This plaque permanently honors our contribution.
 

Even though the evening of July 24, 2006 was very sultry, we had a good turnout of Emeriti members for the unveiling.  In this picture we can see Ruth Nycum, Jim Young, Dottie Young, Don Kaplan, and Clara Kaplan.
 

IN'DIRECTION, a sculpture in aluminum and blue neon is located near the entrance to Arts Drive.
 

College of the Arts Dean Jerry Samuelson chats with members of the Emeriti and others gathered for the "unveiling" as the sun sets slowly in the west.
 

The artists Jason and Derek described how they developed their idea for IN'DIRECTION, and about their future plans now that both have graduated.
 

As the sun sets the blue neon of IN'DIRECTION comes alive.
 

Looking west from the site as the sun dips below the horizon.
 

Now fully lit the three pieces of IN'DIRECTION invite visitors to the new Performing Arts Center.
 

The blue neon in the frames reflects creates a dynamic pattern of light on the screens that move in the wind.
 

Another view of the three segments of the sculpture.
 

We ended the evening with a toast!

Past President Jim Young provides impressions of the event:

Always Open To Learning

Only forty feet to the West, cars were moving swiftly in both directions in blurred silhouette against a brightening sky shimmering in the light of a setting sun splashing its rays along the edges of the darkening clouds.   Periodically, they stood  in stark relief when they were arrested by the signal light at the end of Arts Drive.  Overhead, a single helicopter light danced among the clouds.

In the quiet heat of the gathering dusk, twenty-five or so men and women gathered in the shadows of the visual arts center and overarching Eucalyptus trees to enjoy fellowship, to share in light refreshments, to quietly enjoy the silky evening and to celebrate the culmination of a project that will be a part of the heritage of California State University Fullerton.

In quiet conversation, the gathering composed of retired faculty of CSUF, friends of the University and the artists who hand conceived and created a new sculpture  to grace the grounds of the Performing Arts Center,  talked of the concept, the vision, the coming together of creative minds, the completion of the project. 

The new sculpture stood in the shadows, in the form of three independent structures.  Each framed the evening in the form of doors that moved in response to the prevailing breezes..  As the last rays of the sun were being curtained by the gathering dusk, each door began to glow with light.  Standing at one of the main entrances to the University, they will forever represent the portals to the continuing search for knowledge . . . ever moving with the changing times, but always in the light.

In their continuing belief in the University and the work to which they had dedicated their professional lives, the Emeriti of CSUF sponsored the finished project which was conceived and created by  Jason Chakravarty and Derek Parker , two graduates of the sculpture program of the Art department, whose shared dream and expertise will live in perpetuity.

                                                                           James D. "Jim"Young

                                                                                     July 31, 2006