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News Release: Town Hall Discussion Focuses on Homelessness and Mental Illness
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2, 2009
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
Town Hall Discussion Focuses on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Homelessness and mental illness in Butte County will be addressed at a special campus and community town hall meeting Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium at California State University, Chico.
The town hall meeting will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Everyone in attendance will have an opportunity to actively participate in discussions and problem-solving. The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Participants will include city and university leaders, providers of services to the homeless and mentally ill, and residents who are or who have been homeless and/or mentally ill.
The complete news release is available online.
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Look Who's On Campus Recruiting for Internships and Full Time Jobs
10/7/2009
• Frito-Lay - District Sales Leader Designate
• Glenn & Dawson LLP - Staff Accountant/CPA Candidate
• Sherwin-Williams Company - Management Training Program
10/8/2009
• Chevron Info Technology Center - Information Technology Professional, Information Technology Intern
• Ernst & Young LLP - Advisory Services Staff - Risk/Information Technology Risk
• Fastenal - Outside Sales
• Workday - Associate Software Engineer
10/9/2009
• Matson and Isom - Staff Accountant
For further information visit the Career Center in SSC 270 or call us at x5253.
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"I Can" Public Service Announcement now available on YouTube
The newly launched Campaign for Disability Employment has produced a public service announcement that showcases the workplace skills and talents of people with disabilities. View it yourself and help spread the word.
Shortcut to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG_W7wAe1kw
This PSA is sent as part of Disability Awareness Month on behalf of Disability Support Services.
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No More Seasonal Flu Shots from Student Health Service for Staff/Faculty
Historically, seasonal influenza shots were available at the Health Center for students/staff/faculty. This year, the limited supply that the health center received has been used for students and is all gone.
Butte County Public Health is holding a DRIVEU-UP Clinic at the SDA Church, 5720 Academy Drive in Paradise on Oct. 11, 2009 from 1pm - 5pm. Otherwise, Please contact your private doctor, local pharmacy, grocery store or you can go to these websites: www.findaflushot.com or www.flucliniclocator.org to find other clinics.
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Fall Faculty Fiesta, Oct. 13
University Housing and Food Service is sponsoring a “Fall Faculty Fiesta” on Tues., Oct.r 13 from 7:30am - 8:30pm in Whitney Hall. This event is designed to allow students living in campus residence halls to meet professors from a variety of disciplines and ask them questions about different majors and upcoming spring classes. All academic departments are invited to send representatives to this event. Faculty attending the Fiesta are also invited to dinner at Whitney Dining that evening at 6:15pm.
For more information, please contact Micki Lennon (Patricia Lennon on Outlook) or 898-5263 no later than Friday, Oct. 9.
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University Film Series: BLUE VINYL, Oct. 20
University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated
Oct. 20
Blue Vinyl
(2004, U.S.A.) 97 min.
Directed by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold.
Sponsored and hosted by Mark Stemen, Environmental Studies, Geography
A detective story, an eco-activism documentary, and a rollicking comedy. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America’s most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.
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Yamato Taiko is coming to Laxson, Oct. 13
Chico Performances is bringing the culture and tradition of Japanese taiko drumming to Laxson Auditorium with Yamato Taiko on Tues., Oct. 13 at 7:30pm.
This Japanese troupe of 10 drummers combines a sense of drama and strong percussion, producing the most “physical” form of music—Taiko drumming. Using instruments such as the huge kettledrum, the side drum, and the tambour, Yamato’s drumming ranges from the delicate patter of raindrops to hammered-out rolling thunder to a slowed-down heartbeat. Yamato combines drums with the timpani, the flute, and colorful, authentic Japanese costumes for an evening of highly charged rhythm.
This performance will have your heart pounding to the beat of Japanese culture and transport you from Laxson to a land far away.
Tickets for this performance are $28 for Premium, $23 for Adult, $21 for Senior, and $16 for Student/Child.
For tickets and more information please visit the Web site or call the University Box office at 530-898-6333.
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Conversations on Diversity: Do Not Assume, Oct 7
Conversations on Diversity, DNA: Do Not Assume: Personal stories about life and strategies from students with disabilities, Oct 7.
