CSU, Chico News

A museum exhibit with special appeal to children devoted to the history of trash has come to Butte County.

California State University, Chico, working jointly with Butte County Department of Public Works, and with the assistance of county businesses and CSU, Chico students, is opening the Recycling and Rubbish Exhibit, known as R.A.R.E.

A news conference to introduce R.A.R.E. will be held Tuesday, May 22, at 10 a.m. at the exhibit site, located at 3097 Suite #2 Southgate Lane.

The exhibit will be opening this fall. It will be free and open primarily to tours of elementary school-age children. CSU, Chico students will operate the exhibit and lead tours as docents.

R.A.R.E. has more than 20 interactive displays that describe practices of throwing things away and recycling them throughout human history. Aspects of geosciences, anthropology, sociology and economics as well as history are related through the displays.

The importance of waste and recycling is underscored in the exhibit, given the increasing cost and requirements related to landfills.

While the exhibit educates adults and children about waste practices, it has displays for the young and young at heart. Included in the exhibit are a walk-through compost bin and a 5-foot-tall garbage can. As a flier to advertise the exhibit to schoolteachers proclaims, “At the end of the visit, your students will become certified ‘Garbologists!’”

The exhibit was constructed for $100,000 in 1991 and displayed at the Discovery Science Museum in Sacramento. It toured the country between 1992 and 1996, including a stop at the Chico Museum. Innovative methods of using recycled paper, paint and lumber went into the construction of the exhibit.

Bobbie Knapp, a Discovery Science Museum employee and CSU, Chico parent, recommended that the exhibit have a permanent home in Chico. Norcal Waste Systems of Butte County donated the exhibit site, and CSU, Chico and Butte County cooperated on relocating the exhibit.

The Associated Students Recycling Program and Recycling Education Outreach are also sponsors of the exhibit.

CSU, Chico professor Mark Stemen and Norcal general manager Joe Matts will address the media at the May 22 news conference.

For more information about the exhibit or the news conference, contact the A.S. Recycling Program at 898-5033.

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Students at California State University, Chico’s Business Resource Center have once again raised funds to help the Make A Wish Foundation bring joy to children’s lives.

Fund-raising efforts this year included a roller-skating party, softball tournament, and sponsored concert at the Brickworks in Chico. The students also sold Make A Wish stars and badges.

Earlier this month, the students presented Arlene Planas, Make a Wish Foundation Northern California representative, with a check for $3,700 at the Business Resource Center office in Glenn Hall.

Last year, the students raised funds to help the foundation launch its Northern California effort at a kick-off event in Redding. The fund-raising provides the students with learning and leadership experiences as well as an opportunity to help others.

The mission of the Make A Wish Foundation is to grant wishes to children under the age of 18 with a life-threatening illness. Founded in 1980, the foundation has granted more than 73,000 wishes to children around the world.

The College of Business established the Business Resource Center in August 1998. Its mission is to aggressively recruit economically disadvantaged students to the College of Business and to provide innovative educational support programs for all students.

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The California State University, Chico Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Program has received $274,938 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for scholarships to engineering/math and computer science students.

Forty students will receive $3,125 a year for two years. Paul Villegas, director of the MESA program, said, “This is especially important to these students in technical fields that often demand an extra year of work in order to graduate. Financial Aid designed for four-year programs leaves students in their last few years scrambling to support themselves and to continue with their challenging academic programs.”

MESA is currently celebrating 30 years of service. The program serves over 22,000 California students. It is one of the oldest and most successful college-preparation programs in the country for educationally disadvantaged students. Recently, California MESA received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

This is the second year of scholarships awarded from NSF as a result of a proposal Villegas wrote. “The size of this year’s award is noteworthy. I believe it is the largest scholarship program in the university-certainly of its kind,” he said.

For more information on the MESA program, contact Villegas at 530-898-4017.

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The California State University, Chico Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Program has received $274,938 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for scholarships to engineering/math and computer science students.

