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News Release: Construction Management Students Win Championships at Annual ASC Student Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2008
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Lori Brown
Construction Management
530-898-5216
Construction Management Students Win Championships at Annual ASC Student Competition
California State University, Chico Department of Construction Management students took home honors at the prestigious 21st Annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition, Feb. 13-16 at Sparks, Nev.
From among 34 universities representing over 900 students and 15 states, CSU, Chico construction management student teams garnered a third place national championship in the Marine Construction Division and a third place regional championship in the Design/Build Division.
In addition to the two teams that placed, seven other teams from CSU, Chico competed, including teams in the divisions of Heavy Civil, Multi-Family, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Commercial, Pre-Construction, and Mechanical. Construction management faculty advisors were Lori Brown, Denny Gier, Doug Chelson, Chris Souder, Willem Kymmell, Mark Maybee, Joel Arthur, Kris Knapp and David Shirah.
The complete news release is available online.
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Campus Notice: Celebration of Life for Former CSU, Chico Teacher, March 9
A celebration of life will be held in honor of Bob Vivian, a retired CSU, Chico Department of Journalism professor, who died Dec. 16, 2007, at the age of 71. The ceremony will be held at 1pm, March 9, in Ruth Rowland Taylor Recital Hall at CSU, Chico. A reception will immediately follow.
Vivian began teaching public relations at CSU, Chico in 1983. He taught a variety of courses, including public relations writing, public relations strategy and pop culture. He received several awards during his service to the University, including the 1993 Outstanding Academic Advisor award. Vivian retired in spring 1999 after serving the CSU, Chico community for 15 years.
The celebration of life ceremony will feature comments from Bob’s family and peers, some of his favorite musical selections and a memory wall. This is an opportunity to reminisce and share stories about how Bob touched your life with those who knew and loved him. Those with photos or mementos to share for the memory wall may send them by March 4 to Debra Johnson at dejohnson@csuchico.edu.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Sarah Fry , 530-898-4547.
In lieu of flowers, Bob asked that donations be made to the Bob Vivian Public Relations Scholarship. If you would like to make a donation to the scholarship fund please make your donations payable to University Foundation, CSU, Chico account #08419 and mail it to:
CME Development
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0145
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Did you know as many as 10 million females and 1 million males in the U.S. are battling eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia?
The Campus Wellness Center presents Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 25 through Feb. 29. Please join the Campus Wellness Center in raising awareness and showing support for those with eating disorders. Listed below are the events we are sponsoring.
Great Jeans Giveaway - Clothing drive
Feb. 18 through March 7
Drop-off locations: BMU Info. Center, Wellness Center (MLIB 141), Women’s Center (BMU 002), and Residence Halls. All clothing will be donated to charity.
BMU Information and Activity Table - Stop by and learn more about disordered eating.
Mon., Feb. 25, 10am-2pm
When Someone You Know Has an Eating Disorder: How to Help a Friend - A forum presented by Georgina Maltby, Ph.D. Learn how to get help for yourself or a friend.
Wed., Feb. 27, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, BMU 303
The Road to Recovery - A panel discussion led by Stephanie Chervinko, Ph.D focusing on a wide variety of topics involving eating disorders: personal stories, friends, family, body image, etc.
Thurs., Feb. 28, 6pm - 7pm, BMU 303
Have questions? Please come by MLIB 141 or contact The Campus Wellness Center: 898-4697.
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2007 Staff Safety Award Nominations
Each year the University issues a Staff Safety Award to a staff member who goes beyond their regular duties in promoting safety and making the workplace safer. This could be a single act of safety or a continuous contribution to a safe work environment. The award recipient is presented with a plaque/certificate and a monetary award. Recipients may also be eligible to compete for the State Governor’s Employee Safety Award. Last year Lau Ackerman received the CSU, Chico Staff Safety Award.
If you would like to nominate a co-worker/staff member, the “Safety Award Nomination Form and Guidelines” are available on the Environmental Health & Safety web site.
