SCTA: Interested in a Career in Teaching?

Interested in a career in teaching? Looking to get involved on campus? SCTA might be just what you need.

The Student California Teacher’s Association is a group of students whose mission statement is to foster interest in the education profession and to develop a true commitment to that profession.

If you are interested in becoming a leader for next year, please contact the current President at tally@mail.csuchico.edu or come to our next meeting - Thurs., May 10, 2007 at Roundtable Pizza on Mangrove at 7pm.

For more information on the “benefits”: http://www.cta.org/scta of membership, visit our website.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on May 4, 2007

Watershed Literary Magazine Reading, May 10, 7:30

Watershed, CSU, Chico’s student-edited literary magazine since 1977, celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special reading and reception. An anniversary double issue of the magazine includes work from current writers as well as a retrospective section, “Thirty from Thirty,” featuring work from the magazine’s 30 years of publication. Please join us to hear local writers read their work.

Thursday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.
BMU 210

Reception to follow.

Watershed magazine is edited by students in the Literary Editing and Publishing Certificate Program in the Department of English. The special anniversary issue will be available at the reading for $10.

Watershed is supported by funding from Instructionally Related Activities, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the Department of English. This reading is part of the Writer’s Voice Reading series.

Archived under Events on May 3, 2007

January Trip to Galapagos Islands

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts is offering a trip to the Galapagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador, from Jan. 4 through 14, 2008. The faculty-in-residence is Andrew Flescher, professor of religious studies. Students can earn 1-3 credits. Flescher has traveled extensively in Brazil and spent a summer studying wildlife in the Amazon River Basin.

The Galapagos Islands represent one of the few locations left in which nature is pristine. The islands are known for the wide array of animals found there, including Darwin’s finches, great lizards and the largest tortoises in the world.

“My interest in wildlife was awakened in the summer of 2000 when I visited the Amazon River Basin,” said Flescher. “I fell in love with a verdant world populated by both tranquil and ferocious creatures.”

The tour will include six nights in Quito and four nights on a cruise ship. In Quito, there will be a tour of Quito San Francisco Monastery and an excursion to the equatorial line. There will be a four-day Galapagos cruise to Bartolome, Fernandina, Isabela, James, Rabida and Santa Cruz islands.

If you would like more information on this trip, please contact Thomasin Saxe, group coordinator, at tsaxe@csuchico.edu or 530-898-4642.

Archived under Information on May 3, 2007

Apply Now for Fall Leadership Intern Positions

Paid internships are available for the JFR-LEAD Program, part-time (10 hours per week), 2007-2008 academic year.

The position requires self-motivated students with leadership capabilities who are interested in the delivery of student service programs. Interns must be able to relate well with individual students, student groups, and other members of the University community.

Each intern will be assigned specific duties to accomplish during the semester, but duties include coordination of special events and conferences. For a complete job description, email cecarter@csuchico.edu or pick one up in the Student Activities Office, BMU 213.

QUALIFICATIONS: Prefer minimum of junior standing, effective fall semester 2007
· Prefer minimum of 3.0 grade point average
· Demonstrated previous leadership or student group experience
· Ability to relate well to diverse students, faculty, and staff
· Effective communication skills are highly desirable

COMPENSATION: $7.50 per hour

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 8, 2007

Please submit a typed letter of interest along with a resume to: CC Carter, Associate Director for Leadership Programs Student Activities Office
Bell Memorial Union 213
898-5396

Archived under Opportunities on May 3, 2007

Running With Pride, May 6

Pride/Safezone Presents the Second Annual “Running With Pride”

When: May 6, 2007 at 8:30am
Where: One Mile in Bidwell Park

Registration forms are out. For more information contact Irma Rivera at runningwithpride2008@yahoo.com or aspride@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on May 3, 2007

Book Drive for Books For Africa

Books For Africa Book Drive (5/7-5/18), DONATE YOUR USED TEXTBOOKS!

Golden Key International Honour Society is sponsoring our third semi-annual book drive in conjunction with Better World Books and Books For Africa, to combat illiteracy in Africa. There will be drop boxes on the 1st floor of the BMU for you to donate your used textbooks (even novels used in English classes), books will be boxed and shipped to Books For Africa and then sent on to Africa in order to build libraries. Textbooks such as US history books or books pushing other religions will not be sent, but can be sold to raise funds for the shipping of the books. So donate whatever you can to this great cause.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on May 3, 2007

Looking for a Full Time Job After Graduation?

Graduating? Looking for a full time job? We’ll be sending these notices out on a weekly basis to let you know which companies are here to talk to you. Drop by and talk with us about these and other resources at the Career Planning and Placement Office, Meriam Library, Room 150 or call us at 530-898-5253.

