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News Release: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian To Speak at CSU, Chico, Oct. 28
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Robert Tinkler, Department of History
530-898-6054
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian To Speak at CSU, Chico, Oct. 28
Daniel Walker Howe, professor emeritus at Oxford University and UCLA, will deliver the ninth annual Joanna Dunlap Cowden Memorial Lecture at California State University, Chico on Wednesday, October 28. Professor Howe’s talk is based on his book, “What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848” (Oxford, 2008), which won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2008.
Professor Howe’s lecture will examine the technological changes that revolutionized American life between 1815 and 1848 and helped transform the United States from what we would call a Third World country into a major power within 33 years.
A distinguished historian of the early American republic, Professor Howe is the author or editor of eight books and more than 30 scholarly articles, over a dozen encyclopedia articles, and about 50 book reviews. His specialties include religious and intellectual topics, including the moral and political culture of the Whig party.
The complete news release is available online.
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NowPrint (Paperless CAF) Training: Oct. 27, 28 & 29
University Printing Services is pleased to announce that NowPrint, a paperless CAF system for print, copy and bulk mail orders will be available starting Nov. 3.
The NowPrint system allows CSU, Chico staff and faculty to place their orders online to University Printing Services by uploading files and approving proofs without leaving their desk. NowPrint can also accept orders for business cards, letterhead, envelopes and other custom printed items.
Training is being offered prior to the NowPrint launch so that users will be ready to begin placing orders with NowPrint beginning Nov. 3. It is recommended that at least one individual from each office attend.
For your convenience, the same information will be covered in each of four training sessions:
Dates & Times:
Oct. 27, 2009 (Tues) 9am - 10am
Oct. 27, 2009 (Tues) 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Oct. 28, 2009 (Wed) 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Oct. 29, 2009 (Thurs) 9am - 10am
Location: MLIB Studio A
For more information about NowPrint or if you have trouble registering, please contact University Printing Services at X5992.
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The Bookstore is Participating in a National Survey on Textbooks and Course Materials
The Associated Students Bookstore is one of 20 college bookstores participating in a national survey on textbooks and course materials during October. Please let your students know that by taking this survey, they are not only helping out their Bookstore, but they also have the opportunity to win cash. Please direct them to the Bookstore’s Web site and follow the link. (Only completed surveys are eligible to win.)
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Enter to Win the Bookstore's Halloween Mystery
Enter to win - solve the Bookstore’s Halloween mystery and you could win a gift basket worth $100.
To play:
1. Follow the story of 3 CSU, Chico students as they scope out a nearby haunted house for their Halloween party. To read the story you will need to follow the AS Bookstore on Facebook, Twitter or come in to the store.
2. Each week there will be an update on the students’ latest adventure and a question for you to answer. Submit your answers in-store, on our Facebook wall or tweet with us on Twitter.
3. If all three answers are correct, you will be entered into a drawing to win the CSU, Chico gift basket.
We will be picking the winner on Oct. 31. Good luck.
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Travel the World and Earn College Credits with Camp Adventure
Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services is looking to hire CSU, Chico students who are interested in working with youth around the world and the United States. Camp Adventure will pay you $1,500 for a 10 week camp, pay for housing and airfare, as well as give you 12 College Credits. Attend one of the following information meetings to learn more or contact Mike Moen at CampAdv@csuchico.edu.
All meetings are held in Tehama 113:
Tues., Oct. 20, 2009: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Mon., Oct. 26, 2009: 2pm - 3pm
Tues, Nov. 3, 2009: 4pm - 5pm
Mon, Nov. 9, 2009: 3pm - 4pm
Tues, Nov. 10, 2009: 4pm - 5pm
Tues, Nov. 17, 2009: 4pm - 5pm
Tues, Dec. 1, 2009: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Camp Adventure Hiring Day:
Sat., Dec. 5 @ 10am
Selvester’s Cafe on the CSU, Chico Campus
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College of Business Executive Lecture Series, Oct. 20
Tues., Oct. 20
4pm
BMU Auditorium
The College of Business Executive Lecture Series presents Dave Hitz, Founder and Executive Vice President for NetApp —Fortune Magazine’s 2009 Top Pick for Best Places to Work.
At 4pm today, Oct. 20, 2009, in the BMU auditorium, business visionary Dave Hitz will address topics included in his book, How to Castrate A Bull - Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business. A founder of Silicon Valley giant NetApp, Hitz has been integrally involved in every phase of his company’s evolution, from start-up through IPO and the dot-com bust, and finally to a mature enterprise company. Brilliant and entertaining, Hitz dropped out of high school to begin college at the age of fourteen. A Princeton University graduate, he is an ordained minister, a practicing shaman, and a Silicon Valley icon.
