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November is full of exciting events such as B. B. King and John Cleese and tickets are going quickly. For more information, visit the Web site to find out more about these performers and more.
See you at the theater.
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New Schedule for Issuing University Checks
Effective Nov. 2, 2009, Accounts Payable and Travel Accounting will be issuing checks on Mon., Wed. and Friday only. This change is due to time constraints imposed by State furloughs. Please plan your check requests accordingly. Thank you for your understanding during these difficult times.
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State Travel Direct Deposit Program
State Travel Accounting is offering Direct Deposit for travel reimbursements to CSU, Chico travelers. This program is available to all state-funded travel processed through the State Travel Accounting office. Individuals wishing to enroll in the Direct Deposit Program must complete a Travel Accounting Direct Deposit Enrollment Authorization Form available online under forms, or at the Travel Accounting Office, Kendall Hall, Room 210. Carefully read the direct deposit information before deciding to enroll. If you have any questions please contact Pat Heath at extension 5766.
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State Travel Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Waiver Form
A reminder to State travelers, savings can be realized with the use of the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Waiver form. Employees traveling overnight in California on official State business may be exempt from paying hotel/motel transient occupancy taxes. Prior to travel complete a hotel/motel exemption form. Many hotel/motel chains have their own form. Either exemption form is acceptable. Some hotel/motel establishments will not allow the exemption unless charges are paid with a Government Credit Card. The American Express Government Card should be sufficient for the waiver. Not all hotel/motel establishments will honor the tax waiver but the potential savings to the university make it worth the effort to present the document at check-in time.
The form is available at the Web site. We encourage you to use this form whenever possible and to remind your fellow travelers to do the same.
If you have any questions please contact Pat Heath at x5766.
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Resident Director Opportunities Overseas
Colleagues, as you are probably aware, the CSU sponsors several study abroad programs for students. One of these, the CSU International Program, actively seeks CSU faculty each year to serve as Resident Directors of programs in China, France, Italy, Japan, and Spain. In addition, the CSU awards the Wang Family Scholarship to faculty for the purpose of supporting international research. Deadlines for applications to these programs is Dec. 1, 2009.
I’d be happy to discuss these opportunities with you, including more details from the resident director handbook, information on past RD’s, and ways that you can get more information.
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Chico Performances Presents Comic John Cleese, Nov. 10
Join Chico Performances for a night of wildly funny humor and laughter with An Evening with John Cleese, appearing at 7:30pm, Tues., Nov. 11, 2009 in Laxson Auditorium.
In this entertaining evening entitled “A Final Wave at the World” (or “The Alimony Tour, Year One”) Professor/Doctor Cleese will be discussing his career in the zany and hilarious world of comedy, as well as his most pressing medical problems, his inability to find a suitable female companion, his mistrust of folk-dancing, and his latest plan for world peace.
Cleese is best known for his contributions to the world of comedy through Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda, and appearances on Cheers, Third Rock from the Sun, and Will and Grace. These days he writes film scripts, makes speeches, teaches seminars on creativity, plays Q in Bond movies and video games, and teaches at Cornell. This special stand-up performance promises laughs galore and a few insights to the medical problems of aging gentlemen, the search for a love life, dancing, and global negotiations.
Tickets cost $40 Premium, $35 Adult, $33 Senior, $28 Student/Child.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit the Web site.
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Retirement Reception for Sue Hedrick, Oct. 29
Sue Hedrick is retiring from the university. She spent the last 12 years in the President’s office as the Assistant to the Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the President and most recently as the Presidential Aide. Please join us in the President’s Office (Kendall 105) from 1pm - 4pm on Thurs., Oct. 29, 2009, for an open house to celebrate Sue’s retirement from the University. She will be greatly missed as both a colleague and a friend.
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Kindergarten Fair, Nov.18
The ASCDL will be hosting a Kindergarten Fair on Nov. 18, 2009 in the BMU, at 5:30pm - 7pm. The event is free and open to the public.
Representatives from area kindergartens including alternative, traditional, and private programs will be present to offer information and answer questions.
