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News Release: Pervious Concrete Certification Course Offered for Concrete Contractors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2008
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Kristin Cooper Carter
Concrete Industry Management Program
530-898-4037
Pervious Concrete Certification Course Offered for Concrete Contractors
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program, California State University, Chico, is sponsoring a five-hour technical course provided by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association on Tuesday, April 15, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The course will provide a comprehensive and working knowledge of pervious concrete pavements for installation, design and/or supervision of placements. The program is tailored to civil engineers, city supervisors, contractors and ready mix producers.
The course will include three segments: an instructional exam, a written exam and an installation portion. It will provide each attendee a comprehensive and working knowledge of previous concrete pavements for installation, design and supervision of placements. The instructor and examiner will be Andy Youngs, CNCPC.
The cost of the course is $200.00. To register, contact Rob Wallace at 888-633-0393.
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Chico Jazz X-press Invited to Telluride Jazz Celebration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2008
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Rocky Winslow
Jazz Studies
530-898-6986
Chico Jazz X-press Invited to Telluride Jazz Celebration
Through a serendipitous series of events, Chico Jazz X-press and its director, Rocky Winslow, have been invited to one of the premiere jazz festivals in the world, the Telluride Jazz Celebration in Telluride, Colo. Winslow received an invitation in December from Paul Machado, director of the festival.
Jazz X-press is California State University, Chico’s top jazz ensemble. For the last several years, the ensemble has hosted concerts with guest artists such as Grammy Award singer Terry Richards, Bobby Shew, Greg Gisbert and drummer and recipient of the 2006 Presidential Teaching Award Paul Romaine, along with many others. An ensemble member posted some Jazz X-press videos with Paul Romaine, also a performer at Telluride, on You Tube.
Machado saw the videos of Jazz X-press on You Tube and made the connection to Winslow, who had been a guest of the festival on two prior occasions as the director of Jazz Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The complete news release is available online.
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Celebration of Life for Former Chico State Teacher Bob Vivian this Sunday, March 9
A celebration of life will be held in honor of Bob Vivian, a retired CSU, Chico Department of Journalism faculty member, 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.
Bob 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. Bob 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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Free Speech/Language Evaluations
The Communication Sciences and Disorders Program provides assessments for a variety of communication disorders (articulation, language, voice, stuttering and problems associated with brain injury, stroke and neurological impairments).
We are currently offering FREE speech/language evaluations to faculty, staff, students and their dependents. Please call the Center at 898-5871 to schedule an appointment.
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New Paper Sample Books from University Printing Services
University Printing Services is very pleased to announce that we now stock 32 paper color choices to make your documents stand out and be noticed. All but two of the color choices are recycled and contain a minimum of 30% post consumer waste; three are 100% recycled.
New paper sample books were sent to departments via campus mail. Each color sample is clearly marked with recycling information and size availability. In addition, all of our stock papers are available in both bond and cover weights. For those needing detailed information regarding the weight of each paper, please go to our online paper matrix.
To go along with the sample books, the price guide has been updated. While most of our prices remain unchanged since 2006, the updated price guide and sample book are designed to work together so you can easily determine your cost per copy based on the paper you choose. As always, you will find our prices are extremely competitive.
If your department did not receive a new sample packet, or needs extras, please contact us.
University Printing Services
Siskiyou Hall, Rm 118, x5992
Hours: M - F, 8am to 5pm
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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 Agricultural 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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PASSAGES Growing Young Expo
PASSAGES, a direct service program of the CSU, Chico Research Foundation, announces the Growing Young Expo: Opportunities, Activities, and Information for Baby Boomers. March 15 from 10am to 5 pm at the Chico Mall.
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Glenn Kendall Public Service Award Deadline, March 7
Faculty, chairs, directors, and deans are invited to nominate candidates for the 2007-2008 Glenn Kendall Public Service Award. This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding graduating senior with exemplary scholarship and public service. This award is available to candidates from all fields of study who graduated fall 2007 or will graduate spring 2008.
Award
This is a $600 award. The recipient must have a record which indicates promising public service after completing studies at the University.
Selection Criteria
• Outstanding graduating senior
• Record of outstanding scholarship, including special studies, projects, and fieldwork in courses involving public service/service learning
• Record of outstanding public service within the University and the community
• Record of proven ability to work effectively with others, and
• Evidence of traits indicating a dedication to the well-being of people
Nomination Format
• 8.5 × 11 papers, stapled, no binders or folders
Nomination packet needs to include
• Letter of nomination on behalf of candidate
• Candidate’s résumé
• Supporting letters and materials
Send original and three copies to:
Glenn Kendall Public Service Award Committee
Campus zip 110
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Lecture: "Gaza Close-Up," March 5
Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30pm in Plumas 201
Rafael Frankel will be speaking about “Gaza Close-Up”, based on his experiences as a reporter in Gaza during Israel’s evacuation from Gaza in 2005. From 2000-2007, Rafael D. Frankel lived and worked in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South America as a freelance reporter. He was regularly published in The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, and The Christian Science Monitor, among other newspapers, and was a Middle East Analyst for MSNBC. He is currently the Edward Weintal Fellow at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service in the Masters Degree program and a fellow at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Admission is free and open to the general public.
