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AS Sustainability Fund - Call for Proposals
The AS Sustainability Fund is seeking innovative proposals from students that advance sustainability either on campus or in the community.
In order to be eligible to apply, students must be enrolled this semester and next semester and must attend one of the three mandatory workshops:
Workshop #1 Fri., Feb. 20, noon - 1pm BMU 209
Workshop #2 Thurs., Feb. 26, 12:30pm - 1:30pm BMU 209
Workshop #3 Wed., March 4, 4pm - 5pm BMU 205
The proposal submission deadline is Thurs., March 26 by noon.
For more information, visit the Web site. For questions, please contact Robyn DiFalco, AS Sustainability Coordinator at 530-898-6677 or stop by BMU 301.
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A Sign Language Class for Beginners
Have you always wanted to learn sign language? Are you staff, faculty, or student-staff? Come join us for a fun-filled hour plus every Friday afternoon, beginning March 5, from 3:30pm to 5pm, until Finals week. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Adele at aharth@csuchico.edu.
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March is National Women's Month
The public celebration of women’s history in this country began in 1978 as “Women’s History Week” in Sonoma County, with March 8 selected as International Women’s Day.
In 1981, a joint Congressional resolution proclaimed a national Women’s History Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the celebration, and March was declared Women’s History Month.
Why purple?
It has long been the color of the women’s movement, beginning with the suffragettes, according to a men-centric, pro-feminist Web site. And purple is associated with the cause to stop violence against women and children.
On Thursdays (March 5, 12, 19, and 26) wear something purple to show support for the women of our community and campus … a ribbon, a shirt, a sweater, a pair of socks, or a lock of your hair.
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Museum Offers Legacy Paving Stones
Construction of the Northern California Natural History Museum is well underway and we have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to become involved while getting a lasting gift for a loved one.
The Legacy Paving Stone program is an exciting way to contribute to the project. A key feature of the entryway will be the Founders Plaza with our beautiful paving stones. Two sizes are available: 8 × 8 inch stones with 2 lines of 14 characters and 8 × 16 inch stones with 4 lines of 14 characters.
They are available for donations of $500 and $1,000 respectively. All pre-sold pavers will be installed and in place prior to our building completion. Orders must be in by March 15, 2009, so hurry. Click here for a printable order form. This is a tax deductible donation as allowed by law. If you have questions email pavers@ncnhm.org.
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University Film Series: THE EXILES, March 3, hosted by Sarah Pike, Religious Studies
University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106
898-4642
$3 donation appreciated
March 3
The Exiles
(1961, U.S.A.) 72 min. Directed by Ken Mackenzie.
Introduced by Sarah Pike, Humanities Center Board and Religious Studies
“One of the key attractions of this lost and legendary Los Angeles documentary, unseen in nearly 50 years, it is luminous black-and-white photography. A cinema verite look at the rootless Native American community that once upon a time lived in Bunker Hill and hung out in downtown bars such as Club Ritz, this film is a brooding picture of a darkly beautiful, long-gone Los Angeles, from the houses of Bunker Hill to the raucous downtown of 55-cent shots and Lucky Lager in cans. It should be seen.”—Kenneth Turan.
“The restoration and long-delayed commercial release of THE EXILES, a 1961 film about a largely forgotten corner of that deceptively bright city, is nothing less than a welcome act of defiant remembrance. A beautifully photographed slice of down-and-almost-out life, a near heavenly vision of a near-hell that Mr. Mackenzie situated at the juncture of nonfiction and fiction. He tapped into the despair of this obscured world while also making room for the poetry and derelict beauty of its dilapidated buildings, neon signs, peeling walls and downcast faces.”—Manohla Dargis
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Safe Place Open House, March 2
Safe Place, the new campus office that is part of the Collaborative Response to Violence Project, will have an open house Monday, March 2, from 4pm - 6pm in Siskiyou 115.
Staff, advisory board members, student interns and volunteers will be in attendance. Refreshments and informational materials will be available.
