Student Computing Drop-In Workshops

Student Computing is presenting the following workshops next week:

PowerPoint 2007
Tues., Nov. 10
5pm - 6pm in MLIB 457

This workshop will teach students how to create a simple PowerPoint presentation from a template, by using the AutoContent Wizard and by using existing slides. Workshop attendees will learn to modify, format and customize their slides for presentations. They will also learn how to create hyperlinks and to format a PowerPoint presentation for the Web. They will learn printing techniques, how to deliver their presentation as well as how to manage their PowerPoint presentation files.

No sign-up is required for these workshops. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend.

For more information about the Student Computing workshops, visit the Student Computing Web site or contact Student Computing at 898-HELP.

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The American Troubadours Vol. 1, Nov. 13

Chico Performances is bringing the eclectic musings of Greg Brown, John Hammond & David Lindley to Laxson Auditorium on Nov. 13 at 7:30pm in a performance known as the American Troubadours Vol. 1.

In this once-in-a lifetime performance, kindred spirits Greg Brown, John Hammond, and David Lindley come together for a memorable evening of folk, blues, and musical virtuosity. Folk/roots hero and storyteller Greg Brown spins his yarns while Grammy award-winner John Hammond showcases his funky blues style. Completing the evening is satirically splendiferous multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, who combines American folk with world beats.

Tickets for this performance are $28 for Premium, $23 for Adult, $21 for Senior and $16 for Student/Child.

For more information about this and other performances please visit the Web site or call the University Box Office at 898-6333.

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Classical Piano Night

Thurs., Nov. 12
7:30pm
Chico Women’s Club 592 E. 3rd Street Chico, CA

Come join us for a night of classical music with professional pianists Svitlana Smaga and Dr. Natalya Shkoda, along with talented CSU, Chico students. Put on by students from Suzanne Zivnuska’s survey of management class. All profits will be donated to the CSU, Chico keyboard fund and the Chico Women’s Club. Tickets available at Diamond W Western Wear. 181 E 2nd St. (530) 891-1650

Fee: $12.00 general audiences, $8.00 students. Students will need a valid student ID.

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Upward Bound Spring 2010 Tutor/Advisor Positions Available.

Upward Bound Projects, a federally funded TRiO program is a year round program for economically disadvantaged first generation high school students with academic potential who want to continue their education after high school.

Duties include the following:

• Tutor and advise program participants in all subjects
• Assist participants in achieving their career, social and academic goals
• Work closely with participants, high school staff, parents and Project staff
• Evaluate participant needs and monitor their progress
• Complete and maintain accurate records for each participant contact by deadline date
• Supervise and motivate participants towards a post-secondary education

Wages: $8.68/hr starting until probationary period is completed and up to $9.49/hr depending on promotional track. Accepting applications through January 8, 2010.

Please email cwoeltjen@csuchico.edu to obtain a complete job description or stop by the Upward Bound office for more complete job description and to pick up an application. Upward Bound is located at:

Upward Bound Projects
Student Services Center (SSC) 392
California State University, Chico
400 W. First Street
Chico, CA 95929-0712

Out of area applicants may call (530) 898-5181 to request an application.

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Help Re-invent the Bookstore

Help us re-invent the Bookstore by sharing your opinions in a short 8 question survey. Simply go to the Web site. Every voice counts, thank you very much for you participation.

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Japanese Fusion Event

Friday, Nov. 13
Miyazaki Movie Series: Spirited Away
Holt 268
Open: 4:30pm
Start: 5pm

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Pre-Med Association Movie Night, Nov. 10

The Pre-Med Association will be having a movie night this Tuesday evening, Nov. 10 at 7pm in HOLT 266. We’ll be watching the movie GATTACA and having a few snacks. Don’t worry about getting homework done for the next day, as Wednesday is Veterens’ Day and there is no school.

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Call For Student Photographers

“Picture This” an all-campus juried photography exhibition. We are looking for your best photos, whether in digital or film. Please submit matted photographs to Ayres 107 from 8am - 5pm, Nov. 9-13. Selected photographs will be exhibited at 3rd Floor Gallery and Laxson Fine Arts Gallery from Nov. 18 - Dec. 18. A Reception will be on Dec. 2.

