On Campus at GCC

Author Lisa See will present “On Gold Mountain: Writing a Family

History” at Glendale Community College at 1 p.m. on Feb. 28 in Kreider

Hall as the second Annual Lang Lecture.

Admission is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow

the lecture.

See’s “On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My

Chinese-American Family” was a national bestseller and a New York Times

Notable Book of 1995. It traces the journey of See’s great-grandfather,

Fong See, who overcame obstacles at every step to become the 100-year-old

godfather of Los Angeles’ Chinatown and the patriarch of a sprawling

family.

The author was born in Paris but grew up in Los Angeles, spending much

of her time in Chinatown. It was while collecting the details of her

family history that she developed the idea for her first novel, “Flower

Net,” which was published in Oct. 1997.

The story of a murder investigation in today’s China was a national

bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 1997, on the Los Angeles

Times Best Books List for that year and was rated the top thriller of the

year by Amazon.com. It featured the characters of investigators Liu Hulan

and David Stark. They also appear in See’s next book “The Interior,”

published in 2000.

See worked as the Publishers Weekly West Coast correspondent for 13

years. As a freelance journalist, her articles have appeared in Vogue,

Self, The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The

Washington Post Book World and TV Guide.

In 2000, she created an exhibit on the Chinese-American experience for

the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. The exhibit moved to the Arts and

Industry Building at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. last

year.

See has appeared on CNN’s “News Night Update,” KCET -- “Take Five --

Writers in Residence” and “Life & Times” and PBS-TV -- “This is America”

along with many radio interviews.

The GCC Lang Lecture Series takes place annually and was established

in honor of Dr. Veloris Lang, retired dean of letters, arts and sciences.

FINAL WEEK FOR GCC STUDENT STUDY ABROAD EXHIBIT

“Due Ragazzi,” an exhibition of art created by two students, continues

through Friday in the GCC Art Gallery.

GCC students Chris Filian and Bart Flores traveled to Florence, Italy

last spring with the college’s Study Abroad Program and took art courses

from noted art historian and GCC art professor emeritus Leonard DeGrassi.

The exhibition features work consisting of drawings and paintings of

masterworks, portraits and plein-air pieces.

Filian is now a student at Art Center and Flores will be attending

UCLA in the fall.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Monday through

Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. For information call 240-1000,

ext. 5663.

COLLEGE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

Glendale College is closed today in observance of the Presidents’ Day

holiday. The spring semester begins Tuesday. Late registration will

continue through next week.

On Campus is written by the staff of Glendale Community College.