The Collaborative Response to Violence Project was funded by the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women Office. Political science professor Lori Beth Way was the primary author of the grant proposal and is project director. The $471,529 grant is for three years, with the possibility of continuation funding.
Safe Place does crisis intervention for student victims and survivors, outreach and prevention education, training for faculty and staff, and referrals to campus and community services.
The mission of Safe Place is to offer a visible support system for victims of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking through outreach, counseling, advocacy, and educational programming at the CSU, Chico and Butte College campuses.
For more information, call Safe Place at 898-3030.
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Reception for On The Creek Lecture Series Speaker, March 11
A free catered reception will be held with environmental author Elizabeth Kolbert on Wed., March 11, at Selvester’s Cafe from 3:30pm - 4:30pm. All are welcome.
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Join Chico Performances in a Theatrical Concert, Oh Mr. Sousa! - March 1
Chico Performances presents Oh Mr. Sousa!, a theatrical concert that celebrates the musical achievements of “March King” John Philip Sousa, coming to Laxson Auditorium on Sun., March 1, 2009 at 7:30pm.
Oh Mr. Sousa! is a tribute to one of the United States’ most influential composers and conductors—John Philip Sousa. Featuring a 22-piece concert band and a cast of 8 singing actors, this tribute to “The March King” features many of his compositions, including “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Interesting fact: Sousa performed in Chico at the Majestic Theatre (now the El Rey), 100 years ago.
Tickets cost: $22 Premium, $17 Adult, $15 Senior, $13 Student/Child, and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.
For more information, please visit the Web site.
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Standard Voluntary Life Insurance Deductions
The Chancellor’s Office has been in contact with Standard Life Insurance regarding employee Voluntary Life Insurance Deductions and has notified each campus that deductions did not occur from some enrolled members’ February pay warrants. Standard’s eligibility system still reflects each covered member and dependent as active, so there is no loss of coverage. Standard is currently conducting an audit to determine everyone that was affected. For those employees who do not have a premium deducted from their February pay warrant, Standard has made arrangements with the State Controllers Office to process a one time double deduction from the March pay warrant to bring the premium totals current for affected employees. Please note this only affects employees who are contributing to additional Voluntary Life Insurance through Standard. Please contact the Benefits office if you have any questions.
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CSU, Chico Employees in Need of Donated Leave Credits
The following employees are in need of donated leave credits:
• SHERRY BOYD, (Staff, Finance and Marketing Department)
• LANCE CRUMB (Staff, Facilities Management and Services)
• DENISE GAVELLO (Staff, Accounting Operations) Employee is using Family Care catastrophic
leave: only vacation credits may be donated.
• SANDRA HANKINS (Staff, Student Health Services)
• ELENA PATTON (Staff, Facilities Management and Services)
• KAREN TINDLE (Staff, Admissions Office)
• RANDY WALL (Staff, Instructional Media Center)
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, extension 5436.
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Veteran Self-Identification Survey
To fulfill statistical reporting and affirmative action monitoring requirements required by the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended, CSU, Chico invites you to voluntarily identify your veteran status by answering the questions in the attached survey. Submission of this information is voluntary and no adverse consequences will result from either providing this information or declining to provide it. Information you submit will be kept confidential.
Should you decide not to self-identify at this time, you may do so at any time in the future.
CSU, Chico must report the number of employees in the following veteran categories: “Disabled Veterans”, “Recently Separated Veterans”, “Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran”, “Other Protected Veteran”, “I do not want to identify my veteran status”, and “Not a Veteran”. Note: if none of the categories are appropriate to your status, please sign the survey without checking any category.
Please return the survey by April 1, 2009 to:
Payroll, Benefits, and HRIS (PBHRIS) at campus zip 0015 or to the PBHRIS Customer Service Counter in Kendall Hall, room 222.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this survey, please contact Regina Buckner, Labor Relations & Employment Practices Coordinator, at extension 4666.
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