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News Release: Special Education Teacher Preparation Program Wins National Award for Service-Learning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Terri Davis,
Department of Professional Studies
530-898-5398
Special Education Teacher Preparation Program Wins National Award for Service-Learning
The California State University, Chico, Special Education Teacher Preparation Program was selected to receive the 2009 State Farm® Award for Service-Learning Excellence in Teacher Education. Service-learning is a teaching method that engages students in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies.
“Service-learning helps students’ master important curricular content by making meaningful connections between what they study in the classroom and its many applications in the real world,” said State Farm Insurance Companies senior director of education leadership, Kathy Havens Payne. “Teaching teachers how to use service-learning as a strategy to reach their students brings learning to life and helps young people become ready for the real world, as engaged learners, active citizens and active members of our 21st century workforce.”
State Farm selected CSU, Chico for demonstrating significant support for service-learning and for providing its students with exemplary opportunities to learn and practice the skills necessary to implement service-learning in their own classrooms, said Payne.
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Book Discussion Group on 'Field Notes on Catastrophe' Begins Wednesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Greg Liggett,
Northern California Natural History Museum
530-898-4121
Book Discussion Group on ‘Field Notes on Catastrophe’ Begins Wednesday
In preparation for journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert’s talk at California State University, Chico, the Northern California Natural History Museum (NCNHM) joins the Rawlins Environmental Professorship, the On the Creek Lecture Series and Chico Performances in presenting a series of book discussions. This four-part series on Kolbert’s book, “Field Notes on Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change,” begins this Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
Kolbert will speak in Laxson Auditorium on Wednesday, March 11. Kolbert is a climate journalist who writes for The New Yorker. Her pieces on climate change were collected in her book. “She has taken a topic that many people think of as an impersonal collection of hurricanes, spreading deserts, and rising oceans—or perhaps as two lines crossing on a graph some decades from now—and given it a human face, and, as important, given it urgency,” said Denis Hayes, chair of the International Earth Day Network and president of the Bullitt Foundation, a funding organization whose mission is to “safeguard the natural environment by promoting responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Pacific Northwest.”
Dean Jim Houpis, College of Natural Sciences, and Jim Pushnik, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, will lead the first discussion on Wednesday. They will talk about “Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change.”
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Department of Justice Grant Funds Collaborative Effort To Reduce Sexual Assaults In Campus Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2009
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
Department of Justice Grant Funds Collaborative Effort To Reduce Sexual Assaults In Campus Communities
A consortium of California State University, Chico and Butte College has obtained a nearly half-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to collaborate with community partners to reduce and respond to the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking in our campus communities.
The Collaborative Response to Violence Project was funded by the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women Office. CSU, Chico political science professor Lori Beth Way was the primary author of the grant proposal and is project director. The $471,529 grant is for three years, with the possibility of continuation funding.
“One in five female college students is sexually assaulted, and most suffer in silence,” said Way. “This situation is intolerable. These women and all victims of these violent crimes need support, and we need education and a shared commitment to prevent these terrible crimes from continuing.”
The complete news release is available online.
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Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Applications Available
CSU, Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) applications are now available online.
The purpose of this program is to increase the number of promising doctoral students who are interested in applying and competing for future CSU instructional faculty positions. The program seeks to accomplish this goal by providing financial aid in the form of loans to doctoral students. If a participant is hired in a CSU instructional faculty position after completion of the doctoral degree, 20 percent of the loan will be forgiven for each year of full-time postdoctoral teaching employment in the CSU.
Those individuals who will be new or continuing full-time students in doctoral programs at accredited universities anywhere in the United States during the 2009/2010 academic year may apply. CDIP is designed as a recruitment incentive program open to all graduate students at accredited institutions who are not probationary or tenured faculty members in the CSU. Lecturers are eligible and encouraged to apply.
The campus deadline for the application package is March 2, 2009. Submit to the School of Graduate, International and Interdisciplinary Studies, SSC 440. For additional information and questions contact Dr. Sharon Barrios at 898-4984.
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2008 Staff Safety Award Nominations
Each year the University issues a Staff Safety Award to a staff member who goes beyond their regular duties in promoting safety and making the work place safer. This could be a single act of safety or a continuous contribution to a safe work environment. The award recipient is presented with a plaque/certificate and a monetary award. Recipients may also be eligible to compete for the State Governor’s Employee Safety Award. Last year Mitch Cox received the CSU, Chico Staff Safety Award.
