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Brief Health Information Survey (for Chico State Honors project) -- Please Participate
Dear Chico State Faculty and Staff,
If you participated in this survey already, thank you, and please ignore this note. If you did not participate in this survey last week, I am sending you this email survey again, in the hopes that you will assist me in my honors research project. I am an honors student in the Health and Community Services Department. By participating in this short, 15 question survey, you will help me understand where adults get their health information. This survey should only take about 5 minutes. Just click on the link provided to complete and send this brief survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7llB5Oszw1JSg2zRvXdLUg_3d_3d
If you have any questions please contact me, Annina McKenna or my professor Lyndall Ellingson.
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Summer Course Study in Spain for Faculty and Students
Experience the Spanish language, culture and civilization beyond the classroom. July 2-29, 2008. Earn six or eight CSU, Chico college credits. Spend four days in Paris at the end of the trip.
What do you get out of the Summer Study Abroad in Spain?
* Performances, theatrical events, visit to palaces and old monuments, trips to other cities in Spain.
* Spend four days in Paris at the end of our trip (airfare, some meals and hotel included)
* An incredibly life-transforming experience, involving the experience of the entire world that finds itself in Spain
* the ability to travel the weekends to almost any place one can imagine in Europe for $25 or $50, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Ireland, England …
* the most fun you can possibly imagine having in Spain
* classes in English or Spanish with engaging and personable professors and meeting people
from all over the world
* Participants can also take art and history courses in English
* For Spanish majors and minors all courses offered are transferable to CSU, Chico
* A once in a lifetime experience. You can include the experience in your resume (CV)
For more information contact the director of the program Dr. Prieto or 8984608. You can also visit: http://www.foreignstudy.com/
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What Is Healthy Living?
The Campus Wellness Center is proud to sponsor a new forum titled “What is Healthy Living?” presented by Troy Purdom from the Kinesiology Department. Simple techniques to begin a healthier lifestyle will be discussed. The forum will take place on Wed., April 23 from 5pm to 6pm in BMU 303.
All faculty and students are invited to attend. If you have any questions, please contact us at 898-4697 or wcenter@csuchico.edu.
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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 Research 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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Professional MBA Information Sessions - TONIGHT April 22 & April 29
The College of Business and Continuing Education, in partnership with Shasta College, will host Information Sessions in Chico and Redding to advise potential applicants for the Professional Master of Business Administration program.
The Chico information session will be held tonight, Tues., April 22, 6pm - 7:30pm, at Continuing Education.
The Redding information session will be held Tues., April 29, 6pm - 7:30pm, at the Shasta College University Center, 1400 Market Street, in downtown Redding.
Interested Professional MBA candidates who want to attend an information session are asked to RSVP by calling Continuing Education, 530-898-6105 or by e-mailing their contact information to rce@csuchico.edu. For more information please visit the web site.
Please forward this note to your friends and colleagues who will benefit from this opportunity.
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Mexican-American Singer Lila Downs Performs in Laxson May 10
Singer and songwriter Lila Downs brings sultry, hot Latino moves and music to Laxson Auditorium on May 10, courtesy of Chico Performances. The performance starts at 7:30pm.
In this presentation, Downs will be performing her signature sultry moves with her band - harp, sax, violin, bass, drums, percussion. Accordion, guitar and clarinet, against mulit-media projected images. Downs giver her all in performances, snaking and slithering on the floor, gyrating to the beat, doing what she does best - sexy music.
Downs creates a strongly layered and emotional music in which blues and jazz cohabitate with ranchera, and honky-tonk swings alongside romantic boleros, and re-imagines American and Mexican music as an on-going conversation between two great traditions. Downs’ get deep into the hearts and minds of common people, invoking lost loves, legends, and struggles to live. Invigorating a new wave of cross-border Latino music, Downs is perhaps best known for her Oscar-nominated song “Burn It Blue” in the acclaimed movie Frida.
Tickets are $23 Premium, $18 Adult, $16 Senior, and $14 Student/Child. More information on how to purchase tickets is available online or by calling (530) 898-6333.