Please contact the Department of Environmental Health and Safety at extension 5126, if you would like a nomination form e-mailed, faxed, or mailed to you. Feel free to contact the EH&S office for additional information. You may nominate more than one co-worker/staff member.
The deadline for submittals is Friday, Feb. 29, 2008.
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Organic and Grass-Fed Ground Beef Sales: College of Agriculture
The college of agriculture is now providing Organic, Grass-fed and a Grain-fed variety of ground beef to the campus community. The beef was raised locally at the CSU, Chico Agriculture Teaching and Resource Center by CSU, Chico agriculture students. Orders can be made online and the beef will be delivered to your campus address or you can pick it up on-farm every Friday. Visit our web page and get your ground beef today.
Contact Kari Dodd, Research Associate of the College of Agriculture, for more information: 530-898-5921 or buybeef@gmail.com.
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Jennifer Robison Is Now Jennifer Collins
Please update your records to show a name change for Jennifer Robison. She is now Jennifer Collins, Director of Academic Resource Allocation and Evaluation. For your reference, her information is on Page 71 of the 2007-2008 Campus Directory. Her new e-mail address is jrcollins@csuchico.edu.
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Campus Visit: Diplomat-in-Residence at UC Berkeley and former Counselor for Public Affairs in Afghanistan
The CSU, Chico Career Center is hosting a visit to our campus from Ms. Anne O’Leary, Diplomat-in-Residence at UC Berkeley and former Counselor for Public Affairs in Afghanistan. Ms. O’Leary will be available Mon., March 3, at 3pm in Glenn 214 to discuss with students career opportunities with the Department of State as well as those with an interest in foreign affairs, professional and service organizations and others considering careers in international relations with the Government - all majors welcome. Please encourage your students to take advantage of this great opportunity. All members of the campus community are more than welcome to attend.
For more information, contact Kate Buckley, x5253.
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CELT - Sponsored Call for AIM Proposals
Faculty Publication, Demonstration Project Opportunity
The campus coordinators of EnACT (Ensuring Access through Collaboration and Technology), a federal grant, are seeking proposals for Accessible Instructional Multimedia (AIM) projects. After completing the project, the author(s) of an AIM will receive a $1500 stipend. The project may also be published on the MERLOT web site.
An AIM is a project that demonstrates effective class design, or use of technology that increases access for both disabled and non-disabled students. It is a resource that serves as a model for faculty to understand how current and emerging technologies can be used successfully in the postsecondary classroom.
EnACT promotes the use of Universal Design for Learning concepts in course development. An AIM project should exemplify the concept of front loading solutions to access issues (UDL), rather than reacting after the fact when barriers are discovered. An AIM project exemplifies the effective use of technology that improves learning outcomes for all students including those with disabilities. An accessible web site for course support where all text and links can be read by a screen reader to maximize student access would exemplify UDL.
This call for an AIM proposal ends April 15, 2008. If you feel your course has the features noted above or, if you are developing technology in your course that solves access issues while delivering your course content, you may be the AIM author we are looking for. Please contact Chris Prator x5959, or Hsuying Ward X5689 for more information and an application packet. If you are interested in viewing other successful AIM projects go to the web site.
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International Forum: The Challenge of Change in India, Feb. 26
As the world’s most populous democracy, and a rapidly expanding economic power, India is of prime importance in the global community. In this panel discussion, explore India’s rich cultural diversity and heritage, the booming information technology industry, economic development, regional political relations, and social issues. Facilitated by Katherine Punteney, International Student Advisor and Asian Studies Lecturer.
Tues., Feb. 26, 5pm - 5:50pm, Holt Hall Room 170.
For more information see the web site.
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"Conversion Surgeon" Joel Woolf to speak on Veg Oil-Powered Vehicles, TODAY
Joel Woolf, founder and owner of VegPowered Systems in Ojai, CA, is visiting Chico Feb. 26-27 and will give a presentation on converting diesel vehicles to recycled vegetable oil (RVO). Joel will describe the required conversion equipment and the benefits of powering your vehicle with veg oil. Joel and his wife Rebecca have an extensive background in diesel mechanics and are dedicated to educating and assisting the diesel community in the use of vegetable oil as the true green alternative to diesel fuel. They have dealt with the fuel conversion of tractors, boats, and passenger buses in addition to cars and trucks. Joel has appeared on the Sundance Channel “Big Ideas for a Small Planet” program, the Science Channel Invention Nation, and Huell Howser’s California Green series, promoting their “Veg My Ride” motto.