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Turning Away From Hate: A White Supremacist's Story, Nov. 3
Tues., Nov. 3
7pm
PAC 144 (Harlan Adams Theater)
Turning Away From Hate: A White Supremacist’s Story, an upcoming program featuring TJ Leyden, a nationally known former neo-Nazi skinhead, organizer, recruiter and propagandist for white supremacist groups, who became a committed advocate against those with whom he had formerly identified. He has worked with the Task Force Against Hate at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, was a featured speaker at the Clinton White House Conference on Hate, and a major contributor to former Governor Gray Davis’ report “Governor’s Advisory Panel on Hate Groups.” He has trained members of the Pentagon, FBI, military, law enforcement, educators, and, at least a million students. He offers an insider’s perspective on hate groups. Mr. Leyden’s message of tolerance and racial understanding is especially relevant in today’s world.
Mr. Leyden’s visit is co-sponsored by the AS Activity Fee Council, Chico Hillel, the Departments of Psychology and Sociology and various off-campus groups.
For further information contact Carol Edelman at 898-6148 or Marv Megibow at 898-6366.
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Dancing for Peace, Nov. 9
Mon., Nov. 9
7:30pm - 10pm
BMU Auditorium
A night of Israeli folk dancing: Come unite and promote peace through dance. This event features the band “Mazal Tov Cocktail” and lively dancing led by Levi and Ayelet Bar Gil from Israel. Learn more about Israeli/Jewish culture through learning traditional folk dances and sampling Israeli food. Admission is free.
This event is funded by the Associated Students’ Multicultural Affairs Council and is co-sponsored by Chico State Hillel, Congregation Beth Israel of Chico, UNITE/Study Abroad, RHAPS (RECR student majors club), and PETE (Physical Education Teacher Education).
Please contact ChicoHillel@gmail.com or call Chico Hillel at 879-0870 for more information. This event is free and open to the public.
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Pilobolus is coming to Chico Nov. 8 - Dance, Mime, Acrobats & Theater
Chico Performances presents the innovative dance troupe, Pilobolus performing on Nov. 8 in Laxson Auditorium at 7:30pm.
Ever-evolving - and always surprising - the members of Pilobolus are not only dancers: they are also acrobats and theater and mime artists; as zany as the Marx Brothers, as clever as Houdini; poets who convert their bodies into interchangeable and interlocking parts. This troupe of superhuman artistic athletes continues to turn heads and eyes with its novel approach to gravity, balance, and over-the-top partnerings. Especially entrancing is their shadow work featured at the 2007 Academy Awards. This performance is supported, in part, by the Western States Arts Federation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Tickets for this performance are $26 for Premium, $21 for Adult, $19 for Senior and $15 for Student/Child.
To purchase tickets and get more information please visit the Web site or call the University Box Office at 898-6333.
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CAPE to Present Homeless Forum, Nov. 4
The CAPE program has organized the following forum in support of this year’s community book in common, David Lopez’ “The Soloist.”
What is our Community’s Responsibility to the Indigent Homeless in Chico?
Wed., Nov. 4, at 7:30pm
Performing Arts Center 134
CSU, Chico
Forum presented by the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics at CSU, Chico featuring faculty members Cynthia Siemsen and Becky White with Serena Cervantes, subject and author of the June 25, 2009 Chico News and Review cover story on homelessness, and Brad Montgomery, executive director of the Torres Community Shelter. This event will include student, faculty and community points of view. The forum is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Robert Jones, CSU, Chico Department of Philosophy faculty member, at 898-4506; rjones@csuchico.edu.
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Overview of PeopleSoft Waitlist Functionality: Nov. 3 & 6
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: Nov. 3, 2009 (Tues.) 1pm - 2:30pm
Nov. 6, 2009 (Fri.) 10am - 11:30am
Location: SSC 410
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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Student Computing Drop-In Workshops
Student Computing is presenting the following workshops this week:
Excel II 2007
Tues., Nov. 3
5pm - 6pm in MLIB 457
Excel II 2007
Wed., Nov. 4
12pm - 1pm in MLIB 457
The Excel II workshop will use and build on many of the basic Excel skills such as the worksheet, menus, keyboard, cells, formulas and functions. Workshop attendees will plan, create, design, edit and learn how to enhance a chart using titles, legends, annotations, arrows and WordArt. All skill levels are welcome to attend.
No sign-up is required for these workshops. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend.
For more information about the Student Computing workshops, visit the Student Computing web site or contact Student Computing at 898-HELP.
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