If you would like to nominate a co-worker/staff member, the “Safety Award Nomination Form and Guidelines” are available on the Environmental Health & Safety web site.
Please contact the Department of Environmental Health and Safety at extension 5126, if you would like a nomination form e-mailed, faxed, or mailed to you. Feel free to contact the EH&S office for additional information. You may nominate more than one co-worker/staff member.
The deadline for submittals is Friday, March 6, 2009
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Grant Opportunity for Undergraduate Students
Application deadline Mon., Feb. 23, 2009.
Funds have been allocated by Provost Sandra Flake for the spring 2009 Undergraduate Awards for Research & Creativity. These awards were created to support undergraduate students working closely with individual faculty members on student-designed projects and to assist the faculty in providing students with special innovative learning opportunities.
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•    Spring awards of up to $500 each will be made available to undergraduates (including graduating seniors).
•    A cumulative GPA of 3.25 or above is required.
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Interested qualified undergraduate students are encouraged to go to the Web site for more information.
These awards are an exceptional and unique opportunity for students to create their own research or creative projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
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Academic Excellence in University Housing is Alive and Well
University Housing Students Recognized for Academic Achievement
University Housing and Food Service will host a banquet on Tues., Feb. 24, 2009 in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium honoring mainly first-year University Housing students for their high academic achievement for the fall 2008 semester.
Approximately 250 students will be awarded for their high academic achievement. Thirteen students will be recognized for receiving a 4.0 GPA, and 219 students will be awarded for receiving a 3.5 GPA or higher. Eight Resident Advisors will be presented with gifts for making the dean’s list (3.5 GPA or higher). 452 University Housing students who received a 3.0-3.499 GPA will receive a personal congratulatory letter by the director and associate director of Residential Life.
This year’s speakers will include Drew Calandrella, Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. David Stephen, Director of University Housing and Food Service, Micki Lennon, Faculty in Residence and Instructor for Religious Studies, Chad Disharoon, Coordinator for Residential Life Programming, and Rebecca Hucker our 4.0 keynote student speaker.
The annual banquet began in the 1970’s and is designed to recognize academic success for resident students in their first semester at CSU, Chico. The banquet takes place every year in February.
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International Forum, Feb. 24
Professor Stephan Jansen, President of Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and Dr. Gary Anderson Head of International Programs, Zeppelin University, will present “The ‘Americanization’ of the European Higher Education Landscape” on Feb. 24 from 5pm - 6pm in Plumas 102. Zeppelin University is a partner university with CSU, Chico and has an active exchange program for students and faculty. The public is invited.
The International Forum is a weekly lecture series sponsored by the School of Graduate, Inter-disciplinary, and International Studies. For more information about the Forum, please contact Tony Waters at 898-4145.
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The 18th Annual Keeping Dance Alive! Performance is Coming to Laxson Auditorium, March 6
The 18th annual performance of Keeping Dance Alive! brings jazz, hip-hop, Irish, lyrical, martial arts and many more on stage together for one performance at 7:30pm, Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 and at 2pm Sunday, March 8 all here at Laxson Auditorium on the CSU, Chico campus.
This year’s performance will feature a Chico Community Ballet piece choreographed by professional choreographer Kenneth Walker. In addition, this year’s Keeping Dance Alive! will feature more than 75 dancers performing more than 12 pieces by 12 different choreographers. This annual repertory dance concert features a collaboration of local and guest artists and presents a range of dance styles.
This event is sponsored in part by Chico Performances. Tickets are $18 adult, $16 senior, $14 student/child and are available at the University Box Office, 2nd and Normal streets, 898-6333. Tickets go up $2 at the door. For more information please visit the Web site.
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Celtic Dynamos Cherish the Ladies to Perform at Laxson, Feb. 26
Celtic music is back again in Laxson Auditorium as Cherish the Ladies perform there on Feb. 26, at 7:30pm, courtesy of Chico Performances.