In recognition of Disability Awareness Month, students with disabilities will share their stories about life and strategies for success. These students find a way to balance life challenges while celebrating their right and ability to earn a college degree. They are natural fighters, and their stories show that our students have powerful voices. There are 54 million Americans with disabilities, including 1 in 11 college students.
Please join us for our Conversations on Diversity, as our CSU, Chico students with disabilities tell their own stories. We will be meeting in BMU 210 from 12pm - 1pm on Oct. 7, 2009
For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764.
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University Film Series: CALL ME TROY (2007, U.S.A.), Oct. 13
University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated
Oct. 13
Call Me Troy
(2007, U.S.A.) 100 min. Directed by Scott Bloom.
Sponsored and hosted by Tray Robinson, Office of Diversity
A documentary about Reverend Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church — the first church to recognize the spiritual needs of the gay community. He was the first openly gay person to serve on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. In 1969, Perry performed the first public same-sex wedding in the U.S., and in 1970 he filed the first-ever lawsuit seeking legal recognition for same-gender marriages.
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Fractals as a Panacea of Spatial Reasoning
Fractals as a Panacea of Spatial Reasoning or On Whether We should Replace Euclid with Mandelbrot
Thurs., Oct. 8
Trinity Hall 100
4pm - 6pm
Darko Sarenac, Colorado State University
Fractal geometry has been labeled “the geometry of the real world” by its proponents. The thought is that the broken, imperfect, irregular-but-self-similar objects of fractal geometry resemble real space with its complex features being a lot closer than the idealized spheres, cubes, and other perfect entities of Euclidean geometry. However, the logic of standard metric spaces, conceived completely independently of any fractal considerations, ends up using fractals and fractal considerations in some of its deepest formal constructions. Thus, while the logic was designed to fit the products of the perfectly symmetric world of standard topological spaces and entities, it is, in the end, better suited to the real world of uneven entities that thread the fine line of Euclidean order and chaos. While I provide no deep theoretical explanation of this phenomenon, a variety of intriguing pictures, intuitions, suggestions, and a number of theoretical puzzles are offered. The hope is that we can leave with a deeper understanding of the role of fractals in formal spatial reasoning, but more specifically and importantly, the role of fractal objects and constructions in reasoning about everyday objects.
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Biology Seminar, TODAY
Our guest lecturer, Dr. Jane Hightower, is an Internal Medicine Physician in San Francisco, CA. She will be discussing mercury poisoning based on her book, “Diagnosis: Mercury: Money, Politics and Poison”.
Date: Friday, Oct. 2
Place: Holt 171
Time: 4pm (free refreshments served at 3:30pm in Holt 171)
For more information please contact the Biology Department at 898-5356.
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Northstate Public Radio Continues it's 40th Anniversary Celebration
The CSU, Chico community is invited to join Northstate Public Radio in celebration of our 40th Anniversary.
Our Fall 2009 On-Air Membership Drive begins Oct. 14. All pledges received before then reduce the amount we need to raise on air to reach our goal of $160,000. Make a new or renewing gift on-line. We offer convenient payroll deductions for University employees.
You can also contribute to the drive by volunteering to help answer phones. There are three-hour shifts available at most times on weekdays and weekends. Community or campus groups can receive on-air acknowledgement by sending three or more individuals to cover a shift. To volunteer, phone 530.898.5896 or email Lollie DeYoung.
In 1969, Northstate Public Radio’s flagship station, KCHO 91.7 FM, signed on for the first time. Forty years later, together with our Redding affiliate, KFPR 88.9 FM, Northstate Public Radio, licensed to the CSU, Chico Research Foundation, serves as the regional affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR). On our airwaves, you will hear all of your public radio favorites as well as local news and a broad array of locally-produced music programs from Classical to Jazz, World to Folk, and Opera to Blues.
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School of Social Work. to Host Bake Sale, Oct. 5
Cookies 4 Catalyst
9am - 1 pm
Mon., Oct. 5
Butte Hall
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the School of Social Work is sponsoring a bake sale benefiting Catalyst Domestic Violence Services’ new shelter facility building fund. Please come by and get some treats and help the Adopt-A-Room Campaign.
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