Travel the World and Earn College Credits with Camp Adventure

Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services is looking to hire CSU, Chico students who are interested in working with youth around the world and the United States. Camp Adventure will pay you $1,500 for a 10 week camp, pay for housing and airfare, as well as give you 12 College Credits. Attend one of the following information meetings to learn more or contact Mike Moen at CampAdv@csuchico.edu.

All meetings are held in Tehama 113:

Tues, Nov. 3, 2009: 4pm - 5pm
Mon, Nov. 9, 2009: 3pm - 4pm
Tues, Nov. 10, 2009: 4pm - 5pm
Tues, Nov. 17, 2009: 4pm - 5pm
Tues, Dec. 1, 2009: 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Camp Adventure Hiring Day:
Sat., Dec. 5 @ 10am
Selvester’s Cafe on the CSU, Chico Campus

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Career Center On-Campus Recruiting Calendar Week at a Glance: Nov. 2-6

The following events are geared to students in search of career employment (graduating seniors) 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.

WORKSHOPS:
Tues., Nov. 3
Making the Most of the Career Fair
4pm - 5:30pm
SSC 270

CAREER FAIR:
Wed., Nov. 4
All Majors Career and Internship Fair
10am - 2pm
BMU Auditorium

INFORMATION SESSIONS: An information session is hosted by a company interested in hiring graduates or interns. Information sessions are a great way to get to know company recruiters in a casual setting and find out about company culture. Appropriate attire is “business casual”.

Nov. 3 Victaulic, 5:30 - 6:30pm, Glenn Hall 223
Nov. 4 Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 3pm - 4pm, SSC 270
Peace Corps, 6:30pm - 8pm, Butte 103
Nov. 5 International Cooperative Education, 5pm - 6pm, SSC 270

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

Nov. 5 Kohl’s Department Stores (Career and Internship)

INTERVIEWS:

Nov. 3 PSS World
Nov. 4 Maxim Healthcare
E&J Gallo
Nov. 5 Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Aerotek
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Travelers Insurance
Nov. 6 International Cooperative Education
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

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Free Community Compost Workshops

Come learn the basics of backyard composting as well as more advanced composting techniques. These fun, interactive and fact-filled workshops are free and open to all ages.
Please bring a water bottle, gardening gloves, tennis shoes and a big smile.

All Workshops are from 11am - Noon

• Saturday November 7

The Compost Display Area (CDA) is located behind Yolo Hall past the tennis courts along the railroad tracks. Please park in the Nettleton Stadium Parking lot and walk over.
For a map to the Compost Display Area please visit our Web site.

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Got Refund? Get It Faster

If you are still receiving your financial aid disbursement or other refund by check mailed to your local address, did you know that you can now sign up for direct deposit (electronic funds transfer) through your Student Center? Your funds will be electronically deposited into your checking or savings account the same day that checks are placed in outgoing campus mail. No need to wait 2-3 days or more for the US Postal Service to deliver your check.

Not only will you receive your funds sooner, but you will also be supporting campus sustainability efforts by receiving your refund the “green way”. You will also be entered in a drawing to win a $50 AS Bookstore gift card.

To sign up, click on Enroll in Direct Deposit under the Finances area. All you need is the routing number for your bank and your account number. If you sign up by Dec. 9, your account information will be verified PRIOR to your financial aid disbursement and you will be notified of any problems in time for you to receive your regularly scheduled disbursement.

Take an extra minute or two when you are on your student center registering for Spring classes and sign up for Direct Deposit - the quicker, environmentally friendly way to receive your disbursement.

If you have any questions, please contact Student Financial Services.

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CSU, Chico Celebrates National American Indian Heritage Month

CSU, Chico Celebrates National American Indian Heritage Month.

For more information, please visit the web site.

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The Wellness Center Presents: "Yoga - Come Pose Yourself"

Are you stressed? Filled with anxiety? Or just need to relax? Come check out the Wellness Center’s upcoming forum “Yoga - Come Pose Yourself”, Wed., Nov. 4 from 4pm - 5pm. Lisa Gorman will teach you how you can reduce stress and anxiety during your day to day routine. She will provide tips and techniques on how to use Yoga to relax when you’re studying, working and doing other stressful activities. Please remember that forums are free to all CSU, Chico students. Hope to see you there.

