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Recycle Rubber Bands

In an effort to increase our Sustainability Efforts; Mail Services would like to request that Departments recycle used or unwanted rubber bands by sending them to Mail Services for reuse.

If you would like to recycle your rubber bands send them, via inter-campus mail, to the Mail Room at campus zip 920.

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Get 1000 FREE Prints

University Printing Services and User Services, in partnership with the Ray Morgan Company, are giving away up to 1000 free prints in support of Campus Sustainability Day on Oct. 21. For promotion details, please visit the Web site.

For more information about the promotion or to sign up for your FREE prints, please contact:

University Printing Services
Siskiyou Hall, Rm 118, x5992
Hours: M - F, 8am to 5pm

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University Film Series: Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD, Oct. 27

University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated

Oct. 27
Throne of Blood (1957, Japan) 109 min.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Hosted by Robert O’Brien, English and Humanities Center, and Kimihiko Nomura, Foreign Languages and Literatures*

From Anthony Lane (New Yorker, July 2009): The tensest and most charged of Shakespeare films, [this one] is also the foggiest. For a while … you wonder whether, and how, the action will ever break free of the mist. The sense of release, once the film does snap awake is unforgettable: riders racing through glades, heralds yelling news of desperate conflicts. None of the play’s dialogue survives; or, rather, it is distilled into a stream of images both foul and fair. The divided warrior is Washizu (Toshiro Mifune), who is tempted to seek his destiny by a single, thread-spinning spectre (rather than by the usual trio of witches) and urged along by his formidable spouse (Isuzu Yamada), who is herself no more than a glimmering ghost as she emerges from the gloom with a drug to dope the guards.

*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme “Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.”

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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 by Environmental Action Resource Center (EARC) and hosted by Mark Stemen, 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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Fall Choral Concert Friday in Laxson Auditorium

Annual Fall Choral Concert:
American Heritage

Fri., Oct. 23 at 7:30pm
Laxson Auditorium

CSU, Chico’s Choral Union offers a montage of the great American composers — Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Billings, Dello Joio and Randall Thompson — complemented by jazz charts, spirituals and folk song arrangements by Alice Parker, Robert Shaw, Jack Halloran, Larry Fleming and Gene Puerling.

Tickets: University Box Office, x6333), or at American Heritage Online Tickets.

More information is available online.

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MSW Informational Meeting, Oct. 20

CSU, Chico School of Social Work will be hosting an Informational Meeting regarding their Masters Program in Social Work - Tues., Oct. 20, 2009 from 6pm - 7pm in Glenn Hall 223. Visit our Web site or call 530-898-6204 for more information.

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Humanities Center Gallery in November: Ann Pierce, "Umbrian Corridors and Others," Nov. 5 - Dec. 16; Reception Nov. 5

Nov. 5 - Dec. 16
Ann Pierce
Umbrian Corridors and Others

Humanities Center Gallery
Trinity 100
M-F, 8am - 5pm (closed Nov. 11, 25-27)
Nov. 5 Reception 5-7pm*

Ann Pierce earned her BFA in 1953 and her MFA in 1955 from the University of Colorado in Boulder and, from 1964 to 1995, taught at CSU, Chico, where she served as chair of the Department of Art and Art History from 1980 to 1983. Before retiring in 1995, and since, she has taught many private watercolor workshops in California and Nevada; has juried competitions; and has won many awards. Pierce has been listed in Who’s Who in American Art for 20 years, and she is a member of the Springfield Art Museum’s Watercolor USA Honor Society and of the Rocky Mountain, National, and West Coast Water Color Societies. Her work has been published in professional books and magazines including Watercolor ‘89 and Splash: America’s Best Contemporary Watercolors, 1991 and can be found in numerous private collections. This exhibit includes works from Pierce’s summer 2007 visit to Italy and assorted paintings from her 50-year career.

  • The Humanities Center’s theme for this year is “Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.”

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Humanities Center Symposium: "Mnemonic Masters: The Art of Memorization in the Vedic Tradition of India," Oct. 23

Oct. 23
Daniel Veidlinger, Religious Studies and Humanities Center Board
“Mnemonic Masters: The Art of Memorization in the Vedic Tradition of India”
Humanities Center Symposium
3pm - 5pm, Trinity 100 and 126*

The ancient oral tradition of transmitting the sacred Vedic texts of India from generation to generation through memory alone was officially declared an intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO in 2003. Normally, physical places are designated as World Heritage Sites, but with the unprecedented pressures of globalization and modernization threatening cultural diversity, it was decided by the UN that the unique process by which these 3000 year old texts are transmitted should be honored and protected. Daniel Veidlinger will present some of the key ideas and ideologies underlying this fascinating tradition.

*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme, Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.

