EWB's Pancake Breakfast and Raffle, March 4

March 4, 2009
8am - 12pm on the Free Speech Lawn

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will be hosting a pancake breakfast and raffle to support ongoing projects in Honduras. All proceeds go towards engineering projects involving sanitation and clean drinking water.

$5 Breakfast includes:
Fruit Pancakes
Sausage
Drink of Choice

$ 2 raffle tickets donated from local businesses such as Tres Hombres, Bear Madison Gardens, Chronic Tacos, and many more. Show your support.

What is EWB?
Engineers Without Borders-USA is a national non-profit organization committed to working with underdeveloped communities to improve their welfare and quality of life through the implementation of sustainable, economical and equitable engineering projects. The organization was founded with the goal of promoting a new generation of responsible engineers who are aware of the problems facing the developing world and with an understanding of their unique ability to improve the quality of life of its residents.

For more information check out our Web site: www.chicoewb.com.

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The 18th Annual Keeping Dance Alive! Performance is Coming to Laxson Auditorium, March 6

The 18th annual performance of Keeping Dance Alive! brings jazz, hip-hop, Irish, lyrical, martial arts and many more on stage together for one performance at 7:30pm, Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 and at 2pm Sunday, March 8 all here at Laxson Auditorium on the CSU, Chico campus.

This year’s performance will feature a Chico Community Ballet piece choreographed by professional choreographer Kenneth Walker. In addition, this year’s Keeping Dance Alive! will feature more than 75 dancers performing more than 12 pieces by 12 different choreographers. This annual repertory dance concert features a collaboration of local and guest artists and presents a range of dance styles.

This event is sponsored in part by Chico Performances. Tickets are $18 adult, $16 senior, $14 student/child and are available at the University Box Office, 2nd and Normal streets, 898-6333. Tickets go up $2 at the door. For more information please visit the Web site.

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Celtic Dynamos Cherish the Ladies to Perform at Laxson, Feb. 26

Celtic music is back again in Laxson Auditorium as Cherish the Ladies perform there on Feb. 26, at 7:30pm, courtesy of Chico Performances.

Cherish the Ladies is the most successful and sought-after Irish-American group in Celtic music history. Their bubbling good humor and infectious enthusiasm are matched by exquisite musicianship, and stunning step-dancing. Perfect harmony combined with flutes, whistles, fiddle, bodhran, and accordion are guaranteed to bring the house down.

Tickets are: $22 Premium, $17 Adult, $15 Senior, $13 Student/Child and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333.

For more information please visit the Web site.

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Jobs Available at the Wildcat Recreation Center (WREC)

Are you interested in a job at the WREC?

The Wildcat Recreation Center is gearing up to hire motivated, hard-working, ready-to-make-a-difference students to work at what’s sure to be one of the hottest places on campus next fall.

You must attend one of the 1-hour Mandatory Job Fairs to be considered for employment. During the Job Fairs information will be presented on the WREC, available positions, and the application process.

Please bring your student ID.

Mandatory Job Fairs - Shurmer Gymnasium (Acker Gym building)
Sunday, March 1 - 6pm-7pm
Monday, March 2 - 6pm-7pm
Tuesday, March 3 - 6pm-7pm

If interested in a job with the WREC, the first thing you should to do is go to the Web site and create a student account and fill out an application. Get this done ahead of time, it is a two-part process (you set up the account and then wait for a confirming e-mail from the A.S. giving you access to the application process).

If you have previously applied for a job with the Associated Students, go back to your account, update the information, schedule, etc. and choose Wildcat Recreation Center (WREC) as an interest.