Sponsored by the College of Business Executive Lecture Series, the presentation is wholly supported by private donations. It is free and open to the campus community and general public.
For more information, contact Dee Hoffman Wills, Asst. Dean/External Relations, College of Business (530) 898-4255.
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Meet the Pikes, Oct. 22
Thurs., Oct. 22
7pm
BMU Auditorium/Exhibit Hall
Dress: Business Casual
hors d’oeuvres will be provided
CSU, Chico Greek Life and the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is pleased to invite you to the first ever Meet the Pikes night. Over the last 5 weeks, expansion consultants Dustin Joost and Patrick Coleman have been recruiting the Founding Fathers of CSU, Chico’s newest student organization. Come meet the Scholars, Leaders, Athletes, and Gentlemen that they have hand-selected to lead this brand new organization. All are welcome.
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Dancing for Peace, Nov. 9
Mon., Nov. 9
7:30pm - 10pm
BMU Auditorium
A night of Israeli folk dancing: Come unite and promote peace through dance. This event features the band “Mazal Tov Cocktail” and lively dancing led by Levi and Ayelet Bar Gil from Israel. Learn more about Israeli/Jewish culture through learning traditional folk dances and sampling Israeli food. Admission is free.
This event is funded by the Associated Students’ Multicultural Affairs Council and is co-sponsored by Chico State Hillel, Congregation Beth Israel of Chico, UNITE/Study Abroad, RHAPS (RECR student majors club), and PETE (Physical Education Teacher Education).
Please contact ChicoHillel@gmail.com or call Chico Hillel at 879-0870 for more information. This event is free and open to the public.
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Garrison Keillor, Coming to Laxson, Oct. 29
Join Chico Performances in an evening with NPR storyteller Garrison Keillor, scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 29, 2009 at 7:30pm in Laxson Auditorium.
True to his radio form, Grammy award-winner, author, and humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor will share his hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and “late-life fatherhood.” With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, Keillor will once again visit Lake Wobegon with his words of wisdom, class, charisma, and humor.
This performance is co-sponsored by KCHO and KFPR Radio, NPR.
Tickets are $60 Premium, $55 Adult/Senior, $45 Student/Child, and are available online or by calling the University Box Office, 898-6333.
For more information, please visit: the Web site.
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Writer's Voice Reading, Oct. 22
Writer’s Voice Reading: Quinton Duval and Gary Thompson, poetry
Thurs., Oct. 22
7:30pm
Trinity 100
Quinton Duval received his MA from CSU, Sacramento and his MFA from the University of Montana’s Writer’s Workshop where he studied with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees. He is the author of four books of poetry, Guerilla Letters (1978); Dinner Music (1984); Joe’s Rain (2004); Among Summer Pines (2008). He is also editor and publisher of Red Wing Press, a press dedicated to publishing low-cost, high-quality chapbooks of poetry and short fiction. Duval’s work has appeared in many literary magazines and journals including Tri-Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, Chariton Review, Hubbub, Quarterly West, and Gettysburg Review.
Gary Thompson’s latest book, To the Archaeologist Who Finds Us, published by Turning Point in 2008, joins three previous collections: Hold Fast, As for Living, and On John Muir’s Trail. He taught in the Creative Writing Program at CSU, Chico for more than twenty-five years, and played second-base for The Pests, Chico’s legendary slow-pitch team. He and his wife, Linda, now live on San Juan Island, where he likes to think of himself as the novice skipper of a modest boat, an old trawler named Keats.
The Writer’s Voice Reading Series is sponsored by the Department of English and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Readings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jeanne Clark.
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The Wellness Center Presents "Addicted to Love," TODAY
Tues., Oct. 20
5pm - 6pm
Yolo 178
“Addicted to Love” is not your average relationship advice. Are you wondering if your relationship is based on Love or Lust? Are you thinking your relationship is too much work? Do you want simple relationship advice? Come find the answers to those questions and more at the “Addicted to Love” forum Tues., Oct. 20 in Yolo 178 from 5pm - 6pm hosted by the Campus Wellness Center. The forum will be presented by David Hibbard, Ph.D. and Gail Walton, Ph.D., who will answer questions and provide general information on how to build healthy relationships and improve existing relationships. This is a free opportunity open to all students.
Also make sure to check out the Wellness Center’s entire list of upcoming events at the Web site.
For additional information on the Wellness Center and/or upcoming events please contact the Wellness Center via telephone at 530.898.4697, come into the Student Services Building #430 or visit us on the Web site.