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Free Movie Screening of "Little Miss Sunshine"
Active Minds will be sponsoring a movie screening of “Little Miss Sunshine” tonight at 6pm in Plumas 102. Free snacks will be provided. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Active Minds is a new student organization on campus. Its aim is to destigmatize issues surrounding mental illness and increase students’ awareness of mental health issues. For more information please go to www.activeminds.org or email us at activemindschico@gmail.com.
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Conversations on Diversity, "Sikh Experience in the U.S.: More Than What You Think," April 30
Sikhism is a 500-year-old religion from Northern India that is flourishing today with about 20 million adherents. While the majority of Sikhs live in the Punjab region of India, there are significant communities in England, Canada and the United States. The Sacramento Valley has become home to one of the largest Sikh communities in the world, which plays a significant role in the tapestry of Chico and its environs. Sikhism has tried to foster co-existence and understanding between different religions from its beginnings, but is often misunderstood because of its distinctive headdress and other customs. We invite you to come to this panel and learn about the religion and hear from members of the local Sikh community.
Please join us in learning more about the Sikh experience in the U.S. We will be meeting in BMU 210 from 12pm - 1pm on April 30, 2008 and snacks will be provided.
For more information, contact Tray Robinson in the Office of Diversity at 898-4764.
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Humanities Center Gallery: Eileen Macdonald and Carla Resnick, Reception May 1
April 29 - June 2, 2008
Re: Group
Eileen Macdonald and 10 Other 2001-03 Graduates of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
and
April 29 - June 12, 2008
Carcinogenic
Photography by Carla Resnick
Humanities Center Gallery
Trinity Hall, CSU Chico
Thurs., May 1, Reception for Both, 5pm - 7pm
Department of Art faculty Eileen Macdonald hosts Re-Group, an exhibition that includes work by a group of eleven artists who come from a diverse range of geographic and cultural backgrounds. In 2000, the artists were all graduate students at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where they worked as a community engaging in dialogue about their ideas and practice. For this exhibit — their third together — each of the participants has been asked to create an artwork that relates to the theme “Place / Displace.”
Carla Resnick, a native of Vancouver, Canada, is a freelance photographer and graphic designer in Chico. She has been gallery director for the 1078 Gallery in Chico, board director and president of the Chico Art Center, and the gallery assistant for the Mendocino College Art Gallery in Ukiah. This exhibit is a selection of places and things in which carcinogenic materials are found.
The gallery is located in Trinity Hall. For further information, call 898-4642.
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Late Night Chico Presents Comedy Night with Reggie Steele, April 24
Are you stressed out with midterms and could use a few laughs? AS Late Night has just the thing for you. Comedian Reggie Steele and special guest Sal Calanni will be coming to CSU, Chico for one night only Thurs., April 24. Don’t miss out on this night of free fun.
Save the date: Thurs., April 24 in the BMU Common Grounds at 9pm. Free admission, free food, and free laughs.
For more information contact: Greer Shuler, Jessica Vowels, or Jenny Bucher.
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"Living with Terrorism: The Israeli Case," April 23
On April 23 at 7:30pm in Glenn 212, Bob Cottrell, Kate Transchell and Alan Gibson will be speaking on “Living with Terrorism: The Israeli Case.” The three professors were fellows in a “Foundation for the Defense of Democracy” course on terrorism in Israel. The fellows will share some of their experiences, which included interviewing terrorists in Israeli prisons. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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International Forum, April 22
Déjà vu all over again? Update on Vladimir Putin’s power play and the brewing crisis in the Balkans presented by Kate Transchel, History Department.
Will there be war in the Balkans again? Is Medvedev just a Putin puppet? Are we gearing up for another Cold War with Russia? What’s happening in that troubled and troubling area of the world? Tues., 5pm - 5:50pm in Holt 170.
For more information about the International Forum this spring, visit the web site.
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The 53rd Annual Student Exhibition, May 5-18; Reception May 15
University Art Gallery Presents: The 53rd Annual Student Exhibition
Guest Juror: Diana Daniels, Associate Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
May 5 - 18, 2008
Thursday, May 15:
7pm - 9pm, Reception at the University Art Gallery
7:30pm, Prizewinners announced for the Annual Student Exhibition and Turner Annual Printmakers Invitational
Each year, the University Art Gallery presents this juried student exhibition of works by students enrolled in the Department of Art and Art History. The work, selected this year by Diana Daniels from the Crocker Art Museum, represents a broad range of approaches and media including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, digital, sculpture and glass.
