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News Release: The 20th Annual Pumpkin Drop - Noon on Halloween
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 24, 2007
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
David Kagan, Physics
530-898-6259
The 20th Annual Pumpkin Drop - Noon on Halloween
Get in the Halloween spirit as the Society of Physics Students at California State University, Chico presents the 20th Annual Pumpkin Drop at high noon on Wednesday, Oct. 31, on the south side of Butte Hall.
Legend has it that Galileo Galilei demonstrated his Law of Falling Bodies by climbing to the top of the Tower of Pisa so that he could drop a large ball and a small ball at the same time. Both balls hit the ground together, and his law was demonstrated.
Physics students will re-enact this great moment in the history of science, using pumpkins. The character of Albert Einstein will be the master of ceremonies while Aristotle, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton will all be there to explain their theories of gravity.
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Former "Lost Boy of Sudan" Will Address Human Rights Abuses in South Sudan and Darfur
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 24, 2007
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Carol Edelman, Department of Sociology
530-898-4145
Former “Lost Boy of Sudan” Will Address Human Rights Abuses in South Sudan and Darfur
Deng Chol, executive director of the Lost Boys’ and Lost Girls’ National Nonprofit Organization, will speak on “Human Rights Abuses and Mass Murder by the Khartoum Government in the South of Sudan and in Darfur” on Monday, Nov. 5. The presentation, to be held at 8 p.m. in Holt 170 on the California State University, Chico campus, is free and open to the public.
Chol was born in 1977 in Duk Payuel in South Sudan, the son of a chief of a section of Dinka Bor, Nyarweng. He was forced to flee his home in southern Sudan as a young child. He escaped with other children on a two-month, 1,000-mile trek to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. He lived many years in camps in both Ethiopia and Kenya.
He is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, a name given by aid organizations to refer to the more than 20,000 boys who were displaced and/or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War. In 2001, about 3,800 boys were brought to the United States. Chol was one of these boys.
The complete news release is available online.
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Rebuild New Orleans Project Hot Dog Feed Fundraiser
Construction Management’s IOVTA IV Honor Society and MCAA are sponsoring a hot dog feed fundraiser to help the College of ECC Rebuild New Orleans Project head back to New Orleans for a third time in January with 117 volunteers to help rebuild the homes and lives torn apart by the devastating Hurricane Katrina. The project goal is to build homes and build hope.
HOT DOG FEED
Wed., Oct. 31
11am - 2pm
at the Langdon/O’Connell Quad
$2.00 minimum donation includes a Hot Dog, Chips and a Soda
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Upward Bound 2008 Summer Task Team Supervisor Internship Available
The Upward Bound Projects, a Federally Funded TRiO Program, is a year round program for motivated students with academic potential who want to continue their education after high school.
Duties include the following:
· Knowledge of and ability to direct and motivate non-traditional high school students.
· Demonstration of organization and mentoring skills.
· Ability to supervise adolescents and to assure their safety and well-being.
· Ability to implement the specific goals of the project as assigned.
· Participant instruction and monitoring.
· Compliance with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and other applicable regulations particularly in the area of safe work practices.
· Student advisement; requisite paperwork and final report.
· Hours are 1pm to 4:30pm Monday thru Thursday, June 16 thru July 24, 2008.
WAGES: $715 Stipend and internship units.
Please email Tlb@exchange.csuchico.edu to obtain a complete job description or stop by the office.
Applications can be obtained from the Upward Bound Office located in Siskiyou Hall, Room 102, CSU, Chico, Chico CA 95929-0712. Out of area applicants may call (530) 898-5181 to request an application.
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Surplus Property Available to All Departments
The Office of Property Management would like to invite your department to view our surplus property. Items include the following:
â–ª Large and small desks
â–ª Filing cabinets
â–ª Bookshelves and bookcases
â–ª Chairs
â–ª Tables
â–ª Miscellaneous office supplies
These items are available on a first come, first serve basis. Viewing hours are 9am to 11am and 1pm to 3pm on Thurs., Nov. 1, located at the Warehouse, 810 Oak Street, Chico.
At the time of viewing, your may want to have a departmental vehicle available to take the smaller items selected. Items will be held for 5 working days. If the item(s) are not picked up after that time the item(s) will be returned to the surplus inventory.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give the Office of Property Management a call at extension 5176 or 6559. We look forward to seeing you.
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It's Turkey Time -- Smoked Turkeys Available for the Holidays
Staff Council members are now taking orders for Thanksgiving. The birds are 16-18 lbs, precooked weight, and will be available for the same great value of $25.00. But, there’s still more - if a whole turkey is just too much, you may also purchase a HALF smoked turkey at a cost of $15.00. These birds are cooked and cured by our own University Farm-Meat Lab. They are quick to prepare - simply unwrap, place in pan, and warm in oven for an absolutely delicious aroma and fabulous turkey dinner, or serve cold for hors d’oeuvre and sandwiches. Take the work out of preparing for the holidays. Warming instructions will be packaged with your turkey at pickup.
