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- 2nd Chamber Music Concert Features Mozart Quintet, Bach, Dring, and Duvernoy
- President's Lecture Series Monday, March 6
- University Film Series: THE KILLING, hosted by Jason Tannen, Feb. 21
- University Film Series: DESIGNATED MOURNER (David Hare, Wallace Shawn, Mike Nichols), Feb. 28
- Anthropology Forum TODAY
- College of Agriculture Hosts Beef Day, Feb. 18
Human Resources
Workshops
News Release: California State University, Chico Offers Certification Program in Linguistically and Culturally Appropriate Business Practices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 16, 2006
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
CONTACT: Joe Picard,
Regional and Continuing Education
Tel: 530-898-6105
California State University, Chico Offers Certification Program in Linguistically and Culturally Appropriate Business Practices
California State University, Chico College of Business, in partnership with the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), The Localization Institute and Austin Community College, is now offering a Localization Certification Program for students and professionals.
Localization is an emerging, multi-discipline field that focuses how organizations develop linguistically and culturally appropriate Web sites, software, marketing strategies and messages for a diverse global audience. Professionals charged with international marketing, translation, localization and other business functions must now possess a blend of industry-specific knowledge, technical e-business skills, language translation management experience, and a cultural understanding of the people and markets they serve.
The CSU, Chico Localization Certification Program addresses this need through the delivery of online and on-site instruction. Participants will start the program by accessing 45 hours of asynchronous online instruction which will provide an understanding of localization concepts related to conducting international business. The online instruction will be available starting April 5, and students will be able to cover the material at their own pace. Multilingual Computing, the leading publisher in the field, is supporting the development of the online content.
To read the complete news release, go to: Web Site
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Faculty, Staff & Student Staff: Would you like to learn sign language?
Would you like to learn sign language? Come join us in a class on Fridays, February 24 to May 12, from 3:30-5:00pm. The class is free, but you will need to purchase the book we will be using. For more information, call or email Adele at x5959 or aharth@csuchico.edu.
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President Zingg Invites You to Play Golf In Scotland
HFA is offering a tour to Scotland with an option for golf from July 22 through 30. President Paul Zingg, sport historian and avid golfer, will be the faculty-in-residence, plus, there will be golf instruction from CSU, Chico head golf coach Keith Thomas. Keith is a Class-A PGA professional. The tour will include three nights in Edinburgh, two in St. Andrews, and two in Stirling. There is an optional extension to Salzburg. “For golfers, this trip promises an experience of a lifetime,” said Zingg. “All four of the courses we’ll be playing — the Old Course at St. Andrews, Carnoustie, Gullane, and Gleneagles — are ranked among the top 100 in the world. For those who do not golf, there is an excursion to Edinburgh, to Stirling and Stirling Castle, and to Glasgow with its Burrell Collection. The tour for everyone includes round-trip airfare from San Francisco, airport fees, transfers, first-class hotels, buffet breakfast daily, and three dinners; Edinburgh and St. Andrews sightseeing; the full-time services of professional tour director Guy Macdonald, author of England (Cadogan Country Guides, 2004).”
For more information, including cost, contact Ms. Thomasin Saxe, group coordinator, tsaxe@csuchico.edu or 530.898-4642. You may also check the Web Site
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Watershed Literary Magazine Invites Submissions
Watershed, CSU, Chico’s Literary Magazine, invites submissions in the following categories:
- Black & White Photography & Artwork
(81/2 × 11 print format or smaller)
- Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Poetry
(up to 3,000 words in length)
Theme
“Change: the inevitable metamorphosis which we discover in the world around us and in ourselves.”
Please feel free to interpret this theme broadly for your Spring 2006 submissions.
Include
• A cover letter with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and a (60 word max.) biographical statement.
• Your submissions (please do not put your name on the submission itself).
• In addition to the hard copy, please also send your submissions via e-mail to chuff@csuchico.edu.
• A self-addressed, stamped envelope for a reply and return of your submission.
* Please limit the number of your submissions to ten.
Send or deliver submissions to
Watershed
California State University, Chico
Department of English - Taylor Hall 209
Chico, CA 95929
Deadline: March 8, 2006
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National Student Exchange - Application Deadline Extended
Applications will be accepted until Fri., Feb. 24, 2006. NSE provides your students with opportunities to study at one of 177 member institutions within the United States. Chico students pay either resident fees at the Host institution or continue to pay CSU, Chico fees. Financial aid is available to those qualifying taking into account the actual cost at the Host institution. With the cooperation of faculty, students have courses pre-approved so that they maintain continuous progress in their majors. We ask that you encourage your students to explore this possibility.