Joel and Rebecca are interested in talking to students, faculty, staff, and community folks about alternative fuels, fuel crops, and energy independence. Contact Greg Kallio (x4959) if you would like to meet with them for further discussions.
Joel’s presentation will be at 5pm today, Feb. 26 in O’Connell Technology Center (OCNL), Room 254. Snacks and refreshments will be served. This event is sponsored by the student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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Humanities Center Hosts Poets Troy Jollimore and D.A. Powell, Feb. 29
The Humanities Center Hosts Two Poets - Troy Jollimore and D.A. Powell at the 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, Chico, 7:30pm, Feb. 29. Call 898-4642.
Troy Jollimore’s first book of poetry, Tom Thomson in Purgatory, was selected by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins for the 2005 Robert E. Lee & Ruth I. Wilson Poetry Book Award and is the winner of the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry. He teaches in the Philosophy Department at CSU, Chico.
“Jollimore injects a much needed jolt of helium into contemporary poetry… [A] new and exciting voice in American poetry.” (John Freeman)
D. A. Powell is the author of three books of poetry, Tea (1998); Lunch (2000); and Cocktails (2004), which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He currently teaches at the University of San Francisco and edits the online magazine Electronic Poetry Review.
“D.A. Powell’s lens for examining reality and society is fitted with a very modern filter—passionate wit. With his customized lens and a dynamic focus, he shows us something both new and reminiscent, deeply incongruous and familiar. […] By breaking up grammar, the line, and common associations, Powell rejuvenates poetry.” (Carol Frost)
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Special Guest Lecture: "Lighting Choreography," March 3
CSU, Chico Interior Design Program presents special guest lecture “Lighting Choreography,” an emerging school of thought on lighting the built environment.
March 3, Monday
3pm - 4pm
Ayers 120
Open to the Public
The lecture will touch on the items above plus: marketing structures at night / color theory / way finding / worker productivity / lighting techniques / energy sensitivity, dark sky issues. But the backbone that will hold these diverse topics together will be demonstrating how to construct a lighting design that accomplishes these things using Lighting Choreography (and our projects as examples).
Patrick B. Quigley & Associates, Inc. (PBQA) is an internationally recognized lighting design firm formed in 1985. Designers come from various disciplines including architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, interior design, and theatrical lighting. Their staff, their project work and the clients they are most well suited to are characterized by creativity, diversity and passion. PBQA services both a national and international clientele from its offices in Southern California.
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CAVE 2nd Annual Hunger Banquet, March 6
March 6, 2008 @ Selvester’s Café
All proceeds benefit CAVE’s Alternative Spring Break Program (ASB) Washington D.C. trip. Tickets are $10 or at the door for $12. Purchase tickets at the CAVE office in BMU 309.
Bring your family, friends, co-workers, or students. It will be an eye opening experience.
A Hunger Banquet is a powerful experience in which guests are filled with a greater understanding of global hunger. The purpose of a Hunger Banquet is to raise awareness of world hunger through activities, stories, and a unique dining experience. Each participant has the opportunity to experience life through the eyes of marginalized people in the America, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Though few guests will leave with full stomachs, all will leave with a greater sense of the inequality of food distribution around the world. Hunger banquets are used by many organizations as a teaching tool to raise awareness of issues of hunger, poverty, justice and development needs.
Five students from the CAVE ASB program will travel to Washington D.C. to volunteer at homeless shelters and feed programs during spring break. The ASB program is organized by Community Action Volunteers in Education (CAVE), serving the community since 1966. CAVE’s goal is to provide students with meaningful service-learning opportunities while serving a broad base of community needs. This is CAVE’s third year leading ASB trips. The purpose of this trip is not only to help others, but also to create awareness within ourselves as volunteers, so we may bring our experiences and excitement back to our community and continue making a difference long after the trip has ended.
