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Have you learned something new from a child lately?
The Associated Students Child Development Lab invites you to creatively reinforce teaching for your students through assignments involving observation of children in the ASCDL.
The ASCDL is a nationally accredited, state licensed on-campus learning lab. Students can utilize the observation room attached to the preschool classroom. It is equipped with a one-way mirror, microphones to hear children’s conversations, cameras with the ability to record and zoom, capacity for 36 students and a smaller side room used to watch the children in the play yard. Students can also interact one-on-one with children and conduct research in the infant, toddler and preschool rooms. The lab can be used as a one-time experience for your students, or you can use it as part of an entire semester’s curriculum.
Whether you are planning ahead for next semester or want to use the ASCDL as a last minute optional assignment for your students, check us out! Faculty research is also welcome at the ASCDL.
Contact Cindy Ratekin or visit our web site for more information.
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Turner Exhibitions at Chico Museum: "Janet Turner: Collector, Mentor, Teacher" & "5th Annual Ink/Clay Invitational"
The Turner Print Museum at CSU, Chico will unveil two exhibitions in the Chico Museum, 2nd and Salem Streets, May 7-May 25, 2008.
Featuring the work of the late Dr. Janet Turner, “Janet Turner: Collector, Mentor, Teacher” will also display work by a few of her former students who continued on with careers in art. Also included is a selection of modern prints Turner purchased to inspire herself and her students. CSU, Chico is fortunate to have a large body of her work donated to the collection by local collectors Vernon and Marie Fish. The bulk of the collection was purchased by Turner herself and left to the University for the campus and surrounding communities to enjoy.
Also part of this exhibition is a sampling of current work done by CSU, Chico art students in the ceramics program.
Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4pm, or by special arrangement.
This space will be open Thursday, May 15 from 7pm - 9pm as part of the Awards Announcement Reception for the 13th Annual Student Printmakers Invitational and the 53rd Juried Student Art Exhibition.
Call 898-4476 for more information.
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Postal Rates Increase May 12
Effective May 12, 2008, the U.S. Postal Service will increase postal rates from $0.41 to $0.42, $0.58 to $0.59 for 2 oz. first class mail letter. Additional postal rate increases include Postcards from $0.26 to $0.27, Certified Mail from $2.65 to $2.70, first class mail large envelope (2oz) from $0.97 to $1.00, and first class mail international to Canada and Mexico (1 oz) from $0.69 to $0.72, and first class mail international to all other countries from $0.90 to $0.94.
For additional information on the postal rate changes, packages, or other postal services, please visit the United States Postal Service web site.
If you have any questions regarding the new postal rates, please contact Mail Services at ext. 4320 or 5326.
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Diversity E-Newsletter, Spring 2008 Edition
Welcome to the spring 2008 edition of Building Bridges, a biannual newsletter celebrating diversity at CSU, Chico and in us all.
Please contact Tray Robinson (898-4764) with any questions or comments.
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The Turner Summer Art Academy - Register Early
Registration in now open for the 6th Annual Summer Art Academy offered by the Janet Turner Print Museum. The goal of the Summer Art Academy is to provide excellent art instruction using many mediums for students with a desire to be immersed in art for a concentrated time. The classes are offered in the Art and Art History department at CSU, Chico, and the Summer Art Academy is also thrilled to include local guest artists in the curriculum. The camp is offered to children (7 years or older) and adults. The dates and times are as follows:
Junior Session - (Ages 7-11)
July 21 - July 25, 10am - 2pm
Senior Session I - (12 - Adult)
July 21 - July 25, 10am - 3pm
Senior Session II - (12 - Adult)
July 28 - August 1, 10am - 3pm
To learn more, contact Barbara Morris at 530-680-4740, or visit the Janet Turner Print Museum Web site. A registration form can be downloaded from this site or you can contact Dianne Suschil at the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at 898-5351 for registration materials.
Register early - this camp fills up quickly.
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AS Child Development Artwork Raffle
The AS Child Development lab is having a raffle for the artwork done by the children. The artwork was displayed in the BMU in March. The tickets are $5.00 apiece, and you can choose what piece you would like to be entered for. Please come to AJH 120 to pay for your tickets.
Art pieces will be raffled off May 16 at 6:30pm at Hooker Oak Park during the End of the Year Party for the AS Child Development Party. You do not have to be present to receive your art piece. Please call Stephanie at 898-5865 for more details.
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Turner 13th Annual Student Printmakers' Invitational Exhibition, Reception and Awards
On display in the Turner Laxson gallery and Ayres Hall 1st floor cases is the 13th Annual Student Printmakers’ Invitational Exhibition. This exhibition represents the best of student printmakers in the last academic year.
Bay Area professional artist Art Hazelwood selected this year’s exhibition. He also was selected to exhibit in the Turner’s last National Print Competition. Art Hazelwood received his BA degree in Fine Arts, University of California at Santa Cruz in 1983. He currently lives and works in San Francisco. He has had solo exhibitions throughout the U.S. as well as Vienna, Austria, Munich, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan. His prints and books are in collections such as The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Yale University, New York Public Library, Achenbach Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Whitney Museum of American Art Library, and MOMA Library, New York.
Hazelwood works primarily in printmaking, painting and printed books.
