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News Release: Wildcat Welcome for Freshmen March 27
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2009
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
Wildcat Welcome for Freshmen March 27
Newly admitted California State University, Chico freshmen and their parents or guests are invited to attend a Wildcat Welcome reception on Friday, March 27, at 5:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.
Both receptions will be held in the BMU Auditorium at CSU, Chico. Approximately 1,500-2,000 attendees are expected.
The Wildcat Welcome event is designed for first-time freshmen who have questions or want more information about CSU, Chico to help them make their decision about what college to attend.
The complete news release is available online.
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$2,000 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Summer 2009
Do you know an undergraduate student working on a special student-designed project who can use some financial support over the summer?
The Undergraduate Awards for Research & Creativity are an exceptional and unique opportunity for students to create their own projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
To qualify, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or above.
Interested students are encouraged to visit the Web site for an application and supporting materials.
- Up to ten summer stipends of $2,000 each are available to undergraduates (including graduating seniors) in all majors. Application deadline: Friday, 3/27/09.
- Two summer stipends of $3,500 each are available to undergraduates (including graduating seniors) in Chemistry/Environmental Science. Application deadline: Friday, 4/3/09.
Applications are also available at the Honors Program office, SSC 466, 898-5683.
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Notification of Non-Friable Asbestos Abatement in Kendall Hall, Room 213
The ceiling tile and mastic needs to be removed to perform some wall repairs in Kendall Hall, Room 213. The mastic that holds the ceiling tiles in place contains non-friable asbestos materials.
During the performance of this work the building fans will be off and will not be restarted until the work has been completed.
Trained FMS employees will be performing this work Monday, March 30, 2009 between the hours of 5:30 and 8:00 a.m.
For questions or concerns please contact Matt Alston, Facilities Management and Services, at 898-6222.
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Student Computing Workshops
Student Computing will present these workshops this week:
Advanced Dreamweaver
Tuesday, March 24
12-1:00pm MLIB 457
Advanced Dreamweaver
Wednesday, March 25
5-6:00pm MLIB 457
Faculty, staff and students are all welcome to attend these workshops. No sign-up is required. Just drop in!
The Advanced Dreamweaver MX workshop will present a brief review of the basic features of Dreamweaver MX and introduce advanced web page design techniques. Workshop attendees will learn how to use frames and integrate tables into a web page. There will also be introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and their implementation in Dreamweaver MX.
For more information about Student Computing workshops visit the STCP Workshops web site. Or contact Melinda Ferris, 898-5008.
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Toy Drive
Toy Drive
March 10-April 10, 2009
Used or new toys are needed to help increase positive interactions between parents and children. Toys will be donated to parents and children in need of toys. These toys will be used to help parents and children improve the quality of their relationship while teaching parents the skills to manage their child’s severe behavior problems.
The following toys are needed:
Building blocks
Lego’s, Duplos, Tinker Toys
Miniature Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head
Miniature people
Crayons, stencils, paper
Miniature farm animals with trees and fences
Play-doh and molds
Teddy Bears
Small stuffed or plastic animals
Puppets
Miniature play dishes and food
Please donate used or new toys at any location:
Chico State, CAVE
Chico State Information Center
Youth for Change, Chico on 7th and Flume St.
Paradise Ridge Family Resource Center
Greater Oroville Family Resource Center
For more information contact Ali
Sponsored by the Chico State Social Work Club.
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Student Job Opening
The Student Learning Center is now accepting applications for Student Program Assistant for Fall 2009. The program assistants work approximately 10 hours per week and provide clerical support for the Student Learning Center, including reception, typing, filing, record keeping, and scheduling of tutors using a specialized computer program. Applicants must type at a corrected rate of 40 wpm and have some computer experience. Starting pay is $8.85 per hour and work-study is required. Start date will be on or around August 17, with possibility of some training in May.
Application review will begin April 21 and interviews will be conducted until the position is filled. For more information or an application please come by the Student Learning Center, located in the new Student Services Center, Room 340.