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University Film Series: 2nd Annual Narrative Shorts Int'l Film Fest: 10 Films/9 Filmmakers, Nov. 3

University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated

Nov. 3

2nd Annual Narrative Shorts International Film Festival

About 40 min. Hosted by Jason Tannen, University Art Gallery (UAG) director, and in conjunction with continuous screenings at the UAG Dec. 1-16.

An international program of ten films, narrative in structure, by nine filmmakers from the U.S.A., Australia, and England.

Meet the filmmakers: A reception will follow the screening.

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What Prevents Peace, Understanding Psychological Conditioning

Thurs., Oct. 29
Ayres Hall, Room 106
7:30pm - 9pm

Marvin Davis, a Liberian human rights journalist, editor, poet and peace educator, is the author of the internationally acclaimed book Brave New Child, Liberating the Children of Liberia ─ and the World. During the war as a human rights editor Marvin Davis had to flee Liberia to save his life after rebels killed his father. Since then he has worked with over 3000 war-torn children educating them about the root cause of violence so they can free themselves from their prejudicial, conditioned thinking that created their 15 year civil conflict.

This talk will be of interest to for students who have an interest in being teachers, peace workers, counselors, or social workers.

This talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by The Peace Institute at CSU, Chico.

For more information call Tom Imhoff at 898-4743 or email.

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Sphinx Chamber Orchestra is coming to Chico this Wednesday

Chico Performances is presenting the culturally and ethnically diverse musicians of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra in Laxson Auditorium on Wed., Oct. 21 at 7:30pm.

The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra is an extraordinary string ensemble featuring the top young Black and Latino musicians in the nation, striving to advance diversity in classical music. Fresh from their standing ovation at Carnegie Hall, they will be performing pieces by Mozart, Piazzolla, Guido Gavilán, Tchaikovsky, Marsalis, Bach, and Michael Abels. Also appearing is the acclaimed Harlem Quartet comprised of principle faculty of the Sphinx Performance Academy.

Tickets for this performances 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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Upcoming Book in Common Events

Going Solo: Social Justice Lessons from The Soloist — talk
Michael Coyle, CSU, Chico

Planning meeting for National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk

Mon., Oct. 19, at 6pm
Club Stairways
1297 Park Avenue Suite #100, Chico

You are invited to help plan the first ever Chico walk to raise awareness in Chico. Your help is welcome.

Movie: “Basquiat”

Tues., Oct. 20, at 3pm
Butte County Library, Oroville Branch
1820 Mitchell Ave., Oroville

Jean-Michel Basquiat started out as a street artist in New York City, decorating building exteriors with graffiti. While living in a cardboard box, Basquiat is soon enveloped into Andy Warhol’s art world and becomes a star. Basquiat struggles with friendship, love, and eventually loses his life due to drugs. (106 minutes; R) Please bring a non-perishable food item donation for a community food bank.

More information is available online.

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Free Film Showing: Regret To Inform (U.S.-Vietnam), Oct. 21

Wed., Oct. 21
6pm - 8pm
Holt 170

SEASA (South East Asian Student Association) will host a screening of the Barbara Sonneborn powerful documentary Regret to Inform —about the impact of the Vietnam War on war-widows in both Vietnam and the U.S.A.

The film is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Vang (chicoseasa@gmail.com) or Rob Burton, Department of English, SEASA faculty adviser.

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Native American Banner Project Recognition Ceremony, Nov. 3

You are invited to a recognition ceremony celebrating the Native American Banner Project for California State University, Chico in collaboration with Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, Tyme Maidu Tribe of Berry Creek Rancheria, Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of Enterprise Rancheria, Konkow Band of Maidu Indians and Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California.

This ceremony will take place on Nov. 3, 2009 at 4pm on the Mechoopda and Konkow Hall Lawn Area which is located behind the CSU, Chico Soccer Stadium. The event comes during National American Indian Heritage Month.

For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764.

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FREE Recycling Workshop, Oct. 21

What do you mean I cannot recycle my plastic cup!? Confused about what is and what is not recyclable on campus? Please come to our free Recycling 101 Workshop in BMU 209 from 5-6pm on Wednesday October 21, 2009. Can’t make it? Check out our website http://aschico.com/recycle/recyclingeducation to learn what we recycle on campus.

For more information contact: AS Recycling, BMU 301, X5033.

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Voter Education Drive, Oct. 28

Wed., Oct. 28
10am - 2pm
Free Speech Area

Are you registered in California to vote? What are you waiting for? Are you informed on the current issues coming to voters this next election? If not, come to the Voter Education Drive from 10am - 2pm, Wed., Oct. 28 in the Trinity Commons, previously known as the Free Speech Area. Join AS Director of Legislative Affairs Amro Jayousi, his council and representatives from various political parties to register as a voter and get educated on what you’re voting on and views of each party.