For a complete list of upcoming Wellness Center events visit the Web site.

For more information on the Wellness Center and/or upcoming events please contact the Wellness Center via telephone at 530.898.4697, come into the Student Services Building #430 or visit us on the Web site.

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OPT for Fit Kids Needs Non Perishable Items

We need your help to build up our pantry of wholesome non-perishable items. OPT for Fit Kids is holding a wholesome non-perishable food drive from Nov. 9-27. These donations are distributed in our monthly special food budgeting and nutrition education classes. Donations of dried beans, whole grains, and canned vegetables are appropriate.

OPT for Fit Kids targets low income families to promote healthy nutritional habits. These nonperishable items serve as tools for families who are seeking to make positive changes in their diet.

You can drop of your items at the OPT for Fit Kids office located at 1311 Mangrove Suite B, between the hours of 9am to 5pm.

OPT for Fit Kids is under the Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion (CNAP). For more information please call our office at (530) 345-0678

Sponsored by the CSU, Chico Research Foundation CNAP program.

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Showing of 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missle Age

The Political Science Honor Society (Pi Sigma Alpha) and the CSU, Chico Economics Club are hosting a showing of the documentary 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age. The documentary addresses the issues and dangers surrounding the current proliferation of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles from countries such as Iran and North Korea. This provocative film argues that the United States is urged to act upon this current crisis and people are asked to come together to overcome narrow minded politicians, government interests and academic arguments in order to protect the future of America and its citizens against a nuclear war.

The one-hour long documentary will begin at 7pm on Wed., Nov. 4 in the BMU Common grounds (the basement). A Panel will follow the documentary with a discussion session by three professors of political science: Jim Jacob, John Crosby, and Beau Grosscup.

For more information, contact Pi Sigma Alpha president Amro Jayousi at amro_jayousi@hotmail.com.

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Call For Student Photographers

“Picture This” an all-campus juried photography exhibition. We are looking for your best photos, whether in digital or film. Please submit matted photographs to Ayres 107 from 8-5, Nov. 9-13. Selected photographs will be exhibited at 3rd Floor Gallery and Laxson Fine Arts Gallery from November 18- December 18. A Reception will be on Dec. 2.

For more information please contact CSU, Chico Art Department, Elizabeth Newman Kuiper 530-898-5331.

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Karaoke Club Meets Saturday

Saturdays, Starting at 10pm
The Newman Center - Chico
346 Cherry Street (and W 3rd St.)

K Club is an awesome place to be on a Saturday night. What we provide is more than just Karaoke. We provide a safe place for students to get together on a Saturday night and hang out.

All Students are welcome. We have hot food and snacks at very reasonable prices. All food is $1 or less, and attendance is only $2. You’re more than welcome to bring your own music tracks. For those non-singers out there, we’ve got a huge space where we can play pool, air hockey, ping pong, Foosball, Apples to Apples, Cranium, Monopoly, and Catch-Phrase.
Karaoke isn’t about being the best. It’s not about having a good voice. It’s about loving music and individual interpretation. It’s about being comfortable in front of your friends and peers. It’s about freedom and expression. You don’t have to perform. In fact, you don’t have to sing at all when you come to the K. All you have to do is come.

Contact: thekaraokeclub.csuchico@gmail.com

Facebook Group ID: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=132694902286&ref=mf

Come hang out - bring a friend. This is an alcohol-free event.

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A Night of Classical Music, Nov. 12

Thurs., Nov. 12
7:30pm
Chico Women’s Club (592 E. 3rd Street)

Come join us for a night of classical music with professional pianists Svitlana Smaga and Dr. Natalya Shkoda, along with talented CSU, Chico students.

Put on by students from Suzanne Zivnuska survey of management class. All profits will be donated to the CSU, Chico keyboard fund and the Chico Women’s Club.

Fee: $12.00 general audiences, $8.00 students. Students will need a valid student ID.