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Pick Up and Delivery Schedule - University Printing Services
University Printing Services resumed twice daily pick ups and deliveries beginning Monday of this week. Free pick up and delivery of orders is offered twice daily to the main campus in the morning between 9 am and 11:30 am, and in the afternoon between 1 pm and 4 pm. The service is offered to 25 & 35 Main Street offices once a day in the afternoon between 1 and 4 pm.
If your office is not currently on the pick up and delivery schedule and would like to be, please contact Customer Service at x5992.
Thank You,
University Printing Services
Siskiyou Hall, Rm 118, x5992
Hours: M - F, 8am to 5pm
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Come see Aquila Theatre: Comedy of Errors--Shakespeare at its Funniest! March 24
Chico Performances presents Aquila Theatre: Comedy of Errors, an energetic and lively twist on classical theater, coming to Laxson Auditorium on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Aquila Theatre Company’s Comedy of Errors tells an energetic and comedic story of two pairs of identical twins separated by a devastating shipwreck. Shakespeare expertly weaves several entertaining story strands together, allowing his audience to stay one step ahead of his characters and laugh heartily at the witty plot. This delightful production includes superb costumes, brilliant lighting, and a specially commissioned musical score.
Tickets cost $23 Premium, $18 Adult, $16 Senior, $14 Student/Child, and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
For more information, please visit the Web site.
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Natalya Shkoda to Give Piano Recital Friday
New Chico State music faculty member and internationally renowned pianist Natalya Shkoda will perform a solo recital on Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.
The recital program features “Three Piano Sonatas” by Ukrainian twentieth-century composer, teacher and piano virtuoso Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (1896-1938). Performance of the First and Second Piano Sonatas by Shkoda will mark the premiere of these works in the U.S.
Shkoda joined the Music Department at CSU, Chico as an Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies in 2008.
More information can be found on the Web site..
Tickets: University Box Office, 898-6333.
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Campus Wellness Center Presents "It's Easy Being Green"
In a time when phrases like “global warming” and “sustainability” are common, more people are becoming environmentally conscious. The Wellness Center is pleased to present “It’s Easy Being Green,” which will focus on bringing students’ attention to the environmental issues affecting us today.
AS EARC (the Environmental Action and Resource Center) will be facilitating this event. Please mention this event to students; your support is greatly appreciated.
When: Tuesday, March 24, @ 6-7pm
Where: Butte 103
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Grand-Scale Choral Performance of "The Creation" Presented March 29
University Choir Concert: Haydn’s Creation
Sun., March 29 at 4 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium
The 150-voice CSU, Chico Choral Union presents a masterpiece for your Sunday afternoon enjoyment. Join us as we fill Laxson Auditorum with this marvelously entertaining work, written to a libretto based upon John Milton’s great 17th-century epic poem, Paradise Lost.
The almost childlike cheerfulness of Haydn’s music, its inexhaustible inventiveness, and its perfection of design conceal a considerable inner strength. This fusion of exuberance, classical elegance, and intellectual power caused Haydn’s contemporary, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to say: “Haydn alone has the secret both of making me smile and of touching my innermost soul.” Featured soloists include Dr. Ying Yeh, Director of CSU, Chico’s Opera Workshop and an internationally renowned opera singer.
Advance Tickets: University Box Office, 898-6333.
More information can be found on the Web site.
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Enjoy the Loud Boom of the San Jose Taiko Drummers, April 2
Experience the pulse-pounding sounds of drumming as the San Jose Taiko group brings amazing percussion to Laxson on April 2 at 7:30 p.m., courtesy of Chico Performances.
For 30 years, San Jose Taiko has mesmerized audiences with the powerful, spellbinding, and propulsive sounds of the taiko drums. San Jose Taiko’s style joins the traditional rhythms of Japanese drumming with the beat of world rhythms including African, Balinese, Brazilian, Latin, and jazz percussion. The resulting sounds are contemporary, exciting, new, and innovative. In addition to exciting, high-energy performances, the program includes explanations of the history and philosophy of the art form, as well as student participation on the drums.
Tickets are: $23 Premium, $18 adults, $16 senior and $14 student/child and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
For more information visit the Web site.
