Bridge Builders Take Second at Regionals
Civil
engineering students (at left) finished in second place
at the Mid-Pacific Region Steel Bridge Competition held in
Reno, Nevada, in April 2004. The team earned an unprecedented
eighth consecutive bid to the national steel bridge competition,
which they attended in May. In 2000, CSU, Chico won the national
championship and in 1999 took second place. The steel bridge
is constructed under the supervision and mentoring of Jim
Luallen in Langdon Hall’s technology shop.
Professors Joel Arthur and Tonya
Emerson are the advisers to the team.
Tehama Group Wins Public Relations Awards
Tehama
Group Communications, CSU, Chico’s student-managed
public relations agency, won three public relations awards
from the Sacramento chapter of the International Association
of Business Communicators in May 2004. The agency received
an IABC Crystal Award of Excellence for promoting authors
published in Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter
Soul. They also won Crystal Awards of Merit for the writing
and design of Comm, the semiannual alumni publication
for the School of Communication, and for the writing and production
of Link, the flagship publication for the College
of Business. Founded in 1990, Tehama Group Communications
is the nation’s oldest student-managed public relations
agency. The agency works with local, regional, and national
clients.
 SIFE
Team Among Top National Teams
CSU, Chico’s
Students in Free Enterprise team matched its educational
outreach projects against other teams at the 2004 SIFE National
Competition in Kansas City in May 2004. The team brought home
a third place award in the ethics category for the Wise Kid
Healthy Kid Youth Entrepreneurship Camp. Narrowly missing
out on advancing to the top four final round of competition,
the team finished sixth in the nation. SIFE students participate
in local, regional, and statewide programs. The programs focus
on entrepreneurship education, community service, and civic
engagement.
Model United Nations Team Continues Winning Streak
Chico’s Model
United Nations delegation won an Outstanding Position
Paper Award and the second level Distinguished Performance
Award at the National Model United Nations Conference held
in New York City in April 2004. The delegation, representing
the Russian Federation, was the only representative of a “Big
Five” country (United States, United Kingdom, France,
China, and the Russian Federation) to win an award. Big Five
countries are assigned based on prior high performance. The
Chico delegation has won Outstanding Position Paper awards
every year for the last five years and six countries it has
represented. Professor Rick Ostrom is the
team’s adviser.
OPT for Fit Kids Team Presents Program on Capitol Hill
Student interns from the Overweight Prevention and Treatment
(OPT) for Fit Kids program, Kelley Marty, Melinda
Garcia, and Fany Gomez, and their
adviser, Cindy Wolff, Department
of Nutrition Sciences, represented the OPT for Fit Kids
Program in Washington, D.C., in March 2004. They presented
their work to participants in the prestigious Sumner Symposium
and members of Congress. Teams from 10 other universities
joined them for the two-day symposium. OPT focuses on the
obesity and diabetes epidemic by providing a nutrition and
activity lifestyle program for overweight children and their
parents. Students are actively engaged in the development
of each component of the OPT for Fit Kids program.
Construction Management Teams Best in Region
Construction management
students brought home two first places, a second, and a third
from the Associated Schools of Construction annual competition
held in Reno in February 2004. They bested 11 other western
universities in the competition. Unprecedented for the competition,
CSU, Chico’s teams took home trophies in each of the
four divisions of the competition. Chico placed first in commercial,
first in residential, second in heavy/civil, and third in
design/build. Cara Eggleston, residential
team, won the overall award for best presentation. Chico teams
collectively outscored all other institutions, including University
of Southern California; University of Washington; California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Oregon State
University; and Arizona State University.
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