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Humanities Center Gallery in December: Trevor Lalaguna's CO-MOTION

Nov. 30 - Dec. 17, 2009
Trevor Lalaguna
Co-Motion
Humanities Center Gallery
Trinity Hallway
M-F 8-5

Reception, Dec 3.
5pm - 7pm (talk at 6pm)

Trevor Lalaguna describes this show — an arrangement of works created this year — as “sculpted fabric devices that test an individual’s position in a potentially absurd situation.” He is currently an MFA candidate scheduled to graduate fall 2010 at CSU, Chico, where he earned his BFA with an emphasis in sculpture in 2003 and where he has been a teaching associate in basic drawing and 3-D design these past three semesters. Previously Lalaguna worked as an illustrator and managed a children’s art school in Claremont, CA. Lalaguna is the gallery preparer at the Humanities Center Gallery this year.

Continues through December 16, 2009:
Umbrian Corridors and Others
Trinity 100

Ann Pierce earned her BFA in 1953 and her MFA in 1955 from the University of Colorado in Boulder and, from 1964 to 1995, taught at CSU, Chico, where she served as chair of the Department of Art and Art History from 1980 to 1983. This exhibit includes works from Pierce’s summer 2007 visit to Italy and assorted paintings from her 50-year career.

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University Film Series: Scipione L'Africano (1937, Italy), Nov. 17

University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated

Nov. 17
Scipione L’Africano
(1937, Italy) 83 min. Directed by Carmine Gallone.
Introduced by Jessica Clark, History, and sponsored by the History Club (PhAThH)*

Mussolini’s government, in addition to making the railroads run on time, could also produce a movie on a lavish scale, including over 6,000 extras in the battle scenes. A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio’s futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.

• Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme “Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.”

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Humanities Center/Writer's Voice: Poet Robin Ekiss, Nov. 19

Robin Ekiss’ first book, The Mansion of Happiness, is published this month in the VQR Poetry Series (University of Georgia Press). A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, she currently lives in San Francisco. Her poems have appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, and elsewhere.

Presented by the CSU, Chico Humanities Center and Writer’s Voice
820 Broadway, Chico, CA
Suggested donation: $3
For information, please call 898-5122.

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Adventure Outings Thanksgiving Break Trips

This Friday 11/6/09 is the deadline to sign-up for Thanksgiving Break Trips.

Backpack in Yosemite National Park: $175.00
Go whitewater rafting on the Klamath River: $150.00
Get away to the ocean and enjoy Channel Islands National Park: $299.00

You will not find offers like these anywhere else. Sign-up in the WREC at Adventure Outings front desk or call 530-898-4011. No experience necessary.

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Yoga at the WREC

Yoga is now available at the WREC. Class times are Monday and Friday from 12pm - 1pm and Wednesday from 4:30pm - 5:30pm. Classes are free to students and members.

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Printmaking Exhibition: Two Views/ Two Printmakers

MFA Candidates Erin Kelly and Megan Moore juxtapose their original prints at Laxson Fine Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Two Views/ Two Printmakers.

Erin Kelly’s prints center on her interaction with nostalgic childhood artifacts such as 33 rpm record albums. Megan Moore focuses on organic nature, and microscopic biology in her meticulous printmaking processes. Two Views/ Two Printmakers opens Thurs., Oct. 8 and will run through Nov. 13, 2009 at Laxson Fine Art Gallery in Laxson Auditorium at California State University, Chico.

For more information please contact Elizabeth Newman Kuiper, CSU, Chico Art Department, 530-898-5331.

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Study Skills Workshop This Week

The Student Learning Center is offering one study skills workshop this week to help students motivate themselves through the rest of the semester.

Nov. 4 (Wednesday)
Motivation and Success
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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Kindergarten Fair, Nov. 18

The ASCDL will be hosting a Kindergarten Fair on Nov. 18, 2009 in the BMU, at 5:30pm until 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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2010-2011 Resident Advisor Applications Now Available

The application for the 2010-2011 Resident Advisor position is now available online. The RA position is a great opportunity for student leaders to get involved in the Residential Community. The RAs gain valuable leadership, time management, and conflict mediation skills. The RA staff is responsible for providing a safe, secure, and respectful living and learning environment that supports the academic and personal development of our students.