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Transportation Demand Management Public Forum, April 1
Facilities Planning is pleased to announce that our second and final Transportation Demand Management (TDM) public forum will be held on Wednesday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m. in Kendall 207 (see note below*). At this meeting we will be discussing the Draft Transportation Demand Management Plan report. Please take a moment to review the draft TDM report; your comments, suggestions and input will be solicited at the April 1 meeting.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their participation in this process.
The Draft TDM report can be viewed on our Web site.
*All Kendall Hall exterior doors automatically lock at 5:00 p.m., so please plan to enter Kendall Hall on the southwest corner of the facility as that will be the only door unlocked at that time.
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Multimedia Anthropology Museum Lecture, March 25
The Museum of Anthropology presents Ambience kiri-kiri
Wednesday March 25
3:30-4:30 pm
Langdon 303 (down the hall from the museum)
Some ways of being in Congolese music
A multimedia presentation by Dr. David Eaton
Whence come the powers and creative vitality of so much African music? We explore some qualities of music and dance in west and equatorial Africa, with a special sampling of Congolese styles and traditions.
Visit the Web site, call (530) 898-5397, or e-mail for more information.
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CORRECTION: USAC Bilbao resident director will be in Chico WEDNESDAY!
The resident director from Bilbao, Spain will be here in Chico Wednesday, March 25. He would love to meet with you and answer all of your burning questions about student life in Bilbao and Gexto. Alumni of the Bilbao program will be there, too.
Please mark your calendar for the following coffee hour. If you cannot make it during that time but would like to meet him, we may be able to schedule another meeting time for you that day, or perhaps even on the morning of the 26th.
BILBAO COFFEE HOUR
Wednesday, March 25: 10:00-11:00 am and 3:30-5:00 pm
Study Abroad Office
SSC 406
Contact Study Abroad for more information via e-mail or phone 898-5415.
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Conversations on Diversity, Troops to College, March 25
Student veterans represent a significant but often misunderstood addition to the rich diversity of CSU, Chico. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are enrolling at CSU, Chico in increasing numbers. These men and women have different perspectives, needs, and goals than students entering college from high school. The panel will discuss challenges faced by student veterans, difficulties of those injured in combat, and the strengths they bring to a learning environment. The media have told us that many of those who return have experienced brain damage or show the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. There is much more to the story.
Please join us and take this opportunity to meet members of CSU, Chico’s Student Veteran’s Organization. We will be meeting in BMU 210 from 12 - 1 pm on March 25, and snacks will be provided.
For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764.
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Public Forum: "Language as an Ethic of Justice," March 25
The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics presents a public forum:
“Language as an Ethic of Justice”
Michael J. Coyle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science, CSU, Chico
Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.
PAC 134
Professor Coyle will demonstrate how social control is built, maintained, and changed by the labor of moral entrepreneurs in everyday social and criminal justice discourse and by the habits of language they produce. By performing a variety of justice language studies and building a “Language of Justice” critical language theory, Coyle traces the processes that give rise to social meanings around issues of social and criminal justice and track how these meanings become symbolic in the entire discourse about crime and justice in our social life.
Professor Coyle will also discuss how moral entrepreneurs define justice situations and social and criminal justice meanings in everyday life through their work of framing the language used to discuss, interpret, and shift practices and policies in social and criminal justice. Through studies of common justice-language phrasing, such as “innocent victim” or “tough on crime,” Professor Coyle argues that modern discourse reflects a denial of the radical constructed character of social and criminal justice ideas and practices.
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Lecture: Rhythms of the Gods: Afro-Brazilian Religious Music in Bahia, April 1
The Museum of Anthropology, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Flash of the Spirit, the Music of Africa and Beyond, presents the lecture Rhythms of the Gods: Afro-Brazilian Religious Music in Bahia.
Wednesday, April 1, 3:30-4:30 pm
The lecture will be given in Langdon Hall 303, down the hall from the museum.
