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- The 22nd Annual Pumpkin Drop, Oct. 29
- Cowden Lecture Feature Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Oct. 28
- Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Staged Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
- Garrison Keillor, Coming to Laxson, Oct. 29
- The Hobbit is coming to CSU, Chico, Nov. 3
- Discussion with Prof. Emmons, Oct. 27
- "Conversations on First-Year Students" Brown Bag Series
- Northstate Public Radio's Joe "O" Oleksiewicz Retires Today
- 7th Annual Chico Organic Farming and Food Conference, Nov. 4
- Liberian Peace Educator, Marvin Davis, speaks Oct. 29
Staff Human Resources/Faculty Affairs
Workshops
News Release: Banner Recognition Ceremony To Be Held for CSU, Chico and Local Native American Tribes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2009
CONTACT: Joe Wills
Tel: 530-898-4143
Doug Elmets, Elmets Communications
916-329-9180
Banner Recognition Ceremony To Be Held for CSU, Chico and Local Native American Tribes
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 Valley Band of Maidu Indians and Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California will be held Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 4:00 p.m.
The ceremony will take place at CSU, Chico’s north campus residence halls, on the lawn area between Mechoopda Hall and Konkow Hall. The event is open to the public.
The ceremony will begin with an introduction by David Stephen, director University Housing and Food Service, and a prayer blessing offered by a member of the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria. Then CSU, Chico President Paul Zingg will offer a welcome, and Alan Rellaford, university creative director, will provide a history of the Banner Project. Remarks will then be heard from individual tribal members from each of the participating tribes.
The complete news release is available online.
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Northstate Public Radio Exceeds its Fall Membership Drive Goal
Thanks to each and every member of the CSU, Chico Campus Community who helped Northstate Public Radio (KCHO 91.7FM, Chico & KFPR 88.9FM, Redding) reach its Fall Membership Drive goal of $160,000.
Over eleven days, the station received over 1,100 pledges of support totaling almost $120,000; funds raised ahead of time during our Silent Drive exceeded $41,000. The McConnell Foundation of Redding challenged the station to meet its goal early by offering an additional $5,000 in honor of Turtle Bay Exploration Park; listeners were able to waive station thank-you gifts and instead send a child to Turtle Bay. The drive reached its goal a full day ahead of schedule.
Northstate Public Radio thanks all of the community ambassadors who visited the station during the drive as well as the scores of volunteers who helped with the phones and administrative tasks. Our greatest thanks go to each person who made a pledge of support to help the publicly-funded operation.
If you did not get a chance to make your pledge, you may reach the station at 898.5896 or you can make your pledge at the Web site.
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Voter Education Drive this Wednesday!
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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MSW Informational Meeting, Oct. 27
CSU, Chico School of Social Work will be hosting an Informational Meeting regarding their Masters Program in Social Work - Tues., Oct. 27, 2009 from 6pm - 7pm at Shasta College, Health Science & University Building, Room 8114.
Visit our Web site or call 530-898-6204 for more information.
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1000 FREE Prints Promo - ends Oct. 30
There’s still time to get up to 1,000 free prints when you donate your office printer to Computers for Classrooms and start printing to your MFP. The Print Green, $ave Green promotion ends Oct. 30.
For more information and promotion details go to the Web site or call Debby Anderson at University Printing Services, X5992.
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Liberian Peace Educator, Marvin Davis, speaks Oct. 29
Liberian Peace Educator, Marvin Davis, to speak onWhat Prevents Peace - Understanding Psychological Conditioning, Thurs., Oct. 29 in Ayres Hall, Room 106, from 7:30pm - 9pm.
Marvin Davis, a Liberian human rights journalist, editor, poet and peace educator, is the author of the 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 helped create their 15 year civil conflict.
This talk will be of interest to students who plan to become 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 at timhoff@csuchico.edu.
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7th Annual Chico Organic Farming and Food Conference, Nov. 4
Wed., Nov. 4
8:30am - 2:30pm
BMU 210
Dairy and Farm Tours: 3pm - 4:30pm
The 7th Annual Chico Organic Farming and Food Conference will be held from 8:30am until 2:30pm on Wed., Nov. 4 in Room 210 of the Bell Memorial Union on the CSU, Chico Campus and followed by tours of the Organic Vegetable Project and the Organic Dairy from 3pm until 4:30pm on the University Farm.