For more information contact Amro Jayousi at aslegaffairs@csuchico.edu or (530) 898-5701.

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"Think Pink" Patio Event, Oct. 20

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Associated Students Bookstore is hosting a “Think Pink” Patio Event (weather permitting) tomorrow, Tues., Oct. 20, 2009. 10% of all proceeds will be donated to the CSU, Chico Relay for Life Team Wildcat. Tell a friend and let’s help make a difference.

Questions? Call the AS Bookstore at 898-5222.

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CSU, Chico Research Foundation Position Announcements

The CSU, Chico Research Foundation has the following position openings:

GIS PROJECT MANAGER
Geographical Information Center
Closes: 11/02/09

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
NSF Funded
Application Review Begins: 11/02/09

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
NSF Funded
Application Review Begins 10/26/09

STUDENT CALLER
Chico State Calling Center
Open Until Filled

Complete descriptions of responsibilities, requirements & application materials are available online or by mail: CSU, Chico Research Foundation, Building 25, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0246, or in person: 25 Main St. Second Floor Suite 203, Chico Phone: 530-898-6811 AA/EOE

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CSU, Chico Staff Vacancies - Week of October 19, 2009

Closing the Week of 10/19/09:

(09-0056) STUDENT SERVICES PROFESSIONAL II
(Coordinator for Residential Life Programming) (On Campus Only)
UHFS
Closes: 10/19/09

  • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    (09-0059) INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TECHNICIAN I
    CHEM
    Closes: 10/26/09

    (09-0058) WORKERS’ COMPENSATION / EMPLOYEE LEAVE PROGRAMS ASSISTANT
    (Administrative Support Assistant II)
    DPO
    Closes: 11/3/09

(09-0057) STUDENT SERVICES PROFESSIONAL III
(Coordinator for Residence Hall Student Conduct) (On Campus Only)
UHFS
Open until filled; application review: 10/12/09

(09-0055) ITC - CAREER LEVEL (Service Desk Analyst - PC) (On Campus Only)
USRV
Closes: 10/27/09

(09-0051) ENERGY ANALYST (Administrator I)
FMS
Open until filled; application review: 10/12/09

(09-0050) MEDICAL CHIEF OF STAFF (Administrator III)
SHS
Open until filled; application review: 11/3/09

(09-0045) POLICE DISPATCHER I
UPD
Open until filled; application review: 8/3/09

(09-0037) CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST I
SHS
Open until filled; application review: 5/26/09

(09-0015) LVN
SHS
Open until filled; application review: 3/23/09

(09-0014) PHARMACIST I
SHS
Open until filled; applications reviewed as they are received

Job announcements are on the Web site.

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Assertive Communication , Nov. 3

This workshop will discuss assertive communication and resiliency concepts. Participants will gain an understanding for four communication styles (assertive, passive, aggressive and passive/aggressive), their use, and response options.

Title: USDP - Assertive Communication
Date & Time: Nov. 3, 2009, (Tues) 9am - 11:30pm
Location: MLIB 043 Studio A
Presenter: Joc Clark, Collaborative Works Consulting

Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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Working With Difficult People, Nov. 10

This course is designed to explore successful outcomes as well as practice navigating the particularly challenging relationships at work. The curriculum is drawn from the book Difficult Conversations as well as several recent books about working with difficult people. The workshop is focused on the following two questions: Who are the difficult people? How can I best work with difficult people?

The class includes practice time with successful tools and strategies to apply to real life situations.

Students will:
• Learn about the general qualities perceived of as “difficult” by co-workers.
• Learn about difficult conversations, the three levels of difficult conversations and how to plan for a successful difficult conversation.
• Practice assertive communication skills in regards to a difficult conversation or difficult person.
• Learn practical and proactive strategies for working successfully with difficult people.

Title: USDP - Working With Difficult People
Date & Time: Nov. 10, 2009, (Tues) 9am - 11:30am
Location: MLIB 043 Studio A
Presenter: Joc Clark, Collaborative Works Consulting

Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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Stress Management Workshops, Oct. 19 & 22

Learning to Flow: 3 Steps to Ending Your Stress

Feeling a bit stressed and looking for ways to manage it? Join this workshop and learn to identify the ways we create our own stress along with strategies to bring these patterns to an end:

• Learn to center within reality rather than fighting it.
• Identify the two operating systems within you that are constantly vying for your support. Which one will free you from your struggle?
• Learn to participate in the current challenge you are facing and allow it to teach and develop you.
• Take responsibility for how you are experiencing your life, rather than feeling like a victim.
• Begin to see those around you as collaborators in a meaningful life, rather than competitors.

