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News Release: Livestock Judging Team Prepares for National Championship Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 1, 2007
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
Livestock Judging Team Prepares for National Championship Event
California State University, Chico’s livestock judging team from the College of Agriculture is preparing for the national championship event Nov. 12 after a season of 10 straight top-10 finishes.
The five CSU, Chico student team members along with adviser Clay Carlson will be heading to Louisville for the North American International Livestock Expo Nov. 11-12. At that event, the top finisher will be crowned national champion.
Livestock judging involves ranking groups of four animals (cows, sheep or pigs) in 12 different classes of livestock based on pre-determined criteria. Team members are then asked by judges to explain their rankings. Decision-making, retention of information, organization and public speaking are essential skills for successful participants.
The complete news release is available online.
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Reminder: 2008-2009 CSU, Chico Scholarship Application Now Available
The 2008-2009 CSU, Chico scholarship application is now available online. This single online application allows you to apply for any of the more than 700 university scholarships for which you may be eligible. Scholarship criteria may include scholastic achievement, financial need, campus or community service, and educational objectives, as well as other measures.
Apply now before the end-of-semester rush. Be sure to allow faculty adequate time for a letter of recommendation. All application materials must be submitted by the January 1, 2008 deadline (note the new deadline), without exception. To be considered for need-based scholarships, you must also file a FAFSA or renewal FAFSA by March 2, 2008. Additional information is available at the above web site or by e-mailing scholarships@csuchico.edu.
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AS Catering Order Procedure
All catering orders should be placed through this email address (ASCatering@csuchico.edu). For more information, please contact Tara, 898.5200.
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50% Off Halloween Merchandise at the AS Bookstore
Halloween is over and that means you can get a screaming deal on Halloween merchandise at the Associated Students Bookstore. Come in today and receive 50% off on ALL Halloween decorations, costumes, accessories and select Halloween Candy.
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AS Conference Services, Union Administration and HR Office Location Changes
The Associated Students has made some office changes:
AS Conference Services and Student Union Administration have relocated to BMU 218, and are now in with AS Administration. The following staff members are in this office:
David Buckley, Executive Director
Karen Bang, Administrative Office Coordinator
Mary Cox, Administrative Assistant
Sally Parenti, Associate Student Union Director—Operations
Diane Reynolds, Conference Services Coordinator
AS Human Resources is now located in BMU 202 with the following staff:
Denise Booth, HR Director
Jody Strong, HR Coordinator
Shar Lowry, HR Office Coordinator
Nan Timmons, the Associate Director of AS Programs, is now located in BMU 203.
All of these employees have retained their individual telephone numbers. The main line for each area has remained the same with the exception of AS Human Resources: their new telephone number is x4385 and their new campus zip is 0752.
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Museum of Anthropology World Explorations Lecture Series, Nov. 4
Travel the world without ever leaving home. World Explorations is a monthly lecture series put on by the Museum of Anthropology to provide a community forum on the world. Professors, students and community speakers share stories on travels and research from a multi-cultural perspective.
This month two CSU, Chico undergraduates, Sara Haskell and Mario Villanueva, are presenting “Tulum to Teotihuacan: Two students’ journey through Mexico”. This travelogue will highlight destinations of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, as well as the political and cultural aspects of the region.
Sunday, Nov. 4, 4pm - 5pm
Ayers Hall 106
For more information, please contact the Museum of Anthropology, (530) 898-5397.
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James Scully Poetry Reading at the Humanities Center Gallery, Nov. 15
7:30 pm, Trinity 100
Hosted by Peter Jodaitis, artist, Drawn on Thirty-Three, which will be on view at the Humanities Center Gallery in November and December) and Ellen Walker, emerita, English. Call 898-4642 for information.
James Scully was born in 1937 in New Haven, CT. He lives in San Francisco.
Books (poetry): The Marches (1967); Communications (with Grandin Conover, 1970); Avenue of the Americas (1971); Santiago Poems (1975); Scrap Book (1977); May Day (1980); Apollo Helmet (1983); Raging Beauty: Selected Poems (1994); Words Without Music (2004); Boxcars (2006); Donatello’s Version (2007).
Books (critical): Modern Poetics, a.k.a. Modern Poets on Modern Poetry (1965, 1966); Line Break: poetry as social practice (1988, 2005).
Co-translations: Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (with C. John Herington, 1975, 1989); Quechua Peoples Poetry (with Maria A. Proser, 1977); Teresa de Jesus, De Repente / All Of A Sudden (with Maria A. Proser and Arlene Scully, 1979.
Founding editor of ART ON THE LINE series (1981-1986): Roque Dalton; Cesar Vallejo [2x]; Vladimir Mayakovsky; George Grosz, Weiland Herzfelde, John Heartfield.
James Scully’s fierce moral intelligence, poetic craft and grim humor are all alive and well in this long-awaited collection.—Adrienne Rich about Donatello’s Version.