Forty students will receive $3,125 a year for two years. Paul Villegas, director of the MESA program, said, “This is especially important to these students in technical fields that often demand an extra year of work in order to graduate. Financial Aid designed for four-year programs leaves students in their last few years scrambling to support themselves and to continue with their challenging academic programs.”

MESA is currently celebrating 30 years of service. The program serves over 22,000 California students. It is one of the oldest and most successful college-preparation programs in the country for educationally disadvantaged students. Recently, California MESA received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

This is the second year of scholarships awarded from NSF as a result of a proposal Villegas wrote. “The size of this year’s award is noteworthy. I believe it is the largest scholarship program in the university-certainly of its kind,” he said.

For more information on the MESA program, contact Villegas at 530-898-4017.

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A second introductory meeting for the Butte County Growth Scenarios project will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Oroville State Theater, 1489 Myers Street, Oroville, Calif.

The meeting will provide an overview of this important project. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public about the purpose of the project, to outline the steps involved in the project, and to answer questions about the process of developing growth scenarios. Principal project partners include Butte County, the Center for Economic Development, and the Survey Research Center. During the meeting, these partners will present the step-by-step process that will be followed to develop scenarios to accommodate the county’s future growth. This process involves gathering information about existing areas planned for growth and carrying capacity of existing general plans of all jurisdictions in the county, as well as conducting a survey to document public input/opinions about growth opportunities and options. This meeting will be of interest to anyone who would like to learn more about this project.

Follow-up projects will include an inventory of growth-related organizations in the county, focus groups from throughout the county, e-mail interviews of growth-related organizations, a random telephone survey of 500 individuals, and development of approximately three scenarios of future growth in the county.

The meeting is being hosted by the Center for Economic Development, California State University, Chico. For more information, please contact M. A. Meleka at 530-538-6572 or Dan Ripke at 530-898-4598.

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A second introductory meeting for the Butte County Growth Scenarios project will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Oroville State Theater, 1489 Myers Street, Oroville, Calif.

The meeting will provide an overview of this important project. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public about the purpose of the project, to outline the steps involved in the project, and to answer questions about the process of developing growth scenarios. Principal project partners include Butte County, the Center for Economic Development, and the Survey Research Center. During the meeting, these partners will present the step-by-step process that will be followed to develop scenarios to accommodate the county’s future growth. This process involves gathering information about existing areas planned for growth and carrying capacity of existing general plans of all jurisdictions in the county, as well as conducting a survey to document public input/opinions about growth opportunities and options. This meeting will be of interest to anyone who would like to learn more about this project.

Follow-up projects will include an inventory of growth-related organizations in the county, focus groups from throughout the county, e-mail interviews of growth-related organizations, a random telephone survey of 500 individuals, and development of approximately three scenarios of future growth in the county.

The meeting is being hosted by the Center for Economic Development, California State University, Chico. For more information, please contact M. A. Meleka at 530-538-6572 or Dan Ripke at 530-898-4598.

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The 2001 graduating class of California State University, Chico will be awarded bachelor’s and master’s degrees the weekend of May 18-20, 2001. Two of the university’s most distinguished alumni, astrogeologist Carolyn Shoemaker and inventor and talk show host Bill Wattenburg, will be speakers at commencement exercises Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, respectively.

Approximately 1,500 students are expected to receive their bachelor’s degrees each day at the university’s 111th Commencement, for a two-day total of 3,000 students.

Commencement for graduating students in the Colleges of Agriculture, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Humanities and Fine Arts, the Center for International Studies and Undergraduate Education: Liberal Studies/Special Majors will begin 9 a.m. Saturday, May 19.

Commencement ceremonies for graduating students in the Colleges of Business, Communication and Education, Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology and Natural Sciences will begin 9 a.m. Sunday, May 20.

The Saturday and Sunday ceremonies should take roughly two hours, and will be held at the University Stadium rain or shine. Tickets are not required for admission into the stadium for Saturday or Sunday.

