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Campus Notice: Celebration of Life to Honor Patrick Garman
The flag will be flown at half staff today, Sept. 11, to honor Patrick Garman, a student in BSS who died on July 25, 2009. Professor Mike Mazur, Patrick’s husband, invites all of his friends and fellow students to a celebration of life that will be held at 1pm tomorrow, Sept. 12, in the Performing Arts Center 134. A reception follows in PAC 132.
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News Release: Farm to School: Organic Vegetable Garden Supports Community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Revised
September 11, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Trevor Prater, Public Relations Intern
The Institute for Sustainable Development
530-898-3333
Farm to School: Organic Vegetable Garden Supports Community
The Organic Vegetable Project at California State University, Chico has increased production to accommodate students at CSU, Chico as well as local schools in partnership with the program. The Organic Vegetable Project (OVP), initiated in 2007, has expanded their garden area from a quarter-acre pilot project to a full acre in the last two years.
With their recent expansion in production the OVP hopes to attract more funding, volunteers and interest in the program to grow more organic produce on the land made available to them.
The OVP is committed to growing healthy and nutritious organic produce using small-scale agricultural techniques. “Our primary market is Chico State students, and we hope to grow into serving local schools,” said Katie Fugnetti, field manager for the Organic Vegetable Project. “With the farm-to-schools approach we can teach the benefits of small-scale organic farming to students and provide nutritious and wholesome foods to them.”
The complete news release is available online.
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ESL Resource Center Now Open
ESL Resource Center is now open, providing free tutoring service for non-native speakers of English who seek to improve their spoken and written English proficiency. If you have students who need assistance with any of the following, please send them to us.
Writing
Grammar
Reading Comprehension
Oral Presentation Prep
Pronunciation/Intonation
No reservation is required. We are located in 104 SSKU Hall. Opening hours are 11am - 4pm daily. Call Frank Li at 898-5448 if you need additional information.
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Medicare Counselors Needed
Become a State Registered Medicare counselor for PASSAGES’ Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP). Training begins Sept. 22 in Chico. For more information call Maria Woodbury at 530-898-6641.
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New Library ReSEARCH Station
On Monday, when you visit the library online, you will see our new, improved, Library ReSEARCH Station. Using current best practice and user comments to help us in our redesign, the new ReSEARCH Station offers more intuitive navigation and additional services.
Some of the major changes are:
• The Periodicals List is gone. Use Search For/A Specific Journal Title instead. All our journals, both electronic and paper, are now searchable through the library catalog.
• The Article Quick Search box on the homepage allows users to search across twenty databases with one search to find articles on almost any subject.
• The Ask A Librarian Instant Messaging service has moved to the first page.
• New Research and Subject Guides pages give students access to up to date resources by subject or for classes.
Come check us out.
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"Trailer Park" Musical Staged Sept. 30 - Oct. 4
What does adultery, strippers, murderous ex-boyfriends, Costco, the Ice Capades, spray cheese, and road kill have in common? They are all part of the outrageously raunchy and hilarious Great American Trailer Park Musical, staged Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 at CSU, Chico’s Wismer Theatre.
Complete with a trashy Greek chorus of trailer park divas, “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” shines a spotlight on Armadillo Acres, Florida’s most exclusive mobile home community, where having your baby kidnapped isn’t half as tragic as getting a bad perm. Everything is hunky-dory down south until a hot young stripper on the run comes between the trailer park’s agoraphobic-housewife and tollbooth-collector-husband.
Filled with white trash truisms and low-rent good fun, “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” is one red-neck comedy you won’t want to miss. For tickets call the University Box Office, 898-6333. Seating is limited.
Presented by CSU, Chico’s School of the Arts. Rated “M” for mature language and content. More information is available online.
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Oat Hay -- Pre-winter Sale
Get your horse hay before it rains. We still have some quality oat hay which is now discounted to move before the rainy season. $5/bale, 10 bale minimum, buyer to load. Questions: please call University Farm Office 898-6343.
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Free Art Classes for Children and Adults at the Chico World Music Festival
The Chico Art Center invites you to come enjoy free art classes for children and adults at the Chico World Music Festival, Sat., Sept. 19 and Sun., Sept. 20.