Please contact James Luyirika-Sewagudde, Jr.
Coordinator, National Student Exchange
530 898 5712 Web Site
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University Film Series/Conversation on Diversity: Gretchen Hogue visits for Women's History Month in March
Film and video artist Gretchen Hogue, a Chico native who now lives in Portland, Oregon, is making two guest visits in honor of Women’s History Month.
Hogue will curate and host Stumptown Girls: An Evening of Lady-Made Movies from Portland, OR at the University Film Series on March 7 at 7:30pm in Ayres 106. This visit is made possible by a grant from the Committee on Arts and Lectures (CAL).
On March 8 at noon in BMU 204 as part of the Conversation on Diversity series, Hogue will host We Are Not Your Artist: Making the Art World Our Art World. She will discuss the pros and cons of not making money through art, creative concepts in self-distribution, and the DIY (Do It Yourself) Portland art community as a model for an ideal world. Impromptu screenings are highly likely.
For information, please call 898-4642.
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Timelines for Copy Requests
Now that semester start up is over, Printing Services is back to our usual timelines for copy jobs:
- 24 hour turn-around for exams;
- 24 hour turn-around for copies of 1000 impressions or less, including collating, stapling, 3-hole punch and tapebinding;
- Additional time is needed for copy jobs that require other services, such as cutting, folding, padding, spiral bind, campus distribution or volumes over 1000. Please ask customer service for time estimates by calling (x5992) or stop by our office in Siskiyou 118;
- Automated Mail processing can be completed in 5 to 10 working days, please schedule with customer service.
As always, offset printing orders should be scheduled through customer service.
We look forward to serving your printing and copying needs.
Thank you for your continued support,
Printing Services Staff Web Site
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Graduate Equity Fellowship for Under-Served Groups
The goal of the Graduate Equity Fellowship Program (GEFP) is to prepare, motivate, encourage and support those graduate students who aspire to obtain a doctorate and pursue an academic career in teaching and research. Awards for an academic year total $5,500. The two-part program provides a stipend of $750/semester and a salary of $2,000/semester for research related activities under the direction of a faculty mentor.
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following minimum criteria:
You must be economically disadvantaged; must have come from an educationally disadvantaged background/experienced restricted access to quality educational opportunities; be admitted to the University and a master’s degree program; classified as a California resident; and there must be a probable need for faculty in your academic discipline - i.e., a projected shortfall in the supply of qualified faculty in your field of study.
Deadline: April 1 for Fall
November 1 for Spring
Information and applications may be picked up in The Graduate and International Programs Office in Tehama 209, or call 898-6880.
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2005 Staff Employee of the Year and Distinguished Retired Staff Awards
Nomination forms for the 2005 Staff Employee of the Year Award, and for the Distinguished Retired Staff Award, are available by contacting the Staff Council office, x6156 or by visiting our Web Site Scroll down the page to information concerning both of these awards. Please read cover letter information, as well as requirements for the award. Questions regarding either award may be directed to the Staff Council office. The submission deadline is Fri., Feb. 24, 2006 at noon. These awards will be presented at the Spring Awards Luncheon on April 20, 2006 in the BMU Auditorium.
Nominations or letters of support may be:
· Mailed to campus zip 160
· Dropped off at the Staff Council office, corner of Third and Chestnut Streets in Sierra Hall Annex, between the hours of 8:00am and 2:30pm.
· Items may also be left in the Staff Council drop box located in Sierra Hall—entryway.
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1-Day Patio Sale Going on Now
Don’t miss the one-day 50% off sale going on now on the patio of the
Associated Students Bookstore. Shop our selection of books, calendars, gift and seasonal merchandise. We have something for everyone, from child to adult. The sale is currently going on until 3:00pm today, so don’t delay.
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College of Agriculture Hosts Beef Day, Feb. 18
The College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico will host the 15th Annual Beef Day Sat., Feb. 18, at the University Farm.
The event, co-sponsored by the College of Agriculture, UC Cooperative Extension, Young Cattlemen’s Association and California Beef Improvement Association, is open to the public and is specifically aimed as a resource for beef producers and those interested in raising beef cattle.
Registration runs from 8:00am to 9:00am, and the event proceeds with workshops, a trade show, and a tri-tip lunch. The event culminates at 4:00pm and is $12.00 per person and $8.00 for students.
For more information on the event, please contact Dr. Dave Daley, program coordinator, at (530) 898-4539.
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Anthropology Forum TODAY
Dr. Gregory White, Director of Archaeological Research Program will be guest speaker on the following topic - “Heritage Law and the New Job Market - Resources for Anthropology Students”.
