By Toria Bodden

On Nov. 9, CSUSM will hold ‘Honoring Our Veterans.’ The event will feature a talk, as part of the Arts and Lectures series, by the a Navy psychiatrist about stress, as well as Operation Art, co-sponsored by Arts and Lectures, the USUAB Clarke Activities Team, and CSUSM Veterans Center. The lecture will be held in the Clarke Field House, Room 113, at 7 p.m., with a welcome reception and art viewing starting at 6 p.m.

The lecture, entitled “Stress: The Ancient History of a Modern Problem,” will be given by Captain Paul Hammer. He is the director of the Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control. Prior to his current assignment, he was the head psychiatrist for the First Marine Expeditionary Force, overseeing mental health care for 23,000 sailors and Marines in Iraq. He has experience dealing with high stress situations, including the aftermaths of the 1997 Korean Airlines Flight 801 crash and 1998 Hurricane Mitch disaster. He was also present for the battle of Fallujah in 2004. The lecture will not only address the psychological issues faced by men and women in uniform, but also the pervasiveness of occupational stress in our current society.

The lecture will be combined with the opening of the second annual Operation Art, a student art exhibit from the CSUSM Art Association that will open before the lecture, features paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, and memorabilia that focuses on honoring veterans. Students are still welcome to submit any work before November 9 that falls into this category. The art exhibit will stay up after the lecture.

For more information about the lecture and art exhibit, contact Marilyn Huerta, the Arts and Lectures coordinator, at [email protected] or 760.750.8889.