For more information please contact CSU, Chico Art Department, Elizabeth Newman Kuiper 530-898-5331.

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The AS Women's Center hosts Take Back the Night: Shatter the Silence, Nov. 12

Join us in spreading awareness about sexual violence against women. Events will include an information fair in the Free Speech Area during the day, workshops, survivor speak outs, a keynote address and silent candle-lit march through downtown Chico.

10am - 2pm
Information Fair: Free Speech Area

6pm
Common Grounds — Welcome/Jen O’Hare Scholarship Presentation

6:30pm
BMU 312 — Gender Neutral Speak Out: A place for both men and women to speak out about their experiences in a safe and supportive setting.
BMU 210 — Woman Only Survivor Speak Out: A place for women to speak out about their experiences in a safe and supportive setting.
BMU 304 — Gender Neutral Workshop: a discussion on how men can stop perpetuating violence against women, facilitated by David Hugens, Sergy El-Morshedy and Dallas Madison.

7:30pm
Common Grounds — Keynote Speaker: a keynote address prior to the Silent March

8:30pm
Free Speech Area — Silent Candle-lit March: a silent march in protest of rape culture, bringing awareness about sexual assault and violence against women.

For more information, please contact the AS Women’s Center at 530.898.5724 or visit the Web site.

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The Nammys on Tour! - Nov. 20

Chico Performances is bringing The Nammys on Tour! (The Native American Music Awards Tour) to Laxson Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30pm.

Multi Grammy winners Joanne Shenandoah and R. Carlos Nakai headline a very special evening celebrating Native American Heritage month. From Joanne’s sweet voice and stellar songwriting to the pure notes of Nakai’s Native American flute, the cultural heritage of our First Nations will fill Laxson Auditorium. Joining this celebration are Arizona’s Yellow Bird Dancers.

Tickets for this performance are $23 for Premium, $18 for Adult, $16 for Senior, and $14 for Student/Child.

For tickets and more information visit the Web site or call the University Box Office at 898-6333.

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News Release: Colloquium Will Feature Economist Speaking on 'What Went Wrong: An Idiosyncratic Perspective on the Economy and Economics'

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260

Colloquium Will Feature Economist Speaking on ‘What Went Wrong: An Idiosyncratic Perspective on the Economy and Economics’

The California State University, Chico College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) Faculty Colloquium this year will honor economist Michael Perelman, author of “The Confiscation of American Prosperity: From Right-Wing Extremism and Economic Ideology to the Next Great Depression” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007).

The title of Perelman’s talk is “What Went Wrong: An Idiosyncratic Perspective on the Economy and Economics.” In it, he will discuss the path by which he was able to understand the current economic crisis that was about to unfold before it was officially named.

The colloquium, to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, is a yearly event that recognizes a BSS faculty member who has received national attention for his or her scholarship. The event begins with a poster session highlighting faculty scholarship at 5:30 p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. Perelman’s keynote presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The complete news release is available online.

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Tutoring Positions for Spring 2010

The Student Learning Center is currently hiring tutors for spring semester 2010 for the following subjects: Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Finance, History, Japanese, Math, Physics, Psychology, and Spanish.

More information is available at the Student Learning Center Web site. Tutors are successful, friendly students who can explain things in a variety of ways and want to help their peers earn better grades. Tutors develop professional skills such as patience, communication, listening, and flexibility. If you have questions or want more information, contact the Student Learning Center at 898-6839.

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20% off books for National American Indian Heritage Month

In honor of National American Indian Heritage Month the Associated Students Bookstore is offering 20% off all books relating to Native American Culture during November. Stop in and purchase your new book to curl up with during the upcoming winter months.

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All Cookbooks are 20% off at the Associated Students Bookstore

Start the holiday season out right with a new cookbook full of recipes to impress your family and friends. The Associated Students Bookstore is offering 20% off all cookbooks during the month of November. So, don’t forget to stop by and pick one up today.

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STOP Meeting, Nov. 10

S.T.O.P. - Stop Trafficking of Persons - will meet Tues., Nov. 10 at 5pm in BMU 303. Everyone welcome. Join the cause or just come see what we’re doing to raise awareness about this important issue.