For more information, contact caveasbprogram@csuchico.edu, visit our web site, call or visit the CAVE office, BMU 309, (530) 898-5817.
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2008 National Poetry Slam Competition, Feb. 29
This event is part of many events throughout the month of February honoring Black History Month. It will be featuring special guest emcee: Kyle Bowen, Ken Arkind, Shane Romero, Vanessa Pike, Supanova, and more who are all competing for a $200 grand prize.
Save the date: Feb. 29 in the BMU Common Grounds at 7pm. Free food and special guest slam poets.
Presented by: Late Night Chico and the Brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. Additional sponsorship provided by Associated Students Activity Fee council and the CSU, Chico Cross Cultural Leadership Center.
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CME Research Colloquium, Feb. 29
Dr. Jim Fletcher will present “Differences in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Preferences for Funding Public Recreation in California” at 2pm in Yolo 171. This is the first of three presentations in the Spring 2008 Faculty Research Colloquium for the College of Communication and Education. All interested students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend.
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CSU, Chico Research Foundation Position Announcements
The CSU, Chico Research Foundation has the following position openings:
Advisor II
Educational Talent Search
Closes: 02/29/08, 5pm
Program Assistant
Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion
Closes: 03/10/08, 5pm
Project Specialist
Center for Economic Development
Closes: 03/13/08, 5pm
Event Coordinator
Center For Economic Development
Closes: 03/13/08, 5pm
Student Caller
Chico State Calling Center
Open Until Filled
Complete descriptions of responsibilities, requirements & application materials are available online or by mail: CSU, Chico Research Foundation, Building 25, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0246, or in person: 25 Main St. Second Floor Suite 203, Chico Phone: 530-898-6811 AA/EOE
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2008 Spirit of a Woman Conference
The Cross-Cultural Leadership Center (CCLC) invites CSU, Chico faculty & staff to attend the Second Annual Spirit of a Woman Conference on Thurs., March 13, 2008, from 8am to 5pm in the BMU.
This year’s featured speaker will be Francine Ward, J.D.—Lawyer • Entrepreneur • Author • Professional Speaker • Philanthropist • Marathon Runner ~ former Drug Addict, Alcoholic, Prostitute. Her honest and inspiring messages are those of self-esteem, courage, confidence, achievement, success, fulfillment, & joy. Ms. Ward will facilitate the morning session, “Living Life on Purpose.” Learn more about Francine Ward, her books, and her incredible life story on her web site.
Afternoon breakout sessions will be presented by remarkable campus and community women, and a general session, “There’s More to Your Life Than Earning Money,” (presented by Kathy Carpenter, CFP® and Diane Knight, CFP® of RedRock Financial) will follow.
Your $100 conference registration includes: continental breakfast, lunch downtown, a copy of Francine Ward’s “Esteemable Acts: 10 Actions to Building Real Self-Esteem,” and an opportunity for the author to sign your book.
Attendance is limited to 300 participants - 150 non-students and 150 students. For more information, contact Marci Caldwell at x3401.
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"The Creative Spirit: Unlocking Creativity Thru Dream Interpretation, Sandtray and Painting from Within" Seminar
Through the imagination, we reach into the creative part of our psyche. But, in the rush of our daily lives we are cut off from the wellspring of imagination and creativity, the unconscious. Through dream interpretation, sandtray, and painting, Dr. Linda Menicucci offers the opportunity to bring creativity and imagination back into our lives.
Dr. Linda Menicucci is a Jungian psychologist, and has studied at the Jung Institute in both Zurich, Switzerland and San Francisco, California. She has also studied sandtray with Dora Kalff and has analyzed thousands of dreams.
Date: Tues., March 11, 2008
Time: 12:05pm - 12:55pm
Location: KNDL 207
Facilitator: Linda D. Menicucci, Ph.D., Lic. Clinical Psychologist
To register, visit the web site and enroll online. If you encounter any technical problems, please email Victor Marquez, EHS.
If you would like any additional information about this 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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