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School of the Arts Offering Gift Certificates for the Holiday Season
Gift certificates for performances sponsored by CSU, Chico’s School of the Arts are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333. Gift certificates can be made out in any amount and exchanged for admission to any ticketed School of the Arts performance, including the upcoming Glorious Sounds of the Season concerts on Dec. 4-6.
School of the Arts ticketed events include North State Symphony concerts, opera, jazz, band, guitar, chamber music, and choir performances, theatre productions, and the 2010 Spring Musical, “Rent,” a grand-scale production that will be presented jointly in early May by the Departments of Theatre and Music.
For more information on School of the Arts events please visit the Web site.
Gift certificates must be redeemed at the University Box Office prior to the performance; gift certificates are not redeemable at the door.
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CSUEU Monthly Meeting
CSUEU Monthly Meeting will be held Friday, November 20, 2009, at noon in Tehama 106.
• The statewide VP for Representation will be at the meeting to discuss the recent wins at the Chancellor’s Office.
• We will also have staff members from other campuses with us. They will be here for the Steward training and join us at the meeting.
• There will be an update on the recent Board of Directors meeting.
Bring your lunch and your voice! Any questions, please contact Alicia Trider.
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CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program
CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) applications are now available online.
The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance in the form of a loan of up to $30,000 to students pursuing doctoral degrees. If a participant accepts a tenure-track CSU instructional faculty position after completion of the doctoral degree, 20 percent of the loan will be forgiven for each year of full-time postdoctoral teaching employment in the CSU.
Those individuals who will be new or continuing full-time students in doctoral programs at accredited universities anywhere in the United States during the 2010/2011 academic year may apply. CDIP is designed as a recruitment incentive program open to all graduate students at accredited institutions who are not probationary or tenured faculty members in the CSU. Lecturers intending to pursue or already pursuing a doctoral degree are eligible and encouraged to apply.
The campus deadline for the application package is March 2, 2010. Submit the application to the School of Graduate, International and Interdisciplinary Studies, SSC 440. For additional information and questions contact Dr. Sharon Barrios at (530) 898-4964.
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Holiday Pet Food Drive - Friends of Animals
FOA is collecting pet food to benefit Meals on Wheels Chico area clients from November 16 through December 14.
Please bring food donations to Sapp Hall at 238 Normal Avenue or send donations to Sue Anderson at zip 0050.
For more information visit the Web site.
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Walnuts for Sale! Friends of Animals Fundraiser
FOA member extraordinaire, Carol Rudolph, is selling 1 ¼ lb bags of walnuts for $6.25 with a charitable portion of the proceeds going to FOA.
Slap a bow on the bag and you have a no stress, healthful and welcomed gift. Give Carol a call at: 530-228-2827. The walnuts are proving to be a popular purchase for the upcoming holiday season.
For more information, go to the Web site.
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Travel Direct Deposit Program
Travel Accounting is offering Direct Deposit for travel reimbursements to CSU, Chico travelers. This program is available to all state-funded travel processed through the Travel Accounting office. Individuals wishing to enroll in the Direct Deposit Program must complete a Travel Accounting Direct Deposit Enrollment Authorization Form available online under forms, or at the Travel Accounting Office, Kendall Hall, Room 210. Carefully read the direct deposit information before deciding to enroll. If you have any questions please contact Pat Heath at extension 5766.
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Travel Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Waiver Form
A reminder to State travelers: savings can be realized with the use of the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Waiver form. Employees traveling overnight in California on official State business may be exempt from paying hotel/motel transient occupancy taxes. Prior to travel complete a hotel/motel exemption form. Many hotel/motel chains have their own form. Either exemption form is acceptable. Some hotel/motel establishments will not allow the exemption unless charges are paid with a Government Credit Card. The American Express Government Card should be sufficient for the waiver. Not all hotel/motel establishments will honor the tax waiver but the potential savings to the university make it worth the effort to present the document at check-in time.
The form is available at the Travel Accounting web site under the forms link. We encourage you to use this form whenever possible and to remind your fellow travelers to do the same.
If you have any questions please contact Pat Heath at x5766.
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University's Needy Children Program-Opportunity Drawing Results
Staff Council extends its sincere thanks to all who supported our recent fundraiser, netting $2,395. Money collected purchases grocery certificates for families adopted through the program, and for last-minute gifts for children. Our sincere thanks to the many local merchants who donated merchandise or gift certificates which enabled the success of this fundraiser. A complete list of prize winners may be viewed by visiting the Staff Council Web site.
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Staff Council Academic Award Available for Staff
Are you in need of a little extra cash to help with your education? Staff Council is sponsoring a $250 scholarship to assist a staff employee pursuing their higher education goals. Current staff employees who are employed by the state, Foundation or AS on a half-time or greater basis are eligible to apply. Please refer to the Web site for an application and rules of eligibility. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to the Staff Council office, ext. 6156.
Applications accepted November 1-December 15. The scholarship will be awarded for the spring 2010 semester.
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University Film Series: BLACK ORPHEUS (1959, Brazil), introduced by Anthony Graybosch, Philosophy, Dec. 1
University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated
DEC. 1
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (1959, France/Brazil/Italy) 100 min. Directed by Marcel Camus. Introduced by Anthony Graybosch, Philosophy*
Based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice and set in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. The film is particularly renowned for its soundtrack by bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim, featuring songs such as “Manhã de Carnaval” (written by Luiz Bonfá ) and “A felicidade” that were to become bossa nova classics. Black Orpheus won the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival as well as the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the 1960 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme “Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.”
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University Film Series: FACING WINDOWS (2003, Italy), sponsored by the Italian Club and Fulvio Orsitto, Foreign Languages/Literatures, 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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Community Tree Planting at Del Rio Wildland Preserve
The Institute for Sustainable Development and River Partners invites students and community members to volunteer at our first-ever MAKE ‘EM SWEAT event on Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Community leaders, like Mayor Ann Schwab, and Scott McNall, Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development, will be the featured volunteers at Del Rio. They need your help.
When:
Saturday, December 5, 10:30 am to 3:00 pm
Where:
Del Rio Wildland Preserve - Sacramento River
What You Need:
Work clothes, hat, gloves and shoes
Sunscreen, Water, Lunch
Willingness to have fun!
Sign up, Directions, and Carpool:
894-5401×222 or via e-mail
Thank you community leader volunteers:
Ann Schwab, Mayor, and Tom Nickell, Vice Mayor, City of Chico
Chuck Rough, Manager, & Steve Culleton, Vice Mayor, Town of Paradise
Scott McNall, Director, Institute for Sustainable Development, CSU, Chico
Alexa Valavanis, CEO, North Valley Community Foundation
John Carlon, River Partners’ President
About Del Rio Wildland Preserve: The 259-acre Preserve is located in northern Glenn County approximately 15 miles southwest of Chico. Once a flood-prone walnut orchard, Del Rio is being transformed by River Partners into oak woodland and savannah communities that will provide critical habitat for wildlife.
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