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- Aloha Club Event Friday, Oct. 17
- Conversations on Diversity, Oct.15
- This Way To Sustainability IV, Nov. 6-9
- Sustainability Summits I, II, III - Oct. 27 and Dec. 2
- 12:30 Rally for a Cancer Cure Today
- CAL/Theatre/Office of Diversity/Humanities Center Host Gay Performance Artist Tim Miller, Oct. 29
- University Film Series: Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA, hosted by Troy Jollimore, Philosophy, Oct. 28
- Humanities Center Hosts Regarding Beauty Guest, Oct. 22
Staff Human Resources/Faculty Affairs
Workshops
Chico State Birding Club Meeting Tonight
Monday, October 13, 2008 Chico State Birding Club (CSBC) Meeting
Time: 5:15 PM Location: Holt 268
In addition to regular agenda items, Biology Graduate student, CSBC member, artist and author Jackson Shedd will discuss “Birding and Herping in
Southern Mexico”. Most of the photos were taken by Jackson and he
certainly will have adventures to share with the group.
Are you interested in avian natural history? Ecology? Biodiversity? Birding?
Do you want to learn more about birds? Do you want to practice with field identification of birds? Do field trips (both locally and beyond) sound like fun? If you answered YES to any or all of these questions, then join the CSBC!
There will also be a FREE raffle (that’s right, FREE!) for some super cool, bird-related items!
We are a group of students (both undergrad and grad), faculty, staff, and community members passionate about fostering an awareness of avian biodiversity and “birding” through monthly meetings and various outings. We welcome all levels of experience and/or background. We encourage beginners and experts and every level in between.
For more information: e-mail Shelly or Tim
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ARI 08/09 Off Cycle Campus Call for Proposals
Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI) 08/09 Off-Cycle Campus Call for Proposals
CSU Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI) has available funding between the normal campus fiscal year funding. Limited funds are available for the 2008/09 fiscal year to all qualified campus faculty and research staff on a competitive basis. The ARI provides public funds that require at least one-to-one match with industry/agency resources to fund high impact applied agricultural research, development, and technology transfer.
All proposals must address improving the economic efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability of California agriculture and its allied industries. Campus proposals are for projects that address local, regional or statewide issues. Campus proposals require submission of “A Notice of Intent to Submit”, which is due to Karen Hansen, RESP ARI Analyst by October 31, 2008. Materials for the ARI 2008/09 Off Cycle Campus Call for Proposals are available on the RESP Web site.
Full proposals are due to RESP by: December 5, 2008
Note: Please use the Campus Proposal ARI 08/09 application materials for your off-cycle proposal.
Please contact Karen Hansen at 898-6286 or via e-mail if you have questions or need assistance with your proposal.
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Community Book in Common Speaker's Bureau
If you would be interested in participating in the Community Book in Common by offering your interest/expertise to classes, forums or events, please volunteer for the Community Book in Common Speaker’s Bureau. As you know, the book, Three Cups of Tea, takes place in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and many groups are interested in hearing from people with expertise in these areas. We have had requests for information about culture, customs, geography, political information, educational systems, etc.
If you would like to volunteer, please send Brooks Thorlaksson an e-mail. You would not be approached directly—we will manage requests and confirm all events.
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Study Skills Workshops This Week
Study Skills Workshops Oct. 13-17
We are now in the 8th week of the semester. Time for students to learn some tips on avoiding procrastination and taking care of their money.
10/13 (Monday) 3-4 pm
Avoiding Procrastination
Carol Bear
10/15 (Wednesday) 2-3 pm
Budgeting Your Money
Kristy Phillips
More workshops will be scheduled through the rest of the semester. Look for upcoming announcements and flyers for future dates and topics.
Workshops are free. Students can sign up in advance at the Student Learning Center (Student Services Center-3rd Floor) or by calling 898-6839
Also, the Student Learning Center Web site has now been updated with the current Study Skills Workshop dates and times.
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Defensive Driver Training Oct. 14
The CSU Vehicle Use Policy requires that State employees (including student employees) complete Defensive Driver Training every four years in order to drive a State, rental, or privately-owned vehicle on State business. In an effort to meet the needs of the Campus, the Vehicle Reservations Office is offering Defensive Driver Training each week.
