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Sorority and Fraternity Sponsor Hoops 4 Haiti Fundraiser

Published: February 9th, 2010

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February 9, 2010

Kathleen McPartland
530-898-4260

Sorority and Fraternity Sponsor Hoops 4 Haiti Fundraiser

Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity at California State University, Chico are partners in sponsoring a fundraising basketball tournament for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Hoops 4 Haiti will be held this Thursday, Feb. 11, from 6 pm to 9 pm in Acker Gym.

2010 Local Government Leadership Development Program Prepares Today’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Published: January 28th, 2010

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January 28, 2010

Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Melissa McGowan
530-898-6105

2010 Local Government Leadership Development Program
Prepares Today’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

The Northern California Local Government Leadership Institute is accepting enrollments for the 2010 Leadership Development Program, a newly-updated, five-course series designed to help local government employees cultivate leadership skills and become more effective and proactive leaders and managers.

Faculty Expert Database

A list of CSU, Chico faculty areas of expertise

PHOTO: Paul Lopez

Paul Lopez

Sociology

Dr. Paul Lopez's book The Braceros: The Untold Stories is scheduled to come out this spring from Kendall/Hunt Publishers. Other areas of expertise include Chicano/Latino Studies, labor markets, and public policy.

 
PHOTO: Diana Dwyre

Diana Dwyre

Political Science

Dr. Dwyre's fields of expertise are campaign financing, parties and elections, and congressional elections. She is the co-author, with Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, of Limits and Loopholes: The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections.

 
PHOTO: Janya Lalich

Janya Lalich

Sociology

Dr. Lalich is an international leader in the exploration of cults and extremist ideologies. She is the author of Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults and Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships.

 
PHOTO: Tanya Wattenburg Komas

Tanya Wattenburg Komas

Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program

Dr. Komas is the director of CIM, one of five such programs in the nation. She took CIM students to Pointe Du Hoc, Normandy, France, in spring 2008 to assist in the evaluation of concrete bunkers at the World War II D-Day landing site.

 
PHOTO: Robert Tinkler

Robert Tinkler

History

Dr. Tinkler is the Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2008-2009. He is the author of James Hamilton of South Carolina (Louisiana State University Press, 2004). His fields of interest are the American South, Civil War, and Reconstruction.

 
PHOTO: Jinsong Zhang

Jinsong Zhang

Organic Chemistry

Dr. Zhang has received several awards for her work with the synthesis of natural compounds with potential medicinal uses. At CSU, Chico since 2006, she received a two-year Research Corporation grant that supports her work with undergraduate students.

 

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