CSU, Chico News

California State University, Chico's Museum of Anthropology opened its “Taming the Wild: Human and Animal Relations” exhibition on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Full Story

Charles Crabb, dean of the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, has been appointed by Governor Gray Davis as a member of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture. Full Story

California State University, Chico, in partnership with a number of public and private entities, has received a $590,000 grant to oversee a program in Butte County for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in children and the treatment of overweight children. The program is titled OPT (Overweight, Prevention, and Treatment) for Fit Kids. Full Story

Progress on the new Yolo Hall classroom building at California State University, Chico will be celebrated with a ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 11:30 a.m. Full Story

Eighty-eight faculty and staff departments on the California State University, Chico campus have chosen to adopt families from Butte County as a part of the University Needy Children's Program. Full Story

California State University, Chico has successfully concluded its first long-term fund-raising campaign, a three-year effort to raise money for scholarships to benefit CSU, Chico students. Full Story

California State University, Chico's Educational Talent Search Program hosted its annual 7th/8th Grade Scholars' Program on Nov. 27, 2001, next to the campus's Bell Memorial Union. Attending the program were 98 students and eight chaperones from the following schools: Chico Junior High School, Central Middle School (Oroville), Egling Middle School (Colusa), Hamilton Elementary School (Hamilton City), Anna McKenney Intermediate School (Marysville) and C.K. Price Middle School (Orland). Full Story

The President's Student Leadership Reception will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on the California State University, Chico campus. Full Story

Gerald Bracey, a nationally known education policy analyst, researcher and writer, will be at California State University, Chico Wednesday, Nov. 28 through Friday, Nov. 30 as part of the Visiting Presidential Scholar series. Full Story

California State University, Chico is sponsoring a group tour for 20 people to Central Europe, including Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria, from June 7-21. The 13-night tour will focus on the history, culture and natural history of Warsaw, Krakow, Zakopane, Prague, Brno, Vienna and Budapest. Full Story