CSU, Chico News

California State University, Chico's team of student civil engineers fell just short of the top prize at the American Institute of Steel Construction's National Bridge Competition, finishing second overall. The competition was held May 27-28 at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Full Story

In a speech following the Columbine High tragedy, President Clinton asked citizens to seek to understand how youths become alienated from their peers, and related how he had felt as a boy when he wasn't picked to play in a schoolyard game. Full Story

Music students and faculty from California State University, Chico will celebrate the Opera Workshop's 40th anniversary by traveling to China next fall to perform at China's most prestigious conservatories. Full Story

Telcordia Technologies Inc. (formerly Bellcore), the world's leader in advanced telecommunications training and education, and California State UniversityÕs (CSU) Chico Education Network (CEN), one of the most successful university-based educational networks in the nation, today announce the availability of a Master of Science telecommunications degree for technical professionals. Full Story

California State University, Chico students continue to score exceptionally well on national and statewide professional competency exams, as evidenced by CSU, Chico's recent top ranking among schools with students taking the California Reading Instruction Competency Assessment test. Full Story

Heikki Rinne, chair of the consumer sciences and retailing department at Purdue University, has been named the new dean of California State University, Chico's College of Business. Full Story

California State University, Chico's chemistry department announced it has chosen five students to be awarded $2,500 each as a part of a $25,000 grant from Roche Bioscience that encourages students' interest in organic chemistry. Full Story

California State University, Chico's Tri-Placement Program, which offers students an intensive apprenticeship in teacher training, has won a prestigious award from the California Council on the Education of Teachers. Full Story

Two California State University, Chico students won the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's 1999 Regional Student Design Competition in San Jose March 26-28 with a rock-retrieving extraterrestrial vehicle. Full Story

California State University, Chico will be holding "Scour and Devour," a campus community clean-up followed by a barbecue, on Saturday, April 17. Full Story