5/7/2007
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Management Trainee - Southern California, All Locations
Accountant

5/10/2007
Contra Costa County
Civil Engineer

Archived under Opportunities on May 3, 2007

Call for Diversion Excursion Volunteers

Diversion Excursion (DE) is a program created by the University Housing and Food Service and the Associated Students Recycling Program. The goal of this annual program is to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill by intercepting discarded items and recycling/redistributing all goods with a useful purpose. Each residence hall community and university apartments will be staffed with Diversion Excursion volunteers. We are looking for committed people willing to give a two to three hour time block to assist residents with their donations and educate on how one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. All interested parties should attend one of the two brief volunteer meetings. Bring a friend.

Two volunteer meeting dates:

Tues., May 8 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm BMU 314
Wed., May 9 from 12pm - 1pm BMU 314

Food will be provided as you learn your role as a DE volunteer.

Days of actual Event: Thurs., May 17 and Fri., May 18, 2007
Times of actual Event: 10am - 6pm both days

Sign up in the AS Recycling office, BMU 005.

For more information, contact Kimberly Reynolds, Diversion Excursion Program Coordinator at
kreynolds8@mail.csuchico.edu or the AS Recycling Program at 898-5033.

Archived under Opportunities on May 3, 2007

Author Vincent Craig Wright Reads in Chico Friday & Saturday

Writer’s Voice/Humanities Center Gallery presents Vincent Craig Wright, author of REDEMPTION CENTER, a collection of short fiction (Bear Star Press, 2006), who will read twice in Chico.

Friday, May 4 at 3pm
Trinity 100 (Humanities Gallery, CSUC campus)

Saturday, May 5 at 7:30pm
1078 Gallery
820 Broadway, Chico

(In honor of Cinco de Mayo, tapas and libations will be available)

Both events are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, and are supported, in part, by a grant from Poets & Writers, Inc., through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.

About the author: Born in Louisiana, Wright also lived in Texas, Pennsylvania, and the Carolinas before taking a job as Fiction Writer at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. While at the University of South Carolina he studied with James Dickey and William Price Fox and won both a South Carolina Academy of Authors Fiction Prize and an Elliott Teaching Award. About the book: REDEMPTION CENTER delivers a funny, troubling, and sometimes hallucinatory look at modern American life, love, faith (or lack of it), and work (ditto).

Archived under Events on May 3, 2007

Legion Avenue Closure Notice

To alleviate traffic congestion and parking difficulties during spring semester residence hall closing, Legion Avenue will be closed between Citrus Avenue and Warner Street on Thurs., May 17, and Fri., May 18, from 7am to 6pm. University Housing and Food Service and the University Police Department ask that you use an alternate route during this time. Thank you for your cooperation, it is greatly appreciated.

Archived under Information on May 3, 2007

Graduating Seniors Take The Graduation Pledge And Make A Difference

Graduating seniors, do more with your degree than simply sustain your own life. Take the graduation pledge and join more than 110 other colleges and universities over the world in a commitment to social and environmental accountability. Pledge your commitment to all that you’ve learned at California State University, Chico by making a pledge to yourself. The pledge is free, simple and takes less than five minutes. Once you’ve made the pledge, you are one of thousands of students who are committed to social and environmental accountability for life.

More information is available online. To take the pledge, visit the website or visit the AS Sustainability Program office in BMU 005 April 18, 2007 through May 18, 2007. For more questions regarding the graduation pledge, contact Amy Miller, AS Sustainability Coordinator, at (530) 898-3645.

Archived under Information on May 2, 2007

ROAD Crew Coordinator Position Applications Available

The Associated Students is accepting applications for the position of R.O.A.D Crew Coordinator. R.O.A.D Crew is a council geared toward the first year student who wants to get involved in campus student government. The position is a 12 month preferred position. Come to BMU 203 to pick up an application or call 530-898-5701 for more information.

Archived under Opportunities on May 2, 2007

University Film Series: INTERNAT'L SHORTS, May 8

University Film Series
Tuesday nights
7:30pm, Ayres 106
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642
May 8

International Shorts 2007 Hosted by Nanette Wylde and produced by the Electronic Arts Program, Department of Art and Art History.

The fourth annual international shorts festival at the UFS will feature Pushing the Non-Square Pixel 07, short works in film, video, and animation by art students from CSU, Chico, and The Wonder Show, works by members of Artists’ Television Access (ATA), a San-Francisco-based experimental media arts gallery and screen venue in operation since 1984.