Employees can confirm the date of their last training by inquiring via e-mail. Reponses will typically be by return e-mail on the next business day.
Please have your California Driver License number and expiration date, and CSU, Chico employee/student ID number available at the time of the class.
Location and time varies by session. To view the availability of sessions, location, and to register, log into the Web Based Training (WBT) system, click on the Course Catalog menu—the workshops are posted under the EH&S tab. If you need assistance logging into the WBT system, please contact EH&S.
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CSU, Chico School of Social Work Informational Meeting
California State University, Chico, School of Social Work will be hosting an Informational Meeting regarding their Masters Programs in Social Work - October 14, 2008 from 6 to 7 pm in Butte Hall, Room 319. Questions: Call 898-6204.
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Grant Opportunity for Undergraduate Students
Funds have been allocated by Provost Sandra Flake for the fall 2008 Undergraduate Awards for Research & Creativity. These awards were created to support undergraduate students working closely with individual faculty members on student-designed projects and to assist the faculty in providing students with special innovative learning opportunities.
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•    Fall awards of up to $500 each will be made available to undergraduates (including graduating seniors). Deadline 11/3/2008.
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•    Spring award opportunities (up to $500) and summer stipend opportunities ($2,000) will be announced in January.
Go to the Web site for more information.
These awards are an exceptional and unique opportunity for students to create their own research or creative projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
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Humanities Center Hosts Regarding Beauty Guest, Oct. 22
Elaine Scarry
Presidential Scholar and Humanities Center’s
Regarding Beauty Guest
“Beauty Restored: The Moral Pull of the Beautiful”
OCT. 22, 7:30pm, PAC 134
Call 898-5122 or 898-4642 for more information.
Professor Elaine Scarry is the author of several books including On Beauty and Being Just, Dreaming by the Book, and The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World. She is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.
Scarry’s interests include Theory of Representation, the Language of Physical Pain, and Structure of Verbal and Material Making in Art, Science, and the Law. In The Body in Pain, which is known as a definitive study of pain and inflicting pain, she argues that physical pain leads to destruction and the unmaking of the human world, whereas human creation at the opposite end of the spectrum leads to the making of the world. Her 1999 study, Dreaming by the Book, won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. As a writer and lecturer on civic questions ranging from plane crashes to nuclear weapons to the Patriot Act, Scarry has become an important public intellectual.
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University Film Series: Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA, hosted by Troy Jollimore, Philosophy, Oct. 28
University Film  Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642
OCT. 28
L’avventura (The Adventure) (1960, Italy) 141 min. Written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Hosted by Troy Jollimore, Philosophy and director of the Humanities Center.*
Monica Vitti and Gabriele Ferzetti star. The film is notable for its slow pacing, careful composition, and unusual narrative structure. It made Vitti an international star. The film is the first of a trilogy by Antonioni; it is followed by La notte and L’eclisse. Roger Ebert describes the character Anna’s vanishing as indicative of the dubious presences of all the film’s characters. The film is populated with wealthy and vacuous characters devoid of close, fulfilling relationships. They are all, says Ebert, “on the brink of disappearance.”
*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme “Regarding Beauty.”
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CAL/Theatre/Office of Diversity/Humanities Center Host Gay Performance Artist Tim Miller, Oct. 29
TIM MILLER visits Chico Oct. 29
NOON in BMU 304: guest of the Conversation on Diversity, CSU Chico
**7:30pm at the 1078 Gallery (820 Broadway, Chico), Miller performs Glory Box.
Call 898-4642 for general information.
**Call 343-1973 for tickets.
The visit of the internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller—whose creative work explores the artistic, spiritual, and political topography of his identity as a gay man—is co-sponsored by the A.S. Committee on Arts and Lectures (CAL), Department of Theatre, Office of Diversity, and the Humanities Center.
Since 1999, Miller has focused his creative and political work on marriage equality and addressing the injustices facing lesbian and gay couples in America. Glory Box is a funny, sexy, and politically charged exploration of same-sex marriage and the struggle for immigration rights for lesbian and gay bi-national couples. It recounts the trials Miller has been forced to undergo in trying to keep his Australian partner in the United States. Says Miller, “I want the pieces to conjure for the audience a site for the placing of memories, hopes, and dreams of gay people’s extraordinary potential for love.” In 1987 after nine years in New York, Miller returned home to Los Angeles.
