An Academic Rock Star: New GE Pathways Program
The GE Pathways program, under construction for the last four years (two in creation and two in implementation), is newly launched this semester. New students are being offered a general education program that provides them with a minor, if they choose. It is a solution to problems that plague GE programs everywhere: students who don’t see the point of GE classes when they are pressed to move through school quickly and, too often, a lack of coherence in the program itself.
Two Weeks Toward a More Cohesive Campus Community
The second cohort of the CSU, Chico Diversity Academy met for two weeks this July, sequestered for seven and a half hours each day and struggling with how to address diversity issues on campus and beyond. I was among the 23 staff and faculty members around those Selvester’s tables, and the experience has transformed the way I work.
From the President's Desk
Beyond the Fence
Part One: "Smart Growth"
As the title of this column suggests, this is the first of several similarly-themed pieces focused on overcoming the challenges (the “fences”) that I identified in my fall convocation address.
FACULTY DOCUMENTARY
Someone You Know
As anthropology professor Jesse Dizard’s two daughters grow up, he worries more and more about the incredibly high rates of sexual assault in the United States. “This is something that has been bothering me for a long time,” he says.
COB Program
Building Global Entrepreneurs
What happens in Chico has the potential to reach around the world. Just ask accounting professor Curt DeBerg. He helps high school students in Bahrain, Burundi, Canada, China, Ireland, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, and Zambia, among others, serve their communities—and the world—by starting businesses.
Legacy Gift to University
An Enduring Commitment to Education
While much is not known about 1966 alumnus Duane Durkee and his beloved mother and aunt, there is a prevailing theme in their lives: the value of education. The last, and most enduring, expression of that commitment came this summer, when Chico State received a gift of more than one-half million dollars to support student scholarships in the biological sciences.
Achievements
Erik Bartelink, Anthropology, is the 89th board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology.
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