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���ϰٿ� students will find it easier to complete a minor in thanks to a new program beginning next year. Open to students from all majors, the minor requires five computer science classes.

General Stan McChrystal addressed more than 700 people at ���ϰٿ�’s 12th annual President’s Breakfast in the Fess Parker Grand Ballroom on March 3. Later that morning, he fielded questions from four ���ϰٿ� students during convocation on campus, speaking to about a thousand people. At both events, he discussed challenges presented by the rapid pace of technology, globalization and our increasingly complex society.

John Blondell, ���ϰٿ� professor of theater arts, directs a Lit Moon Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” presenting the king’s Machiavellian rise to power and short reign, on March 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. in ���ϰٿ�’s Porter Hall Black-Box Theatre.

The ���ϰٿ� Festival Theatre offers “Blood Wedding,” a tragedy written by Federico García Lorca, one of Spain’s most revered and controversial dramatists, Feb. 24-25 and March 2-4, at 7:30 p.m. in ���ϰٿ�’s Porter Theatre. General admission is $12; $7 for students, children and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at .

Eight high schools from the greater Southern California area will compete in the 29^th annual High School Mathematics Contest at ���ϰٿ� on Saturday, Feb 4, from 1-6:30p.m. in ���ϰٿ�’s Winter Hall. The contest begins at 1p.m. with the Chalk Talk Derby, a five question written exam and the annual College Bowl competition complete with buzzers, modeled after the 1960’s TV show, College Bowl.

The spring 2017 ���ϰٿ� Faculty Recital features works by women composers Friday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in ���ϰٿ�’s Dean Chapel on lower campus. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the ���ϰٿ� Music Department at (805) 565-6040.

���ϰٿ� ushers in the Christmas season with the15th annual Pickle Tree Lighting at Kerrwood Lawn on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. Following holiday music and the Pickle Address, a mystery tree lighter will throw down the massive switch that lights the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree. The event is free and open to the public.

���ϰٿ� presents its 12th annual Christmas Festival, retelling the Christmas story by weaving narration with music from the ���ϰٿ� Orchestra, College Choir and Choral Union, Dec. 2-3 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave.

Santa Barbara celebrates the remarkable life and work of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death by hosting a series of performances, including three plays, by an international coalition of theaters and arts organizations Nov. 17-20.

���ϰٿ� student musicians and composers show off their talents at six free concerts this month. For more information, please contact theat (805) 565-6040.

, born without arms and legs, speaks in chapel on Friday, Oct. 28, at 10:30 a.m. in ���ϰٿ�’s Murchison Gym. The 45-minute chapel service is free and open to the public; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.