For your convenience, you can choose to attend one of two sessions listed below:

Title: USDP - Stress Management (see Registration Procedures below)
Sessions: Oct. 19, 2009 (Mon) 2pm - 4pm or
October 22, 2009 (Thurs) 9am - 11am
Location: MLIB 043 (library basement) Studio A
Presenter: Scott Wyman, The Center for Open-Hearted Living

This workshop is provided as a partnership between the University Staff Development Program, Staff HR Management, and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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Overview of PeopleSoft Waitlist Functionality: Oct. 20, 23, 27 & 29

Overview of the Wait List functionality. Come learn how Wait Lists have been setup in PeopleSoft, how students request to be placed on a Wait List, how a department can place a student on a Wait List and how students get enrolled from a Wait List.

This workshop is intended for staff in the Colleges and Academic Departments, advisors, faculty, and other staff involved in enrolling students in classes.

Title: SRO - Overview of PeopleSoft Wait List Functionality
Date & Time: Oct. 20, 2009 (Tues) 2pm - 3:30pm
Oct. 23, 2009 (Fri) 8:30am - 10am
Oct. 27, 2009 (Tues) 1pm - 2:30pm
Oct. 29, 2009 (Thurs) 3:30pm - 5pm
Location: SSC 150
Presenter: Jean Irving, University Registrar

Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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Personal Finance 101, Nov. 4

Learn how to break up the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle and make a budget work for you. You’ll learn how to manage your wages so you can pay your bills, fund your investments, set aside money for savings and still have some spending money left over. This workshop will touch upon the use of a checking account, credit-wise tips and other related topics.

Objectives

• How to manage personal finances
• How to create a family budget and tools for home budgeting
• Living on less
• Tools for financial decision making
• Managing current debt (and mortgages) with less income
• How to create savings
• Investment strategies in tough times

Title: FSAP - Personal Finance 101
Date/Time/Location: Nov. 4, 2009 (Wed), 6:30pm - 8pm, Student Services Center (SSC), room 150
Presenter: Alice Valentini, Consumer Credit Counseling Services (CCCS) of Twin Cities.

This session is provided as a partnership between the University Staff Development Program, Staff HR Management, and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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What I Do "Best" Is My Best Work. Nov. 5

Leading others begins with leading ourselves. Just as a good leader will know the strengths of their team members, so we as individuals must know our own strengths and abilities. Choosing and working within our strengths leads to a better contribution to the organization. At the same time we make a deeper contribution at work, we also find greater satisfaction and energy in the work we do. This seminar will allow you to label and better understand your strengths in the workplace. You will leave not only with a new understanding of your abilities but also a plan to use them at work. Your “next step” action plan takes the seminar back to your office.

Title: USDP - What I Do “Best” Is My Best Work
Date & Time: Nov. 5, 2009, (Thurs) 10am - 11:30am
Location: MLIB 043 Studio A
Presenter: Robert Sprague, College of Business

Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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Beginning Business Writing & Editing, Nov. 9

This 90- minute workshop is designed to help campus writers and editors communicate more effectively by examining strategies that good writers use to revise and edit their work. We’ll review the University Style Sheet, analyze common errors in university documents, and work on exercises to sharpen your editorial eye.

Please bring any samples you have from your work and questions you have about writing and editing business communication.

Title: USDP - Beginning Business Writing & Editing
Date & Time: November 9, 2009, (Mon) 10am - 11:30am
Location: MLIB 043 Studio A
Presenter: Casey Huff is the university publications editor and coordinator of the literary editing and publishing certificate program at CSU, Chico.

Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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It's Easy Being Green, Nov. 13

The student run organization SCOOP (Sustainable Consultation Of Office Practices) will be putting on a “brown bag” lunchtime event. The workshop will include:

• Overview of our mission to provide sustainable tips and free consultations for offices on campus.
• Discussion about the “This Way to Sustainability Conference.” This event is on Nov. 6, 7, and 8. You can sign up at the Web site.
• Guest Speaker: Halli Bovia, CSU, Chico’s Sustainability Coordinator, will discuss CSU, Chico’s sustainability efforts and programs.
• SCOOP members will be providing a series of sustainable tips to cut costs for the holidays, providing simple and easy ways to have an environmentally friendly holiday.

As a student run organization we want to reach out to our staff here on campus by involving them with students’ passion about becoming more sustainable. We hope that staff members feel the same way and will join us - bring your lunch.

Title: SHRM - It’s Easy Being Green
Date & Time: Nov. 13, 2009, (Fri) 12pm - 1pm
Location: SSC 206
Presenter: SCOOP (Sustainable Consultation Of Office Practices) & Halli Bovia, CSUC Sustainability Coordinator

Click here to download a list of other HR/LEARN trainings scheduled for Fall 2009. For more information or if you have trouble registering, contact Beverly Delker Gentry, Staff Human Resources Management - Training and Development, (530) 898-4666.

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