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News Release: CSU, Chico Awarded $944,415 Grant for Improving Teacher Quality Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 31, 2007
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Jorgen Berglund
530-898-5350
CSU, Chico Awarded $944,415 Grant for Improving Teacher Quality Grant
The Mathematics Project at California State University, Chico has won funding for a new professional development project to improve math instruction in kindergarten through second grade. The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) awarded a four-year grant of $944,415 to the University in a statewide competition.
The project, titled “Mathematics in the Early Grades,” is a partnership between the University, the Red Bluff Union Elementary School District, Orland Unified School District, Cascade Union School District, and the Tehama County Department of Education.
Jorgen Bergland, director of the Mathematics Project at CSU, Chico, will direct the project, and Lynne Bercaw, Department of Education, will be the co-director. The leadership team includes Sharon Ross and Matt Ciancetta from the Department of Mathematics, Lisa Sandberg from the Tehama County Department of Education and JoAnn Stephens from Orland Unified School District. Rachelle Hackett from the University of the Pacific will provide outside research and evaluation.
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Ethics Forum Will Address Global Public Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 31, 2007
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Marcel Daguerre, Philosophy
530-898-4840
Ethics Forum Will Address Global Public Health
The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (CAPE) at California State University, Chico will sponsor “If We Fail to Act: Ethical Challenges to 21st Century Global Public Health” on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in PAC 134.
This second forum in CAPE’s fall series on health will address questions of public health in developing countries. “AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis will kill tens of millions of people over the next 20 years. Efforts to combat them are inadequately funded and coordinated,” said Marcel Daguerre, director of CAPE.
“The forum will explore such questions as What are the barriers to establishing effective health care systems? What does it mean to act in relation to these problems? What are the reasons to do so and what may be the consequences if we do not?”
The complete news release is available online.
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"Healing Through Art" Seminar
Have you used creativity to help you feel better? Want to explore ways to heal through doing art? Healthcare professionals in every imaginable healthcare setting are discovering that expressive arts have a profound effect on patients. In this presentation, Rebecca Senoglu, Cancer Support Program Coordinator at Enloe Cancer Center, will discuss the history of healing through art, why it works, and how expressive arts are being used at Enloe Cancer Center to help patients and families feel better. Everyone welcome, those touched by cancer (patients, survivors, family members) particularly encouraged to attend.
Date: Nov. 7, 2007
Time: 12:05 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Location: Kendall Hall, Room 207/209
Online registration available on the web site. If you encounter any technical problems, please email Marvin Pratt, EHS. If you would like any additional information about the seminar, please contact Rocio Leal, Office of Faculty and Staff Assistance & Work/Life Program, at eap@csuchico.edu or call 898-4645.
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Basic & Intermediate Web Design Workshops - Spring 2008
The Communication Design Department is offering 3-day classes in Basic and Intermediate Web Design. You will gain skills on the latest techniques in Web design during these 3-day classes and receive one unit of credit.
On March 7-9 Jon Knolle, Owner of Learning Change, will teach you the fundamentals of Web Design in CDES 212 (6375), Basic Web Design. A few weeks later you can enhance your skills in a follow-up session on April 4-6 in CDES 312 (6386), Intermediate Web Design. Each class is one unit for credit only. Keep up with the newest in Web design applications taught by the North State’s leading professional! This is a rare opportunity. Space is limited so sign up soon.
For more information contact Jon Knolle, ext. 6674 or stop by the Communication Design Department in Tehama 205, ext. 4048.
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University's Needy Children Program -Time to Submit Your Request
The University’s Needy Children Program is well underway. We will still take your request to adopt a family. If you and/or your department are interested, please be sure to submit your request to Dana Francis, Fax: 898-4611 this week.
Forms are available on-line. Contact Dana at x4723 for additional information or questions. Your family information will be distributed to you before our November break so there will be plenty of time to shop.
We were successful with our Needy Children Fundraiser but are still short in meeting our desired goal of $50 per family for food certificates. We welcome any additional contributions that you or your colleagues may want to donate. Please make checks payable to: Staff Council and send to the Staff Council Office, Zip 160. You will receive confirmation of your tax deductible contribution. Thank you for your continued support.
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Visit the Printshop during Halloween Week and Enter Free Drawing
University Printing Services would like to extend an invitation for you to visit the Arachnophobia Zone and enter our free drawing.