For further information, contact Prof. Michael Leitner, Recreation and Parks Management, at 898-6774.
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Humanities Center Gallery in March and April: Wylde+Manske; Golden+Ficken
March 4 - April 24
Meaning Matters: Projects from PreNeo Press, the Conceptual Space of Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde and Taking Notes: Drawings, Doodles, and Engraved Desktops, Mixed Media by Jeremy Golden and Chris Ficken
Humanities Center Gallery
Trinity Hall
M-F 8-5 (closed March 31)
Wed., March 5, Reception, 5pm - 7pm
Department of Art faculty Nanette Wylde is a conceptual artist who heads the Digital Media/Electronic Arts program at CSU, Chico. Kent Manske is a conceptual printmaker and faculty in art at Foothill College. They write, “PreNeo Press synthesizes life, art, and design to create individual and collaborative cultural artifacts and experiences. Projects take form as artists’ books, electronic and interactive works, democratic multiples, and fine art prints.”
Graphic Design major Jeremy Golden pairs up with IMC designer Chris Ficken to explore the lecture-hall experience by way of distracted minds: lecture notes that emerge as drawings and a series of fifty-year-old, birch-wood desktops recovered from Ayres 120 during a remodel in 2000. They write, “This show explores the wanderings of the right brain as it subverts the left brain’s attempts at productivity. We find pleasure in creative expression and freedom from the analytical mind.”
For further information, call 898-4642.
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Market Evaluation of a Native Plant, March 5
The College of Agriculture will host a guest presentation:
OLIVER NEYE
JPR Natural Products,
Jena, Germany
Title: Investigation of a Native Plant, Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum), for Potential Market Production
Wednesday, March 5
12 - 1PM
Plumas 203 Conference Room
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Open Studios in the Department of Art and Art History
On Wed., March 5, eleven MFA and thirteen BFA students will be hosting a department-wide Open Studio event. Their work will be on view from 11am until 3pm throughout the first and second floors of Ayres Hall and at the Graduate Studios, 347 Nord.
Faculty, staff, students, and the public are invited to visit the studios and talk with the artists. Directories will be available outside of the Art Office, Ayres 107, on the day of the event.
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Lecture: Author and Environmentalist David Quammen, March 11
As part of the On the Creek Lecture Series, David Quammen will give a free lecture 7:30pm, March 11, in Laxson Auditorium.
Charles Darwin took 20 years to publish his theory of evolution; he produced On the Origin of Species only on learning that he was about to be scooped. Quammen’s most recent book, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, traces the two-decade period between Charles Darwin’s original idea of natural selection and the publication of On the Origin of Species. Quammen illuminates the long process of research, thinking, and personal anguish that led from Darwin’s brief visit to the Galapagos Islands to the eventual unveiling of his theory. Quammen will be speaking about the life of Darwin as well as his work.
This performance is FREE but a ticket is required for admission. Tickets are available at the University Box Office, (530) 898-6333, 2nd and Normal Streets.
For more information please visit the web site.
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CELT Workshop: Magically Improve Student Study Skills Without Using Magic
Presenter: Marc Siegall, Ph.D., Department of Management
Workshop date/time: March 27, 2008, 3pm - 4:30pm; Butte 103
Do you worry that your quizzes, exams, etc. measure your students’ ability to “cram,” rather than their ability to learn? Students often do not know HOW to study well. Additionally, even if they succeeded in learning the material, overwhelming stress during exams can prevent them from demonstrating this success.
In this workshop, the presenter will share some of the “biggest bang for the buck” techniques he developed while working with students. Discussion will center on a short publication he wrote summarizing these techniques, with the goal of more widely dispersing this information to colleagues for use in their own courses. The piece is written in a relaxed, conversational tone, making it a useful reference you can provide students to help themselves improve their study skills. As part of the workshop, you will be invited to share your favorite techniques for helping students learn how to learn.
You can register for this and other CELT workshops online. After entering your user name and Portal password, click on the Course Catalogue menu, click on the section entitled Professional Development, and then click the CELT link where you can view the workshop titles and enroll.
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Pervious Concrete Certification
On April 15 from 5-8 pm the Concrete Industry Management Program will be hosting a Pervious Concrete Certification. Students enrolled in the CIMT 363 class are eligible to take the certification at no cost to them. Their registration is sponsored by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association.
Campus and community members who would like to participate in becoming a Certified Pervious Installer will need to register with Robert E. Wallace, Executive Director, Concrete Promotion Council of Northern California
888-633-0393 or rob@cpcnc.org email to participate. The cost of the certification is $200.
If you are interested in pervious concrete and not necessarily interested in getting certified you are welcome to attend the seminar but we will need you to still sign up in advance. There is very limited seating, so sign up right away.
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"The Creative Spirit: Unlocking Creativity Thru Dream Interpretation, Sandtray and Painting from Within" Seminar, March 11
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: Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time: 12:05pm - 12:55pm
Location: KNDL 207
Facilitator: Linda D. Menicucci, Ph.D.,
Lic. Clinical Psychologist
To “>register online, visit the web page. 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, 898-4645.
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