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Memory champion Chester Santos will be featured at a special event in Ukiah, Calif., on Thursday, December 1, 2011.



 


UKIAH, Calif. – Mendocino College Health Awareness is hosting a free memory seminar with a well-known speaker this Thursday, Dec 1, in the Little Theatre at the Ukiah campus.


The event begins at 6:30 p.m.


Chester Santos is the 2008 United States National Memory Champion, and is one of the world’s foremost experts on memory training techniques, with appearances in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, USA Today, CNN and various other media around the world.


He holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s degree in software engineering from Golden Gate University.


Santos has spoken for groups of chief executive officers, Fortune 500 companies and prestigious universities including the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, the Haas Graduate School of Business in Berkeley and Harvard University.


He is working on a new book about memory improvement and brain fitness due out in 2012.


His iPhone application, “Steel Trap,” was featured by Apple and became an instant worldwide bestseller.


Santos' life and memory training are the subject of an upcoming feature‐length documentary that is being narrated by Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe winning actor, Paul Giamatti. This film is titled, “You Must Remember This.”


The Thursday event is free to everyone and will benefit all ages.


Mendocino College Women’s Basketball will provide concessions at intermission with snacks and drinks.


The memory presentation will be followed by a memory training seminar; helping boost creativity, utilize both sides of the brain, learn effective ways to memorize and cut down study time, and ultimately improve memory.


The seating is capped at 180; so it is encouraged to arrive before 6:30 p.m.


The Little Theatre is equipped with tablet arm chairs for writing down notes if need be; unless you can memorize it all.


Mendocino College Health Awareness is excited to bring this well-known speaker to the Ukiah campus this Thursday, Dec. 1.


The Little Theatre is located in the center of campus, south of McMillan Hall and to the left of the new Library construction.


Santos will take the stage at 6:30 p.m., so remember to arrive early.

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