This week’s prize is a Carry Bag (made with three recycled, 2 liter bottles) filled with a Post-It Note Pop Up Holder, and a Combo Car Kit - tire pressure gauge, flashlight and pen. Please contact us if you have questions about the services offered by University Printing Services/Copy Center.
University Printing Services
Siskiyou Hall, Rm 118, x5992
Hours: M - F, 8am to 5pm
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Overseas Educational Advisers to visit CSU, Chico
Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7 a group of four EducationUSA advisers will be visiting the Chico area. EducationUSA advisers posted at U.S. Embassy Public Affairs offices, Fulbright Commissions, local universities and bi-national centers help foreign students learn about higher education in the United States. Diana Parks, coordinator of the program for CSU, Chico, reports that advisers will visit the CSU, Chico American Language and Culture Institute and Butte Community College in addition to CSU, Chico while in the area.
The campus visit program will include discussions on the admissions process with campus officials, meet faculty, students and staff, and attend classes to gain a picture of current trends and practices on American campuses. The advisers will also serve as resources to the institutions they visit, by reporting on their home country educational systems, policies and academic training needs and responding to American questions.
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NPR Favorite Ira Glass Speaks in Laxson Auditorium, Nov. 3
Ira Glass presents his lecture “Radio Stories & Other Stories” this Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7:30pm brought to you by Chico Performances.
“Glass is a storyteller who filters his impressions through …an eccentric intelligence and a sympathetic heart.” - The New York Times
For 12 years, This American Life has been lauded for reinventing the way people listen to radio. “We do these stories that are like movies for radio,” says Ira Glass, the show’s venerable writer, producer, and on-air host. Locally broadcast on KCHO/KFPR radio, This American Life airs on 500 NPR stations with 1.7 million listeners weekly. A television version of This American Life featuring Glass premiered on Showtime earlier this year. This event is co-sponsored by KCHO/KFPR and Cottonparty.
Tickets are $25 Premium, $20 Adult/Senior, $15 Student/Child and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333, 2nd & Normal Streets
More information is available on the web site.
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Survivor Series: Mixed Drinks, Mixed Emotions
How many times have you seen a friend openly discuss all of their emotions while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and never talk about it again? Guest speaker and author Ross Szabo addresses the ties between substance abuse and mental well-being at this free event, Tues., Nov. 6, 7pm - 8:30pm in Laxson Auditorium. For more information, contact CADEC 898-6450.
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Cross Cultural Center Hosts Open House, Leadership Conference
The campus community is invited to stop by the Cross Cultural Center’s Open House on Tues., Nov. 6, from 5pm - 6:30pm in University Center 101. The open house will include food, information on the program, and a tour of the center.
The program will also hold a free leadership conference the following Tues., Nov. 13, from 5pm - 9pm. The mixer will begin in Selvester’s, followed by three concurrent workshops in Holt and a debriefing at the Cross-Cultural Center. The workshop is open to the advisory board and anyone else interested in the Cross-Cultural Program. For more information, contact Uraci Mathews x4132.
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Men of Honor Fall Ball Tickets Still Available
Men of Honor presents the 2007 Fall Ball on Thurs., Nov. 8 from 7pm -1am.
This year’s theme is “Masquerade of Mystery” and takes place at the Chico Event Center (above the Brickworks). This “suit & tie” event includes music, dinner, dancing, contests including “best dressed” and “best mask.” The entire campus community is invited to attend.
Men of Honor is also selling raffle tickets for an Xbox 360. Raffle tickets are available through Robert Williams or other Men of Honor members, and the drawing will be held at the Fall Ball. The winner need not be present at the event. Tickets are $1 a piece or less, depending on number of tickets purchased.
Advance event tickets are on sale until Nov. 3 for $25 Single/$45 Couple. Event tickets may be purchased at the Student Activities Office in BMU 213, or by contacting Robert Williams (323) 841-4502. Men of Honor will also hold ticket sales on campus until the event.
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CSU, Chico Theatre Dept. to Present "Natural Selection," Nov. 7-11
Theatre: Natural Selection
Wed., Nov. 7 - Sat., Nov. 10 at 7:30pm
Sat., Nov. 10 & Sun., Nov. 11 at 2pm
Wismer Theatre
We’re in the very near future and technology rules supreme and the Culture Fiesta Theme Park needs to restock the natives of the Native American Pavilion. Curator Henry Carso ventures into the wastes of North America to find a genuine Indian. Between his wife’s blogging, his son’s packed schedule at virtual school, the rain, and his Indian turning out differently than he expected, will Henry notice the world sliding towards apocalypse? Written by Eric Coble and directed by Cynthia Lammel.