Saturday’s Commencement speaker, Carolyn Shoemaker, a 1949 alumna, is the leading comet-discoverer of the 20th century. With the discovery of 800 asteroids and 32 comets, she has more than twice as many such findings as any other woman in the history of astronomy. Her most significant discovery (with husband, Eugene, and David Levy) was Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with Jupiter in 1994.

After attending Chico High, Shoemaker attended Chico State College, graduating cum laude with a degree in history. A year later, she received a master’s and a teaching credential from Chico State.

Shoemaker is a visiting scientist at the Branch of Astrogeology at the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz., a research professor of astronomy at Northern Arizona University and a staff member at Lowell Observatory.

Sunday’s Commencement speaker, Bill Wattenburg, a 1958 alumnus, has designed NASA guidance systems, temporary bridge kits, and the robot that cleared mine fields during Desert Storm as well as other well-publicized inventions. He is also a consultant, researcher, best-selling author and talk show host on San Francisco’s KGO Newstalk Radio.

Wattenburg earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and mathematics from Chico and later received his M.S. in electrical engineering and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and physics from UC Berkeley.

Wattenburg spent five years on the faculty at UC Berkeley and founded three successful high-tech companies in the Bay Area. He has served on the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and is a research scientist for the CSU, Chico Research Foundation.

The commencement ceremony for master’s graduates is Friday, May 18, at 7 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium. The master of ceremonies will be Robert Jackson, dean of the School of Graduate, International, and Sponsored Programs. Professor Harriet Spiegel, coordinator of the English M.A. program for the past seven years, will serve as the honorary marshal.

Friday’s ceremony will feature student speaker Cristina Dahl, who will be receiving her master’s degree in English. Last fall, she received the Sallie Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship and a Graduate Equity Fellowship. This spring, she has been accepted to the comparative literature doctoral program at Cornell University, where she will study 20th-century European literature.

Due to limited seating, guests of graduates will be required to have tickets for Friday night’s master’s ceremony. Students may contact the School of Graduate and International Programs at 898-6880 for questions regarding commencement activities. A reception will follow Friday’s master’s ceremony for all graduates, their family and guests.

The CSU, Chico Associated Students is burying a time capsule for the class of 2001 in front of Kendall Hall immediately following Saturday’s ceremony. The A.S. has made a yearly time capsule a permanent project, and Chad Kodet, activity fee commissioner, will speak at the event.

For more information about Commencement exercises, call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 898-6472.

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California State University, Chico’s Psychological Counseling Center has been re-accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc., a Virginia-based organization of United States, Canadian and Australian counseling agencies.

Donald Graham, director of psychological counseling, wellness and testing, said only the top 10 percent of college and university counseling centers in the United States are accredited by the IACS. The CSU, Chico center has been continually accredited since 1985.

The counseling center was evaluated by IACS against high standards of counseling practice and was found to offer competent and reliable professional services to its clientele. The accreditation process includes an extensive review of written materials, a two-day site visit by a team of examiners and a review of the center’s facilities and record-keeping practices.

The counseling center offers short-term psychological counseling to regularly enrolled students at CSU, Chico. Other services include clinical consultations for faculty and staff, workshops and training programs, wellness education and a variety of standardized testing and evaluation services to the campus community.

IACS was founded in 1972 to encourage and aid counseling agencies to meet high professional standards through peer evaluation and to inform the public about counseling services that are competent and reliable.

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The 2001 graduating class of California State University, Chico will be awarded bachelor’s and master’s degrees the weekend of May 18-20, 2001. Two of the university’s most distinguished alumni, astrogeologist Carolyn Shoemaker and inventor and talk show host Bill Wattenburg, will be speakers at commencement exercises Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, respectively.

Approximately 1,500 students are expected to receive their bachelor’s degrees each day at the university’s 111th Commencement, for a two-day total of 3,000 students.