Order before Nov. 13 for the Nov. 15 campus delivery. Pick-up will be between 11am - 2pm in Selvester’s Café.
Checks may be made payable to Staff Council. Contact your Staff Council member or the Staff Council office, x6156, to place your order.
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CAPE Forum: Altruism: For Saints, Suckers or Everyone? TODAY
We are often surprised and appreciative when we observe an act of selfless good will. But are these acts truly selfless, or are they really motivated by self-interest? Do the charitable give simply to make themselves feel better, or are they genuinely concerned with the well-being of others? Is human nature essentially selfish? Evolution might favor selfishness since it would seem to promote one’s reproductive interests. But then altruistic acts should be rarer than they are. Even if we are inclined by nature to egoism, shouldn’t we at least sometimes act for the benefit of others? Should we always do so? Or never? Come hear what contemporary biological, psychological and moral theories tell us about the nature of altruism.
Andy Flescher, Religious Studies Department
Daniel Worthen, Psychology Department
John Mahoney, Biology Department
Wednesday, October 24, PAC 134, 7:30pm
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Haitian Celebration of the Book in Common this Friday
Come to a Haitian Celebration in Honor of the Book in Common, Mountains Beyond Mountains.
AS Presents, in collaboration with the First-Year Experience program, invites students, faculty, and staff to a free event featuring Haitian drummers, dancers, and spoken performance. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn more about the history, art, and culture of Haiti as discussed in Mountains Beyond Mountains. Please arrive early as seating is limited.
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 26, 7:30 - 9pm
WHERE: PAC 134
Questions? Call AS Presents at 898-6005.
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Campus Wellness Center Cooking Demo Tonight
The Campus Wellness Center is sponsoring “What’s Cooking Good Looking?” forum, presented by LINKS (Leaders in Nutrition Knowledge and Support). Join us for a free tasting and learn nutritious recipes to cook at home. This interactive forum will be held on Wed., Oct. 24 from 6pm to 7pm in Tehama 118. Due to limited space advanced sign up is required. All faculty and staff are welcome to join us as well as students.
Have questions? Want to sign up? Please come by MLIB 141 or contact The Campus Wellness Center: 898-4697 or wcenter@csuchico.edu.
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Farewell Reception for Maria Elena Anguiano, Oct. 30
Maria Elena (Nena) Anguiano, Tutorial Coordinator for the Student Learning Center, is leaving campus after almost 19 years of service to students. Nena has accepted the position of Interim Director of the MESA Project at Butte College. Please stop by the Student Learning Center, MLIB 458, on her last day, Oct. 30, between 2pm - 4pm to wish her well. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please call Koni Needles at X6839.
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Conversations on Diversity: Hidden in Plain Sight, Oct. 24
Facilitated by Sandy Parsons, Director of Disability Support Services
How many students with disabilities do you see on campus? Only a fraction of the true number: 1 in 11 students has a documented disability. Students with hidden disabilities—including mental illness, brain injuries, asthma, cancer, AIDS—must choose whether or not to identify themselves. Disclosure allows them to receive accommodations that can be essential to their academic success, but it also opens them up to discrimination and prejudice. Yet when they decide not to disclose, they run the risk of being dismissed as unmotivated, lazy, or just not very bright. Come hear what you don’t see: Chico students with disabilities telling their own stories.
Join us Wed., Oct 24, at noon in BMU 304; contact Tray Robinson at 4764 for additional information.
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Student Computing Workshop Today
Student Computing will present:
Photoshop I
Wed., Oct. 24
5pm - 6pm in MLIB 457
Faculty, Staff and students are all welcome to attend this workshop. No Sign-up is required.
The Photoshop I workshop is an introduction and overview of the Photoshop window, learning what is in the Photoshop toolbox and how to navigate the menus. Attendees will learn how to use the edit, image and layers menus. They will learn how to work with pixels, manage RCB, Index & CMYK color as well as learn about resolution and the difference between displayed and printed color.
For more information visit the Student Computing Workshop web site or call or write to Melinda Ferris, X5008.
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Grant Writing Café, Oct. 26
If you’re interested in collaborative research projects, this GWC is for you. There will be program descriptions available from several different types of sponsors who are interested in collaborative project proposals. We will also discuss how RESP can facilitate collaborative proposal writing and a reasonable timeline for preparing this type of proposal.
As always, there will be an opportunity for funding searches, to discuss proposal ideas, and to have some refreshments. Feel free to bring your laptop and join RESP development staff between 1:30pm and 3:30pm at Selvester’s. Hope to see you there.
For more information, please contact Diane at 6543 or Kristen at 6627.
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