Purchase tickets at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
More information available online.
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Rebuild New Orleans Fundraiser Nov. 7
Support the College of ECC Rebuild New Orleans Project and have a night without cooking. Students are heading 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’s motto has been “Working together to help rebuild the lives of fellow Americans”.
Bear Burger Bash
Wed., Nov. 7
5pm - 9pm
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Seminar by Dr. Tom Griggs for the Chico Herbarium
Dr. Thomas Griggs, a key restoration ecologist in the Northstate and principal member of River Partners, will be speaking at the annual “Friends of the Herbarium” meetings. Dr. Griggs’ talk will complement the sustainability conference with the topic,
“Herbaria and other Natural History Collections: Their Importance in Conservation and Sustainability”
Nov. 3, 4pm, Holt Hall Room 129
The herbarium in the CSU, Chico Biology Department has been for several decades an essential tool for both students and natural resource managers in Northern California. Today, it additionally provides a valuable record of the vegetation of northern California, both historically, currently, and in the future as the vegetation responds to human modifications to climate and hydrology, and the invasion by non-native plants. This presentation will describe the array of current uses of the Herbarium. A vision for the future role of the Herbarium at the University will also be presented.
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Internship Fair, Nov. 7
The Office of Experiential Education and the Human Resource Management Association are co-sponsoring an Internship Fair on Wed., Nov. 7, 2007 from 10am to 2pm in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium.
Representatives from over 60 companies representing engineering, business, government, and non-profits will be available to provide information about their internship opportunities. The event is open to students from all majors.
Come meet representatives of Apple, Auctiva, Auberge Resorts, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Capital Fellows Program, Community Action Agency, Deloitte, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ghilotti Construction, Hyatt Regency, KPMG, Northwestern Mutual, Pebble Beach Company, PG&E, Systron Donner, Sunshine Kids, Target, U.S. Ag Bank, Walgreens, West Valley Construction, Verizon Wireless, and more.
For further information contact the Internship Center, located at 310 Salem Street, or call 898-5893.
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Anthropology Forum, Nov. 1
Anthropology Graduate student Lance Blanchard will be presenting this week’s Anthropology Forum entitled, “Illusions of K-Ville: Perception Vs. Reality Along the Post-Katrina Gulf Coast.” The forum will take place this Thurs., Nov. 1, in Ayres Hall, room 120 at 4pm. The campus and community are welcome to attend.
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Week of October 29, 2007 - UPDATED
WEEK OF 10/29/07 - UPDATED
(07-0140) IST I (Human Identification Laboratory Supervisor) (On-Campus Only)
ANTH
Closes: 11/13/07
(07-0138) ASC I (Facilities Reservations Coordinator)
UPE
Closes: 11/5/07
(07-0134) ACADEMIC HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (COS II)
VPHR
Closes: 11/13/07
(07-0132) DIRECTOR, STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE (Administrator III)
VPSA
Open until filled; Application review: 11/5/07
(07-0124) NURSE PRACTITIONER / PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
SHS
Closes: Open until filled; Application review: 10/15/07
(07-0100) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR (Administrator I)
EHS
Open until filled; Application review: 8/27/07
(07-0095) FINANCIAL AID ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CLIENT SERVICES AND OPERATIONS (Administrator II)
FASO
Open until filled; Application review: 8/20/07
(07-0091) DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SESSION AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS (EES II)
RCE
Open until filled; Applications reviewed when received
(07-0074) PHARMACIST II-PHARMACIST-IN-CHARGE (Revised)
SHS
Open until filled; Application review extended: 7/2/07
Job Announcements are on the web site.
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Faculty Workshops in November
There is still time to sign up for express workshops (only one-hour long) to help you with Blackboard (WebCT) Vista. The month of November line-up is as follows. There are also other workshops and CELT supported Brown Bag lunch/discussions with The Teaching Professor listed on the training calendar.
How Do I Set Up My Course Section?
How Do I Add Content?
How Do I Build a Learning Module?
How Do I Add TA’s to My Course?
How Do I Create a Grading Rubric?
How Do I Create and Manage Groups?
How Do I Create and Manage Discussions?
How Do I Grade Discussions?
How Do I Create and Manage Assignments?
Moving Existing Assessments Online with Respondus
How Do I Discourage Cheating?
How Do I Put Video Online?
Please sign up online. For more information visit the Vista web site, or call TLP, 898-6167.
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