CSU, Chico News

Workers have begun removing the old Acker Gymnasium wooden floor in preparation for a new floor that should be ready for use Oct. 11. Full Story

California State University, Chico has hired 44 new tenure-track and eight full-time temporary faculty for the 2000-2001 school year. The new faculty, added to the 52 hired last year, brings the total for the two years to over a hundred. "We are clearly in a process of renewal," said President Manuel A. Esteban in his convocation speech delivered on August 17. Full Story

The Reverend Cecil Williams, pastor of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco and nationally known advocate for the poor, will be the featured speaker for the kick-off event of Building Bridges, CSU, Chico's year-long series of events designed to increase tolerance and respect on campus and within the Chico community. Full Story

The first phase of a comprehensive inventory of Lassen Volcanic National Park archaeological resources has just been completed. The study was conducted between July 26 and August 16 as part of the California State University, Chico anthropology department's Archaeological Field School. Full Story

A nature preserve has been created on Big Chico Creek to provide educational opportunities for students and a refuge for Sacramento River chinook salmon, thanks to a partnership between the Research Foundation of California State University, Chico and conservation organizations. Full Story

California State University, Chico is once again hosting a program of U. S. Culture and Language Training for military academy cadets from Spain for four weeks during the months of July and August. Full Story

The Orion,California State University, Chico's student newspaper, was just named on July 21, 2000, the nation's best non-daily college newspaper by the National Newspaper Association. Full Story

To increase the number of nurses in Northern California and help alleviate a nursing shortage, the Enloe Foundation has given California State University, Chico's School of Nursing approximately $200,000 to add students to its program. Full Story

California State University, Chico is proud to announce Joyce Kirkland, consultant for User Services, as a recipient for this year's 2000 Governor's Employee Safety Award. Kirkland was nominated for the award for her outstanding dedication to the coordination of the Computer User Services Department Safety Program at CSU, Chico. Full Story

More than 70 walnut, prune and almond growers from the North State are expected to attend Orchard Field Day tomorrow, June 28, at California State University, Chico's Paul Byrne Memorial University Farm. Full Story