Editor's Note
By Marion Harmon
During spring break, 23 students from the College of Engineering,
Computer Science, and Construction Management traveled to New Orleans,
where they partnered with Tulane University students in the Paint
Rally for Public Schools, a volunteer project to clean and renovate
damaged public schools. The students kept a daily journal (found
at em.csuchico.edu/admissions/studentlog/default.asp).
“Strangers walking the street in South Park where we were
wanted to hear our story and hug and thank us for our gift of time
and
labor,” says Tim Walker, a mechatronic engineering student. “This
makes a normally selfless job feel so good to be doing.”
Many campus members have contributed their time and resources to
aid the hurricane victims. Members of Phi Delta Theta and Sigma
Nu fraternities and Alpha Phi sorority initiated a fund-raising
drive that netted about $20,000. The Associated Students, CAVE,
the Residence Hall Association, and other groups also made significant
contributions.
Among the many individuals from CSU, Chico who traveled to the
area was facility reservations coordinator Cheryl Thomas, a long-time
Red Cross volunteer who went back twice, first to Gulfport, Mississippi,
in late September. “Being in Gulfport was like entering a
third-world country; the stores were closed and boarded, the water
was contaminated, there was no power, and it was very, very hot,” says
Thomas. “I was in New Orleans from Dec. 16 through Jan. 9,
when there were much better living conditions, but still there
was massive devastation and no power in the areas we were serving.”
On a different note, in November Chico Statements won a bronze
award for magazine writing in the Outstanding Communications category
from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
The CASE District VII 2005 Awards for Excellence competition invites
publications and projects devoted to advancement from universities
and colleges in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. |
