Student Computing Workshops

Student Computing will present these workshops next week:

Dreamweaver 2
Wed Sept 21st
5-6:00pm in MLIB 457

Dreamweaver 2
Thurs Sept 22nd
5-6:00pm in MLIB 457

The Dreamweaver MX 2 workshop is an advanced workshop and a brief review of the basic features of Dreamweaver MX will be presented. Advanced web page design techniques will be demonstrated. Students will learn how to use frames and integrate tables into a web page. There will also be an introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and their implementation in Dreamweaver MX if time allows.

No sign-up is required. For more information on this workshop and other Student Computing workshops, write to Melinda Ferris: mferris@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Information on September 16, 2005

Ballroom Dance Club: Dance Sept. 16 Location Change

As many of you already know, the Ballrom Dance Club will be holding its next dance this Friday, Sept. 16. What you may not know is the location has changed. This dance and the rest of our dances will be held in Shumer Gym on the CSU, Chico campus. The lessons are beg. swing and beg. lindy hop and they both go from 7:30 to 9. The dance with an Alien Nation/Area 51 theme will be from 9 to midnight. As always the costs are: Lesson $3, Dance $2, and $4 for both. With an extra $1 off for being in costume.

Also, I am proud to announce that we will be having a live band this semester. The Swing Kings will be playing for us on Oct. 22, 2005. The time, location, and cost are yet to be determined but mark your calenders for this one. One again I hope to see you all there and at our following dance Sept. 30, with lessons in beg. and int. tango.

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Humanities Center Gallery: Cristina Nehring Photography and Lecture, now - Nov. 1

The Humanities Center Gallery is exhibiting photography by Cristina Nehring in the two-part show Found Love & The Sky Is Falling now through Nov. 1 in the Trinity hallway.

Nehring’s polemical essays appear regularly in The Atlantic Monthly. She is currently at work on Women in Love: A Feminist Defense of Romance for HarperCollins. For years, Nehring has contributed to many publications including Harper’s, London Review of Books, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, American Scholar, Michigan Quarterly Review, Jacaranda Review, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She visited Chico in February 2003 to give the talk “Dangerous Liaisons: Eros and Pedagogy in Contemporary Academe.” Nehring shares her time between Venice Beach and Paris.

For her photography show, Nehring writes: “My first criterion when I photograph is beauty…If you are going to add visual stimuli to the world, let them be attractive stimuli. Ugly pictures—no matter how packed with pieties and insights—stir me about as much as bad food: I don’t care what the vitamin content is, I want it out of my way.”

The gallery is typically open M-F, 8-5. A closing-night reception will be held Tuesday, Nove. 1, 5-7pm. Nehring will talk at 4pm preceding the reception. For information, call x4642.

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BMU Gallery Exhibit: Flux by Jennifer Tancreto

BMU Gallery exhibit: Flux by Jennifer Tancreto
Sept. 12-30, 2005
Reception Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005 from 5-7

Refreshments will be served, the reception is open to the public.
Jennifer Tancreto is a current CSU, Chico student. Her images are developed from silhouette stencils adapted from anatomical drawings. They are printed with a transparent ink and then are flocked with material elements of the body.

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Reading Workshop: Wednesday, Sept. 21

The Student Learning Center is offering a workshop on Reading Strategies on Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 4:00 - 5:00 in Meriam Library, Room 226. The presenter is Christine Connerly.

Workshops are Free! Students can sign up in advance at the Student Learning Center (Meriam Library 458) or by calling 898-6839.

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Join a Student Support Group

JOIN A SUPPORT GROUP TODAY! At the Psychological Counseling Center, we offer a variety of groups to meet your needs. All of our groups are led by experienced counselors and designed to be effective. These groups are provided as a free service to regularly enrolled students at CSU, Chico.

Our newer groups being offered this semester are: “Feel Better Fast!”, “Re-entry Support Group”, and “Getting to Know You”. Check out our Web Site to see all the groups being offered by the Psychological Counseling Center to students this semester.

If you think one or more of our groups would be beneficial to you, please call or come by our office for more information and schedule a brief interview appointment with a group leader today! We are located in the Meriam Library, Room 141, or call 898-6345.

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Summer Orientation Information Meetings Sept. 19, 27

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE SEPT. 30 BY 5 PM IN CLSA 125!!

