new lobbying effort around a different issue to present to the class and to the professor, a final project intended to lead beyond the scope of the class as well.