State and Federal laws concerned with heritage preservation, public consultation, cultural resource management, curation and collections management, and the treatment of human remains have reshaped professional anthropology and changed the job market. What are the laws, what and where are the jobs for anthropologists, and what skills do you need to be competitive?
Anthropology Forums are held every Thursday at 4:00PM in Ayers Hall 120 during the Fall and Spring semester. All forums are open to the public, faculty, students and staff. For more information on future topics visit the Web Site
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University Film Series: DESIGNATED MOURNER (David Hare, Wallace Shawn, Mike Nichols), Feb. 28
University Film Series
Tuesdays, 7:30 pm, Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
Admission FREE ($3 donation suggested)
Feb. 28
Hosted by Troy Jollimore, Department of Philosophy
The Designated Mourner (1997)
95min. VHS. Directed by David Hare, U.K. Screenplay by Wallace Shawn based on Shawn’s play. With Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser.
If you think you’re so special because you appreciate the poetry of John Donne and pal around with the literati while the rest of the world dopes itself up on television, think again. For when all is said and done, what does your refined, sensitive, highly educated, superior self — the self that looks down on the rest of humanity — really consist of?
The playwright Wallace Shawn (you saw his philosophical conversation with the director Andre Gregory in Louis Malle’s enthralling 1982 film MY DINNER WITH ANDRE) has reflected long and hard on the ego and its delicate support systems and come up with some diabolically subversive notions. In THE DESIGNATED MOURNER, his exquisitely written dramatic lament for the decline of high culture, he offers a definition of the self that should rattle the defenses of intellectual snobs everywhere.—New York Times, STEPHEN HOLDEN
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University Film Series: THE KILLING, hosted by Jason Tannen, Feb. 21
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642 Web Site
Feb. 21, 7:30pm, Ayres 106
Second Night of “Three Weeks of Film Noir”
THE KILLING Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel by Lionel White. With Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards. Black and White; 83 minutes; 1956; VHS.
Ex-cons stage a $2 million racetrack robbery that is carried out with military precision. In this film noir, Stanley Kubrick has already developed his personal style, clearly showing his vision of characters who seem to control their environment but actually are controlled by it. “The most perfect B-picture ever made.” — Alexander Walker, THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD
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President's Lecture Series Monday, March 6
How did “liberal” become a dirty word in American politics? How did “compassionate conservative” become a viable campaign theme? When did the “independent voter” become the most sought-after prize in modern campaigns?
Next month’s President’s Lecture Series event will feature University of Texas College of Communication Dean Roderick Hart and Professor Sharon Jarvis speaking on “Marketing Citizenship,” Monday, March 6, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre (PAC 144). The lecture is free and open to the public.
The noted authors and scholars will also address their work at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation in Austin, Texas. Institute projects include developing a social studies curriculum for high schools to encourage civic participation and debunking myths about young voters.
“We are fortunate to bring to campus these two distinguished authors and commentators on the American political scene,” said CSU, Chico President Paul Zingg. “Developing students’ attitudes about civic engagement is an important task of the University, and this lecture certainly enhances that effort.”
To meet and talk with the speakers, attend the open reception prior to the lecture from 3:30-4:40pm in BMU 312. For more information, contact Stephanie Hamel, 898-4478, shamel@csuchico.edu.
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2nd Chamber Music Concert Features Mozart Quintet, Bach, Dring, and Duvernoy
The 2nd CSU, Chico Music Faculty Chamber Music Concert will be held this Sun., Feb. 19 at 2:00pm in Ruth Rowland-Taylor Recital located in the CSU, Chico Performing Arts Center (PAC 134). Tickets may be obtained at the University Box Office, (530) 898-6333 and at the door.
The concert features Mozart’s QUINTET in Eb major for Piano and Winds in honor of the international 250th year celebration of Mozart’s birth. Mozart wrote to his father in April of 1784: “I composed two grand concertos and then a quintet, which called forth the very greatest applause. I myself consider it to be the best work I have ever composed.”
Featured performers include Dr. Robert Bowman, pianist, Susie Lundberg, oboist, Dr. Russell Burnham, clarinetist, Susan Willoughby, guest bassonist from Sacramento), and Jennie Blumster, guest french hornist from Fresno.
The first half of the concert begins with J.S. Bach’s monumental Sonata in B minor and Duvernoy’s delightful Concertino, both featuring flutist Yael Ronan with Dr. Bowman, and British 20th century composer, Madelaine Dring’s Trio for oboe, flute, and piano again featuring performers Lundberg, Ronan,and Bowman.
You are invited to attend this wonderful afternoon of music.
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