Archived under Events on May 2, 2007

University Film Series: ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE, make-up showing, May 15

University Film Series
Tuesday nights
7:30pm, Ayres 106
898-4642

Special Make-up Showing - May 15, 2007
Another Time Another Place (U.K., 1983) 96min. VHS. Directed and written by Michael Radford. Hosted by Laird Easton, Department of History and director of the Humanities Center

In September 1944 in the far north east of Scotland, a cattleman’s young wife becomes entranced with a passionate Italian prisoner of war. She is instantly assailed by guilt, but the pair’s compulsive mutual attraction and need lead to events that make this tragicomic story a gripping, tender, and powerful film. Originally shown on British television. Cast: Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello, Denise Coffey, Tom Watson, and Gian Luca Favilla

Archived under Events on May 2, 2007

Fiesta Mexicana, May 4

Fiesta Mexicana, Fri., May 4 at 8pm in the BMU Auditorium. Admission is free.

Cumbia, reggaeton, salsa, conjunto mexicano. DJ Roody, Salsa Bro, & los Potrillos del Norte all come to CSU, Chico for a free concert and dance. Raffle tickets and t-shirts will be on available for donation.

Sponsored by SELAC & AS Multicultural Affairs Council. For more information, contact: Beth Carmichael, presidenta, allaboutsmiles@hotmail.com, or Doctora María González, advisora, mgonzalez@csuchico.edu

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on May 2, 2007

CSU, Chico Reentry Student Scholarships

CSU, Chico recently received funding for Osher Reentry Scholarships intended for students whose studies at a four-year campus were interrupted at least five years ago by circumstances beyond their control and who plan to resume and complete their university studies.

For eligibility information and an application, please visit the website, or call CSU, Chico Continuing Education, 530-898-6105.

The application will ask for your contact information, academic status, and a personal statement (no more than 500 words).

The deadline is 5pm on May 16, 2007.

Please forward this notice to your students, family, friends and associates who may benefit from this opportunity.

Archived under Opportunities on May 2, 2007

Drop & Dash, May 22 and 24

Moving out? Have extra stuff to get rid of? Donate at “Drop & Dash” May 22 & 24 from 11am - 6pm.

Each year at the end of the spring semester, large amounts of furniture, household items and trash are illegally dumped on private and public land. Don’t dump it, donate it. The City of Chico will be holding two community collection days called “Drop & Dash: Divert, don’t Trash”. This is your chance to help our community by turning your trash into another person’s treasure and to keep the community clean.

Acceptable items include: appliances, bed & bath linens, blankets, books, clothes, computers, construction materials, furniture, food, mattresses, office supplies, toiletries, recyclables (cans, bottles, paper) and trash. Please separate clean reusable items from trash and broken items before drop-off.

Items will be donated to ARC Thrift store, Community Shelter Partnership, Computers for Classrooms, Esplanade House, Habitat for Humanity, Jesus Center, Salvation Army, Square Deal Mattress.

Locations: 2nd & Cedar Streets (south campus) and West Sacramento & N Cedar Streets (north campus)

Dates: Tuesday, May 22 & Thursday, May 24 from 11am - 6pm

For more information call: Scott Armstrong at 897-6704 or Linda Herman at 896-7241.

Archived under Information on May 2, 2007

Astro-bright Papers are not Recyclable - Please Use Pastels

Astrobright or fluorescent papers are not recyclable. These dark or super-bright papers are made with “beater dyes”, so named because they beat the dye into the fiber of the paper to get a dark or fluorescent color. Because there is so much dye in the fiber, it is not possible to remove all the color from the paper in the recycling process. Brightly dyed papers mixed into a load of recyclable paper will contaminate the load. Here at CSU, Chico, all paper is sorted and astrobright papers are removed and thrown in the trash. Please help us reduce the use of non-recyclable paper by choosing pastels for your flyers and brochures.

Archived under Information on May 2, 2007

May-June Intersession Starts May 21

May-June Intersession registration is open and many courses are still available. May-June Intersession starts May 21 and runs through June 29. Three-, five-, and six-week sessions. Check out the current schedule of classes online. For more information please call Continuing Education, 898-6105.

Archived under Information on May 2, 2007

Volunteers Needed for Big Chico Creek Clean Up

Sent to you on behalf of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve.

The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER) will be holding its annual fundraiser on May 12 and is seeking volunteers to help clean up after the event from 10am to noon on May 13. If you wish to volunteer please contact Jillian Buckholz, campus Sustainability Coordinator at jbuckholz@csuchico.edu. Thank you.

Archived under Information on May 2, 2007

Blood Drive, May 9

The Health Professionals Association will host the next blood drive on Wed., May 9 from 10am - 4pm in the blood mobiles outside of Glenn & Siskyou halls. Each blood donor will receive a free t-shirt.

Please eat and drink plenty of fluids before arriving; you must be at least 17 years of age, in generally good health and weigh a minimum of 110 lbs. A Donor Card or Photo ID is required. Allow approximately one-hour for the donation process. For an appointment, please call Staff Council at 898-6156.

Have a good summer and thanks for donating this year.

Archived under Information on May 2, 2007