Third Annual What Gives Your Life Meaning? April 2017-- Workshops & Events

SPECIAL EVENT: Exploring Palliative Care with Dr. Brian de VriesDr. de Vries will speak on LGBT & Later Life: Health Disparities, End of Life Care, Stigma, Discrimination and ResilienceOpen to all CSUSM Faculty, Staff, Administrators, Retirees, Students and the Community

Date: Thursday, April 13 | Time: 12-12:50 p.m. | Location: ACD 102 | Cost: FREE

In Partnership with the CSUSM LGBTQA Pride Center | Questions: Contact Lisa llipsey@csusm.edu

About the Speaker: Brian de Vries, Ph.D., is Professor of Gerontology at San Francisco State University with adjunct appointments at Simon Fraser University (in Vancouver, BC) as well as the University of Alberta (in Edmonton). He received his doctorate in life-span developmental psychology from the University of British Columbia in 1988. He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Dr. de Vries served on the Institute of Medicine’s Board on the Health of Select Populations Committee producing the recently released book: The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding. Dr. de Vries is former editor of Sexuality Research and Social Policy (2007-2011) and a former associate editor of The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (2000-2006).

Students: Check with your professor about earning extra credit. Don’t forget to sign-in at the event!

U-Hour Workshop: Think, Talk, Document, Share: Advance Directives for Students

Are you kind to yourself? Are you true to yourself? Do you plan for yourself? ... What are you waiting for? Open to all CSUSM Students and Campus Community

Dr. Sharon Hamill, Faculty Director for the Institute for Palliative Care as CSUSM, and CSUSM Psychological Sciences Graduate Student Madeline Rayón, will demonstrate the importance of identifying what is important to students and providing this information in an Advance Directive. Empower yourself and take charge of your life!

Students: Check with your professor about earning extra credit. Don’t forget to sign-in at the event!

RESOURCE FAIR & COMMUNITY CHALK ART PROJECT: #WGYLM U-Hour FairOpen to all CSUSM Faculty, Staff, Administrators, Retirees, Students and the Community

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Location: USU Plaza/Grass Presenter: CSU Institute for Palliative Care at CSUSM and Community Agencies | Cost: FREE | Questions: Contact Lisa llipsey@csusm.edu

SPECIAL EVENT: Exploring Palliative Care with Local Author Rhonda Hayes CurtisOpen to all CSUSM Faculty, Staff, Administrators, Retirees, Students and the Community

5:30 Swag Grab | 6:00 Author Talk & Q&A | 7:30 Book Signing and Dessert Reception. Bring a brown-bag dinner if you like and plan to stay for dessert and coffee after Rhonda’s talk.

About the Speaker: Rhonda promised to give her 35-year-old dying daughter, Sherry, anything she wanted. When Sherry requested that her mother sign up for a dating site, Rhonda was panic-struck. What would people think? Only nine months earlier, Rhonda’s devoted husband, Greg, had died from cancer. Keeping her promise, Rhonda acquiesced to Sherry’s wish. Together they completed a dating profile; moments before hitting SUBMIT, Rhonda added these words: My daughter has terminal cancer and she is my life right now. Why would I be on a dating site? She is encouraging me to move on with my life and what a treat it would be if you had the opportunity to meet her. She is an angel. Weeks later, Rhonda was immersed in two worlds: the exhilaration of falling in love and the despair of watching her daughter die. Love at the Last Minute is a memoir about finding courage, acceptance, and love.

Students: Check with your professor about earning extra credit. Don’t forget to sign-in at the event!