Beginning Monday, April 28

Cost - Free Email - ai@sfsu.edu This course offers a focused exploration of prompting and iteration strategies for generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot. Through collaborative, hands-on activities and interactive exercises, participants will learn to write clear, effective prompts, apply refinement techniques such as prompt chaining, and assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy and relevance to achieve more reliable and useful results in a variety of academic and non-academic contexts. This course is required to receive a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program (https://ai.sfsu.edu/start-your-ai-journey).

Cost - Free admission, reservations required, limited seating. Email - mzs@sfsu.edu Phone - (914) 674-4146 Musical Theatre Workshop 2025 is an investigation of acting through song. Students in the class choose their own material to work on throughout the semester. Their parameters for choosing material: the song must offer a substantive acting challenge. A range of singing actors take this class, from very experienced musicians to actors who may be singing for the first time. In all our work, the focus is on the story being told and how we work musically to best tell that story. This will be a final showing of our work this semester. Our pieces are ambitious, and we are excited to share them with you.

Email - jlogan@sfsu.edu Phone - (510) 409-1240 A former Rhodes Scholar, Jaz Brisack started the union organizing campaign at Starbucks in December 2025. They will discuss their new book, Get on the Job and Organize: Standing up for a better workplace and a better world (Simon & Schuster).

Cost - Free Email - ai@sfsu.edu This course offers an exploration of visual generative AI (GenAI) tools for image and design generation. Participants will gain a primer on visual GenAI tools, considerations for using GenAI, and some best practices for creating effective and accessible designs. Through hands-on activities, participants will develop skills in crafting descriptive prompts and selecting appropriate visual styles to generate unique images using Adobe Firefly. Additionally, they will learn how to generate visual elements to be incorporated into designs using Adobe Express. This course is required to receive a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program (https://ai.sfsu.edu/start-your-ai-journey).

Email - ectejada@sfsu.edu The College of Ethnic Studies, Latina/o Studies Department, in collaboration with the J. Paul Leonard Library, present: A Book Talk introducing AFRO-Feminista: Raza y Mujer en Puerto Rico by Dr. Brbara I. Abada-Rexach, Associate Professor, LTNS Department. This book chronicles the lived experiences of visibly black women in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican scholars Dr. Tala Guzmn-Gonzlez and Dr. Eileene Tejada will join Dr. Abada-Rexach to discuss the themes and issues in this important book. Join us for this salient Spanish and English conversation in the J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 286, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 4 to 6 p.m.