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Campus Internationalization Faculty-Staff Reception, Oct. 21
Wed., Oct. 21
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Trinity Hall Gallery
Please join in welcoming Sandra Collins (History) and Rouben Mohiuddin (Art and Art History) to CSU, Chico at a campus internationalization faculty-staff reception on Wed., Oct. 21, 4:30-5:30pm in the Trinity Hall Gallery. Sandra and Rouben bring a wealth of international experience and expertise to the campus. They will each speak for a few minutes around 4:45pm about their interest areas. We hope that you will join in welcoming them and mingling with colleagues from across campus. Refreshments will be provided and all are welcome.
For more information, please contact Katherine Punteney, Interim Director of Graduate and International Student Services at x5408.
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Conversations on Diversity: How Much is [Your] Health Care Worth? - Oct. 21
Wed., Oct. 21
12pm - 1pm
BMU 210
This session will examine issues related to the costs of health care in America as it relates to race, age and socioeconomic status. Fact checking of the current health care bill making its way through Congress will be also be discussed.
Facilitated by Professor Mark Tomita, Health and Community Services. We will be meeting in BMU 210 from 12pm - 1pm on Oct. 21, 2009.
For information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764.
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Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Staged Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
“As You Like It”
Written by William Shakespeare
Wed., Oct. 28 - Sat., Oct. 31 at 7:30pm
Sun., Nov. 1 at 2pm
Harlen Adams Theatre
Romance, comedy, political intrigue, environmental conservation, runaway cross-dressing teenagers in the forest pinning love-notes to trees and the whole thing ending in a flood of marriages and a big dance. Presented by the Department of Theatre Arts and directed by William Johnson.
Tickets: University Box Office, x6333
More information is available online.Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Staged Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
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International Forum, Oct. 27
Professor Keiko Goto of the CSU, Chico Department of Nutrition will present the Oct. 27 International Forum “A Nutritionist as a Community Organizer: Nutrition and Health Issues in Guatemala.” Professor Goto has had extensive experience working with nutritional issues in many countries.
The International Forum is a weekly series of lectures scheduled from 5pm - 6pm in Tehama 108. The public is welcome. For more information, contact Tony Waters, International Forum Coordinator at 898-4145.
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Study Skills Workshop Today
The Student Learning Center is offering a workshop to help students improve test preparation. This workshop will encourage students to use specific study strategies and stress reduction tools to be more confident while taking exams.
Oct. 20 (Tuesday)
2pm - 3pm
Improving Exam Preparation
Marc Siegall
SSC 304
More workshops will be scheduled through the rest of the semester. A list of the semester workshops is available online. Workshops are free. Students can sign up in advance at the Student Learning Center (Student Services Center-3rd Floor) or by calling 898-6839.
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Defensive Driver Training Tomorrow
The CSU Vehicle Use Policy requires that State employees (including student employees) complete Defensive Driver Training every four years in order to drive a State, rental, or privately-owned vehicle on State business. In an effort to meet the needs of the Campus, the Vehicle Reservations Office is offering Defensive Driver Training each week.
Employees can confirm the date of their last training by inquiring at vehicles@csuchico.edu. Responses will typically be by return e-mail on the next business day.
Please have your California Driver License number and expiration date, and CSU, Chico employee/student ID number available at the time of the class.
Location and time varies by session. To view the availability of sessions, location, and to register, log into the Web Based Training (WBT) system and click on the Course Catalog menu - the workshops are posted under the EH&S tab. If you need assistance logging in to the WBT system, please contact EH&S.
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Disability Workshop Offered Oct. 28 and Nov. 5
Disability Awareness and Inclusion
Professional Development Workshop - Open to Faculty, Staff, and Students
Description
This presentation will provide basic disability information; provide tips for working with and creating more welcoming environment for diverse students, staff, and the public. This presentation will also provide an overview of Disability Support Services (DSS).
Instructor
Sandy Parsons
Director of Disability Support Services
Details
Oct. 28 or Nov. 5
10am - noon
MLIB Studio A
Register at: https://ehstraining.csuchico.edu/default.asp by:
1) Log in with your portal ID and password
2) Select the Course Catalog in the menu bar across the top
3) Click on Live Event Calendar on the left and select the appropriate month
4) Click on the workshop on correct date
5) Click the blue link towards the bottom of the page- DIVR - Disability Awareness and Inclusion (Ignore the message that the session is not available).
6) Click on the Enroll button directly under the workshop title at the top of the page
7) Select the Session that you want to attend and click the Submit button.
If you have trouble registering, please e-mail Tray Robinson, USDP@csuchico.edu or go to the EHS help document on the Web site.
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