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ALCI Conversation Partner Program

Want to meet international students and learn about other cultures? Then sign up for ALCI Conversation Partners. The ALCI Conversation Partner program pairs ALCI students with CSU, Chico students to help the ALCI students improve their English and learn about American society. At the same time, the program allows CSU, Chico Students to learn about a new culture and meet new people . If you are interested in meeting with an International student please sign up HERE or by following the link.

* As a basic requirement we ask you meet your partner at least once a week for an hour.
If you have any questions please email us at alciconversation@gmail.com.

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Careers in the Foreign Service

So, You Want to Be a Diplomat? Careers in the Foreign Service
Tues., Nov. 17, 4pm
Career Center, Student Services Center 270

A Foreign Service Specialist will be available to discuss career and internship opportunities with the Department of State. The Department is currently stepping up its hiring of Foreign Service Officers and Specialists in an effort to recruit the new generation of foreign policy professionals. Career opportunities include the five Foreign Service Officer career tracks (Consular, Economic, Management, Political and Public Diplomacy) as well as Foreign Service Specialist career tracks (Administration, Construction Engineering, Information Technology, English Language Programs, Medical, Office Management and Security). She will be talking about majors/degrees most conducive to a career in diplomacy (all majors!) and will be available to answer any questions you might have about careers and lifestyle in the Foreign Service.

Visit the Web site for more information. Students and alumni with an interest in public service careers in an international setting are encouraged to attend.

Please contact the Career Center, SSC 270, 898-5253, if you have any questions.

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The Wellness Center is Recruiting Interns for Spring 2010

Are you looking for an exciting internship for spring 2010? That’s funny because we’re looking for you too.

Apply to be a Wellness Center Intern. We’re a peer education program and it’s our mission to educate the campus community about the 8 areas of wellness (social, physical, emotional, life planning, cultural, spiritual, intellectual, and environmental) to encourage students to make healthy choices and achieve a balanced mind, body, spirit.

Intern Benefits Include:

• Develop job skills in a professional work environment
• Gain public speaking experience
• Acquire workshop development and presentation skills
• Increase teamwork/leadership abilities
• Resume builder/Networking opportunities
• Units for your major

Intern Responsibilities will include:

• Peer education on wellness related topics
• 10 hours per week staffing the Wellness Center
• Outreach presentations to student organizations
• Staffing Wellness Center tables and special events
• Promoting Wellness Center events
• Develop creative programs around the 8 areas of wellness
• Attendance at Wellness forums and special events

Visit the Wellness Center (SSC 430) to pick up an application or go to the Web site.

Application Deadline Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Applicants should be available for intern training on Jan. 22, 2010.

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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, 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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Every Can Counts

Every Can Counts - the WREC is having a canned food drive and will be collecting until November 20 (Friday) in the WREC front lobby. All donations are going to the Torres Community Shelter. Please see the WREC front desk for further information. Remember: Every Can Counts.

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University Film Series: Facing Windows (2003, Italy), Dec. 8

University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated

Dec. 8
Facing Windows (La finestra di fronte)
(2003, Italy) 102 min. Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.
Sponsored by the Italian Club and introduced by Fulvio Orsitto, Foreign Languages and Literatures*

Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno ) and her husband Filippo (Filippo Nigro ) have settled into life with jobs that make them unhappy. They argue about money, sex, time and work. There is a sense that this is a marriage whose love is dwindling fast. But one morning, the two of them cross paths with an elderly man suffering from transient global amnesia, remembering nothing about himself and his current situation, although recalling random episodes from his remote past.

*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme “Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.”

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Conversations on Diversity, "Bottom Up Solutions to Top Down Problems," Nov. 18

The economic plunge has made things tight-if not desperate - especially for those directly and disproportionately affected by federal and state funding slashes in education and social services. But many folks have developed grassroots responses, including funding campaigns, do-it-yourself programs, textbook exchanges, and service outreach.

Bring your lunch and join us Wed., Nov. 18 from 12pm - 1pm in BMU 210 to hear about some of these programs started right here in the Chico area - and learn how you, too, can join in the efforts to improve your own and others’ lives.

For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764.

