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BSS
Interim Dean Still Happy in First and Only Job
Katy Thelen, industrial hygienist and environmental program
coordinator, evaluates situations that could cause physical or environmental
stress, and helps to correct them.
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How
Mentoring Plays a Crucial Role in Student Success
Charles Turner, Political Science, asks whether the complexity of
the ballots keeps voters away from the polls, and suggests that each
of us become an expert on the issues we care about and seek advice
from experts on the others. |

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Civil
War Historian James McPherson Comes to Chico
The chemistry department has a new spectrophotometer, thanks to the
generosity of Advanced Light Technologies, a local company that explores
the uses of various kinds of light to accomplish a variety of tasks,
including killing bugs. |

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1st
Fall Peace Festival
October 17–26
There are two more arboretum tours left in this semester. Visitors
on the tour enjoy the privilege of hearing Wes Dempsey, professor
emeritus from biology, share his vast knowledge of plants, trees,
and their history on the CSU, Chico campus. |
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