Lecture by: Dr.Brian Brazeal, Professor of Anthropology, CSU, Chico
Imagine a song that could call the gods to dance on earth. Afro-Brazilian communities in Bahia have created a religion that uses music to keep African traditions alive in the Americas. Hear their music and learn about the fascinating religion of Candomblé.
Contact the museum: 898-5397
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Two Bluegrass Groups Performing in Laxson in One Night! March 26
Join Chico Performances as they bring Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum as well as Rani Arbo and her group daisy mayhem to the stage at Laxson Auditorium for a night of folk and bluegrass that will be sure to have you dancing in the aisles, March 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Fiddler and bluegrass artist (twice named IBMA’s female vocalist of the year) Laurie Lewis is a Grammy award-winning musician who uses traditional bluegrass instruments to create a new sound — a little bit country, a little bit jazz, a little bit folk. Joined by bandmate Tom Rozum on mandolin, guitar, and vocals, Lewis will create an evening of acoustic nirvana. In a double bill for the evening, Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem will perform their signature style of acoustic string swing full of bluegrass and Americana roots music.
Tickets are: $18 Adult, $16 Senior, $14 Student/Child and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333/
For more information please visit the Web site.
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Associated Students Job Opening
Job Title: Assistant Manager - Forebay Aquatic Center
Position Type: Temporary position ending October 31, 2009
Pay Range: $13.12/hour
Benefits: This is a non-benefited position
Final Filing Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by 3:00pm
For more information please visit our Web site.
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STAFF HUMAN RESOURCES/FACULTY AFFAIRS
LEAP - Lifelong Eating and Activity Patterns
One more opportunity for taking steps to protect your health
in an obesogenic environment
Location: Center for Continuing Education 107 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Please note location change
Presenter: Cindy Wolff, PhD, RD
Questions Contact: Clarice Reutlinger
March 25: Defensive Dining: Outsmarting Portion Distortion and Other Dietary Detours
A description of this session is listed on CSU, Chico’s new Campus Calendar and CSU, Chico Web Based Training.
To register go to the Web site.
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 “3. Personal Development.”
4) In the left navigation bar, click “FSAP LEAP for Wellness (and whichever session you would like to attend)(each session has to be signed up for individually).
5) Click on the “Enroll” button directly under the workshop title at the top of the page.
6) Click the Select button at the end of the description, then click submit. (You must select and submit to complete your enrollment for the workshop.)
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Research and Sponsored Programs Grant Writing Café Friday
Good news!! Research and Sponsored Programs’ first Grant Writing Café of the spring semester will be held this Friday, March 27 (originally scheduled March 13) from 1:30-3:30 pm in the Student Services Center, Room 306 (note new location).
Laura King will be presenting the good news about federal research funding and how our campus can prepare to apply for and receive it. There will also be follow-up discussion of our recent Grant Writing USA Workshop. Join Laura, Diane Johnson, and Jeannie Schademan, Proposal Development Specialists, for a discussion of these funding topics and an introduction to our newest funding database from the Foundation Center. Come any time and stay as long as you wish.
For more information, please contact Diane at 6543, Laura at 6627, or Jeannie at 4738.
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Staff Professional Development Conference - April 7
The CSU, Chico University Staff Development Committee is sponsoring an all-day conference for staff and offering 11 workshops to choose from, including a keynote address by Jackie McClain, titled, “Be a Leader Where You Are.” Sign up for as many sessions as you are able to attend!
Click on the following link to view the conference schedule. Keep this web page open to register.
To enroll in a session:
1) Open a new tab (keeping the schedule open) in Internet Explorer and log into EHS.
2) Return to the Conference Schedule, and click on the title of a session you want to attend
3) The workshop information will appear. At the bottom of the page, click on the title of the workshop under “Courses”
4) Click on “Enroll” at the top left of the page and you will see a message that you are enrolled or there will be a page that appears with a SUBMIT button. If the page with the SUBMIT button appears, be sure to click on the session you want and then click SUBMIT.
5) Return to the Conference Schedule and repeat the steps above for each session.
To drop a session or for registration help, send an e-mail. Bring your mug - coffee and water will be provided.
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