Are you dedicated, fun, and friendly? Do you like to meet new people and push yourself to learn and experience new things? Are you looking for an awesome summer job that pays well and you get the weekends off? Then Summer Orientation is the job for you! We are now accepting applications for our 2006 Summer Orientation Staff and we want you!

For more information about the Peer Advisor position attend our Informational Meetings on Monday, Sept. 19 at 5PM in THMA 134 and Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 in THMA 106.

To pick up an application, come by the Orientation Office in CLSA 125, but hurry because applications are due Friday, Sept. 30, 2005 by 5 PM! If you have any other questions, please feel free to call Jennifer Ledoyen or Bevin Wong or Amy Lance at 898-5714. We look forward to seeing your application soon!

Archived under Opportunities on September 16, 2005

Human Resource and Management Association BBQ

When: Sept. 21 from 4-5:00
Where: The Alumni Glen (next to Holt Hall near the creek)
Why: Free food and a chance to hang out with HRMA

All majors welcome. See you there!

Next weeks meeting: Ferguson guest speaker

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on September 16, 2005

The Phoenix Club, Friday meetings

The Phoenix Club meets every Friday at 11 am – 2 pm Common Grounds (lower level of the BMU.

You’ve been immersed in a sea of younger faces. You know that there are some older students on campus, but how do you go about making contact? The answer is the Re-entry Student Association, Phoenix Club. Through weekly lunches and social activities, Phoenix Club affords you the opportunity to meet other students in situations similar to your own.

Re-entry students are:
• People who are current, new, and transferring students at various college levels.
• People who decided not to go to college directly after high school but who now want to continue their education.
• People who want to improve specific skills or fulfill goals.
• People who seek an intellectual and lively learning experience.
• People who want a career or lifestyle change.

For more information contact:
Kevin Arnoldy, president
Phone (530) 343-9543
e-mail kevinarnoldy@yahoo.com
Or
Susan Bachlor, secretary/treasurer
Phone (530) 343-8154
e-mail susanbachlor@sbcglobal.net

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Golden Key International Honour Society, Sept. 26

The first Golden Key International Honour Society meeting is Monday,
Sept. 26 at 5:15 pm in BMU 314.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on September 16, 2005

Free iPod Rebate Ending Soon

Apple’s Free iPod mini rebate will be ending next week, Saturday 24th.
Purchase a qualifying Mac and an iPod mini, and Apple will send you a rebate check for $179 (the cost of the iPod mini).

The ComputerWorks currently has previous generation iBooks at INCREDIBLE prices. These are new in-the-box Apple iBooks with full warranties, and are eligible for Apple’s free iPod mini rebate!

We have 3 previous generation iBook models:
M9623LL/A 12” iBook 1.2GHz, 256MBs RAM, 30GB HD, CDRW, Airport…$699
M9627LL/A 14” iBook 1.33GHz, 256MBs RAM, 60GB HD, CDRW, Airport…$799
M9628LL/A 14” iBook 1.33GHz, 256MBs RAM, 60GB HD, DVD-RW, Airport…$899

We also have a few of the previous generation 20” iMacs with Bluetooth
wireless still available for sale at the incredible sale price of $1,199(compared to $1,699 for the current model).

These are the previous generation models but have only a few slight
differences from the current models. Contact the ComputerWorks at x4447 for complete details.

Archived under Information on September 16, 2005

8th annual Scour and Devour, October 1

On October 1, more than 1,000 California State University students, faculty, staff and community members will gather for the 8th annual Scour and Devour. Co-sponsored by A.S. Recycling and The Edge Campus Christian Fellowship, this event is designed to bring the community together in an effort to clean and beautify the campus and surrounding area. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate. Registration will begin on the Kendall Hall Lawn at 8:30 a.m., with clean up set to begin at 9. At noon, all of the volunteers will be treated to a tri tip lunch on the Free Speech Area. For more information, or to pre-register, please visit Web Site, or call Chad Butler at 530-895-3343.

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Watershed Magazine Seeks Submissions

Watershed, CSU, Chico’s literary magazine, invites students, faculty, and community members to submit their original and unpublished works for possible publication in its fall 2005 issue.

The categories solicited are:
* Poetry
* Short fiction (4,000 words or less)
* Creative nonfiction
* Black and white photography
* Line drawings
* Illustrations
Please note: Artwork/illustrations should be submitted in a format no larger than 8.5” Å~ 11”.