The conference is sponsored by the CSU, Chico College of Agriculture, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, and the North Valley Chapter of California Certified Organic Farmers. The program is free and open to the public.
For more information and the agenda please visit the Web site or call 530 898-4137.
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Northstate Public Radio's Joe "O" Oleksiewicz Retires Today
Joe “O” Oleksiewicz, Program Director for Northstate Public Radio (KCHO-FM, Chico / KFPR-FM, Redding) is retiring after 28 years with the network. Today is his final day of work as a CSU, Chico employee.
Joe’s staff mates from Northstate Public Radio are taking him out for a good-bye toast this evening at Johnnie’s Restaurant. Joe’s friends and colleagues from the University community are warmly invited to drop by and send him off with your best wishes. Johnnie’s Restaurant is on the ground floor of The Hotel Diamond, 220 West 4th Street in Chico. We’re meeting there at 5:30pm. This is a no-host gathering. We hope you can join us.
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"Conversations on First-Year Students" Brown Bag Series
Tues., Oct. 27
Noon
MLIB 171
The First-Year Experience program will launch “Conversations on First-Year Students,” a series of one-hour brown bag conversations during which content experts will discuss first-year students from the perspective of a program, an event, or current research.
Our first session focuses on first-year students and substance abuse, and is led by Shauna Quinn of CADEC. One of the goals of this series is to help people on campus understand how various first-year programs on our campus address students’ needs, and to help participants see first-time freshmen from a perspective that might be unfamiliar to them.
These sessions are open to faculty, staff, administrators, and students, and may be of particular interest to Resident Advisors and other students who work with first-year students. RSVPs are appreciated: please contact Becki Clifford.
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Discussion with Prof. Emmons, Oct. 27
On Tues., Oct. 27, 4pm - 5pm in Plumas 203, CELT and the Faculty Initiative for Transformative Learning will host a discussion with Prof. Robert A. Emmons, the President’s Visiting Scholar. Prof. Emmons is a leader in the area of positive psychology and is the editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology. The focus of the discussion will be on how the concepts of positive psychology might inform and enhance our teaching and application of other disciplines and whether positive psychology suggests an important aspect of our university mission to promote essential skills and life-long learning.
For more information, please contact the CELT Office at 898-3094.
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The Hobbit is coming to CSU, Chico, Nov. 3
Chico Performances is presenting the larger than life puppet experience, The Hobbit on Nov. 3 in Laxson Auditorium at 7:30pm.
Who hasn’t heard of the superb trilogy of The Lord of the Rings? Using giant theatrical puppets, this production of The Hobbit chronicles the wonderful journey of Bilbo Baggins to Lonely Mountain and his slow change from a provincial hobbit into a world-weary hero. This highly successful adaptation has received standing ovations throughout the world.
This enchanting performance is sure to transport you to a magical world where you can follow along as if you were a part of the story.
Tickets for this larger than life performance are $18 for Adult, $16 for Senior, and $14 for Student/Child.
To buy tickets or for more information please visit the Web site or call the University Box Office at 530-898-6333.
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Garrison Keillor, Coming to Laxson, Oct. 29
Join Chico Performances in an evening with NPR storyteller Garrison Keillor, scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 29, 2009 at 7:30pm in Laxson Auditorium.
True to his radio form, Grammy award-winner, author, and humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor will share his hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and “late-life fatherhood.” With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, Keillor will once again visit Lake Wobegon with his words of wisdom, class, charisma, and humor.
This performance is co-sponsored by KCHO and KFPR Radio, NPR.
Tickets are $60 Premium, $55 Adult/Senior, $45 Student/Child, and are available online or by calling the University Box Office, 898-6333.
For more information, please visit: the Web site.
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Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Staged Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
“As You Like It”
Written by William Shakespeare
Wed., Oct. 28 - Sat., Oct. 31 at 7:30pm
Sun., Nov. 1 at 2pm
Harlen Adams Theatre
Romance, comedy, political intrigue, environmental conservation, runaway cross-dressing teenagers in the forest pinning love-notes to trees and the whole thing ending in a flood of marriages and a big dance. Presented by the Department of Theatre Arts and directed by William Johnson.
