Third Floor Gallery Exhibit through Dec. 17

The Third Floor Gallery presents More Than Words by Beth Liebermann (through Dec. 17). Beth’s portraits are done in a comic book style and cleverly use text relating to her subjects. These are fun and well worth a trip to the gallery.

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Purchase Tickets Now for Glorious Sounds of the Season

Glorious Sounds of the Season, CSU, Chico’s annual holiday celebration, takes place Friday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30pm and Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2pm in Harlen Adams Theatre.

This scholarship fundraiser for the Department of Music has become a Chico tradition and has sold out in advance the previous four years.

Presented in a unique kaleidoscopic fashion with ensembles/performers literally everywhere in Harlen Adams Theatre, the holiday-season music is non-stop and has ranged from classical to jazz to rock and roll in recent years. Performers typically include all the performance groups in the Dept. of Music, as well as outstanding faculty instrumentalists and vocalists. One of the many highlights is an audience-participation sing-along of various holiday-season songs.

Tickets have been selling at a much brisker pace this year, especially for the Sunday matinee performance which always seems to sell out first. It is advised people wishing to go to Glorious Sounds purchase tickets well in advance; all tickets are reserved with the best seats sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

Tickets are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.

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Willie Nelson Just Added to Chico Performances Spring Line-up

Willie Nelson tickets are now on sale for this sure-to-sell-out performance in Laxson Auditorium, Jan. 14, at 7:30pm courtesy of Chico Performances.

From Farm Aid to country crossover super-stardom, Willie is equal parts American icon, singer-songwriter, poet, political, activist and actor. And, he has penned some of country music’s best loved classics including On the Road Again, Crazy and All the Girls I’ve Loved Before. This promises to be a Laxson classic. Opening for Willie will be his son, Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real.

Tickets are: $75 premium, $70 Adult, $65 Senior, $50 Student/Child and are available STARTING TODAY at the University Box office, 898-6333

For more information please visit the Web site.

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Survey on University Web site

The University is currently in the beginning phases of re-designing the campus Web site. As part of the research process to better understand how to improve the user experience, the Web Design Team is inviting all users of the Web site to participate in a brief on-line survey. Available at the Web site, the survey takes only 5-10 minutes to complete. It is available until Mon., Dec. 8, 2008. Thank you.

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Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul coming to Laxson Auditorium, Nov. 21

Join Chico Performances as they present Eileen Ivers and Immigrant soul for a night of fast-paced Celtic music on Nov. 21, at 7:30pm.

Anytime a Celtic band includes a “beatbox” and “drum loop,” it’s safe to say their performance will rock. Eileen Ivers, nine-time winner of the All-Irish Fiddling Championship, and her band Immigrant Soul combine Celtic with everything from Latin to blues in an infectious blend of world music. African and Latin percussion combined with fiddle, funky bass, acoustic piano, synthesizers, drums and blues harmonica have earned her a huge international following. The resulting sound has been described as “world fusion, with a Celtic edge.”

Tickets are $25 Premium, $20 Adult, $18 Senior, $16 Student/Child and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333

For more information please visit the Web site.

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Experience Traditional Mexican Heritage with Ballet Folklorico, Dec. 6

Chico Performances presents Ballet Folkorico IMBA: Posada Navidena, a vibrant showcase celebrating Christmas with Mexican heritage, song, dance and music, in Laxson Auditorium on Dec. 6, 2008 at 7:30pm.

In a beautiful holiday salute to the song and dance heritage of Mexico, Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento’s Ballet Folklorico group will be performing Posada Navidena. With all the colorful stylings that go with Ballet Folklorico performances, this evening will feature a live mariachi band and stunning dancers, all in authentic dress. This performance will capture the complexity and intensity of traditional music and dance celebrating Mexico’s holiday season.

Ticket costs are $22 premium, $17 adult, $15 senior, and $13 student/child.

For more information, please visit the Web site.

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Information Session for "Anastasia's Russia," Dec. 3

HFA is offering a tour to “Anastasia’s Russia” June 8-21, 2009. Dr. Jed Wyrick will be the faculty-in-residence and will host an information session on Dec. 3, 4:30pm - 5:30pm in Trinity 100. Everyone is welcome, including friends and family. Students can register for 1-3 units in either religious studies or humanities.

Dr. Wyrick, chair of the Department of Religious Studies and coordinator of its programs in Humanities and Modern Jewish and Israel Studies, earned his PhD from Harvard in comparative literature and his BA from Brandeis in classics. He first visited the (then) Soviet Union in 1987.

“We will travel to the vast metropolis of Moscow built on the site of a medieval wooden fortress; the neoclassical architecture of St. Petersburg, city of canals; and the ancient towns of the Golden Ring, pivotal in the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church,” said Wyrick.

The $5,889 package includes round-trip airfare from San Francisco; hotels with private baths; and buffet breakfasts and three dinners. A deposit of $450 holds your place. Deadline to sign up: Feb. 8, 2009.
Contact Thomasin Saxe, x4642 or the Web site.

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First GE Design Forum, Dec. 12

A General Education Design Team has been charged by the Provost to “engage in a deep, deliberative examination of the current General Education program and the policies that guide it, and through consultation revise General Education to improve student learning of the essential knowledge, skills and attributes for an educated participant in civic and intellectual life in the 21st century.”

The team invites all interested faculty, staff, students, and alumni to the first Forum on GE Design on Dec. 12, 2008 in Kendall 207/209 from 2pm - 4pm. The objective of this first Forum is to orient the campus to the general goals of GE and seek input on specific ideas for GE structure, intellectual focus, and design. This will be one of many opportunities to bring your creative ideas about this important part of our curriculum to the forefront. This cumulative effort is essential for creating a GE program for the 21st century.

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News Release: CSU, Chico Nationally Ranked for Study Abroad Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2008
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143

CSU, Chico Nationally Ranked for Study Abroad Program

California State University, Chico is among the U.S. leaders in the quality of its study abroad program, according to a new national ranking of student participation.

According to the Institute of International Education, the leading nonprofit educational/cultural exchange organization in the United States, CSU, Chico ranks second among master’s-level institutions for the number of students studying abroad for one year or longer.

CSU, Chico had 191 students studying abroad for a full academic year in 2006-07, the most recent year that national data was available. Only two other master’s-level institutions sent more than 100 students abroad for a year: Touro College in New York City, ranked ahead of Chico with 300, and San Francisco State, ranked behind Chico with 188.

The complete news release is available online.

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