The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Display

The Student Health Services will be hosting a display of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt this October 20 & 21, 2005 at the Bell Memorial Auditorium. The purpose of this display is to educate our community on the impact of HIV/AIDS and serve as a memorial for those lost to this disease. If anyone would like to request a specific panel please contact Lauren Lee at llee17@mail.csuchico.edu or visit this Web site.

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Fall '05 Public Relations Internships Available

The School of the Arts at CSU, Chico has internships available for Public Relations/Journalism/Marketing majors wanting to get experience in promotions, publicity, and public relations. Internship includes writing press releases and public service announcements, setting up photo and video shoots, initiating sponsorships/co-presents with local media, etc. For more information, contact J. DiMaggio, School of the Arts Publicist, at jdimaggio@csuchico.edu or 898-5739.

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Graphic Design Internships Available

Graphic Designers wanted to design posters for School of the Arts music, theatre, art, and dance events. Will also be deisgning/producing ads and programs. Experience with Macintosh graphic design software helpful. Internship is for 1-3 units. For more information, contact J. DiMaggio, School of the Arts Publicist, at 898-5739 or jdimaggio@csuchico.edu.

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Summer Job Opportunity

Educational Talent Search
SUMMER CONNECTION PROGRAM
INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE POSITIONS

PROGRAM BACKGROUND: Summer Connection is a collaboration between the CSU, Chico Educational Talent Search Program, Migrant Education, California Student Opportunity and Access Program and Butte College.

DUTIES: The instructional aide’s (IA) duties include the following: assist program participants in grades 6-8 begin to develop the skills and motivation necessary for success in postsecondary education. IAs assist instructors and program staff in all areas of program delivery.

QUALIFICATIONS: Experience working in a classroom setting preferred. Minimum 2.5 GPA with a strong interest in working with a diverse population of middle school students required. Hmong and/or Spanish speaking ability desired.

REQUIREMENTS: Unofficial transcripts required with application. Must be available for mandatory training two days during the week of June 27, 2005. Must be currently enrolled at CSU, Chico and be able to pass Dept. of Justice fingerprinting.

HOURS/WAGE: Monday – Thursday 7:45 am – 2: 45 pm; $7.60/hour

APPLICATION Applications can be obtained and returned in the Office of Admissions. Colusa Hall, Room 104, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0695.

DEADLINE: 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2005 (no postmarks).

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JANUARY 2006 INTERSESSION IN COSTA RICA

Experience the Central American tropics and get 3 units of credit!
Environmental Literacy (ENVL 105-99), January Intersession, 2006
GE Credit (Area E)—3 units

Costa Rica, in southern Central America, is a small peaceful country with an impressive amount of its wild land protected in parks and reserves. Because of its tropical location, its diverse topography, and its position on the land bridge between North and South America, it is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. In a day’s travel you can go from coastal beach and mangroves to seasonally dry forest to cloud forest to lowland rainforest, and in each of these it usually is easy to see some of the characteristic wildlife.
Traveling to several sites in Costa Rica, this course will look at the dynamics of Neotropical ecosystems, the environmental effects of their alteration, and the social and economic problems involved.
Expected cost is $2300, including airfare, meals, lodging, and in-country transportation. A deposit of $200 is required by September 30, 2005.
Instructors: Dr. James Pushnik, 898-6362, jpushnik@csuchico.edu
Dr. D. J. O’Donnell, 898-4520, dodonnell@csuchico.edu

For more information, contact the instructors, Dr. Susan Place, 898-5406, or the Studies Abroad Office, 898-5412

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Course Offering for Fall-Contemporary Jewish Thought

Contemporary Jewish Thought: Grappling with the Face of Infinity
Phil. 386, Philosophy of Judaism, class # 6143
Also MJIS 386, class # 6547

Wednesday 4:00-6:50 pm

Our current age presents an incredible challenge to religion and therefore to Judaism in particular. Can it cope with contemporary, secular society? Is there any (spiritual) space left for belief and faith in the face of the dominant and increasingly technological Weltanschauung/worldview characteristic of current, Western culture? How is Judaism to deal with contemporary Islamic fundamentalism, and how are we to understand the meaning of responsibility in light of the Holocaust? These are some of the questions that we will examine in this course.