Commencement for graduating students in the Colleges of Agriculture, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Humanities and Fine Arts, the Center for International Studies and Undergraduate Education: Liberal Studies/Special Majors will begin 9 a.m. Saturday, May 19.

Commencement ceremonies for graduating students in the Colleges of Business, Communication and Education, Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology and Natural Sciences will begin 9 a.m. Sunday, May 20.

The Saturday and Sunday ceremonies should take roughly two hours, and will be held at the University Stadium rain or shine. Tickets are not required for admission into the stadium for Saturday or Sunday.

Saturday’s Commencement speaker, Carolyn Shoemaker, a 1949 alumna, is the leading comet-discoverer of the 20th century. With the discovery of 800 asteroids and 32 comets, she has more than twice as many such findings as any other woman in the history of astronomy. Her most significant discovery (with husband, Eugene, and David Levy) was Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with Jupiter in 1994.

After attending Chico High, Shoemaker attended Chico State College, graduating cum laude with a degree in history. A year later, she received a master’s and a teaching credential from Chico State.

Shoemaker is a visiting scientist at the Branch of Astrogeology at the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz., a research professor of astronomy at Northern Arizona University and a staff member at Lowell Observatory.

Sunday’s Commencement speaker, Bill Wattenburg, a 1958 alumnus, has designed NASA guidance systems, temporary bridge kits, and the robot that cleared mine fields during Desert Storm as well as other well-publicized inventions. He is also a consultant, researcher, best-selling author and talk show host on San Francisco’s KGO Newstalk Radio.

Wattenburg earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and mathematics from Chico and later received his M.S. in electrical engineering and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and physics from UC Berkeley.

Wattenburg spent five years on the faculty at UC Berkeley and founded three successful high-tech companies in the Bay Area. He has served on the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and is a research scientist for the CSU, Chico Research Foundation.

The commencement ceremony for master’s graduates is Friday, May 18, at 7 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium. The master of ceremonies will be Robert Jackson, dean of the School of Graduate, International, and Sponsored Programs. Professor Harriet Spiegel, coordinator of the English M.A. program for the past seven years, will serve as the honorary marshal.

Friday’s ceremony will feature student speaker Cristina Dahl, who will be receiving her master’s degree in English. Last fall, she received the Sallie Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship and a Graduate Equity Fellowship. This spring, she has been accepted to the comparative literature doctoral program at Cornell University, where she will study 20th-century European literature.

Due to limited seating, guests of graduates will be required to have tickets for Friday night’s master’s ceremony. Students may contact the School of Graduate and International Programs at 898-6880 for questions regarding commencement activities. A reception will follow Friday’s master’s ceremony for all graduates, their family and guests.

The CSU, Chico Associated Students is burying a time capsule for the class of 2001 in front of Kendall Hall immediately following Saturday’s ceremony. The A.S. has made a yearly time capsule a permanent project, and Chad Kodet, activity fee commissioner, will speak at the event.

For more information about Commencement exercises, call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 898-6472.

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California State University, Chico’s Psychological Counseling Center has been re-accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc., a Virginia-based organization of United States, Canadian and Australian counseling agencies.

Donald Graham, director of psychological counseling, wellness and testing, said only the top 10 percent of college and university counseling centers in the United States are accredited by the IACS. The CSU, Chico center has been continually accredited since 1985.

The counseling center was evaluated by IACS against high standards of counseling practice and was found to offer competent and reliable professional services to its clientele. The accreditation process includes an extensive review of written materials, a two-day site visit by a team of examiners and a review of the center’s facilities and record-keeping practices.

The counseling center offers short-term psychological counseling to regularly enrolled students at CSU, Chico. Other services include clinical consultations for faculty and staff, workshops and training programs, wellness education and a variety of standardized testing and evaluation services to the campus community.

IACS was founded in 1972 to encourage and aid counseling agencies to meet high professional standards through peer evaluation and to inform the public about counseling services that are competent and reliable.

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