Tickets: University Box Office, x6333
More information is available online.Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Staged Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
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Cowden Lecture Feature Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Oct. 28
Daniel Walker Howe, Professor Emeritus at Oxford University and UCLA, will deliver the ninth annual Joanna Dunlap Cowden Memorial Lecture at CSU, Chico on Wed., Oct. 28. Professor Howe’s talk is based on his book, “What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2008.
Professor Howe’s lecture will examine the technological changes that revolutionized American life between 1815 and 1848 and helped transform the United States from what we would call a Third World country into a major power within thirty-three years.
A distinguished historian of the early American republic, Professor Howe is the author or editor of eight books and more than thirty scholarly articles, over a dozen encyclopedia articles, and about fifty book reviews. His specialties include religious and intellectual topics, including the moral and political culture of the Whig party.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, takes place on Wed., Oct. 28, beginning at 7:30pm in Performing Arts Center Room 134 (Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall) on the CSU, Chico campus. A free public reception in Trinity Hall 100 immediately follows. Copies of “What Hath God Wrought “will be available for purchase at the lecture.
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The 22nd Annual Pumpkin Drop, Oct. 29
Thurs., Oct. 29
Noon
South side of Butte Hall
Get in the Halloween spirit as the Society of Physics Students presents The Twenty Second Annual Pumpkin Drop. Legend has it that Galileo Galilei demonstrated his Law of Falling Bodies by climbing to the top of the Tower of Pisa so that he could drop a large ball and a small ball at the same time. Both balls hit the ground together. We will re-enact this great moment in the history of science using pumpkins. Albert Einstein will be the host as Aristotle, Galileo, and Newton each explain their theories of gravity. For a grand finale, we will use Galileo’s Law of Falling Bodies to drop pumpkins in time to the cannon blasts of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
The Pumpkin Drop will be held at high noon on Thurs., Oct. 29 on the south side of Butte Hall. We promise you a smashing good time.
For more information contact Dr. David Kagan, Department of Physics, CSU Chico, 898-6259 or visit the Society of Physics Students at the Web site.
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CSU, Chico - Recruitments/Tenure Track & Temporary Faculty
Tenure Track Recruitments
For description view CSU Careers:
ECC - Department of Civil Engineering - Department Chair
Temporary Faculty Recruitments
For description view CSU Careers:
BSS - Department of Health and Community Services (FTT)
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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 Began 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 26, 2009
Closing the Week of 10/26/09:
(09-0059) INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TECHNICIAN I
CHEM
Closes: 10/26/09
(09-0055) ITC - CAREER LEVEL (Service Desk Analyst - PC) (On Campus Only)
USRV
Closes: 10/27/09
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(09-0060) AA/S - EXEMPT I (Assistant to the Dean)
ECC
Closes: 11/9/09
(09-0058) WORKERS’ COMPENSATION / EMPLOYEE LEAVE PROGRAMS ASSISTANT
(ASA II)
DPO
Closes: 11/3/09
(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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Defensive Driver Training, Oct. 27
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 at vehicles@csuchico.edu. Responses 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 and click on the Course Catalog menu - the workshops are posted under the EH&S tab. If you need assistance logging in to the WBT system, please contact EH&S.
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Study Skills Workshops This Week
The Student Learning Center is offering two workshops this week. The first will give students strategies to plan ahead instead of waiting until the last minute to study or do projects. The second is aimed at helping students be more confident and prepared when speaking in public. Please encourage students to attend these workshops if you feel they could benefit from either of these topics.
Oct. 27 (Tuesday)
Avoiding Procrastination
4pm - 5pm
Christine Connerly
SSC 304
Oct. 28 (Wednesday)
Effective Public Speaking
2pm - 3pm
Natalia Ferruggia
SSC 304
More workshops are being offered the rest of the semester. Look for upcoming announcements or on our Web site for a list of future workshops.
Workshops are free - students can sign up in advance at the Student Learning Center (Student Services Center-3rd Floor) or by calling 898-6839.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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