Ideas from the following philosophers will be examined:

Levinas:
Existence and alterity (the existence of the Other)
Ethics before ontology
Responsibility as absolute and non-reciprocal

Buber:
Unity and plurality
I-Thou and I-It relationships
The problem of evil

Heschel:
Faith and reason
Transcendence, private experience and community: Halakha versus Aggadah
Heschel and contemporary, liberal thought

Sartre:
Anti-semite and Jew
The mind set of the anti-Semite
Authenticity and bad faith
Sartre’s solution to the problem of anti-Semitism: a critique

The Holocaust and philosophy:
(i)Hannah Arendt’s analysis of fascism and the Holocaust.
(ii) Lyotard: the nature of philosophy subsequent to the Holocaust

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Mixed media by Cynthia Schildhauer, June-August

The Humanities Center Gallery will be exhibiting encaustic mixed media on panel by Cynthia Schildhauer in Places June 7-August 25 in Trinity 100.

Schildhauer grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and earned her MA in Painting with distinction from CSU, Chico in 2002. Her painting has been exhibited on the East Coast and throughout California (see www.chicoartcenter.com/cynthia). She lives with her family in Chico.

Schildhauer writes: “The common thread is that each painting is an interior landscape, an innerscape. The largest pieces are a result of inspiration from Chagall: my version of the places I call temptation and sin (red), sorrow and isolation(blue), and light and redemption (yellow). The second group of paintings is a reflection of my recent journey with the archetypes of the numbers one through ten. My hope is that this new work conveys some of the sublime beauty of mathematics.”

The gallery is typically open in the summer M-Th, 8-4:30, and F, 8-11. A closing night reception for Places will be held in the gallery on Thursday, August 25, 5-7pm. Schildhauer will provide an artist’s talk at 4pm preceding the reception. For information, call x4642.

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Humanities Center Gallery: Paintings by Jesus Ramirez, June-August

The Humanities Center Gallery will be exhibiting acrylic and digital painting by Jesus Ramirez in More Stuff June 7-August 25 in the Trinity hallway. Ramirez was one of the first two artists to show at the gallery when it opened in fall 1999.

Jesus Ramirez was born in Jalisco, Mexico, and moved to Chico in 1978. He has attended the Universidad de Guadalajara and CSU, Chico, and exhibited extensively throughout the United States and in other countries, such as England, Argentina, Japan, and El Salvador. He has won numerous awards and also painted public and private murals, including ones at the University of Guadalajara, Templo de San Juan Bosco in Jalisco, and Ringel Park for the City of Chico. His works have been featured in many publications, including France’s Le Figaro, Mexico’s Quincenario de la Universidad de Guadalajara, and most local magazines and newspapers. Ramirez owns and operates his own business in Chico—Notre Dame Graphics & Fine Art, Inc. (www.ndgfa.com).

The gallery is typically open in the summer M-Th, 8-4:30, and F, 8-11. A closing night reception for More Stuff will be held in the gallery on Thursday, August 25, 5-7pm. For information, call x4642.

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Commencement Information

Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 21, 9:00 a.m.:
Communication and Education (including Liberal Studies); Humanities and Fine Arts; International and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Natural Sciences.

Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 22, 9:00 a.m.
Agriculture; Behavioral and Social Sciences, Business; Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management.

All ceremonies are held, rain or shine, in University Stadium.

For Students: On the day of Commencement, arrive at the staging area (the playing field between Nettleton Stadium and University Stadium) by 8:00 a.m. sharp, dressed in full commencement regalia. Only candidates are allowed in the staging area. Access to the staging area is from the north end of the University Stadium via College Avenue and also via the walkway adjacent to Shurmer Gym.

Students should look for large signs identifying the various college check-in stations. Staff members will be available near the staging area to give assistance. Go directly to your college table where you will be given a card with your name on it. (Please do not lose the card. You will present it to the reader on the platform during the ceremony.) Proceed to your lineup area near the table. Your dean and department chair will organize the line, give you final instructions and lead you to your seat in the stadium.

No extra robes, caps, or tassels will be available in the staging area.

Please do not bring beach balls or balloons to the ceremony.

Please note, the Student Health Center and University Stadium parking lots have been designated for handicapped/elderly persons with a handicap placard and/or special seating tickets. Vehicles parked in those lots after 9:00 p.m on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21 will be towed at owners expense pursuant to 22658 (a) (1) CVC.

For more information about commencement please visit our Web site

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