The schedule of free art classes is as follows:
Sat., Sept. 19:
Making personalized paper beads using fabric and rubbing stamps (for kids)
11:30am to 12:30pm - Erin Wells
Making personalized paper beads using fabric and rubbing stamps (for adults)
12:30pm to 1:30pm - Erin Wells
Creating puzzles (for kids)
2pm to 3pm - Ben Saturen
Creating puzzles (for adults)
3pm to 4pm - Ben Saturen
Sun., Sept. 20:
Watercolor resist with oil pastel (for kids)
11:30am to 12:30pm - Kari Zigan
Watercolor resist with oil pastel (for adults)
12:30pm to 1:30pm - Kari Zigan
Creating with clay (for kids)
2pm to 3pm - Dave Owen
Creating with clay (for adults)
3pm to 4pm - Dave Owen
For more information, please visit the Web site.
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UPD's Fall RAD Classes
ATTENTION STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF: The University Police Department will hold its Fall R.A.D. classes on the following dates:
Session 1: Sept.14 -17
Session 2: Oct. 19 - 22
Session 3: Nov. 16 - 19
R.A.D. is a self-defense program designed specifically for women, and integrates risk reduction strategies with physical defense techniques. The hours are 6pm to 9pm each night in Yolo Hall #109. R.A.D. is offered at no cost to participants.
For more information or to RSVP for one of the sessions, please contact Sergeant Corinne Beck at x6512 or at crbeck@csuchico.edu For more information on R.A.D., please visit the UPD Web site.
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2010 Summer Orientation Staff Applications Now Available
The Summer Orientation Program is now seeking student leaders to serve as peer advisors for the 2010 Summer Orientation Program. If you know of a motivated, energetic student who would represent CSU, Chico well to new students and parents, please encourage them to apply. These paid positions help students build valuable leadership, public speaking and job skills. Applications and a job description can be picked up in Academic Advising Programs in SSC110/ 120, or on-line For information, call 898-5714.
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North State Symphony Kicks Off Season with Icons Concert
Sat., Sept. 26 at 7:30pm
Cascade Theatre, Redding
Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm
Sun., Sept. 27 at 2pm
Laxson Auditorium, Chico
Pre-concert talk at 1pm in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
An American legend, Edward “Duke” Ellington, face-to-face with the classical standard of excellence, Beethoven and the famous Fifth — one of the many pieces mentioned in this year’s Book in Common, “The Soloist.” This collaboration with Jazz X-Press and the NSS starts off a rousing season of extraordinary classical music.
Redding Tickets: Cascade Theatre Box Office, 243-8877
Chico Tickets: University Box Office, x6333
More information is available on the Web site.
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CSU, Chico Music Department Early Music Recital
The CSU, Chico Music Department presents music of “Henry Purcell and the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal” on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2pm on the stage of Harlen Adams Theater. This recital will feature some of the finest musicians in the North State, including sopranos Daun Weiss and Dara Scholz, alto Ruth Greenfield, harpsichordist Sandra Wright, organist and harpsichordist Dr. David Rothe, Warren Haskell on lute, as well as members of the CSU, Chico Chamber Singers.
Highlighting the music of Purcell, Byrd, Handel, and other composers of the English Renaissance and Baroque, this promises to be an afternoon of delightful music you won¹t want to miss.
Tickets available at the University Box Office or at the door.
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Humanities Center Gallery: Debra Koppman and Sue Richardson, Sept. 30 - Nov. 19; Reception, Sept. 30
Sept. 30 - Oct. 29, 2009
Trinity 100
I Saw the Strangest Things
Debra Koppman
Sept. 30 - Nov. 19, 2009
Trinity Hallway
Once Upon a Time
Sue Richardson
Reception for both: Wed., Sept. 30, 5pm - 7pm (Koppman talks at 6pm)
Humanities Center Gallery, M-F 8-5 (closed Oct. 15, Nov. 2, 11, 25-27), 898-4642.