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Join the Council of Graduate Student (COGS)

Join the Council of Graduate Students (COGS) organization. Each month of the semester, the council provides guest speakers on a diverse list of subjects and also addresses graduate student issues. It does not matter if you are new to the graduate program, mid-way, or in your last semester, your input and experience are highly valued. If you think you would be interested in attending the planning meetings please contact Council of Graduate Students (COGS) or attend one of our scheduled monthly meetings:

Council board meetings for spring 09:
March 11 - 3pm - BMU 312
April 8 - 3pm - BMU 303
May 6 - 3pm - BMU 312

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National Band Association Concert, March 3

The CSU, Chico chapter of the National Band Association presents Champions, a concert to celebrate the champions in our world. The program includes works by John Philips Sousa, Karl King, Mark Camphouse and others.

In addition to the Wind Ensemble, several smaller ensembles including CSU, Chico’s own Jazz group, The Rice and Beans Experiment, and a flute and harp duet, Dihanye Duo, will be performing. The concert will be Tues., March 3 at 7:30pm in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. Tickets are available in the University Box Office; $15 for Adults, $13 for Seniors, $6 for Students/Children.

For further information, questions or concerns, contact the Nation Band Association at 530-898-6746 or visit www.ChicoStateBands.org.

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Career Center On-Campus Recruiting Calendar

The following events are geared to students in search of career employment (graduating May 09) or internships. Interested students from all majors are encouraged to take advantage of these and other services of the Career Center. Drop in hours are Monday through Friday from 1pm - 4pm or by appointment.

Career Center
Student Services Center 270
898-5253

Week at a Glance, Feb. 23 - 27

WORKSHOPS:
Mon., Feb. 23, 3pm., Winning Interview Techniques, SSC 270
Tues., Feb. 24, 4pm - 5:30pm., Making the Most of the Career Fair, SSC 270
Fri., Feb. 27, 2pm., Winning Interview Techniques, SSC 270

CAREER FAIRS:
Wed., Feb. 25, 10am- 2pm, Business, IT and SAP Career Fair, BMU Aud.

COMPANY INFORMATION SESSIONS:
Wed., Feb. 25, 6pm - 7:30pm, Peace Corps, Butte 102
Thurs., Feb 26, 12 - 1pm, Maxim Healthcare Services, SSC 270

APPLICATION DEADLINES:
2/24 Chevron Accounting, (Intern)
2/24 Walgreens Distribution Center (Intern and Career Positions)
2/24 Pacific Gas and Electric (Career)
2/24 Wells Fargo Financial (Career)
2/25 Gallo Sales (Career)
2/26 Marriott Vacation Club (Intern)
2/26 Pepsi Bottling Group (Career)

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Nominate your Student Organization Advisor for a $500 Award

Student organization members are invited to nominate their faculty/staff advisors for campus recognition and a $500 award. The program is designed to honor advisors who have consistently demonstrated their dedication and skill in service to their respective student organizations. Both awards will be presented at the University Awards Reception on April 22. Nomination Guidelines and the applications can be found online and at the Student Activities Office in BMU 213. Nominations are due by 5pm on March 20, and should be returned to: Desiree Gonzalez, Student Activities Office, Zip 755. If you have questions please call x3409 or email.

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Personalized Graduation Announcements

Order your personalized Graduation Announcements and thank you cards now and beat the rush. Please bring in the order form to University Printing Services, your on-campus printer located at Siskiyou Hall, Room 118.

For more information or questions, please contact:
University Printing Services
Siskiyou Hall, Rm 118, x5992
Hours: M - F, 8am to 5pm

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Dept. of History and Humanities Center Doubleheader: Feb. 25 and 26

William J. Campbell
Department of History Inaugural Lecture
“The Opening of the Appalachians in the Mid-18th Century”
Feb. 25, 7:30pm, PAC 134
(Reception to follow)

Join the Department of History for an inaugural lecture by new Colonial America historian William J. Campbell, who earned his PhD at McMaster University in 2007. Campbell explores the European expansion in the New World that led to the settlement of lands west of the Appalachian mountain range in the 1760s and later. Call 898-4284.