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12:30 Rally for a Cancer Cure Today
The University Relay For Life team invites all to a Rally for a Cancer Cure today, 12:30-1 p.m. in the Free Speech Area. Participants include Jesse Eller, AS president; two cancer survivors; Willie the Wildcat, and speech team students talking about cancer and cancer research.
Come out to hear about the American Cancer Society’s April Relay for Life and the great strides made in cancer research.
For more information contact Peggy Armocido, x5751.
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Sustainability Summits I, II, III - Oct. 27 and Dec. 2
Announcing: Sustainability Summits, I, II, III
October 27 and December 2, Kendall 207/209 from 3pm - 5 pm
This semester we will hold three facilitated discussions about the following list of topics. Not every topic would be covered on any given date. Each conversation will be facilitated by a different person, depending on the topics. The purpose of the summits is to assess campus progress toward sustainability, compare ourselves to other “green” campuses, and determine the actions we will take to achieve our goals.
What does it mean to be a “green” campus?
How do we compare to other institutions within the CSU?
How do we compare to other campuses in the U.S. that have received recognition for being “green”?
What have we achieved to date and what are our commitments as a campus under the Presidents Climate Agreement?
Are there gaps in terms of our own achievements, compared to others?
How do we continue to create a culture of sustainability on campus?
How can and should we continue to integrate sustainability into the curriculum?
Let us know which topics you feel deserve the greatest attention, and if there are others you would like to see added to the list, please send them to Scott G. McNall at the Institute for Sustainable Development. We hope that students, faculty, staff and community members and partners will join together in deepening the conversation about a sustainable future.
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This Way To Sustainability IV, Nov. 6-9
Mark your calendars and register now for “This Way To Sustainability IV” to be held November 6-9, 2008. For more information and to register, please go to the Web site.
The program is posted online.
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Conversations on Diversity, Oct.15
Come listen to personal stories about life and strategies from students with disabilities. Wednesday, October 15, from noon-1pm at Chico State in BMU 210.
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Aloha Club Event Friday, Oct. 17
The Aloha Club is being formed at Chico State for students, faculty, and staff from Hawaii, Samoa, and other Pacific Islands. We are having our first meeting at Selvester’s on Friday, Oct. 17, at 3:30 pm. There will be local foods served. Everyone is welcome to attend, including friends from Butte-Glenn Community College.
The Aloha Club kamaaina coordinators are: Lyndall Ellingson and Mark Tomita in the Department of Health and Community Services. Please RSVP by e-mail so that we will know how much food to prepare.
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Student Computing Drop-In Workshops
Student Computing is presenting the following workshops this week:
Advanced Dreamweaver
Tuesday October 14
5-6:00pm in MLIB 457
Advanced Dreamweaver
Wednesday October 15
5-6:00pm in MLIB 457
The Advanced Dreamweaver MX workshop will present a brief review of the basic features of Dreamweaver MX and introduce advanced web page design techniques. Students will learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and integrate tables into a web page.
No sign-up is required for these workshops. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend these workshops.
For more information about the Student Computing workshops visit the Student Computing Workshops Web site or contact Melinda Ferris: x5008
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User Services Drop-In Workshop
User Services is presenting an Overview of Office 2007 on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 12-12:50 pm in MLIB 457.
This is a drop-in workshop and no sign-up is required.
For more information please call USRV at X6000. For a schedule of all of the USRV workshops for October, visit the Web site.
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Faculty/Staff Caregiver Support Group - Workshop, Oct. 14
Faculty/Staff Caregiver Support Group
Date: Oct. 14, 2008
Time: 12:05pm - 12:55pm
Location: Selvester’s Cafe Room 104
Online registration is available for tomorrow’s session of the PASSAGES CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP. We welcome those new to caregiving, those who anticipate caregiving, and those for whom caregiving is already a way of life. You will find information, resources, encouragement, & answers to difficult questions. For more information about the group, please contact Melissa Jourdain at 898-6729.
To register visit the Web site, under Personal Development enroll online. If you encounter any technical problems, please email EHS or Clarice Reutlinger or call 898-4645.
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