Include with submission:
* A cover letter with your name, address, phone number, and a brief biographical statement
* A self-addressed stamped envelope for reply and manuscript return

Please do not put your name on the pages of your submissions. The submission deadline is Wed., Oct. 5, 2005.

Send or deliver hard copy to:

Watershed
California State University, Chico
Department of English - Taylor Hall 209
Chico, CA 95929-0830

For more information, contact Beth Spencer at bspencer@csuchico.edu
See the Watershed Web Site

Archived under Opportunities on September 15, 2005

AS PRESENTS: September shows

Sept. 20, 2005
The Bradbury Press
Popular Americana/ Rhythmic Roots Rock
12pm in the Free Speech area

Sept. 21, 2005
The San Francisco International Comedy Competition
Hundreds of comedians audition each year to compete in the Annual San
Francisco International Stand up Comedy Competition. This will be the preliminary round. Winners will continue on to the finals.
8pm @ the BMU Auditorium
Buy tickets at the door
Students: FREE
General: $5
Sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com

Sept. 22, 2005
Midnight 6
A funky Jazz band
8pm
Common Grounds
FREE

Tickets on Sale Now!
Sept. 23, 2005
Jimmy Eat World
w/ special guest Number One Gun
8pm @ The BMU Auditorium
Students: $18
(open to CSU Chico and BUTTE College Students ONLY)

Sept. 28, 2005
Hear for Now
Innovative acoustic experience
12pm in the Free Speech Area

Sept. 30, 2005
African Dance Class w/ Sifiso Majola
8pm Common grounds

Thanks for your support, we look forward to seeing you at our shows!

Check out our Web Site ; call our HOTLINE @ 898-6264; or contact our office with any questions, BMU basement 006 898-6005, ASPublicity@gmail.com

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Exhibition: "Found in a Forest"

“Found in a Forest”, a Bachelor of Arts culmination exhibition. Recent etchings and acrylic paintings by Christine Fulton. This show features figures combining the human and animal form and addresses the powerful relationship between humans and their animal nature.

Show duration: Sept. 24 - Oct. 7
Reception: Thursday, Oct. 6th from 5-7pm
Where: CSU, Chico Ayers Hall- BFA Gallery(downstairs)

For more information about this event, Please contact the artist at
cfulton1@mail.csuchico.edu, or visit the CSU, Chico Art Department Office in Ayers Hall.

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Fall Compost Workshops Start This Weekend

Learn how you can easily produce nourishing soil from the food scraps and yard waste that accumulate around your home every day. Composting is easy, inexpensive, fun, and reduces the amount of waste that takes up space in our landfills.

One-Hour Compost Workshops, 10-11 am
All ages are welcome and it’s free.
Compost Workshops: Sept., 17, 18 and Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23

Meet promptly at 10 am at the Compost Display Area located behind Yolo Hall along the RR tracks.

Student interns with the AS. Recycling program will teach the workshop and answer your compost questions.

For more information contact AS. Recycling at 898-5033/asrecycle@csuchico.edu.

The Fall Compost Workshop Series is also co-sponsored by the City of Chico.

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National Student Exchange Informational Meeting, Sept. 15

This is an invitation for you to attend an informational meeting on the National Student Exchange.

Are you interested in going to school in a different part of the United States for a semester or a year? The National Student Exchange (NSE) has a great opportunity for personal and educational growth at 177 institutions throughout the United States and its territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands).

Here is a chance to experience new places, and make new friends.

Our next informational meeting will be:

Date: Thursday, Sept. 15
Time: 5:05 - 5:50 pm
Location: Butte Hall, Room 319

We look forward to seeing you!

James Luyirika-Sewagudde, Jr., Coordinator
Linda Biggs, ASA II
Office of Advising & Orientation and,
National Student Exchange
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0725
(530) 898-5907

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College of Agriculture Livestock Handling Course

The College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico will host a Livestock Handling Course Sept. 16-18 at the University Farm, located on Hegan Lane.

The course will focus on low-stress handling techniques for livestock and will be conducted by Tim Westfall, an instructor who specializes in clinics on Low-Stress Stockmanship and Scientific Horsemanship. Westfall’s instruction at CSU, Chico will emphasize learning in the step by step training approach, flight and pressure zones, movement, sorting, and applying these principles to range animals.