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Outstanding Thesis and Outstanding Project Annual Competition
In 1988, the Graduate School initiated the Outstanding Thesis Award to give special recognition to the graduate student who had authored the most significant piece of research as their culminating activity in a master’s program across the disciplines. In 1991, the Outstanding Project Award was instituted to recognize the most creative scholarship conducted by a master’s candidate enrolled in 699 project units for their culminating activity.
Nominees for the 2007 Outstanding Thesis or Project Award must have graduated with their master’s degree in the spring, summer, or fall of 2007. Each college may submit a maximum of one thesis and/or one project nomination. The deadline for each college to submit one copy of the nominated thesis and/or project with the completed applications to the Graduate School is 5pm on Friday, February 29, 2008.
Applications and information are available on the Graduate School’s website. Please direct questions about the award or the nomination procedures to the coordinator of the program, Jane Rysberg (530-898-5178).
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University Film Series: Selections from Portland's Documentary Film Festival, Nov. 13
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642
Nov. 13
Selections from the Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival 2007 Curated and hosted by Gretchen Hogue. Co-sponsored with the A.S. Committee on Arts and Lectures (CAL)
Gretchen Hogue, Portland, OR-based filmmaker/curator, hosts a new batch of contemporary films selected from Portland’s Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, which she directed this past March.
Hogue has been a regular curator at the University Film Series: last spring, The Kids Are Alright: New Future Visions (nearly 20 new short films); in 2006, Stumptown Girls, an evening of lady-made movies from Portland as part of Women’s History Month; in 2005, two nights’ worth of films including Brave New Worlds (“documentary filmmaking—with the radical freedoms of experimental cinema—focusing on topics ranging from literacy and the confines of language to amateur radio and Joe Dimaggio”) and Re-Imagining Her (“a collection of recent experimental films by female filmmakers, all of whom explore different methods of re-presenting women’s realities by variously working with self-portraiture, animation, re-appropriated footage, and home movies”); and initially in 2004, an evening of her short works.
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University Film Series: Atom Egoyan's CALENDAR, Nov. 6
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642
Nov. 6
Calendar (1993, Armenia/Canada) 75 min. Directed by Atom Egoyan. Introduced by Jeanne C. Lawrence, Department of History*
In this, one of his most personal films, Atom Egoyan himself plays a photographer hired to capture images of Armenian churches for a calendar. He takes his wife (real-life wife and frequent star Arsinée Khanjian) along as a translator, and, as they travel with their Armenian guide, their relationship begins to unravel. The photographer returns to Canada with his pictures, but without his wife, who has gradually been drawn to her ethnic roots and has fallen in love with the guide.
*Part of the Humanities Center’s theme for this year—“The Book.”
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Jake Shimbakuro and Joe Craven coming to Chico in an Unbelievable Evening of Music
Twenty-nine-year-old ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro has been compared to the likes of guitar legends Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix, and is already renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques. What he plays on the ukulele defies label or category - everything from jazz, blues, funk, and classical to bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and “rock n’ roll.” Multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven is the master of world rhythms, combining influence from folk, rock n’ roll, Americana, blues, jazz, salsa, and more.
Join these two masters of their crafts for an evening of energy, music, and fun as they join forces to create music like you have never heard before, at 7:30pm Thurs., Nov. 15 in Laxson Auditorium, courtesy of Chico Performances.
Tickets are $23 Premium, $18 Adult, $16 Senior, $14 Student/Child and are available at the University Box Office, 2nd and Normal Streets, (530) 898-6333.
For more information visit the web site.
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CSU, Chico Employees in Need of Donated Leave Credits
The following employees are in need of donated leave credits:
RICHARD KANEY (Staff, Student Health Services)
DIANA FORMAN (Staff, Facilities Management & Services)
Any CSU, Chico employee who accrues sick leave or vacation leave credits may donate leave credits to other eligible employees on the CSU, Chico campus, regardless of bargaining unit affiliation. Associated Student employees and CSU, Chico University Research Foundation employees are not eligible to donate leave credits to CSU, Chico employees.
If you wish to donate leave credits, you will need to sign the catastrophic leave donation list - which is maintained at the Payroll/Benefits Customer Service Counter (Kendall 222). BECAUSE YOUR SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED, YOUR DONATIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED OVER THE PHONE OR VIA E-MAIL.
Per Catastrophic Leave Program guidelines, only the Disability Programs Office or a union representative may solicit for Catastrophic Leave donations; solicitation by any other party is prohibited.
If you have questions, please contact the (Employee) Disability Programs Office, x5436.
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Technology in Learning and Teaching (TILT) Faculty Symposiums in November
Upcoming TILT Sessions
For flyers and more information, visit the web site or contact Laura Sederberg, manager of TLP at 898-4326.
Enhancing Student Engagement with Online Tools
Friday, Nov. 16: 2pm - 3:30pm in Studio A in the Library Basement.
Faculty Presenters: Dr. Terry Miller-Herringer, Dr. Jim Jacob, and Dr. Gail Walton.
Facilitator: Ann Steckel, Instructional Technology Consultant.
Learn the benefits of building online communities, using the Turnitin service as a teaching tool, changing teaching styles, and new Vista tools, with demonstrations of these practices in use.
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