Alexander Nehamas
Professor of the Humanities, Princeton University
Guest of the Humanities Center
on the Theme Regarding Beauty
“The Place of Beauty”
Feb. 26, 7:30pm, Ayres 106
(Reception to follow)

In Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art, Alexander Nehamas, Edmund Carpenter Professor of the Humanities at Princeton, “seeks to restore beauty’s place in art, to reestablish the connections among art, beauty, and desire, and to show that the values of art, independently of their moral worth, are equally crucial to the rest of life.” Only a Promise of Happiness was deemed “a marvelous book” by the Times Higher Education Supplement and won the 2007 Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy Award from the Association of American Publishers. Call 898-5122.

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Dept. of Theatre to Stage "In The Blood," March 4-8

Wed., March 4 - Sat., March 7 at 7:30pm
Sun., March 8 at 2pm
Harlen Adams Theatre

Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by William J. Johnson

Hester La Negrita lives with her five kids under a bridge. Fathered by five different men, they are the joy of Hester’s life and she does whatever is necessary to hold them together as a family and “get a leg up.” Five adult actors double as Hester’s children and the people who try — or claim — to help her: her social worker, her doctor, her best friend, her minister and, finally, her ex-boyfriend and love of her life. Poetic, ironically funny, and deeply moving, this play weaves the threads of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter with the reality of life in today’s inner city to reveal a particular image of American Puritanism that is truly “in our blood.”

Tickets available at the University Box Office, x6333

More information is available at the Web site.

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New Music Symposium to Feature Student, Faculty, and Guest Performers

The 5th annual New Music Symposium takes place this week and will include performances and master classes that reveal the creative process. Honoring the late Alfred Loeffler, composer and music professor at CSU, Chico, the symposium features three separate concerts open to the public that will spotlight works by guest artists, faculty, and student composers.

The first concert, Student Composers, is free and takes place Feb. 26; the second concert features works by faculty and alums and takes place Feb. 27; the concert on Feb. 28 features a multimedia, electronic, dance and chamber work by Amy Knoles, a well-known and respected new music artist, as well as new compositions by Dept. of Music faculty members Jerry Grant and David Dvorin.

All performances take place at 7:30pm in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.

Specific information on each of the concerts is available at the Web site.

Sponsors include CSU, Chico’s Associated Students, Department of Music, and the School of the Arts.

Admission for CSU, Chico students is free for all events. Admission for the two ticketed events range from $15 for adults to $6 for children and non-Chico State students and are available at the University Box Office, x6333.

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Thailand Summer Courses - Information Meetings

Information meetings about this year’s summer course offerings at the University of Chiang Mai (Thailand) will be held for the next three Fridays (February 27, March 6, March 13) in Plumas 203 from 3pm - 4pm.

Students can ask questions, meet the faculty, and find out about the two courses that are being offered (English 353 Multicultural Literature and Sociology 354 Inter-Cultural Contacts).

Please feel free to attend one of these sessions or visit the program’s Web site:chiangmai2009.wetpaint.com.

Contacts: Rob Burton, English (898-6568) or Tony Waters, Sociology (898-6384) or Lee Altier, Agriculture (898-4137).

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Capital Fellows Programs Application Deadline

The nationally recognized Capital Fellows Programs are sponsored by the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento and are an outstanding opportunity for college graduates to engage in public service and prepare for a future career. Participants gain first-hand experience in governing the most diverse state in the nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of California society.

Individuals are invited to apply to one or more of the programs that meet their interests and qualifications. Application forms must be completed and submitted by February 25, 2009. For detailed information about the programs and applications, please refer to the Web site.

If you have any questions or need additional information not provided on the website above, please contact the Center for California Studies at (916) 278-6906 or by e-mail at calstudies@csus.edu.

