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Chicano Symposium To Be Held on February 2

The seventh symposium of the Desarrollo de Chicano Studies will take place at CSU, Chico on February 2, 2001. It will bring together Chicano studies faculty, staff, students, and other members of the community to engage in important topics regarding the state of Chicano studies. Among the participants from previous symposiums have been Chicano studies faculty, staff, students, and community members and representatives from the UCs, CSUs, and community colleges in California. Previous topics covered at other Desarrollo symposiums have been on issues such as Chicano Studies Accreditation, the History of Chicano Studies Programs, and Chicana Feminist Theory. Hosting the event will be professors Susan Green and Paul Lopez. Other participants from the CSU, Chico community will be professors Maria Gonzalez, Sarah Cooper, and Arthur Sanchez, members of MEChA, Jose Balderama of the Educational Opportunity Program, the Chicano/Latino Council, and faculty and students from the Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies.

The event will coincide with the Northern California FOCO that will take place on Saturday, February 3, 2001. Among the highlights of the FOCO meeting will be the lecture by professor Ada S. Riddell from UC, Davis. We look forward to everyone attending these important events.

For further details, contact Susan Green, x6404.

ISAC to Hold Pre-Opera Reception on February 15

The Italian Studies Advisory Council will hold its third annual pre-opera reception on Thursday, February 15, 5 - 7:15 pm, in Performing Arts 132.

The reception, billed as Opera, Cuisine, and Valentines, offers regional Italian hors d'oeuvres and desserts prepared by chef Michael Iles of the Butte Culinary Academy, fine wines, opera previews, and a ticket to the opera The Bartered Bride, by Bedrich Smetana.

Proceeds from the event go to the Maria S. Haynes Italian Studies Scholarship and to promote Italian culture in the North Valley.

The tickets include an opera ticket, food, and wine for $20.00 for general admission, $18 for seniors, and $15 for students. If you would like to attend the reception, but can't stay for the opera, the price of a ticket is $12. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

For more information, call x5388 or e-mail gcarrillo@csuchico.edu.

CAVE Receives $64,000 in Scholarship Funds

CAVE received $64,000 through an "educational award" program in cooperation with Washington Campus Compact to support and encourage service activities of higher education students. The purpose of the AmeriCorps program is to provide resources to meet critical community needs as defined by the local community.

Nan Timmons, executive director of CAVE, worked with Washington Compact to arrange the program and find placements for students. The kind of service-based activity required by Campus Compact is exactly the kind of activity that already exists for Cave volunteers and other students involved in service-based learning. "What this means for Chico," said Timmons, "is that we did not have to create new programs. We just had to find the students in CAVE and other campus programs who would qualify for these awards."

Thirty-one students from Cave and other programs are participating in the program now, and Timmons has requested 50 slots for next year. For their volunteer activities, students receive an AmeriCorps Education award of from $1,181 to $2,362 that they can apply to their continuing education.

The awards carry the following stipulations: students have seven years within which to use the funds; the awards come in the form of an educational voucher; funds can be used to pay educational expenses or to repay student loans; they can be used at any college, university, or community college; it is taxable income; it does not affect financial aid.