Ms. Daniels will also award 4 prizes - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and a special Dean’s prize - all of which remain a secret until they are announced at the May 15 reception. This exhibition is funded by Student Instructionally Related Activities Fees.
The University Art Gallery is located in Taylor Hall, California State University Chico. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10am. to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
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College of Natural Sciences' 4th Annual Research Poster Symposium, Today
The College of Natural Sciences’ Poster Session Committee cordially invites you to stop by the 4th Annual Research Symposium. Research by faculty and students in California State University, Chico’s College of Natural Sciences will be celebrated at a poster session today in BMU 100.
Posters will be displayed to showcase faculty, undergraduate and graduate level research projects, many of which have been or will be presented at national and international scientific meetings.
Presenters will be available to talk about their posters and research from 1pm to 2:30pm and an awards ceremony at 3pm. Refreshments will be served at 2:30pm. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
Seventy-two poster presentations are scheduled to be part of the symposium, including the winner of the College of Natural Sciences Dean’s High School Award from the Chico Science Fair. That presentation, by Rosalind Cox, is titled, “Can E. coli take the heat?”
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CSU, Chico's Band Presents "Postcard" Concert Saturday
CSU, Chico’s Band’s Spring Concert: Postcards
Sat., April 26 at 7:30pm
Laxson Auditorium
Retiring piano professor Robert Bowman joins the CSU, Chico Band for the first movement of Greig’s Piano Concerto. Also included is Frank Tichelli’s Postcards.
Purchase tickets at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
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Gospel Choir Concert Thursday in Laxson
CSU, Chico’s Gospel Choir: Praise is What We Do!
Thurs., April 24 at 7:30pm
Laxson Auditorium
Join the CSU, Chico Gospel Choir under the direction of Malcolm Jackson for an hour of fun, up-beat, soul-stirring Gospel music that is sure to entertain as well as inspire. This is one of the hottest tickets in town so don’t miss out!
Purchase tickets at the University Box Office, 898-6333
More information is available online.
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Campus History Tour and Arboretum Tour Tomorrow
As an annual part of Founders Week, the campus history tour and arboretum tour will be tomorrow, April 23, starting at the Kendall Lawn flag pole. The history tour is from 10am - 11am, with the arboretum tour following at 11am. Both involve a short walk around campus. Be prepared to learn lots of interesting information about CSU, Chico, its history and the beautiful plants and trees that are part of campus. You can attend one or both tours. Call 898-4143 for more information.
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External Support for Faculty Research and Creative Activities
Summer can be a great time to search for external funding for research and creative activities. Join RESP staff for a funding search session on Friday, April 25 from 12:30pm -1:30pm at 25 Main Street.
RESP staff will demonstrate the newly updated GRC search engine so faculty can work with it over the summer from home.
Faculty may bring laptops and lunch, too. Drinks and dessert provided Friday, April 25 at 12:30pm at 25 Main Street. For additional information call RESP x5700.
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TILT Faculty Seminar: How to Find and Add Images & Icons to Vista Courses
TILT Faculty Symposium: How to Find and Add Images & Icons to Web Pages or Vista Courses on Friday, April 25 from 10am - 12 noon in MLIB 226.
James Tyler will demonstrate how to find free Internet images and will talk about copyright concerns. He will briefly discuss the copyright issues, Fair Use, Classroom exemption (Section 110(1), the Teach Act (Section 110(2), Flickr, and Creative Commons licenses. He will show the following sources:
- Search Engines
- Public Domain
- CSU, Chico
- Commercial
Peter DiFalco will show you how to add the images and/or icons to your Vista course section, PowerPoint presentations, and Web sites. He will answer the following questions.
- What software do you use to resize and edit images
- Where to get software: Adobe Fireworks/Photoshop/Microsoft’s free image resizer
- Where to find icons
- How to work with icons
Each attendant is asked to submit one question or request for an image, and describe their departmental interests with digital images. Email ahead of time to jtyler@csuchico.edu.
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