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Join the Campus Community in Pennies for Peace Fundraising

For those who enjoyed Three Cups of Tea: Join the Campus Community in Pennies for Peace Fundraising

Please participate in raising money to help Book in Common author Greg Mortenson build a school in Pakistan. Students on our campus who have read Three Cups of Tea are asking all of us to donate spare change to any of the collection containers they have placed on campus. To date, all of the following offices have agreed to provide a space in their reception areas for donations. Look for a Pennies for Peace container in each of these locations:

HFA Dean, PAC 109; Accounting & Management, THMA 313; Anthropology, Butte 311; Art & Art History, Ayres 107; Communication, THMA 201; Communication Design, THMA 205; Education, THMA 101; English, TALR 209; Finance & Marketing, THMA 307; Foreign Languages, TRNT 122; History, TRNT 223; Honors, SSC 460; Kinesiology, Yolo 243; Nutrition & Food Science, Holt 123; Political Science, Butte 741; Sociology, Butte 615; Social Work, Butte 509.

If your office, business, or program wishes to support this effort, please contact Samantha Solorzano at fye@csuchico.edu or call (530) 898-5133. This effort is sponsored by the First-Year Experience Program and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.

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"What's Cooking Good Looking": Free Cooking Demo, March 3

Are you tired of that same old strawberry Pop-Tart for breakfast? Would you like something more creative than potato chips for a snack? If you’re like most college students, trying to find time to cook a delicious breakfast or create a healthy snack can often turn out disastrous.

The Campus Wellness Center would like to offer some hands-on instruction on how to make great tasting breakfasts or healthy, quick snacks. Join us for a free cooking demonstration entitled “What’s Cooking Good Looking” facilitated by Links: Leaders in Nutrition Knowledge & Support. There are two demo sessions but limited openings, so advance sign up is required. To reserve your spot, come visit us at the Wellness Center in Student Services Center 430, or call us at 898-4697.

When: Tues., March 3 at 7pm (Healthy Snacks)
Wed., March 4 at 7pm (Delicious Breakfasts)
Where: Tehama 118

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University Film Series: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, March 10

University Film Series
Tues., March 10
7:30pm, Ayres 106
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642

Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la BĂȘte) (1946, France) 93 min. Directed and written by Jean Cocteau. Introduced by Jason Tannen, Art and Art History*

Adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont’s fairy tale starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as both Avenant and The Beast. The plot revolves around Belle’s father who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast’s garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father’s place. Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis, which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family telling her that if she doesn’t return to him within a week, he will die of grief.

*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme, “Regarding Beauty.”

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KCSCradio Serves Local Community

Here at KCSCradio.com, we serve our local community. Do you have a public service announcement? Any program or organization can submit their event or other other public service announcements to PSA@kcscradio.com to be spoken over the air, in regular rotation. Are you a local band that would like the opportunity to have your music played on the radio? Send a demo or your Web site to local@kcscradio.com. Remember to listen in every day from 8am - Midnight on KCSCradio.com.

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Student Research Grants - Deadline March 31, 2009

Grant Proposal DEADLINE: Tues., March 31
Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve and Butte Creek Ecological Preserve Student Research Grants

The mission of the CSU, Chico Research Foundation’s Ecological Reserve System is to preserve critical habitat and to provide a natural area for environmental research and education.

Program Description: The goal of the student research grant program is to promote undergraduate and graduate students research projects on the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve & Butte Creek Ecological Preserve. Awards up to $3,000 will assist students with equipment, transportation, printing, and other expenses directly related to the project.

Selection Criteria: All CSU, Chico graduate and undergraduate students that have faculty support will be eligible. Research projects that assist with the mission of the Ecological Reserves are encouraged but all applications will be considered.

For complete details and proposal package please visit the Web site or contact Mark Lynch, Research & Education Coordinator.

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Study Skills Workshops, March 2-6

The Student Learning Center is offering two Study Skills Workshops the week of March 2. Students can improve their APA writing skills by attending the “APA Style Workshop”. If you are finding yourself in need of a little inspiration, come get some new ideas at the “Motivation” workshop. Be prepared for those tests, come to the “Test Taking Strategies” workshop to find out how.