Cherish the Ladies is the most successful and sought-after Irish-American group in Celtic music history. Their bubbling good humor and infectious enthusiasm are matched by exquisite musicianship, and stunning step-dancing. Perfect harmony combined with flutes, whistles, fiddle, bodhran, and accordion are guaranteed to bring the house down.
Tickets are: $22 Premium, $17 Adult, $15 Senior, $13 Student/Child and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
For more information please visit the Web site.
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CSU, Chico Art Professor Emeritus Art Reception, Feb. 19
CSU, Chico Art Department Professor Emeritus Dolores Mitchell will have a reception for her paintings of musicians and dancers at Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Avenue Chico.
The reception for “Good Vibes” runs from 7pm to 8pm on Thurs., Feb. 19 and will be followed by an evening of live acoustic music.
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Climate Change Book Club Starts Tomorrow
The Northern California Natural History Museum, in anticipation of Elizabeth Kolbert’s talk at CSU, Chico, is co-hosting a discussion series about Ms. Kolbert’s book “Field Notes on a Catastrophe: Man Nature and Climate Change” on Wednesdays at Barnes and Noble from 7-8 pm.
Join us on:
Feb. 18
Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change
Dr. Jim Houpis, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Dr. Jim Pushnik, Department of Biological Sciences
Sponsors for the series include the Northern California Natural History Museum, the Rawlins Environmental Professorship, the On the Creek Lecture Series, and Chico Performances.
More information at is available online. All events are free and open to the public.
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Great Jeans Give-A-Way
The Campus Wellness Center presents the 8th Annual Great Jeans Give-A-Way, which will take place Mon., Feb. 16 through Friday, Feb. 27, as part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week. This clothing drive encourages everyone to have a healthy body image by fitting into clothes that fit your body now, instead of keeping clothes for the body you wished you had. Remember, stop fighting your genes and just change your jeans.
Clothing can be dropped off at the following stations:
- CAVE Office in BMU 309
- Women’s Center downstairs in the BMU
- BMU Information Center
- Various sororities and fraternities
- Campus Wellness Center SSC 430
- We will collect all types of clothing items, not just jeans. All clothing will be donated to various charities.
For a schedule of all EDAW events, visit the Web site..
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North State Symphony Presents "Imagination's Dream" Concert, Feb. 22 in Chico
North State Symphony presents Imagination’s Dream, Symphony, and Song , Feb. 21 in Redding and Feb. 22 in Chico.
The Redding concert is at 7:30pm at the Cascade Theatre, and tickets are available by calling 243-8877. The Chico concert is at 2pm in CSU, Chico’s Laxson Auditorium. Tickets are available at the University Box Office, x6333.
The concert includes three varied works, each of which has a connection with the world of poetry. Soprano soloist Heidi Melton is featured in two works.
Composer Russ Burnham, professor of music at CSU, Chico composed “The Bird’s Companion” as a setting for soprano and orchestra of three poems by the American poet William Carlos Williams.
The largest work on the program is the Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler, also featuring Melton.
The concert will begin with the Overture to the Wasps, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a short humorous work originally written for a modern performance of an ancient Greek comedy.
There will be a pre-concert discussion of the works, one hour before each performance time.
More information is available online or by calling: x5984
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CAPE Event: Evolutionary Psychology
Join CAPE in celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species.
Evolutionary Psychology: Can Natural Selection Explain Human Behavior?
Wed., Feb. 18, PAC 134 at 7:30pm
Eddie Vela, Psychology, CSU, Chico
David Eaton, Anthropology, CSU, Chico
Social scientists have long debated in what ways, and to what degree, humans are conditioned by their environment and social world. For some, the content of the human mind derives primarily from such circumstances, and consists of general-purpose mechanisms referred to as “learning,” “intelligence,” “rationality,” and “culture.”
However, according to the Evolutionary Psychology model, the modern mind is the product of natural selection, evolved to solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors, through which all humans share certain views and assumptions about the nature of the world in virtue of these human universal modules.
What does the Evolutionary Psychology model have to say about those human behaviors we see as moral? What might Evolutionary Psychology tell us about behaviors as such altruism, deception, kindness, love, competitiveness, and punishment? About historical conditions, social institutions, and cultural interpretations that shape how ethics are conceived and managed in different societies?