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Printmaking Exhibition: Two Views/ Two Printmakers

MFA Candidates Erin Kelly and Megan Moore juxtapose their original prints at Laxson Fine Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Two Views/ Two Printmakers.

Erin Kelly’s prints center on her interaction with nostalgic childhood artifacts such as 33 rpm record albums. Megan Moore focuses on organic nature, and microscopic biology in her meticulous printmaking processes. Two Views/ Two Printmakers opens Thurs., Oct. 8 and will run through Nov. 13, 2009 at Laxson Fine Art Gallery in Laxson Auditorium at California State University, Chico. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. from 11am - 4pm.

For more information please contact Elizabeth Newman Kuiper, CSU, Chico Art Department, 530-898-5331.

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WREC Modified GX Schedule

Evening classes at the WREC will be modified due to the Veteran’s Day Observation:

4pm - 4:30pm Butts n’ Gutts 250 Vickie
4:30pm - 5:30pm WREC Fit 250 Vickie
Yoga 230 Lisa

5:30pm - 6:30pm Spin 240 Karin
Zumba 250 Brooke
Step 260 Mallory

WREC closes at 7pm.

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News Release: Award-winning Expert on Men and Violence to Give Address

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2009
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
Lori Beth Way,
Department of Political Science
530-898-5737

Award-winning Expert on Men and Violence to Give Address

Jackson Katz, a ground-breaking and internationally recognized expert on men and violence, will give a talk at California State University, Chico Friday, Nov. 13, in the BMU Auditorium.

The address, “Men, Women, Sex and Violence: a Multimedia Presentation,” will be at 1:30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Professor Lori Beth Way, Department of Political Science, at 898-5737, lway@csuchico.edu.

Katz is the founder of Northeastern University’s Mentors in Violence Program, the first large-scale effort to utilize high school, college and professional athletes to reduce men’s violence against women. Launched in 1993, the MVP program is now the largest gender violence prevention program in college and professional athletics.

The complete news release is available online.

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News Release: Chico State's Ballroom Dance Night Will Give Dancers 'A Night in the Spotlight'

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260

Chico State’s Ballroom Dance Night Will Give Dancers ‘A Night in the Spotlight’

Ballroom Dance Night at California State University, Chico will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7-10 p.m. in Shurmer Gym. The theme is “A Night in the Spotlight: Let Your Light Shine.”

Ballroom Dance Night has been a tradition for more than 50 years. Dancers from the university community, Butte College and the larger community are welcome. The cost is $6 for students and $7 for community members, and tickets are sold at the door.

“Ballroom Dance Night started with coach Willie Simmons in the early 1960s,” said Patricia Smiley, director of the dance program at CSU, Chico. “At that time, records provided the music. Today, a professional DJ provides the dancers with a wide variety of music. There is no drinking allowed, and the students have attended classes, know how to dance and come dressed in their best.”

The complete news release is available online.

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News Release: The State of Health Care Reform in America: Two Events Scheduled for Coming Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Tom Imhoff, Philosophy
530-898-4743

The State of Health Care Reform in America: Two Events Scheduled for Coming Week

The California State University, Chico Peace Institute is offering the second of its three-part series on health care reform this coming Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Ayres 120. Bill Moyer’s Journal Interview of Wendell Potter from July 10, 2009 will be shown and a discussion will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Potter, a former public relations front person for Cigna has now became a whistleblower, testifying before Congressional committees and appearing for numerous interviews on TV about the abuses of the health insurance industry. Once hired by Cigna to discredit Michael Moore and “Sicko,” he recently stated on TV that he agrees with most of the content in the documentary. He has become one of the strongest advocates for health reform in America.

The final event in the series, “Wellness vs. Sickness—Do We Need a New Paradigm?” will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in PAC 135. A panel of health care providers will discuss how preventative care, healthy life style, and alternative and collaborative health services can help keep us well, reduce illness and contribute significantly to health care cost containment. The panel, including James Nagel, M.D.; Deborah Penner, D.C.; Regina Dagerette, Ph.D., L.Acc.; Shayla Waddell, N.D.; and Deborah Crawford, RMT, will address the question of whether the current healthcare reform measures provide for such a program, and whether we need to rethink what constitutes health and health care.

The complete news release is available online.

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