March 2, Monday 3pm - 4pm
APA Style Workshop
Scott Lewis
SSC 304

March 4, Wednesday 3pm - 4pm
Motivation
Dana Krangel
SSC 206

March 5, Thursday 1pm - 2pm
Test Taking Strategies
Marc Siegall
SSC 304

More workshops will be scheduled through the rest of the semester. Look for upcoming announcements and feel free to visit our Web site.

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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The Orion's "Memory Book" Special Section

Create a page of memories with you and your friends that will be printed in The Orion newspaper previous to graduation. The Orion is running its first ever “Memory Book” on May 13. Purchase a page and fill it with pictures of your graduating friends to create printed memories and show them how proud you are of their accomplishment.

Contact Gillian Leeds at gillianleeds@gmail.com for more information on sizes and prices or visit our link titled “Memory Book” on our homepage.

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CCLC Programs: CEO Speaker Series, Feb. 26

Cross-Cultural Leadership Center (Meriam Library 172, across from the BMU Marketplace)
Thursdays from February, 26, 2009 - April 20, 2009
12 noon on Thursdays - FREE EVENT

This is a unique series highlighting successful businessmen and businesswomen for an hour ever Monday at noon. Our speakers will share their personal stories, their secrets to success, discuss how they overcame life’s obstacles, and answer audience’s questions.

To kick-off our series, President Paul Zingg and Vice President Drew Calendrella will be speaking this Thurs., Feb. 26 at 12pm in the CCLC (Meriam Library 172, across from the BMU Marketplace). We invite you to learn from their experiences.

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CCLC Programs: Reel Diversity

Friday Afternoon Movie Series
Cross-Cultural Leadership Center (Meriam Library 172, across from the BMU Marketplace)
Fridays 2pm - 4pm
FREE

A Friday afternoon movie is the perfect way to wind down your week and be inspired and educated. Every Friday, the CCLC will show a movie with significant cultural representation. Come make yourself comfortable on our over-stuffed couches and enjoy REEL DIVERSITY. Some movies include: The Color Purple, Selena, I am Sam, Laramie Project, Blossoms of Fire, Malcolm X, and more.

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Spirit of a Woman Conference, March 6

Bell Memorial Union Auditorium
Friday, March 6, 2009, 8am - 5pm
$15 for Chico State Students, $100 for Non-Students
*Applications due Friday, Feb. 27, 2009

Many generations of women have gone through life facing several obstacles. It has been the “Pillars of Support” that we have built through our daily lives that have strengthened and inspired us to challenge ourselves to move forward. This year’s Spirit of a Woman Conference will be a unique, powerful, and intimate experience for all who attend. Space is limited to 150 attendees, 75 students, and 75 non-students. Spirit of a Woman Scholarships for students will also be awarded at this event.

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French Club Meets Feb. 26

Parlez-vous Francais? Do you speak French? Do you have a love of French culture? Do you want to be involved in the first French Club in recent CSU, Chico history? If so, our second meeting will be this Thurs., Feb. 26 at 6:30pm in Glenn 123. Come and speak French with people who are as interested in the French culture as you are.

For more information contact Julianna Johnson.

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Support Phi Sigma Tau at the Madison Bear Garden, Feb. 26

Come support your local philosophers. Phi Sigma Tau, the Philosophy Honors Society and Club, will be having a fundraiser at the Madison Bear Garden on Thurs., Feb. 26 from 5pm - 10pm. A small donation will be given to Phi Sigma Tau to aid in the expansion of the club. Flyers will be distributed between Glenn Hall and Siskiyou Hall. This is a one time event and any donation will be greatly appreciated.

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Learn To Eat Better, Learn to Live Better

Learn to Eat Better. Learn to Live Better. Want to learn how to eat better? Have any nutrition questions? Come see a nutrition student intern at the Health Center. It’s free to students. Call for an appointment: (530) 898-5241.

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