Information sessions will take place on:
• Tues., Dec. 1, 2009 in BMU 210 at 3:30pm
• Wed., Dec. 2, 2009 in Whitney Dining Hall at 8pm
• Thurs., Dec. 3, 2009 in the University Village South Community Room at 6pm

Applications are due Jan. 27, 2010. For more information, visit the University Housing and Food Service Web site or contact Nelson Gomez-Guzman, Chair of the RA Selection & Recruitment Committee, extension 4474.

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CSU, Chico Band Concert Saturday

CSU, Chico Band: Classically Band

Sat., Nov. 7 at 7:30pm
Harlen Adams Theatre

Join the CSU, Chico Band for Eric Whitacre’s “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!” and Morton Gould’s “Jericho: A Rhapsody for Symphonic Band,” along with a selection of marches and pieces by well-known composers Holst, Vaughan Williams, Grainger, Dello Joio, and Chance.

Tickets: University Box Office, x6333

More information is available at the Web site.

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Upcoming Book in Common Events

The 2009 Book in Common, Steve Lopez’s “The Soloist,” will be augmented by a number of events taking place in the community. For more information please contact Brooks Thorlaksson, Associate Dean, CSU, Chico’s College of Humanities and Fine arts at 898-5351 or bthorlaksson@csuchico.edu, or visit the Book in Common website, http://www.csuchico.edu/bic/index.shtml

Upcoming Book in Common events include:

Movie “Caveman’s Valentine”
Tues., Nov. 3, at 3pm
Butte County Library, Oroville Branch
1820 Mitchell Ave., Oroville

Based on the novel by Dawes Green, this tale follows a talented piano prodigy who has become delusional and homeless. After witnessing the murder of a young boy, the man is determined to bring justice to the murders. (106 minutes; R)

Please bring a non-perishable food item donation for a community food bank.

CAPE Forum:
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 June 25, 2009 Chico News and Review cover story on homelessness, and Brad Montgomery, executive director of the Torres Community Shelter.

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Learn to Invest like a Pro at The Investor's Club

Just about anyone can invest some money and get lucky in the stock market from time to time. However, many people have learned the hard way that it is just as easy to lose that hard earned money. To be successful over the long term one should develop specific rules with respect to how they invest. Throughout this semester we have developed a set of rules to determine which stocks to buy, when to buy them, and when to take profits.

Over the remainder of the semester, The Investor’s Club will be holding weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 7pm in Glenn 214. Each meeting will provide an analysis of the current status of the stock market as well as specific company analysis. We are now in the portfolio building stage of our curriculum, so come by and bring some stock ideas for on the spot analysis. Who knows, you may just discover the next big stock market winner.

For more information about The Investor’s Club or to become a member, please email the president, Michael Prezioso.

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DSS and the Wellness Center Present "A Mindful Approach to Managing Chronic Pain," Nov. 4

Do you suffer from chronic pain, headaches, or migraines? Would you like to increase your well-being and discover a sense of ease in your life?

If so come check out “A Mindful Approach to Managing Chronic Pain”. The forum takes place this Wed., Nov. 4 from 12pm - 12:50pm in Student Services Center 426. This hour-long seminar will introduce you to tools that may help you work more productively with chronic pain and related symptoms, including stress, anxiety, insomnia, and depression. We will explore various techniques based on mindfulness, the art and practice of present moment awareness, to help you move through your life with a restored sense of balance and equanimity.

Remember - this is a free opportunity open to all CSU, Chico students. We hope to see you there.

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The Nammys on Tour! - Nov. 20

Chico Performances is bringing The Nammys on Tour! (The Native American Music Awards Tour) to Laxson Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30pm.

Multi Grammy winners Joanne Shenandoah and R. Carlos Nakai headline a very special evening celebrating Native American Heritage month. From Joanne’s sweet voice and stellar songwriting to the pure notes of Nakai’s Native American flute, the cultural heritage of our First Nations will fill Laxson Auditorium. Joining this celebration are Arizona’s Yellow Bird Dancers.

Tickets for this performance are $23 for Premium, $18 for Adult, $16 for Senior, and $14 for Student/Child.

For tickets and more information visit the Web site or call the University Box Office at 898-6333.

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7th Annual Chico Organic Farming and Food Conference, TOMORROW

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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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.

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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