Debra Koppman has a master’s in studio art from UC Berkeley and a doctor of arts in aesthetics and art criticism from New York University. For years, she served as the previews editor for Artweek. “I have been inspired by the folk arts of many cultures of North and South America, Africa, and Asia … for several years I have been making things almost exclusively out of recycled materials,” writes Koppman.
Sue Richardson served as assistant curator for the Janet Turner Fine Art Print Gallery from 1987 until 2002. She has studied with James C. House and Richard Lieberman in Philadelphia; in Chico, with Patricia Babcock, Marion Epting, Paul Feldhaus, Chris Ficken, P.J. Garbutt-Murray, Grace Hertlein, Frank Turdici, and Janet Turner. This exhibition is a retrospective of Richardson’s printmaking—etchings and linocuts—from 1984 to 1991. It includes 22 “suites,” each a “short, modern fairy tale with pictures and text for all ages.”
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A.S. Presents Zion I, Sept. 11
AS Presents is proud to present Zion I in the BMU Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Doors open at 7:30pm. The performance will begin at 8pm.
Zion I are a hip hop duo from Oakland, California. The duo consists of producer and DJ, AmpLive and emcee Zumbi. The two are highly respected and acclaimed underground artists, famous for Amp’s futuristic production techniques that use a mix of live instrumentation and samples, and Zumbi’s poetic, positive and socially conscious lyrics.
Tickets are available at the University Box Office on 2nd and Normal and online.
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The Committee on Arts and Lectures (CAL) presents: Art Historian Dr. Cadge-Moore (De Anza College)
Sept. 14
5pm - 6pm
Reception
Humanities Center, Trinity 100
Sept. 15
2pm - 3:15pm
Presentation: “Weaving Untold Stories: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Using Archival and Museum Collections to Document Northern California Indian Weavers and Basketry During the Arts and Crafts Period, 1880-1930”
Ayres 201
Sept. 16
9:30am
Informal discussion: “Current Perspectives on Native American Art”
Augie’s (230 Salem St.)
Sept. 16
4pm - 5:15pm
Presentation: “Native American Art and Environmental Crisis along the Lower Klamath River in Northwestern California”
Student Services Center (SSC) 304
All events are open to the public, and we encourage anyone who is interested to contact Profs. Matthew Looper or Robert Jones.
Dr. Cadge-Moore’s visit is made possible through the generous funding of the Committee on Arts and Lectures, the Departments of Philosophy and Art and Art History, and is also sponsored by CAPE, the Humanities Center, and the Anthropology Graduate Student Association.
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Come and Enjoy Free Crafts for Kids at the Chico World Music Festival!
The Museum of Anthropology will be hosting a free “Crafts for Kids” booth under the magnolia tree in front of Laxson Auditorium during the 16th annual Chico World Music Festival on Sat., Sept. 19 and Sunday, Sept. 20 on the CSU, Chico campus. Kids will have fun and be entertained at craft stations like “Peoples of the World,” “Dinosaurs, Reptiles and Birds, Oh My!,” and “Ancient Cultures: Egypt and Greece.” Other free daytime activities run from 11am to 4pm on both days and include live music, student art displays, art classes and crafts for kids.
Please join us at the Chico World Music Festival Sept. 19 and 20.
For more information, please visit the Web site.
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Merle Haggard is coming to Chico, Sept. 29
Chico Performances is bringing Country Superstar Merle Haggard to Laxson Auditorium on Tues., Sept. 29 at 7:30pm.
The word “legend” makes an appearance at some point when discussing Merle Haggard. Haggard has made a lasting mark, not just on country music, but on American music as a whole. With more than 65 albums, seven of them gold, Haggard has been nominated 42 times for Country Music Awards. Forty of his singles have held the number-one position on music lists, including “Okie From Muskogee” and “Workin Man Blues.”
This special performance in Laxson will feature Merle along with a 10 member band and they’ll be tearin’ up the stage in true country rock-and-roll style. Haggard will bring his outstanding vocal and lyrical talent that has made him famous and will also showcase his abilities at the guitar and fiddle in the spirit of his country music roots.
Ticket for this once in a lifetime event are $60 for Premium, $55 for Adult/Senior and $45 for Student/Child.
Tickets and more information are available at the Web site.
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