FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Lawrence Janeway, Herbarium 530-898-5381 Herbarium Offers Workshop on Lichen Identification Friends of the Herbarium is offering “Introduction to Lichen Identification” on March 20, 9 am to 4 pm, Holt Hall 129. Registration is now open, and participants are asked to register in advance. The class will be limited to 16 participants and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Stephannie Depa, Associated Students 530-898-5701 Students to Hold Action Rally for CSU, Chico, March 10 California State University, Chico students will hold an Action Rally for CSU, Chico at 11:00 a.m., March 10, in the Student Services Plaza on the university campus. Following the rally they will march to the downtown city [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Willie Hopkins, Dean College of Business 530-898-6272 Outstanding CSU, Chico Business Students Attend U.S. Air Force Leadership Symposium On Feb. 17, Dean Willie Hopkins, College of Business (COB), California State University, Chico, and four business students traveled to the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colo., to attend the 17th Annual National Character [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Robert Jones, coordinator, Center for Applied and Professional Ethics 530-898-4506 CSU, Chico to Host Film Screening and Discussion on War’s Impact on the Environment Several groups, including the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (CAPE) at California State University, Chico, are bringing the documentary “Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War” [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Dave Waddell, Orion adviser 530-898-4782 CSU, Chico’s The Orion Captures Third Straight National Excellence Award The Orion, California State University, Chico’s student newspaper, has again garnered top honors at the National College Journalism Convention. For the third straight year, The Orion won first place for general excellence for four-year weekly college and university [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Gary McMahon, director Chico Student Success Center 530-898-5672 Chico Student Success Center Recognized for Innovation The Chico Student Success Center (CSSC), at California State University, Chico, has received a CollegeKeys Compact Innovation Award for the Western Region of the College Board for its work with low-income students. CSSC is a collaborative student [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Activities Planned for Gateway Science Museum Grand Opening After years of planning and preparation, the Gateway Science Museum at California State University, Chico will open to the public tomorrow, Feb. 27, following a Grand Opening ceremony starting at 10 a.m. The Gateway Science Museum, dedicated to the exploration, discovery and celebration [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Scott McNall, Institute for Sustainable Development 530-898-3333 Chico Carbon Challenge: Students Test Energy-Reduction Strategies Students at California State University, Chico are going to help test a set of hypotheses about what it will take to get people to use less energy. The Chico Carbon Challenge, funded by SAP and overseen by Scott McNall, the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2010 Brittany Hopkins, Public Affairs Intern 530-898-4143 Community Forum to Discuss Prescription Drug Abuse The Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center (CADEC) at California State University, Chico will hold the Prescription Drug Use Forum from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 3 in BMU 210. Shauna Quinn, program manager for CADEC said the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Adrienne Scott, Curator of Education Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology 530-898-5397 Northern Lights Conference Will Explore Environmental and Cultural Issues of the Arctic In conjunction with the exhibition Living on Top of the World: Arctic Adaptations, Survival and Stewardship, the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology is presenting a conference on [...]