Awards will be announced in conjunction with the 53rd Juried Student Art Exhibition Thursday, May 15 at 7:30pm in the University Art Gallery, Taylor Hall. All galleries will be open from 7pm - 9pm that evening. Call 898-4476 for more information.
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The Cat in the Hat Is Coming to Laxson in Seussical Jr.
Chico Performances and the Blue Room Young Company present Seussical Jr. A group of 30 talented young actors will bring to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters including Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, all of the Whos of Whoville and of course the Cat in the Hat.
Seussical Jr. is a magical adventure filled with classic characters, colorful music, and insightful messages that will appeal to all ages. The story is narrated by JoJo, a young boy with a wild imagination, and follows Horton on a fantastical journey through The Jungle of Nool and Whoville. As each story unfolds, you will marvel at how relevant and profound Seuss’s subtle themes are.
This musical extravaganza will be performed Wed., May 21 at 7:30pm in Laxson Auditorium on the CSU, Chico Campus. Tickets are $12 adult, $10 senior, $8 student/child, and are available at the University Box Office - 898-6333, corner of 2nd St and Normal. Tickets go up $2 at the door. For more information go to the Web site.
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Songs and Stories: Rob Davidson, English
The Humanities Center and 1078 Gallery are presenting Rob Davidson in “Warehouse: Songs & Stories,” a one-man, one-hour performance of original music and fiction. Homemade “bourekas,” will be on sale. Come eat with us Wed., May 14, 7:30pm at 1078 Gallery, 820 Main.
Rob Davidson’s first book, Field Observations: Stories (Missouri, 2001), won the 2002 Maria Thomas Fiction Award. His second book is The Master and the Dean: The Literary Criticism of Henry James and William Dean Howells (Missouri, 2005). His honors include an AWP Intro Journals Project Award, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and ranking as a finalist for both the 2008 Glimmer Train Family Matters contest and the 2006 Arts & Letters Fiction Prize (judged by Chitra Divakaruni). Davidson’s fiction, essays and interviews have appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, the AWP Writer’s Chronicle, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Indiana Review, Sycamore Review, ZYZZYVA and elsewhere. As a musician, he has zero credentials—but that is no matter. He is Associate Professor of English and serves on the Humanities Center Board at CSU, Chico.
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Watershed Literary Magazine Reading, May 15
Watershed Contributors’ Reading
Thurs., May 15
7:30pm
Trinity 100
Come hear contributors from the spring issue read their poetry and fiction. Reading is free. Copies of Watershed, CSU, Chico’s literary magazine, will be available for sale at the reading.
For more information, contact Casey Huff, or 898-5983.
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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, 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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"Where Do the Children Play?" Documentary Film, May 14
A new documentary film, Where Do the Children Play?, examines the issue of growing concern among pediatricians, educators, mental health experts, and environmentalists: more and more children are growing up today with little or no opportunity for unstructured play, especially outdoors.
The 60-minute film will be shown at a free public screening in Holt 170 at California State University, Chico on Wed., May 14 at 6pm. This event is sponsored by the Child Development Program, with assistance from the U. S. Alliance for Childhood, a nonprofit research and advocacy group that works for the restoration of play in children’s lives.
For more information about this screening of Where Do the Children Play? call Melissa Groves at 898-5564.
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3rd Annual Conversations on Diversity Achievement Awards and Reception, May 7
Announcing the Third Annual Conversations on Diversity Awards (The CODAs). The event will be hosted by Tray Robinson, Director of University Diversity Programs, CSU, Chico.
Join us as we celebrate the outstanding work of our campus community. The reception will be held May 7, 2008 in BMU 210 from 12pm - 1pm; appetizers and beverages will be provided.
Contact Tray Robinson in the Office of Diversity (898-4764) for more information, hope to see you there.
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CSU, Chico Employees in Need of Donated Leave Credits
The following employees are in need of donated leave credits:
LORIE CAVANAUGH (Faculty, School of Social Work)
DIANE CHATLOSH (Faculty, Psychology)
CATHERINE LEY (Faculty, Nursing)
JANE MAURER (Staff, Student Records and Registration)
MARY MINOR (Staff, Student Health Services)
DAVID SIMCOX (Faculty, Recreation and Parks Management)
SANDRA WARNER (Staff, School of Social Work)
SHAWN WRIGHT (Staff, University Farm)
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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A Blueprint for Green Building Workshop, May 14 (register today)
A Blueprint for Green Building:
Focus on Materials, Waste & Recycling
A workshop sponsored by the California Collegiate Recycling Council (CCRC)
Hosted by AS Recycling on the CSU, Chico campus
Wed., May 14, 2008
9am - 5pm
Bell Memorial Union (BMU), room 210
CSU, Chico campus
This one-day workshop will address issues related to recycling and waste handling in LEED certified green buildings. Presenters will address construction and demolition debris recycling, planning for storage & collection of recyclables, reuse of building materials, and recycled-content interior finishings.
Who should attend: architects, contractors, building operators, and recycling or waste managers, students and faculty.
Registration fees $40 CCRC members, $50 non-members; $10 for students
(Registration fees include presentations, lunch, and tours.)
To register online, go to www.crra.com/ccrc
For questions, please contact Robyn DiFalco at 530-898-6677.
For more information on transportation and accommodations, visit the Web site.
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