The event has been organized by the UC Cooperative Extension, an outreach tool for the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Cost for the handling school is $225 and includes two lunches as well as course materials. Students may attend at a reduced cost of $100. For registration information please contact Roger Ingram at 530-889-7385 or e-mail at rsingram@ucdavis.edu.

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College of Agriculture 15th Annual Fall Festival

The College of Agriculture at CSU, Chico is gearing up to host its 15th Annual Fall Festival. The event will take place October 8, 2005, at the University Farm and is open to all students, alumni, faculty, community members, and donors.

The festivities begin at 5pm, and activities for the night include farm tours, wine and cheese tasting, a tri-tip dinner, and a parent and alumni social. The highlight of the evening includes a program in which scholarship donors will be recognized and the Bell Family will be honored as the 2005 Hall of Honor Inductees.

Pre-purchased tickets are $15 general, $5 for students and $5 for children under 12. Tickets are available at the University Farm and College of Agriculture offices until Friday, Oct. 7. Guests can purchase tickets at the door for an additional $2 per person.

Since its inception in 1991, the Fall Festival has become a much anticipated event that brings together the College of Agriculture with the community while honoring those individuals that continue to inspire the excellence of the college and its students. The event is sponsored by CSU, Chico College of Agriculture and Superior Ag, an industry-based support group whose main goal is to provide scholarships to help deserving CSU, Chico students fulfill their career goals.

For more information call 898-6343 or e-mail lsantos@csuchico.edu.

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Grant Opportunity for Undergraduate Students

Provost Scott McNall has announced that funds have been allocated for the fall 2005 Undergraduate Awards for Research & Creativity.  Information meetings for student applicants have already been scheduled – see details below.
 
These awards were created to support undergraduate students working closely with individual faculty members on student-designed projects and to assist the faculty in providing students with special innovative learning opportunities.
 
•     Fall awards of up to $500 each will be made available to undergraduates (including graduating seniors).
 
•     A cumulative GPA of 3.25 or above is required.
 
•     Spring award opportunities (up to $500) and summer stipend opportunities ($2,000) will also be discussed.
 
•     Information meetings will be held on:
 
      Wednesday 9/14/2005    Faculty/Staff Dining Room    5 p.m.
      Thursday 9/15/2005    Faculty/Staff Dining Room    4 p.m.
 
The Faculty/Staff Dining Room is located along the creek behind Selvester’s.
 
Interested undergraduate students are encouraged to attend one of the above meetings for information and applications.  Anyone unable to attend a meeting can contact:
 
Barbara Brautigam 898-5749
Dr. Andrea Lerner 898-4767

These awards are an exceptional and unique opportunity for students to create their own projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor.

Archived under Opportunities on September 15, 2005

Lecture: Promoting Academic Integrity

Center for Applied and Professional Ethics presents

Promoting Academic Integrity
Wed., Sept. 21, 7:30 PM, PAC 144 (Harlen Adams Theatre)
Don McCabe, Rutgers University Business School

Over the last fifteen years, Don McCabe spent extensive time in corporate America and has since written on the culture of integrity in both academia and the corporate world. In his talk, McCabe will address issues of plagiarism, from both written and Internet sources, and offer some reflections on effective strategies to reduce student cheating. McCabe concludes by forwarding a bold prescription for our “integrity- challenged” society.

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CSU, Chico Summer Job - Apply Today

2006 Summer Orientation - APPLICATIONS ARE DUE SEPT. 30 BY 5 PM IN CLSA 125

Are you dedicated, fun, and friendly? Do you like to meet new people and push yourself to learn and experience new things? Are you looking for an awesome summer job that pays well and you get the weekends off? Then Summer Orientation is the job for you! We are now accepting applications for our 2006 Summer Orientation Staff and we want you.

For more information about the Peer Advisor position attend our Informational Meetings on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 3PM location TBA, Monday, Sept. 19 at 5PM location TBA and Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 location TBA.

To pick up an application, come by the Orientation Office in CLSA 125, but hurry because applications are due Friday, Sept. 30, 2005 by 5 PM! If you have any other questions, please feel free to call Jennifer Ledoyen or Bevin Wong or Amy Lance at 898-5714. We look forward to seeing your application soon!

Archived under Opportunities on September 15, 2005