The Generations Band, the SF State-created all-star jazz group, keeps on moving this summer with gigs from coast to coast. The group plays the Stanford Jazz Festival on Aug. 3, following a recent two-night bill in New York.

Erin Persley is already packing her bags for Africa. The graduate student in Cinema will travel to Kenya and Uganda in August to screen a film she made in an SF State class, as part of the U.S. Department of State’s American Documentary Showcase.

As an award-winning filmmaker, author, teacher and feminist, Britta Sjogren found a need to explore why she adores 1940s films that are full of sexism and stereotypes. The Cinema associate professor’s research has resulted in a book and new film series, both titled “Into the Vortex: Female Voice in Film.”

Kudos to Diana Rumjahn, an employee in Creative Arts Technical Services. She won the Best Short Story for Children Award at the Marin County Fair.

Alumna Shaynee Rainbolt celebrates the four-trombone band swing of composer and arranger Russell Garcia on her latest album. With a voice “sweet as jasmine and honeysuckle, bold as brass and yet as seductive as a candlelit boudoir,” as Jazz Times has written, Rainbolt takes the 1950s–1960s style to Yoshi’s in Oakland on July 22.

Must be undergraduate or graduate, enrolled students at SF State. This is an elective and may not fulfill a degree requirement. Each student must work weekly with his/her mentor, and meet with the Dean twice per semester for analysis and review. Additionally, the entire team will gather for a monthly lunch/class meeting (we’ll supply food and drink!).

1-3 class credit(s) available, depending upon your availability

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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival takes viewers back to a bygone era of visual storytelling. The festival's executive director, Stacey Wisnia, is an SF State alumna.

The InterHarmony International Music Festival, held in the Creative Arts Building this month, was a big hit. Examiner.com blogger Stephen Smoliar reviewed four of the festival’s events.

A recently created video features some of SF State’s most notable alumni discuss the role that their higher education has played in their career success. “Alumni Reflect” features College of Creative Arts grads Jeffrey Tambor, Peter Casey, John Handy, Ken Bastida, Malou Nubla and Wesla Whitfield.

The Design for All Institute of India devoted two issues of its newsletter to universal design projects at SF State, from student competitions and curriculum to accessible landscapes and wind chimes.

A class in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department is on a mission in India this summer to bring more smiles to children’s faces. The Media and Community Service course, led by Professor Betsy Blosser, has traveled to India to produce a video for the Smile Foundation, which promotes education as the primary means of affecting social change.