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Preventing Violence in the Workplace - Feb. 25 and Apr. 2
Do you know how to recognize and even prevent violence in the workplace? This workshop will discuss what workplace violence is, common myths, and recognizing behaviors of concern. Options for responding to and reporting warning signs, and the importance of early action will also be covered in this important session.
Employees, supervisors, and managers are encouraged to attend. This course is also part of the Supervisory Development Training certificate series. Seating is limited, so please register early.
Title: SHRM - Preventing Violence in the Workplace
Date & Time: Feb. 25, 2009 (Wed) 10am to noon or April 2, 2009 (Thur) 2pm - 4pm
Location: MLIB 043, Studio A
Presenters:
~ Mimi L. Bommersbach, Interim Director, Counseling and Wellness Center
~ Robyn Hearne, Lieutenant, University Police
~ Jorge Salinas, Director of Labor Relations, Staff Human Resources Management
To register for the class:
1) Log in using your campus login and password.
2) In the upper black banner, click “Course Catalog”.
3) In the left navigation bar, click on the catalog “Human Resources (SHRM - Staff HR Mgmt)”.
4) In the left navigation bar, click “SHRM - Preventing Violence in the Workplace”.
5) Click on the “Enroll” button directly under the workshop title at the top of the page.
6) Select the desired session and submit. (You must select a session to complete your enrollment for the workshop.)
Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Spring 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.
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General Safety Awareness / Fire Prevention Plan / Ergonomics Awareness on March 5
This workshop is strongly encouraged for all employees as it combines three important trainings into one workshop, two of which are required (*) employees during employment at CSU, Chico:
- General Safety Awareness*: Goes through the seven main parts of an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program here on the CSU, Chico campus. This will include the University’s responsibilities, roles, types of communication and training.
- Fire Prevention Plan*: An excellent refresher on prevention, awareness, and actions in the event of a workplace emergency or hazard.
- Ergonomic Awareness: Includes information on repetitive motion injuries, symptoms, and prevention.
All three parts of this workshop are necessary for the Supervisory Development Training certificate program, but all employees are welcome to attend. Seating is limited, so please register early.
Title: General Safety Awareness/ Fire Prevention Plan/ Ergonomic Awareness
Date & Time: March 5, 2009, (Thur) 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Location: MLIB 043 Studio A
Presenter: Brian Mohs, University Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator, EH&S
To register for the class:
1) Log in using your campus login and password.
2) In the upper black banner, click “Course Catalog”.
3) In the left navigation bar, click on the catalog “Environmental Health & Safety”.
4) In the left navigation bar, click “General Safety Awareness/ Fire Prevention Plan/ Ergonomic Awareness”.
5) Click on the “Enroll” button directly under the workshop title at the top of the page.
6) Select the desired session and submit. (You must select a session to complete your enrollment for the workshop.)
Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Spring 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.
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Coaching, Counseling and Progressive Discipline on March 3
Have you communicated specific and appropriate expectations for your employees? Do you know the differences between coaching and (corrective) counseling - and how to do both? Do you understand the goal and process of progressive discipline? The objective of this training is to provide supervisors ways to coach employees and provide disciplinary counseling when needed. The workshop will:
• provide coaching skills tips
• identify the difference between coaching and corrective discipline
• illustrate how to approach an employee with a performance problem
• outline requirements for essential documentation
• help you understand and apply progressive discipline procedures
While this is open to all employees, managers and supervisors are strongly encouraged to attend. This workshop is also part of the Supervisory Development Training certificate program. Seating is limited, so please register early.
Title: SHRM - Coaching, Counseling and Progressive Discipline
Date & Time: 3/3/2009 (Tues) 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Location: MLIB 043, Studio A
Presenters:
~ Nancy Caporale, Manager, Staff Human Resources Management
~ Jorge Salinas, Director of Labor Relations, Staff Human Resources Management
To register for the class:
1) Log in using your campus login and password.
2) In the upper black banner, click “Course Catalog”.
3) In the left navigation bar, click on the catalog “Human Resources (SHRM - Staff HR Mgmt)”.
4) In the left navigation bar, click “SHRM - Coaching, Counseling and Progressive Discipline”.
5) Click on the “Enroll” button directly under the workshop title at the top of the page.
6) Select the desired session and submit. (You must select a session to complete your enrollment for the workshop.)
Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Spring 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.
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